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1351Paraliterary textENA 3956.17
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Medical text in Arabic script. Contains instructions for applying flower oil and water lily (nīlawfar) oil over the head, forehead, and a few drops in …
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1352Literary textENA 3916.10
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Medical text. An extract from the Egyptian-origin physician ʿAlī b. Riḍwān's (d. 1060s) citation of Galen's views on the four humours and the causes and …
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1353Paraliterary textENA 3903.2
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Document in Arabic script. Two very narrow vertical strips filled with rudimentary Arabic script. Likely magical, but this is based entirely on appearance rather than …
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1354Literary textENA 3909.7
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Arabic
Probably a fragment of a poetry dīwān. Preface (tamhīd) followed by verses of love poetry on recto. The preface mentions a lover striving to appease …
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1355State documentENA 3944.12
Primary language
Arabic
Tax receipt from the archive of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. Multiple registration marks such as 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ʿalā niʿamih', praise be to God for his …
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1356Literary textENA 3931.10
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Arabic
Fragment of a legal Islamic (fiqh) manual. The preserved text is a commentary passage on the Islamic ritual of ṭahāra and ablution. Discussions circle around …
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1357State documentENA 3939.7
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Arabic
Recto: Fragment of a petition (?), 3 fragmentary lines, containing part of an inhāʾ section (al-mamlūk yunhī anna) in which reference is made to the …
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1358Legal documentENA 3977.7
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Arabic
Legal document, probably dating to the late Mamlūk/early Ottoman era. Mentions grains and vegetables (al-ḥubūb wa al-mazrūʿāt), al-dhahab al-Ashrafī, the Nile (baḥr al-Nīl al-Mubārak), and …
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1359State documentENA 3940.6
Document date
405 Hijrī (2 July, 1014 – 20 June, 1015 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Capitation tax receipt for a 1 dinar payment made by Bū l-Thanāʾ b. Bū Saʿd b. Ṭayyib al-Murakkib (the saddle maker) in New Cairo and …
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1360State documentENA 3728.10 + ENA 3728.9
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Arabic
Fatimid state report from a lower official to the caliph or other high official(s), including raʾy clause, ḥamdala and ḥasbala. Only the last two lines …
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1361Literary textBL Or. 5557K.33
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Arabic
Nine verses of poetry from the poem of Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (d.1057), who despite his controversial religious views is deemed one of the best classical …
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1362State documentENA 4101.14a
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Arabic
Fragment of a draft (?) of a petition opening with the taqbīl clause repeated twice (once in isolation) and followed by the caliphal honorific titles: …
1. المملوك يقبل الارض اما
2. ….المملوك يقبل الارض امام المقام النبوي الطاهري(الظاهري؟) المعظم الشريف
3. ضعف الله انواره واعلى لندامته/…اميره(؟) وبالم…
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1363State documentBodl. MS Heb. g 2/60–67
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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 …
60v
1. والاستقامة وا…
61v
1. واولى المساعي الله[
2. تصل الله بها حبل الـ[
62v
1. الى فارط القضا فيه
2. حقهم وجرت بينهم وبين
65v
1. مشاجرة ادت
2. فتجمعوا لطلب
66…
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1364LetterAIU XII.36
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Arabic
Letter from Ṣedaqa al-Yahūdī to Umm al-Khayr bt. Nūr al-Dīn al-Ḥakīm b. [...], possibly in Bilbays (the address is damaged). In Arabic script. Dating: No …
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1365LetterMoss. IXa,2.20
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Arabic
Letter probably from a certain Abū l-ʿIzz to his brother. In Arabic script. Written on a bifolio. One of the four pages has Hebrew piyyuṭ; …
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1366Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 1
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Arabic
Verso: Letter from Barakāt b. Abū l-Faraj al-Dayyān (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to al-Shaykh al-Rashīd Abū l-Ḥasan. In Arabic script. Dating: early 13th century. Asking for …
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1367List or tableENA 3925.13 + ENA 3925.14
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Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Contains the glyph. Mentions many names. Pinholes for binding, especially on verso, the part with the perforations has …
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1368Paraliterary textJRL Gaster ar. 291
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Arabic
Fragment in Arabic script. Possibly astronomical/calendrical (mawḍiʿ al-shams...) describing different positions of the Sun in the sky, especially its ascension. Needs examination.
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1369Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 218
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Legal document, late, in Arabic script, issued in Fusṭāṭ. Concerns al-Shaykh Muḥammad al-Ajhūrī and the Rabbinic Jew Murād. Needs examination.
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1370LetterENA NS 71.18
Primary language
Arabic
Letter, in Arabic script, well preserved. Begins with basmala and “wallahi la-qad ṣadaqa ḥaḍrat mawlāya l-shaykh,” "my Master was right". The sender seems to be …
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1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. والله لقد صدق حضرة مولاي الشيخ اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه وتاييده
3. وعلوه وتمكينه وسموه و . . . ته وكبت حسدته واعداه …
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1371LetterHalper 398
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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Abū Manṣūr, unknown location, to Abū Zikrī al-Rayyis b. Eliyyahu, in Fustat or in Qalyūb ('wherever he may be'). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the …
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1. און(?) רישי(?) מן ממלוכה אבי אלמנצור ומן . . . . . אל
2. לא אוחש אללה מן חצרה מולאי וסיידי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
3. עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן אלתופיק לה אכל…
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1372Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 1
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Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Barakāt b. Abū l-Faraj al-Dayyān to al-Raṣuy, asking for a loan of thirty dirhams using a turban as collateral. Goitein …
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1373State documentAIU XII.51
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Arabic
Verso (original use): Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Dating: Probably Fatimid-era. The beginnings of 4 lines are preserved. Moderately wide line spacing. Includes …
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1374State documentENA 3691.6
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Arabic
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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1375State documentENA 3974.4
Document date
1101 – 1130 CE
Primary language
Arabic
Petition draft. From Manṣūr b. Salāma (Khan) or b. Ṣadaqa (Elbaum and Rustow independently of one another) to the Fatimid caliph al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh (1101–30 …
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1. العبد المملوك
2. منصور بن صدقة من اهل سنديون
3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
4. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحياته على مولانا وسيد…
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1. The servant and slave
2. Manṣūr ibn Ṣadaqa from the people of Sandiyūn.
3. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
4. The blessing…
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1376Legal documentAIU XII.169
Document date
1247-05-18 Hijrī (12 June, 1831 – 30 May, 1832 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Legal document, ishhād, in Arabic, dated 1831 CE (18 Jumāda l-Awwal 1247 Hijri). Ibrāhim al-Yahūdī owes 700 Rūmī Kuruş and has to pay the Dīwān …
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1377List or tableAIU XII.159
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Arabic
Three unrelated fragments. Pages 1 and 2: A private account in (quite legible) Arabic, naming Yūsuf al-Yahūdī, Makārim al-Yahūdī, al-Qazzāz Abū l-Qāsim, and others. Written …
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1378LetterAIU XII.150
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Two unrelated fragments. The first is a two-sided fragment of a bifolium of an Arabic medical treatise. The second has three lines in Arabic, probably …
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1379Literary textENA 4193.37–38
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Arabic
Literary text about al-Khansāʾ and her brother Ṣakhr. ٍSeems like an adapted narrative with few a selected elegiac verses from al-Khasāʾ’s dīwān, could be pages …
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1380State documentT-S K2.1
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Arabic
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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1381State documentENA 2917.31
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Arabic
State document, in Arabic script. Fatimid petition. Mentions a state official by the name Shaykh Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Ḥadīd, a partnership, and some financial …
1. ]من امره [ ]ـلى ما يجب ان[
2. ]الشيخ ابو الحسن علي بن حديد ادام الله عزه[
3. ]الحضرة الجليلة ادام الله سلطانها واحق…ك. ها
4. ]ـناله وحمى .[]بها والد…
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1382Credit instrument or private receiptAIU XII.51
Primary language
Arabic
Recto (secondary use): Order from ʿĀzim al-Bayyāʿ (the grocer) to hand over 1/2 wayba of rice to the bearer of the note. Headed by a …
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1383Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 335
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1246 Hijrī (22 June, 1830 – 11 June, 1831 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Ottoman-era legal document, in Arabic script. The Jew Musā Naṣīr (or Nuṣayr) pays the ḥikr (ground tax) for his house in the Jewish neighborhood (ḥārat …
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1384State documentENA 3164.9
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Arabic
State document, in Arabic script. Damaged/faded. About 8 lines are preserved. The document is probably a Fatimid petition requesting a rescript, "khurūj al-tawqīʿ" and mentions …
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1385State documentT-S H10.166
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Arabic
Two unrelated Arabic script documents glued together for the sake of reuse. Lower document: State document. Only the first few words are preserved from ~12 …
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1386Legal documentT-S H10.166
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Two unrelated Arabic script documents glued together for the sake of reuse. Upper document: Legal document. Parties mentioned include Abū l-Faḍāʾil Nāṣir b. Karam b. …
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1387State documentENA NS 71.8
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Arabic
Petition to a higher official from a military general or army veteran based on "ṣibyān al-khāṣṣ". The petitioner says he comes from the class of …
1. كـ]ـان من احد المماليك صبيان الخاص وهو المخلص سيف الـ[ـدولة
2. ـ]ـك واعبائهم مشهور بالنهضة والشجاعة والفروسية مستحق[
3. ]في امره [ ] احضر تحته فرس ملك…
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1. He is among the army knights of the illustrious Sayf al-Dawla
2. ] they are known for their zeal in service, bravery and horsemanship capable of …
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1388State documentT-S Ar.42.211
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Arabic
Petition or a report, from a group of people to al-ʿĀḍid (cf. formulae in T-S Ar.51.107). Mentions iqṭāʿāt and muqṭaʿīn, several place names, the ṣāḥib …
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1389State documentAIU XII.105
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Arabic
Recto: Six lines from a formal Arabic petition, probably late Fatimid. The second line reveals the name of an official: "...al-salāṭīn khāliṣat amīr al-muʾminīn Asad …
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1. له اجمعين (؟) شهد (؟) الدين (؟)……فخر…
2. والسلاطين خالصة امير المؤمنين اسد الدين ثبت الله
3. مجده وضاعف سعده واهلك شانئه وضده وقرن
4. بالتوفيق ح…
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1390Literary textT-S Ar.43.82
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Arabic
Medical treatise, in Arabic script. On anatomy dealing with the vena cava (al-ʿirq al-ajwaf). Contains rubrication (use of red and black inks).
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1391Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3957.11
Document date
18 Ramaḍān 438 Hijrī (18 March, 1047 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Commercial receipt in Arabic script. The layout resembles a state document. Same genre: T-S Ar.35.269 (PGPID 36162) and T-S AS 184.265 (PGPID 35432). Dated: 18 …
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1392Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 263
Document date
506 Hijrī (28 June, 1112 – 17 June, 1113 CE)
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals
Verso: Receipt. In Arabic script. For Ibn Mazhar the Jew. The scribe's name appears at the bottom: Abū l-Majd b. ʿAlī. Dated: 506 AH (or …
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1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم [vacat]
2. صح دليل بن مزهر اليهودي //عن حكر//
3. نصف الدورة الذي في سوق الكبير
4. لسنت ست وخمسمائة [vacat]
5. [vacat] من الورق اربع…
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1. In the name of God, the merficul, the compassionate
2. A valid receipt has been issued for Dalīl b. Mazhar the Jew for ground-rent
3. on half the co…
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1393LetterT-S Ar.39.23
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Arabic
Business memorandum in Arabic script. Reporting on the arrival and shipment of different loads, mainly firewood. 30 loads of firewood reached Minya al-Qays at the …
1. واما الحطب فقد وصل الى القيس ثلثلين حمل من حساب
2. ثلثة دراهم وربع الحمل وبقية الحطب جميعه باقي في
3. منبال من حساب درهمين الحمل الى النيل يحمل
4. ود…
1. And as for the firewood, it has reached [Minya] al-Qays, 30 loads at the price of
2. 3 dirhams and ¼ per load, and all of the remaining firewood…
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1394State documentT-S Ar.35.187
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Arabic
Petition or report or draft of one, in Arabic script. Strings of titles. There are alternating lines of light ink (bigger letters) and dark ink …
1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحـ[ـيم
2. حضر الى المجلس العالي العدلي ا[
3. المولوي الافضلي الـ[ـجيوشي
4. الاحمالي الاجمالي الاعزي الاميني ا[
5. الامير العدل خاصة الما[
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1395Legal documentENA 3032.2
Document date
410 Kharājī (9 May, 1019 – 26 April, 1020 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Legal document, in Arabic script. Fatimid-era. Begins with blessings upon the reigning Caliph who is al-Ẓāhir due to the year mentioned. May relate to an …
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1396State documentENA NS 83.262
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Arabic
Tax receipt, probably Fatimid. Written on the verso of a torn petition or formal letter in Arabic script which reads as "ʿabd Mawlānā wa-Sayyidunā", then …
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1. عبد مولانا وسيـ[ـدنا الامام الحاكم بامر الله امير المؤمنين]
2. صلوات الله عليـ[ـه وعلى ابائه الطاهرين وابنائه الاكرمين]
3. [المملوك ينهي]
1. The slave of our master and leader [the imām al-Ḥākim bi-amr Allah commander of the faithful]
2. God’s blessings be upon him [and on his pure ancestors…
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1397State documentT-S NS 245.49
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Arabic
Fragment from the bottom of a petition in Arabic script, containing a portion of a raʾy clause and blessings for the addressee (ṣalawāt allāh ʿalā …
1. الراي العالي في ذلك ان شا الله
2. ….المذكور
3. عبده
4. امتثل عبد مولانا صلوات الله عليه ما رسم وتولى المجلس المذكور يمتثل…
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1398State documentENA NS 71.7
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Arabic
Verso: Tax receipt from the archive of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb with a registration mark al-ḥamdu li-llah ʿalā niʿamih. The name of the jahbadh is …
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1399List or tableAIU VII.F.18
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Arabic
Late accounts in Arabic, probably Ottoman-era. The list starts with 'thaman' (price) or 'qabaḍ' (collected).
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1400State documentT-S NS 110.6
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Arabic
State document in Arabic script. Letter/report also containing accounts about shipments made on specific dates. Several names of ships (mainly state-owned), and state officials are …
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