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Petition from Ṭāhir b. Isḥāq, a poor man from Alexandria, to the amir Qarāqūsh Bahāʾ ai-Dīn b. ʿAbdallāh al-Asadī (his nisba derives from his having …
The slave
Tāhir ibn Isḥāq
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
The slave of the lofty, mighty and sublime presence, the most …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Fiscal account in Arabic script. One section is headed "māl al-jawālī" (revenue from the capitation tax). Reused for Hebrew jottings.
Top of a petition or letter in Arabic script.
Fiscal account or receipt. Mentions a name at the top and mentions wheat further down. Needs examination.
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Petition addressed to a lower official: وقد عطفت هده الرسالة على . . . ولمولاي السيد الاجل ادام الله علوه . . . الراي العالي …
State document, Fatimid, in large chancery script. Mentions the chief Fatimid judge and dāʿī Qāsim b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Nuʿmān, and that his name is …
תעתוק אחד
Recto: Official letter/report, probably. In Arabic script. The ends of ~5 lines are preserved. Verso: piyyuṭ and phrases praising a dignitary. (Information in part from …
Might be a fiscal account. Relatively small fragment from the middle of the document.
Three folios and an additional fragment from a literary work comparing the readings of Abū Saʿīd Aharon b. Moshe b. Asher and Abū ʿImrān Moshe …
Receipt(s) for Abū Naṣr for the rent of his dwelling. In Arabic script. Very elaborate, with multiple sections on both recto and verso -- resembles …
State document, probably a decree. The fragmented line reads as "واما ما ذكره من دعا الخاصة". Hebrew liturgical text on recto.
State-issued order of payment from the Treasury of Silk Looms in Alexandria. Date: 14 Jumāda II 1237 AH (1820 CE). A total of 150 kuruş …
Lower right corner of a letter or petition for assistance. In Arabic script.
Official-looking receipt maybe tax-related. Dating: maybe 547 AH, which would be 1152/53 CE.
Official-looking account in Arabic script.
Fiscal document, or accounts in Arabic script. Contains atleast two ʿalāmas. Needs examination.
Verso: Fragment from the beginning of a petition in Arabic script. Contains a taqbīl clause, 'al-maqām al-ʿālī,' and the beginning of the report (wa-yunhī annahū …
State document, probably Fatimid, in Arabic script. A fiscal document, mentioning several sums of money including 600 dirhams, and "min al-khidma al-saʿīda". On verso, there …
Tax receipt for the Jewish man Yūsuf b. Daʾūd for his capitation tax in Fustat. The date is given twice (51[.]?).
Internal Fatimid state correspondence concerning the collection and transfer of funds, probably tax-related. The upper left is missing, so the content is difficult to reconstruct. …
Letter or state correspondence in Arabic script. Approximately 2 lines from near the beginning preserved. The text in between lines 1 and 2 may be …
Upper part of a tax receipt, containing only the endorsements / administrative markings.
ʿAlāma from a state document: al-thiqa bi-l-lāhī waḥdahū
Petition to a Fatimid dignitary concerning (or from?) a certain Abū l-Faraj apparently regarding various properties in a neighborhood (and perhaps their commandeering?). Subsidiary to …
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ابو الفرج الكرخي المبتاع لهذه الدار وقال[
الا باطلاق من مولاي الشيخ //الجليل// لا على الحـ[
اعتابا(؟) له بسبب حق واجب وعند مول…
Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb on dyeing in Dhāt al-Ṣafā. Dated: 21 Ramaḍān 405. Written by Yuḥannā b. Mīkhāʾīl, the son of …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד 2 דיונים
A few words from a state document in Arabic script, mentioning the name Saʿīd (or likely urging someone to exert effort (fī dhālik ijtihād) to …
Small receipt for payment made by Abū l-Najm on behalf of 'the poor Jews' (ḍuʿafāʾ al-yahūd) for the ground rent (ḥikr) payment for Jumādā I. …
Report or petition fragment, addressed to a higher state official regarding the matters in southern Upper Egypt, contains the taqbīl clause towards the end. The …
للحضور صحبة النايب مقتفي؟ الرجال…. ريب؟
وعبد الغني وان رفعت الرخصة لهم وكثر طمعهم وقل بذاك عدالتهم؟
والمملوك يشكر الانعام عليه بخروج ال…
Small fragment (beginnings of 3 lines) of official correspondence. The first line reads as "shirkatuhum wa-akhadha minhum". Mentions "al-amīr al-ajall." Needs further examination. Reused on …
State document, probably capitation tax receipt, in Arabic script. Contains two registration marks "الحمد لله وبه استعين" and "الحمد لله لما انعم". The first line …
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 …
Abū ʿAbdallāh, the baker from Fusṭāṭ.
The benedictions of God and his bl…
Recto and verso are two distinct petitions, in different hands. Unclear if/how they are related. Recto: Petition for charity apparently from someone under arrest (muʿtaqal), …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
State (tax?) receipt. Dated: 9 Muḥarram 545 AH = 8 May 1150 CE. Needs examination.
Recto: Decree from the 1130s. Only the closing boilerplate and a date (without the year) have survived. Reused by the India trader Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel …
Probably official correspondence. Small fragment. The last few words of one line are preserved.
Verso: Petition, in Arabic script. Mentions a judge, the court, and probably the appointment of someone to the position of judgeship who wasn't fit for …
……………].....ـهم الخلل و ذلك [
]يعمل به ……. يعرض ويؤمر منها العهد والوقت استبد لهم جماعة من الفقها
]على بعض حاله (؟) ومن اوقف جميع بالحضرة…
Tax receipt, Fatimid. One registration mark; 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh al-wāḥid al-ḥaqq'. Blank verso. Perforated for binding.
Draft of a petition, possibly. In Arabic script. Addressed to al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-mawlawī and the petitionee is also addressed as "ʿumdat l-mulūk wa l-salāṭīn". …
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 …
State document(s) in Arabic script. Most likely a fiscal account because of the phrase "mablagh jārī" in v.1. However, it has the petition-like phrase "iḥsānuhu …
Fragment of an Arabic administrative letter. The document concerns fiscal and administrative oversight in a district (nāḥiya), especially the condition of farmers (المزارعين), the management …
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يودي الى الخلاص [. . . . . . ]ما يكرمهم واما ما ذكرته من حال . . . . . . . . [
وشكره من قسطنطين فان اكثر المزارعين …
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leads to the deliverance [. . . . . .] what honors them. As for what you mentioned concerning the condition of [. . .…
Petition in Arabic script. The sender's name may appear between lines 2 and 3 (ʿabduhu Khalaf....?). May mention Qalyūb (l. 3) and mentions merchandise and …
State document, in Arabic script. Ends of 7 lines. Penultimate line: al-jāriya bi-l-dīwān al-Farkhī. Last line: al-mutawallī ʿimārat rubāʿ dīwān al-khāṣa. Likely a join with …
Verso (original use): State document, in Arabic script. Decree. Two lines only, a tentative reading is as follows "لي الكتاب...وقد الزمهم العمل والحال". YU. Written …
Tax receipt for jizya in the name of Bū Naṣr al-Yahūdī for the year 514. Trigger: addā. Contains a registration mark.
Minute fragment of a state document. Only one full word (al-nāḥiya) is preserved. Reused for piyyuṭ.
A few words in large, calligraphic Arabic script: د ويشاع فحوله في . . . Reused for Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew literary texts. The Judaeo-Arabic seems …
Recto and verso are two different versions of petitions, in two different hands. The one on verso looks somewhat later, perhaps Ayyubid-era, and is from …