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  1. 151

    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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  2. 152

    State documentBL OR 5566C.2

    Recto: Petition or report from [...] b. ʿAbdallāh al-Juḥāfī to al-Shaykh al-Thiqa. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably Ayyubid-era, based on diplomatic features and the estimated …

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  3. 153

    State documentMoss. VIII,141.1

    State document, unidentified genre. The beginnings of six lines are preserved. Dating: mentions the year 421 AH, corresponding to 1030 CE. Possibly a record of …

    1. في جمدى الأول سنة احدى

    2. وذكر ذلك فورد التوقيع ا 

    3. سنة احدى وعشرين اربع مائة ا

    4. والقط (؟) الفرش (؟) الدراحـ[

    5. في ذلك الوقت عن (؟) صه(؟) و

    6. التو…

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  4. 154

    State documentMoss. VIII,326.1

    State document, likely a report, in Arabic script. Contains the taqbīl clause and the yunhī formula. The sender refers to his prior report (khidma) which …

    1. ]. دولة……..

    2. المملوك يقبل الارض امام المجلس السامي اعز الله سلطانه وينهي انه

    3. كان اصدر خدمته التي هي جواب الكتاب الكريم وكرار (؟) على….هذه الخدمة…

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  5. 155

    State documentBodl. MS heb. b 18/23

    Petition to the Fatimid ruler Sitt al-Mulk. Dating (Rustow): 411–14/1021–24. In which an official of a congregational mosque, perhaps the chief khaṭīb, complains about delayed …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. لمولاتنا السيدة الكريمة خلد الله ملـ[ـكها وحرس عـ]ـزها وادام عـ[ـلاها]
    3. وكبت اعداها في اصطناع المعروف وفعل الخير 
    4. عواىد …

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  6. 156

    State documentENA 684.2

    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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  7. 157

    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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  8. 158

    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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  9. 159

    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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  10. 160

    State documentT-S NS J470 + T-S 12.774

    Recto: Decree from the 1130s. Only the closing boilerplate and a date (without the year) have survived. Reused by the India trader Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel …

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  11. 161

    State documentMoss. VIII,143

    Letter, possibly official, relating to mosques and construction projects and donations. Mentions specifically the tiles of the mosque. Also "the properties of the government in …

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  12. 162

    State documentT-S NS 305.23

    Fragment of a Fatimid state document. Approximately 5 fragmentary lines are preserved both on recto and on verso. Recto refers to Dīwān al-Mufrad al-Khāṣṣ, possibly …

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    1. [بسـ]ـم الله الرحمن [الرحيم]

    2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته [وافضل تحياته على سيدنا ومولانا

    3. [الامام] الامر باحكام الله امير المؤمنين وع…

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  13. 163

    State documentENA 1179.29

    Report or petition to a Fatimid caliph or vizier, opening blessings only. Dating: ca. 1100–71. Cuts off after the taqbīl clause. Addressee may be al-Afḍal …

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  14. 164

    State documentT-S AS 152.63

    Verso (original use): Fragment from the upper left corner of a petition or official letter in Arabic script. ASE

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    1. بسم]الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المملوك يقبل الا]رض امام المجلس
    3. ]الاجلي المولوي
    4. ]الدين

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  15. 165

    State documentBodl. MS heb. d 78/38

    Fiscal account or receipt dated Muḥarram 437H (July–August 1045). Closing five lines. (MR)

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  16. 166

    State documentENA 2209.12

    State document: fragment of a decree (sijill manshūr). Reused for piyyutim.

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  17. 167

    State documentENA 2747.16

    Field-guide to taxation. Parts of two paragraphs. Written in a large, calligraphic hand. Collesis joint, suggesting it was once a longer rotulus, but also holes …

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  18. 168

    State documentENA 2917.1

    Petition or report, Fatimid, fragment from near the beginning containing end of blessings, the taqbīl clause, and part of the qiṣṣa. Dating: 1100–71.

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  19. 169

    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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  20. 170

    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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    1. ... known as 'Abū al-'A'sār, the head of the arsenal and [ there have been no] dealings
    2. between him and the slave, he is not in debt, nor does…

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  21. 171

    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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  22. 172

    State documentT-S Misc.22.286

    Petition opening to a vizier of al-Ḥāfiẓ. Dating: 531–33/1137–39. Al-Ḥāfiẓ had three viziers: the general Yānis (for nine months in 526/1132), Bahrām (529–31/1135–37 and Riḍwān …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. [صلوات] الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه [و]تحياته 

    3. على مولانا وسيدنا وامام الحافظ لدين الله اميرالمومنين

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  23. 173

    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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    1. بسـ]ـم الله الرحمن [الرحيم]
    2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته [وافضل تحياته على سيدنا ومولانا

    3. [الامام] الامر باحكام الله امير المؤمنين وعلـ[…

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  24. 174

    State documentT-S AS 184.87

    Fragment from the bottom of a petition. With a raʾy clause (...al-raʾy al-sāmī fīhi lā zāla ʿāliyan...). Dated: Jumādā I 5[.]7 AH. There is additional …

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    1. يذكرها عبده في ذلك مثبتا مـ[ـن
    2. الحمد لله[وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد نبيه وسلم تسليما]

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  25. 175

    State documentT-S K25.189

    Fiscal accounts relating to agrarian administration for the kharājī year 430 (spanning the lunar years 431 and 432 AH, corresponding to 1039–41 CE) issued by …

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  26. 176

    State documentJRL Gaster ar. 643

    State document, probably a fragmentary petition, in Arabic script. Contains a partial taqbīl clause and a name which may read as "al-Ṣāli[ḥī al-Najmī", the penultimate …

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    1. يقبـ[ـل الارض
    2. المـ[ـلك الصـ]ـالحي النجمي خلد الله
    3. جعل الا[رض؟...........

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  27. 177

    State documentMoss. IV,21.3

    Recto: Petition draft in Judaeo-Arabic. Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-[ʿIzz al-Yahūdī] kisses the ground before al-maqām al-ʿālī al-sulṭānī al-malikī al-sayfī al-ʿādilī, and reports that he …

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    1. אלממלוך אבו עלי אבן אבי אלעז
    2. יקבל אלארץ באלמקאם אלעאלי אלסלטאני
    3. אלמלכי אלסיפי אלעאדלי כלד אללה מלכה
    4. וינהי אנה רגל פקיר לא יקדר עלי אלקיאם
    5. בגאל…

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  28. 178

    State documentBL OR 5552.2–2a

    State document, Fatimid period. Dated: 4 Rajab 523H, which is 23 June 1129 CE. Reporting that two trustworthy witnesses from Alexandria had given testimony, and …

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  29. 179

    State documentT-S Ar.7.38

    Fatimid petition. Dating: 422–23/1031–32. Second half of a petition to the caliph al-Ẓāhir requesting the return of a church that had been confiscated by decree …

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    1. [جميـ]ـع ما فيها من فضة ونحاس والات خشب

    2. ورخام يساوى ذلك جملة كبيرة فنقضها

    3. وبنا بقبضها دارا فبعضها معصرة وحوانيت 

    4. يستغلها جميع ذلك ويحصل…

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  30. 180

    State documentT-S K2.1

    State document, probably a report. The beginnings of 9 lines are preserved. Concerning the opening of the canal (Fatḥ al-Khalīj, a major festival in Fatimid …

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  31. 181

    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 بنيه السلف الطاهر بسط الله في الخافقين
    4. احكامه …

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  32. 182

    State documentT-S 10J7.8

    Official correspondence, in Arabic script, reused for a legal document on recto in the hand of Efrayim b. Shermaya. The writer states that he will …

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    1. حق نافر(؟) وكل [        ] واذا كان

    2. الـ]ـتي اكتب بالاخبار المتجددة في كل يوم

    3. في]عدة كتب في الاوقات التي ترد فيها

    4. ]عوضا مما كتب اضمته الك…

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  33. 183

    State documentT-S 10J31.3

    Original use: A few words from a decree: في ديواني الخاصة والخاص وينبغي ان.

    في ديواني الخاصة والخاص وينبغي ان

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  34. 184

    State documentT-S 24.42

    State correspondence (petition?) addressed to a higher official. In Arabic script. Very wide line spacing. 4 short lines are preserved. Phrases such as: التهاني(؟) اليه …

    1. التهاني اليه تتوالى والمسار
    2. ]تهدي اليه تفصيلا واجمالا
    3. وايام السعادة يدوم لسلطانه
    4. فلا يخشى لها زوالا ولا انتقالا
    5.                                  ]..…

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  35. 185

    State documentENA 2557.147

    Verso (original use): Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Very elevated register. Approximately 8 lines are preserved, but few details.

    1. ولخطر ينقضي من عين اعمال الراي الصائب والحيلة الثاقبة
    2. في تلافي هذه الفوارط اعظم خطر واكثر ضرر
    3. وكل ما هوذا يعتمد من النجوز ومن التدبير فهو ضد ما توجب…

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  36. 186

    State documentBodl. MS Heb. g 2/60–67

    Decree, in Arabic script. Approximately twelve lines, later cut and reused to form quires. It is difficult to piece the decree fragments in the order …

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  37. 187

    State documentF 1908.44S + Mainz MS 2

    Report to an Ayyubid official mentioning the current ruler al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (the First, d. 1218) and his recently deceased son Shams al-Dīn Mamdūd (aka Mawdūd). …

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  38. 188

    State 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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  39. 189

    State documentT-S 10J17.3

    Petition. Report fragment, probably early Ayyubid period (taqbīl clause + paleography + reused by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, whose documents cluster ca. 1190–1210; see description …

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  40. 190

    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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  41. 191

    State documentT-S 8J5.21

    Verso: Draft of a petition in Arabic script, addressed to a lower official. The petitioners raise a dispute regarding a synagogue (kanīsa). They are barred …

      1. المماليك يقبلو الارض {وهو} ينهوا ان لهم بالمحلة كنيسة خرابة وهي تجمع شملهم

      2. بالصلاة فيها والمماليك [[يمنعون]] //خائفين// من الدخول اليها لكونها …

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  42. 192

    State documentp. Heid. Hebr. 24

    State document, fragmentary, in Arabic script. Mentions a price, 90 pieces of gold, and "what we have observed is rightful". Reused on recto for Hebrew …

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    1. هذا المبلغ بيعن تسعين ولا ضرر ففيه بر[
    2. ادام الله تمكينه ان الذي رايناه صوابا ورحصـ[

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  43. 193

    State documentT-S AS 183.93

    Official report, probably. First four lines. The sender reports that when his group approached the gardens/fields (basātīn) there remained a good hour of distance between …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المملوك يقبل الارض بين يدي مالك الرق وينهي الى علم المولى ادام الله ظله ان لما
    3. وصلنا الى قرب البساتين بقي بيننا وبين المدينة …

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  44. 194

    State documentJRL Gaster ar. 266

    State document, probably a petition. Contains a taqbīl clause and closing lines starting with a ḥamdala and ending with a ṣalwala. Verso has jottings in …

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    1. يقبل الارض ان شا الله
    2. الحمد [لله و]حده وصلواته على سيدنا محمد نبيه واله وسلم تسليما
    3. [وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل]

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  45. 195

    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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  46. 196

    State documentT-S AS 183.172

    Recto (secondary use): Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb written by Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, the cashier, and registered by …

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  47. 197

    State documentJRL SERIES A 683

    Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Mentions Qāḍī l-Quḍāt and the sender complains of his poverty. Reused on recto for a vidduy in Hebrew.

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    1. .الله علوا وسموا الى قاضي القضاة
    2. ذكرته واستماع بثتي(؟) بعدمي وفقري

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  48. 198

    State documentMichaelides (charta) A169

    Petition to the caliph al-Āmir (1101–30) from a woman attempting to collect a large debt of 241 dinars on the estate of a deceased person. …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1 بسم

    2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحيـ[ـاته على مولانا]

    3. وسيدنا الامام الامر باحكام الله امير الم…

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  49. 199

    State documentJRL Gaster ar. 172

    State document, fragmentary, in Arabic script. Mentions 20,000 irdab of wheat. A tentative reading of the first line could be "al-Malik Muʿizz al-Dawla". If the …

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    1. الملك معز الدولة[...
    2. ]عشرين الف اردب قمحا

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  50. 200

    State documentT-S AS 183.28

    Recto: very damaged text of a makhzuma (ledger of receipts). Verso: makhzūma (ledger of receipts) submitted in Rajab 495 AH (= April-May 1102 CE) by …

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