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  1. 101State documentAIU XII.107

    Fiscal document in Arabic script. Mentions al-aʿmāl al-madkhūra in the main text block. Possibly a receipt with a signature at the bottom. Needs examination.

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  2. 102State documentT-S Misc.25.73

    Recto: Letter/petition in Arabic script to a qāḍī (al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-qaḍāʾī al-shamsī). The sender's name is given at the top but is tricky to …

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  3. 103State documentENA 2980.4

    Fragment of a Fatimid fiscal account, probably. Two entries are preserved. The phrase "ʿan al-mamʿūl fīhā" is preserved in both. There is a number (433?) …

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  4. 104State documentAIU XII.13

    Small fragment of an Arabic document. Might be a fiscal account. Mentions the numbers 300 and 400.

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  5. 105State documentENA 3979.3

    Fiscal document/receipt in Arabic script Dated: 5 Muḥarram 735 AH = 5 September 1334 CE. For the capitation taxes of the Jews in Damascus(!?) (bi-l-Shām …

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  6. 106State documentT-S AS 176.61

    One line from a decree. May read: من غلات البحرية صحبة من يصل ليسلم ذلك

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  7. 107State documentT-S AS 50.99

    Receipt for the capitation tax of Bū Saʿd b. Bū ʿAlī the Jew in Fustat for the year 557 AH = 1161/62 CE if read …

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  8. 108State documentNLI 577.1/43

    Official correspondence, in Arabic script. Addressed to a certain Shihāb al-Dīn. Possibly from Abū l-Munā b. Khiḍr, but this is tricky to read. THe beginning …

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  9. 109State documentENA 2886.1–7

    Fiscal register (compare BL OR 5566B.3 and the other shelfmarks cited there). Cut up into (at least) seven pieces and reused to form a booklet …

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  10. 110State documentENA 3942.3

    Recto: fiscal document or state memorandum mentioning a ḍamān and the name Maʿālī b. Yūnā (?). Reused for a tax receipt issued for 402H written …

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    1. …. وعبده سىله
    2. والـ…. المجموعة معها وبني
    3. …. الـ… وبني …
    4. على الغرب والشرق ودخول 
    5. والعصير بالضمان من معالي بن يونى 
    6. ..      …     .     .     .

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  11. 111State documentT-S Ar.30.291 + T-S Ar.30.310

    Original use: Fiscal document in Arabic script (al-mudda al-madhkūra... ʿammā yaṣil min al-nawāḥī al-baḥriyya... al-[...] al-sulṭānī...). Large, with multiple distinct entries. Needs examination. Secondary uses: …

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  12. 112State documentT-S AS 184.319

    State document, in Arabic script. 2-3 words in a chancery script. Needs examination.

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  13. 113State documentT-S 20.32

    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 …

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    1. بسم للهّ الرحمن الرحیم

    2. بسم

    3. بسم للهّ الرحمن الرحیم

    4. العبد المملوك هبة الله بن

    5. ابو منصور الیھودي

    6. صلوات للهّ وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وأفض…

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  14. 114State documentENA 979.2

    Decree fragment: one line on recto. 'adal(a) followed by tooth+loop (fragmentary word). Cut, reused, and bound in a Hebrew script literary text: 12 lines on …

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  15. 115State documentT-S 16.16

    State correspondence in Arabic script. The beginnings of 13 lines are preserved. May involve a tax farm (ḍamān) and includes the dates Ṣafar 439 AH …

    1. . . . . . .بالجري في الديوان [

    2. اطال الله بقاك المعدية(؟) [

    3. وكانت اخره فوقها وما ا . . [

    4. وقطعات الجسر مضمنة(؟) . . .[

    5. الثاني من صفر سنة تسع…

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  16. 116State documentENA 3947.3

    Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Asking for "the lofty rescript" (التوقيع العالي زاده الله شرفا وعلوا) apparently concerning a certain Abū Saʿd, "sitting …

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    1. التوقيع العالي زاده الله شرفا وعلوا الى الشيخ ابو سعد
    2. باسشفاف حاله وتمكينه من الجلوس في بعض الحوانيت
    3. لتحيي هو وعائلته رحمة عليهم واحسانا اليهم…

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    1. Abū Saʿd, the elder, to investigate in his affair [
    2. the stores, so that he and his family can live, [by extending] mercy upon them and kindnes…

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  17. 117State documentENA 3982.13

    Fiscal account?

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  18. 118State documentT-S NS J121

    Verso (original use): Provincial fiscal account concerning the maintenance of the dikes (ʿimārat al-jusūr al-maʿmūra) in the districts of Shubrā and one other by the …

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  19. 119State documentENA 3929.11

    State document in Arabic script. Refers to "the noble order" (al-amr al-ajall) and possibly the year 45[.] AH (=1058–67 CE). Needs examination.

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  20. 120State documentENA 2916.2

    Decree fragment, beginning few words of nearly three lines preserved. Probably mentions "ilā Damish[q" in the first line. Requires further examination.

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  21. 121State documentT-S K25.32

    Petition or report concerning a government official (Mutawallī al-Sayyāra) named Samyūn (سميون), likely a Christian.The document was cut into two or more pieces and rearranged …

    1. ]بابن عتيق الفكاة انه اتا في اليل الى دار

    2. سميون العبد متولي السيارة وهو على حاله وسميون غائب فشتمه

    3. وشتم غيره لمن ذكر[]لقدر صاحب عنده انه ذكر[

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  22. 122State documentT-S AS 137.105

    Fragment of a decree, probably. The only phrases preserved are a reference to the caliph ("al-imām al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh Amīr al-Muʾminīn," r. 1160–71) and "ʿalā …

    1. الامام العاضد لدين الله امير المؤمنين
    2. [صلوات الله عليه و]على ابايه
    3. [الطاهرين وابنايه الاكرمين المناظرين]

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  23. 123State documentENA NS 71.27

    Fiscal account, probably Fatimid.

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  24. 124State documentT-S AS 157.423

    Verso: small fragment of an Arabic state document in large script. There is an ʿalāma in the margin. Recto: possibly a maqāma, praising a ruler …

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  25. 125State documentENA 3939.6

    Recto: Report fragment, 7 lines. The sender mentions a group of people who came before him and pledged their allegiance (...ʿindī mudhʿinīn muslimīn ilayya qāʾimīn …

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  26. 126State documentT-S Ar.35.270

    Fiscal account. Needs examination.

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  27. 127State documentT-S NS 113.14

    Petition for charity from Bū Bakr b. al-Bābā al-Ṭūrī to an amīr with many titles (including al-isfahsalārī). In Arabic script. Dating: likely Mamluk-era, based on …

    1. المملوك بو بكر بن البابا
    2. الطوري
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. يخدم الجناب العالي المولوي الآمري الاجلي الكبيري
    5. الاسفهسلاري المجتبا المختار عمدة الملوك اختا…

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  28. 128State documentT-S AS 184.87

    Fragment from the bottom of a petition. With a raʾy clause (...al-raʾy al-sāmī fīhi lā zāla ʿāliyan...). Dated: Jumādā I 5[.]7 AH, which is 1113–1201 …

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    1. يذكرها عبده في ذلك مثبتا مـ[ـن
    2. الحمد لله[وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد نبيه وسلم تسليما]

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  29. 129State documentJRL B 7366

    Verso (original use): The last words of two lines of a letter with wide line spacing, possibly official: خادمها . . . واجباتها . . …

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  30. 130State documentENA NS 55.20

    Official correspondence in Arabic script. Opening of the letter, starting with an ʿalāma (al-ḥamdu lillāhi kathīra?) in a thick pen. In the position of the …

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  31. 131State documentT-S NS 199.154

    Official letter, six fragmentary lines in Arabic, recycled by ʿEli b. Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen of Jerusalem (d. ca. 1055) for a Piyyuṭ which dates the state …

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  32. 132State documentT-S NS 305.182

    Tax receipt? Extremely faded.

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  33. 133State documentT-S NS 125.110

    Official letter, in Arabic script. Probably an internal correspondence. Reports on a place or an occurrence "was l-mulāḥaẓa". The beginnings of 7 lines are preserved. …

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  34. 134State documentT-S Ar.39.288

    Ayyubid state document. Bifolio, possibly from a fiscal accounting ledger. Dated: Shawwāl 622 AH, which is October/November 1225 CE (if read correctly). Mentions al-Malik al-Kāmil …

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  35. 135State documentT-S AS 178.224

    Document in Arabic script, maybe an official/fiscal account. "... bi-mablagh al-mustakhraj wa-l-maṣrūf...." Needs examination.

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  36. 136State documentT-S NS 305.97

    Petition from Ḥātim to Nuwayr al-Dīn(?) In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Ayyubid or early Mamluk-era. The first ~6 lines are preserved.

    1.   المملوك حاتم

    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    3. يقبل الارض بين يدي المولا الاجل الكبير الاوحد الامير نوير الدين

    4. اطال الله في العز الـ[ـدا]يم بقاه وادام…

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  37. 137State documentMoss. Xa,3.2

    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). …

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  38. 138State documentENA 3944.11

    Tax receipt for Abū l-Surūr. Trigger: addā.

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  39. 139State documentT-S H15.62

    Petition to the Ayyubid sultan al-ʿĀdil regarding the capitation tax. Dating: ca. 596–615 AH, which is 1200–18 CE. The petitioner asks that his tax rate …

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    1. العادلى المظفري [     ]ـي .[سلطان]

    2. جيوش المسلمين وادام قدرته واعلا ابدا كـ[ـلمته] ...

    3. المملوك يقبل الارض امامه وينهى الى

    4. رافته واحسانه …

    1. ... al-ʿĀdil, the victorious [ sultan]

    2. of the armies of the Muslims, (may God) cause his power to endure and exalt his word for ever.

    3. The slave…

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  40. 140State documentMoss. IV,21.3

    Recto: Petition draft in Judaeo-Arabic. Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-[ʿIzz al-Yahūdī] kisses the ground before al-maqām al-ʿālī al-sulṭānī al-malikī al-sayfī al-ʿādilī, and reports that he …

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    1. אלממלוך אבו עלי אבן אבי אלעז
    2. יקבל אלארץ באלמקאם אלעאלי אלסלטאני
    3. אלמלכי אלסיפי אלעאדלי כלד אללה מלכה
    4. וינהי אנה רגל פקיר לא יקדר עלי אלקיאם
    5. בגאל…
    1. The slave Abū ʿAlī b. Abī l-ʿIzz
    2. Kisses the ground in the elated, mighty,
    3. powerful, brave, and just presence [of al-ʿĀdil] may God perpetuate his re…

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  41. 141State documentENA 3970.27

    Tax receipt, Fatimid.

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  42. 142State documentENA 3695.8

    Small fragment with Arabic script. State document? ENA 3695.4, ENA 3695.5, and ENA 3695.8 all look very similar, might be from the same original document.

    1. ]والشد فيها      حتى يجري على

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  43. 143State documentENA NS 8.2

    Fiscal document, probably Fatimid. Two-sided with very wide line spacing. Recto mentions Nāṣir and two dinars; verso mentions two dinars and three irdabbs. Merits further …

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  44. 144State documentT-S AS 181.227

    Small fragment of a document in Arabic script. Contains the phrase "al-ḥamdu lil-lāh mustaḥiqq al-ḥamd."

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  45. 145State documentT-S Ar.11.35

    Verso: Petition or report to the Fatimid vizier al-Afḍal (r. 1096–1121) regarding a government appointee reporting for duty or fulfilling an order. Including a raʾy …

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  46. 146State documentENA 2149.49

    Document in Arabic script. May be a state document. Refers to "al-niẓām al-ḥamīd." Ends with a ḥamdala and a ḥasbala. Needs examination.

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  47. 147State documentENA 3942.3

    Verso: tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on a dyeworks (maṣbagha) in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Undated. The date on the receipt, …

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  48. 148State documentT-S NS 305.81

    Tax receipt? Needs examination.

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  49. 149State documentT-S AS 178.45

    Small fragment of an official (state-related) letter of praise/recommendation for somebody. Two lines are preserved.

    1. واقواله محمولا في تصرفاته
    2. باذلا نفسه في مصالحنا وقد

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  50. 150State documentT-S AS 184.460

    Document in Arabic script, likely a petition or official correspondence. Dating: late Ayyubid or Mamlūk era based on paleography.

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