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Fragment of a petition, or draft. Nothing is preserved except for the identification of the petitioners: al-ʿabīd al-mamālīk jamāʿat al-yahūd, i.e., a group or community …
1 نسخ
A part of a decree from the court of the Fātimid Caliph al-Ẓāhir, protecting the rights of the Qaraite communities in Palestine against Rabbanite encroachment, …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Petition to a Fatimid dignitary regarding a theft of money. The archer Manṣūr b. Zakī al-Dawla (or: Rukn al-Dawla, which seems more likely given al-Maqrīzī's …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Fragment from the top of a petition in Arabic script. The sender is introduced as "the basest slave" (aqall al-mamālīk) and then "al-burhāniyya"(?). Reused for …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Small fragment with various kinds of Arabic text on it. Recto may be poetry or prayers (...اذا ما رمت ادراك...), written with diacritics and vowels. …
Bottom of a state document. 4 lines preserved. The first line refers to the execution of an order and the sender's deference to the decision …
Small, official-looking receipt. A notation in Judaeo-Arabic on verso reads "shahr ramaḍān."
Fragment with four different text blocks in Arabic, apparently drafts of documents in a chancery hand. Both sides are also reused for Hebrew biblical text …
Verso (probably original use): Fragment of a state document, in Arabic script. One of the lines is copied underneath; this might be later scribal practice.
Report to a vizier of al-Ḥāfiẓ from a military official. The sender refers to previous petitions, and also makes a new request for a rescript. …
[ ] When the gross receipts headed with the [noble] motto arrived [ ]
[ ] on the verso of the document of the director of stipends, the footsoldi…
State document, probably late Fatimid or Ayyubid. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad the miller reports to a wazir (name unattested) about the dilapidated condition of the masjid …
عبده احمد بن علي بن احمد الدقاق
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
عدل سيدنا الوزير الاجل اطال الله بقاه وادام نعماه وكبت اعداه قد شمل سائر
عبيده ورعاه(؟…
Decree fragment: one line on recto. 'adal(a) followed by tooth+loop (fragmentary word). Cut, reused, and bound in a Hebrew script literary text: 12 lines on …
Verso (original use): Unidentified document in Arabic script. Possibly the bottom of a tax receipt or other state document.
Small fragment of a state document in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ in the hand of a prolific scribe. Join: Shulamit Elizur.
Tax receipt or commercial account or receipt.
Bifolio of accounts in Arabic script. The layout and hand are reminiscent of fiscal documents, but the headers (qaṣṭīr = qaṣdīr = tin, caraway, mastic, …
Verso (original use): Letter, maybe official state correspondence. Begins "ʿaraḍa hādhihi l-mukā[taba]...." Mentions Jaʿfar b. Fattāh, only the beginning formula with honorifics is preserved. Ends …
بسم الله [الرحمن الرحيم
عرض هذه المكـ[ـاتبة(؟)
الاجل اطال الله بقاه[
وسموها وسناها و…[
جعفر بن فتاح اجل[
…………………
و..[
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Original text: Possibly a fiscal account in Arabic script. Mentions names such as Maḥmūd and Aḥmad and "messenger" (rasūl) and 10 dinars on both sides. …
Formal-looking letter apparently from an astrologer to a vizier (سيدنا الوزير الاجل). In Arabic script. Dating: Probably Fatimid, 11th or 12th century. Quite damaged. Opens …
State document, in Arabic script. Closing formula of a decree, which contains ḥamdala, ṣalwala and ḥasbala.
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Verso (original use): Petition. The bottom 10 lines are preserved. The petitioner puts himself forward for government employment: المحقين مرسوم بالعناية وقبول الامول(؟) في . …
1 مناقشة
Possibly an official receipt, or simply a private account.
Tax receipt? Very faded. May be dated 507 AH = 1113/14 CE.
Fragment of a Fatimid official report, apparently referring to plunder taken from Crusaders. Wide line spacing. The end of one line is preserved: "[...] two …
Verso: state document. Legible words: on line 1, مـ]ـستخدمين في الدواوين]; on line 2: ان شا الله. (MR)
Drafts of state-related document(s), including petition formulae. There are several text blocks, including the two main ones at 180 degrees to each other. Needs further …
Decree, in Arabic script. Approximately twelve lines, later cut and reused to form quires. It is difficult to piece the decree fragments in the order …
Verso (original use): Bottom of an official letter in Arabic, possibly a petition ("...wa-lahā ḥarasa Allāh ʿizzahā raʾyuhā al-mawaffaq al-kāshifa in shāʾ Allah"). Ends with …
Receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 13 Jumādā II 403 AH (December 1012 CE). Written …
2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Tax receipt from the archive of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. On verso there are accounts of some sort (mentioning Manṣūr b. [...]), unclear if this …
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 …
Verso: Three lines from a petition to the caliph al-Mustanṣir (his name is just barely preserved in the final line). Pasted together with other pieces …
Fiscal account, left-hand side only, written with wasteful line spacing containing the amounts two ḥabbas, one dīnār, and possibly the annotation nuqila.
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 …
Letter, possibly official. In Arabic script. Five partial lines with fragmented baselines. Refers to equipment (fī l-ʿudda) and two devices (jihāzayn). Contains a suʾāl clause …
Verso (original use): Fragment from the lower left corner of a petition in Arabic script. Refers to the amīr Rifʿat? al-Dawla; a dīwān; and includes …
وعبده يسل انعامه[
ثبوته على يد الامير رفعة الدولة ادام الله عزه
ا]ستخراج رافعها في سورة الديوان
]بيده الراي //الاعلى// في الانعام علي فيما سا…
Tax receipt, or possibly credit instrument? Contains a jahbadh signature at the bottom and the glyph. Verso contains a mirror imprint of a similar document, …
Recto: State document. Possibly an account synthesizing multiple streams of revenue: capitation tax (māl al-jawālī), a tax on palm produce (māl al-nakhl or maybe the …
Verso: Fragment with 4 lines of a state document in a chancery hand regarding issues pertaining to agriculture "an qad zaraʿ fī l-kufr l-madhkūr thalatha …
Official-looking correspondence in Arabic of which three lines are well-preserved. Medieval-era. States that something arrived from the addressee (qad kāna waṣalanī al-murr(?) bi-mawlāya al-sharīf. . …
Receipt for Abu Sahl the teacher (al-muʿallim). Possibly a tax receipt, Fatimid.
Letter or official correspondence, in Arabic script. The preserved text is fragmentary and doesn't directly indicate its a state document but contains elegant line spacing …
Large state document in Arabic script. Probably an official correspondence concerning the transport of some goods on a Nile boat (ʿushārī). Mentions the state official …
Petition from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī to Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn (Saladin). In Arabic script. Has a tarjama at the upper left; 4 lines of introductory blessings; …
Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Recto: Jottings in both Arabic script and Hebrew (including אני לדודי וגם דודי לי בחר בי). Verso: Arabic document. Chancery hand, wide line spacing. The …
Report (official state correspondence). 6 lines from the middle section are preserved. Refers to audiences with the caliph, the amīr Wajīh al-Dawla, and someone traveling …
اليوم كان عند امير المومنين صلى الله عليه عاد بن هرون
الى عند امير المومنين صلى الله عليه الامير وجيه الدولة يعلمه
انه ساير عن الرملة الى…
Probably an Ayyubid capitation tax receipt. Headed by the ʿalāma "iʿtimādī ʿālā khāliqī." The next line refers to an Aleppan Jew ([...] Yahūdī Ḥalabī). The …