DISC-0109 / ITEM-0063

Mithaq Wali-al-Zaman: printed induction covenant

Druze · Levant

Disclosure date: 1928
Date precision: Year
Disclosure method: Academic research
Extent: Partial
Record review: Reviewed

Restricted material and access

A translated covenant of allegiance, renunciation and spiritual consequences in an exposed collection of sacred extracts.

Material type: Initiatory rite
Restricted to: The translated covenant addresses a named pledger; Hitti separately describes probation and secrecy for admission to the learned rank
Restriction mechanism: vow, controlled_access
Stated reason: A reason for restricting access is not established by the inspected passages
Tradition origins: 11th century

Recorded practice status

Unknown

Status as of: Not recorded
Status claims: Not recorded

Disclosure dates, source publication dates, tradition origins and dates of practice are separate.

What this disclosure covers

Appendix A’s translated covenant at pp. 57–58, with closed-admission discussion at pp. 42–43.

Year identifies the cited publication, not an established earliest-ever disclosure or present-day practice.

The source

The Origins of the Druze People and Religion, with Extracts from Their Sacred Writings ↗ (SRC-0118; authenticity: Probable)

Author: Philip K. Hitti
Original publication: 1928
Linked edition: Not recorded
Format: Book
Provenance: scholarship → archival_collection
Rights of source work: Public domain
Identifiers: Not recorded
Source content hash: Not recorded

Read the host’s title transcription identifying Columbia University Press, 1928; chapter V’s learned-rank discussion at pp. 42–43; and Appendix A’s complete translated covenant at pp. 57–58. Direct HTML capture returned HTTP 403, while the web reader exposed the text. No print/manuscript collation or complete ceremony observation was performed.

Public-domain US edition. The book’s dated racial classifications, claims of an unchanging society and speculative generalizations were not adopted. The specific translated text is distinguished from an assertion about current Druze beliefs or practice.

File or recording · Document

Open artifact / recovery route ↗

Artifact ID: ARTF-0028
Inspection: Partial
Inspected parts: Appendix A, pp. 57–58, complete translated covenant in the web reader
SHA-256: Not recorded
IPFS CID: Not recorded
BitTorrent info-hash: Not recorded

Text read through the web reader. Direct capture returned HTTP 403; no exact-byte hash or size is asserted. Not collated against the Arabic manuscript or print.

File or recording · Document

Open artifact / recovery route ↗

Artifact ID: ARTF-0029
Inspection: Partial
Inspected parts: Chapter V, pp. 42–43, discussion of secrecy, probation and induction
SHA-256: Not recorded
IPFS CID: Not recorded
BitTorrent info-hash: Not recorded

Text read through the web reader. Direct capture returned HTTP 403; no exact-byte hash or size is asserted. Not collated against the Arabic manuscript or print.

Claims about this item

These claims may cite other sources for the same restricted item. Supporting and contradicting evidence remain separate.

CLM-0255 · Content

The covenant declares the pledger sound in mind and body and acting without duress, then renounces other religions and pledges obedience to al-Hakim.

Claim support: Single source
Record review: Reviewed
Period: Historical covenant in Hitti’s 1928 translation; performance date unestablished
Locators: SRC-0118: Appendix A, p. 57
Sources counted as independent: Not recorded

Supporting sources

The Origins of the Druze People and Religion, with Extracts from Their Sacred Writings ↗ (SRC-0118; authenticity: Probable)

Contradicting sources: none recorded.

The written declaration of free will is not independent evidence of consent in any actual induction.

SRC-0118: Source authenticity is probable; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0118: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
ARTF-0028: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.
ARTF-0029: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.

CLM-0256 · Content

The translated pledge surrenders the speaker’s soul, body, possessions and children to al-Hakim and accepts decisions whether favourable or adverse.

Claim support: Single source
Record review: Reviewed
Period: Historical covenant in Hitti’s 1928 translation; performance date unestablished
Locators: SRC-0118: Appendix A, p. 57
Sources counted as independent: Not recorded

Supporting sources

The Origins of the Druze People and Religion, with Extracts from Their Sacred Writings ↗ (SRC-0118; authenticity: Probable)

Contradicting sources: none recorded.

Textual allegiance language, not proof of a legal transfer of property or custody, literal enforcement, or current practice.

SRC-0118: Source authenticity is probable; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0118: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
ARTF-0028: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.
ARTF-0029: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.

CLM-0257 · Content

The covenant says apostasy or disobedience forfeits divine protection and benefits conferred by the ministers and incurs punishment.

Claim support: Single source
Record review: Reviewed
Period: Historical covenant in Hitti’s 1928 translation; performance date unestablished
Locators: SRC-0118: Appendix A, pp. 57–58
Sources counted as independent: Not recorded

Supporting sources

The Origins of the Druze People and Religion, with Extracts from Their Sacred Writings ↗ (SRC-0118; authenticity: Probable)

Contradicting sources: none recorded.

A translated religious sanction; no particular historical execution or physical enforcement is established.

SRC-0118: Source authenticity is probable; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0118: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
ARTF-0028: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.
ARTF-0029: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.

CLM-0258 · Content

The closing formula associates Hamzah with guiding respondents and vengeance against polytheists and apostates, including sword language.

Claim support: Single source
Record review: Reviewed
Period: Historical covenant in Hitti’s 1928 translation; performance date unestablished
Locators: SRC-0118: Appendix A, p. 58, closing formula
Sources counted as independent: Not recorded

Supporting sources

The Origins of the Druze People and Religion, with Extracts from Their Sacred Writings ↗ (SRC-0118; authenticity: Probable)

Contradicting sources: none recorded.

Preserved as wording and imagery in the translation, not a finding of an actual campaign or a contemporary instruction.

SRC-0118: Source authenticity is probable; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0118: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
ARTF-0028: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.
ARTF-0029: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.

CLM-0259 · Content

Hitti describes admission to the learned rank as requiring trustworthiness, secrecy and prolonged probation before induction.

Claim support: Single source
Record review: Reviewed
Period: Historical covenant in Hitti’s 1928 translation; performance date unestablished
Locators: SRC-0118: chapter V, pp. 42–43
Sources counted as independent: Not recorded

Supporting sources

The Origins of the Druze People and Religion, with Extracts from Their Sacred Writings ↗ (SRC-0118; authenticity: Probable)

Contradicting sources: none recorded.

This contextual account does not establish that Appendix A is a complete transcript of that ceremony or that the same admission procedure applies today.

SRC-0118: Source authenticity is probable; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0118: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
ARTF-0028: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.
ARTF-0029: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.

Evidence qualifications

SRC-0118 · source_authenticity_probable: Source authenticity is probable; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0118 · source_without_content_hash: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
ARTF-0028 · artifact_partial: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.
ARTF-0029 · artifact_partial: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.

Reviewed means checked against a source. It does not establish source authenticity, independent corroboration or present-day practice.

Item notes

Scope basis: the actual covenant text is printed at pp. 57–58, alongside the book’s discussion of closed induction at pp. 42–43. This is not a complete witnessed ceremony, a modern conversion route, or proof that every clause was literally enforced. Arabic manuscript collation remains outstanding.