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Petition or formal letter concerning an iqṭāʿ, which was subsequently torn, and a related record written on verso. Dating: Probably Mamluk or early Ottoman era, …
No Scholarship Records
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 …
State document, in Arabic script. Decree of Ṭalāʾiʿ, the vizier of al-Fāʾiz, concerning the monks of Mount Sinai. The vizier Ṭalāʾiʿ orders that the tax …
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Small fragment of a state document in Arabic script. May mention 1000 or more dinars. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)
State document, decree, in Arabic script. Mentions the year '44, probably [4]44 AH, which would be 1052. The decree seems to be issued in response …
المحل بظاهر الرس(؟) يوم الاثنين لعشر بقين في رجب
سنة اربع واربعين وقد استتب هذين في سلوك
نهج الطاعة والولاء واستبصروا شدي في انخراط
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Decree, fragment, reused for Hebrew piyyut/poetry. The preserved text reads 'and on his brother' - wa ʿalā akhīhi.
Petition to ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar to Jawhar al-Ṣafawī, asking him for money. [Described on a separate small piece of paper: "Important"; [next line] "A letter …
Account in Arabic script in small handwriting, possibly official (fiscal). Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ in a hand resembling that of Abū Sahl Levi.
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 …
Verso: Official correspondence in Arabic script. Fragment from the lower right corner, with the beginnings of 7 lines preserved. Mentions a sugar refinery (maṭbakh), a …
Tax receipt, Fatimid. Possibly mentions ʿAbdallah b. Manṣūr in line 4 after the basmala in line 3. Requires further examination.
Minute fragment of a state document. Only one full word (al-nāḥiya) is preserved. Reused for piyyuṭ.
Receipt issued to the khuzzān of the Fayyūm tax districts against revenue delivered by Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. Dated: 16 Ṣafar 404. Written by the …
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Verso: state document. Legible words: on line 1, مـ]ـستخدمين في الدواوين]; on line 2: ان شا الله. (MR)
State document, possibly a decree. Suggests orders conferred upon an authority: hayʾat (?) l-muṭālaʿa wa-l-āʿmāl bihā. There is Arabic script in another not-so-elegant hand and …
A few words from a state document in Arabic script (... al-dawla ...). Reused on recto for Hebrew literary text.
Recto: fragment of a fiscal account in a Fatimid chancery hand, including amounts in dīnārs. In l. 7, mentions something al-mubāraka ilā mawlāy (or mawlāhā). …
Petition from Ṭāhir b. Isḥāq, a poor man from Alexandria, to the amir Qarāqūsh Bahāʾ ai-Dīn b. ʿAbdallāh al-Asadī (his nisba derives from his having …
The slave
Tāhir ibn Isḥāq
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
The slave of the lofty, mighty and sublime presence, the most g…
Tiny fragment of an Arabic-script document in a chancery hand. Mention a sum of X-hundred dinars and the phrase "...which are mine, and that..." (allatī …
Fiscal account recording amounts by month.
Writing practice or drafts of the formulae typically used in official documents with prayers for the caliph ("... al-ṭāhirīn... al-akramīn...).
Closing of a state document containing words of gratitude, ḥamdala, ṣalwala, and ḥasbala. "fa-ūqābil bi-l-shukr ʿalayhi inshāʾ Allāh".
Receipt. Miniature (cf. ENA NS 83.413). Includes the glyph, payer's name, date, and the sum written in words and in Greek/Coptic numerals. Possibly a registration …
Official receipt of some sort. Needs examination.
Decree. In Arabic script. Only a few words are preserved here (...ʿalā ikhtilāf...). Reused for a dirge by Yosef Ibn Avitor. (Information in part from …
State document, in Arabic script, from the private archives of the Karaite community in Cairo. The document is a decree from the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāhir …
End of a petition in Arabic script. Asking for permission to enter Egypt on behalf of a group of people. In a different hand, there …
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Petition. Small fragment. Contains a taqbīl clause (and not much else). The beginning formula following the taqbīl resembles petition openings during the time of the …
Recto: Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 20 Rabīʿ II 404 (17 October 1013). …
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Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 25 Ramaḍān 405. Written by Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd …
State document in Arabic script. Petition or report? Fragments of 6 lines are preserved, wide space between them. Refers to al-Shaykh al-Muʾayyad fī l-Dīn (maybe …
State document, in Arabic script. Petition to a lower official. "Mamlūk al-ḥaḍra al-sāmiyya al-ajalliya". Only beginning formula preserved. Mentions khufarāʾ (the village protectors).
A few words from a state document, perhaps a decree. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ.
Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: Middle of Dhū l-Ḥijja 403. Amount: one-third and …
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Official correspondence in Arabic script. Portions of 7 lines are preserved. Seems to be either a petition or a letter of gratitude after a favorable …
استمطار سحب المكارم الالهية بما يصلحها وعليها..
صنائع هذه الايام الناضرة[ ]
من الحكام في هذه الاعمال ولو لا يتم بالاعراف في شكر النعمة
Fatimid capitation tax receipt for Isḥāq b. Shūʿā (=Yiṣḥaq b. Yeshuʿa), a Jewish druggist (ʿaṭṭār)
Three different documents stuck together. The main one is a report of the death of al-Ḥājj Ṭāhir. After reporting his death the document lists his …
Fiscal document referring to the amīr Sayf al-Dawla and mentioning the date 27 Jumādā II 527 AH = 2 May 1133 CE. YU/ASE.
Petition, probably. In Arabic script. Only one line and a couple words from the line below are preserved. "irtifāʿ mā. . . lā yadillu ʿalayhi. …
Bottom of a tax receipt. Dated: 12 Rabīʿ I 509 AH = 5 August 1115 CE.
Recto: State document, huge line spacing, ends with ṣalwala in a calligraphic hand, probably a decree. On verso there is a letter (see separate record). …
A part of a decree from the court of the Fātimid Caliph al-Ẓāhir, protecting the rights of the Qaraite communities in Palestine against Rabbanite encroachment, …
Verso: Accounts in Arabic, likely fiscal. Mentions fūl (fava beans) and jullabān (vetch) and shaʿīr (barley).
Tax receipt, Ayyubid. Dated: 7 Muḥarram 607 AH = 1 July 1210 CE. The payment is made (min jihat) by a government employee (al-mustakhdam); the …
Two different letters in Arabic script, one on recto and on verso. The one on verso may be a petition. Needs examination for content.
Receipt for the capitation tax of [...] b. Mūsā in Fustat. Needs examination for details.
Receipt ("tadhkira bism...") for the capitation tax of Maʿrūf b. Yahūdhā al-Yahūdī, an indigo merchant (nīlī) and perfumer (ʿattār), in Fustat. The registration mark / …
Recto: Petition, probably. In Arabic script. Fragment (lower left corner, portions of 4 lines preserved). The raʾy clause is partially legible in the last line: …
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, …
Small fragment of a state document. Very large writing, wide line spacing. Refers to someone who "severed the ambitions of the en[emies?]" ...سرم فطم مطامع …