In the medieval Islamic world, the petition served as the primary vehicle for appealing to governing authorities. Jews used the same device, particularly the poor seeking charity, although those petitions rarely followed the exact structure of the Islamic petition and usually were shorter. This essay offers an edition and a translation of a petition seeking charity that is unusually long and follows nearly completely the structure of the Islamic model.

中文翻译：

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犹太穷人的请愿书

在中世纪的伊斯兰世界，请愿书是向执政当局呼吁的主要工具。犹太人使用相同的手段，特别是寻求慈善的穷人，尽管这些请愿书很少遵循伊斯兰请愿书的确切结构，而且通常较短。这篇文章提供了一份寻求慈善的请愿书的版本和翻译，该请愿书非常长，几乎完全遵循伊斯兰模式的结构。