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Fragment of a state (fiscal?) document. Needs examination.
אין רשומות קשורות
Official letter of correspondence or report, in Arabic script. The letter begins with a basmala and ṣalwala (blessings on the prophet) followed by a taqbīl …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم صلى الله سيدنا محمد وسلم تسليما
[المملوك] يقبل الارض وينهي بعد وصف ما هو عليه من الاشتياق
]..الى كريم مامنه ورؤية طلعته…
תעתוק אחד
State document, likely a report, in Arabic script. Contains the taqbīl clause and the yunhī formula. The sender refers to his prior report (khidma) which …
]. دولة……..
المملوك يقبل الارض امام المجلس السامي اعز الله سلطانه وينهي انه
كان اصدر خدمته التي هي جواب الكتاب الكريم وكرار (؟) على….هذه الخدم…
Original use: Official letter or decree in Arabic script. Written in large letters wide space between the lines. The ends of 8 lines are preserved. …
Bottom of a state document, with a beautiful ṣalwala and ḥamdala. Only a few words from the original document are preserved. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ.
One side: State document. Only a few words are preserved from very widely spaced lines ("...ʿalā l-ḥukm ʿalā..."). The text on the other side is …
State document. Response to endorsement of a petition written by Yuḥannā b. Abī l-Layth (a Christian), who referred the case to the office of al-Afḍal. …
ولمولانا صلوات الله عليه الراى العالي السامي في ذلك ان شا الله
وكتب في العشر الاخر من شهر رمضان سنة ا…
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To our lord, the blessings of God be upon him, belongs the lofty and exalted resolution concerning that, if God wills.
It was written in…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Receipt in Arabic script for a payment by Mūsā [ben] Naʿīm, dated 1824/25 CE (the end of Muḥarram 1240H). The receipt was issued by the …
Verso: Draft of a beginning of a report to an official, possibly a vizier, from a lower official. Beginning formula and opening honorifics are preserved. …
תעתוק אחד 2 תרגומים
State document, in Arabic script. Probably a report or petition with a tarjama in the right column part of which reads as al-Mamlūk Muḥammad. The …
Fiscal account of some sort, Fatimid, dated 533 AH = 1138/39 CE. Small. Refers to the iqṭāʿ attributed to the caliph al-Ḥāfiẓ ("al-iqṭāʿāt al-Ḥāfiẓiyya..."). Also …
Petition likely addressed to the vizier of al-Ẓāfir, al-ʿĀdil Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī Ibn al-Salār (r. 1149–53), regarding an iqṭāʿ worth 5500 dinars and a market …
صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى وافضل تحياته و[سلامه]
ما اخذ لهم من طين اقطاعهم وهو ماية فدان احتوى عليها النايب
وقد خرجت الاوامر العالية باع…
... what was assigned to them as t…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Small fragment of a state document in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ in the hand of a prolific scribe.
State document (fragment) in Arabic script, perhaps a decree. The beginnings of ~9 lines are preserved, with very wide space between them. Reused on recto …
Official-looking account. Needs examination.
Decree. The beginnings of 5 lines are preserved (...waṣala ilā thaghr...). The word "kiswa" appears - referring to the covering of the Kaʿba? Reused for …
A few words in large Arabic script in a chancery hand, possibly from a decree. Specifies a date (13th of Jumādā?).
State document with a header invoking the name of al-Qāḍī al-Ashraf thiqat al-imām. The main text is barely three lines long, followed by sums and …
Draft of praises for a vizier: Sayyidnā [. . . .] Amīr al-Juyūsh Sayf al-Islām Nāṣir al-Anām Kāfil Quḍāt al-Muʾminīn wa-Hādī Duʿāt al-Muslimīn. Written in …
Original use: Bottom part of a state document in Arabic script, containing only the ḥamdala, taṣliya, and ḥasbala. There is also one more word written …
Possibly a fiscal document in Arabic script. Very stylized. One entry begins: "al-maḍmūn..."
Possibly the last page of a copy of a decree (à la T-S Ar.40.37). Opens with a conditional clause (wa-lammā lam yuʾkhadh(?) al-amr...) and a …
Lower right corner of a state document, likely an official letter of some sort.
Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Large format with 16 lines preserved, marginal notes, and crossings out. The document is an internal fiscal Fatimid accounting document …
Fiscal account. Needs examination.
State document, probably. In Arabic script. Wide space between the lines, 9 lines preserved. On verso there is Hebrew literary text. Very faded. One phrase …
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Minute fragment probably from an Arabic state document.
Capitation tax receipt for a 1 dinar payment made by Bū l-Thanāʾ b. Bū Saʿd b. Ṭayyib al-Murakkib (the saddle maker) in New Cairo and …
Fiscal document (account? in table form) with very wide line spacing, in a chancery/fiscal hand. Appears to list at least 12 towns in the upper …
Tax receipt for the Jewish man Yūsuf b. Daʾūd for his capitation tax in Fustat. The date is given twice (51[.]?).
Tax receipt?
A single phrase in Arabic script, likely from a state document: min injāz(?) al-ḥujja fī dhālika ʿalā al-[...]
State document, a decree from the chancery of al-Ḥāfiẓ. Probably a copy of a decree, than an original decree as it is less elegant and …
Fiscal document recording the receipt of a sum of money. 108 dirhams is mentioned. There is at least one ʿalāma (al-ḥamdu lil-lāh mustaḥiqq al-ḥamd, same …
Verso: Fragmentary document, in a chancery hand. Typical closing formula of a state document "في ذلك ان شاالله". The second line could be a date. …
Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. From three merchants. Opens with blessings for the caliph. None of the substance is preserved. The formula "ضاعف …
Bifolium from a fiscal account ledger. One of the four pages is headed "makhzūma." Needs examination.
State document, in Arabic script. Right-side fragment of an official correspondence.
Recto: State document. Accounts regarding agrarian administration submitted by Boqṭor b. Sisinne, a Copt, the overseer (al-khawlī) in Badsā (in the province of al-Giza), for …
Small, official receipt for ʿImrān Ibn al-Riṣāfī(?). Landscape format. Trigger: afrada... Seems to be for the large sum of 30 dinars. T-S AS 176.437, T-S …
Document in Arabic script opening with prayers for the caliph al-Āmir bi-Ahkām Allāh (r. 1101–30).
State document, it seems an order from a higher-up or a response/rescript (tawqiʿ) for a petition. (There is in fact a draft petition on verso …
Verso: state document. Legible words: on line 1, مـ]ـستخدمين في الدواوين]; on line 2: ان شا الله. (MR)
Receipt for the capitation tax in Fustat of Maʿālī b. Bū l-Karam a Jewish silk merchant (qazzāz) for the year 525 AH. See T-S AS …
Letter in Arabic script, maybe official. The beginnings of 6 lines are preserved. Needs examination for content. Reused on recto for Hebrew literary text which …
Verso (original use): Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Very elevated register. Approximately 8 lines are preserved, but few details.
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 …
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. …
Tax receipt, Fatimid.