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  1. 7851Legal documentENA NS 83.143

    Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Looks literary at first glance, but mentions a kharājī year (or at least something "al-kharājiyya"), which suggests something to do …

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  2. 7852Legal documentT-S AS 145.243

    Bifolium from a book of legal formularies.

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  3. 7853Legal documentAIU VII.D.49

    Bifolium with four document entries, probably a fragment from a court register. Recto: (1) Debt acknowledgement between Moshe Benvenist to Shabbetay b. Merkado מוגנאגי (Mujnajī?). …

    1. [... חד]ש חשון התצ׳׳א
    2. [ח]ייב הר׳ משה בנבנישת תושב עיר ר[שי]ד ה[עומ]ד היום
    3. פה מצרים להר׳ שבתי דמתק׳ מרקאדו מוגנאגי יצ׳׳ו [ת]ושב פה
    4. [העי]רה סך חמשה אל…

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  4. 7854Legal documentT-S AS 154.304

    Fragment from a legal document, mentioning Fusṭāṭ, the month Marḥeshvan, and a woman renting. Handwriting of Hillel b. ʿEli? (Information in part from CUDL)

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  5. 7855Legal documentYevr. II K 42

    Karaite decorated ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Yosef b. Moshe. The bride is Esther known as Mas'uda.

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  6. 7856Legal documentT-S 12.116

    Recto: ketubba of [...] b. Nissim (groom) and Jins (bride), a divorcee. Locaiton: Fusṭāṭ. Verso: title page for laments for the 9th of Av. In …

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  7. 7857Legal documentT-S J3.46

    Procedure of ḥaliṣa. Two cases, one serving as model. (1) Fulāna bt. Netanʾel b. Aharon; Moshe b. Seʿadya; Moshe's brother Shelomo b. Seʿadya. (2) On …

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  8. 7858Legal documentT-S NS 305.82

    Recto: End of a legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Iyyar 1451 Seleucid, which is 1140 CE. Written and signed by Natan b. Shemuel. Also signed …

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  9. 7859Legal documentT-S 8.163

    Barely legible legal document concerning marriage. It may be a ketubba, but the legal formulae that remain are not unique to ketubbot. (Information from CUDL)

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  10. 7860Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1385

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 11 Heshvan = Safar 699 AH = 7 November 1299 CE. Abū l-Bahā b. Mukram (Makārim?) Ibn al-Ṣūrī agrees not …

    1. בר
    2. יקול מן יצע כטה אכרה אנא חצרנא וחצר
    3. בחצורנא אלשיך אבו אלבהא ולד אלשיך
    4. מכרם רח אל אלמערוף באבן אלצורי
    5. ואשהד אללה עלי נפסה באנה לא יעבר
    6. לבנתה סת אל…

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  11. 7861Legal documentHalper 376

    Legal formulary, including templates for a deathbed will and for a release (meḥila)

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  12. 7862Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J280

    Legal notes notarized by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Dating: Early 13th century. (1) Location: Cairo. Shelomo b. Yiṣḥaq had paid 30 dinars and Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. …

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  13. 7863Legal documentT-S 8.124

    Contract between ʿAlun and Judah the cantor. Signatures include Maʿarūf b. Judah, Yaʾir b. Elʿazar and Menashshe b. Judah. Verso: possibly accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information …

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  14. 7864Legal documentJRL A 1889

    On recto a late engagement (shiddukhin) deed. Groom: Shabbetay b. Yeshuʿa. Bride: [...] bt. David Mizraḥi. Dated: 1 Ḥeshvan 5605 = 14 October 1844 CE. …

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  15. 7865Legal documentT-S 13J6.32

    India Book I, 22. Draft of an oath to be taken by Yosef Lebdi in which he enumerates his assets. Due to the litigation between …

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    1. אלדי יחלף עליה ⟦פל'⟧ יוסף בר דויד נ''ע לדויד בר שלמה אכיה נ''ע
    2. אנה מא כאן ואלדה שלמה פי מעאמלה ושרכה וכלטה וארת 
    3. ואכד ועטא מן וקת אן אנעקדת אל…

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    1. Joseph b. David—may he rest in Eden!—will swear, on behalf of David, the son of his brother Solomon—may he rest in Eden!—

    2. that he never ch…

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  16. 7866Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.28

    India Book III, 54: Legal record (#64). Trousseau list (taqwīm). Groom: Peraḥya b. Yosef Yiju. Bride: Sitt al-Dār ('Mistress of the House'), the daughter of …

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    1. תקוים אלש' בו אלסרור //פרחיה\\ בן יוסף ידיע בן יגו
    2. סת אלדאר בנת עמה זל אברהם 
    3. אלמקדם עשרין     אלמוכר כמסין 
    4.                    ושרוט בנאת ישר…

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    1. {Dowry list for Sheikh Bu ʾl-Surūr //Peraḥyā// b. Joseph, known as Ben Yijū.
    2. Sitt al-Dār, the daughter of his paternal uncle—may his memory be…

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  17. 7867Legal documentT-S AS 152.159

    Small fragment, probably from the opening of a ketubah (but can also be from top of a letter).

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  18. 7868Legal documentT-S AS 145.387

    Legal document. Small fragment. Perhaps a marriage contract (...tosefta ve-nedunya...).

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  19. 7869Legal documentBL OR 8696.1

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1427 Seleucid, which is 1115/16 CE. Ghāliya bt. Shelomo the divorcee …

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  20. 7870Legal documentT-S NS 226.136

    Legal document, small fragment. Possibly a deed of sale describing the location of a property.

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  21. 7871Legal documentT-S J2.76

    Purchase note that once belonged to a bible (ze ha-muṣḥaf). The purchaser is Yaʿaqov b. Sahlān b. Yaʿaqov, whose name appears in the body of …

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  22. 7872Legal documentT-S 8J12.4

    Recto: Deed of manumission for a slave. Fragment, bottom part only. There are jottings in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script underneath, probably completely unrelated (ויאכל פיהא …

    1. ברעות נפשכי כשאר חרורי משוחר[
    2. המשוחרר ולא לירתאי בתראי ולא לכל מאן דייתי מחמת[
    3. עלך שעבודא ולא על זרעיך דמיקמת בישראל ודן די
    4. יהוי ליכי מיני גט שחרור …

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  23. 7873Legal documentENA 4011.37

    Legal document. Fragment (upper right piece). Faded. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1492 Seleucid = 1180/81 CE. Possibly a debt contract for the repayment of 1 dinar. …

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  24. 7874Legal documentHalper 346

    Legal document. Record of release. Dated: April or May 1164. In the hand of judge Mevorakh b. Natan. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Bū Sahl al-Jubaylī accepts …

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    1. חצר אלינא אנן חתומי מטה אבו אלעלא בן בו סהל אלגבילי ואעתרף ענדנא ואשהדנא עלי נפסה
    2. והו פי צחה מן עקלה וגואז אמרה אנה קבץ ותסלם מן אלשיך אבו אלמ…

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    1. Abū al-‘Alā b. (A)bū Sahl al-Jubaylī came before us—we, the undersigned—and stated before us, and called upon us to testify concerning him that…

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  25. 7875Legal documentT-S AS 167.52 + T-S AS 167.51

    Two fragments from the bottom of a legal document (or draft) in Judaeo-Arabic, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38 CE). Contains release …

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  26. 7876Legal documentBL OR 10126(1).25

    Marriage contract. Dated: Ḥeshvan 5570 AM = October/November 1809 CE. Elegantly decorated capitals, calligraphic script. Groom: Yosef b. Yehuda b. Shemuel. Bride: [...] bt. Yaʿaqov …

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  27. 7877Legal documentT-S Misc.35.50

    Copies of six announcements made by a legal court dealing with cases of lost property, libel, slander of a fellow Jew before non-Jewish authorities, recommending …

    TS Misc. Box 35, f. 50, (formerly LOAN 50), ed. Mann, Texts, vol. 1,pp. 555-557, 07-27-90 Y.S. (p)Aram - Copies of six announcements made by a legal …

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  28. 7878Legal documentT-S 13J4.19

    Power of attorney (שטר הרשאה) from Rachel the widow of Eliezer Zussman to her son Moses Zussman. Dated Friday 2 Iyyar 5324 (= April 1564 …

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  29. 7879Legal documentT-S NS 96.66

    Right column: Petition by Muslim b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār to a Fatimid judge regarding an endowment consisting of some shops that Muslim granted to his wife …

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    1.                             عبدها مسلم بن عبد الجبار

    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ثبت

    3. قد اجاب حضرة مولاى القاضى الاجل اطال الله ب…

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    1. His slave Muslim ibn Abd al-Jabbār.
    2. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionte. Registered. 

    3. My lord the glorious jud…

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  30. 7880Legal documentT-S NS 305.213

    Small fragment of an Arabic legal document. Only a few words are preserved including the physical description of one of the parties (wāḍiḥ al-jabha...).

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  31. 7881Legal documentT-S 12.516

    Recto: Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. The person making the acknowledgment is ʿAntar al-ustādh al-Zukhrī(?) (a eunuch and/or government officer). He is 'yellow-skinned' …

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  32. 7882Legal documentT-S 12.710

    Verso: Partnership contract. In Hebrew. Dated: Thursday, 24 Tammuz 1298 Seleucid, which is 23 June 987 CE. Yosef b. Yaʿaqov and ʿEli b. Qimoy each …

    1. זכרון //עדות// שהיה לפנינו אנו העדים
    2. החתומים במטה(!) ביום חמישי
    3. בעשרים וארבעה ימים
    4. בחדש תמוז שנת אלף ומאתים
    5. ותשעים ושמונה שנים למנין
    6. שטרות שאנו רגיל…

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  33. 7883Legal documentENA 3943.15

    Bottom of a legal document (draft?) in Arabic script. Dated: middle decade of Rabīʿ II 488 AH. Mentions al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbdallāh b. [...].

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  34. 7884Legal documentT-S AS 177.199

    Subsequent use: Unidentified document in Arabic script. The handwriting looks Ayyubid or early Mamluk. Needs examination.

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  35. 7885Legal documentNLI Ms. Ar. 276.2

    Legal document from the high court (al-Bāb al-ʿĀlī) in Cairo. In Arabic script. Dated: 17 Ṣafar 1228 AH = 19 February 1813 CE. Judge: Muṣṭafā …

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  36. 7886Legal documentT-S 12.593

    Deed of release. Written by Hillel b. ʿEli. Fragment (right side only). Written on parchment. Regarding a woman’s ketubba. Involves Ibrāhīm and Mev[orakh or Mevasser]. …

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  37. 7887Legal documentT-S 12.514

    Legal deed. On parchment. Particularly old. Dated: Monday, 6 Shevaṭ 4716 AM = 21 January 956 CE. Signed by at least thirteen witnesses, all in …

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  38. 7888Legal documentT-S NS 224.40 + T-S NS 184.67

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Ṣāfī b. Yakhin appoints [Yaʿ]aqov(?) b. Yiṣḥaq(?) al-Sijilmāsī as his agent to collect aloe from another …

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  39. 7889Legal documentENA NS 77.63

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Refers to "entering" (can refer to a marriage) on Passover.

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  40. 7890Legal documentT-S AS 145.158

    Legal fragment, probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe or Natan b. Shemuel. Contains phrases typical of bills of divorce. mentions [...]. ha-Levi. Possibly …

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  41. 7891Legal documentT-S AS 146.158

    Minute fragment. On Recto an opening of a marriage document which might be connected to the verso. On verso an opening of a betrothal deed. …

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  42. 7892Legal documentT-S Misc.25.13

    Bill of divorce. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 4 Elul 1392 Seleucid, which is 1081 CE. Husband: Ṣedaqa b. Avraham. Wife: Rashīda bt. Yeshuʿa. Witnesses: Mevorakh …

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  43. 7893Legal documentT-S AS 152.330

    Small fragment from the draft of a document, written in two different hands (one is that of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe). Mentions "to his mother, whatever …

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  44. 7894Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#42) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 15r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated Tammuz 5321 AM …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 15r

    1. פיאלתראב לם ימסכה בידה ולא יתסבב פיה דון אן יופי הדה אלמבלג אלדי כ[..]ה
    2. אתנין ועשרין אשרפי דהב צלאטנה אלמד׳ אע׳ תם אשהד…

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  45. 7895Legal documentT-S AS 147.245

    Draft of the opening date of a legal document (probably a ketubah). AA

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  46. 7896Legal documentMoss. IV,33.1

    Recto: draft of a court record written by Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi (active 1165–1203). Involves a sale; Abū l-Faraj b. Abū Naṣr; an agent, Abū …

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  47. 7897Legal documentT-S AS 148.118

    Small fragment of a legal document. Probably containing marriage conditions: "...rather he will live there... unless she consents..."

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  48. 7898Legal documentT-S Ar.7.1

    Deed of sale. In Arabic script. Abū l-Bayān Ibrāhīm b. Mubārak b. Mufarrij al-Isrā'īlī purchases a property. Mentions the rights to the millstone (al-ḥajar) and …

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  49. 7899Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J9

    Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. Eli. Dating: 3 Nissan 1388 Seleucid (March 30, 1077 CE). Declaration by ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh the Parnas, …

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  50. 7900Legal documentT-S 10K15.1

    Maimonides' decree on menstrual purity. Dated 1487 Seleucid = 1175/76 CE. See Eve Krakowski, "Maimonides' Menstrual Reform in Egypt," JQR (2020), 245–89.

    Build up, build up, clear the way! Remove a stumbling block from my people’s way.

    We, the scholars living in Egypt at this time, say: When we were …

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