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Document in Arabic script.

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Original text: State/fiscal document. The years 534 and 535 AH are specified in multiple places, paired with sums of money at the top. Refers to the issuing of a decree (khurūj al-tawqīʿ al-ʿālī) dated (muʾarrakhan) 13 Shaʿbān 534 AH (= 3 April 1140 CE.) concerning the iqṭāʿ of [someone's name?]. The word ʿajam (Persians) may also appear. On verso: A note addressed to Abū l-Ḥasan al-Kātib asking/ordering him to investigate the situation of the Jawājira (= the people from Jūjar?) and to inform the sender what he learns. On recto, at 90 degrees to the original text: A note containing the same word (jawājira), possibly the response conveying the desired information.

Writing exercises in Arabic script, in which the main sentence copied is about al-Muʿallim Samʿūn b. al-Muʿallim Anṭūn.

Recto and verso are each documents in Arabic script, probably legal. The one on verso uses the honorific khwāja, suggesting Ottoman-era. Needs examination

Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 1248 AH, which is 1832/33 CE.

Accounts in Arabic script.

Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 1226 AH, which is 1811/12 CE.

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Document in Arabic script. Dating: Looks medieval. State?

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Legal document (or letter?) in Arabic script. Late. Needs examination.

Document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Accounts(?) in Arabic script.

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Document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Document in Arabic script. Needs examination.