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Tag: arabic
657 records found
Legal document: Bill of sale for property to Yuḥannis ibn Saqina and his wife. Buljusuq (Fayyum), Rajab 369 [Jan.-Feb. 980]. Parchment ; 16 lines ; 170 x 280 mm. Some smudging and a few small holes. (Lennart Sundelin via PUDL)
Bill of sale for property. Jumādá al-Ūlá 394 [Feb.-March 1004]. Parchment ; 16 lines ; 250 x 300 mm. Upper edges mutilated and several holes. (Lennart Sundelin via PUDL)
Legal deed (fragment) [12th century?], calligraphic, with wide line-spacing. Approximately 250 x 450 mm at the widest points. Gift of Robert Garrett, 2953. Many other texts written in different hands in the margins. Partial transcription enclosed in box with MS.
Possibly a tax receipt or an order of payment? Two endorsements, end of Dhū l-Qaʿda of the year 403 (?) 6x8 cm, verso blank
Receipt for payment of a tax farmer (dāmin, lines 2) in Fustat. The month of Ramadan al-Muʿaẓẓam of the year 701. Alama: al-ḥamdu lillāh sallama taslīman (?). Verso has a note about the shop (dukkān) of someone. 9 x 7 approximately
Letter (?), left half only, narrow folds like a letter, mentioning quantities of something and a certain Nūr al-Dīn, so maybe Ayyubid?
Petition mentioning the names of Ismāʻīl and ʻUmar al-Kutāmī. [Described on the paper wrapper as: "Complainte contre un homme de la tribu de Kutawa [...] Fatimite" ; on a separate small piece of paper : " A complaint against a man from the tribe of Kutama (from the Fatimite period)"].
Certificate of manumission of a slave, dated 591H. (?) [1194-5]. [Described on a separate small piece of paper as: "letter from a noble man asking from another generousity and finishing his letter with poetry praising the bonifactor (bienfaiteur)" [Linked to item 26 (?)]. Oversize.
Letter in Arabic.
Described in PUDL catalogue as amulet containing prayers to God and the Prophet.
Decree of a Coptic official, dated 25 Baʾūnah (?) of the Coptic year 1392 (?).
Legal document, record of testimony (?)
Love poetry (3 lines), starting with: "amūtu wa-lā tadrī". [Described on the paper wrapper as: "Poeme d'un amoureux" ; on a separate small piece of paper: "poems of a lover"].
Item 26 : Letter of praise addressed to a benefactor in the hopes of some financial reward. Oversize.
Item 29 : Official document demanding the collection of funds. Oversize.
Amulet with magical script and numbers. [Described on the paper wrapper as : "Hegab en Madhrebin" ; on a separate small piece of paper: "a Ḥigab"; [next line] "Talisman in maghribian (?) inscription"]
Arabic document, different hand on verso.
Recto: Legal deed. Iqrār mentioning Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, dated 500 H. (?) [1106]. Verso: Letter. Arabic script.
Cotton bag for amulet, with inscriptions in Arabic.
Recto: Legal document: iqrār. Verso: Legal record of testimony. Arabic script.
