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  1. 1601Legal documentT-S 13J19.10

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    Legal/official document in Arabic script. Drawn up in the majlis al-khidma of an amir with grand titles (...majd al-khilāfa ʿizz al-dīn jamāl al-umarāʾ fakhr al-mulk …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. حضر مجلس خدمة الامير المقدم الامير الامين مجد الخلافة عز الدين جمال الامرا فخر الملك

    3. سيف الدولة…. العميم صنيعة امي…

    Recto

    1. In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful.
    2. There appeared at the majlis al-khidma the supervising, trustworthy amīr, glory of the ca…

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  2. 1602State documentT-S Ar.42.134 + T-S Ar.49.151 + T-S Ar.42.156

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    Arabic

    State document, Fatimid period. Letter of a Fatimid dāʿī addressed to a chief qāḍī to congratulate him on a new honor the caliph had bestowed …

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    1. وكبت عداه عند اتّصال الخبر الينا أعلمنا سائر الأولياء بما جدّده الله تعالى عنده من جميل

    2. رأى مولانا الإمام [الظاهر لإعزاز دين الله (؟) أمير]…

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  3. 1603State documentT-S 10J19.13

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    Arabic

    State document: Official report (fragment) concerning armed insurrection and civil unrest. For the letter on recto, see separate entry.

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  4. 1604State documentENA NS 18.26

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    Arabic

    Response to a letter of complaint concerning taxation of the Jews of Tiberias. The letter refers to a sijill mukarram (noble decree) of the caliph …

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    1. واصلنا الشكوى فيما نفعنا معه [
    2. وورد السجل المكرم من الحضرة المجيدة يذكر فيه ما
    3. انهاه سباع بن فرج اليهودي من حال اليهود الذمة
    4. بطبرية وان في…
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  5. 1605State documentENA 2922.7

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    Arabic

    State document, in Arabic script. Most probably an internal correspondence. Mentions a Qāḍī Ḥammād b, ʿAlī and also Amīr al-Muʾminīn in l4. Reused for Hebrew …

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  6. 1606State documentT-S Ar.41.43

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    Arabic

    Request for a fatwā (or possibly a petition or official report, or simply a letter). In Arabic script. Dating: Likely Mamluk-era. Begins with a taqbīl …

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  7. 1607Legal documentT-S 16.22 + T-S 10J5.17

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    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi, dated 1449 (= 1138 CE). A tax-farmer (ḍāmin), Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. ʿUlla (known as …

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    1. 15 מצלי(ח הכהן) ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יהי שמו לעולם כירח
    2. יכון עול(ם ) וק( )
    3. 16 ( )קיים ודין קיומיה: והכל שריר ובריר וקיים.
    4. 17 ( ) שיטי הדא: וקיים…

    T-S 16.22 recto

    1. Testimony of what transpired before us, we, the witnesses whose signatures are below. It happened thus: there appeared before us the…

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  8. 1608State documentAIU XII.15

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    Official account mentioning the transfer of sums to the fisc (bayt al-māl) from the bureau of the capitation tax (bayt al-jawālī): "mablagh al-maḥmūl ilā bayt …

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  9. 1609Legal documentENA NS 29.26

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning the ransoming of female Jewish captives enslaved by the Franks at ʿAkkā (Acre), also mentioning …

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    1. מא יקול מרנו ורבנו אדוננו נגידנו אברהם הרב המובהק
    2. הפטיש החזק הנגיד הגדול ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו
    3. פי אשכאץ כאן להם כדמה [ואל]נסאא ילודו בהם פסביו…
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  10. 1610State documentT-S NS 164.33

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    Arabic

    Draft report containing two taqbīl and narratio (inhāʾ) sections. The first section mentions local residents impeding access with stones. Reused for Targum Onqelos of Numbers …

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  11. 1611State documentT-S C2.209 + ENA 4045.2 + JRL SERIES B 5446 + T-S F13.1 + T-S 13.20 + ENA 3751.5

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Original use: State decree from the Fatimid chancery, written under al-Ḥākim, al-Ẓāhir or al-Mustanṣir to an official in Egypt regarding a dispute over irrigation canals …

    Combined reading from all fragments. Lost Archive, p. 397

    their signatures validated it... fifty dīnārs... except for the amount of the officials ...…

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  12. 1612State documentBodl. MS heb. b 18/21 + T-S Ar.30.278

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Eight rough drafts of a petition to the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustanṣir from the followers of Shelomo b. Yehuda, probably the end of 1041 (according to …

    1. קד כאנו אלעביד אסתגארו אללה
    2. סבחאנה ובאלחצרה אלטאהרה
    3. פי אן תתצדק עליהם באלתצרף פי
    4. אדיאנהם חסב [[אכתיארהם]] מא
    5. יתסע להם ואן לא ימכן בעצהם
    6. א [2]
    7. قد كان…

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  13. 1613State documentBL OR 5557B.17

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    Arabic

    Contract of lease for an irrigation channel on the jazīra of Fustat (the Nile island later known as Rawḍa). Dated: 18 (or maybe 28?) Shawwāl …

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  14. 1614State documentENA 3842.1

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    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic script addressed to al-Mawqif al-Ashraf and ʿIzz al-Dawla. Maybe Fatimid official correspondence. Mentions the amīrs Shujāʿ al-Dawla, Majd al-Dawla, and the city …

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    1. كتابي . اسيره(؟) الى الموقف الاشرف والى حضرة مولاي القائد

    2. الاجل عز الدولة وحسامها ادام الله تمكينه ولما وصل ا[بن/بو؟]

    3. نسا؟ الى طرابلس امت…

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  15. 1615State documentAIU XII.102

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    Arabic

    Bifolio from a register containing multiple entries recording fiscal payments, including name of the taxpayer and amount paid. Registration marks visible. Could be identified as …

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  16. 1616State documentENA 4020.65

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Petition from Shelomo b. Yehuda to the caliph al-Ẓāhir (matn only) defending his position against Yūsuf al-Sijilmasi, the Iraqi leader in Palestine. Dating: original document …

    1. ואלדי קצד אלדאעי בכניסתין וריאסתין ן
    2. אלסגל מאסי לאנהו אדא גאז אן תכון ריאסתין גאז אן תכון
    3. תלאתה ואכתר מן /דלך/ וודא דלך אלא מא לא (נ)האיה לה מן אלפת…

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    1. And as far as the argument in favor of the two synagogues and the two authorities is concerned, (it has already been refuted by) Ibn

    2. Sijilm…

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  17. 1617State documentT-S 12.821 + ENA 3682.5

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    Arabic

    Recto: State document. Report to al-Ẓāhir about a tax farmer, beginning only. Dating: 1021–36 CE. (Cited in Khan, BSOAS 53 (1990) 25; Arabic Legal and …

    1. [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]

    2. [صلوات الله بركاته ونوامي زكواته وافصل سلامه وتحياته على مولانا وسيدنا] 

    3. الامام الظاهر لاعزاز دين الله [امير المومنين …

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  18. 1618State documentENA NS 39.10

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Two lines in Arabic script, probably a petition to a Fatimid vizier "mawlāy al-wazīr al-ajall ṣafiyy amīr al-muʾminīn wa-khāliṣatuh." In Judaeo-Arabic, between the lines …

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  19. 1619State documentBodl. MS Heb. d 66/13

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    Arabic

    State document, probably a letter of official correspondence, in Arabic script. Sent by an official with the title ʿĀzim al-Dawla. An order from al-Ḥaḍra al-Majīdiyya …

    1. ومملوكه الامير عازم الدولة
    2. ومملوكه الامير عازم الدولة اعزها الله
    3. ومملوكه سعيد بن لا…
    4. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    5. لست نسأل في مودة الشيخ السيد اطال الله ب…

    Recto

    1. al-Amīr ʿĀzim al-Dawla and his slave Saʿīd b……

    2. In the name of God the most merciful

    3. I do not doubt the love of al-Shaykh al-Sayyid, may G…

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  20. 1620State documentHalper 354

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    Arabic

    Testimony in Arabic script probably meant to accompany an investiture petition from the gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda to the newly appointed caliph al-Mustanṣir billāh, listing …

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    1. [ بعد ما التمسوا]جميعا وفرادا
    2. [ ان يشهدوا هذه الشهاده قال كل]منهم من كتب شهادته بخطه
    3. [ فى اخر هذا الكتاب ان ا]لذى عرفوه وعقلوه ويشهدوا
    4. [ به فى…

    1. (Having been requested,) we, all together and each separately, 

    2. (to deliver this testimony,) namely all those writing their witness and signing 

      …
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  21. 1621State documentDK 256 (alt: XXI)

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    State document: report to a high bureaucrat (with taqbīl clauses), written under the Fatimid caliph al-Āmir, 509/1115; in the Hebrew on verso, the date is …

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  22. 1622LetterENA 3913.10

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    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era, perhaps 18th or 19th century. Seems to have been abandoned halfway through. There are a few words in Hebrew …

    1. زكى السلام التام والتحيات والاكرام تهدي(؟) ذاكر(؟) ويخص(؟) الى

    2. حضرة الجناب المكرم السيد محمود عابدين اعزه الله

    3. ودام بقاه امين

    4. اما بعد نعرفكم …

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  23. 1623LetterENA 3925.5

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    Verso: Letter in Arabic script, in a book hand. Opens with two verses of poetry, then probably a taqbīl ([... al-a]rḍ), then greetings for the …

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  24. 1624LetterAIU XII.117

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    Recto: Letter/petition, or letter in the style of a brief petition, from "your student Bū l-Majd" to a high-ranking physician. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably …

    1. الحكيمي

    2. بو المجد تلميذه

    3. المملوك يجدد الخدمة الكريمة المولوية المالكية

    4. الحكيمية ويسأل اجابة حضوره فان

    5. المملوك حصل له الم في رجله وباب العمار…

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  25. 1625LetterT-S Ar.54.23

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    Arabic

    Verso: Letter of appeal for charity addressed to al-Rayyis Yūsuf. In Arabic script, calligraphic with large letters. Asking him to bestow two garments (thawbayn) on …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. يخدم المجلس العالي المولوي
    3. المخدومي الاجلي المحترمي
    4. الريسي ريس العلامة يوسف
    5. ادام الله سعادته وينهي
    6. المملوك رجل سعلوك وف…
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  26. 1626LetterT-S Ar.54.23

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter from a certain Yūsuf who is ill. In Judaeo-Arabic, with erratic handwriting and spelling, difficult to read. He explains why he couldn't come. …

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  27. 1627State documentT-S Ar.11.35

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    Arabic

    Recto: Petition in Arabic script from "the son of one of the doctors" to two addressees. The petitioner mentions his desire to open a shop …

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  28. 1628State documentT-S Ar.11.35

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    Arabic

    Verso: Petition or report to the Fatimid vizier al-Afḍal (r. 1096–1121) regarding a government appointee reporting for duty or fulfilling an order. Including a raʾy …

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  29. 1629LetterENA NS 47.21

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    Arabic

    Business letter from Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Ṭulayṭulī to Abū al-Najm Hilāl b. Yosef ha-Qara. In Arabic script. For other Qaraites from Toledo, see T-S 13J9.4 (PGPID …

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  30. 1630List or tableT-S Misc.8.67 + Halper 465

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Secondary use: Two fragments from a list of male persons, mostly craftsmen or foreigners (Goitein surmises that they are people for whom the capitation tax …

    Right column:

    1. ..] בן יוסף טואף ס
    2. ..]. בן סלימאן דמשקי

    Left column:

    1. יוסף בן אבראהים צבאג
    2. יחזקאל בן אסחק
    3. יוסף בן עמראן [[...]]
    4. צח יעקב בן מוסי חלבי …
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  31. 1631State documentCUL Add.3336

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    Arabic

    Bottom part of a decree of a Fatimid Amīr titled Surūr al-Malikī to a provincial governor or fiscal official, dated 2 Jumāda II, no year. …

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    1. ذخر الملك كوكب الدولة وسديدها  ابو منصور بختيار الجيوشي ادام الله تا[يـ]ـيد[ـه]

    2. مكاتبتك بإزالة الاعتراض عن قنده الذي في المعصرة

    3. بجوجر وان…

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  32. 1632State documentCUL Or.1080 J7

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    Arabic, Hebrew

    Petition to the caliph al-Mustansir concerning the schism of 1038–42 between Shelomo b. Yehuda, the gaʾon of Palestine, and a pretender to the gaonate, Natan …

    Verso, upside-down relative to Hebrew text

    1. بِسْم الله الرحمن الرحيم العبيد ينهوا الى الموقف الشريف  زاد الله شرف حالهم وذلك ان لما

    2. جرى على ريسهم …

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  33. 1633State documentT-S Ar.39.395

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    Arabic

    State accounts relating to the tax farm of the lands of Dayqūf, in the province of al-Bahnasā, administered by Basṭiyya b. Marqūra and the property …

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  34. 1634State documentT-S Ar.18(2).193 + T-S Ar.30.306 + T-S Ar.30.314

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    Arabic

    State document in Arabic script, an internal memorandum or report containing multiple hands. Containing (on the last fragment) the signature of the vizier Ḥusayn b. …

    T-S Ar.18(2).193 + T-S 30.306

    1. لـ[مو]لانا صلوات الله عليه وعلى ابائه الطاهرين الرأى العالي في خروج 

    2. [التوقـ]ـيع المعظم فيما راه الحضرة من مسرقة هذ…

    1. … if God wills.

    2. My sufficiency is God. How excellent a keeper is he!

    3. The slave of our lord and master the imām al-Mustanṣir bi-Allāh, commander…

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  35. 1635LetterENA 3754.11

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    Arabic

    Petition. Dating: Late 16th or early 17th century, as it involves the well-known rabbi and judge Ḥayyim Kapūsī (1540–1631). The petitioner makes accusations against a …

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    1. يقبل الارض بين يدي الموافق العالية اعلاها الله تعالى

    2. وينهي ان ثم رجل يهودي يسمى سعد بن العيصي كان ملتزم بمقاطعة الجوالي سابقاً فانكر عليه

      3. …
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  36. 1636Legal documentENA 3904.2

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    Arabic

    Marriage contract between a Rabbanite man Khalfā b. Saʿūd, son of Farajallah b. Nafīs and a divorced Rabbanite woman Fāṭima. The marriage was commemorated upon …

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  37. 1637State documentBL OR 5552.2–2a

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    Arabic

    Fragment of a Fatimid state document. Reporting that an official document belonging to an unnamed person (the -hū of kitābuhū) and dated 4 Rajab 523 …

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  38. 1638State documentAIU VII.E.166

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Informal note in difficult Arabic script, scrawled basmala on top, possibly a memorandum to do with land tenure? Needs further examination. Verso: Informal note …

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  39. 1639State documentT-S NS 234.50

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    Arabic

    Order or report in multiple hands to do with 131 dīnārs paid to the treasury (bayt al-māl). Person mentioned is Saʿd al-Mulk Ilyās, possibly a …

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  40. 1640State documentENA 684.2

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    Arabic

    Decree to a lower official commanding him to retrieve bricks and everything belonging to the government from a certain location (a ruined mosque?); and from …

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