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State documentT-S Ar.39.219
End of a petition in Arabic script. Asking for permission to enter Egypt on behalf of a group of people. In a different hand, there …
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State documentT-S 16.102
Petition from an Alexandrian coppersmith. Dating: Fatimid-era. Goitein's reading is that the petitioner had bought some merchandise from the dīwān, but had to return it, …
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LetterENA 4020.5
The widow of Hiyya, a well known Fustat judge active 1129-1160s, wrote this expressive Hebrew petition to the Jewish congregation of Fustat. Her father was …
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State documentENA 2808.56
Petition in Arabic script, in a chancery hand. The sender is saying, to paraphrase, "I am your most devoted servant, so don't force me to …
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LetterENA 2540.1
Letter of petition to Sa'adya the great prince - probably the father of Mevorakh b. Sa'adya. The writer complains that he and his family are …
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State documentENA NS 77.200
Fatimid state document, perhaps a petition (...min iḥsānik...). On verso, Hebrew literary text.
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State documentT-S Ar.42.94
State document. Dating: early 13th century (Ayyubid period). Petition from Khuyalāʾ b. Ḥasan and Abū l-Jaysh to the caliph al-ʿĀdil regarding an iqṭāʿ in the …
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الناصرية
خيلا بن حسن وابو الجيش
بن احمد
بسم الله ال…
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Legal documentT-S Ar.51.106
State document. Petition to a Fatimid official titled ʿAmīd al-Dawla requesting that the state seize the petitioner's properties in Palestine because they are not producing …
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والاجحاف به وبهم والظلم له ولهم وعدل الدولة النبوية خلد الله ملكها وحرس عزها
ومولاى الاجل عميد الدولة ادام الله نعماه وكبت حاسديه واعداه يم…
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State documentENA 1487.71
Petition from a man described as having many dependents (the first two lines read: wa-huwa mamlūk kabīr al-ʿāʾila wa-yasal al-inʿām ʿalayhi wa-al-iḥsān ʾilayhi bi-khurūj ilā …
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LetterENA 1628.35
Jottings and drafts of phrases both from a petition (yuqabbil al-arḍ) and an order of payment (yadfaʿ li-muwaṣṣilhā) addressed to al-Shaykh al-Makīn Abū l-Faraj (early …
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State documentT-S Ar.51.108
Recto, with address on verso: Petition from Muslim b. ʿAlī b. Muslim to Abū l-Faraj b. [...] b. Yūḥannā. Phrases that jump out are "wa-laysa …
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State documentT-S Ar.51.107
State document, Fatimid period. Petition to a vizier of Al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh from a baker in Fusṭāṭ concerning a debt that he had incurred with …
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- المملوك
- أبو عبد الله بن يحيى الفران بمصر
- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وأفضل تحياته وسلامه على مولانا وسيدنا
- الإ…
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State documentT-S NS 111.63
Official correspondence in Arabic script. Maybe a petition (at least in the sense that the sender is buttering up the addressee and asking for a …
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State documentT-S AS 218.155
Recto: Petition, fragment. Perhaps involving the plunder and occupation of a house (....al-bayt wa-nahabū... ikhrājuhum ʿanhu... fa-mā li-l-mamlūk illā marāḥim al-mawlā...). The form of the …
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State documentT-S Ar.39.493
Recto: Petition, probably. In Arabic script, in a Fatimid chancery hand, with huge space between the lines. Portions of two lines are preserved: ...ʿalā yadih …
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State documentT-S Ar.40.84
Recto (original use): Bottom of a formal petition in Arabic script, mentioning "al-thaghr" (=Alexandria?) and merchandise and the money of the diwan. يذكر فيه وصول …
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LetterT-S Ar.42.13
Letter/petition in Arabic script. The tarjama containing the name of the sender at upper left seems to have been deliberately torn away; the remainder of …
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LetterT-S Ar.42.200
According to Polliack & Baker catalogue this is a petition. It seems to have address on verso- needs examination. (AA.) Dating: looks late, probably Mamluk-era.
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LetterT-S Ar.35.368
Very simple petition in Arabic script, asking for charity on account of the sender's poverty. At lower left the name(s) of the sender(s) appear: Ibrāhīm …
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State documentT-S Ar.38.13
Probably a petition, but possibly a legal document. In Arabic script. On parchment. About 6 lines are preserved. Includes phrases such as "as your [excellency] …
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State documentT-S Ar.35.126
Verso: Fatimid petition, right side only. With blessings for 'al-mawqif al-ashraf' and 'al-maqām al-sharīf al-ṭāhir.' Verso as catalogued, but written before the legal document on …
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State documentT-S Ar.20.21
Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. The petitioners complain to the authorities that a certain person is corrupting their religious status quo (niẓām) and …
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LetterT-S NS 264.74
Letter in Hebrew. Fragment, only the first few lines are preserved. Calligraphic and formal style. Probably the beginning of a letter of appeal.
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State documentT-S NS 305.19
Petition. In large Arabic script, wide space between the lines, in a chancery hand. This is a small fragment from the lower right corner of …
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LetterT-S NS J591
Letter/petition to a certain Net[an'el]. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Little of the content remains; mentions household items (ḥawā'ij al-bayt) and the writer's shame.
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State documentJRL Gaster ar. 372
Petition from a Jewish man to a dignitary. In Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner). Opens with two lines of grand titles for the presumably …
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Legal documentT-S Ar.35.126
Legal document in Arabic: acknowledgement (iqrār). Recto as catalogued, but written after the Fatimid petition on verso (see separate record). Date isn't easy to read; …
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State documentT-S AS 111.37
Petition fragment. Contains part of a raʾy clause and a reference to Dīwān al-Shām al-Maʿmūr, and then perhaps "the response of the slave with what …
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State documentT-S NS 327.131
Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. From ʿAlam(?) b. Muslim, Muʿammar b. Ibrāhīm, and Mubārak b. Ibrāhīm al-Najjār. Opens with blessings for the caliph …
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State documentT-S 6J1.16
Verso (original use): Fragment of a petition from the group/community/tribe of Banū al-Thimāl(?). Only the opening blessings for the caliph are preserved. Someone has re-copied …
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State documentT-S Misc.22.286
Petition opening to a vizier of al-Ḥāfiẓ. Dating: 531–33/1137–39. Al-Ḥāfiẓ had three viziers: the general Yānis (for nine months in 526/1132), Bahrām (529–31/1135–37 and Riḍwān …
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
[صلوات] الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه [و]تحياته
على مولانا وسيدنا وامام الحافظ لدين الله اميرالمومنين
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State documentT-S NS 305.23
Fragment of a Fatimid state document. Approximately 5 fragmentary lines are preserved both on recto and on verso. Recto refers to Dīwān al-Mufrad al-Khāṣṣ, possibly …
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State documentT-S 12.1 + T-S B12.39
Fatimid fiscal report or account for the fiscal (kharājī) year 417, from the period of the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāhir. Dated: 417 kharājī/419 AH. Document is …
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عبد مولانا وسيدنا الامام الظاهر لاعزاز دين الله امير المومنين
صلوات الله عليه وعلى ابائه الطاهرين وابنائه الاكرمين
ومملوكه حسين…
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LetterJRL Series B 3727
End of a petition from someone identifying himself as a certified hazzan to two people in Cairo requesting their assistance. The writer refers to someone, …
- .....]..[
- רף אלס[.....] כאן תג
- ......]... אלצ[...] .ב
- ..]באל[.]. פי דאר אלמלך
- ..]...[..]לדא ... ...ם ל
- תעלם[..] אלחסן אבו סהל ת.
- ינדר לי פי כניסה אל…
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LetterJRL Series A 527
This is a fragment of a letter asking for assistance, possibly on behalf of a man and his dependents. The author mentions that the subjects …
- ......]א[...............
- ....א]לדי יפ[..............
- ]רגל מעיל פי כמסה מן אלעילה
- ]ת עשרה .... עריאנה ומא לעבדך
- ...] מולאי אל[ש]יך אלאגל באן ינעם
- ...…
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LetterJRL Series A 546
Beginning of a letter of appeal by an individual named Makin who addresses his plea to an elder. The verso contains a much faded letter …
- אלממלוך מכין]
- יכדם כבוד גדולת]
- אלהי ישראל יבר[ך
- שני חמודיו ויאר]
- בנעימים אלדי .]
- ותערף אן אלמ]מלוך
- ........]ואל]
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LetterJRL Series A 668
Document containing blessings for the caliph al-Hafiz li-din Allah (1131-1149 CE). See also see T-S NS 110.26. (“Prayers from the Geniza for Fatimid Caliphs, the …
- ].א גמיע אלאצדקא ומן סאל ענא אלסלאם אלגזיל[
- ]הא אלסלאם אלגזיל ואבו סלימאן דאוד אלסלאם ולשיך[
- ]אן תכצה אפצל אלסלאם ואבו אסחק בן אלתוזי אלסלאם[
- ]מולאי…
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LetterT-S 8J21.12
Letter from the Alexandrian community to Shemuel ha-Levi, "the prince of Levites, the glory of doctors" b. Shelomo, requesting his help in countering a decree …
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צד ימין
- וללוי אמר [ ]ב' שומ[ר הבטחתו ] כי אורך ימים
צד שמאל
- [ ]אלי יסתגיב פי אלחצרה אלסאמיה [אל]כרימה הדרת כג'ק מ'ר' ור' שמואל השר היקר שר ה…
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LetterMoss. IV,57
Petition of a widow to a communal leader. She asks him to help her with her late husband's orphans, as he helped her husband in …
- י?עשה צדקה ומ[ש]פט נבח[ר] ל[י"י] מז[בח :]
- מלוה י"י חונן דל וגמלו ישלם לו :
- ביראת י"י מבטח [עז] ולבניו יהיה מחסה :
- קד עלם אללה תבארך ותעאלא מא קד תכא…
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LetterMoss. IV,88
Petition, probably to Avraham Maimonides, of a widow who lives in a small upper apartment of a ruin belonging to the pious foundation. Recently the …
- אלממלוכה
- תנהי אלי סיידנא אבקאה אללה תעאלי אנהא קד
- אסתכרת אלי אלכאלק ואלי בית י"י ודלך אנהא סאכנה
- פי טביקה כראב שעתה דהרה לא כזאנה ולא כ/ו/ם
- ולא חוט …
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LetterENA 4020.10
Petition for assitance due to poverty to Netanel ha-Levi (putting us in the secnd half of the 12th century). On the back there is a …
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LetterT-S Ar.39.57
Petition from a certain Manṣūr to an unidentified addressee (though Goitein assumed that "Sayyidnā" meant "the Nagid"). In Arabic script. The sender is a poor …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. e 94/27
A bashful pauper informs the judge Rabbi Eliyyahu b. Zechariah who was in charge of public charity, that he had not eaten anything for two …
- ממלוכה . . .
- . הבה.
- אלדי יעלם בהי ר אליה הדיי[ן
- באן ממלוכה יקים הונא ומא
- לי שי יקום בי ולי אליום יומי[ין
- מא אכלת שי ואלממלוך [ליס
- לה וגה יכלם אחד ול…
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LetterHalper 379
Petition appealing for help from Shemuel ha-Nagid (1140-1159). A woman asks him for help paying the capitation tax for her husband, who is in detention …
- אלעבדה תנהי אלי הד[רת
- שמואל הנגיד הגדול [
- ימין המלוכה גביר ה[תורה תכון]
- משרתה לנצח אן מ[
- אלגאליה בעד אן כאן [
- טויל לעל יסהל אללה תע[אלי
- אלי שי ועליה…
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LetterENA 1822a.61
Letter in which the sender sends a request for help. R. Avraham is mentioned
- ר אברהם לאן מא. .[. . . . . . . . .
- לה שי לאנה יתפצל כתיר ולו //לי// א.[. . .
- כאן לי חיאה ואסעה אלשדה עטימ[ה
- אגל תוב לי ולצגיר ואלה אדא קלעת
- אלתוב א…
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LetterT-S 10J12.13
Petition. Calligraphic letter with wide line-spacing in which the writer asks the recipient, whom he addresses as 'my father,' for support, emphasizing that his poor …
- ונחנא מקלין מן אחואלנא אלדי נחנא פיהא [ . . . . . . . .
- אלגלה אן מא ענדנא קמחה [[פ]] וקד גאת הדה אלנובה פזאדת
- עילנא אופא [[עטים]] ממא ענדנא מן אלקלה…
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LetterT-S 10J14.18
Letter in Hebrew with introductory phrases of appeal. Closes with verses about the ephemeral nature of wealth and the mitzvah of charity. (Information from Goitein's …
- פתחו שערים ויבא גוי צדיק שומר אמונים:
- ויהי ייי משגב לדך משגב לעתות בצרה:
- רודף צדקה וחסד ימצא חיים צדקה וכבוד:
- קראו לפתחי תום ושערי רחמים יפי מגוריכם…
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LetterT-S 10J17.28 + T-S AS 151.30
Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Kohen Segan ha-Kohanim. In Hebrew. Containing greetings and an apparent request for charity. The letter is written in the same hand …
- אברכה את ייי בכל עת תמיד תהלתו בפי
- בייי תהלל נפשי ישמעו ענוים וישמחו
- פודה ייי נפש עבדיו ולא יאשמו כל החוסים בו
- חונה מלאך ייי סביב ליריאיו ויחלצם
- חזק…
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LetterT-S 10J17.29
Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Kohen. Contains initial greetings, a request for assistance, a congratulations on recovering from an illness, and wishes for the forthcoming high …
- עזרי מעם ייי עושה שמים וארץ
- ויהי דויד לכל דרכיו משכיל וייי עמו
- חזקו ויאמץ לבבכם כל המיחלים //לייי//
- אשרי משכיל על דל וג ימלטיהו ייי
- מלוה ייי חונן דל…
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LetterT-S 10J20.2 + T-S 13J25.17
The beginning of two drafts of eloquent complaint against Zikri b. Musallam Ibn al- Naja al-Tabib, to the Nagid Avraham and two of the chief …
T-S 10J20.2, recto:
- זורו רשעים מרחם תעו מבטן דוברי כזב [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- אל הדרת הצדק שושנת החדק פלי הבדק מחלפת האליל מרימת
- דגל . . . …
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