State document: T-S NS 278.188

State document T-S NS 278.188

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T-S NS 278.188
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Arabic

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Tax collection (ḍamān) contract from the era of the caliph al-Mustanṣir. Mentions a state official by the title of Kāfī al-Dawla. Mentions two gates of Cairo; only the name of one, Bāb al-Zuwayla, is preserved. Reused on verso for Hebrew piyyuṭ built on the term "holy" (qadosh, qedoshim).

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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T-S NS 278.188 1r

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1r
Yusuf Umrethwala's digital edition (2024).

  1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

  2. ضمن لمولانا وسيدنا الامام المستنصـ[ـر بالله صلوات الله عليه وعلى ابايه

  3.  الطاهرين وابنايه الاكرمين واخبرته(؟)

  4. بن محسن والشافي كافي الدولة ابو ا[

  5. عبده بركات بن مرخى(؟) الحسني اربعـ[ـة

  6. بابي زويلة[

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