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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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Two different letters in Arabic script, one on recto and on verso. The one on verso may be a petition. Needs examination for content.
Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Fragmentary. Mentions a few sums in dinars.
Fatimid state document. Needs examination. Reused for a memorial list (see PGPID 19130).
Tax receipt for Bū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Mufaḍḍal in Fustat.
Receipt for the capitation tax of Bū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Bū l-Faḍl the Jewish silk merchant. Related to the cluster that includes T-S Ar.35.204 (PGPID 20619) …
Original use: Likely the remnants of a fiscal account. Mentions the term "al-kharājiyya." At 90 degrees in the margin there is a note with a …
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]". …
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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 …
Verso: Accounts in Arabic script. Probably fiscal, concerning amounts of produce (e.g., بان عنده ستين اربد غلة four lines from the bottom). Dating: likely Fatimid, …
Bifolio from a fiscal accounting ledger. A jarīda (as mentioned on verso). Many entries preserved, several of which mention terms related to iqṭāʿs. Needs examination.
Fiscal account?
Recto: State document in Arabic script. Maybe a decree. Only a few words are preserved: ]لى للفراج(؟) للتقضي(؟) . . . . . صولها
Draft of the opening of a petition to 'al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-mawlawī. . . al-malikī al-muʿaẓẓamī al-muʿizzī al-manṣūrī..." This is found among various other jottings …
State document(s). Verso seems to be the bottom of a petition with a reference to "ṣadaqa ʿan mawlānā" followed by a raʾy clause and ḥamdala. …
Recto: State document, in Arabic script. Probably a report or petition. Dating: Mamluk-era, probably. A state official by the name Sanī al-Dawla Abū l-Faraj is …
Recto: Upper part of an official letter/report. In Arabic script. The handwriting looks Ayyubid or Mamluk-era. Moderately wide line spacing. Opens with a taqbīl and …
A few words in Arabic script: "by Ḥajjāj b. ʿAbdallāh under the supervision of [...]." Reused on verso for a Hebrew liturgical text.
State document, probably a report, in Arabic script. Mentions the Nile flooding "wafā al-Nīl al-mubārak", and begins with a Quranic verse (32:27). Only four lines …
] "به زرعا تاكل منه انعامهم وانفسهم افلا
يبصرون" ا]لطاهرة على سائر الدول بوفا النيل المبارك
و]القتها من عارض بقصة وافته منه فيه هالك…
Recto: Arabic-script document containing several sections. The lower part may be a tax receipt for a sum received from Zuhayr b. [...] from the ḍamān …
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Fatimid official report mentioning two messengers sent from the caliph (al-ḥaḍra al-ṭāhira) to Damascus and also mentioning the Banū Hilāl. Probable join with ENA 3907.6 …
Minute fragment from the bottom of a (state?) document in Arabic script. The text preserved is just the ḥamdala. Reused for Hebrew liturgical text on …
State document, in Arabic script. Fragment of a fiscal document. Mentions a date: 5 Dhū l-Qaʿda 612 H, but this should be verified. Reused for …
Recto: receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb written by Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, the cashier, and registered by the Office …
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Bottom of a tax receipt from the dossier of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb, written by Mīkhāʾil b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Dated: 11 Muḥarram 405. The verso …
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Receipt issued by the silk monopoly administration in Alexandria that was signed and stamped by the overseer ʿUmr Agha. Dated 14 Shawwal 1239 AH which …
Small, official-looking receipt.
Presumably a draft of a letter of appointment for a scribe to the central chancery. ʿAbd al-Ghanī b. Muḥammad al-Kātib is appointed as a scribe …
Petition addressed to a lower official: وقد عطفت هده الرسالة على . . . ولمولاي السيد الاجل ادام الله علوه . . . الراي العالي …
Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Refers to two iqṭāʿs (على الاقطاعين المذكورين). The last line bears a date that may be 403 AH or 430 …
State document, very damaged. Mentions an Amīr "al-Amīr", but rest of the name is not very legible. Also mentions "al-dawla al-zāhira".
State document, in Arabic script. May be a petition. The only phrase preserved is al-mamlūk muqaddam al-juyūsh (commander in chief).
المملوك مقدم الجيوش
Either or a petition or a letter of gratitude for the caliph's favorable response to a prior petition. In Arabic script. The ends of approximately …
Tax receipt, Fatimid. Registration mark - al-ḥamdu lil-lāh l-mutqin li-mā (badaʿ?)
Fragment containing part of the bottom lines of a Fatimid decree with very wide line spacing. The last line includes the beginning of the ḥamdala …
Recto: Official correspondence or petition. Mentions government finance (واموال الدواوين بالحضرة(؟) فدفع . . . الحال بذلك). Then discusses somebody's employing as kātib al-jaysh / …
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 first line mentions Dīwān al-Juyūsh al-Manṣūra (the bureau of the victorious armies). Lists people named [...] al-Dawla Dāʾūd al-Nāʾib …
Fiscal document with several ʿalāʾim. Needs examination.
An Arabic makhzūma, related to a land with Coptic numerals. The document was drawn in the name of Shamṭar (probably Coptic) al-ʿAmūdī. Needs examination.
Official report, probably. First four lines. The sender reports that when his group approached the gardens/fields (basātīn) there remained a good hour of distance between …
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 …
Ayyubid state accounts related to military spending of two Syrian lords of the Ayyubid sultan al-Kāmil (d. 1238) or his successor, the sultan al-ʿĀdil Sayf …
Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. The sender bemoans his poverty (ṣaʿlaka) and expresses his trouble with paying a tax, probably his capitation tax. …
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Capitation tax receipt for Sulaymān al-yahūdī b. Mūsā al-yahūdī al-Mutaṭabbib (?). Dated 24 Dhū l-Ḥijja 524 AH (1130 CE). Not authenticated at the top by …
Fiscal accounting, possibly. Needs examination.
Request for a fatwā (or possibly a petition or official report, or simply a letter). In Arabic script. Dating: Likely Mamluk-era. Begins with a taqbīl …
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 …
Mirror-image imprint of a tax receipt, probably from a nearby fragment.
State document, in Arabic script. Fragment from the beginning of a petition. Dating: likely Ayyubid or Mamluk.