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1551State documentNLI 577.1/59
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Upper left fragment: Official correspondence in Arabic script. The document is probably written for a recent convert to Islam from Samṭā (on the Nile delta). …
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1552State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.12
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431 Hijrī (23 September 1039–10 September 1040 CE)
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State document or a legal document beginning with invocations and blessings upon Fatimid caliph al-Mustanṣir. The layout of the document in different from typical Fatimid …
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1553State documentT-S 20.80
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Fatimid decree. The decree is from the period of al-Hafiz (1131–49) and mentions the congregational mosques of al-Ḥākim (in Cairo) and al-Ḥāfiẓ (it is not …
1. في المسجدين الجامعين الحافظي والحاكمي
2. فيضورك من تاخر جائهم فقد خرج
3. الامر الى الديوان بذكر ما عنده في ذلك
4. فاعلم هذا امر أمير المومنين ورسمه
1. In the two congregational mosques, the mosque of al-Ḥāfiẓ and the mosque of al-Ḥākim.
2. You will suffer if their arrival is delayed. For the order …
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1554State documentT-S Ar.19.2
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Fragment of a report in Arabic script about fiscal matters (fishy accounting?). Mentions the large figure of 1,000 dinars. Needs further examination. On verso there …
1. []
2. ]....[ ]ـصهو واخذ عبده ويعـ…….
3. ].... اخذ كتابه وجده عبده قد قدر لما لم يكاتبه عبده به ولا
4. ]. قدر ما بحتاج اليه اسقف(؟) سعر الف دينار …
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1555State documentT-S Ar.22.140 + T-S K25.221
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Report to a Fatimid vizier. Dating: fifth/eleventh century. Khan published T-S K25.221 as the end of petition. Marina Rustow later found the join to the …
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1. ولمولانا الوزير الأجل صفى أمير المؤمنين وخالصته ادام الله علاه وكبت اعداه
2. الراى العالي في ذلك ان شا الله
3. والحمد لله وصلواته على…
1. To my master, the mighty vizier, the sincere and intimate friend of the commander of the faithful, may God cause his exaltation to endure and crush…
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1556State documentT-S Ar.34.197
Petition, draft, from an ex-government servant asking for work, from the period of the Fatimid caliph al-Ḥākim (996–1021) or possibly earlier. Recto, from later reuse: …
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1. عـ[ـبدها ]
2. [بسم الله ا]لرحمن الرحيم
3. [عبدها ومملوكها ينهـ]ـي الى جلالها حرس الله عزها وضاعف سعدتها
4. [وكبت حسادها وضعفها] وينهي انه من ج…
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1557State 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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1558State documentT-S Ar.34.253
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Rajab 516 Hijrī (5 September 1122–4 October 1122 CE)
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Tax receipt. Fatimid-era. In Arabic script. A portion (ʿaraṣa) of a warehouse is leased to Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm. The sum is 7.5 (written at lower …
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1559State documentT-S Ar.35.48
State document: End of a Fatimid petition or report from the period of al-Ḥākim (996–1021) or earlier.
1. [صلوات الله عليه وعلى اباىه الطاهرين وابناىه الـ]
2. منتظرين والاجابة عن ذلك له في غيرها ذلك و[رايـ]ـها [العالـ]ـي
3. فيما سله بثقته ان شا الله تعال…
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1560State documentT-S Ar.40.55
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Fiscal account. Contains multiple entries, each marked with nuqila, “it has been copied.” Khan dates this document to the same period as T-S Ar.40.37, which …
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1561State documentT-S Ar.41.83
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Long letter from one government official to another. In Arabic script. The name Abū l-Ṭāhir appears in the address (likely the addressee). It seems that …
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1562State documentT-S Ar.42.51
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Recto: An account related to the production of cane sugar. A ḍarība seems to be an amount of cuttings you have to plant, and each …
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1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. مبلغ ما قبضوه الضمنا من القصب برسم النصب
3. من الضرائب [vacat] اربعة وخمسين ضريبة وسدس
4. قـ[ـبض] ثمنها حسابا عن كل ضريبة خم…
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1. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
2. The amount of ḍarības of sugarcane that the warrantors have collected with regard to the …
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1563State documentT-S Ar.42.51
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State document: On verso, titulature in calligraphic script, including al-khilāfa al-fāṭimiyya, which is rare (maybe hapax) in documentary texts.
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1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. السيد الاجل الاوحد المكين
3. الثقة الامين فخر الوزرا وعظيم المملكة
4. شرف الدولة العلوية مختص الخلافة
5. الفاطمية تاج الاصفيا عز…
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1. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
2. The most lofty and singular lord, the firm,
3. the confidence, the trustworthy, pride …
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1564Legal documentT-S Ar.53.73
Document date
22 Rabīʿ II 717 Hijrī (4 July 1317 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Deed of sale in Arabic script. Dated: 22 Rabīʿ II 717 AH = 4 July 1317 CE. Buyer: Isḥāq b. Manṣūr b. Abū Sahl the …
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1565LetterT-S AS 180.140
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Jewish communal letter in Arabic script. Mostly in Arabic language, with at least one word in Hebrew (اليشوعا, v8). Opens with blessings for the caliph …
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1566State documentT-S H5.115
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State document in Arabic script. Three lines and the last word of a fourth are preserved. Mentions titles of the judge Abū Isḥaq (al-qāḍī al-rashīd …
... new, and trustworthy regarding people and property, a name is required
that gathers together all these epithets so that he may be distinguished w…
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1567State documentT-S Misc.6.5
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Tax receipt for jawālī with registration marks.
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1568State documentT-S Misc.6.5
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State document that begins "waṣala ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr."
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1569Legal documentT-S Misc.6.113
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Iqrār, though in some ways resembles a state document with fiscal content. In Arabic script. 16 full and 4 half lines on paper. Fiscal hand, …
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1570State documentT-S Misc.8.67 + Halper 465
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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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1571State documentT-S NS J103 + T-S 10J17.6
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Recto: Decree, fragment, to two local officials stating that a certain Abū l-Faraj b. Bū l-Waḥsh should be exempted from paying taxes (or from standing …
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1. الدين الذكر والناهض نصر ادام الله
2. سلامتهما وحراستهما ونعمتهما
3. على هذا المثال يعفوا ابو الفرج
4. بن بو الوحش اليهودي من ضمان
5. الحانوت ولا يح…
Verso
1. (titulature) Naṣr, may God prolong
2. their (dual) well-being, protection and benefaction,
3. about this (case): they have exempted Abū l-Fara…
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1572State documentBodl. MS heb. b 18/23
Document date
Rajab 415 Hijrī (8 September 1024–7 October 1024 CE)
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Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew
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 …
verso
1. (Iftitāḥ: protokoll) In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
2. To our mistress, the noble lady, may God make her dominion eternal…
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1573State documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/4–5
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Chancery or fiscal document, presumably Mamluk period. There are two lines preserved, consisting of a date (22nd Rajab is visible) and the ḥamdala. The text …
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1574State documentENA 1177.76
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State document, fragment of a longer text, dismembered at the collesis. What has remained is wa-mā tawfīqī illā bi-l-lāh. Possibly Ayyubid (tawfīqī billāh was an …
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1575LetterENA 2558.21
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Letter from a woman, in Cairo, to her brother Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb the brother-in-law of [...], in Malīj. In Arabic script. The sender is …
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1576State documentENA 2697.8 + ENA 2697.9 + T-S Ar.31.58 + T-S Ar.30.245
Document date
Shaʿbān 507 Hijrī (1113–1114 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
State document: internal memorandum. Mentions the proceeds to dīwān al-Farjī and the state official Jalīl al-Dawla. Join: Marina Rustow. T-S Ar.31.58 is dated 507. Possibly …
1. To our lord, the blessings of God be upon him, belongs the lofty resolution concerning that, if God wills.
2. Praise be to God alone, God bless our …
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1577State 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. Related to …
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1578State documentENA 2922.7
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State document, in Arabic script. Most probably an internal correspondence. Mentions a Qāḍī Ḥammād b, ʿAlī and also Amīr al-Muʾminīn in l4. Reused for Hebrew …
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1579State documentENA 3700.1
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Arabic
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 …
1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم توكلت على الله
2. كتب مملوك سيدنا القاضي الاجل المكين سيد الوزرا وتاج الاصفياء
3. قاضي القضـ]ـاة وداعي الدعاة علم المجد عمدة ا…
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1580Legal documentENA 3905.2
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Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Dating: Probably late Mamluk or Ottoman. Narration of commercial trade accounts. The word 'qabaḍ' appears in prolific numbers associated usually …
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1581State documentENA 3935.5
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Capitation tax receipt, Fatimid. For Abū Naṣr b. Yūsuf (someone with this name also appears in T-S 10J30.15). One registration mark: al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-shākirīn. …
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1582State documentENA 3944.10
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Arabic
Verso: Tax receipt from the archive of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb, with holes at the margin. Registration mark - al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ʿalā niʿamih, praise be …
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1583State documentENA 3945.4
Document date
514-10-4 Kharājī
Primary language
Arabic
Tax receipt for jizya in the name of Bū Naṣr al-Yahūdī for the year 514. Trigger: addā. Contains a registration mark.
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1584State documentENA 3945.5
Document date
537 Hijrī (27 July 1142–15 July 1143 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt for the capitation tax (jizya) in Fustat for Mawhūb b. Ghālib, a Christian. Dated: 537 AH = 1142/43 CE (previous PGP descriptions gave the …
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1585Legal documentENA 3965.11
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25 Ṣafar 919 Hijrī (2 May 1513 CE)
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Arabic
Deed of lease for an apartment (ṭabaqa). In Arabic script. Dated: 25 Ṣafar 919 AH = 2 May 1513 CE. Lessee: Manṣūr b. Najīb (b.) …
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1586State documentENA 3971.23
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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1587State documentENA 3974.3
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1021–1024 CE
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Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew
Petition to the Fatimid ruler Sitt al-Mulk. Dating (Rustow): 411–14/1021–24. In which the otherwise unknown Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥasan complains that a local amīr has confiscated …
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1. عبدها يحيى بن الحسن من ناحية< >
2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
3. اعلم مولاتنا السيدة خلد الله ملكَها وثبت عزها ببقا مولانا وسيدنا
4. الامام الظاهر لاعزاز…
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1. Her slave Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥasan from the district of :
2. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
3. I inform our mistress, the lady—may Go…
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1588Paraliterary textENA 3982.36
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Template fragment of a divination/magical charm starting with a few words of prayers followed by a spell: "fulān b. fulān". Then: 'blind his heart and …
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1589State documentENA NS 18.26
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Response to a letter of complaint concerning taxation of the Jews of Tiberias. The letter refers to a sijill mukarram (noble decree) of the caliph …
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1. واصلنا الشكوى فيما نفعنا معه [
2. وورد السجل المكرم من الحضرة المجيدة يذكر فيه ما
3. انهاه سباع بن فرج اليهودي من حال اليهود الذمة
4. بطبرية وان في…
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1590State documentF 1908.44S + Mainz MS 2
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Arabic
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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1591List or tableHalper 472
List of Ibn Yiju's deposits and expenditures after arriving in the Egyptian capital.
III, 42 List A, in the margins:
1. ולי ענדה //ודיעה// אלפצה ואללולו ואלדהב אל מסאג ואל נחאס אלדי פלצתהא מן אלצנאעה
2. וג מכאחל בלואר ופישתין דהב אל וזן כ …
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1592Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 54
Document date
5 Dhū l-Qaʿda 1238 Hijrī (14 July 1823 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
State document in Arabic, an order of payment from the bureau of silk looms (dīwān anwāl al-ḥarīr), a branch of the state silk monopoly. Dated …
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1593Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. VIII,479.8
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Order of payment, in late Arabic script with a seal. ʿĀzar (=Ezra) al-Yahūdī al-Ṣayrafī is to pay the bearer (Nāṣif) 20 and half silvers. Contains …
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1594State documentT-S 10J10.2
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State document, report, Fatimid. The report is written on the 3rd of Dhū l-Ḥijja, of an unspecified year, and mentions a previous report that arrived …
1. اخر ما القدرة(؟) بعده عمل بتاريح يوم الاربعا الثالث
2. من ذي الحجة….ذكر اخر الوارد من الديوان السعيد
3. والذي تجدد بعد ذلك خلو الاسواق من الاخباز
4. …
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1595State documentT-S 10J17.3
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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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1596State documentT-S 10J19.13
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State document: Official report (fragment) concerning armed insurrection and civil unrest. For the letter on recto, see separate entry.
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1597LetterT-S 12.470
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Arabic
Letter in Arabic to a certain Amīr [...] al-Dawla wa-[...]hā, perhaps reporting on business setbacks and the imposition of a new tax. The sender begins …
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1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. عدل مولاي الامير الجليل رشيد(؟) الدولة وموصيها (؟) اطال الله بقاه وادام
3. تاييده وتمهيده وقدرته ورفعته وسلطانه وس…
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1598Legal documentT-S 13J19.10
Document date
26 Rabīʿ II 504 Hijrī (11 November 1110 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Legal/official document in Arabic script. Drawn up in the majlis al-khidma of an amir with grand titles (...majd al-khilāfa ʿizz al-dīn jamāl al-umarāʾ fakhr al-mulk …
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1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. حضر مجلس خدمة الامير المقدم الامير الامين مجد الخلافة عز الدين جمال الامرا فخر الملك
3. سيف الدولة…. العميم صنيعة امي…
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1. In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful.
2. There appeared at the majlis al-khidma the supervising, trustworthy amīr, glory of the ca…
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1599State documentT-S Ar.30.273
Document date
516/521 Hijrī (1123–1127 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Fatimid petition to al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh from a Jewish merchant, Mūsā b. Ṣadaqa, who was detained unlawfully after his return from India and Yemen with …
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1. العبد المملوك
2. موسى بن صدقة التاجر اليهودي
3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
4. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحياته على مولانا
5. وسيد…
Recto
1. The servant and slave
2. Mūsā ibn Ṣadaqa, the Jewish merchant.
3. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
4. The benedictions of God a…
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1600State documentT-S Ar.35.48
Primary language
Arabic
Tax receipt from the archive of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb, in the hand of Mikhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ
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