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1151
Paraliterary textENA 3950.8
Magical spell formularies. Includes a spell apparently intended to arouse and agitate (tahyīj and izʿāj) a female target (fulāna bt. fulāna) for a male (fulān …
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1152
List or tableENA 3901.8
Recto: trial of the pen. Verso: arithmetic calculations.
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1153
State documentENA 2959.1
Fragment of a petition, two wide lines. The first line reads 'wa-ʿabd mawlānā,' then '[...] al-shāmil.'
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1154
State documentENA 2481.17 + ENA 2481.18
Decree, fragment, reused for Hebrew piyyut/poetry. The preserved text reads 'and on his brother' - wa ʿalā akhīhi.
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1155
State 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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مما يطلق عن الديوان الابواب…بمصر
مائة وخمسة وخمسون دينارا
ومما يطلق من الديوان الاموال (الابواب؟) بالقاهرة
سبعة وسبعون دينارا
ويخرج …
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1156
State documentAIU IX.A.3
Likely a decree to a lower official, to judge by the sloppy hand. The section toward the end contains inshallāh, then kutiba, with the date …
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1157
State documentAIU IV.C.302
Decree, probably a public copy with gigantic line spacing. Mentions the signature/ʿalāma (khaṭṭ, khuṭūṭ) of two just witnesses (al-shuhūd al-ʿadlayn) and overseers (al-mushārifīn). Also mentions …
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1158
State documentT-S Misc.26.52
Petition or report. Bottom ~10 lines are preserved. Difficult handwriting. The first line may begin with the words "umūr al-thaghr." Mentions a paper trail and …
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1159
LetterT-S AS 178.155
Report or official correspondence in Arabic script. Approximately 5 to 6 lines are preserved. Unclear how much of the substance is preserved. Mentions "وقد طالع …
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1160
Legal documentENA 4100.9c
The part written with a wider pen resembles business accounts, while the part written with a thinner pen looks like a portion of a legal …
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1161
State documentENA 979.1
Decree fragment: one line on verso. wa-ri'āyan li-kum[ ]. Cut, reused, and bound in a Hebrew script literary text: 15 lines plus notes on recto, …
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1162
State documentENA 979.2
Decree fragment: one line on recto. 'adal(a) followed by tooth+loop (fragmentary word). Cut, reused, and bound in a Hebrew script literary text: 12 lines on …
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1163
State documentENA 684.5
State document, Fatimid, probably a decree fragment, 4 lines. Begins with وعاد بنجابتهما وحسن in a dual tense suggesting that it was addressed to two …
عاد بنجابتهما وحسن
عاد بنجابتها وحسنوله منتصبين وفيه مجدين وليتحققا
…… مسوولان عنها مطالبيـ[ن
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1164
List or tableENA NS 35.30
List or accounts in Arabic script, used as a bifolio for Hebrew script. One of the readable items is lead (raṣāṣ).
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1165
Legal documentENA NS 40.20
Legal document, fragment, in Arabic script, mentioning the property of the deceased in Fustat and Giza. This inheritance was attested in the presence of the …
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1166
State documentENA NS 64.9
Fragment, 4 lines of a state document in a chancery hand regarding issues pertaining to agriculture "an qad zaraʿ fī l-kufr l-madhkūr thalatha meʾya". Needs …
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1167
Literary textENA NS 51.27
Fragment, text on prognostications. Each prediction starts with a new point (al-bāb). Contains some Hebrew script interspersed. Verso conatins a note saying that this paper …
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1168
State documentAIU IV.C.259
Decree. Only part of one line is preserved, mentioning the caliph al-Ḥāfiẓ, "...wa-waliyyihi ʿAbd al-Majīd Abī l-Maymūn al-Imām..."
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1169
State documentAIU VII.D.103
State document, fragment, in Arabic script written in enormous letters, probably a decree. Mentions "fourteen heads" (li-arbaʿa ʿashara raʾs) (of cattle?). Reused for several different …
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1170
State documentT-S AS 115.41
Bottom of a petition. In Arabic script. Addressed to a caliph. Needs examination. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL.)
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1171
List or tableT-S Ar.35.8
Accounts or fiscal register, in Arabic script. Mentions 'al-madīna al-sharīfa' at least once. The heading on the verso mentions al-waqf in line 5.
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1172
State documentMoss. VIa,1-2
Letter or official correspondence, probably Ikhshidid, in Arabic script. Mentions two officials, Abū l-Faḍāʾil and Abū Bakr ʿAlī b. Sulḥ, and other people. Also mentions …
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1173
LetterMoss. VIa,1-2
Communal letter or epistle? Needs examination. Written on the back of an Ikhshīdid letter (or possibly two Ikhshīdid documents glued together), in a hand consistent …
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1174
Literary textMoss. IXa,2.30
Thousand and One Nights, from the chapter حكاية أنس الوجود مع محبوبته الورد في الأكما.
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1175
Paraliterary textMoss. IXa,2.38
Medical recipes for the treatment of liver diseases and stroke.
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1176
State documentAIU XII.145
Left half of a single line in huge Arabic script from a chancery document, possibly a decree. A suggestive reading of the fragmented line is …
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1177
State 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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1178
LetterMoss. 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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1179
Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. IXa,2.59
Receipt dated 1247 AH (1831/32 CE). The document involves a ṣarrāf, Dāwūd Naʿīm, who was working for one of the state's dīwāns (likely related to …
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1180
Legal 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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1181
State documentMoss. IXa,2.37
State document, in Arabic script. The perfumers/druggists (ʿaṭṭārīn) petition the Ayyubid sultan al-Malik al-Ṣālīḥ (Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb) about the injustice of the notables (ʿurafa) who …
- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- المماليك يقبلو الارض بالمقام العالي المولوي الملكي الصالـ[ـحـ]ـي خلد الله
- ايامه واجعله منصور ابدا وينهو ان المماليك العطا…
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In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
The slaves kiss the ground in the lofty, lordly presence of al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ, may Go…
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1182
LetterMoss. 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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1183
State documentMoss. IXa,2.32 + Moss. IXa.2.32
Military/fiscal account. An official in the Fatimid military administration (mutawallī dīwān al-juyūsh) submits an account, presumably to do with military spending. The main text (l. …
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1184
List 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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1185
State documentENA NS 2.33
Verso: Draft (probably) of a petition. In Arabic script. "The slave... wishes to maintain the traditions... we wish to maintain our traditions and the traditions …
- بسـ[ـم الله الرحمن الرحيم]
- العبد المملـ[ـوك
- ونشتهي ان نبقى عل رسمنا[
- ونشتهي ان نبقى على رسمنا وعلى رسم ابونا
- قبلنا وهـ[ ] ونحن في مكان وهو كنيستنا
- In the name [of God the merciful and compassionate]
- The slave [
- and wishes to maintain the traditions
- and wishes to maintain our traditions and the …
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1186
State documentT-S AS 177.123
Recto and verso are two distinct petitions, in different hands. Unclear if/how they are related. Recto: Petition for charity apparently from someone under arrest (muʿtaqal), …
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يقبل الارض وينهـ[ـي
عناية وعد من مملوكه فلوجه الله
كلامه واذا حضر بين يديه وطلب من عـ[
واذا كان المملوك معتقل وسير[
برا ووقع و…
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- Kisses the ground and repo[rts
- charity that was promised to the slave. I swear upon God
- his words. When he arrived in his presence and sought …
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1187
State documentT-S NS 327.131
Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. From three merchants. Opens with blessings for the caliph. None of the substance is preserved. The formula "ضاعف …
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- المماليك علي بن مسلم ومعمر بن
- ابراهيم ومبارك بن ابراهيم
- التجار
- [بسم الله الرحمن]الرحيم
- صلوات الله وبركاته وافضـ]ـل تحياته وسلامه على سيدنا ومو…
- The slaves ʿAlī b. Muslim, Muʿammar b.
- Ibrāhīm, and Mubāra b. Ibrāhīm
- the merchants
- [In the name of God the merciful] and compassionate
- [the benedic…
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1188
State documentT-S AS 176.218
State document, in Arabic script. Petition to a caliph, in a sloppy hand. Lower left corner. Some of the details of the case may be …
] من الشجرة بمصر عنده غارمين(؟) بهم وو[
ثـ]ـلاث دينار واودعوا ذلك عنـ[ـد
]العبد كشف ما ذكره من حاله والصد[قـ]ـة عليه
] لنحيي بذلك ولمولانا ص…
- ] from a disagreement(?) in Fusṭāt….debtors(?)
- ] 3 dinars, and promised that towards
- ] the slave, unveiling of that he narrated about his state and …
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1189
State documentT-S NS 306.159
Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Difficult hand. Portions of 5 lines are preserved. It could be a draft or was later reused for …
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[بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]
[المملوك يقبل] الارض امام المقام الطاهر النبوي ضاعف الله
[واعلى]ابدا مناره ويسل الانعام عليه والاحسان اليه
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- ]In the name of God the merciful and compassionate]
- ]The slave kisses] the ground in the pure Prophetic presence, may God multiply
- ]and elevate] its…
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1190
State documentT-S 8J34.1
Verso (original use): Fragment from the lower left corner of a petition in Arabic script. Refers to the amīr Rifʿat? al-Dawla; a dīwān; and includes …
وعبده يسل انعامه[
ثبوته على يد الامير رفعة الدولة ادام الله عزه
ا]ستخراج رافعها في سورة الديوان
]بيده الراي //الاعلى// في الانعام علي فيما سا…
- His slave asks for his benefactions [
- Registering it at the hands of the amīr Rifʿat al-Dawla, may God perpetuate his glory.
- ]extraction of its conv…
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1191
State documentT-S AS 181.9
Bifolio (subsequently folded into thirds) of an eclectic selection of incomplete state-related documents. Perhaps the writing exercises or drafting of a chancery scribe, or else …
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ويسئل في الانعام عليه والا[حسان اليه]
وخروج التوقيع العالي زاده الله نفا[دا]
وعلوا باطلاق لهم عن ذلك
وللمجلس السامي ادام الل…
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- Praise be to God] alone, and his blessings be upon our master Muḥammad and his progeny, and peace
- God is sufficient for his slave and it is up…
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1192
State 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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- بسـ]ـم الله الرحمن [الرحيم]
صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته [وافضل تحياته على سيدنا ومولانا
[الامام] الامر باحكام الله امير المؤمنين وعلـ[…
- In the name] of God the merciful [and compassionate]
- The blessings of God, his benedictions and increased benefactions [and best greetings be upon o…
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1193
State documentT-S Ar.35.368
Draft of a petition or note, in Arabic script, asking for charity on account of the sender's poverty. At lower left the name(s) of the …
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- يقبل الارض وينهي ان المملوك رجل صعلوك
- وله عائلة وما هو عادة يرميه ولوجه الله تعالى
- النظر في حاله لوجه الله تعالى
- المملوك
- ابراهيم ابن محسن(؟)
- و…
- Kisses the ground and reports that the slave is a pauper
- and he has a family, and this [his state of poverty] is not usual, for the sake of God the …
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1194
State documentT-S Ar.42.173
Recto (secondary use): Petition draft in Arabic script. The sender thanks the addressee for employing him in government service (khidma). Mentions "al-dawāwīn al-maʿmūra." The variants …
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- المملوك يقبل الارض وينهي انه كان انعم عليه بالخدمة في [
- طـ[ ]....للديوان المعمور
- من الجاري[ …
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- The slave kisses the ground and reports that he [the addressee] showed kindness to him by appointing him in [
- [ ]in the …
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1195
State documentT-S Ar.39.80
Original document: Petition from a woman (al-mamlūka), probably in Tinnīs (المقيمة بمدينة تنيس حماها الله تعالى) to a dignitary with the title al-Juyūshī. The addressee …
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- بسم الله الرحمن]الرحيم
- ]العالي السامي السيدي الاجلي الجيوشي
- ]الهادي وعضد به الدين وامتع بطول[بقائه امير المؤمين]
- ]واعلا كلمته المملو…
- In the name of God the merciful] and compassionate
- ]the elated, exalted, illustrious, commander of the army
- ]the guide, strengthened by him faith, a…
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1196
State 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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]في يومه(؟) رضوان مع نزول[
]المملوك يهتدي مسالك الطرق وقد علت حياته
وضعفت قدرته وبقي المملوك من ارباب الصدقة وعنده
عائلة واطفال وليس …
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- ]In his days (?) happiness in residing [
- ]The slave finds guidance in the paths of life but his life has become difficult.
- His abilities have …
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1197
State 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 …
ا]لسعيد مما كان مصادرته في كل [
] له دينار لا يوصل منه في هـ[ـذه
] كل(؟) نجم بالغرض ان تجري هذه الـنو[احـ]ـي(؟) [
] فلولا خوفي من سخطه لكنت …
- ] al-Saʿīd. His correspondences in each [
- ] a dinar doesn’t generate from this in these [
- ]…every (?) installment, for the reason that these distric…
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1198
State documentENA NS 71.12
Fatimid petition, fragment of the top left-hand margin, tarjama is preserved. Dates to the period of al-Ḥākim based on the reuse on verso which makes …
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روائح(؟) بن جوشن (جريس؟) واصحابه
العبقلين(؟)
بسم الله الرحمن الـ]ـرحيم
مماليك الحضرة السامـ]ـية العلية ال . . . ية والسعيدة السيدية ال…
- Rawāʾiḥ b. Jawshan and his colleagues
- al-ʿAbqalayn(?)
- In the name of God, the merciful and [compassionate]
- The slaves of the lofty presence, …. the …
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1199
State documentT-S Ar.42.195 + T-S Ar.38.128
Petition to a Fatimid dignitary concerning (or from?) a certain Abū l-Faraj apparently regarding various properties in a neighborhood (and perhaps their commandeering?). Subsidiary to …
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ابو الفرج الكرخي المبتاع لهذه الدار وقال[
الا باطلاق من مولاي الشيخ //الجليل// لا على الحـ[
اعتابا(؟) له بسبب حق واجب وعند مولا…
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- Abū l-Faraj al-Karkhī, the seller of this house, and said [
- except with the permission from our master the elder //the illustrious// not by [
- moc…
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1200
State documentT-S NS 300.71
Petition, Fatimid, in Arabic script. Three and a half lines are preserved. The petitioner is one of the traders entering (or importing goods into?) Egypt …
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- انه من جملة التجار الموردين الى الديار المصرية خلد الله[
- وهو من اهل الستر والسلامة لازم للطرائق الحميدة[
- الا جزا وهو [يجدد] تقبيل الارض ويسئل …
- He is among the merchants that come to Egypt, may god perpetuate [
- and he is a genuine person, following a virtuous path [
- except reward. He [renews…
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