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  1. 451State documentT-S Ar.38.140

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    Arabic

    Recto: two documents. The first (bottom) is an order for delivery of dues to the office of land tax (dīwān al-kharāj) written by the accountant …

    Recto (Document 1)

    1. يثبت فى ديوان الخراج وبما جمع اليه
    2. ويثبت موافقته به ان شا الله
    3. اثبت والحمد لله على نعمه
    4. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    5. ليسلم ابو الحسن ما…

    Recto (Document 1)

    1. Let it be registered in the land tax office and the (departments) attached to it,
    2. and where similar documents are registered, if …
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  2. 452State documentT-S 10J16.7

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    Arabic

    Verso: Official letter in Arabic script. Four lines preserved. The sender reports that a document was signed/endorsed (wuqqiʿat) and its authenticity has been proved. The …

    Verso

    1. ]فة شي ملجمة(؟) وانه ذكر فيها ا[شـ]ـيا قد وقعت وبان صحتها والتمسه

    2.  المملوك] ليطلبها منه فوجده قد سافر الى مكة وعرف انه قد

    3. توجه من مصر وعن…

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  3. 453State documentENA NS 13.3

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    Arabic

    Original use: Decree? Two faded lines in a chancery hand containing a ṣalwala (wa-l-ṣalā ʿalā al-sayyīd Muḥammad al-muṣṭafa wa-ālihi al-ṭāhirīn) which suggests that it is …

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  4. 454State documentMoss. IV,249

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    Arabic

    Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. The sender bemoans his poverty (ṣaʿlaka) and expresses his trouble with paying a tax, probably his capitation tax. …

    Verso

    1. ]في يومه(؟) رضوان مع نزول[
    2. ]المملوك يهتدي مسالك الطرق وقد علت حياته 
    3. وضعفت قدرته وبقي المملوك من ارباب الصدقة وعنده
    4.  عائلة واطفال وليس …

    Recto

    1. ]In his days (?) happiness in residing [
    2. ]The slave finds guidance in the paths of life but his life has become difficult.
    3. His abilities have …

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  5. 455State documentT-S NS 329.195

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    Arabic

    Verso: Remnant of a Fatimid state document, likely a decree. No full words are preserved, but the bottom half of one line and the top …

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  6. 456State documentT-S AS 102.90

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    Arabic

    Petition to a Fatimid caliph, end only, with long lower margin enabling it to be reused as a biofolio transverse to the original text. Contains …

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    1. عليـ]ـهم ما شمل كله المعظم (؟) في هذه الايام
    2. الزاهرة القاهرة عدلا واحسانا ورهبة ور حمة
    3. ولمولانا صلوات الله عليه رايها العالي في ذلك
    4. ان …
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  7. 457State documentSt. Catherine, Atiya no. 962, Stern doc. 3

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    Arabic

    State document. Decree of ʿAbd al-Majīd (al-Ḥāfiẓ) and his wazīr al-Afḍal Kutayfāt to the monks of Mt. Sinai.

    1. كافل قضاة المسلمين وهادى دعاة المؤمنين ابو علي احمد بن السيّد

    2. الأجلّ الأفضل امير الجيوش عضد الله به الدين وامتع بطول بقائه وليّ

    3. عهد المسلمين …

    Recto

    [The order to issue the present decree was given by Abū l-Maymūn ʿAbd al-Majīd, son of the amir Abū l-Qāsim, Owner of the Homage of the Muslims…

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  8. 458State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 142

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    Arabic

    Fiscal document, with two holes. Needs examination.

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  9. 459State documentT-S Ar.42.173

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    Arabic

    Recto (secondary use): Petition draft in Arabic script. The sender thanks the addressee for employing him in government service (khidma). Mentions "al-dawāwīn al-maʿmūra." The variants …

    Recto

    1. المملوك يقبل الارض وينهي انه كان انعم عليه بالخدمة في [
    2. طـ[                              ]....للديوان المعمور
    3. من الجاري[                      …

    Recto

    1. The slave kisses the ground and reports that he [the addressee] showed kindness to him by appointing him in [
    2. [                       ]in the …
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  10. 460State documentT-S K6.150.2

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    Arabic

    Document in Arabic script. Likely a fiscal document recording amounts of money associated with the operations of dīwān al-maṭābikh al-maʿmūra (the state sugar refineries?) Cf. …

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  11. 461State documentT-S NS J103 + T-S 10J17.6

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Recto: Decree, fragment, to two local officials stating that a certain Abū l-Faraj b. Bū l-Waḥsh should be exempted from paying taxes (or from standing …

    Verso

    1. الدين الذكر والناهض نصر ادام الله

    2. سلامتهما وحراستهما ونعمتهما

    3. على هذا المثال يعفوا ابو الفرج

    4. بن بو الوحش اليهودي من ضمان

    5. الحانوت ولا يح…

    Verso

    1. (titulature) Naṣr, may God prolong

    2. their (dual) well-being, protection and benefaction, 

    3. about this (case): they have exempted Abū l-Fara…

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  12. 462State documentT-S AS 183.45

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Small fragment from a piece of official correspondence: wa-qad sayyara ilayhimā min al-[...]....

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  13. 463State documentT-S AS 123.198

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    Arabic

    Petition, probably, in Arabic script: ممن يخدم . . . ولا يرغب . . . . موجها . . . . وينهي وصول . . …

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  14. 464State documentENA 2762.8

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    Arabic

    State accounts (makhzūma) in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Two names, Bū l-ʿAlā (..) and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, can be read in the third line. Written …

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  15. 465State documentENA 3942.12

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    Arabic

    Fragment of an official-looking account. Verso may contain the glyph. Pinholes at the margin ~4mm apart. Needs examination for content.

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  16. 466State documentT-S AS 178.34

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    Arabic

    Official-looking accounts in Arabic script. Mentions al-ṣabiyy al-malikī.

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  17. 467State documentT-S AS 184.18

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    Arabic

    Small receipt for the ḥikr (ground rent) payment of Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh.

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  18. 468State documentMoss. III,81.2

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    Arabic

    Beginning three lines of a large state document with elegant line spacing, in Arabic script. Decree. Needs examination. Reused heavily on recto and verso for …

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  19. 469State documentT-S AS 183.297

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    Arabic

    Tax receipt? Very faded. May be dated 507 AH = 1113/14 CE.

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  20. 470State documentBL OR 10794.13

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    Arabic

    Fatimid state document. Needs examination. Reused for a memorial list (see PGPID 19130).

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  21. 471State documentBL Or. 10578G.55

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    Arabic

    State document, probably a decree. The fragmented line reads as "واما ما ذكره من دعا الخاصة". Hebrew liturgical text on recto.

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  22. 472State documentT-S AS 182.213

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    Arabic

    Fragment from the lower left corner of a state document, or possibly a legal document concerning state affairs. Mentions 'government crops' (al-ghallāt al-sulṭāniyya) and the …

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  23. 473State documentENA 3914.4

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    Arabic

    Tax receipt, Fatimid. Possibly mentions ʿAbdallah b. Manṣūr in line 4 after the basmala in line 3. Requires further examination.

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    39682
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  24. 474State documentT-S AS 112.284

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    Arabic

    Letter or official document in Arabic. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL.)

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    38677
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  25. 475State documentT-S AS 209.341

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    Arabic

    Document in Arabic script opening with prayers for the caliph al-Āmir bi-Ahkām Allāh (r. 1101–30).

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  26. 476State documentT-S NS 109.34

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    Arabic

    State document in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew literary text. In the hand of ʿEli b. Yeḥezqel?

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  27. 477State documentT-S NS 325.196

    Primary language
    Arabic

    A few words from an official Arabic document (ḥaḍratuhu... ʿuluwwahu...), apparently praises for an addressee, so from a report or petition. Reused for Hebrew literary …

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  28. 478State documentJRL C 16

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    Receipt issued by the silk monopoly administration in Alexandria that was signed and stamped by the overseer ʿUmr Agha. Dated 14 Shawwal 1239 AH which …

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  29. 479State documentT-S NS 102.109

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Fiscal document in Arabic script. Long vertical format. A few entries are preserved, mentioning sums of money. Reused for Hebrew literary jottings.

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  30. 480State documentENA NS 83.68.3

    Six small fragments with Arabic. One of them is state related and seems to say "māl al-dīwān al-dīwān" which is probably not right.

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  31. 481State documentENA 3938.1

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    Arabic

    Tax receipt, Fatimid. Trigger: addā.

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  32. 482State documentAIU XI.85

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic, likely fiscal. Mentions fūl (fava beans) and jullabān (vetch) and shaʿīr (barley).

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  33. 483State documentENA 3952.6

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    Arabic

    Petition from a Jewish man to a Muslim general (al-isfahsalārī > isfahsalār), possibly named Bahāʾ al-Dīn or Bahāʾ al-Dawla. Fragment (upper left corner). Dating: probably …

    1. ]اليهودي 
    2. ]الفقير الضعيف الغريب 
    3. ]الاسفهسلاري البهآي سلطان جيوش المسلمين
    4. ]انه    وينهي انه رجل يهودي ضعيف غريب كان
    5. ]به الحال من الفقر والعدم ولم يكن…

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  34. 484State documentT-S AS 114.14

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso: Petition, probably ("al-mamlūk..."). In Arabic script. Small fragment from the upper right corner. Mentions the word Ṣalāḥ, which may be part of the name …

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  35. 485State documentENA NS 24.10

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    Arabic

    Fragment of correspondence in Arabic script, chancery hand, possibly an official report. The ends of four lines are preserved. Reused between the lines and on …

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    35500
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  36. 486State documentT-S AS 183.282

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    Arabic

    Recto: Official correspondence or petition. Mentions government finance (واموال الدواوين بالحضرة(؟) فدفع . . . الحال بذلك). Then discusses somebody's employing as kātib al-jaysh / …

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  37. 487State documentT-S AS 178.139

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Tax receipt, or possibly credit instrument? Contains an ʿalāma at the upper right, maybe, and a jahbadh signature at the bottom. Also contains the glyph.

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    39181
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  38. 488State documentT-S AS 180.120

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Fiscal account, probably.

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    37387
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  39. 489State documentENA 3966.9

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Tax receipt, maybe. Difficult to read. Penultimate line contains a ḥamdala.

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    10641
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  40. 490State documentT-S AS 177.413

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    Arabic

    Official-looking account reporting revenue.

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    36128
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  41. 491State documentENA 4189.6

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Document(s) in Arabic on recto and verso, wide line spacing. Medieval era. Probably a fiscal register. The end of three lines are preserved on each …

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  42. 492State documentENA 2916.2

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Decree fragment, beginning few words of nearly three lines preserved. Probably mentions "ilā Damish[q" in the first line. Requires further examination.

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    PGPID
    40449
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  43. 493State documentT-S K8.102

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    Arabic

    Report from Tyre to the chancery of al-Malik al-Afḍal concerning military and administrative affairs on the coast of Palestine, dating probably to 1108 CE. Same …

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    35692
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  44. 494State documentT-S AS 183.229

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    Arabic

    Minute fragment from an official-looking document. On verso mentions [...] al-yahūdī al-Afḍalī(?) and on recto mentioned four irdabbs of grain.

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  45. 495State documentT-S AS 149.218 + T-S AS 155.132 + T-S NS 34.210 + JRL B 3665 + T-S NS 313.23

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Official correspondence in Arabic script with wide line-spacing. Some phrases from T-S NS 313.23: صحيح . . . وبلوغها مرادها . . . فيها بعض …

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  46. 496State documentENA NS 83.68.2

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Three fragments, of which one (with another one stuck to it) is part of a state memorandum, petition or decree containing the phrase al-imām al-Ḥāfiẓ …

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  47. 497State documentENA 3700.1 + BL OR 5557K.10 + T-S NS 162.34 + T-S NS 70.10

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Draft of Fatimid state correspondence. Addressed to the vizier ("ḥaḍrat al-wizāra") concerning either the appointment of an amir in Yemen, or written by an amir …

    Recto

    1. [             سيد]ي الاجل

    2. ولما [[تحقق]] عرف المملوك حسن النية وجميل الراي وشريف الاصطناع

    3. رغب الى مكارمة حضرته السامية زاد الله في جلالت…

    1. [ ] my most glorious lord

    2. When the slave [[established]] learnt of the good intention, the kind view and the noble patronage,

    3. he desired to sho…

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  48. 498State documentENA 3944.11

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    Arabic

    Tax receipt for Abū l-Surūr. Trigger: addā.

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  49. 499State documentENA NS 83.200

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Petition, or at least a formal-looking letter, in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner).

    Recto

    1. ]نعماه الاحتمال عليه ومراعاته عما ..[
    2. ]ـه والمنع من اذية تلحقه
    3. ]عن مراعاة

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  50. 500State documentENA NS 15.9

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    Arabic

    Bottom of a state document in Arabic script, maybe a petition. Reused on recto for Hebrew piyyuṭ. On verso there are also piyyuṭ drafts and …

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    PGPID
    15755
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