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Accounts of some sort. In Arabic script.
Bifolio of commercial accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Most entries crossed out.
Damaged Arabic letter or account - needs examination.
End of a document, probably legal. Dating: Mamluk-era, based on paleography. Needs examination. (Info from FGP)
Arabic list - needs examination.
Mercantile letter addressed to Abū ʿUmar al-Arjawānī, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Mentions purple (arjawān) textiles. Reused for Hebrew writing exercises. Needs further examination.
Letter/petition addressed to Abū Isḥāq. Asking for charity. In Arabic script. The sender's name appears in the tarjama at upper left but is difficult to read.
Recto: Recipe in Arabic script, maybe a medical prescription.
Verso: Receipt for Abū l-Ḥasan b. Saʿīd al-Yahūdī al-Ḥarīrī for a payment of 3 dirhams. Needs further examination.
One side has the beginning of a letter written in Arabic script in a hasty scrawl. The other side has, in large letters in a chancery hand, "... al-dīwān ... fī dhālika in shāʾ llāh."
Minute fragment - needs examination.
Small fragment - needs examination.
Minute fragment - needs examination.
Small fragment - needs examination.
Accounts/sums in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Small fragment - needs examination.
Minute fragment - needs examination.
Bottom of a legal deed in Arabic script. Dated: Rabīʿ I 49[.] AH (=1097–1105 CE). Three witness signatures preserved. Needs further examination.
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. The two columns are written in two different hands. The text on the left is extremely similar to the text on the right, so it might be a learner's copying exercise. The text on the right seems to concern a debt to be repaid in installments starting at the end of the month of Rabīʿ II 537 AH, which is November 1142 CE. The text on the left may mention a will (waṣiyya). Needs further examination.
Fragment from the beginning of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. The muqirr is [...] Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Ghaniyy b. ʿAbd al-Malik.