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Legal declaration in which the witnesses attest to the victory of Musa b. al-Ahuv (alias Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi) over Yizhaq al-Siqilli in retaining the position of muqaddam of Qalyub during Sar Shalom’s gaonate. Contains illuminating passages about the qualifications (lines 17-21) and the privileges (lines 21-24) of a muqaddam and the election process. Dated Sunday the 7th of Av, 1506/1195. In the handwriting of Moshe b. Levi himself. See also T-S 13J20.18 (in which Moshe b. Levi beseeches Sar Shalom not to believe an enemy's slander against him) and ENA 4020.4 (in which Sar Shalom confirms Moshe's position as cantor and slaughterer of Qalyub). ASE.

Letter from the community of Gaza to the court in Fustat, the second quarter of the eleventh century.

Fatimid state decree to a lower official, reused for a Coptic text dated 408–410 AH, hence datable to earlier than that; probably from the reign of al-Ḥākim, possibly even earlier. The Coptic text was partially published as CPR II 1 and MPER XVIII 55, and will be re-edited by Vincent Walter; full bibliography at https://search.onb.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ONB_alma21324720350003338&context=L&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&vid=ONB&lang=de_DE&search_scope=ONB_gesamtbestand&tab=default_tab&query=addsrcrid,exact,RZ00003981. (Information from Marina Rustow and Vincent Walter, July 2021)