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  1. 5851Legal documentT-S 8J32.4 + T-S 10J21.16

    Recto: contract between two dyers (Abū l-Riḍā b. Abū l-Bahā and Abū Saʿd b. Ibrahim) about the sale of half of a house. The seller …

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  2. 5852Legal documentT-S Misc.10.238

    Fragment of a late legal document in Hebrew detailing financial transactions. Mentions 181 peraḥim that were detained with the consul; a certain Hayyim; a total …

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  3. 5853Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J48

    Verso: A woman pawns pieces of her trousseau against loans. The date 26 May 1050 CE appears in lines 4–5. Information from Goitein's note cards. …

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  4. 5854Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 419

    Deed of lease. In Arabic script. Apparently nearly complete, with only the first few lines missing. Dated: Wednesday, [..] Rajab 1163 AH = June/July 1750 …

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  5. 5855Legal documentYevr. II A 599/1

    A Karaite ketubah. The groom is Yosef b Aharon Hakohen. The bride is Esther.

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  6. 5856Legal documentBL OR 10118.14

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1553 Seleucid = 1241/42 CE. The content is mostly missing, but some of it may be decipherable. Mentions the scholar …

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  7. 5857Legal documentT-S 12.102

    Fragment of a ketubba. Qaraite? In Aramaic and Hebrew (no Judaeo-Arabic). The signatures of the witnesses have been scratched out. On verso there is a …

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  8. 5858Legal documentT-S AS 159.201

    Damaged fragment of a legal deed regarding monetary issues of marriage. Writing on both sides. Involves Salmān(?) b. [...]; the interesting phrase "samāwī aw sulṭānī" …

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  9. 5859Legal documentT-S NS 190.4

    Deed of betrothal (erusin). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: [14]45 Seleucid = 1133/34 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. …

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    1. [... אברה]ם השר הנכבד
    2. [... הנכ]בד הנבון נבע
    3. [...].ב זכרם לברכה
    4. [...].תא הדירתא שלא
    5. [...] נתנאל השר הנכבד המיוקר
    6. [...] לפני חשובים יעזרו קד…

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  10. 5860Legal documentT-S 24.14

    Deed of a gift or gifts, willed by an old man to be collected after his death. Dated: 1122 CE. The testator is the Tripolitan …

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    1. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנו בית דין הקבוע בפסטאט מצרים ומאן דחתים עימנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא מרור אלעזר הנקרא מנצור אלטראבלסי בר מרור שלמה
    2. הזקן נע …

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  11. 5861Legal documentT-S NS 338.49

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions a man and his cousin (ibn ʿamm); 51 dinars; and something granted …

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  12. 5862Legal documentYevr. II A 2168

    Legal formulary. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Dating: Unknown. Catalogued as 12th or 13th century, but unclear on what basis.

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  13. 5863Legal documentENA 2728.2

    Legal document written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Dating: 1100-1138. Left side of inquiry with regard to an inheritance of a quarter of a house. …

    1. ] אחצר זוג אלבנת אלצגירה אלכתובה אלד[י . .].[פי]ה אלשרט אלמדכור
    2. ]. .ל. מא אלואגב פי אלסתה דנא[ניר . . . .] עליה אלכדאם מנהא ד
    3. ]אדין אלכפן אא.ח אן מא…

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  14. 5864Legal documentT-S 8J6.17

    Recto: Beginning of a court record. Location: Cairo. Dated: First decade of Ṭevet 1593 Seleucid, which is December 1281 CE, under the authority of David …

    1. שהדותא דהות קדמנא אנן שהדיא דחתימין למטה
    2. למא כאן פי אלעשר אלאול מחדש טבת שנת אלפא וחמש
    3. מאה ותסעין ותלת שנין למניינא דרגילנא לממני ביה
    4. הכא בעיר אלקאה…

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  15. 5865Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.8

    Legal record (#14). Deposition in court. Dated: Thursday, 25 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Faḍl al-Mustaʿmal b. Natan testifies that Hilāl al-Mustaʿmal b. al-Raṣṣāṣ said to …

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  16. 5866Legal documentT-S NS 306.80

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 624 H. Involves Abū l-Faraj b. Fāḍil(?) b. Khalaf al-Tājir and Bū l-ʿIzz b. Bū ʿAlī b. …

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  17. 5867Legal documentT-S 8J4.9

    Legal document. Court record (draft). This document concerns the settlement of an account between Abū al-Mufaḍḍal Netanel b. Yefet and Abū al-Ḥasan Ṭoviyya b. Avraham …

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    1. אחצר אלי בית דין אלשיך אבו אלמפצל מר ור
    2. נתנאל בר מר יפת שטר
    3. עלי אלשיך אבי אלחסן מר טוביה הלוי בר מר
    4. ור אברהם הלוי סט מבלג מאלה כמסה וסתין
    5. דינ …

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    1. The Elder Abū al-Mufaḍḍal (our) tea(cher) and m(aster)
    2. Nathaniel b. Mr. Japheth brought a document to the court
    3. concerning the Elder Abū al-Ḥasan…

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  18. 5868Legal documentENA NS 77.341

    Small fragment of a legal document, probably a ketubba. On parchment. Crumpled and in need of flattening and conservation. Involves [...] b. Ḥalfon ha-Kohen; someone …

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  19. 5869Legal documentT-S NS 320.76b + T-S NS 323.35 + T-S 12.535 + T-S NS 320.76a

    Legal document: Qaraite ketubba from Ramla, part only. Yaʿaqov b. David al-Shulḥanī (groom) and Sayyida bat Wahb al-ʿArḍī (bride). Location: Ramla. Dated: Wednesday, 10 Elul …

    T-S NS 323.35 Recto

    1. בשם אל [עו']                                            ביי יצדקו ויתהללו וג'
    2. ביום רביעי בשבת בעשרה ימים לח[ודש אלו]ל בשנת אלף ו…

    T-S NS 323.35 Recto

    1. In the name of God […] In the Lord they shall be justified and praised (Is. 45: 25).
    2. On Wednesday, the tenth of the month Elul i…

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  20. 5870Legal documentT-S Ar.39.30

    Legal document. In Arabic script. Dating: probably 12th or 13th century. Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) for Maḥāsin b. Saʿīd b. Hilāl al-Yahūdī al-ʿAṭṭār, first five …

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  21. 5871Legal documentT-S NS 224.23

    Small fragment from a legal deed regarding a passageway belonging to Efrayim the elder and his wife (?). Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 …

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  22. 5872Legal documentNLI Ar. 722

    Arabic legal deed confirming the sale of half of a house from a father to his son, and the son's daughter. The sale was made …

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  23. 5873Legal documentT-S 10J26.8

    Writ of agency (אביזאריה). Location: Tripoli (Syria). Dated: Monday, 9 Sivan 4839 = 13 May 1079. Between ʿUlla ha-Levi and Yeshuʿa "Pride of the Communities." …

    1. ואו משב[ח] להון או דעביד פשרה בהדיהון או דמשתלם מנהון [ואית ליה]
    2. רשותא לעולה הלוי דנן למכתב להון אביזאריה ולפצויי אינון ולברויי אינון [ ]
    3. אחריות עלא…

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  24. 5874Legal documentENA NS 58.30

    Legal testimony. In Hebrew, with one signature in both Hebrew and Latin script. Location: Alexandria. Dating: 5624 AM in the month of Shevat which is …

    1. בשלישי בשבת שנת חמשת אלפים ושש מאות ועשרים וארבע ליר׳׳ח שבט למנין שאנו מונים פה נא אמון נתגרשה לפנינו האשה מרת ויניזייאנה דמתקריא
    2. יטא ברת אברהם מאת …

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  25. 5875Legal documentT-S 20.87

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Recto: Decision of the court on repairs in a compound partly owned by the Qodesh. Dated: …

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    1. [ ]תה [ ]
    2. [ ]ה ואנהא אד לם תלחק ואל[א ]
    3. [ ]א ואטפאלה תחת סכנה כבירה מן [ ]
    4. תסקיע אועד אנה יקום במא ינפק פי אלעמא[רה ]
    5. ינוב אלהקד[ש ]מן אלאגרה …

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    1. (1-2) .... and if it is not carried out, and if …. not 

    2. …. and his children in a grave danger of …. 

    3. assessment, (in which) he proposed…

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  26. 5876Legal documentT-S K25.251

    A notary's draft concerning three houses and two ruins forming the object of a settlement. Among the most detailed description of houses in Cairo. Description …

    Beginning of draft, recto, ll. 1–12

    Her name is both Sitt al-Rutab and Sitt al-Fakhr. He releases Sitt [al-Rutab] from all claims and concedes to her…

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  27. 5877Legal documentT-S NS 224.27

    Small strip from a bill of release by a woman to her husband Sason in relating to her ketubah. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi …

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  28. 5878Legal documentT-S NS 338.66

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Likely related to a partnership between two people: ... אננא מקראן ענדכם . . …

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  29. 5879Legal documentPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.22b (Michaelides 22b)

    Legal document, record of testimony (?)

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  30. 5880Legal documentT-S NS 226.82

    Legal notes, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Describing features of a house (al-dār... al-bāb... al-qāʿa...) and …

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  31. 5881Legal documentT-S AS 157.434

    Legal document in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Signed by Pinḥas b. Sheʾerit ha-Kohen. Dating: probably Wednesday, 17 Adar 1536 Seleucid = 26 February …

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  32. 5882Legal documentT-S 13J1.4

    Court record dealing with a loan of one dinar that, according to Ya'ish ha-Kohen b. Avraham, was given by him to Yosef b. Avraham. Yosef …

    1. בש רח
    2. יום אלארבעה ליב בקי מן סיון שנת שכט למנין
    3. בפסטאט מצרים חצר יעיש הכהן בן אברהם ויוסף
    4. בן אברהם אלאסכנדראני ואדעא יעיש עלי יוסף
    5. בדינ דכר אנה אקרצ…

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  33. 5883Legal documentT-S AS 160.282

    List of legal documents, including: (1) For the purchase of a female slave. (2) "A copy of it" for the Rayyis Abū l-Karam. (3) Lease …

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  34. 5884Legal documentT-S 16.192

    Part of a ketubba. Dating: ca. late 11th or early 12th century. Bride: [...] bt. Muvḥar ha-Levi. Groom: Ḥalfon b. Yeshuʿa ha-Levi. Date and location …

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  35. 5885Legal documentT-S AS 147.13

    Bill of divorce. Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 3 Kislev 1391 Seleucid = 31 October 1079 CE. Husband: Shelomo b. Avraham. Wife: Yamān bt. Avraham. Signed …

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    1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא תלתה יומי בירח
    2. כסלו דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין וחד
    3. שנין למניינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט
    4. מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה אנא
    5. שלמה בר אבר…

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  36. 5886Legal documentT-S Misc.29.59a + T-S 13J36.14 + T-S NS 324.135

    Verso: halakhic text, possibly part of a responsum, written by Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE), dealing with excommunication and repentance. (Information in part from …

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  37. 5887Legal documentT-S 13J7.20

    Legal document concerning a husband who wanted to travel to see his mother and relatives and his wife took him to court for it. He …

    1. ]כתאב
    2. ]חוצ..י עדותינו בסוף שטר זה
    3. ]קש ללכת אל אמו וקרוביו כי נכסף
    4. ]אשתו והביאתהו אל מושב בית דין
    5. ]את זה יפת בן עלי שמי שרה בת
    6. ]ם אלך ואבוא ולא האמנת…

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  38. 5888Legal documentHalper 359

    Legal document (debt settlement) issued by a qāḍī court in the Musallamiyya madrasa of Damietta. In Arabic script, with a Judaeo-Arabic filing note. Dated: 10 …

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    1. الحمد لله وهو حسبي هلك حساده
    2. كتبه [؟] الفقير عبد الرحمن الاقصراي الحنبلي
    3. المولى قضا دمياط وخلافتها

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    1. باس…

    Verso, left,ʿalāma

    1. Praise to God ... until his Day of Judgement.

    Verso, left, main text

    1. Praise be to God.

    2. In the law court referenced on the re…

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  39. 5889Legal documentT-S NS 225.48

    Minute fragment from a legal deed, probably written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

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  40. 5890Legal documentENA NS 77.215

    Minute fragment from the beginning of a legal deed in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involves [...] b. [...] ha-Nikhbad and …

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  41. 5891Legal documentT-S NS 338.63

    Legal document (iqrār). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: Abū Isḥ[āq]; half of a profit; entering Fustat; and more.

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  42. 5892Legal documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.13*

    Testimony, deed of divorce, catalogued as a legal document concerning the marital status of the daughter of Sayf al-Dīn, dated 15 Dhū l-Ḥijja 808 H. …

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  43. 5893Legal documentT-S Ar.38.56

    Recto: Court record in Arabic script. Location: Ibwān, al-Ashmūnayn. Dated: First decade of Ramaḍān 495 AH, which is June 1102 CE. Settlement between Durrī b. …

    Recto

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. لما كان فى العشر الأول من شهر رمضان سنة خمس وتسعين واربع ماية حضر درى بن

    3. {بن} عسكر القريطى وزوجته مغربية مولاة يحي…

    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  

    2. In the first ten days of the month of Ramaḍān, in the year four-hundred and  ninety-five, D…

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  44. 5894Legal documentT-S Ar.53.68

    Legal deed for the purchase of a house by a descendant of the Ṭabāṭabā family. Dating: early 5th/11th century. See also T-S Ar. 38127 (early …

    Recto

    1. [ بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ]
    2. [هذا ما اشترى محمد بن ا]سمعيل بن القاسم بن ابرهيم بن اسمعيل بن ابرهيم بن الحسن بن الحسن بن على [بن الحسن ( ؟ ) بن ط…

    Recto

    1.  [In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.]  
    2. [This is what Muḥammad ibn] Ismaʿīl ibn al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Ismaʿīl ibn  Ibrāhī…

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  45. 5895Legal documentT-S AS 148.1

    Letter consisting entirely of instructions to a notary for drawing up a legal document. Dated: Sunday, 28 Muḥarram 547 AH = 5 May 1152 CE. …

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    1. لے
    2. חצר אבו אלרצא וקבץ מן מולאי אלרב
    3. יש צו כמסה ועשרין דינאר ואשהד עלי
    4. נפסה אנה יקים לה במ[א]תין [מן] נשאדר מתי
    5. מא אשתהי מן אליום ואמהלה מולאי …

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  46. 5896Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#78) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 27r-v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 3 Av 5325 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 27r

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ שהר אב יא׳׳ל סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ה׳ //ליצירה// אשהד עליה יעיש אלכהן [...
    2. ע׳אלכרים אלכהן אלמערוף באלמאורדי אנה קבץ' ו…

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  47. 5897Legal documentENA 3030.6–7

    Two fragments of a dowry list (taqwīm). In Judaeo-Arabic. Includes a female slave named Waṣl ("Union") valued at 13 dinars. Delayed marriage payment (muʾakhkhar): 60 …

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  48. 5898Legal documentBL OR 5561B.17

    Recto: Legal document(s). Location: Cairo. Dated: 14 Sivan 5547 AM, which is 1787 CE. ʿIsqa agreement in the "negotiation/brokerage business" = עסק המשא ומתן (ll. …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה היקר ונעלה כה׳׳ר יוסף הלוי ידיע כ'יאט יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר עובדיה נ׳׳ע הודאה גמורה שרירא
    3. וקיימת מעכשיו מעצמו ומדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמור מבלי…

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  49. 5899Legal documentBL OR 10656.14

    Legal document. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom part only). Location: Fustat. Dated: Nisan 1421 Seleucid = March/April 1110 CE. One of the parties is Hibatallāh …

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  50. 5900Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/2

    Legal testimony. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: Torn off. Giving a detailed account about teachers of orphans and parnasim.

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