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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
Petition from Abū Bakr b. ʿAlī to a dignitary whose name is torn off. Mentions Abū l-Ḥasan, who may be a kātib. (Information in part …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Middle part of a tax receipt in the hand of Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, presumably issued for Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. This is one of …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Tax receipt for Abū l-Surūr b. Faraj. Trigger: addā. Registration mark - 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh bihi athiq', praise be to God in whom I trust.
Recto: Official-looking correspondence in Arabic script. Mentions 11 dinars, something related to the government (al-[...] al-maḥrūsa), the year 610 (=1213/14 CE) or 620 AH (= …
State document, in Arabic script. Fragmentary.
1 نسخ
Receipt for the capitation tax (jizya) in Fustat for Mawhūb b. Ghālib, a Christian. Dated: 537 AH = 1142/43 CE (previous PGP descriptions gave the …
Small fragment of an Arabic document. Might be a fiscal account. Mentions the numbers 300 and 400.
State-issued order of payment from the Treasury of Silk Looms in Alexandria. Date: 14 Jumāda II 1237 AH (1820 CE). A total of 150 kuruş …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Fiscal accounting, possibly. Needs examination.
Fiscal document. Headed with an abbreviated basmala followed by the name Bū Manṣūr Wakīl al-Dīwān. There follows a list of four names accompanied by a …
Petition to a state official. In Arabic. After a taqbīl, the addressee is greeted with many titles ("al-majlis al-ʿādilī al-sayfī al-nāṣirī(?) al-kāmilī al-hādī"). The petitioner …
Bifolio with fiscal accounts. One page begins: "waṣala ilā [bayt al-māl?] al-maʿmūr min jihat Muḥammad b. ʿAmmār al-wakīl fī [...]," then the date: 413 or …
Fatimid state document, fragment, probably an investiture. The document is written in the dual, addressed to two officials: "Hurry up with it and report what …
]العمال للنائب عليها خطوط المشارفين
]فبادرا بذلك وطالعا بما يتضح لكما مبينا ليتأمل
]ويكون العمل بحسبه
Bifolio of fiscal accounting, with entries for months of the years 524, 525, and 526 AH. Very detailed, fairly well preserved. The first entry (recto, …
Petition, probably. In Arabic script. Fragmentary. The sender seems to be complaining that someone has opposed him or will oppose him in conducting his business …
Fiscal document. Begins, "[...] fī bayt al-māl...." Dated: 5[..] AH. Mentions Shams al-Mulk at the end of the second large line. Needs further examination.
Small fragment from an official report or petition. The ends of 3 lines are preserved. المملو]ك ينهي . . .
Verso. Very small tax receipt, but complete with registrations/mottos/multiple hands. It is "for the poor Jews (ḍuʿafāʾ al-yahūd) in Fustat. The year 615 AH is …
Official-looking account reporting revenue.
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 …
A few words from the end of a decree: واعـ[ـلم هذا] واعمل عليه وبحسبه وو . . . . Reused for Hebrew liturgy.
Petition/report in Arabic script, begins with a taqbīl formula. Addressed to [...] b. Muḥammad intriguingly called 'the agent (wakīl) of the sultan.' Dating: probably Mamluk-era …
Small fragment of a state document addressing "[...] al-amīrī al-kabīrī al-ʿaḍudī al-naṣrī." It seems that only one line and a few words of another line …
Part of a state or legal document in Arabic script. Mentions a community or group (al-jamāʿa) and the middle of Shawwāl. Reused on recto for …
Recto: Official Arabic document. (Information from CUDL)
Tax receipt, Fatimid.
State document, fragment of a longer text, dismembered at the collesis. What has remained is wa-mā tawfīqī illā bi-l-lāh. Possibly Ayyubid (tawfīqī billāh was an …
Booklet of psalms and other liturgical text. On fol. 3v, righthand side, there are various jottings, including one phrase that looks like it is from …
Fiscal register, in Arabic script. The right folio on recto contains large script with large line spacings, and the left and entire of verso has …
Capitation tax receipt, Fustat. The payment is 1 dinar. Dated: 601H? Needs examination.
Report or petition, probably. The ends of two lines are preserved: مراسمها وكملت ... من اقتراحها وعرضها. Reused for piyyut on verso.
Verso: Minute fragment from the bottom of a state document probably with the prayers for the caliph. Piyyuṭ on recto.
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Verso: Tax receipt from the archive of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb with a registration mark al-ḥamdu li-llah ʿalā niʿamih. The name of the jahbadh is …
Petition for charity from Bū Bakr b. al-Bābā al-Ṭūrī to an amīr with many titles (including al-isfahsalārī). In Arabic script. Dating: likely Mamluk-era, based on …
Official-looking accounts or receipt, mentioning a 'maṭbakh' and the name Sāliḥ b. ʿAṭiyya.
Accounts, likely fiscal. The first page (verso left side) is headed Sunday, 9 Shawwāl, with the name of the month much higher in the margin. …
Small fragment of an official document in Arabic script. The beginnings of 3 lines are preserved, with wide space between them. Reused on verso for …
Brutal document. Probably to do with fiscality. Looks official and Mamluk-era based on paleographical grounds. Needs examination.
Petition, probably. In Arabic script. Addressed to a lower official requesting to summon some people. Portions of 5-6 lines are preserved. Refers to agents, a …
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 …
Verso (original use): Fragment of a state document, a decree. Only the ends of three lines are preserved. One of the few legible words is …
Petition from Ḥātim to Nuwayr al-Dīn(?) In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Ayyubid or early Mamluk-era. The first ~6 lines are preserved.
المملوك حاتم
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
يقبل الارض بين يدي المولا الاجل الكبير الاوحد الامير نوير الدين
اطال الله في العز الـ[ـدا]يم بقاه وادام…
Fiscal order requesting the registration of an expenditure (?) in the Fatimid dīwān al-majlis (privy council). Written in five (?) different hands, reflecting a complex …
One line from a Fatimid state document, maybe a decree. Very large letters and line spacing: ولم يزل تحميد افعالك في درج السامية(؟) مترقيا . …
Receipt of some sort: "afrada Ibrāhīm [...] al-maṭbakh..." Needs examination.
Receipt for the capitation tax of Bū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Bū l-Faḍl the Jewish silk merchant. Related to the cluster that includes T-S Ar.35.204 (PGPID 20619) …
Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. The petitioners complain to the authorities that a certain person is corrupting their religious status quo (niẓām) and …
And it affects their order and makes it difficult for them
to adhere to their tenets of faith and demobilizes
their congregations. They seek fr…
Fiscal register. Compare BL OR 5566B.3 (PGPID 19261) and the other shelfmarks cited there.Reused for piyyuṭ. This one reads: 2/3 + 1/4 dinars; [In the …