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Tax receipt, jizyā, dated 507 H (?). Pinholes at the margin 5mm apart.
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Recto: Official letter mentioning the kharāj and agriculture. Also mentions khafāra and a Coptic name Yāfus. Dating: before September 1013. On verso there is a …
1 نسخ
Decree, probably. "... wa-amr amīr al-muʾminīn..." Reused between the lines for an Arabic-script text, apparently a Jewish exegetical work since there are Hebrew words interspersed.
Letter in Ottoman Turkish to the sultan that references at least three imperial officials and the transfer of a thousand qantars of gunpowder "bārūt" (l. …
Verso: Document in Arabic script, possibly a petition or report. Refers to government property (amwāl al-sultān) and contains a request to investigate something (bi-an yakshif …
Fiscal accounting, possibly. Needs examination.
Official-looking document in Arabic script, maybe a petition. Mentions a man named Muḥammad and possibly legal problems. Phrases: وقد . . . الرجل وهو محمد …
State document, in Arabic script. Drafts of two petitions, oriented at 180˚ to each other. The one at the top begins with a taqbīl and …
Petition/letter of appeal for assistance likely addressed to 'the overseer' (al-mushārif, l. 1). The sender refers to this document as "this khidma." The sender is …
Letter in Arabic script, maybe official. The beginnings of 6 lines are preserved. Needs examination for content. Reused on recto for Hebrew literary text which …
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Bottom two lines of an Arabic document. Might be a state document. The last line is a ḥamdala and ṣalwala, then "Allāhu ḥasbī wa-tawakkaltu ʿalayhi." …
Capitation tax receipt for the Jewish man Sālim b. Bū l-Faḍl for the year 621(?) AH. Landscape format. Needs further examination.
Bifolio. Containing an official order; probably a copy of a decree/sijill, but also written in an elegant script. Stating that Manṣūr b. Sahl, one of …
State document, draft of a report, in Arabic script. Addressed to a lower official whose titles are "al-Rayyis al-Muḥrim al-Amīr ʿImād al-Mulk". Reports an event …
الريس علم الرياسة الـ[
يجدد نعمته وينهي ان ا[
بالمولا على شاطي الـ[ـبحر]...
وصول وصول بتاريخ بتاريخ بتاريخ علي الـ...
المملوك يجدد خد…
Probably a tax receipt. Only the registration notes at the top and the basmala from the original document are preserved.
Fragments of a state document, probably an internal correspondence addressed to a Fatimid caliph. In an Arabic chancery script. Has remnants of a ray clause …
State document, in Arabic script. One line in chancery script.
Fiscal account. Needs examination.
Report to a Fatimid vizier. Dating: fifth/eleventh century. Khan published T-S K25.221 as the end of petition. Marina Rustow later found the join to the …
ولمولانا الوزير الأجل صفى أمير المؤمنين وخالصته ادام الله علاه وكبت اعداه
الراى العالي في ذلك ان شا الله
والحمد لله وصلواته على…
To my master, the mighty vizier, the sincere and intimate friend of the commander of the faithful, may God cause his exaltation to endure and crush…
2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين
A few lines from the beginning of a hastily written report or petition: ان سبب هذه الخدمة الى جلالها ان عبدها قد . . . …
Two very fragmentary lines of a state document, in Arabic script with wide line spacing and large script. A huge margin has been left to …
State document in Arabic script, maybe a decree. Mentions a few places in the upper Nile valley like the village of Būsh (near the Fayyūm), …
Small receipt or similar type of document.
Official-looking receipt for Abū l-ʿIzz b. Bū ʿAlī. Unclear for what. Landscape layout. Needs further examination. See also T-S AS 180.126 and T-S AS 181.71.
Tax receipt.
Tax receipt, or possibly credit instrument? Contains an ʿalāma at the upper right, maybe, and a jahbadh signature at the bottom. Also contains the glyph, …
Tax receipt?
Government receipt attesting to payment of the government tax on the sale of an enslaved woman. Seller: Sitt al-Ahl bt. Yaʿqūb al-Yahūdī. Buyer: Sumra bt. …
Trials of the pen in a fiscal or administrative hand, including the glyph, the basmala and "al-shaykh al-ajall."
Official letter in Arabic script. ~4 lines preserved. Reused for Hebrew literary text. Needs examination.
State document, in Arabic script. Either the beginning of a petition (a basmala then al-ʿabd al-mamlūk yu[qabbil]) with massive line spacing, or simply a draft …
Fiscal account, possibly Mamlūk-era. Mentions the names of several amīrs, including Ṣuʿlūk b. Majsūr. Al-Maqrīzī mentions an amīr Shihāb al-Dīn Ṣuʿlūk Atābika (Sulūk: I, 556); …
Fiscal account of some sort, Fatimid, dated 533 AH = 1138/39 CE. Small. Refers to the iqṭāʿ attributed to the caliph al-Ḥāfiẓ ("al-iqṭāʿāt al-Ḥāfiẓiyya..."). Also …
Document in Arabic script. Probably an official report or petition, based on the hand and layout. The ends of ~6 lines are preserved. The subject …
Fragment of a state document. The beginnings of 3 lines are preserved. Mentions the year 418 AH = 1027/28 CE. Reused on verso for piyyuṭ.
Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. From three merchants. Opens with blessings for the caliph. None of the substance is preserved. The formula "ضاعف …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Small fragment of a document in Arabic script. Contains the phrase "al-ḥamdu lil-lāh mustaḥiqq al-ḥamd."
Petition submitted to the Fatimid caliph al-Mustanṣir upon his accession in 1036 CE. Requesting that he confirm the appointment of Yosef ha-Kohen, a judge of …
…for Joseph the Aaronite...)
may God have mercy upon him.And Joseph did not cease to administer the affa(irs of the Alexandrian community until …
2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 2 مناقشتان
State document(s) in Arabic script. On recto there are administrative/secretarial notes at the top: yuʿāmal.... mutawallī al-nāḥiyya....bi-ʿadl.....inshā Allāh...It also mentions a government bureau towards the …
Fragment of a Fatimid official report, apparently referring to plunder taken from Crusaders. Wide line spacing. The end of one line is preserved: "[...] two …
Accounts in Arabic script. Might be state/fiscal. Mentions Fustat and 10 dinars.
Recto: State document in Arabic script. Maybe a decree. Only a few words are preserved: ]لى للفراج(؟) للتقضي(؟) . . . . . صولها
Folio completely covered with willy nilly Arabic text written in a chancery hand, maybe writing exercises copied from other documents, including phrases from petitions (...yujaddid …
Recto: Memorandum concerning the demolition of a building (possibly a mosque) and the sale of its timber and bricks. The text mentions Old Mosque and …
1 مناقشة
Tax receipt for Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq, likely for what he owes as the tax farmer of something (min jumlat mā ʿalayhi ʿan [ḍamānih?]...). On verso …
State document, wide line spacing, very fragmentary. Needs examination.
Small fragment of fiscal accounting, probably. Reused for Hebrew literary text.
Two unrelated Arabic script documents glued together for the sake of reuse. Lower document: State document. Only the first few words are preserved from ~12 …
Small fragment of an official letter. A few words from the beginnings of two lines are preserved, wide space between the lines. On verso there …