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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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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. [صلوات] الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه [و]تحياته 

    3. على مولانا وسيدنا وامام الحافظ لدين الله اميرالمومنين

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    LetterT-S AS 183.254

    Petition, or petition-like letter. From a woman ("al-mamlūka"). Very damaged; unclear if any of the substance of the request is preserved.

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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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    1. والاجحاف به وبهم والظلم له ولهم وعدل الدولة النبوية خلد الله ملكها وحرس عزها

    2. ومولاى الاجل عميد الدولة ادام الله نعماه وكبت حاسديه واعداه يم…

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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.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.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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    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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    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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    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 Ar.35.126

    Verso (original use): Fragment of a petition or other formal state correspondence. The beginnings of 8 lines are preserved, mostly consisting of honorifics for the …

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    LetterT-S NS J88

    Letter/petition from an unknown writer to the Head of the Jews. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer complains about ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz and his mistreatment of a woman …

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    1. יא סידנא רייס אליהוד
    2. לא תסאל מא נחן פיה
    3. מן עבד אלעזיז אלעאדה
    4. אלדי תערפהא מנה מא
    5. תגיירת ירמי להא אלכב[ז
    6. וחדה ואלפלוס תבקא חאירה
    7. עלי מן ישתרי ל…

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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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    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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    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 150.2

    Verso: Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. The beginnings of ~6 lines are preserved. Contains phrases such as: "wa-l-kashf ʿammā . . . al-sharīfa …

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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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    1. عبد مولانا وسيدنا الامام الظاهر لاعزاز دين الله امير المومنين 

    2. صلوات الله عليه وعلى ابائه الطاهرين وابنائه الاكرمين

    3. ومملوكه حسين…

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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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    1.                              الناصرية

    2.                            خيلا بن حسن وابو الجيش

    3.                             بن احمد

    4. بسم الله ال…

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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 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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    1. المملوك 
    2. أبو عبد الله بن يحيى الفران بمصر
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    4. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وأفضل تحياته وسلامه على مولانا وسيدنا 
    5. الإم…

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    1. The slave

    2. Abū ʿAbdallāh, the baker from Fusṭāṭ.

    3. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.

    4. The benedictions of God and his ble…

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    State documentT-S Ar.42.200

    State document, in Arabic script. Petition, Mamlūk era.

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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 13J36.12

    Verso (original use): Petition. The bottom 10 lines are preserved. The specific request is hard to make out, perhaps for government employment. Needs further examination.

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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 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 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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    1. ولمولاي الامير الجـ[ليل
    2. فيما يامر به الـ[ـالراي الاعلى
    3. والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله[على سيدنا محمد واله وسلم تسليما]
    4. [وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل]

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    State documentENA 3935.4

    Petition in Arabic script. There are multiple senders, evidently Jewish. Much of the remaining text is formulaic. They refer to khurūj al-amr al-ʿālī ('the issuing …

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    State documentT-S Ar.40.84

    Recto (original use): Bottom of a formal petition, or most likely a report due to state related affairs discussed, in Arabic script, mentioning "al-thaghr" (=Alexandria?) …

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    State documentT-S Misc.11.221

    Official correspondence in Arabic script. Portions of 7 lines are preserved. Seems to be either a petition or a letter of gratitude after a favorable …

    1. استمطار سحب المكارم الالهية بما يصلحها       وعليها..

    2. صنائع هذه الايام الناضرة[    ]

    3. من الحكام في هذه الاعمال ولو لا يتم بالاعراف في شكر النعمة…

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    State documentT-S Ar.35.368

    Draft of a 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: …

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    State documentENA 1487.71

    Petition from a man described as having many dependents (the first two lines read: wa-huwa ṣuʿlūk kathīr al-ʿāʾila wa-yasal al-inʿām ʿalayhi wa-al-iḥsān ʾilayhi bi-khurūj ilā …

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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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    1. العبيد المماليك
    2. جماعة بني الثمال
    3. [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]
    4. صلوات الله ونوامي زكواته] وافضل تحياته وسلامه على مولانا
    5. وسيدنا الامام              …

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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 …

    1. ונחנא מקלין מן אחואלנא אלדי נחנא פיהא [ . . . . . . . .
    2. אלגלה אן מא ענדנא קמחה [[פ]] וקד גאת הדה אלנובה פזאדת
    3. עילנא אופא [[עטים]] ממא ענדנא מן אלקלה…

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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 …

    1. אברכה את ייי בכל עת תמיד תהלתו בפי
    2. בייי תהלל נפשי ישמעו ענוים וישמחו
    3. פודה ייי נפש עבדיו ולא יאשמו כל החוסים בו
    4. חונה מלאך ייי סביב ליריאיו ויחלצם
    5. חזק…

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    LetterENA NS 2.18

    Letter addressed to a 'Sar ha-Leviim,' asking him to help his son, who is imprisoned in Cairo for a debt. Fifteen dirhams had been pledged, …

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    1. בר
    2. כאדם חצרה אלמולא שר הלויים אדאם אללה
    3. סעאדתהא ואחסן עאקבתהא וינהי אלי
    4. מגלסהא אן קד כתר תקלתה עליהא לא כאן
    5. אללה אלעאלם מא א[. . . . . .]תק[.]לה כ…

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    State documentT-S AS 152.63

    Verso (original use): Fragment from the upper left corner of a petition or official letter in Arabic script. ASE

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    1. بسم]الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المملوك يقبل الا]رض امام المجلس
    3. ]الاجلي المولوي
    4. ]الدين

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    State documentT-S 10J9.4

    State document. Response to an endorsement on a petition. A multi-handed internal memorandum. Contains endorsements or minutes (or clerks' notes) that haven't yet been deciphered; …

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    1. والحمد لله وحده وصلواته على [سيدنا محمد نبيه وسلم تسليما]
    2.          العبد المملوك
    3.               …… بن فتح
    4. امتثل المرسوم فى التوقيع العالى زاده …

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    LetterT-S 8J27.3

    Letter to the Nagid by a woman who had taken steps to convert to Judaism requesting that he accept her conversion, which, she assures him, …

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    1. [. . . . . . . ] חצרה אלאגליה ואן ע [ . . . . . . . . ]
    2. [. . . . . . . ] לם אבדל לא עיד ולא סבת
    3. [. . . . . . . ] אן אמות פי מדהב ישראל ופ [ . …

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    State documentT-S NS 134.34

    Either or a petition or a letter of gratitude for the caliph's favorable response to a prior petition. In Arabic script. The ends of approximately …

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    LetterT-S 13J20.4

    Calligraphic letter requesting help for a man who is out of work and has a large family which would be satisfied with getting a mere …

    1. בש רח
    2. והיה מעשה הצדקה שלום ועבודת הצ וג
    3. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו ייי ג
    4. אללה תעאלי דכרה יסתגיב פי מולאי אלשיך אלאגל
    5. צאלח אלאדעיה ויאריך ימיו …

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    In (your) n(ame, O) Me(rciful) 

    "For the work of charity shall be peace, and the effect of ch(arity, calm and confidence forever)" (Isaiah 32:1…

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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 …

    1. פתחו שערים ויבא גוי צדיק שומר אמונים:
    2. ויהי ייי משגב לדך משגב לעתות בצרה:
    3. רודף צדקה וחסד ימצא חיים צדקה וכבוד:
    4. קראו לפתחי תום ושערי רחמים יפי מגוריכם…

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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 …

    1. עזרי מעם ייי עושה שמים וארץ
    2. ויהי דויד לכל דרכיו משכיל וייי עמו
    3. חזקו ויאמץ לבבכם כל המיחלים //לייי//
    4. אשרי משכיל על דל וג ימלטיהו ייי
    5. מלוה ייי חונן דל…

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    LetterT-S 12.354

    Letter from X b. Menahem to Elazar ha-Kohen b. Meshullam asking for assistance after losing 350 nasiri and 25 dinars at sea. (Information from Goitein's …

    1. ראש אדונינו ונזר ראשינו ועטרת תפארתינו נחל
    2. . . . . . . ]ן התכונה נר ישראל אור מזרח ונר מערב
    3. מ]עין המתגבר יריח ברום עולם ומשוש חתנ [ . .
    4. תפ[אר]ת ישור…

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    LetterPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.18 (Michaelides 19)

    Petition from the Mamluk period. [Described on the paper wrapper as: "Un esclave mamelouk demandant à son ancienne maitresse de retourner dans sa première maison" …

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    Unknown typePUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.22b (Michaelides 23)

    Petiton from some students at al-Azhar against a landowner. [Described on the paper wrapper as: "Complainte des etudiants d'El Azhar au Waliʹ" ; on a …

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    State documentPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.31 (Michaelides 31)

    Petition to ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar to Jawhar al-Ṣafawī, asking him for money. [Described on a separate small piece of paper: "Important"; [next line] "A letter …

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