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1351State documentMoss. Xa,3.104
Primary language
Arabic
Draft of a Fatimid petition. Recto: l. 1 mentions "the dīwān"; l. 2 mentions tax farmers (al-ḍumanāʾ al-muqaddamīn (dhikruhum?) of "this district (hādhihi l-nāḥiya); l. …
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1352State documentENA 2385.20 + ENA 2385.21
Primary language
Arabic
Two fragments of a Fatimid order/decree to a lower official. Mentions the caliph's estates (probably mentions its overseer). Repurposed as two folios for Hebrew liturgical …
ENA 2385.20
1. التوجه الى الاعـمال الخيرية وحضور مجلس خدمة الا[مير
2. النجيب سيف الملك ليث الدولة وشجاعها ذي العزم
ENA 2385.21
1. صنيعة امير المومنين…
1. turning to charitable works (or: the districts of [...]?) and presenting to the majlis al-khidma of the
2. noble a[mīr] Sayf al-Mulk, the sword of t…
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1353State documentT-S AS 184.144
Primary language
Arabic
Arabic document mentioning "[...] al-dīn sulṭān al-muslimīn." On verso the name Abū l-Barakāt appears in Hebrew script.
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1354State documentT-S AS 178.192
Primary language
Arabic
Petition in Arabic script to "the master of the viziers" (sayyid al-wuzarāʾ). The sender swears by Muḥammad and his family but is himself a Jew …
1. المماليك يقبلون الارض بين يدي مولانا]وسيدنا سيد الوزرا وكهف الفقرا
2. وملـ]ـجا الغربا والمنقطعين عمدة الملوك والسـ[ـلاطيـ]ـن [. . . . .] امير المومنين
3. …
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1355State documentBL OR 5557B.18
Primary language
Arabic
Decree. Portions of two lines are preserved: ...bi-sumuwwi l-ʾamri... qabla l-tadbīri(?).... Reused for Hebrew poetry/liturgy.
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1356State documentAIU IV.A.206
Document date
19 Muḥarram 550 Hijrī (25 March 1155 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
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 …
1. ] . . . واخذت في . . هىه . . و . . م . . . [
2. ] . لما تسهل وصولي في اخر طوبة
3. ]ـىه الى اخر امس هذا اليوم اخرجت
4. الغـ]ـلات والزراعة لا تنقضي في بحيرة
5. شـ…
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1357State documentT-S AS 184.426
Primary language
Arabic
Small fragment in Arabic. A few words in a chancery hand.
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1358State documentT-S AS 177.450
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt for the capitation tax of Hiba b. Khalaf in Fustat. Dated: 503 or 530 AH.
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1359State documentT-S Ar.39.101
Document date
Muḥarram 42[0]-42[9] Hijrī (20 January 1029–12 November 1037 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
State document, genre and content unclear. Dated: Muḥarram 42[.] AH. Needs examination.
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1360State documentT-S NS 128.76
Primary language
Arabic
A few words from an Arabic state document (ʿalayhimā wa-law...). Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ.
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1361State documentT-S Ar.35.94
Document date
504 Hijrī (20 July 1110–9 July 1111 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt for the capitation tax of Khalaf b. Ghālib the Jew, a druggist (ʿaṭṭār) and something else (jabbān? jazzār?) in Fustat for the year 504 …
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1362State documentT-S AS 178.146
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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1363State documentT-S AS 181.2
Primary language
Arabic
Fragment of a petition. Hard to piece together the story but contains various interesting references such as to the judges (al-quḍāt) and to عبد يشوع …
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1364State documentT-S AS 150.195
Primary language
Arabic
State document, Fatimid period, 1130–49. Opening lines of a petition with a blessing on al-Hāfiẓ. On verso there is additional Arabic text in a different …
Recto
1. [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]
2. صلوات[الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وافضل تحياته على سيدنا ومولانا]
3. الامام الحافـ[ـظ لدين الله وعلى ابائه الطاهرين وابنا…
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- tawqi'
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1365State 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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1366State documentMoss. VIII,319.1
Primary language
Arabic
Provincial fiscal account. Provincial because the scribal hand is less sophisticated than the documents produced in the capital. Mentions "dīwān bi-rasm" and maybe "al-muqṭaʿyn". Could …
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1367State documentUU 1395
Primary language
Arabic
State document, Mamlūk-era, in Arabic script. An ʿalāma in an outsized script at the top. Needs examination.
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1368State documentT-S K2.96
Inferred date
1169–1180 CE
Primary language
Arabic
Petition to Saladin from ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Yaḥyā, the Jew, a resident of Malīj, in the province of al-Gharbiyya, in the Delta. Dating: ca. 564–89 …
Verso, upper margin
1. ⟦ناصر⟧
2. ناصح الدين اسحق
Verso
1. المملوك
2. عبد الباقى بن يحيى اليهودى
3. المقيم بلمليج
4. …
Recto (verso of this doc)
1. If there has been a precedent for you to work as a tax-collector,
2. you have no excuse with regard to the service of the…
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- saladin
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1369State documentENA 4048.4 + ENA 4048.3
Primary language
Arabic
State document in Arabic on verso. Medieval era. The remnants of one line is visible. Both sides were reused for a literary text in Hebrew. …
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1370State documentENA 3944.17
Inferred date
1132–1149 CE
Primary language
Arabic
Two fiscal documents, in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 12th C. Recto is headed "al-muqīmīn" and mentions "al-mustakhraj" in the third line, probably related to tax …
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1371State documentENA 1822a.46
Primary language
Arabic
Petition in Arabic script concerning a governor, a bishop and monasteries. In the formal third-person address, the writer apologizes for sending the request in writing …
1. عبده
2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
3. وصل اطال الله بقا مولاي الشيخ الجليل
4. وادام عزه وعلوه وسلامته وكبت بالذل حسدته وعدا[ته]
1. His servant
2. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
3. Today — may God prolong the life…
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- decree
- fatimid
- monastery
- petition
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1372State documentT-S NS 305.195
Primary language
Arabic
Decree? In Arabic script, chancery hand, large letters and huge space between the lines. One and a half lines are preserved. It is difficult to …
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1373State documentT-S NS 306.44
Primary language
Arabic
State document. In Arabic script. Refers to iqṭāʿ throughout, at least four times. One of the mentions is probably referring to an iqṭāʿ in the …
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- iqta'
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1374State documentMoss. IV,249
Primary language
Arabic
Petition in Arabic script. The sender bemoans his poverty (ṣaʿlaka) and expresses his trouble with paying a tax, probably his capitation tax. He is a …
Recto
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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- dimme
- to edit
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1375State documentT-S AS 209.323
Primary language
Arabic
State document, in Arabic script. A decree fragment, more precisely. Only four fragmentary lines preserved. Seems to be in response to a plea concerning the …
1. ا]لمحنة قد ثبت اعادة الزكات[ ]ره
2. .......يجدد بعد نفوذ الكتاب وما ضمنه من اعادة من اعلـ[
3. ]ـوا للعود الى مستقر خدمتهم فسير…
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1376State documentT-S AS 179.197
Primary language
Arabic
Official document(s) in Arabic script. The layout does not seem to be that of a typical tax receipt. Needs examination.
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1377State documentT-S Ar.3.5 + T-S Ar.30.209
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Two copies of a draft of blessings for the caliph (amīr al-muʾminīn). In Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly the beginning of a petition: [[אלאמיר אלמופק]] אמיר אלמומנין במא …
Recto
1. [[אלאמיר אלמופק]]
2. אמיר אלמומנין במא
3. וכלה ייי אללה מן שיאשת
4. אלאמה ועדקהא בה
5. מן תדבירהא [ ]אב
6. פי מא כאנת
7. מצלחתהא פיה[[.]]
8. عامة פ…
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1378State documentT-S AS 102.61
Primary language
Arabic
Fragment of two lines from a state document, reused for liturgical text for Shabbat with Judaeo-Arabic instructions. (Information in part from CUDL.)
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1379State documentHalper 481
Document date
4 Shawwāl 602 Hijrī (14 May 1206 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Fiscal account, probably a tax receipt, beginning with the waṣala ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr, probably a receipt of delivery to the bayt al-māl. Mentions several …
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1380State documentT-S NS 219.10
Primary language
Arabic
Original text: Possibly a fiscal account in Arabic script. Mentions names such as Maḥmūd and Aḥmad and "messenger" (rasūl) and 10 dinars on both sides. …
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- arabic script
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1381State documentUU 1417
Primary language
Arabic
State document, in Arabic script. A Mamlūk-era order (marsūm) from two amīrs to the overseer of the peasants' affairs in their area (al-fallāḥiyya was l-muzāraʿa …
1. المرسوم بالامر الكريم العالي المولوي الاميري الكبيري السيدي
2. المالكي المخدومي السيفي طقطباي…انجزهم الله تعالى الى [جمـ]ـاعـ[ـة ] المشائخ
3. والفلاح…
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1382State documentT-S AS 180.232
Primary language
Arabic
Probably a fragment from a petition. Possibly two distinct state documents, one each on recto and verso.
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1383State documentENA NS 83.131
Primary language
Arabic
Tax receipt for Abū l-Ḥasan b. Saʿīd the Jew. Trigger: ṣaḥḥ. May mention the neighborhood al-Mamṣūṣa. The scribe is ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAbdallāh. The date …
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1384State documentMoss. IV,383.1
Primary language
Arabic
Letter or official correspondence, in Arabic script. The preserved text is fragmentary and doesn't directly indicate its a state document but contains elegant line spacing …
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1385State documentENA 3635.7
Primary language
Arabic
State document, four fragmented lines in a chancery hand, later reused for Hebrew text. Starts with a basmala followed by a Quranic verse 'Naṣrun min …
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1386State documentT-S NS 327.103
Document date
Ramaḍān 545 Hijrī (22 December 1150–20 January 1151 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Bifolio containing what look like fiscal accounts, in relatively narrow columns. Very difficult to read. Probably related to iqṭāʿ, mentions maqṭūʿāt on the verso. Dated …
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1387State documentENA 2425.34
Primary language
Arabic
Fragment of a fiscal document, in Arabic script. Requires further examination.
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- cmp
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1388State documentBL OR 5561A.2
Document date
415 Kharājī (1024–1027 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
State document. Dating: Refers to payments for the year 415 kharājī; 415 AH is 1024/25 CE, so 415 kharājī is 1024/25 CE plus or minus …
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [
2. شرط النوااب بالـ[. .]ـل مالهما لامير الامرا تاج الدولة وسيف
3. الملة المويد ذي الـ[ـمعالـ]ـي …
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1389State documentT-S Misc.36.174
Primary language
Arabic
Original use: Small fragment from the bottom of a Fatimid decree. Dating: No later than 1077 CE.
Verso
1. [ وليقـ]ـر بايديهم بعد العمل به بمقتضـ[ـاه]
2. [فليعلمه من امر أمير المؤمنين ورسمه وليعمل عليه وبحسبه] ان شا الله وكتب لثلث بقين من
3. …
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38064
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1390State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 107
Document date
1236 Hijrī (9 October 1820–27 September 1821 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
State-issued receipt related to silk processing in Alexandria. In Arabic script. Dated: 1236 AH, which is 1820/21 CE. (MCD with nformation from JRL catalogue.) Needs …
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- silk
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1391State documentT-S AS 178.111
Primary language
Arabic
Probably a state document, but the specific genre and purpose are unclear. There are multiple distinct entries on both recto and verso, with a lot …
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1392State documentT-S NS 259.49
Primary language
Arabic
State document, in Arabic script. One line in a chancery hand. Mentions farming and possibly the Egyptian village of Banī Murra (near Asyūṭ) — although …
1. ومن زرع بها من بني مرة والرخصين
Verso
1. ومن زرع بها من بني مرة والرخصين
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1393State documentT-S AS 184.249
Document date
637 Hijrī (3 August 1239–22 July 1240 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt for the capitation tax in Fustat for the Jewish oculist (al-yahūdī al-kaḥḥāl) Makārim b. Isḥāq, known from several other documents. Dated: 637 AH = …
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1394State documentL-G Ar. I.97
Primary language
Arabic
State document, draft of a report, in Arabic script. Addressed to a lower official whose titles are "al-Rayyis al-Muḥrim al-Amīr ʿImād al-Mulk". Reports an event …
Recto
1. الريس علم الرياسة الـ[
2. يجدد نعمته وينهي ان ا[
3. بالمولا على شاطي الـ[ـبحر]...
4. وصول وصول بتاريخ بتاريخ بتاريخ علي الـ...
5. المملوك يجدد خد…
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1395State documentBodl. MS Heb. d 99/5
Primary language
Arabic
One fragmented line in an Arabic chancery hand, probably of a decree, later cut and reused to form quires of Hebrew script. A suggestive reading …
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- dimme
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1396State documentT-S AS 176.370
Primary language
Arabic
Small fragment (upper left corner) of an official receipt. Might refer to dyeing (ṣabgh).
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1397State documentUPenn RAR MS 85.126.38
Document date
Muḥarram 628 Hijrī (9 November 1230–8 December 1230 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
At least two documents across two fragments (which belong together). In Arabic script. Two of the documents look legal/administrative. A third text-block is an extended …
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1398State documentT-S NS 136.22
Primary language
Arabic
Fragment of an Arabic (fiscal?) document reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ on both sides.
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1399State documentMIAC 23973.46
Inferred date
1160–1171 CE
Primary language
Arabic
Letter from the amīr Kanz al-Dawla, probably in Aswān, to al-Bazīl, the deputy (nāʾib) of the eparch Abū l-Khayr Darmā, in Qalʿat Ibrīm. The sender …
1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. اعلم البزيل النائب عن صاحب الخيل بقلعة ابريم
3. ادام الله حراسته وسلامته ونعمته ان
4. متحمل هذه السطور الرئيس كتب ه الل سلامته
5. فيجب…
1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
2. I inform al-Bazīl, the deputy of the Master of the Horses in the fortress of Ibrīm—
3. may God caus…
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1400State documentT-S AS 177.219
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals
Possibly an official receipt, or simply a private account.
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