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Arabic letter, probably official correspondence based on the handwriting and the wide space between the lines. This is the upper right corner. Mentions something to …
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Petition to the Fatimid ruler Sitt al-Mulk. Dating (Rustow): 411–14/1021–24. In which the otherwise unknown Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥasan complains that a local amīr has confiscated …
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Letter in Arabic script. Chancery report? 4 lines preserved. Very faded. Reused on recto for prayers for ʿAravit and Minḥa with Judaeo-Arabic heading. (Information from …
Fiscal document. With the registration notes at the top "li-yuqābal bihī in shāʾa Allāh" and underneath "qūbila." Then the mark that may say "nuqila" which …
State document, in Arabic script. A petition asking for a rescript, probably directed directly to the caliph, because of the raʾy formula towards the end. …
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State document, in Arabic script. Damaged/faded. About 8 lines are preserved. The document is probably a Fatimid petition requesting a rescript, "khurūj al-tawqīʿ" and mentions …
Verso (original use): Fiscal accounting. In Arabic script. Mentions the treasury (bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr): بالنفق من بيت المال المعمور من جملة . . . . …
Tax receipt for Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq, likely for what he owes as the tax farmer of something (min jumlat mā ʿalayhi ʿan [ḍamānih?]...). On verso …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Mubārak b. Ibrāhīm Ibn Sabrā, in Fustat. After the basmala, the trigger phrase is "tadhkira bism" (memorandum/receipt in the …
Draft of a petition to the caliph al-Ḥākim, with tarjama and opening formulae. Recto contains a Hebrew legal deed (see separate entry). From Hibat Allāh …
بسم للهّ الرحمن الرحیم
بسم
العبد المملوك هبة الله بن
ابو منصور الیھودي
صلوات للهّ وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وأفض…
Arabic state document, reused for Hebrew literary text. Needs examination. Join: Joseph Yahalom.
State document(s) concerning taxation. Both the left column of recto and the only column on verso begin "khidma(?) rafaʿahā Ṣadaqa b. Makārim al-jahbadh. . . …
Verso has traces of an original Arabic document. Recto might be a letter or a literary text. Some words: אלכשף סרעה . . . עיניך …
State document, in Arabic script. Internal state memorandum concerning taxation. Mentions rusūm, istikhrāj and ḥisāb. Joins: Marina Rustow. Needs examination.
Tax receipt from the dossier of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb.
Small fragment from the top of an official-looking document, with an ʿalāma at the top and reference to tax farming (ḍamān or ḍummān).
Fiscal register, in Arabic script.
Writing practice or drafts of the formulae typically used in official documents with prayers for the caliph ("... al-ṭāhirīn... al-akramīn...).
Fragment from the bottom of a petition. In Arabic script. Dating: late, likely no earlier than ~15th century. The petitioner's name probably appears at bottom …
Document(s) in Arabic script. Possibly legal or having to do with fiscal accounting. Mentions sums of money and "government lands" (al-arāḍī al-sulṭāniyya). Receipt for produce …
]حضور تسليم المذكوين في هذا العزل(؟)
]لغلة المعينة فيه وهي ماية وثمانين رثلاثين اردبا
]ـا والذي اصدقوه في ذلك العالي..برسوله(؟)
]استمرار(؟) …
State document, in Arabic script. Five faded lines on a small paper fragment. Mentions the state official Fakhr al-Mulk. A Fatimid state official by the …
Top three lines of a state document in Arabic script. First a basmala, then: ثبت(؟) اصدار(؟) مالك المجلس السامي الامير الاجل المفضل(؟). In between lines …
Recto: State document? Accounts in Arabic script in a chancery-esque hand.
Fiscal account. Needs examination.
Fragment of a state document in Arabic script: "kharaja... mablagh... al-mustakhdamīn..."
Bottom of a piece of official correspondence. Refers to the prior night and three cubits (in reference to the height of the Nile?). At the …
Bottom part of a decree of a Fatimid Amīr titled Surūr al-Malikī to a provincial governor or fiscal official, dated 2 Jumāda II, no year. …
ذخر الملك كوكب الدولة وسديدها ابو منصور بختيار الجيوشي ادام الله تا[يـ]ـيد[ـه]
مكاتبتك بإزالة الاعتراض عن قنده الذي في المعصرة
بجوجر وان…
… Dhukhr al-Mulk Kawkab al-Dawla wa-Sadīduhā Abū Manṣūr Bakhtiyār the commander (?), may God make his support eternal,
your correspondence …
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Verso: State document, two lines preserved and one partial line above. Due to water damage or perhaps long-term pressure and ink transfer, the document bears …
State document, Fatimid period. Petition or report to a vizier (beginning only), possibly under al-ʿAḍid (see line 4, where the blessing uses the verb ʿaḍada; …
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Official-looking account in Arabic script.
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 …
Probably a state document in Arabic script. Only a few partial lines are preserved on both recto and verso.
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 …
Petition draft. From Manṣūr b. Salāma (Khan) or b. Ṣadaqa (Elbaum and Rustow independently of one another) to the Fatimid caliph al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh (1101–30 …
العبد المملوك
منصور بن سلامة من اهل سنديون
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحياته على مولانا وسي…
The servant and slave
Manṣūr ibn Salāma from among the people of Sindiyūn.
In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
The bl…
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Verso (original use): "Commercial receipt" for ʿArūs b. Yosef.
Beginning of a Fatimid petition, in Arabic script. Reused for a tax receipt on verso.
Fragment from the top of a petition, probably. The sender's name may be partially legible. Opens with a line containing the words عقد and عقدي …
Writing exercise in a chancery hand, two different hands alternating. Encomium to an official. Alternatively, the original document may be a genuine document rather than …
Official report, probably, in Arabic script. Mentions people owing debts to each other, and mentions "the fortress" (al-qalʿa) at the bottom of recto. Continues on …
Fatimid state decree to a lower official, reused for a Coptic text dated 408–410 AH, hence datable to earlier than that; probably from the reign …
Document in Arabic, unclear content, left half only, with sewing holes at left, top, and diagonally across the upper left corner. Likely an official document. …
Verso (original use): Beginning of a petition. The top three lines are partially preserved. Reused on recto for a Judaeo-Arabic text about the laws of …
Fragment of a state document in Arabic script. ENA 2846.1 (PGPID 40432) and ENA 2846.2 (PGPID 40433) likely join; it is unclear if they are …
Minute fragment of a state document. Only one full word (al-nāḥiya) is preserved. Reused for piyyuṭ.
Letter (?), left half only, narrow folds like a letter, mentioning quantities of something and a certain Nūr al-Dīn, so maybe Ayyubid? Item 16 in …
Letter, possibly official. In Arabic script. Five partial lines with fragmented baselines. Refers to equipment (fī l-ʿudda) and two devices (jihāzayn). Contains a suʾāl clause …
State document, fragment of a petition. Contains the "shadd" formula.
Administrative document(s), probably. On one side: ʿAbd al-Muḥsin b. Ḥasan 1 dinar waẓīfa. On the other side: Muslim b. Salāma 1 dinar waẓīfa. There are …
A few words from a decree: "... al-muwaffaq Ḥusām al-Mulk Sanad al-Dawla..."
Bifolio from a register containing multiple entries recording fiscal payments, including name of the taxpayer and amount paid. Registration marks visible. Could be identified as …