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Small fragment from the beginning of a petition or a letter to a dignitary (... khāliṣat amīr al-muʾminīn adāma allāh ẓillahū wa-ayyada niʿmatahū...).
אין רשומות קשורות
State document(s) in Arabic script. On recto there are administrative/secretarial notes at the top: yuʿāmal.... mutawallī al-nāḥiyya....bi-ʿadl.....inshā Allāh...It also mentions a government bureau towards the …
State document of some sort. Lists sums of money in words and in Greek/Coptic numerals. Multiple sections, some mottos and registration marks.
Draft of copy of a petition in Arabic script addressed to al-Malik al-ʿAzīz Sayf al-Islām Ṭughtakīn, the second Ayyubid amir of Yemen (and brother of …
תעתוק אחד
Fragment of a petition in Arabic script, interspersed with Arabic script in the wide spaces what seems like a draft of a letter or just …
]وسعادته لمضافرته ومطالبته؟
]افدته يعزمه مظهر/بعزمه يظهر لي وله قواها
] للنجاج باولاها واخراها
] يعمل عليها وصدره حالا ب…
Verso: state document, probably. Part of one line is preserved, referring to "al-abwāb al-sharīfa" and throwing people in jail (الى الابواب الشريفة واعتقلوهم في السجن).
Tax receipt for the capitation tax of Zayn(?) b. Abū l-Faraj(?) the Jew. On verso there is a blessing for a groom in Hebrew. Needs …
Probably a petition in Arabic script. The addressee is a dignitary (referred to with the honorific 'khāliṣat amīr al-muʾminīn'). The petition has something to do …
Verso: Official letter. Approximately 14 lines are preserved. Dating: No earlier than 1021 CE, since al-Ḥākim was dead at the time of writing. Possibly dating …
…..والحمد لله وصلواته على سيدنا محمد نبيه وسلامه على اله الائمة الطاهرين
Fiscal document - needs examination.
Recto: Arabic prayer (يا قادر على كل شي لا اله الا انت . . . وينصر الاسلام نصرا . . . اهل بيت محمد . …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf the Jew, a silk worker (qazzāz) and craftsman (ṣāniʿ). Dated: 537 AH = 1142/43 CE. Same …
Small fragment of an unclear nature. Two lines of Arabic script, the top of which reads "Dīwān al-Ishrāf."
Verso has traces of an original Arabic document. Recto might be a letter or a literary text. Some words: אלכשף סרעה . . . עיניך …
Decree (?) to a lower official or letter to a dignitary, 5 fragmentary lines from the mid-section. Arabic script, wide line spacing, chancery hand. Very …
Verso (probably original use): Probably a small piece of a state document, "let it be copied. . . . God willing" (ينسخ ان شا الله …
Small fragment of official correspondence in Arabic script, maybe a report or a decree. Reused on verso for Hebrew piyyuṭ. Requires further examination.
Fiscal document or internal accounts. Needs examination.
Petition addressed to the Fatimid caliph based on the raʿy clause towards the end "wa li-mawlāna ṣalawāt Allah ʿalayhi ʿāliya al-raʾy". In a rudimentary or …
Likely a Fatimid fiscal account. Difficult to read. As of July 2025 this fragment is not conserved and can be seen only in Cambridge.
Small fragment of a state document: "... al-awḥad Fakhr(?) al-Mulk ʿUm[...]...." Reused on recto for Hebrew text (parts of Psalms 27:1?). (Information in part from …
Fragment of a decree mentioning the funds of a dīwān in exchange for something. Late Fatimid (paleographic dating), same chancery hand as some of the …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Part of one line from an Arabic state document (decree?).
Fiscal account. On the verso, a tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm (see PGPID 20611). …
Letter fragment in Arabic script, likely state-related. Fragments of ~4 lines are preserved. Reused for Hebrew literary text.
Mamluk or early Ottoman petition.
Original use: Fragments of two lines from a state document, perhaps a decree or report. Includes the phrase "they desisted and returned to their fiefs" …
Fragment of a state document in Arabic. Only blessings for the caliph are preserved: ... amīr al-muʾminīn ʿaḍada allāh bihī [al-dīn...] ṣalawāt allāh wa-barakātuhū wa-nawāmī …
Possibly a fiscal document regarding a land survey. Dated: 530 H = 1135/36 CE. Mentions in the right column names such as ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Muʿallim, …
Petition or formal letter concerning an iqṭāʿ, which was subsequently torn, and a related record written on verso. Dating: Probably Mamluk or early Ottoman era, …
Tax receipt. Beginning "tadhkira bism..." For Ibrāhīm b. Menashshe. For his capitation tax payment in Fustat. Receipts sharing the same administrative note/hand at upper left …
Some sort of receipt. Needs examination.
Recto: Letter/petition in Arabic script to a qāḍī (al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-qaḍāʾī al-shamsī). The sender's name is given at the top but is tricky to …
Petition or report. Bottom ~10 lines are preserved. Difficult handwriting. The first line may begin with the words "umūr al-thaghr." Mentions a paper trail and …
Verso: Original use. A decree in Arabic script. Probably Mamluk-era. Recto: Small fragment with few lines in Arabic. Probably a recipe or technical instructions (based …
Tax receipt, Fatimid, possibly for the year 414? 11.5 x 10.5. NB: There is a discrepancy between the numbering of the manuscripts and the photos; …
Small fragment of a Fatimid decree containing a truncated closing formula and the beginning of the date (day of the week only — Thursday). Interesting …
Petition from a Jewish man to a Muslim general (al-isfahsalārī > isfahsalār), possibly named Bahāʾ al-Dīn or Bahāʾ al-Dawla. Fragment (upper left corner). Dating: probably …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Maʿālī b. Bū l-Karam. Dated 523? Needs further examination. See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related …
Small fragment with a few words in Arabic script. Likely the prayers for the caliph and his ancestors from the end of a state document.
State document, likely a decree. The ends of three lines are preserved. "... bi-l-istiʿmālāt al-mubāraka... wa-ʿarrafanā ijtihādaka... al-maḥmūl ʿaynan wa-l-aṣnāf...." Acknowledging the good service of …
Folio completely covered with willy nilly Arabic text written in a chancery hand, maybe writing exercises copied from other documents, including phrases from petitions (...yujaddid …
Small fragment of an official report or petition in Arabic script (cf. PGPID 29220). Not a lot of the substance is clearly preserved.
State document, in Arabic script. A late Fatimid report The verso is probably annotations or reply to the report mentioning the caliphal ʿalāma: al-ʿalāma al-sharīfa …
Receipt of some kind for Ibrāhīm b. [...]. A period of one year is specified. There is a word that looks like "halīlaj" (myrobalan), but …
Small fragments from an Arabic state document, containing the grand titles of the addressee ([...] al-mulūk [...] al-dawla [...] al-mujāhidīn sayf amīr al-muʾminīn) and blessings …
Document tied to finances that according to FGP could be connected to state procedures. Dating: Ottoman-era. On the verso, the first few lines mention the …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf the Jew, a silk worker (qazzāz) and craftsman (ṣāniʿ). Same payer: T-S Ar.34.224, T-S Ar.34.282 (where …
Official-looking letter in Arabic script. 6–7 lines are preserved. Reused in the margin and on recto for Hebrew piyyuṭ. Needs examination for content.
Verso: Official correspondence in Arabic script. Fragment from the lower right corner, with the beginnings of 7 lines preserved. Mentions a sugar refinery (maṭbakh), a …