State document: T-S Ar.44.103

State document T-S Ar.44.103

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T-S Ar.44.103
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Primary Language
Arabic

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State document of some kind. Fiscal account? Wide line spacing, small letters. Discrete text blocks arranged in columns. At least one of the text blocks appears to be dated 453 AH, which is 1061/62 CE. Mentions something "...............al-sulṭāniyya" Reused for a text in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew mixed in, listing some of the wonders of creation (e.g., how fruit comes from trees and babies from wombs; how fire takes hold of wood; how there is hearing, vision, thinking, sleep; Noah's ark; the existence of colors and dyes, etc.)

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 44, fol. 103; TS Arabic Box 44, f. 103
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In PGP since 2021
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T-S Ar.44.103 1r

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1r

T-S Ar.44.103 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.44.103. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/34957/ (accessed October 14, 2026).