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  1. 201Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 741

    Literary text, probably a prayer, in Arabic script. "الانعام توسل به" - "the beasts seek intercession through him".

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  2. 202Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 743

    Receipt of payment, in Arabic script. 1/4 dīnār. Different document on verso, mentions 20th of Ramaḍān..

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  3. 203Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 547

    Legal document, in Arabic script. Mentions two names "al-Adab al-madhkura bt...." and "... b. Abī l-Ḥūsayn al-madhkūr". Contains a fragmentary date [X]25. Acknowledgement clause in …

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  4. 204State documentJRL Gaster ar. 576

    Verso: Remnants of an elegant decree hand, in Arabic script. Recto:Probably some rescript or pen trials. An ʿalāma towards the end. Needs examination.

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  5. 205Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 543

    Literary text, entitled "tadhkirat al-kaḥḥālīn" or the handbook of ophthalmology by ʿIsā b. ʿAlī al-Mutaṭabbib.

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  6. 206State documentJRL Gaster ar. 557

    State document, or official correspondence, in a chancery hand. Only the top-most part containing the basmala and ṣalwala are preserved. Needs examination.

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  7. 207Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 558

    Literary text, medical. Mentions common purslane, lavender oil and peaches. Verso indicates the beginning of a new chapter or section "al-bāb".

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  8. 208Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 570

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  9. 209State documentT-S NS 99.52

    Verso (original use): Official correspondence in Arabic script. The ends of 5 lines are preserved. (The text in between lines 1 and 2 is the …

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  10. 210Legal documentNLI 577.1/51

    Legal document, disintegrated and shredded. Probably related to divorce.

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  11. 211LetterMoss. V,163

    Letter, probably mercantile, in Arabic script. Addressed to a certain "mawlāya l-ustādh", from a sub-ordinate. The sender asks the addressee to not put him at …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الـ[ـرحيم
    2. ما خفي عن مولاي الأستاذ اطال الله [بقاه وكبت حسدته]
    3. واعداه رقعتي التي كتبته (؟) لاحض..
    4. لحـ[..] من سو الحال وقد [
    5. حضر…

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  12. 212Legal documentNLI 577.1/52

    Mamlūk era legal document. Sale contract of a (horse?) stable. Fragmented from the top and left but otherwise legible.

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  13. 213LetterJRL Gaster ar. 573

    Letter fragment, or probably literary if the text continues on verso. Emphasizes on some sort of calculation "يعتد بهم بالجملة لا اولا ولا آخرا". Needs …

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  14. 214Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 584

    Bottom fragment of a receipt, in Arabic script. Beginning of a date "dhū l-qaʿda" and a sum of 1/4(?) dīnār. Could also be receipt of …

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  15. 215List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 586

    Accounts, mostly private. Mentions names of a few individuals. Needs examination.

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  16. 216List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 600

    Accounts, probably private. Needs examination.

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  17. 217Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 587

    Legal document, probably a receipt, with parallel Arabic script in an official looking hand. Verso contains a fragmentary ḥasbala. Needs examination.

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  18. 218State documentT-S AS 184.460

    Document in Arabic script, likely a petition or official correspondence. Dating: late Ayyubid or Mamlūk era based on paleography.

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  19. 219LetterAIU XII.80

    Mercantile letter, complete, in Arabic script from Bundar b. Eliya al-ʿAṭṭār to Abū ʿAlī Ismaʿīl b Ḥananya al-Baṣrī (in Fusṭāṭ). Sent with ʿAlī b. Ṭalḥa …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. وصل كتابك يا سيدي ومولاي وكبيري اطال الله بقاك وادلم عزك وتائيدك وسعادتك ونعمتك وعدتك

    3. لاربع عشر ليلة خلت من ربيع ا…

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  20. 220State documentT-S AS 146.242

    State document, two fragmentary lines in Arabic script. Mentions a "dīwān" and the number 500 (possibly a year 5[..] AH). Needs examination.

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  21. 221Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 783

    Literary text, poetry. Mentions "قال الشاعر" followed by a verse a few times.

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  22. 222State documentT-S Ar.40.41

    State document, in Arabic script. Record of an ordinance dated Ṣafar 537 AH (= September 1142 CE) from Al-Ẓāfir to instruct Al-Hāfiẓ’s book warehouse to …

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  23. 223Literary textMoss. IXa,2.24

    Two sides of a literary text, from the chapter of jihād from al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's Kitāb al-Iqtiṣār.

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  24. 224List or tableMoss. IXa,2.34

    Accounts in Arabic script. Mentions prices of different commodities in dirhams and their measure. Headed by the glyph and including diagrams (a rectangle, a triangle …

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  25. 225Legal documentT-S Ar.41.92

    Deed of sale for the sale of half a house in Fusṭāṭ, in the ‘Fortress of the Greeks’ (qaṣr al-Rūm known as the qaṣr al-shamʿ). …

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    1. [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وحده وصلواته على سيدنا محمد نبیه وسـ]ـلامه 

    2. [هذا ما ا]شترى منه صفقة واحدة وعقدا واحدا جميع الحصة التي مبل…

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    1. [In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God alone and  his blessings upon our Lord Muḥammad and] his peace.  
    2. [This …

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  26. 226Literary textDK 363

    Literary text, probably poetry. Has binding threads. Needs examination.

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  27. 227State documentJRL Gaster ar. 36

    Bottom of a receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. The preserved lines on the receipt "امير (؟)الاجل جعفر .....سليمان المستخلف …

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  28. 228Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 256

    Text of Islamic Jurisprudence, in Arabic script, mentioning "al-bayʿ al-khiyār". Cites a narrative from ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb.

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  29. 229LetterMoss. IXa,2.50

    Recto: Letter fragment mentioning Faḍāʾil and Yūsuf. Reused for a Hebrew-script legal document on verso (see separate entry).

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  30. 230LetterMoss. IXa,2.52

    Letter fragment, mercantile, mentioning commercial transactions. The sender has obtained, among other things, an irdabb of wheat. Mentions 'your neighbor Ibn al-Kallām,' a rubāʿī, and …

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  31. 231Legal documentNLI 577.1/32

    Legal document, iqrār, in Arabic script. Involving the Christian [...]ūn b. Asʿad al-Naṣrānī al-ʿAṣṣār and Nāṣir al-Dīn b. ʿAbdallāh b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm and a cow. …

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  32. 232State documentT-S Ar.34.65

    Petition, bottom left fragment, in Arabic script. Not a lot of content is preserved but the petitioner owes a debt and the ghuramāʾ are pressing …

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    1. ]وحمل الغرما الى[
    2. ]...على المملوك واحسانا[
    3. انهى ذلك والراي الاعلى [في ذلك ان شا الله]
    4. الحمد]لله وحده وصلواته على سيدنا
    5. [محمد نبيه واله وسلم تس…

    1. ] and the debtors took him to [

    2.].. On the slave and kindness [

    3. ]he reports that and the lofty resolution [regarding this if God wills]

    4. ]

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  33. 233State documentJRL Gaster ar. 765

    State document, very damaged. Mentions an Amīr "al-Amīr", but rest of the name is not very legible. Also mentions "al-dawla al-zāhira".

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  34. 234List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 770

    Accounts, in Arabic script. Dated to the 8th/14th century.

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  35. 235List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 749

    List, mentions several commodities and their quantities like lemon and flour.

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  36. 236Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 761

    Bottom part of a legal or official document, dated to the month of Dhū l-Qaʿda 606 H.

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  37. 237State documentJRL Gaster ar. 751

    State document, in an elegant hand with wide linespacing. Mentions "ارباع السلطانية لمصر". Reused for Arabic and Hebrew text on recto and verso. Needs examination.

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  38. 238Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 773

    Literary text, probably, in Arabic script. Mentions bi l-naṣr mafqūd and wa intaṣarū.

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  39. 239LetterJRL Gaster ar. 778

    Letter, fragment, in Arabic script. Mentions "ان عرضت خدمة".

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  40. 240Literary textMoss. IXa,2.40

    Two sides of an Arabic literary text, probably a dīwān with commentary.

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  41. 241Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 781

    Legal document, fragment, in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  42. 242Legal documentT-S Ar.35.85

    Legal document. Fragment (left side). In Arabic script. The name Muḥammad appears in line 2 and the profession al-Ṣayrafī appears in line 3. Line 4 …

    1. بـ]ـسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. ]…….محمد الفروقي انه.............. 

    3. ا]لصيرفي مبلغ الورقة التي كانت له ومبلغها

    4. ]باسم تاريخها ثالث عشر من ذي القعدة س…

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  43. 243Literary textT-S Ar.39.331

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Most of the lines, especially on verso, are from the prayer to be recited in the month of Ramadan in …

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  44. 244State documentT-S Ar.39.387

    Fatimid state document, fragment, probably an investiture. The document is written in a dual tense, addressed to two officials. "hurry with it, and report what …

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    1. ]العمال للنائب عليها خطوط المشارفين 

    2. ]فبادرا بذلك وطالعا بما يتضح لكما مبينا ليتأمل

    3. ]ويكون العمل بحسبه

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  45. 245State documentT-S Ar.42.166

    Note (ruqʿa) reminding recipient to fulfil his promise (of which no details are provided).

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  46. 246Legal documentENA NS I.32

    Fragment (bottom) of a document, possibly a legal testimony. Two lines at the bottom of the document indicate witness signatures. The first one reads "shahida …

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  47. 247Literary textT-S Ar. 40.18

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Page plus ending bifolio from a book with quire or page marks in upper left corners from the philosophical treatise …

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  48. 248LetterT-S H2.133

    Letter in Arabic script, beautifully written in a chancery-esque hand with diacritical marks and dots. Dating: Fatimid period based on paleography and the ending formula. …

    1. سيما الروم الذي لا يقبلوا العذر ولا[

    2. وقد سمعنا من جماعة من التجار الواصلين من مصر[

    3. ان وصل كثيرا من الحمل الواصل من اليمن ويحيـ[

    4. ان يبتاع منه …

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  49. 249Legal documentENA 2758.24

    Legal document, in Arabic script. Fragmentary. Only the physical description of the beneficiary is preserved: "rajul muʿtadil al-qāma", wāḍiḥ al-jabha".

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  50. 250State documentT-S Ar.30.158

    State document, in chancery hand. Probably a report mentioning the royal kitchen "maṭbakh" and lamb meat "laḥm al-kharīf". The ends of 5 lines are preserved.

    1. ]ـن جملة (حمله=alt) الخريف
    2. ]رحه في المطبخ
    3. ]ـمها بالوزن فيه

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