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Muḥarram 438 Hijrī (8 July 1046–6 August 1046 CE)

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Arabic

Fragmentary Fatimid petition dated to the period of al-Mustanṣir. A beuatiful raʾy clause tucked at the bottom.

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Fiscal document or accounts, reused for Hebrew script. Mentions transactions in gold (ʿayn) and silver (wariq) and also contains Coptic/Greek numerals. Needs examination.

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One line in Arabic script, reads as "المستنصر بالله صلوات الله عليه....".

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Beginning of a letter draft in Arabic script. Contains a basmala, usually letter formulae and blessings and a name, likely the addressee Abū Saʿīd b. …

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421 Hijrī (9 January 1030–28 December 1030 CE)

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Arabic

State document, unidentified genre. The beginnings of six lines are preserved. Dating: mentions the year 421 AH, corresponding to 1030 CE. Possibly a record of …

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Medical prescription in Arabic:. . . سوس من كل واحد ثلثة . . .. كرفس . . . يصفى ويمرس . . . مثقاله . …

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Bottom left fragment, letter or official correspondence. Requesting validation (tathbīt) of something; and apologizing for the prior lack of letters (وان كانت كتبي منقطعة عن …

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State document, most probably a draft, in Arabic script with scribal practice. Begins with the regular honorifics and mentions longing towards the august presence "shawq …

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Verso: State document, in Arabic script. Decrees that the rituals be carried out according to the tradition 'wa-an yakūn al-ʿamal bi l-rusūm' and mentions 'al-dawla …

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Arabic, Hebrew

Draft/jottings of another document on a Hebrew literary text. "المولا الشيخ الاجل ابو منصور".

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Table listing names paired with Coptic numerals. Alms distribution? Names include the wife of al-Mawardī and Mūsā al-Yahūdī.

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Provincial fiscal account. Provincial because the scribal hand is less sophisticated than the documents produced in the capital. Mentions "dīwān bi-rasm" and maybe "al-muqṭaʿyn". Could …

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Fiscal document. Mentions names including Saʿīd b. ʿAbdallāh and Makhlūf b. Muḥammad. Needs examination. Recto is piyyuṭ

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State document, extremely fragmented, only a few words readable. Mentions the amir Asad al-Dawla. Or possibly Murhaf al-Dawla Asad.

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A few lines in Arabic script on a Hebrew text. One line is a list of the Coptic months, and another is a list of …

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Verso: List of commodities or ingredients in Arabic and Coptic numerals. Mentions types of seed; cinnamon; lāzuward, ghārīqūn, turpeth, potash, baby's breath, aromatic wood, pigeon …

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Verso (original use): Probably a fragment of a state document, mentions al-majlis and the beginning of a date "bi-tārikh".

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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto - Letter, in Judaeo Arabic. Needs examination. AA Verso - Private accounts or receipt in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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Verso: Note in Arabic, possibly with two words in Hebrew script at the top. Mentions a transaction in dīnārs. Asks the addressee to write something …

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Letter in Arabic script, beautifully written. Fragment (right side of the page, only the beginnings of the lines are preserved). Addressed to Fusṭāṭ. Little of …

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State document, in Arabic script. Drafts of mainly the beginnings of state documents, starting with the Basmala. The first draft mentions ḍamān, and the second …

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Medical prescription. 10 black Ḥawrānī figs should be turned into a paste, put on a cloth (khirqa) and then applied on the affected area. This …

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State document, probably a petition or official correspondence. First line - "al-Ṣāliḥī al-khidma li l-majlis". The second line has the word "al-Mamlūk kataba" written in …

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Verso: Small fragment of accounts in Arabic script. Possibly a bill of sale "abīʿ" for Ḥusayn Ibn al-Ṣayrafī, or a fiscal document. On recto there …

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Two legal documents (iqrār) in Arabic script. The muqirr ʿAbd al-Raḥmān makes a declaration. Needs examination. Dating: Mamlūk era.

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Letter, in Arabic script, with a few pre-modern colloquial words. Addressed to a man named Ḥamzāʾ who is referred to as "ustāzanā" several times in …

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Literary document, in Arabic script, folio from the Quran. The preserved text is from Sūra al-Shuʿarāʾ (26:216-227) to Sūra al-Naml (27:1-9).

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Legal document, Mamluk era, in Arabic script. Iqrār document concerning a Christian man regarding a fiscal debt. Needs examination.

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Legal document, Mamluk-era. Probably a sale contract, partially legible. Second part of the date is legible 7xx H.

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Document date

21 Dhū l-Ḥijja 799 Hijrī (16 August 1397 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Mamluk-era legal document, in Arabic script.

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30 Dhū l-Qaʿda 742 Hijrī (7 May 1342 CE)

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Arabic

Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. The muqirr: Ibrāhīm b. Siwār b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz acknowledges that he owes wheat. Needs examination.

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Letter, two fragments of a single letter, in Arabic script.

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Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. The muqirr: Muḥammad [......]. Part of the date is visible Dhū l-Ḥijja xx4. Needs examination.

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Writing exercises. "وفيما انهاه العبد غني عن الاطالة والاطناب". The last attempt has been circled. Verso: "بالعزائم في طلباته".

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State document, in Arabic script. Probably a report or petition with a tarjama in the right column part of which reads as al-Mamlūk Muḥammad. The …

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Letter from Khiḍr and Sulaymān to their landlord. In Arabic script. Possibly informing him that they are moving out at the end of the month …

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Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. The muqirr: Muḥammad b. Jamīl b. Mūsā. Missing two edges but otherwise legible, needs examination.

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Document date

Ramaḍān 710 Hijrī (22 January 1311–20 February 1311 CE)

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Arabic

Arabic legal document, iqrār, bottom left corner. There are two fragments under this shelfmark, and it is not immediately clear whether they belong to the …

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Shaʿbān 700 Hijrī (11 April 1301–9 May 1301 CE)

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Arabic

Legal testimony, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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Legal document, iqrār, in Arabic script. Involving the Christian [...]ūn b. Asʿad al-Naṣrānī al-ʿAṣṣār and Nāṣir al-Dīn b. ʿAbdallāh b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm and a cow. …

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Letter in Arabic script. The letter is written in colloquial Arabic in full obeisance and flattery. Needs examination.

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Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) involving a Christian and a cow. In Arabic script.

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Official letter of correspondence or report, in Arabic script. The letter begins with a basmala and ṣalwala (blessings on the prophet) followed by a taqbīl …

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Legal testimony, in Arabic script. Iqrār, ʿAbd al-Sayyid owes his debt in al-Siyūṭ to Sahyūn b. Ghibriyāl.

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Document date

20 Ṣafar 830 Hijrī (21 December 1426 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Legal document, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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Document date

416 Kharājī

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Arabic

Letter, in Arabic script. Mentions the date 416 Kharājī, a land (ḍiyāʿ), cattle (mawāshī), and the absence of a shepherd. Also mentions that this document …

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