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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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State documentT-S 20.32
Draft of a petition to the caliph al-Ḥākim al-Hakim, with tarjama and opening formulae. Verso contains a Hebrew legal deed (see separate entry). From Hibat …
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State documentT-S Ar.42.51
Fiscal account to do with sugarcane and a sugar-house. Some to go as taxes to tax-farmers, some to be planted. Three lines at the top: …
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State documentT-S C2.209 + T-S F13.1 + ENA 4045.2 + JRL SERIES B 5446 + T-S 13.20 + ENA 3751.5
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 …
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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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State documentENA 2591.3
Fragment of a decree mentioning the funds of a dīwān in exchange for something. Late Fatimid (paleographic dating), same chancery hand as some of the …
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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.
- ولخطر ينقضي من عين اعمال الراي الصائب والحيلة الثاقبة
- في تلافي هذه الفوارط اعظم خطر واكثر ضرر
- وكل ما هوذا يعتمد من النجوز ومن التدبير فهو ضد ما توجب…
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State documentNLI 577.1/75
State document, fragmentary, in chancery hand. Mentions the province of Damietta (thagr dimyāṭ) and someone's arrival/appointment to it. Also has an ʿalama in the middle. …
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State documentT-S K25.211
Recto: Petition or report to a Fatimid vizier, ending only, including raʾy, ḥamdala and ḥasbala. 5th century AH/11th century CE. Possible join with T-S Ar.22.140 …
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State documentENA 3700.1
Petition or report to the Fatimid chief qāḍī and chief dāʿī (القاضي الاجل المكين سيد الوزرا وتاج الاصفيـ[ـا قاضي القضـ]ـاة وداعي الدعاة علم المجد عمدة …
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State documentENA 3842.1
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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كتابي . اسيره(؟) الى الموقف الاشرف والى حضرة مولاي القائد
الاجل عز الدولة وحسامها ادام الله تمكينه ولما وصل ا[بن/بو؟]
نسا؟ الى طرابلس امت…
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State documentT-S AS 183.66
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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State documentT-S Misc.20.92
Decree of the caliph al-Ḥākim to the Qaraite community in Fusṭāṭ and elsewhere, granting them administrative independence from the Rabbanites, on the basis of the …
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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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State documentT-S H10.299
Upper part of a petition (first 9 lines) addressed to "al-amīr... al-mujāhid al-muthāghir al-murābiṭ al-isfahsalār... Shihāb al-Dīn." Dating: 13th century, or possibly later. The petitioner …
- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- يقبل الارض بالمجلس السامي المولوي الاميري
- الاوحدي الاعزي الاخصي المجاهد المثاغر
- المرابط الاسفهسلار الكريم المخدومي شهاب الدين…
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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 …
- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- المملوك يقبل الارض بين يدي مالك الرق وينهي الى علم المولى ادام الله ظله ان لما
- وصلنا الى قرب البساتين بقي بيننا وبين المدينة …
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State documentL-G Ar. I.97
State document, draft of a report, in Arabic script. Addressed to a lower official whose titles are "al-Rayyis al-Muḥrim al-Amīr ʿImād al-Mulk". Reports an event …
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الريس علم الرياسة الـ[
يجدد نعمته وينهي ان ا[
بالمولا على شاطي الـ[ـبحر]...
وصول وصول بتاريخ بتاريخ بتاريخ علي الـ...
المملوك يجدد خد…
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State documentT-S NS J227
Original use: Fiscal account in Arabic script, mentioning wheat and various districts and an ʿāmil. Needs examination.
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169
State documentCUL Or.1080 J7
Petition to al-Mustanṣir in Arabic, preliminary draft (possibly also in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya), complaining about the closure of the Palestinian synagogue in …
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- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم العبيد ينهوا الى الموقف الشريف زاده الله شرف حالهم وذلك انه لما
- جرى على ريسهم واحبارهم منذ سنتين [[من الفا]] ما كان فيه…
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State documentBodl. MS Heb. d 66/13
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 …
- ومملوكه الامير عازم الدولة
- ومملوكه الامير عازم الدولة اعزها الله
ومملوكه سعيد بن لا…- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- لست نسأل في مودة الشيخ السيد اطال الله ب…
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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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State documentMoss. IXa,2.37
State document, in Arabic script. The perfumers/druggists (ʿaṭṭārīn) petition to the Ayyubid Sultan al-Malik al-Ṣālīḥ regarding the injustice of the notables (ʿurafa) in the construction …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
المماليك يقبلو الارض بالمقام العالي المولوي الملكي الـ[صالحـ]ـي (؟) خلد الله
اياديه واجعله منصور ابدا وينهوا ان المم…
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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 …
]. دولة……..
المملوك يقبل الارض امام المجلس السامي اعز الله سلطانه وينهي انه
كان اصدر خدمته التي هي جواب الكتاب الكريم وكرار (؟) على….هذه الخدمة…
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State documentT-S AS 102.42
A few words in Arabic script: "by Ḥajjāj b. ʿAbdallāh under the supervision of [...]." Reused on verso for a Hebrew liturgical text.
- عـ]ـلى يد حجاج بن عبد الله بمشارفة كىىـ[
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State documentMoss. V,135.1 + Moss. V,109b
State document, in Arabic script. Eleven fragmentary lines, probably addressed to a higher official from a lower official. The official bears the title Ḥamīd al-Dawla. …
- رحمته.....حميد الدولة حرسه الله
- لغرض.......
- ايده الله
- ورسالة سيدنا الـ[
- ستار (؟) النزلة (؟) ادام الله علاه في ذلك
- كاره بالاعمال كاملة فما في يدي
- من …
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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 …
- ] . . . امير المومنين وعلى آبائه الطاهرين
- ] يقبل الارض امام المجلس العادلي السيفي
- ] الناصري(؟) الكاملي الهادي عضد الله به الدين
- ] ادام (وخلد؟) قدر…
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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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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1 بسم
صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحيـ[ـاته على مولانا]
وسيدنا الامام الامر باحكام الله امير الم…
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State documentENA 2808.45
Small fragment of a Fatimid decree containing a truncated closing formula and the beginning of the date (day of the week only — Thursday). Interesting …
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State documentENA 2461.42
Recto: Fragment of an official document in Arabic script. The preserved text contains a string of official titles: "Jamāl al-Dīn... ʿUmdat al-Dawla, Fakhr al-Umarāʾ, Majd …
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State documentENA 2972.5
Report probably on military matters. In Arabic script. 6 lines preserved. Mentions a wall (al-ṣūr), the dispatching of a warship (ʿushārī), someone named Ibn al-Qaṣʿ(?), …
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State documentENA 3511.1
State document, fragment, in a chancery hand, mentions the dīwān al-amwāl. The duality of the noun "aʿdāʾhuma" (line 3) suggests that it is addressed to …
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State documentENA 4101.14a
Fragment of a draft (?) of a petition opening with the taqbīl clause repeated twice (once in isolation) and followed by the caliphal honorific titles: …
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State documentENA 4193.19
Petition, late Fatimid period given the blessings on a vizier, from a certain Ibn Mūsā (no forename given) concerning a Jew named (2) Bū l-Faraj …
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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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State documentMoss. I,101
Fragment of a petition or at least a letter to a high official. ~9 lines are preserved. "... al-amīrī al-kabīrī al-ʿaḍudī al-nuṣayrī al-dhukhrī al-humāmī al-isfahsalārī …
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- الاميري الكبيري العضدي الـنصيري
- الذخري الهمامي الاسفهسلاري
- المؤيدي الظهري العوني [
- مجد الاسلام والمسلمين سيد الامرا
- في العالمين نصرة الغزاة…
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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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State documentT-S AS 182.251
Petition from the wife of Ṭayyib b. Musallam al-ʿIblānī, a Khaybarī Jew, to the caliph al-Mustanṣir (r. 1036–94), seeking the restitution of money taken from …
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State documentBL OR 5554A.43
Fatimid decree (sijill) of investiture, Judaeo-Arabic copy. Renews the appointment of a Jewish physician "to the headship of all the Israelite denominations: the Rabbanites, Qaraites, …
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State documentT-S AS 178.45
Small fragment of an official (state-related) letter of praise/recommendation for somebody. Two lines are preserved.
- واقواله محمولا في تصرفاته
- باذلا نفسه في مصالحنا وقد
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State documentT-S AS 178.192
Petition in Arabic script to "the master of the viziers" (sayyid al-wuzarāʾ). The sender swears by Muḥammad and his family but is himself a Jew …
- . . . . . . . . . . . وسيدنا سيد الوزرا وكهف الفقرا
- وملـ]ـجا الغربا والمنقطعين عمدة الملوك والسـ[ـلاطيـ]ـن [. . . . .] امير المومنين
- . . .]ـه واعلا …
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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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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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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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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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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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- والحمد لله وحده وصلواته على [سيدنا محمد نبيه وسلم تسليما]
- العبد المملوك
- …… بن فتح
- امتثل المرسوم فى التوقيع العالى زاده …
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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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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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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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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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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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- [ ] ولما وصل الارتفاع المتوج بالعلامة ا[لشريفة ]
- [ ] على ظهر كتاب متولى الترت…
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