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A few letters are preserved from an Arabic state document, probably a decree. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ.
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Tax receipt.
State document in Arabic, two lines are visible. Fatimid-era. There is also a remnant of an Arabic text on recto mentioning "Isrāʾīl ʿalayhi al-salām," probably …
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Decree fragment, probably. Two lines partially preserved: ليكونوا على اشغالهم(؟) بها متوفرين و . . . مجتهدين . . . Reused on verso for Birkat …
State document, decree, in Arabic script. Mentions "al-tawẓīf al-dimashqī" (as in T-S H2.83 (PGPID 40839)), "suʾālī wa-khiṭābī" and "al-awqāf," possibly referring to a financial matter. …
Decree, probably. "... wa-amr amīr al-muʾminīn..." Reused between the lines for an Arabic-script text, apparently a Jewish exegetical work since there are Hebrew words interspersed.
Part of an official letter or petition, addressed to a caliph based on the raʾy clause and caliphal blessings: "ولمولانا صلوات الله عليه علو [الراي]". …
Military/fiscal account. An official in the Fatimid military administration (mutawallī dīwān al-juyūsh) submits an account, presumably to do with military spending. The main text (l. …
Verso (original use): Official-looking document in Arabic script. Maybe a receipt. Mentions "al-kharāj al-muwāfaqa li l-khidma al-wizāra." Needs further examination.
Tax receipt, jizyā, dated 507 H (?). Pinholes at the margin 5mm apart.
Petition from a woman to a high dignitary or perhaps to al-Malik al-ʿĀdil himself (one reigned 1200–18 and another reigned 1238–40) in a rudimentary hand. …
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Probably a state/fiscal document. Mentions a date, then a space, then "al-jahābidha" (the tax collectors), then a space, then at the bottom a date span. …
Petition from an impoverished army veteran who had served in ʿAsqalān, possibly to the vizier Ibn al-Salār (r. 1149–53). 1153 is a terminus ante quem …
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Official-looking document in Arabic script ("min jumlat al-wuṣūl al-[...]"). Needs examination.
One line in Arabic script, reads as "المستنصر بالله صلوات الله عليه....".
Capitation tax receipt for Maʿālī b. Bū l-Karam(?) in Fustat for the year 520(?) AH.
Recto (secondary use): Panegyric for (the Rav?) Yehuda b. Yosef "the Nasi of God" who "judged the daughters of Fez upon their rebellion(?) and exiled …
Original use: State decree from the Fatimid chancery, written under al-Ḥākim, al-Ẓāhir or al-Mustanṣir to an official in Egypt regarding a dispute over irrigation canals …
their signatures validated it... fifty dīnārs... except for the amount of the officials ...…
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State document, in Arabic script. Fragmentary but from what is preserved, it is indicative that the petition is addressed to a caliph due to the …
قيوله ويتلو خدمته مـ[
من الرقعة والتوقيع والجواب على[
في ارجـ[..؟] الثمن عنه على العادة كونه لم يبلغ
الحكم فسبوني عليه وطالع بذلك
امتثالا ل…
Fiscal document fragment, in Arabic script. One phrase preserved (من ذي القعدة), part of a larger register. See PGPID 39403.
State document, report, Fatimid. The report is written on the 3rd of Dhū l-Ḥijja, of an unspecified year, and mentions a previous report that arrived …
اخر ما القدرة(؟) بعده عمل بتاريح يوم الاربعا الثالث
من ذي الحجة….ذكر اخر الوارد من الديوان السعيد
والذي تجدد بعد ذلك خلو الاسواق من الاخباز
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Could probably be part of a decree. Fragmentary date preserved.
Official receipt for Abū l-Najm b. Ḥasan(?). Unclear for what (sugar?). Payment of 2 dinars? May be dated 520 AH. Needs examination.
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 …
On verso two lines are preserved from an official Arabic document: yatajaddad fīmā yataʿallaq bi...
Letter in Arabic script, previously catalogued as a memorandum from one Fatimid official to another. Needs examination. Tax receipt on verso.
Capitation tax receipt for Faraj b. Sālim a Jewish silk worker (qazzāz) in Fustat. Needs further examination.
Report or petition draft, but most like the a report due to the verb "فاعلمته" (I inform) followed by the raʾyy clause.
Receipt for the capitation tax of Zayn b. Hiba in New Cairo.
Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Fragmentary. Mentions a few sums in dinars.
Verso: Fragmentary document, in a chancery hand. Typical closing formula of a state document "في ذلك ان شاالله". The second line could be a date. …
Small fragment of an official letter. A few words from the beginnings of two lines are preserved, wide space between the lines. On verso there …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Hiba b. Khalaf in Fustat. Dated: 503 or 530 AH.
Tax receipt, Fatimid. Dated: 501 (?). Capitation tax in Fustat. Two registration requests, two ʿalāmas. Trigger: ṣaḥḥa. Glyph at the top.
Small fragment from an Arabic official document. The beginnings of 3 lines are preserved: bi-yad mawlāy al-shaykh... wa-aḥdara... lā zāla... Reused for piyyuṭ on recto.
Tax receipt. Trigger: addā.
Recto: Official letter in Arabic script. Very faded. Fragments of ~5 lines are preserved, with wide space between the lines. Verso: Letter/report in Arabic script, …
Document in Arabic script. Unusual format, with text mostly in one column on the right side of the page. Moderately wide spice between the lines. …
Petition to a Fāṭimid vizier concerning an allowance of a jurisconsult, which the petitioner used to receive from the auspicious office, which was to be …
May God make eternal the rule of the lofty and exalted seat, the mighty lord,(commander …
State document in Arabic script. Two lines, huge space between them. ...ḥukmahu wa-qālat lahu mā shi'ta... Reused for piyyutim.
State document. Accounts from the central fisc. Begins: waṣala ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr.... Lower down refers to Mālik b. Ibrāhīm. In the bottom text block …
Tax receipt, probably Fatimid. Written on the verso of a torn petition or formal letter in Arabic script which reads as "ʿabd Mawlānā wa-Sayyidunā", then …
Receipt for the capitation tax of the Jewish man Maʿālī b. Yūsuf in Fustat and Cairo for the year 500-something (550? 505?).
State document, in Arabic script. The beginnings of ~6 lines are preserved. Chancery hand, mainly beginning blessings. Reused for Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic liturgical text. Needs …
Fiscal receipt, or receipt of payment. For al-Shaykh..... of 1/8 dīnārs. Contains a registration mark "الحمد لله حمدا...". May mention "الحضرة المجيدية".
Official correspondence in Arabic script. The beginnings of 5 lines are preserved. Mentions the term 'istikhrāj.' In the margin there are pen trials and/or endorsements, …
State document, in Arabic script. Decree. "...the manshūr was drawn on 23rd Dhū l-Ḥijja" (.....ينسخ....المنشور موقع بتاريخ ثلث وعشرون من ذي الحجة).
Chancery document. 6 lines preserved from the bottom (including ḥamdala and ṣalwala: والحمد لله وحده وصاواته على سيدنا محمد نبيه المصطفى والد الطاهرين وسلم تسليما). …
Tax receipt for a Jewish man Bū Sahl(?) b. Khalaf for his capitation tax in Fustat for the year 535 AH = 1140/41 CE.
Decree (manshūr) issued by the caliph al-Hafiz on 21 Rajab 528/1133 to stop two cases of malpractice which were adversely affecting the Delta province of …
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