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  1. 1101State documentENA NS 64.9

    Verso: Fragment with 4 lines of a state document in a chancery hand regarding issues pertaining to agriculture "an qad zaraʿ fī l-kufr l-madhkūr thalatha …

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  2. 1102LetterENA NS 71.15

    Letter from Faḍāʾil to his father. In Arabic script. He has sent prior letters but received no response. He mentions several individuals such as Ṣadaqa, …

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    1. بسم الله ال]رحمن الرحيم

    2. الذي اعرف به سيد]ي ووالدي جعلني الله فداه انني كتبت عدة كتب وما

    3. وصلني لها ا]لجواب واشتغل ذلك قلبي كثير بحكم ما دخ…

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  3. 1103LetterENA NS 71.19

    Letter, in Arabic script. Starts with a basmala and contains the "inhāʾ" formula. Mentions difficulties; "ويشهد الله تعلى لقد صنعت علينا غاية الصعوبه والله تعالى …

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  4. 1104State documentENA NS 71.22

    Report (or petition?). Line 3: الراي العالي باطلاقه لك على. Line 4: ان شا الله عليه الراي. On verso there are accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, in …

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    1. مما يطلق عن الديوان الابواب…بمصر

    2. مائة وخمسة وخمسون دينارا

    3. ومما يطلق من الديوان الاموال (الابواب؟) بالقاهرة

    4. سبعة وسبعون دينارا

    5. ويخرج  …

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  5. 1105State documentENA NS 71.27

    Fiscal account, probably Fatimid.

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  6. 1106List 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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  7. 1107List or tableENA NS 83.31

    Ottoman-era accounts.

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  8. 1108List or tableENA NS 83.34

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

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  9. 1109Paraliterary textENA NS 83.53

    Magical document with a humanoid figure and Greek alphabets.

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  10. 1110State documentENA NS 83.346.1

    State document. Dated: Jumādā I 524. There are registration marks/notes at the top. Looks very interesting, possibly mentioning taxation, Ibrāhīm al-Armanī, "the sect of the …

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  11. 1111State documentENA NS 83.352

    Petition to a state official. In Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner). All that is preserved is some of the titles of the addressee. "al-majlis …

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  12. 1112LetterHalper 222

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script to an unknown recipient from ʿAlī Efendi, the commander of Damietta's janissary garrison. Dated: Dhū l-Qaʿda 1119 1119 AH (1708 …

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    Upper Left Side, parallel to lines 3–5: ʿAlī Efendi’s seal 

    توكلي على الله في كل الأمور

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    [باسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]

    1. بعد وان سالتم عنا فانن…

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    Upper Left Side, parallel to lines 3–5: ʿAlī Efendi’s seal

    Trust in God in all matters.

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    [In the name of God, the merciful, the compass…

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  13. 1113Legal documentHalper 337

    Court record in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). A litigant named Moshe has claimed that his loan of 50.5 dinars to …

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  14. 1114Legal documentHalper 354

    Draft of a deed of compensation in the hand of the court reporter Yefet b. David Shekhanya, around 1030 CE. It was given to Efrayim …

    1. זכרון ע' ש' ב' אי העדים ה[חתומים למטה בסוף שטר זה
    2. איך אתא קדמנא מ[ר פלוני בן פלוני
    3. מן מדינת צובה וכן [אמר לנו פלוני
    4. והלל בני נחמן הרופה [עשאוני שליח…

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  15. 1115LetterHalper 422

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Very deferential. Twice mentions "the late Mujāhid." It is cataloged in the Halper catalog as "part of a letter or …

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    1. والمحل المانوس........مكانه ثبت هذا
    2. الى يده و......ثا على قدره ومجددة لما سلف من ذكره
    3. ومعرفته عما له من الصحبة القديم عن المرحوم المجاهد
    4. قد...…

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  16. 1116List or tableHalper 484

    Business accounts in Arabic script.

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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. 1118Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 6

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

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  19. 1119Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 7

    Quran fragment, in a beautiful and elegant Maghribī script with diacritical marks in red. The verses are from Sura al-Insān (76:7-14, 27-31).

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  20. 1120Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 28

    Receipt for Mufaḍḍal b. Barakāt of 1 dīnār and 2/3 dirhams for qand/sugar.

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  21. 1121State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 48

    State receipt issued by fiscal officials of the Qalyūbiyya qism, one of the twenty-four administrative sections that existed in Egypt after 1826. Dated in [1]247 …

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  22. 1122Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 56

    Receipt in Arabic issued by a waqf overseer (ناظر وقف), probably for ground rent (ḥikr) on a property in Cairo. Dated Shawwal 1214 AH (1800 …

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  23. 1123Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 58

    Title verso and first page of an astronomical treatise entitled "Risāla kura dhāt l-kursī mukhtaṣara" in a beautiful book hand. Needs examination for identifying the …

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  24. 1124Legal documentJRL Genizah 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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  25. 1125Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 63

    Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  26. 1126State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 66

    State-issued receipt. Record of a ḥawāla transaction between Yeshūʿa the Jew (aka Shaʿyā Moṣeri) and Bilāl Agha Katkhuda (Ott. Tr. Kethüda) recorded at the Dīwān …

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    1. قبض
    2. يشوعة اليهودي صراف حضره
    3. بلال اغاه كتخداي محافظة العز(?)
    4. من حوالة حضرة المومي اليه المحوله له
    5. من ديوان انوال الحرير بالمحروسة
    6.      ________…

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  27. 1127Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 68

    Receipt of payment, in the name of Dāʾūd al-Yahūdī al-Quḍāʿī for renting two floors in a caravanserai (wikāla). Dated: Shaʿbān 1163 AH = July/August 1750 …

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  28. 1128Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 76

    Receipt, in late Arabic script. Dated 14 M[uḥarram] [..]41 AH but the century was not recorded. Given the mention of Ottoman qurush, with the recurring …

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  29. 1129Legal documentJRL Genizah 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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  30. 1130LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 134

    Letter, probably, or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Mentions the ground tax "al-ḥikr" and "siwā l-mablagh al-taṣarruf". Needs examination. [Or rather likely a legal document …

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  31. 1131Literary textJRL Genizah 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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  32. 1132State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 202

    Original text: State/fiscal document. The years 534 and 535 AH are specified in multiple places, paired with sums of money at the top. Refers to …

    1. سنة اربع وثلثين وخمس ماية        سنة(؟) ستين منها(؟)     

    2. سنة خمس وثلثين وخمس ماية ماية …….خمس ماية

    3. علي بن افضل بالخليج

    4. وخروج التوقيع العا…

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  33. 1133Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 214

    Talisman, in Arabic script. A suggestive reading for the centre bold text in red could be "al-haykal al-sākinīn".

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  34. 1134Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 227

    Beginning of a Muslim marriage contract. There may be a partial name in the second line after the basmala: [ʿAf]īf(?) al-ʿAṣṣār. (Information from Yusuf Umrethwala, …

    1. [بسم الله الرحمـ]ـن [الـ]ـرحيم
    2. [هذا ما اصدق فلان بـ]ـن [عفـ]ـيف؟ العصار [
    3. [عصمتـ]ـه وعقد نكاحه وتزوجها [به اصدقها نصف دينار عجل لها من ذلك]
    4. [دخـ]ـول…

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  35. 1135List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 290

    Document in Arabic script, probably accounts. Dating: Probably late. The number ۹۳۴ appears in the lower entry on the verso, which would be a feasible …

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  36. 1136Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 308

    Receipt, of ground tax (ḥikr) for a flour mill owned by ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Sammāk in the Jewish neighborhood of Cairo. The payee is ʿĀbid(?) Ḥamza(?) …

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    1. وصلـــــــــــــــــــ
    2. من عابد(؟) حمزة(؟) حكر الطاحونة 
    3. بحارة اليهود تعلق وافق
    4. عبد القادر السماك
    5. وذالك عن ١٢٦٧ سنة
    6. ٢٧
    7. فقط لسبعة وعشرين قرش
    8. وا…

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  37. 1137Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 311

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Quotes several statements from Hippocrates starting with "qāla Buqrāṭ" pertaining to pregnancy and child birth.

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  38. 1138List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 334

    Accounts, late in Arabic script. Long list of commodities and prices, mostly foodstuff like almonds, plums, and apples. Needs examination.

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  39. 1139Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 446

    Literary text, poetry, in Arabic script. Mentions forbearance during harsh times and seekers of knowledge. Needs examination.

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  40. 1140Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 564

    Legal document, probably, in Arabic and Hebrew script. Mentions "fī manʿ shahāda". Needs examination.

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  41. 1141State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 709

    State document, probably capitation tax receipt, in Arabic script. Contains two registration marks "الحمد لله وبه استعين" and "الحمد لله لما انعم". The first line …

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  42. 1142State documentL-G Ar. I.105

    Petition, or at least a formal letter in Arabic script. Portions of 11 lines are preserved. Many polite formulae are preserved, but unclear how much …

    1. ا]لسعيد مما كان مصادرته في كل [

    2. ] له دينار لا يوصل منه في هـ[ـذه

    3. ] كل(؟) نجم بالغرض ان تجري هذه الـنو[احـ]ـي(؟) [ 

    4. ] فلولا خوفي من سخطه لكنت …

    1. ] al-Saʿīd. His correspondences in each [
    2. ] a dinar doesn’t generate from this in these [
    3. ]…every (?) installment, for the reason that these distric…

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  43. 1143State documentMoss. II,101.2

    Verso: State correspondence, petition or report, probably Fatimid, in Arabic script. The sender informs that he has appointed an appropriate person for the job, using …

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    1. من انني قد اعطيت القوس متاملة لهذا الامر باريها
    2. من] الامور احسن ضاربها ولحضرة مولاي السيد الجليل
    3. [الراي الاعلى في ذلك ان شا الله]
    1. That I have verily given the bow after great consideration of this affair to its master
    2. and] the most appropriate candidate. And to my master, the i…

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  44. 1144State documentMoss. III,207

    Verso: State document, Fatimid, in Arabic script. Mentions the death of one of the policemen of the vizier's ship (al-mutawaffī min al-raqqāṣīn al-mustakhdama bi-rasm markab …

    1. عبده

    2. امتثل ما امر به ووجد المتوفي من الرقاصين

    3. المستخدمة برسم مركب الوزارة المحروس 

    4. واحد قصر مشاهرته على هذه الخدمة ما وجب

    5. لذي الحجة سنة ارب…

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  45. 1145Legal query or responsumMoss. IV,40.3

    Recto: Legal query for a qāḍī in Arabic script regarding a man "known for ḥujaj" (unpaid promissory notes?), and there are several testimonies against him, …

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    1.    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم     
    2. ما يقول مولاي القاضي الفقيه المخلص النبيه جمال العلـ[ـما
    3. وفقه الله لما يرضيه في رجل معترف في حجج معاملـ[ـة
    4. وعلي…

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  46. 1146State documentMoss. IV,249

    Petition in Arabic script. The sender bemoans his poverty (ṣaʿlaka) and expresses his trouble with paying a tax, probably his capitation tax. He is a …

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    1. ]في يومه(؟) رضوان مع نزول[

    2. ]المملوك يهتدي مسالك الطرق وقد علت حياته 

    3. وضعفت قدرته وبقي المملوك من ارباب الصدقة وعنده

    4.  عائلة واطفال وليس …

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    1. ]In his days (?) happiness in residing [
    2. ]The slave finds guidance in the paths of life but his life has become difficult.
    3. His abilities have …

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  47. 1147State 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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  48. 1148State documentMoss. IXa,2.6

    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 …

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  49. 1149LetterMoss. IXa,2.9

    Taqbīl clause, presumably scribal practice for a private petition: المملوك يقبل الارض بين يدي المولى الاجل المتفضل. Headed by the glyph (in this case, an …

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  50. 1150LetterMoss. IXa,2.22

    Letter in Arabic script, with a few words in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). The sender congratulates the addressee on the holidays, alludes to the …

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