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Recto: Memorandum concerning the demolition of a building (possibly a mosque) and the sale of its timber and bricks. The text mentions Old Mosque and …
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Petition, or an official letter in Arabic script. The sender may be named Hibatallāh b. Bū Naṣr. The addressee's name appears in the first line; …
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Note (ruqʿa) reminding recipient to fulfil his promise (of which no details are provided).
Text block in Arabic script as well as a rhymed Hebrew poem about the buying, stuffing, and marinating in wine of the greatest chicken in …
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 …
Letter from Muẓaffar to his cousins (awlād al-ʿamm). In Arabic script. Dated: beginning of Rabīʿ I 648 AH, which is June 1250 CE. The letter …
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State document of some kind. Fiscal account? Wide line spacing, small letters. Discrete text blocks arranged in columns. At least one of the text blocks …
Letter addressed to the chief justice (Qāḍī l-Quḍāt). Only the first 4 lines are preserved.
Small fragment (beginnings of 3 lines) of official correspondence. The first line reads as "shirkatuhum wa-akhadha minhum". Mentions "al-amīr al-ajall." Needs further examination. Reused on …
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 …
Petition from Abū Bakr b. ʿAlī to a dignitary whose name is torn off. Mentions Abū l-Ḥasan, who may be a kātib. (Information in part …
Report or letter between officials. In Arabic script, written in a chancery hand. Four lines remain. Surrounding the text and on verso there is a …
Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Mentions dīnār and "in-shā ʾAllah". Reused on recto for the ʿamida for Yom Kippur. (Information in part from CUDL)
Petition or letter in Arabic script. Reused on recto for Hebrew liturgical text. (Information in part from CUDL)
ا]لذي بيده منحـ[
الوكالة ليدل و[
ومملوكها [
يتصـ[
عزي والشريف[
يتعلوه وان[
ولا يجدد[
Receipt for the sale of Ḥummuṣ. Reused for a literary text in Hebrew on verso.
Fragment of a state document, in Arabic script. Very difficult to glean much context but mentions sending something with someone "مع موصلها".
Small fragment of an official report or petition in Arabic script (cf. PGPID 29220). Not a lot of the substance is clearly preserved.
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 …
State document, two fragmentary lines in Arabic script. Mentions a "dīwān" and the number 500 (possibly a year 5[..] AH). Needs examination.
Verso: State document, in Arabic script. Three fragments possibly from a decree, including the word ملكها. May be a draft or writing exercise as a …
State document, in Arabic script. Reused for a medical text in Judaeo-Arabic.
Verso (secondary use): Official-looking receipt of sale or rent concerning a warehouse/shop (ḥānūt), the location of the property is difficult to make out. In Arabic …
State document, internal communication, fragment of a few lines. Mentions a dīwān. Reused for a rabbinic text in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic mentioning qumāsh (rubbish).
Recto: Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. The context is difficult to make out, but the sender refers to a ḥadith, "al-jār bi …
State document, in Arabic script. Either the beginning of a petition (a basmala then al-ʿabd al-mamlūk yu[qabbil]) with massive line spacing, or simply a draft …
Verso (original use): Two lines of a large document in Arabic script containing praises for the ruler and gratitude for his protection (amn) and justice …
Draft of a state document, in Arabic script. Ayyubid era, addressed to Saladin. "الديوان الاجلي الناصري السعيد ادام الله علوا وشرفا في شهر رمضان سنة …
Recto: Legal document, bottom part of the fragment, in Arabic script. The document is dated 533 AH and has the signatures of witnesses at the …
Verso: Directive concerning a legal case in Judaeo-Arabic. "The elder Abū l-ʿAlāʾ must come, and if he is tardy, he will owe 10 (dinars?)... and …
State document, in Arabic script. Two fragmentary lines.
Verso: Petition, in Arabic script. Large Arabic script on the top.
One line from the bottom of a petition containing the raʾy clause. Reused for Hebrew literary text.
الراي الاعلى [في ذلك] ان شا الله
Verso: Fragment from the beginning of a petition in Arabic script. Contains a taqbīl clause, 'al-maqām al-ʿālī,' and the beginning of the report (wa-yunhī annahū …
State document, probably a report. The sender ('the slave of my master the vizier') states that he received a 'noble letter' (probably from the vizier) …
Recto: Petition asking for firewood. "انهى ذلك ويقبل الارض بين يديها رايها الصائب في ذلك ان شا الله تعالى". Dating: Probably Mamluk. Verso: Accounts.
Order of payment. Maḥfūẓ is to pay something to the bearer.
Recto: Fragment from the beginning of a petition, or a private letter in the style of a petition. The addressee is reminded that he had …
Verso (probably original use): Fragment of a state document, in Arabic script. One of the lines is copied underneath; this might be later scribal practice.
Tax receipt, probably. Cramped and difficult to read. Mentions [...] b. Ṣāliḥ, the ḍāmin of the dīwān.... Needs examination. On verso the beginning of a …
State document, in Arabic script. Original use: Decree, of which only the phrase "amīr al-muʾminīn is preserved." The document is reused for a internal state …
State-related report on unrest all over Egypt, from the Delta (Ṭalkha and Suwayd on recto) to Upper Egypt (al-Ṣaʿīd on verso). Mentions Bedouins (al-ʿurbān and …
Literary text, in Arabic script. Probably related to medicine, mentions the waning of eyesight. Needs examination.
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 …
Accounts.
Draft of a petition, in Arabic script. Dating: probably late due to the placement of "mamlūk" after the basmala. The addressee is mentioned as "al-majlis …
State document, in Arabic script. Probably a part of a report or official correspondence. Reads in part: "as the elders of the Bedouins are aware..." …
Report or petition draft, but most like the a report due to the verb "فاعلمته" (I inform) followed by the raʾyy clause.
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Dating: Late Mamlūk or early Ottoman-era. The one on recto (the secondary use) is a power of attorney drawn up …
Legal document, maybe a release. In Arabic script. Three fragments comprising the lower right piece of the document. Dated: 96[.] AH = 1552–62 CE. Listing …
State document, in Arabic script. Maybe a letter or petition. Begins with "yunhī", mentions "sulṭān" and something being in the possession of infidels "fī aydī …