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  1. 1101State documentT-S AS 152.63

    Verso (original use): Fragment from the upper left corner of a petition or official letter in Arabic script. ASE

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    1. بسم]الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المملوك يقبل الا]رض امام المجلس
    3. ]الاجلي المولوي
    4. ]الدين

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  2. 1102State documentT-S NS 305.88

    Petition or report, probably. In Arabic script. The ends of 6 lines are preserved. Mentions: al-muslimīn... mutawallī al-balad... al-ghulām... ʿalā nafsihi l-ʿādila...lammā kānat hādha l-waqt... …

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  3. 1103Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 118

    Legal document or receipt, late, in Arabic script. Dated: Shaʿbān 14 __78 AH. The dating is likely 1178 (1765 CE) or 1278 (1862 CE). The …

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  4. 1104Legal documentENA 3940.3

    Legal document. In Arabic script in a nice hand. Yehuda b. Ibrāhīm the Jew attests that he has received 15 rounds (aqrāṣ) of Levantine cheese …

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  5. 1105State documentBL Or. 5557R.105

    Fiscal register, dated 3 Dhū l-Ḥijja of an unmentioned year, mentions several sums of money (Compare AIU IV.C.453, T-S NS 243.75a, T-S NS 198.61, ENA …

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  6. 1106State documentBL Or. 5563F.7 + BL Or. 5563F.8

    Fiscal document, few lines of text, something to do with the release of funds. Probably dating to the Ayyubid period. Reused for Hebrew script. Needs …

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  7. 1107State documentENA 3925.4

    Account, fiscal record or tax receipt, Fatimid. Binding pinholes.

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  8. 1108State documentENA 3969.2

    Fragment of an official document, probably. (Tax receipt?) Little is preserved beyond the date: 12 Ramaḍān 634 AH = 9 May 1237 CE.

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  9. 1109Legal documentAIU XII.147

    Bottom right corner of a 14th C legal contract, probably a contract, dated 27th Muḥarram 723 AH.

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  10. 1110List or tableENA 3944.1

    Document, in a very faded Arabic script. Mentions a few commercial accounts, probably a receipt or just pen trails. Needs examination.

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  11. 1111List or tableENA 3944.18

    List or table listing a bunch of names on both sides. Needs examination.

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  12. 1112List or tableENA 3944.7

    Accounts or a receipt, Ottoman-era with the seals and signatures of four individuals. The heading mentions "[sic]مذكورين ظابطان". Needs examination.

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  13. 1113State documentENA NS 50.5

    Report or petition fragment, addressed to a higher state official regarding the matters in southern Upper Egypt, contains the taqbīl clause towards the end. The …

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    1. للحضور صحبة النايب مقتفي؟ الرجال…. ريب؟ 

    2. وعبد الغني وان رفعت الرخصة لهم وكثر طمعهم وقل بذاك عدالتهم؟

    3. والمملوك يشكر الانعام عليه بخروج الا…

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  14. 1114LetterT-S AS 183.254

    Petition, or petition-like letter. From a woman ("al-mamlūka"). Very damaged; unclear if any of the substance of the request is preserved. She mentions her occupation …

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  15. 1115State documentT-S NS 305.23

    Petition, or maybe its draft, to the Fatimid Caliph al-ʾĀmir bi Aḥkām Allah. Verso is also some form of state document in a chancery hand, …

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    1. بسـ]ـم الله الرحمن [الرحيم]
    2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته [وافضل تحياته على سيدنا ومولانا

    3. [الامام] الامر باحكام الله امير المؤمنين وعلـ[…

    1. In the name] of God the merciful [and compassionate]
    2. The blessings of God, his benedictions and increased benefactions [and best greetings be upon o…

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  16. 1116Paraliterary textENA NS 83.53

    Magical document with a humanoid figure and Greek alphabets.

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  17. 1117LetterHalper 484

    Letter in Arabic script. Addressed to [...] al-Ḥakīm, the physician of the amīr Jamāl al-Dīn Aḥmad. Dating: Likely ca. 13th century. The writer seems to …

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  18. 1118List or tableENA NS 83.34

    Ottoman-era accounts, might be Arabic but some words have Ottoman Turkish suffixes. Needs examination.

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  19. 1119State documentENA 3714.5

    State document, probably a fiscal order. Mentions rāhin/dāʾin in the first line, slaves (ghilmān), and property (ʿamāʾr). Some of the names mentioned are Abū Jawhar, …

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  20. 1120Unknown typeENA 3926.10

    Blank recto and verso, perforations for binding.

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  21. 1121Paraliterary textENA 3910.4

    Medical prescription. In Arabic script. With numerous ingredients and instructions. Some ingredients include tamarind (tamr hindī), seeds of chicory (bizr hindibāʾ), chebulic myrobalan (ʾihlīlaj kābulī), …

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  22. 1122State documentENA 3957.1

    Fiscal accounting document, probably. Large and well preserved. Needs examination. Alt description: Fragment, recto, and verso both contain what look like pen trials (some repetitions, …

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  23. 1123Legal documentENA 3905.1

    Legal document, 13 lines, in Arabic script. Dated: 9 Ramaḍān 883 AH, which is December 1478 CE (if read correctly). Mentions the Mālikī court (majlis …

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  24. 1124State documentENA 3925.5

    Recto: State document, huge line spacing, ends with ṣalwala in a calligraphic hand, probably a decree. On verso there is a letter (see separate record). …

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  25. 1125Legal documentENA 3936.6

    Jottings of accounts and calendrical notations in a mixture of Arabic script, Greek/Coptic numerals, and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century, based on handwriting. …

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  26. 1126LetterENA 3926.2

    Fragmentary letter (draft?) with many lacunae, 8 lines. Many glorifying phrases: "...[al-shaykh] al-ajall Sadīd al-Mulk ballaghū Allāh taʿālā aʿlā al-manāzil... dīn wa-dunyā... awdaʿahū Allāh taʿālā...." …

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  27. 1127List or tableENA NS 83.30

    Private accounts according to days (Monday and Friday) listing commodities with an assigned numerical value (quantity? price?). Some commodities include milk, almonds, chicken, meat, raisins, …

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  28. 1128LetterENA 3944.19

    Note in Arabic script addressed to [al-]shaykh ʿUmar at Raʾs al-Khalīj ("the head of the canal"; there is apparently a site just south of Fustat …

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  29. 1129Legal documentENA 3961.8

    Bottom of a legal document in Arabic script, four and a half wide lines on paper with 3 final signatures, each in the shape of …

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  30. 1130Legal documentENA 3960.8

    ENA 3960.6–10 are five distinct but related Mamlūk-era legal documents in Arabic script, all dated 909 H (1503/04 CE), and involving the same people (e.g., …

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  31. 1131Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 13/1

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Contract for the sale of flax following the dissolution of the partnership.Tiqva ha-Levi known as Abū …

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  32. 1132Legal documentENA 3960.6

    ENA 3960.6–10 are five distinct but related Mamlūk-era legal documents in Arabic script, all dated 909 H (1503/04 CE), and involving the same people (e.g., …

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  33. 1133State documentAIU XII.69

    Possibly an official document in Arabic script, but the hand is crude. Could also be an IOU with a layout reminiscent of state documents. Concerns …

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  34. 1134Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 6

    Arabic literary text, in a beautiful and elegant Maghribī script. Probably regarding theology or isagoge. Needs examination.

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  35. 1135Literary textBL Or. 5565G.32 + BL Or. 5565G.33 + BL Or. 5565G.34

    Literary text, compilation of poetry (dīwān). A portion from the long didactic poem (originally of around 90 verses) stretching through five pages from the dīwān …

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  36. 1136LetterBL OR 5566B.16

    On recto, the bottom of a letter (official letter? formulary?) in Arabic script. The writer thanks the addressee in the concluding lines quoting two verses …

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  37. 1137State documentT-S NS 207.57

    Letter or report. In Arabic script. Mentions a man from Tiberias by the name of Baysān, wicked people (fa-kathura fasāduhum), people who mentioned that they …

    1. ………………………………………..ام………….

    2. ىعـ[]...الله تعالى واستناد الله……….

    3. الـ]ـدعا الصالح و[الـ]ـصلوة والطلبه قبل….بما ارجو من الله

    4. غير خاف عن حضرته كيف ح…

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  38. 1138Paraliterary textMoss. VIII,236

    Two medical prescriptions, one on each page. In Arabic script. Both are headed by "lemon syrup" (sharāb laymūn) or begin with this item. The one …

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  39. 1139LetterT-S 13J28.21

    Letter in Arabic script. May be addressed to a jurisconsult regarding a legal opinion, ending "wa-huwa wa-raʾyuhū abṣar." The sender and addressee are Jewish, based …

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  40. 1140Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 48

    Late Arabic legal document. Needs examination.

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  41. 1141Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 61

    Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Probably a record of payment to the bureau of silk looms "dīwān anwāl l-ḥarīr". Needs examination.

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  42. 1142Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 188

    Four sides of a medical text in a beautiful calligraphic hand with diacritical marks. Needs examination for identifying the work.

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  43. 1143State documentMoss. IX,202.3

    Petition to a state official. In Arabic. After a taqbīl, the addressee is greeted with many titles ("al-majlis al-ʿādilī al-sayfī al-nāṣirī(?) al-kāmilī al-hādī"). The petitioner …

    1. ] . . . امير المومنين وعلى آبائه الطاهرين
    2. ] يقبل الارض امام المجلس العادلي السيفي
    3. ] الناصري(؟) الكاملي الهادي عضد الله به الدين
    4. ] ادام (وخلد؟) قدر…

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  44. 1144Legal documentENA 3902.5

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) with many lacunae. Concerns default in debt payment; involves [...] b. Abū Ṭāʿa(?) al-Ḥāmī and Manṣūr b. Faraḥ al-Ḥāmī in Cairo. …

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  45. 1145LetterENA NS 18.31

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Barhūn to Ismāʿīl b. Faraḥ. (Information from Mediterranean Society, V, p. 518 and from Goitein's index cards). The writer mentions several …

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    1. כתאבי יא שיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך
    2. וסעאדתך ואצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה יום אלכמיס
    3. ליב בקין מן מרחשון ען חאל כמא קד שאה אללה תבא[רך
    4. ו…

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  46. 1146Legal documentBL OR 5547.1

    Legal document, deed of acknowledgment, concerning an inheritance dispute between Jamīla bt. Lāḥiq the veterinarian and her brother. Contains three testimonies at the bottom. The …

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  47. 1147Legal documentAIU XII.149

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) by a certain Futūḥ b. Aḥmad. Mentions the judge in whose presence the iqrār took place, another person by the name …

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  48. 1148State documentT-S NS 199.154

    Official letter, six fragmentary lines in Arabic, recycled by ʿEli b. Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen of Jerusalem (d. ca. 1055) for a Piyyuṭ which dates the state …

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  49. 1149State documentT-S Ar.41.34

    State document, probably a report to a higher official (not a petition). This is a long strip cut from the right side of the document. …

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  50. 1150State documentT-S AS 178.75

    State document, in Arabic script. Most of the original page is preserved, but the text is damaged and faded. Petition addressed to a Fatimid caliph …

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