Katib

[1] In North Africa, the local pronunciation of the term also causes it to be written ketib.

Duties comprised reading and writing correspondence, issue instructions at the command of the person in charge and archiving documentation.

The art of writing, although present in all part of Arabia, was apparently accomplishment of the few.

[1] With the embrace of Islam, the office of katib became a post of great honor.

By this time, on the model of the Persian chancellery, a complicated system of government offices had developed, each branch of governmental, religious, civic, or military entity had its own katib.