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  1. 601Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/19

    Bottom of a legal document, in Arabic script, with witness clauses. Probably a document of Iqrār dated to the month of Rabīʿ I, but the …

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  2. 602LetterMoss. VIII,200.1-4

    Bottom left fragment, letter or official correspondence. Mentions paper trail to an elated presence "ḥaḍratihi l-maymūna". Needs examination.

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  3. 603State documentT-S K25.191

    State document, in Arabic script. Mentions "ḥaḍrat amīr al-muʾminīn", and a person named Manṣūr, or perhaps that is the reference to the caliph himself. The …

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  4. 604State documentMoss. VIII,201.1-2

    Fiscal document or internal accounts. Needs examination.

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  5. 605LetterMoss. X,34.1-2

    Mercantile letter, extremely fragmented. Mentions a transaction in dīnārs and a paper trail.

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  6. 606Legal documentT-S Ar.39.392

    An important and extremely unusual Arabic legal/communal document using Jewish legal formulae and invoking Moses (Mūsā b. ʿImrān al-Rasūl), appointing Sahlān b. Barhūn […] al-Mumḥe …

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  7. 607State documentJTS MS 718

    State document, in Arabic script. 5 partially faded lines in chancery script are visible. Reused for bookbinding. Needs examination.

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  8. 608State documentMoss. VIII,243.1-2

    State document, in Arabic script, wide spacing, maybe a petition. Mentions a wazīr but the portion of his name is cut off in the lacunae. …

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  9. 609State documentENA 3919.3

    Petition, Fatimid period. Written and signed by a stipendiary of the state in his own hand: Aḥmad b. Ḥamza b. Aḥmad al-Umrāʾī (the reading of …

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    1. المملوك

    2. احمد بن حمزة  بن احمد الامراي (الاعرابي؟)

    3. رقعة ما نسختها 

    4. بعد الدعا

    5. المملوك يقبل الارض بالمقام المعظم النبوي ضاعف الله انواره…

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  10. 610Legal documentT-S Ar.38.101

    Strip from the end of a deed of sale, preserving the date: Jumādā I 434 AH = December 1042 / January 1043 CE. The seller …

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    1. ولا سبب يقبض فيه ولا وضيعة ولا [   ]

    2. ]الاقرار عليها به وقبل ذلك [   ]فيها ابو سهل منشا هذا[

    3. ]طوعا وعلى صحة معرفتها جميعا وذلك في جمدى الا…

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  11. 611State documentT-S 8H22.18

    Fiscal register, in Arabic script.

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    1. الاطلاق في مخزومته
    2. ليومي السبت والاحد لاحدى عشرة
    3. بقين من المحرم خمسة عشر دينارا

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  12. 612LetterT-S NS 306.90

    Recto: Letter, or petition in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 12th or 13th century. Mentions "ruqʿa", the word for petition, "jawāb", and contains the rayy clause.

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  13. 613LetterMoss. VIII,120

    Beginning of a letter draft in Arabic script. Contains a basmala, usually letter formulae and blessings and a name, likely the addressee Abū Saʿīd b. …

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  14. 614Literary textAIU VII.A.18

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Mentions ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib and the Prophet Muḥammad. Probably a fragment of a larger Shīʿī text recounting attributes of …

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  15. 615Legal documentENA 3931.1

    Fragment, not very legible script. Accounts with niṣfs and mentioning of graves (qubūr) and a Jewish woman "Ilhāna"[?] is named in line 1: "المراه اليهودية …

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  16. 616LetterBL OR 5566B.11

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. This is a long, dense, and well-preserved family/mercantile letter. Mentions grains and produce in large quantities: 400 irdab wheat, and …

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  17. 617Legal documentT-S 12.584

    Bottom of a legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashse. The document was also signed by Shemarya b. Natan ha-Kohen and Peraḥya b. …

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    1. 1 מותבה שריר ובריר וקיים ( )
    2. 2 ותלי ביני שיטי וען נביד והדייה וען אגרה סכן וגיר דלך:
    3. ולא ( ול)א סכן וקיימין כולהון נמי ודין
    4. קיומיהון והכל שריר …

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  18. 618State documentT-S Ar.34.208

    Tax receipt. For the capitation tax in Cairo and Fustat of [...] b. Mūsā al-Yahūdī. Payment: 2 dinars. Dated 16 Ṣafar of an unmentioned year.

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  19. 619LetterT-S 18J4.26

    Business letter, in Arabic script from an unknown trader, possibly to Nahray b. Nissim (Aodeh), on the back of a letter in Hebrew script (see …

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  20. 620List or tableT-S Ar.38.137

    Large list in two columns, covering both recto and verso. In Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Giving names of houses, their owners or tenants, numbers, …

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  21. 621Legal documentT-S Ar.38.19

    Legal document, in Arabic script. Mentions the execution of something with "riḍā"(agreement). Dating: Possibly Ayyubid or Mamluk-era, but this should be checked. 11 fragmentary lines …

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  22. 622State documentT-S Ar.34.65

    Petition, bottom left fragment, in Arabic script. Not a lot of content is preserved but the petitioner owes a debt and the ghuramāʾ are pressing …

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    1. ]وحمل الغرما الى[
    2. ]...على المملوك واحسانا[
    3. انهى ذلك والراي الاعلى [في ذلك ان شا الله]
    4. الحمد]لله وحده وصلواته على سيدنا
    5. [محمد نبيه واله وسلم تس…

    1. ] and the debtors took him to [

    2.].. On the slave and kindness [

    3. ]he reports that and the lofty resolution [regarding this if God wills]

    4. ]

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  23. 623State documentENA NS 18.27

    Official letter in Arabic script. 4 lines preserved, wide line spacing. Reused for legal documents in Judaeo-Arabic (see separate entry). Seems to be a report/petition …

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    1. جدي وسعد بما حوطه[
    2. وجردت راي في الخدمة بحيث ساء(؟) [. . .] السـ[. . .] دعـ[وة(؟)
    3. على المنابر ونشر الباب كلمة الصدق باعلى المآثر وصرفت
    4. لوا عشير…

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    1. … and fortune in … 

    2. I unsheathed an intent to serve in [...] the mis[sion](?) …

    3. [from] on top of pulpits, and spreading the kernels of th…

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  24. 624State documentJRL Gaster ar. 765

    State document, very damaged. Mentions an Amīr "al-Amīr", but rest of the name is not very legible. Also mentions "al-dawla al-zāhira".

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  25. 625State 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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  26. 626State documentT-S AS 146.242

    State document, two fragmentary lines in Arabic script. Mentions a "dīwān" and the number 500 (possibly a year 5[..] AH). Needs examination.

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  27. 627Literary textT-S Ar. 40.18

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Page plus ending bifolio from a book with quire or page marks in upper left corners from the philosophical treatise …

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  28. 628LetterT-S H2.133

    Letter in Arabic script, beautifully written in a chancery-esque hand with diacritical marks and dots. Dating: Fatimid period based on paleography and the ending formula. …

    1. سيما الروم الذي لا يقبلوا العذر ولا[

    2. وقد سمعنا من جماعة من التجار الواصلين من مصر[

    3. ان وصل كثيرا من الحمل الواصل من اليمن ويحيـ[

    4. ان يبتاع منه …

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  29. 629Legal documentENA 2758.24

    Legal document, in Arabic script. Fragmentary. Only the physical description of the beneficiary is preserved: "rajul muʿtadil al-qāma", wāḍiḥ al-jabha".

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  30. 630List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 670

    Accounts, probably. In Arabic script.

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  31. 631LetterMoss. IXa,2.39

    Fragment of either a mercantile letter (to judge by the phrase فقد كان ابيع في السنة الماضية, "Last year I was selling ...") or a …

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  32. 632Unknown typeENA NS 77.176

    Fragment, 4 lines, very faded, only a few letters legible.

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  33. 633LetterMoss. IXa,2.43

    Letter, probably addressed to a high state official, but could also be an excerpt from a literary text. The sender mentions an accommodation provided by …

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  34. 634List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 418

    Accounts, in Arabic script. Verso: basmala, and three dirhams? Needs examination.

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  35. 635Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 671

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  36. 636Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 89

    Official correspondence in Arabic script. The address lists Muḥammad Effendi as the recipient and the opening line of the document mentions Aḥmad Effendi. Mentions "al-majlis …

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  37. 637State documentENA NS 74.3

    Two columns of accounts, business or private, for Naṣr b. Simwāl, one under "lahu" 'he is owed' and second under "ʿalaihi" 'he owes'. 'ʾAjr' in …

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  38. 638Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 667

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  39. 639Paraliterary textJRL Gaster ar. 101

    Recipe, potentially a medical prescription. Mentions licorice and dates and quantities measured in ounces (ūqiya).

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  40. 640LetterJRL Gaster ar. 184

    Letter fragment, or a draft. "yunhī anna". Jottings in Arabic on recto and verso. Needs examination.

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  41. 641Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 185

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script, probably literary.

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  42. 642List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 189

    Personal accounts. Needs examination.

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  43. 643Paraliterary textJRL Gaster ar. 194

    Writing practice. Ottoman-era. Needs examination.

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  44. 644Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 236

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Extremely faded.

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  45. 645State documentJRL Gaster ar. 209

    State document, in Arabic script with wide line spacing. Needs examination.

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  46. 646List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 225

    Private accounts, in Arabic script, for Thursday and Friday. Needs examination.

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  47. 647Paraliterary textJRL Gaster ar. 229

    Medical prescriptions, in Arabic scripts. Mentions ambergris, sums in dirhams and Abū l-Fakhr. Needs examination.

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  48. 648State documentJRL Gaster ar. 234

    Fiscal document, or accounts, in Arabic script. Contains a date in the second line. Needs examination.

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  49. 649Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 35

    Literary text, in Arabic script with diacritical marks. Needs examination.

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  50. 650List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 350

    List or inventory in Arabic script. Verso mentions several types of oxen. Needs examination.

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