‘This is the document (agreement)’ which so-and-so son of so-and-so son of so-and-so has written for his slave who is a (metal polisher), baker, and cook, whose name is so-and-so, and who until today has been in my ownership and possession, that I have made you a mudabbar (i.e., to be freed after my death) for the sake of Allah’s pleasure and in hope of His reward. So you are free after my death; after my death, no one has any authority over you except for the wala’ (right of inheritance), for that is for me and after my death for my heirs. So-and-so son of so-and-so has acknowledged that whatever is written in this document has been written willingly, in a state of soundness and with the authority to act. When this document was read before the witnesses mentioned in this covenant, he acknowledged it, saying: I have heard, understood, and known it, and I make Allah a witness over it, and Allah is sufficient as a witness. Then those people who are present are witnesses. So-and-so «صیقل گر» the cook, in a state of sound mind and physical health, acknowledged that whatever is mentioned in it is all correct and true.

‘This is the document’ which so-and-so son of so-and-so has written of his own free will, in a state of soundness and full control, in such-and-such year and such-and-such month, for his Roman slave whose name is so-and-so and who, until today, has been in his ownership and possession, that I have freed you for the sake of attaining nearness to Allah and seeking His great reward, a complete and unconditional freedom, with no right of retraction remaining for me. Now, for the sake of Allah and the reward of the Hereafter, you are free. Now neither I nor anyone else has any authority over you except the right of wala’ (inheritance), for that belongs to me and, after me, to my agnates.