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Official-looking receipt. Mentions arṭāl Miṣr, the quantity of half raṭl, and the occurrence of the transaction/event in the presence of a judge (bī-ḥuḍūr al-Qāḍī al-ʿazīz).
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Original use: Fiscal account. Specifying a term of months that ends Shawwāl 503 AH, which is 1110 CE.
Official receipt for Abū [...] al-ʿAṭṭār for a payment of 5 dirhams (unclear what for). The sum is written in three different places and there …
State document, extremely fragmented, only a few words readable. Mentions the amir Asad al-Dawla. Or possibly Murhaf al-Dawla Asad.
Decree, probably. Only a few enormous words are preserved, including ʿalayhi. Reused for poetry in Judaeo-Arabic.
Order of payment. In Arabic. Dated 7 Rabīʿ II 1239 AH, which is 1823 CE. Issued by the Dīwān Anwāl li-Maṣliḥat al-Ḥarīr, an institution in …
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Small fragment of a state document, probably a report. Refers to a military man: "min rijāl al-ʿasākir al-muʾayyada." Verso may be a distinct document.
Original use: Closing of a state document, in Arabic script. Contains a ḥasbala and a ṣalwala. Dating: mentions 25 Shawwāl 446 AH = 27 January …
State document in Arabic script. The beginnings of 7 lines are preserved. Mentions a ship (markab), probably the docking of a ship (mursā), and is …
State document in Arabic script. Uses the phrase khidmat mālik al-riqq (see Khan, ALAD, 345, 368, 434 for meaning and other examples); and see T-S …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Bū Saʿd b. Bū ʿAlī in Fustat. Cf. T-S AS 50.99 (PGPID 39028).
Petition addressed to Saladin (al-Malik al-Nāṣir). From Maḥmūd b. Mamdūd who describes himself as a warrior in the path of God (al-mujāhid fī sabīl Allāh). …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Mūsā b. Lāwī (Moshe b. Levi) the Jew in Fustat. ʿAlāma at upper left: al-ḥamdu lil-lāh al-wāḥid al-ḥaqq. Dated: …
Decree (?) to a lower official or letter to a dignitary, 5 fragmentary lines from the mid-section. Arabic script, wide line spacing, chancery hand. Very …
Ayyubid state accounts related to military spending of two Syrian lords of the Ayyubid sultan al-Kāmil (d. 1238) or his successor, the sultan al-ʿĀdil Sayf …
Report or petition draft, but most like the a report due to the verb "فاعلمته" (I inform) followed by the raʾyy clause.
Two lines of a state document in an elegant scribal hand. Probably a Fatimid decree. Phrases: ما اجاب اليه امير المومنين . . . ووفقك …
An Arabic makhzūma, related to a land with Coptic numerals. The document was drawn in the name of Shamṭar (probably Coptic) al-ʿAmūdī. Needs examination.
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 …
Verso: Various text blocks in Arabic script probably in an Ayyubid-era chancery hand. One is the name Sālim b. Ḥasan; another is [Sham]s al-Dīn Aḥmad …
Tax receipt, Fatimid. Small fragment, not much text preserved.
Receipt for the capitation tax of Yūsuf b. Bū l-Ḥasan the Jew in New Cairo.
Fatimid decree (sijill) of investiture, Judaeo-Arabic copy. Renews the appointment of a Jewish physician "to the headship of all the Israelite denominations: the Rabbanites, Qaraites, …
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Document in Arabic script. Dating: likely ca. 13th century Ayyubid. An official account of some sort, probably related to state produce, "مما يتحصل من الغلات …
Official report. Fragment (left side). The sender reports that he arrived in a certain location at the end of Ṭūba (early February). He reports concerning …
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Petition, possibly, or a report. In Arabic script. The ends of 4 lines are preserved. The document concerns the execution of an official decree (manshūr …
Likely a fiscal account. Needs examination.
One line from a decree in Arabic script, apparently appointing a supervisor over something: بكتب هذا السجل لك باستخدامك في مشارفة الم؟؟؟؟. Join: Amir Ashur.
Original text(s): Document(s) in Arabic script in a chancery hand. Recto and verso have pieces of what are probably two different documents. Recto looks like …
State document, in Arabic script. Petition, Mamlūk era.
Capitation tax (jizya) receipt for Salmūn [...], possibly a teacher (muʿallim) in Fustat. The payment total appears at upper right (1 dinar? 2 dinars?). Trigger: …
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 …
Verso (original use): Document in Arabic script, likely fiscal. Needs examination.
Government receipt in Arabic on verso, one line states ṣaḥḥa li-Abū l-Aʿlā(?)… ʿalāʾim. Medieval-era. Requires further examination. MCD/ASE
Petition in Arabic script. Begins with a taqbīl and praises for "al-majlis al-ʿālī... khallada allāh ayyām sulṭānahu....). Concerning "my father Abū Zikrī al-Ṭabīb (the physician)." …
Tax receipt?
Small fragment of official correspondence in Arabic script. Reused for writing exercises in between the lines, in a now-reddish ink.
Fiscal account, probably. Very stylized, loopy letters. Might be dated 4[..] AH (second line).
Petition from Shelomo b. Yehuda to the caliph al-Ẓāhir (matn only) defending his position against Yūsuf al-Sijilmasi, the Iraqi leader in Palestine. Dating: original document …
And as far as the argument in favor of the two synagogues and the two authorities is concerned, (it has already been refuted by) Ibn
Sijilm…
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Recto: Official letter mentioning the kharāj and agriculture. Also mentions khafāra and a Coptic name Yāfus. Dating: before September 1013. On verso there is a …
Tax receipt, Fatimid.
Small fragment of a petition or official correspondence in Arabic script. The beginnings of three lines are preserved. Mentioning the army and the Rīf: وسعادته …
Recto: Six lines from a formal Arabic petition, probably late Fatimid. The second line reveals the name of an official: "...al-salāṭīn khāliṣat amīr al-muʾminīn Asad …
له اجمعين (؟) شهد (؟) الدين (؟)……فخر…
والسلاطين خالصة امير المؤمنين اسد الدين ثبت الله
مجده وضاعف سعده واهلك شانئه وضده وقرن
بالتوفيق ح…
Verso: Small fragment of official correspondence. Only a few words preserved (...bi-idhn Allāh...). Reused for Hebrew text.
Accounts in Arabic script. Might be state/fiscal. Mentions Fustat and 10 dinars.
State document, fragment, in a chancery hand with long swoopy letters. Describing an issue/conflict associated with merchants (li dhālik(?) al-amr(?) maʿahu min al-tujjār, l. 2). …
Official-looking document in Arabic script, most likely fiscal-related. Needs examination.
Makhzūma (official ledger of accounts). Probably related to military spending, mentions produce (al-ghallāt). In Arabic script. On verso, there are two validation notes (ṣaḥḥa dhālika...). …
State document, or official letter, in Arabic script. Refers to an amīr and his operations, and mentions something in relation to the bedouins (ʿurbān). The …
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Letter or petition from a certain Bū Naṣr (to a woman?). In Arabic script. Begins: عبدها يقبل يديها وينهي انه شهد الله على غاية من …