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Letter, possibly official, relating to mosques and construction projects and donations. Mentions specifically the tiles of the mosque. Also "the properties of the government in …
وسعرا؟ وكثر ملكا؟ ما لانه للسـ..
الع….وعهد الى دور في عـ[
وجماع ودار برسم الدعاة…جميع..
واهدا الاحجار لبنا…واصحابه ولمر..
امره الى ان…
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State document. Petition to a Fatimid official titled ʿAmīd al-Dawla requesting that the state seize the petitioner's properties in Palestine because they are not producing …
والاجحاف به وبهم والظلم له ولهم وعدل الدولة النبوية خلد الله ملكها وحرس عزها
ومولاي الاجل عميد الدولة ادام الله نعماه وكبت حاسديه واعداه يم…
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
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, …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Verso (original use): Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Dating: Probably Fatimid-era. The beginnings of 4 lines are preserved. Moderately wide line spacing. Includes …
Order to a lower official, specifying what is to be disbursed from the blessed grain storehouses (taʿrīf: mimmā yaḥtāj lak iṭlāquh min al-ahrāʾ al-mubār[aka... al-maʿmūra] …
State document, fragment of a petition. Contains the "shadd" formula.
Possibly a receipt for the ḥikr (ground rent). Dated: 568 AH (=1172/73 CE). Mentions "one dirham" and "Dīwān al-Aḥbās." On verso there is a note …
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Fiscal document in Arabic script. Mentions al-aʿmāl al-madkhūra in the main text block. Possibly a receipt with a signature at the bottom. Needs examination.
Small fragment of a state document in Arabic script. Mentions an amīr Nāhiḍ al-Dawla Abū ʿAlī (this is a rare laqab, likely identical with the …
الاميـ]ـر ناهض الدولة ابي علي عبد مولانا صلوات [الله عليه
Small fragment of a document in Arabic script. Contains the phrase "al-ḥamdu lil-lāh mustaḥiqq al-ḥamd."
Verso: Fragmentary document, in a chancery hand. Typical closing formula of a state document "في ذلك ان شاالله". The second line could be a date. …
Small fragment of official correspondence in Arabic script, maybe a report or a decree. Reused on verso for Hebrew piyyuṭ. Requires further examination.
Original use: State document in Arabic script. Secondary use: Responsa or halakhic discussion in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya discussing laws of purity of …
Report or petition, probably. The ends of two lines are preserved: مراسمها وكملت ... من اقتراحها وعرضها. Reused for piyyut on verso.
Original use: Bottom part of a state document in Arabic script, containing only the ḥamdala, taṣliya, and ḥasbala. There is also one more word written …
Bifolio of official-looking accounts in Arabic script. Needs further examination.
Tax receipt.
One side: State document. Only a few words are preserved from very widely spaced lines ("...ʿalā l-ḥukm ʿalā..."). The text on the other side is …
A single phrase in Arabic script, likely from a state document: min injāz(?) al-ḥujja fī dhālika ʿalā al-[...]
State document: fragment of a decree: [hādha a]l-sijill al-manshūr fī l-aʿmā[l]. . . . Reused for piyyutim.
Fragment of a decree, probably. The only phrases preserved are a reference to the caliph ("al-imām al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh Amīr al-Muʾminīn," r. 1160–71) and "ʿalā …
Fiscal accounts, probably. In Arabic script. Numerous distinct entries; one may refer to "fustuq." Lists prices or sums of money. Needs examination. On verso there …
Verso: Note addressed to al-Shaykh al-Makīn. In Arabic script. Mentions the director of a government bureau (mutawallī dīwān al-khāṣṣ, probably) and "the conditions in the …
Likely fiscal accounts, in very small writing. E.g. "min māl. . . al-aʿmāl..." and "wuṣūl... dīnārayn..." Underneath there may be a date (560 AH?). It …
Tax receipt, Fatimid. Dated: 501 (?). Capitation tax in Fustat. Two registration requests, two ʿalāmas. Trigger: ṣaḥḥa. Glyph at the top.
State document. Dated: 26 Ramaḍān 524 AH = 2 September 1130 CE. A makhzūma (a type of official account) concerning the construction of a new …
Fatimid decree (possibly in the hand of Ibn al-Ṣayrafī himself?). Two lines preserved. See also the separate PGP record for the letter by Yeḥezqel b. …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Bū l-Khayr b. Ibrāhīm in Fustat for the year 537 AH = 1142/43 CE.
Small fragments from an Arabic state document, containing the grand titles of the addressee ([...] al-mulūk [...] al-dawla [...] al-mujāhidīn sayf amīr al-muʾminīn) and blessings …
Recto and verso are two distinct petitions, in different hands. Unclear if/how they are related. Recto: Petition for charity apparently from someone under arrest (muʿtaqal), …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Fiscal document mentioning an official titled Wajīh al-Dawla. Reused for an account (see separate entry).
State document, in Arabic script. Fragment of a fiscal document. Mentions a date: 5 Dhū l-Qaʿda 612 H, but this should be verified. Reused for …
Petition, or at least a formal letter in Arabic script. Portions of 11 lines are preserved. Many polite formulae are preserved, but unclear how much …
ا]لسعيد مما كان مصادرته في كل [
] له دينار لا يوصل منه في هـ[ـذه
] كل(؟) نجم بالغرض ان تجري هذه الـنو[احـ]ـي(؟) [
] فلولا خوفي من سخطه لكنت …
Fiscal account (?). There are numbers and possibly dates. Ductus seems like someone high-up in the administration. Needs examination, and comparison with similarly structured documents. …
1 مناقشة
Small receipt for payment made by Abū l-Najm on behalf of 'the poor Jews' (ḍuʿafāʾ al-yahūd) for the ground rent (ḥikr) payment for Jumādā I. …
Recto: State document? Accounts in Arabic script in a chancery-esque hand.
Recto: State document in Arabic script. Dating: No later than 1078/79 CE. Large chancery hand, wide space between the lines. 4 lines preserved here. Opens …
Fiscal account. Contains at least two registration marks, one of which is الحمد لله وبه توفيقي. Also mentions Jews (al-Yahūd) and contains a ḥasbala. Dated …
State document of some sort. Lists sums of money in words and in Greek/Coptic numerals. Multiple sections, some mottos and registration marks.
Small fragment from the beginning of a petition or a letter to a dignitary (... khāliṣat amīr al-muʾminīn adāma allāh ẓillahū wa-ayyada niʿmatahū...).
Beginning of a petition beginning "mamlūk al-ḥaḍra. . . ." This seems to be pasted on to a bifolio of Hebrew piyyuṭ in a rudimentary …
Minute fragment from an official-looking document. On verso mentions [...] al-yahūdī al-Afḍalī(?) and on recto mentioned four irdabbs of grain.
Tax receipt? Needs examination.
Official receipt(s). Needs examination. On verso there is a fragment from the beginning of a letter in Arabic to someone important, possibly a draft as …
Official-looking receipt maybe tax-related. Dating: maybe 547 AH, which would be 1152/53 CE.
Recto: Report fragment, 7 lines. The sender mentions a group of people who came before him and pledged their allegiance (...ʿindī mudhʿinīn muslimīn ilayya qāʾimīn …
Recto: Letter or petition addressed to someone with many honorifics: al-muwaffaqiyya al-manṣūra al-ḥāmiya al-muʾayyadiyya.... Might mention the palace (al-qaṣr). The name of the sender may …
State document, in Arabic script. Right-side fragment of an official correspondence.