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  1. 651Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3934.5

    Receipt of rent. In Arabic script. A receipt of rent for a warehouse or shop (ḥānūt) paid by Badr al-Dīn al-Jābī to Faraj Allāh al-Yahūdī …

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    2. قبضت بدر الدين الجابي
    3. من فرج الله اليهودي
    4. ابن الرجم(؟) اجرة سكنه
    5. بالحانوت عن شهر رجب
    6. من تاريخه ففيه
    7. وتاريخ تاسع شعبان سنة ستين واربعمائة
    8. الحم…

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  2. 652State documentENA NS 12.15

    Beginning of a petition addressed to the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāhir. Beginning lines only. On verso, there is literary text in Hebrew. For the formula "al-ḥaḍra …

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    1. بسـ[ـم الله الرحمن الرحيم]
    2. صلوات الله[وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وسلامه على سيدنا ومولانا الامام]
    3. الظاهر لاعزاز دين الـ[ـله امير المؤمنين وعلى ابائ…

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    1. In the name [of God the merciful and compassionate]
    2. Blessings of God [and his benedictions and increased benefactions and greetings be upon ou…

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  3. 653State documentENA NS 13.15

    Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script in a chancery hand. Fragment from the middle of the document. Refers to the well-known Jewish leader [Daniel …

    1. ] صنعت به عليهم على [دانيال بن
    2. عزريا الداودي في[ ]ته عليهم [
    3. وبسائر اعمال الدولة النبوية وتممت النعمة عـ[ـليهم
    4. بمنشور معظم مقر بدوام نعمة اثباته في …

    1. which was made against them on [Daniel b.

    2. Azarya al-Dāwūdī in [ ] on them [

    3. and through all the enclosures of the Prophetic dynasty and bene…

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  4. 654LetterT-S Ar.42.173

    Verso (original use): Letter in Arabic script, in a chancery-esque hand. Opens with expressions of longing. The sender 'reports' that he continually asks after the …

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  5. 655LetterT-S G2.98

    Upper part of a petition/letter in Arabic from Yaḥyā b. Yusuf, asking the recipient to fulfill the request of "mawlay al-qāʾid" and to send a …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. مملوكه يحيى بن يوسف
    3. ان راى مولاي الشيخ ادام الله عزه ان يتم انعامه على
    4. عبده بسوال لمولاي القايد ايده الله ان يرسل
    5. رسول لابن ا…

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  6. 656State documentT-S Ar.38.94

    Fiscal document, in Arabic script. The top reads as "ṭāʾifa Najrān al-qadīm". Also contains a cipher, probably related to archiving, on the top left.

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  7. 657Legal documentT-S Ar.39.104

    Legal document in Arabic script. Might involve Sulaymān b. Dāʾūd (l. 1). Nearly complete. On verso there are additional notes in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic …

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  8. 658Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 605

    Receipt, or accounts. The header most likely reads as "ʿalā," indicating to the amount owed. Needs examination.

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  9. 659State documentT-S H 5.11

    State document, in Arabic script. A Fatimid decree, reused for a long liturgical text in Hebrew.

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  10. 660Legal documentENA 3915.1

    Legal documents, in Arabic script. Looks like three distinct documents, one large one on recto and two smaller ones on verso. Bunch of names of …

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  11. 661Literary textT-S 12.609

    Literary text, in Judaeo-Arabic. Discusses the Hebrew language and the language of the Bible. Could be theology or Bible exegesis. Needs examination.

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  12. 662State documentT-S NS 322.119

    Fiscal document, in Arabic script.

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  13. 663Legal documentENA 3928.7

    Small fragment from the lower right corner of a legal document in Arabic script. Probably the same scribe as ENA 3924.7 (ID 10272). Needs further …

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  14. 664Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 712

    Order of payment, or accounts, extremely fragmentary. Mentions "yatafaḍḍal".

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  15. 665Literary textAIU XII.16

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Fragment from a work of logic (manṭiq), specifically a translation or adapted version of Aristotle's analytics. Verso of the fragment …

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  16. 666List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 40

    Accounts, in Arabic script and Coptic numerals. Mentions the receipt of payment on verso (wuṣūl) and recto is divided into three columns. Needs examination.

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  17. 667Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 201

    Legal document, in Persian. Dated 26th Rabīʿ II, the year is torn off. Mentions 600 dīnārs, probably a sale contract. Dating - Ottoman era due …

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  18. 668State documentJRL Gaster ar. 648

    State document, wide line spacing, very fragmentary. Needs examination.

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  19. 669Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3961.7

    Recto: Some sort of a commercial transaction. There is also faded Hebrew script at 180 degrees underneath. Verso contains pen trials. Needs examination.

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  20. 670State documentCUL Or.1080 9.8

    Complete letter/report in Arabic script written on a long, vertical strip of paper. Looks like a report to a high official or the draft of …

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  21. 671LetterJRL Gaster ar. 503 + JRL Gaster ar. 170 + JRL Gaster ar. 151 + JRL Gaster ar. 516

    Letter in Ottoman Turkish. The name of the addressee maybe Muḥammad. Needs examination. Joins: Alan Elbaum.

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  22. 672State documentT-S Ar.40.106

    Fatimid fiscal document, in Arabic script. Mentions two different bureaus: dīwan al-jihād al-miṣrī (line 2) and dīwān al-ḥubūs al-miṣriyya (line 7), probably mentioning a transfer …

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  23. 673State documentT-S Ar.40.118

    Mamluk-era state document in Arabic script. Dated: 675 AH = 1276/77 CE. Contains various annotations by clerks and is endorsed by both thin and thick …

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  24. 674Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 127

    Receipt or accounts, beginning with a basmala, in Arabic script and Coptic numerals. Needs examination.

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  25. 675Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 553

    Receipt, or accounts, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  26. 676State documentT-S Ar.48.92

    Decree. The ends of two lines are preserved, mentioning the amīr Zayn al-Mulk wa-ʿAlam [al-Dawla, probably]: لم تمسك بها واعتمد عليها . . . الامير …

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    1. ]ـها خدماته لم تمسك بها واعتمد عليها
    2. ]ـا الامير المختار سن الملك علم[الدولة؟

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  27. 677State documentMoss. VII,169

    Verso (original use): Fragment of a state document, a decree. Only the ends of three lines are preserved. One of the few legible words is …

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  28. 678Legal documentMoss. VII,194.3

    Bottom fragment of a legal document, in Arabic script. 6 lines preserved, contains witness clauses at the bottom. Some sequences can be read: l. 1 …

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  29. 679State documentMoss. VII,201.4

    State document, fragmentary decree, two lines, in Arabic script. One word probably reads as "al-dukkān". Reused for a letter in Judaeo-Arabic on verso. Needs examination.

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  30. 680State documentMoss. VII,201.5

    State document, in Arabic script. Two lines preserved. The first line is mostly readable "ادام الله سعادته وما يـ[] مولايا على .......................الا في ....." Needs …

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  31. 681Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 41

    Order of payment, in Arabic script. Contains a glyph, probably meaning 'adda' here. The name of the payer could be Udayd Yūsuf and the date …

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  32. 682State documentJRL Gaster ar. 602

    Receipt, but needs identification for typology. Contains a basmala, and an ʿalāma (الحمد لله حمدا يرضيه). Mentions "al-dīwān" and beginning of a date "bi-tārikh al-khāmis.......arbaʿ …

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  33. 683Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 319

    Receipt, in Arabic script and Coptic numerals. Contains several ʿalāma, one reads as "alḥamdu li-llāhi waḥdahu". Mentions "al-mablagh". Reused for a literary text on recto. …

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  34. 684LetterT-S 13J29.1

    Letter from Labrat b. Yishaq from Qayrawan, to Yosef b. Dunash, Fustat, in the handwriting of Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq b. al-Sahl. Both the sender and …

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    1. אטאל אללה בקא אכי וסידי וריסי וגלילי ומן סלמה אללה
    2. ואבקאה וזאד מן פצלה ואחסאנה ומואהבה אלגמילה
    3. לדיה וענדה כתאבי אליך יאכי וסידי יום ער'ב ס'כו'…

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  35. 685List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 815

    List of commercial accounts, in Arabic script. "wuṣūl" can be read several times, and a name "Dāwūd b......". Needs examination.

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  36. 686Unknown typeJRL Gaster ar. 818

    One extremely faded and fragmented line, in Arabic script. "wa-lā fī yad shay" can be read, probably a letter.

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  37. 687Legal documentT-S 13J8.31

    Verso: A note concerning the legal case on recto written several months later by a Muslim qāḍī, Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. Ḥamdūn. Dated: …

    1. حضر عندي يوسف بن سليمان المعروف بالديان وسهل بن موسى
    2. الحزان واعترفا ان العقد الذي كان بين خليف بن يشوعا
    3. بن ناروز وبين ابنة نحيم بن ميمون كان شرطه عل…

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  38. 688Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/10

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dating: mentions the end of Dhū l-Qaʿda 563 AH = 1168 CE. Seems to be a commercial contract involving a …

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  39. 689State documentBodl. MS heb. f 18/57

    Letter, possibly official. In Arabic script. Five partial lines with fragmented baselines. Refers to equipment (fī l-ʿudda) and two devices (jihāzayn). Contains a suʾāl clause …

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  40. 690Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 8

    Folios from the versified book of Islamic Law entitled "al-Murshid al-Muʿīn" by the influential Moroccan Mālikī Jurist Ibn ʿĀshir (d. 1042/1631). The verses are regarding …

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  41. 691State documentENA 2808.68

    Lower fragment, recto (original use): Petition, probably. In Arabic script, with gigantic space between the lines. Portions of the last few lines are preserved. Mentions …

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    1. ]....[
    2. ـ]عه واشهد على ثقة (alt=بقية) فيها
    3. [ولمولانا صلوات الله عليه الراي الـ]ـعالي في ذلك ان شا الله
    4. [الحمد لله]وحده وصلى ال…

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  42. 692Paraliterary textT-S AS 179.96

    (Part of an) Ismāʿīlī text on creed. The preserved text establishes the genealogy of Ismaʿīlī Imāms from Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to al-Mustanṣir with their full names …

    1. الكرما محمد بن الكباير(؟) وكميل الديلم

    2. من ولد الخليل ابرهيم عليه السلم …..الديلمي(؟)

    3. اشار اليه مولانا الامام امير المؤمنين

    4. علي عليه السلم وق…

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  43. 693State documentT-S K8.101

    Recto: Petition, probably. In Arabic script. 8 lines from the middle of the document, wide space between the lines. Written on a long, narrow sheet. …

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  44. 694State documentT-S AS 177.314

    State document, in Arabic script. Maybe be an investiture but could be a fragment of a petition (...wa-tadbīr umūrihā...). On verso there is one line …

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    1. ـ]ـعة الى الديوان من جهة

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    1. وموسى بن ..[
    2. التي ارسال الديوا[ن
    3. وتدبير امورها وتميز عـ[
    4. ليمضيك في ما يتولاه وا[

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  45. 695Legal documentENA 3926.1

    Legal document, dated 689 H, (=1290/91 CE), in a very faded script, with signature(s) at the bottom. One of the parties is al-Ḥājj Muḥammad b. …

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  46. 696LetterENA 3846.12

    Fragment of a letter or petition. In Arabic script. Six lines, fragmentary, difficult to read. Some words read as lil-haṣr(?), thaman(?), ʿadlhā wa-ṣadaqāthā (appealing to …

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  47. 697LetterENA 3935.12

    Copies or formularies of letters, each starting with a new basmala. The letter starting at the bottom of verso is addressed to a dignitary called …

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  48. 698State documentENA 3982.48

    Document in Arabic script. Perhaps accounts or an administrative document. Needs examination.

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  49. 699Unknown typeENA NS 83.67

    Fragment, fainted, and unreadable script. Needs further examination.

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  50. 700State documentENA 3939.2

    Fragment of a state correspondence, probably a decree, 5 lines, bottom-left corner of the document with traces of paper decay. Mentions the day of movement …

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