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  1. 51

    State documentENA NS 39.10

    Recto: Two lines in Arabic script, probably a petition to a Fatimid vizier "al-Wazīr al-Ajal Ṣafiyy Amīr l-Mumineen wa-khāliṣihi". In Judaeo-Arabic, between the lines and …

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  2. 52

    State documentCUL Or.1080 15.77

    Petition to a Fāṭimid vizier concerning an allowance of a jurisconsult, which the petitioner used to receive from the auspicious office, which was to be …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. خلد الله تعالى ملك المجلس السامي الاجلي الجيوشي
    3. السعيدي الناصري الكافل الهادي عضد به الدين
    4. وامتع بطول بقائه امير المؤني…

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  3. 53

    State documentT-S Ar.42.129

    Petition from a woman to a high dignitary or perhaps to al-Malik al-ʿĀdil himself (one reigned 1200–18 and another reigned 1238–40). She seems to be …

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  4. 54

    State documentT-S Ar.39.372

    Petition from an official. Dating: Likely 13th or 14th century (this can be narrowed if the person named is known from chronicles). Mentions an amir …

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    1. [       ] . . . عنده لاحد المماليك يسمى علم الدين سنجر المحمود[ي]

    2. مبلغ وصـ[و]لات في ثمن قنده المبيع من شونه وهو

    3. الف واربعمائة . . . . . .…

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  5. 55

    State 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 …

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  6. 56

    State documentBL OR 5557K.10 + T-S NS 162.34 + T-S NS 70.10

    Official letter, possibly addressed to the vizier ("ḥaḍrat al-wizāra") concerning the appointment of an amir in Yemen. Dating: ca. 11th/12th century. On verso there is …

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  7. 57

    State documentCUL Or.1081 1.2

    Petition from Abū l-Ḥasan b. Dāwūd to a Fatimid dignitary. The petitioner is a poor young man, whose father died destitute and left him only …

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    1.               المملوك
    2.             طاهر بن اسحق
    3.      بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    4. عبد الحضرة السامية الاجلية العلية الاكرم الاسفهسلار الاشرف
    5. المقدم …

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  8. 58

    State documentT-S Ar.3.9

    Response to the endorsement of a petition by two men, one of whom is Ibrāhīm, son of the illustrious judge. The case is referred to …

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    1. . [الحمد لله] وحده وصلواته على سيدنا محمد النبي وسلم تسليم
    2. عبدا مولانا صلوات الله عليه ومملوكاه
    3. ابراهيم بن القاضي الموفق
    4. امتثل المرسوم فى التو…

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  9. 59

    State documentT-S Ar.39.26

    Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb written by Yūḥannā b. Mīkhāʾīl on behalf of his father Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, …

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  10. 60

    State documentT-S Ar.40.3

    Petition (draft) from […] Mukhliṣ, in Minyat Ghamr, to an Ayyubid dignitary. In Arabic script. The petitioner complains about the young son of a neighbor …

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    1. المملوك [           ]
    2. [          ] المخلص من اهل منية غمر
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. وينهى الى مجلس المولا شمس الدين سيف المجاهدين 
    5. عمدة الملوك وا…

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  11. 61

    State documentT-S Ar.51.107

    State document, Fatimid period. Petition to a vizier of Al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh from a baker in Fusṭāṭ concerning a debt that he had incurred with …

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    1. المملوك 
    2. أبو عبد الله بن يحيى الفران بمصر
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    4. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وأفضل تحياته وسلامه على مولانا وسيدنا 
    5. الإ…

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  12. 62

    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 …

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  13. 63

    State documentENA 1177.78 + ENA 1177.77

    Five lines remaining of an official report mentioning two messengers sent from the caliph (al-ḥaḍra al-ṭāhira) to Damascus and also mentioning the Banū Hilāl. The …

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  14. 64

    State documentENA 1822a.60

    Petition in Arabic script from a physician employed in the hospital in Cairo who had received orders to the effect that his pay would be …

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  15. 65

    State documentBL OR 5566B.25

    Recto: State report. 4 lines preserved. Mentions "Bū Kalījār the king of Ahwāz," probably identical with the Buyid Amir Abū Kālījār Marzubān in Persia (d. …

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  16. 66

    State documentBodl. MS heb. c 50/4

    Fragment of a petition or report probably to the vizier (ḥaḍrat al-wizāra... al-wazīr al-ajall... ). From the upper left corner; the ends of 9 lines …

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  17. 67

    State documentBodl. MS heb. d 81/19–22

    Decree, in Arabic script. 6 lines of a chancery document chopped into pieces and then reused to form quires. The line on fol. 19a has …

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  18. 68

    State documentT-S Ar.42.177

    State document. Petition to a Fatimid ruler in which the writer asks to be exempted from the payment of his capitation tax (of 1 + …

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    1. ويقوم بالجزية الواجبة عليه ومبلغها فى السنة دينار واحد وثلث وربع ودرهم

    2. وفي اكثر اوقاته يتعذر عليه تغليقها الى ان يتصدق له من اليهود اهل طائ…

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  19. 69

    State documentT-S Ar.42.94

    State document. Dating: early 13th century (Ayyubid period). Petition from Khuyalāʾ b. Ḥasan and Abū l-Jaysh to the caliph al-ʿĀdil regarding an iqṭāʿ in the …

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    1.                              الناصرية

    2.                            خيلا بن حسن وابو الجيش

    3.                             بن احمد

    4. بسم الله ال…

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  20. 70

    State documentT-S NS 228.41

    Petition from Ṭāhir b. Isḥāq, a poor man from Alexandria, to the amir Qarāqūsh. In Arabic script. Ṭāhir had rented a shop in Alexandria from …

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    1.              المملوك
    2.              طاهر بن اسحق
    3.       بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    4.  عبد الحضرة السامية الاجلية العلية الاكرم الاسفهسلار الاشرف
    5. المقد…

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  21. 71

    State documentT-S Ar.41.107

    Report to Al-Afḍal ibn Badr al-Jamālī for the attention of the amir Ḥusām al-Dawla regarding a quantity of produce that had been left unattended. The …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله حمد الشاكرين
    2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل تحياته وسلامه
    3. على مولانا وسيدنا الامام الامر باحكام الله …

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  22. 72

    State documentT-S Ar.29.186

    Petition to a Fatimid vizier regarding the repayment of a debt. The petitioner asks for help in dealing with the head of the arsenal, Abū …

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    1. يعرف با[ـبـ]ـي [ا]لاعسر ريس الصناعة و[   ]

    2. بين المملوك وبينه معاملة ولا عليه حسـ[ـا]ـب ولا جبة ضمان ولا كفالة 

    3. وأن الريس المذكور ضيق على …

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  23. 73

    State documentT-S K25.214

    Petition from Ṣāliḥ al-Khaybārī, a Jew from the community of Baghdad, to the Fatimid amīr Tāj al-Dawla. In Arabic script. Ṣāliḥ petitions regarding a miserable …

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    1.         عبده وغلامه صلح الخيبرى البغدادى

    2.     بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

    3. عبد مولاى الامير تاج الدولة اطال الله بقاه وادام تاييده وعلايه وكبت …

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  24. 74

    State documentT-S Misc.8.67 + Halper 465

    Two fragments from the middle and bottom of a petition to a vizier. Dating: likely 1051–62 CE, as Daniel b. ʿAzarya seems to be Gaʾon …

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    1. . . . ها فيها في كف القوم الذين قد ذكر رجالهم عما يعتمدون وقصرهم [
    2. عنه والامر بالشد من الـداوودي وتقوية يده ومنته وتنفيذ كلمته
    3. لـيستثمر بذلك ح…

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  25. 75

    State documentT-S Misc.22.299

    Recto: Official letter. Approximately 14 lines are preserved. Dating: No earlier than 1021 CE, since al-Ḥākim was dead at the time of writing. Possibly dating …

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  26. 76

    State documentT-S AS 183.2

    Formulary or draft of the opening of a petition to a vizier and qāḍī. Cuts off right after the "wa-yunhī."

    1. يقبل الارض امام المقام العالي المولوي الاجلي
    2. السيدي الوزيري القاضي مفتي الانام حجة الاسلام
    3. سيد الوزرا نبيه(؟) السلف الطاهر بسط الله في الخافقين
    4. احكا…

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  27. 77

    State documentT-S NS 137.29

    State document in Arabic script. Petition or report? Fragments of 6 lines are preserved, wide space between them. Refers to al-Shaykh al-Muʾayyad fī l-Dīn, a …

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  28. 78

    State documentMoss. IV,56.1

    Blessing formula for the caliph al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allah (1131-1149 CE), possibly a draft petition. See also T-S NS 110.26. (“Prayers from the Geniza for Fatimid …

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  29. 79

    State documentNLI 577.2/24

    Receipt in Arabic script (waṣala ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr) in the name of Ibrāhīm b. Sunbāṭ al-Ṣayyāgh (the dyer), the Maghribī Jew, dated Ramaḍān 442, …

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  30. 80

    State documentT-S NS 98.22

    Verso: Petition, in Arabic script. Mentions a judge, the court, and probably the appointment of someone to the position of judgeship who wasn't fit for …

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    1. ……………].....ـهم الخلل و ذلك (؟)[

    2. ]يعمل به ……. يعرض….منها العهد والوقت استبد لهم جماعة من الفقها

    3. ]على بعض حاله (؟) ومن اوقف جميع بالحضرة (؟…

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  31. 81

    State documentCUL Or.1080 J80

    Petition to a Fatimid dignitary regarding a theft of money. The archer Manṣūr b. Zakī al-Dawla (or: Rukn al-Dawla, which seems more likely given al-Maqrīzī's …

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    1.                     المملوك 
    2.                     منصور بن زكى الدولة
    3.                      احد الرماة تحت ركابها
    4.                      السعيد
    5.   …

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  32. 82

    State documentT-S Ar.34.197

    Tax receipt, Fatimid, in the hand of Mikhaʾil b. ʿAbd al-Masiḥ, from the caliphate of al-Ḥakim.

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  33. 83

    State documentYevr.-Arab. I 1986

    Letter from an unnamed Fatimid official in Alexandria to Najīb al-Dawla. Dating: second half of the eleventh century. 36 lines preserved, written in an elegant …

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  34. 84

    State documentT-S H5.115

    State document in Arabic script. Three lines and the last word of a fourth are preserved. Bestowing titles on the judge Abū Isḥaq (al-qāḍī al-rashīd …

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  35. 85

    State documentT-S 10J9.4

    State document. Response to an endorsement on a petition. A multi-handed internal memorandum. Contains endorsements or minutes (or clerks' notes) that haven't yet been deciphered; …

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    1. والحمد لله وحده وصلواته على [سيدنا محمد نبيه وسلم تسليما]
    2.          العبد المملوك
    3.               …… بن فتح
    4. امتثل المرسوم فى التوقيع العالى زاده …

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  36. 86

    State documentT-S 8J21.26

    Letter or possibly a decree to a lower official in a chancery hand. Upper part only. Someone has attempted to wash out the text of …

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  37. 87

    State documentT-S 12.316

    Decree fragment, Fatimid, 11th century. The preserved text reads: "وهذا الغلام فقد كان ورد الـ". Reused by Efrayim b. Shemarya (see PGPID 1649).

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  38. 88

    State documentBL OR 5557B.1

    Petition or report. Fragment, three lines preserved. Requests intervention in a dispute between someone and ʿImrān b. Lāwī (ʿImrān b. Levi, possibly Abū ʿImrān Moshe …

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  39. 89

    State documentT-S 13J22.27

    Fiscal account (?). There are numbers and possibly dates. Ductus seems like someone high-up in the administration. Needs examination, and comparison with similarly structured documents. …

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  40. 90

    State documentT-S 13J8.27

    Report to a vizier of al-Ḥāfiẓ from a military official. The sender refers to previous petitions, and also makes a new request for a rescript. …

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    1. [              ] ولما وصل الارتفاع المتوج بالعلامة ا[لشريفة                                        ]
    2. [              ] على ظهر كتاب متولى الترت…

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  41. 91

    State documentT-S H5.111

    Document of appointment. In Arabic script. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The appointment is likely for a position in the army, mentioning an ‘affair of …

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  42. 92

    State documentT-S H5.129

    Petition to an Ayyubid sultan, possibly Al-ʿĀdil I (13th century), opening only. On verso there is a piyyuṭ, possibly for Yom Kippur. (Information from Khan …

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    1. …….
    2. [    ا]لهمام ناصر الاسلام غياث الانام سيف المومنين سلطان جيوش المسلمين 

    3. خليل امير المومنين وادام قدرته واعلى ابدا كلمته وانفذ احكامه

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  43. 93

    State documentENA 2921.4

    Brief official letter in Arabic script, in a chancery hand. The addressee is to give the bearer Yūsuf and ʿInān(?) 100 silver pieces "for Minyat …

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  44. 94

    State documentENA 2385.20 + ENA 2385.21

    Two fragments of a Fatimid order/decree to a lower official. Mentions the caliph's estates (probably mentions its overseer). Repurposed as two folios for Hebrew liturgical …

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  45. 95

    State documentENA 3691.6

    State document; Fatimid? Seems like a peace treaty/gifts (hudna/hadiyya?) addressed towards the city of Baghdad, possibly, - 'li-l-hudna/hadiyya ilā madīnat al-Salām'. Sums of money, min …

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  46. 96

    State documentT-S Ar.4.10

    Petition from a certain Jaʿfar to a Fatimid dignitary (qāʾid) in which Jaʿfar asks that the support (maʿūna) granted to him not be withdrawn. (Information …

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    1.                                   العبد جعفر 

    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

    3. عبد مولاى القائد الجليل اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه وتاييده وحراـ[ـسته…

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  47. 97

    State documentENA NS 63.11

    Fragment of a petition in Arabic script, interspersed with Arabic script in the wide spaces what seems like a draft of a letter or just …

    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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  48. 98

    State documentT-S Ar.38.93

    Fol. 2v: Copy of a document dated Jumādā I, 589 AH (= May-June 1193 CE) appointing Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbdallāh b. Abū l-Riḍāʿ b. Faraḥ, who …

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  49. 99

    State documentT-S AS 181.225

    Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb written by Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, the cashier, and registered by the Office of …

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  50. 100

    State documentT-S NS 111.114

    Decree, or rather record of the issuing of a decree/rescript (tawqīʿ) from the chancery of al-Ḥāfiẓ, as a response to a petition (ruqʿa) sent by …

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