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1251
State documentENA 2818.46
Letter/petition in Arabic script. Dating: likely mid- to late 12th century, based on paleographic grounds, the mention of Abū l-Fakhr Ibn al-Rav who may be …
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1252
State documentT-S Ar.34.302
State document, possibly. There are two lines in a chancery hand and the end of a third line, with huge spaces between them, and an …
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1253
State documentT-S NS 104.24
State document, in Arabic script. Right-side fragment of an official correspondence.
- لدعـ[
- مع عشـ[
- الى خمسـ[
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1254
State documentCUL Or.1080 J85
Fiscal document (account? in table form) with very wide line spacing, in a chancery/fiscal hand. Appears to list at least 12 towns in the upper …
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1255
State documentENA 684.1
Official letter. After the basmala one reads :ʾaṭāla llāh baqāhā wa-ʾadāma taʾyīdahā wa-ʿalāhā (l. 2), ʿārafahu bi-mā li-l-ḥadra al-sāmiyya al-ʾaǧalliyya al-raʾīsiyya (l. 3), ʿalā al-ḥadrat …
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1256
State documentMoss. VIII,350.3-4
State document, extremely fragmented, only a few words readable. Mentions the amir Asad al-Dawla.
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1257
State documentENA 3979.8 + ENA 3979.7
Fiscal account dated 8 Dhū l-Qaʿda 404 AH = 11 May 1014 CE if read correctly. Apparently for military spending (nafaqāt), mentioning the Baḥrī and …
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1258
State documentBodl. MS heb. e 98/69
Verso: Fiscal document, 3 fragmentary lines with lacunae, in Arabic script. Mentions an amīr with the laqab Nabīh al-Dawla (though this title appears to be …
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1259
State documentT-S AS 184.84
Small fragment with various kinds of Arabic text on it. Recto may be poetry or prayers (...اذا ما رمت ادراك...), written with diacritics and vowels. …
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1260
State documentT-S AS 179.55
Receipt for the capitation tax of Maḥfūẓ b. Eliyya(?), a Jewish silk trader (qazzāz), in Fustat.
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1261
State documentT-S AS 176.294
Lower left corner of a petition.
من محابة والشكر(؟)
واحواله ومهماته منعما ان شا الله
الحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا]محمد نبيه واله الطاهرين وسلام
وحسبنا …
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1262
State documentBodl. MS heb. d 78/38
Fiscal account or receipt dated Muḥarram 437H (July–August 1045). Closing five lines. (MR)
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1263
State documentENA 3262.4
The end of one line from a state document in Arabic script (decree vs. petition vs. report). Quite faded. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ.
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1264
State documentT-S AS 185.257
Receipt for the capitation tax of [...] b. Yūsuf in Fustat. Needs further examination.
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1265
State documentT-S Ar.35.38 + T-S Ar.34.212
Tax receipt. From the archive of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. Join: Alan Elbaum.
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1266
State documentT-S NS 300.71
Petition, Fatimid, in Arabic script. Three and a half lines are preserved. The petitioner is one of the traders entering (or importing goods into?) Egypt …
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- انه من جملة التجار الموردين الى الديار المصرية خلد الله[
- وهو من اهل الستر والسلامة لازم للطرائق الحميدة[
- الا جزا وهو [يجدد] تقبيل الارض ويسئل …
- He is among the merchants that come to Egypt, may god perpetuate [
- and he is a genuine person, following a virtuous path [
- except reward. He [renews…
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1267
State documentT-S AS 183.202
Official-looking receipt, maybe for someone's capitation tax. Very messy.
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1268
State documentT-S AS 176.289
Tax receipt for Yūsuf b. Ṣadaqa, probably for his jizya.
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1269
State documentMoss. VII,169
Verso (original use): Fragment of a state document, a decree. Only the ends of three lines are preserved. One of the few legible words is …
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1270
State documentT-S AS 113.210
Recto: Official letter/report, probably. In Arabic script. The ends of ~5 lines are preserved. Verso: piyyuṭ and phrases praising a dignitary. (Information in part from …
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1271
State documentENA NS 58.1
Bottom of an official letter (petition?) in Arabic script. The last line is a ḥamdala and ṣalwala. Unclear how much of the text above this …
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1272
State documentENA NS 83.178
Document in a calligraphic but barely legible hand. Genre unclear. Dated 510 AH. Needs examination.
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1273
State documentJRL Gaster ar. 348
Tax receipt(s). There are distinct documents on recto and verso. Needs examination.
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1274
State documentT-S AS 181.31
Tax receipt for Khalaf b. Yaʿqūb. See ENA 3945.9 (PGPID 10485) for a list of related documents.
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1275
State documentT-S AS 177.408
Fiscal account or receipt. Mentions a name at the top and mentions wheat further down. Needs examination.
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1276
State documentUU 1395
State document, Mamlūk-era, in Arabic script. An ʿalāma in an outsized script at the top. Needs examination.
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1277
State documentJRL Gaster ar. 142
Fiscal document, with two holes. Needs examination.
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1278
State documentENA 3971.17
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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1279
State documentENA NS 12.26
Tax receipt. Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.
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1280
State documentT-S K2.1
State document, probably a report. The beginnings of 9 lines are preserved. Concerning the opening of the canal (Fatḥ al-Khalīj, a major festival in Fatimid …
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1281
State documentT-S Ar.44.103
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 …
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1282
State documentT-S 16.102
Petition from an Alexandrian coppersmith. Dating: Fatimid-era based on structure and paleography but could be Ayyubid. The titles of the addressee match that of an …
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1283
State documentT-S NS 297.55
Accounts of some sort in official-looking Arabic script.
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1284
State documentT-S AS 183.168
Receipt for the capitation tax of [...] in Fustat for the year 525 AH = 1130/31 CE. Needs further examination.
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1285
State documentT-S AS 178.194
A single phrase in Arabic script, likely from a state document: min injāz(?) al-ḥujja fī dhālika ʿalā al-[...]
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1286
State documentT-S Ar.42.18
Fiscal document(s) in Arabic script. Bifolio. One entry on each page of recto. Might have to do with sugar. Apart from format and handwriting, we …
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1287
State documentT-S AS 177.340
Receipt for Bū l-Majd b. [...].
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1288
State documentT-S AS 182.207
Fiscal account? Mentions a dīwān and possibly the terms muqṭaʿ and/or maṭbakh. Needs examination.
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1289
State documentT-S AS 179.48
Tax receipt.
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1290
State documentT-S AS 177.89
Receipt for the capitation tax of Maʿālī b. Bū l-Karam. Needs further examination. See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.
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1291
State documentT-S NS 315.203
The beginnings of the lines of an official document in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew piyyut (same scribe as T-S NS 111.63 and others?). Might …
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1292
State documentT-S NS 327.25
Official receipt, likely for capitation tax ("min jizyatihī") for Yaʿqūb b. Yūsuf the Jew. Mentions "bi-mushārafat al-qāḍī . . . Yūsuf b. [...]." In the …
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1293
State documentT-S AS 182.51
Bottom of a formal letter or petition in Arabic script. On verso, torn and reused for a miniature receipt. Needs examination.
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1294
State documentT-S NS 153.127
A few words from the end of a decree: واعـ[ـلم هذا] واعمل عليه وبحسبه وو . . . . Reused for Hebrew liturgy.
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1295
State documentENA NS 48.23
Copious jottings in Arabic script. It is not clear if there is any original document here or if they are all exercises of a chancery …
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1296
State documentT-S Ar.47.200
Letter addressed to the chief justice (Qāḍī l-Quḍāt). Only the first 4 lines are preserved.
- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- لا زالت سيرة قاضي القضاة اطال الله بقاه
- وادام تاييده وعلاه وكبت حسدته واعداه
- بالعدالة[ ] احكامه بالجـ[ ] ومصادرته
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1297
State documentENA NS 8.46
Recto: Accounts in Arabic script. Perhaps a state/fiscal document, since it's written in a chancery hand with wide space between the lines. There are date …
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1298
State documentT-S Ar.35.133
Capitation tax receipt for Khalaf b. Yaʿqūb. See ENA 3945.9 (PGPID 10485) for a list of related documents.
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1299
State documentT-S AS 131.125
Fragment of a state document. Ayyubid? Interesting layout. One text block begins "uḥḍira ilā al-dīwān fī . . ."; the next mentions al-Shām. Needs further …
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1300
State documentENA 3939.2
Fragment of a state correspondence, probably a decree, 5 lines, bottom-left corner of the document with traces of paper decay. Mentions the day of movement …
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