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  1. 1LetterT-S Ar.42.131

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Draft of a letter/petition in Arabic script appealing for help from "mawlāy al-rayyis" on behalf of a "cut-off woman" (mara munqaṭiʿa) whose husband left her …

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    In PGP since
    2019
    PGPID
    21100
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  2. 2LetterT-S Ar.42.130

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter from Ṣamṣām, a prisoner in Nāblus, to al-Qāʾid Muʿizz (according to the body of the letter) or to the heirs of Ṣārim al-Dawla, in …

    Recto

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. اعرف [القائد معز] حفظه الله ورعاه وحفظه وتولاه ولا
    3. [............. وجعلني] من الاسواء فداءه انني قد انقطع اخباركم عني 
      4. …

    Recto

    1. Au nom de Dieu clément et miséricordieux.

    2. Je fais savoir (au qâ'id Mu'izz), Dieu le protège et l'ait sous sa garde et en son amitié et ne

      3. …
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    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    8291
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  3. 3LetterT-S 13J13.30

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Petition from a woman to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Location: Fustat. Dating: 1140–59 CE. "'I am a 'cut-off' (munqaṭiʿa) woman and I do not …

    1. בש רח אלשער הנגידות תכון משרתו לנצח
    2. ליקר הדרת יקרת הנגידות צפירת תפארת אדרת ועטרת
    3. אדונינו וצניף תפארתנו מרינו ורבינו אדונינו שמואל הנגיד
    4. הגד/ו/ל ⟦ו⟧…

    Recto

    1. In Y(our name), O M(erciful). To the gate of the nagidate, may your rule last forever.

    2. (2-7) To the honor of his excellency, dignity of the…

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    2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

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    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2021
    PGPID
    3225
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  4. 4LetterNLI 577.1/13

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter from al-Sharīf Ḥasan to the qāḍī Ṣanīʿat al-Mulk. In Arabic script, with diacritics and vowels, calligraphic. Dating: Perhaps 13th to 15th century, on paleographic …

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    33598
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  5. 5LetterT-S 10J18.17

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Petition of a pregnant woman describing herself as a 'lonely foreigner' (gharība qatīʿa). Ibrāhīm, the scribe, emphasizes the great reward and place in heaven the …

    1. אן וצל כתאבך וכא[ן
    2. חלפת מא אפכה אל[
    3. תעאלי שוק . . [
    4. אולהא ומא קדרת [
    5. אללה ישאהדני . [
    6. למן נסתנד אלא ל[
    7. גריבה קטיעה חז[ינה
    8. ולולא חבלי אלא וכ[
    9. לך מא א…

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    • 1r
    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2004
    PGPID
    2919
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