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  1. 3151Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Location: Cairo, based on the reference to the venue as the Bayt Simḥa [Synagogue]. Dated 26 Tammuz, without mention of a year. Shemuʾel b.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 16v

    1. אנדרופיה למדה סנה ושהרין מן תאריכה תם יעיש אלמד׳ חלף
    2. בשבועה //גמורה// בש׳ ית׳ אנה אכר שהר תמוז //אלאתי// פי אלסנה אלאתי…

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  2. 3152LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/55

    Extremely polite business letter dealing with a consignment caraway dispatched from Fustat. (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, p. 340, and from Goitein's index cards)

    יהודא בן יוסף מן מצר . .וט. .[. . . . . .]סעדאן בן תאבת

    . . . . . . .

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] סעדאן בן תאבת

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  3. 3153LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/19

    Letter by a cantor in a small town, addressed to Rabbi Eliyyahu the judge, complaining bitterly about his lack of opportunity for further study and …

    ואעלמך | מן הו | דא | אלדי | לא יסהא | שגיאות | מי יבין

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    ואלמולא |יעלם אני | עאלק | בגמיע | אלהמום | ובאללה | אדא כתב | כתאב | עאיק | לי קלב

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  4. 3154LetterCUL Or.1081 J5

    Letter sent by a physician from Qalyub, who had opened an office in Fustat, inviting his wife (who is his paternal cousin) to join him …

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    1. וסאלנאהא אן תדכל תלד ענדכ[ם ומוצל]ה מעה //יא// פציצה נפקה וארדב דקיק

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  5. 3155Legal query or responsumMS R1890, fol. 2 + MS R1890, fol. 3 + MS R1890, fol. 1

    A new version of the query on the appointed death based on this MS and on another MS from Firkovitch collection publisged by וייל, ספר היובל לאסף, עמ' 261-267. On top of fol. 1 a title 'מן מסאיל מדינה'' קאבס לרבינו האיי ז'ק'ל' ' [= queries from Qabis to R. […] In l. 13 another query on forbidden sex partner. L. 26 another one regardong the boy from the story on the king of Moab.

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  6. 3156State documentAIU IV.A.206

    Official report. Fragment (left side). The sender reports that he arrived in a certain location at the end of Ṭūba (early February).

    1. ] . . . واخذت في . . هىه . . و . . م . . . [
    2. ] . لما تسهل وصولي في اخر طوبة
    3. ]ـىه الى اخر امس هذا اليوم اخرجت
    4. الغـ]ـلات والزراعة لا تنقضي في بحيرة
    5. شـ…

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  7. 3157List or tableL-G Ar. I.28

    List, representing notes of an official, probably in a small locality, about doles handed out to him on Passover.

    section 1, brown ink

    1. פסיקה פסח
    2. אבו צאעד יעקוב אלכהן עפיק? אבו אל...
    3. נק' א' ורק ב' ורק ב
    4. אל..אר אלנאמן אבו אלעז בן סלאמה
    5. נק' א' נק' א ורק ד'

    section…

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  8. 3158State documentT-S AS 178.33

    Probably an official report in Arabic script. Approximately 6 lines are preserved, but very faded and hard to read.

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  9. 3159State documentT-S Ar.39.387

    Part of a preliminary draft of a chancery document addressed to a government official. ". . . bi-l-shadd minka fī istikhrāj al-māl ʿalā l-kamāl ʿalā l-kamāl (sic!)

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    1. المشارفات المشارفات ويقضيك

    2. بالشد منك في استخراج المال على الكمال 

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  10. 3160State documentT-S NS 285.106

    Official document in Arabic script. Apparently dealing with witnesses and legal procedure.

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  11. 3161LetterT-S 12.338

    Letter from Yeshu'a ha-Kohen ha-Ḥaver, an official in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim. Yeshu'a writes to raise money to free three Jews held by Italian merchants.

  12. וזממו ל[ ]

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    1. והבאנום

    2. אליכם לקנ[ו]תם [     ]

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  14. 3162LetterT-S AS 152.181

    About communal affairs, specifically a site of pilgrimage (ziyāra) that has fallen into disrepair (kharāb), in part because people have been building houses to live there.

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  15. 3163LetterENA 4011.17

    Letter from David b. Daniel to a parnas (leader of the Jewish community). Written in his own hand, per Gil. In Judaeo-Arabic. Instructing the addressee …

    ENA 4011, f. 17 ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 3, pp.336-337 (Doc. #537), C.B. 11-11-87 (p) Short letter from David b. Daniel to a parnas (leader of the Jewish community) written in his own hand. (Gil)

    1. בשמך רחמנא
  16. ...He should direct her todesist from saying
  17. improper things about him and to have all her close and distant relatives stop interfering.
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  19. 3164LetterJRL A 668

    Letter expressing regret and perhaps dissatisfaction for failing to meet with the addressee, with whom the author intended to spend 'night and day', while they …

  20. ] מן רויתך ומא כאנת אגתמעת בך ואנא[
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    1. ].א גמיע אלאצדקא ומן סאל ענא אלסלאם אלגזיל[

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  22. 3165LetterT-S 18J3.11

    Letter of recommendation. Avraham Maimonides recommends the Nasi ʿOvadya to the community of Bilbays ('to honor him and give him hospitality') after having given special …

  23. אנס
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    וקד אוצית | אלדיין רבנו | פרחיה היב | מן לפטי פי כדמתה | מן אחפאלה

    באמרה | ווציתה לכם | במא פיה כפאיה | ושלום | כפול

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  25. 3166LetterT-S Ar.30.53

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting on Abū ʿImrān b. Abū l-[...] who stole six good orange trees (uṣūl nāranj min khiyār al-uṣūl) from a ruined …

  26. חצורך וקד אעלמתך בעץ מ[א . .
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    1. ] דינ צאע עליך מן ההנא י אעלמתך דלך כץ נפסך בא[תם אלסלאם

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  28. 3167LetterENA 2556.7

    The sender asks the addressee "to help him get rid of his wife to whom he has already sent the bill of divorce but needs an official confirmation of its being received before being allowed to marry another woman (on this see Friedman, Polygyny, 241).

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  29. 3168State documentT-S Ar.38.136

    Report of a provincial official, Ibn Lifsh(?) al-Shihābī. In Arabic script.

    1. المملوك بن لفش الشهابي
    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    3. يقبل الارض وينهي حضور السايق تجاري(؟)
    4. وعلى يده كتاب كريم بحضور المملوك والقاضي
    5. والعامل فاما الكاتب فان…

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  30. 3169LetterT-S 13J18.14

    Munajjā, a parnas (social welfare official) and trustee of the court in Fustat, dated documents 1084–1117.

    1. עבדהא יחיי אלאסכנדראני
    2. בן עמאר
    3. בשמ רחמ
    4. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו וגו
    5. אלכאלק תעאלי דכרה ותקדסת אסמאה יסתגיב פי חצרה אלשיך אלגליל אבו אלעלא
    6. צאע…
    One of my creditors arrived and I went back into hiding I heard that your excellency
  31. has a heart for his fellows Jews and is a generous person, who acts

  32. to receive reward (from God) and seeks to do good work[s], so I throw myself before God and you to help me against the vicissitudes of Time and furnish me

  33. something to eat and something to bring back to my family, // including the widow of the elder Abuʾl-Ḥasan b.

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  35. 3170Literary textENA 3968.24–29

    Medical notebook/handbook in Arabic script.

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  36. 3171State documentENA NS 63.11

    One of the interspersed phrases; "وانا احتاج الى مجي مولاي الشيخ وسعادته لي في الامور التي لا يصلح لها عنده فتنفصل؟" suggests that it could be an annotation on the petition (there are several instances of annotations on petitions with official actions on how to respond in the Geniza).

    Bold channcery hand

    1. ]وسعادته لمضافرته ومطالبته؟

    2. ]افدته يعزمه مظهر/بعزمه يظهر لي وله قواها

    3. ] للنجاج باولاها واخراها

    4. ] يعمل عليها وصدره حالا بع…

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  37. 3172LetterT-S 20.24

    The bearer was forced to leave his country because his father who had been a government official had fallen into disgrace. The letter is undated, but the difficulties in Spain may be from the period following the assassination of Yosef b.

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  38. 3173State documentT-S AS 177.206

    Verso: Fragment of another state document in Arabic script. About an official, not immediately clear if this is praise for him or a complaint against him: الامير يتولى في كل يوم . . .

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  39. 3174Legal documentT-S K25.240.1

    Might be his own handwriting (should be checked against all the other examples), the handwriting of another Jewish official, or even a bulk receipt from a jahbadh? Registering an expenditure of 2005 qarārīṭ (=83.5 dinars) for the ground rent (ḥikr) for the poor Jews of Qaṣr al-Shamʿ for Rabīʿ I 615 AH (=May/June 1218 CE).

    1. لے

    2. صح باسم ضعفا اليهود عن

    3. الحكر بقصر الشمع لربيع الاول

    4. سنة خمس وستماية

    5. من الف خمس قراريط

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  40. 3175Legal documentT-S K25.240.2

    Might be his own handwriting (should be checked against all the other examples), the handwriting of another Jewish official, or even a bulk receipt from a jahbadh? Registering an expenditure of 2005 qarārīṭ (=83.5 dinars) for the ground rent (ḥikr) for the poor Jews of Qaṣr al-Shamʿ for Ṣafar 615 AH (=April/May 1218 CE).

    1. لے

    2. صح باسم ضعفا اليهود عن

    3. الحكر بقصر الشمع لصفر

    4. سنة خمس عشر وستماية

    5. من الف خمس قراريط

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  41. 3176Legal documentT-S K25.240.7

    Might be his handwriting (should be checked against other examples), the handwriting of another Jewish official, or even a bulk receipt from a jahbadh? Registering an expenditure of 2010 qarārīṭ (=83.75 dinars) for the ground rent (ḥikr) for the poor Jews of Qaṣr al-Shamʿ for Rabīʿ II and Jumādā I (year not specified but likely 615 AH).

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  42. 3177Legal documentT-S K25.240.9

    Might be his own handwriting (should be checked against all the other examples), the handwriting of another Jewish official, or even a bulk receipt from a jahbadh? Registering an expenditure of 2005 qarārīṭ (=83.5 dinars) for the ground rent (ḥikr) for the poor Jews of Qaṣr al-Shamʿ for Dhū l-Qiʿda 614 AH (=January/February 1218 CE).

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  43. 3178Legal documentT-S K25.240.10

    Might be his own handwriting (should be checked against all the other examples), the handwriting of another Jewish official, or even a bulk receipt from a jahbadh? Registering an expenditure of 2005 qarārīṭ (=83.5 dinars) for the ground rent (ḥikr) for the poor Jews of Qaṣr al-Shamʿ for Muḥarram 615 AH (=March/April 1218 CE).

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  44. 3179Legal documentT-S NS 342.74

    Then a date: Ṣafar 530 AH = November/December 1135 CE; silk again; and on verso two partners in a tax farm who will produce "official receipts" (wuṣūlāt dīwāniyya) according to the official procedure (חסבמא יחיל בדלך אלדיואן).

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  45. 3180List or tableCUL Or.1081 J47

    Of the various types of coinage listed, the reference to "ibrahimis" helps date this fragment as post-1520 CE, because this term likely denotes coinage minted according to standards of Avraham Castro's tenure as the overseer of the Ottoman mint in Cairo (post-1520-1524 CE).

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  46. 3181Legal documentT-S 13J12.3

    Quotes from Psalms 35:8, Job 18:5, Proverbs 15:19, Jeremiah 18:22, Proverbs 24:22, Job 15:31, 20:6-7, Psalms 109:12, Job 8:18, 18:6, 20:17, 21:19, 27:14, 20:21-22, 15:32, 20:10, Psalms 109:7, Job 18:5, Proverbs 5:23, Psalms 109:17-18, 10, Job 27:22, 18:17, 20:15, 18:10, 20:8, 26, 21:30, 20:4, 18:19, 15:30, 29, 18:16, 20:18, 27:15, 18:11, 20:9, 11, 27:19, 18:20, 8:12, 15:21, 20:16, 27:20, Psalms 109:19 and Job 18:15.

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  47. 3182LetterT-S NS J24b + T-S NS J24a

    He also complains of inappropriate fetishization of official decrees, and is so annoyed at the behavior of his fellow Jews that he reports it to the governor, Fakhr al-Mulk.

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    1. [ ] אלי אלאן [ ] אלי ענדה [ ] אנשרחת

    Top margin 4-8) Because even though it is a public decree [kitāb ʿāmmī], it should not have been treated this way.

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  48. 3183Unknown typeENA NS 71.9

    The opening lines mention the Ottoman legal system and the lodging of a formal complaint/claim (daʿva üzerine qānūnan). An official (vazifedâr) is mentioned in l. 4 and an urban district in l. 7 (mahallede), missing the exact location along the paper tear.

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  49. 3184Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J64

    Dated: Wednesday, 17 Adar 1536 Seleucid = 26 February 1225 CE. Signed by Eliyyahu the Judge and Pinḥas b.

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    1. למא כאן פי יום אלארבעא אלסאבע עשר מן
    2. אדר משנת אלפא וחמש מאה ותלתין ושית
  50. Tothis we affix our signatures as witnesses present when

  51. It took place on the above mentioned date.

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  53. 3185State documentT-S AS 177.273

    Fiscal document with at least three distinct sections. 1) The main text block concerns ships, requisitioning, ḍummān, and the officials charged with transporting crops from al-Nastarāwiyya to Tinnīs. […] Headed "accounts" (aḥsiba). 2) At lower left: "ʿamālat al-miʿṣarat al-qaṣab..."—the official allowance for the sugarcane press for (the amīr X) al-Mulk.

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  54. 3186List or tableT-S NS J198

    The Arabic text on verso mentions an official ʿAbd al-Salām (unless this says ʿinda l-shaykh) who was the supervisor of the maintenance/construction of ships of the dīwān (mutawallī ʿimārat marākib al-dīwān).

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    1. צרה אלעריף [                                     ]

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  55. 3187Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/22

    Marriage contract. Location: Abyār. Dated: Friday, 4 Ṭevet 4831 AM = 10 December 1070 CE. Groom: Fuḍayl b. Yosef. Bride: Sittūnā bt. Ṣāliḥ. (Information from …

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    ומתנאו ותוספה כך וכך

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  56. 3188LetterENA 1822a.50

    Letter of request in which the widow of Abu Sa'id b. Shalom, writing to a Nagid, expresses a cry for help on behalf of her …

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    1. ויתבת פיה יהיה כעץ שתול על פלגי מים וג
    2. ושלום אדונינו יגדל לעד

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  57. 3189LetterENA 4010.40

    Letter addressed to a dignitary (Sar) offering congratulations on the holidays. The sender had sent a messenger, who had not found the addressee at home, …

    ENA 4010, f. 40v ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.317-318 (Doc. #185), C.B. 02-05-88 (p) Letter of congratulation from Nathan b. Abraham to Abraham Ha-Kohen b. Isaac b. Furat written in his own hand.(Gil) Spring 1039.

    1. שלום זקננו נכבדנו שר העדה וכתר הבחורים יגדל וטובותיו

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  58. 3190LetterENA NS 17.17

    Letter (fragment) from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Yaʿaqov ha-Ḥaver b. Yosef, "בי]שיבת הצבי". Apparently end of 1025 or beginning of 1026.

    ENA NS 17, f. 17 ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, p.96 (Doc. #55), C.B. 03-22-88 Fragment of a letter from Solomon b. Judah to Jacob Ha-Haver b. Joseph. Apparently end of 1025 or beginning of 1026. (p)

    1. חילים [עוד] להגבר וברכות לחבר וטובות להצבר ויש[ועות

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  59. 3191LetterT-S 8J25.12

    Letter from Ibrahim Ibn al-Ḥaver, probably in Fustat, to Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Melammed, in Malīj. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand and spellings. The sender complains that he …

  60. אלבהימה
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    1. וכאתב הדה אלחרף יוסף ולדי יכץ חצרתך אלסלאם

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  62. 3192LetterAIU XII.70

    The beginnings of three lines are preserved. Possibly official correspondence. Needs further examination

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  63. 3193LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1771/3a

    Seems to be a communal letter from an official rebuking a community: קצ . . . ם בהא וכיף מנהאגכם פי אלעמל במק . . . . .

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  64. 3194State documentT-S NS 315.230

    Official correspondence. Possibly alluding to a need for financial assistance in a district.

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  65. 3195LetterT-S 10J17.12

    Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:271: "I am sending you with the bearer of this letter 15 dirhems. Please buy for me 1¼ pounds of emblic (amlaj) [“Indian gooseberry,” see above], approximately for 4¼ dirhems or less; 2½ pounds of deep-red rose water (mā' ward), approximately ¾ d.; A fuqqā‘a (bottle of potions), approximately ½ d. or less; 1 pound eye powder, well made, on special order, approximately 2 d. or less; 1 miswāk (tooth-cleaning twig), approximately 2 d.; 1 pound antimony, approximately 3¼ or 3½ d. or less; 2½ pounds cosmetic cream (mathāth), approximately 2¼ d.or less.

  66. אשם רואיחה פיה ואמא אלשיך בו
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    1. וינפדהם לי קבל אלצום . . . |
    2. וינפד

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  68. 3196Legal documentT-S Ar.38.48

    A divorce document involving a high-level Ayyubid official described as one of the mamlūks of al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (aḥad al-mamālīk al-ʿādiliyya).

    1. ]بن وهب احد المماليك العادلية كرمهم الله تعالى وحلاه رجل شاب اسمر اللون

    2. ]                      المراة الحامل الحاضر الان باليوم(؟) . . . . اقرار…

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  69. 3197State documentT-S 8K15.11

    Bottom 5 lines of an official letter in Arabic script. Ends with either a request or an instruction, ويفعل بذلك ما عهد من همته والله يوفقه ويعضده ان شا الله, followed by a ḥamdala and ṣalwala.

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  70. 3198State documentT-S AS 103.70

    Fragment of an official letter (report or petition?). In Arabic script.

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  71. 3199LetterT-S K3.43

    Verso: accounts of some sort in Arabic script, unclear if private or official. Mentions Abū l-Faraj al-Qasam(?). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  72. 3200State documentT-S NS 327.25

    Official receipt, likely for capitation tax ("min jizyatihī") for Yaʿqūb b.

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