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  1. 1State documentSt. Catherine, Istanbul Metochion, Stern doc. 4

    State document, in Arabic script. Probably another decree of ʿAbd al-Majīd (al-Ḥāfiẓ) concerning the monks at Mt. Sinai, however, he is not mentioned by name. …

    1. عادات السادات لا يزال سالكا مناهج ابايه الكرام واجداده
    2. ومتبعا اثار عدلهم في بلاد الله وعباده وقاصدا مرضاة الله
    3. سبحانه في اصداره وايراده ومجريا احوال…

    1. … the customs of lords, never ceases wandering upon the path of his noble fathers and ancestors

    2.  and following the traces of their justice in God’s lands and among His creature, aspiring at God’s pleasure

    3. (may He be praised) in his going out and coming in, directing the affairs of the community of Muslims as well as those of the Protection, 

    4. in the way corresponding tohisaccustomed good-will, building upon the 

    5. foundations laid by hisancestors, and carefully nursing the plants which they had sown and planted, 

    6. and observing that which is due to the Apostle of God (may God bless him) in regard tohis community and his protégés, 

    7. and obeying, in guarding and protecting them, the commands and law of his Muslim religion. 

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  2. 2LetterUnknown (excavation registration number 74/12; photograph 27)

    Letter to the Nubian eparch Īsū in Ibrīm from the qāḍī Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Fātiḥ. The qāḍī is writing from Aswān, where he has …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. اعلم صاحب الخيل [ووزير الملك] اطال الله بقاه وادام تاييده وحراسته 
  3. Our sufficiency is God. What a fine keeper is He!
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    1. To the Master of the Horses and vizier of the king, Abū al-Khayr Īsū,
    2. the governor of the land of Marīs Migin and its districts,
    3. may God prolong his life and cause his safety to endure.

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  5. 3LetterT-S 8J21.2

    The letter contains details about shipments of coins, including coins that Nahray ordered from Alexandria and needs to pay for their exchange.

  6. אסעאר בוציר

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    1. ואסעאר

    2. אלקלוץ

    קבל נא את מיטב דרישות השלום, ולאדוני אבו אסחק, דרישות שלום ; והודע לי את המחירים בבוציר

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    ואת המחירים בקאלוץ, והתבלינים. ביקשתי את חסדי אלוהים יתעלה והעמסתי ב(אוניית) בן אלאסכנדר ו' ....

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  8. 4Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Misc.28.29

    Receipt in Arabic and Hebrew script for a purse full of coins from Nahray b. Nissim to Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy in Alexandria.

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  9. 5Legal documentT-S AS 147.224

    Pordonil/Fordonil (the family is sometimes called Perwho owes 13 Istanbuli gold coins

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  10. 6LetterT-S NS 110.26

    Blessings on the Fatimid caliph al-Āmir bi-aḥkām Allāh (1101-31 CE) and on the Gaon Masliah b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, head of the Jerusalem Yeshiva, which then …

    TS NS Box 110, f. 26 + Mosseri L 62, ed. S. D. Goitein, "Prayers from the Geniza for Fatimid Caliphs, the head of Jerusalem Yeshiva, the Jewish community and the local Congregation", in Studies in Judaica, Karaitica and Islamica, Presented to Leon Nemoy...Bar-Ilan University, 1982, pp. 52-54, 12-04-89, N.T. (pp) }

  11. ...May G(od) — m(ay He be) p(raised) - help them and help us; may He subdue
  12. their foes and ours; and may He fill their hearts with kindness t(owards us)
  13. and towards all His people, the house of Is(rael), and let us s(ay) Amen. 
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  15. 7Legal documentT-S 12.62

    Legal document in which a loan of 200 ‘black coins’ is made by a school teacher, to be repaid in monthly instalments of 40 coins.

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  16. 8Legal documentYevr. III B 650

    Fadlān (sic: פרג בן פדלאן) and gold coins.

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  17. 9LetterT-S AS 172.19

    There is a sum of copper coins (fulūs) specified with Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  18. 10Paraliterary textRNL Ms Yevr. Antonin B 154, verso right

    Paraliterary text. Very early calendar calculation using the fixed rabbinic calendar. Dating: 842-843 CE, based on the example year given in the calculations. "This text …

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    1.             הרוצה לידע בכמה בחדש תהיה התקופה מחשב
    2. שנים משנברא העולם ועד עכשיו וטול ימים הנותרים
    3. בין שני חמה ל…
  19. ...And for 600 (years) there are 151 days, 2 hours,
  20. 792 parts. Their totalis 1158 days, 12 hours, 1032 parts.
  21. The total for 4603 years is [ ….]
  22. 1191 days, 4 hours, 564 parts.
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  24. 11Literary textT-S AS 154.134

    Fragment of popular narrative poetry (as evidenced by the פז on verso), featuring dialogue, someone intent on going up to the house of the qāḍī, and 30 coins. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  25. 12List or tableT-S Misc.28.51 + T-S NS J296

    Inventory of silver vessels and expensive fabrics belonging to the two Rabbanite synagogues in Fustat, which were given to Maḥfūẓ, the beadle of the Jerusalemite …

    TS NS J 296, ed. S. D. Goitein, "The synagogue building and its furnishings according to the records of the Cairo Geniza", Eretz Israel, 7(1964), Sefer Meir, pp. 94-95, with corrections from his personal offprint, 12-25-89, N.T. (pp) A List of silver vessels and expensive fabrics belonging to the two Rabbinite synagogues in Fustat, which were given to the beadle of the Jerusalemite synagogues in 1159. The right side of this document is TS Misc. Box 28, fol. 51 and the left side is TS NS J 296.

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  26. 13Legal documentSassoon 1055g

    A testimony of a person who received 47.5 harf (each of them equal to 40 baqsha silver coins) for selling his part of a house in Sana'a.

    1. [במדינת צנעא דעל נהרא דמיא אלמרבכי מותבא ביומא דנן אתא לקדמנא אנן סהדי דחתימין]
    2. לתתא סלימאן בן יוסף בן אלמעלם אבואלסעוד מרגז וחיניד נטק וקאל אשהדו ע…

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  27. 14Legal documentJRL P 1070

    Zurayq and a loan of golden coins. Someone says that something 'is [written?]

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  28. 15Legal documentJRL B 4461

    ham b. ʿAllān; six gold coins that had been deposited with someone; ʿAṭiyya ha-Sh[...]; Salmān.

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  29. 16Legal documentJRL B 5845

    Mentions the dowry (nedunya) and 80 gold coins.

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  30. 17State documentP. Washington Libr. of Congress Inv. Ar. Paper 63

    State document, probably late Fatimid or Ayyubid. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad the miller reports to a wazir (name unattested) about the dilapidated condition of the masjid …

    1. عبده احمد بن علي بن احمد الدقاق

    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    3. عدل سيدنا الوزير الاجل اطال الله بقاه وادام نعماه وكبت اعداه قد شمل سائر

    4. عبيده ورعاه(؟…

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  31. 18LetterT-S 10J32.10

    Mentions ships, shipment of dates, coins and trades, as well as family matters. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #396) VMR

  32. אנפאד

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  34. כל האוניות עברו את מזרעה שבהר, חוץ מאוניות הקאצים ....
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    (10-6) הכיס שאצל מימון, אחרי שתמכור אותו, שלח אותו בהקדם

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    (9–21) ....

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  36. 19Legal documentENA NS 77.279

    Abū [...] and a woman are involved, gold coins, and a payment. Unclear if any of the specifics are preserved.

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  37. 20Legal documentT-S 20.156

    The dower is made in a mixture of regular dinars and al-ʿAzīzī coins. The price of Farajiyya's dowry is listed as 81.5 dinars.

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    1. … [א]ותה וא…
    2. … ולא אעזוב א[תה ולא] אגרע אותה שארה כסותה וע[ונתה] …
  38. ...I advanced her from them ten …
  39. … and binding. And this Farajiyya, the young girl, the virgin, daughter of Jehuda, accepted and wanted to be married tothis Yeshacya, the groom, ben Isaac,to be [his wife] …
  40. to obey, esteem, respect and help him, and to do in his house all that the pure daughters of Israel do in the house of their husbands, and to behave towards him with love and compassion …
  41. … [to be under his dominion] and to have her desire directed towards him.
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  43. 21LetterMittwoch 8

    Letter in Hebrew mentioning Avraham b. ʿAllūn, 20 gold coins, a deposit and a lawsuit. Dating: Might be 11th century.

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  44. 22LetterCUL Or.1080 J36

    Also mentions details about storing goods and some details about coins. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #347) VMR

  45. תחצר מרדוך

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    1. לם אקבץ

    2. מנה ענך גיר

    ואני יודע שמקום שאתה נמצא בו כאילו הייתי בו בעצמי (אשר למרדוך)

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    (1–6) לא קיבלתי ממנו מטעמך אלא דינר וחצי, ואמר: לא אשלם לך דבר, וכי כתב לך מכתב ובו חשבונך.

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  47. 23List or tableT-S Misc.28.29

    Around 1065. Detailed the coins that were in a coin packet. Verso: Details about several dinar amounts, as well as the name b. al-Majani.

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    1. אלחאפט' אללה נהראי בן נסים צרה אלעדד ע''א דינ' ונצ' ונצ' רבאעי 

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    1. אלוהים השומר. נהוראי בן נסים, כיס: המספר ע"א דינרים וחצי רבע דינר
    2. מהם ט"ו דינר מֶרָאבְּטי', 
    3. י"ו דינרים וחצי ברבעי דינר, 
    4. והשאר (דינרים) שלמים; משקל כולל, חוץ מג' הדינרים, 
    5. ע' דינרים.

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  48. 24LetterT-S 8J19.24

    The letter deals with shipments of goods and coins. The writer asks Nahray to take care of two Muslims that are delivering this letter.

  49. סארך

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    1. אלה ברקלואת

    2. אלדי בקית

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    ה' הברקלו שנותרו לאדוני ורבי אבו אלסרור מסרתים לאבו אלפצל, והגיעו למאזר בשלום, תודה לאל; ושילמתי ה' דינרים שקולים, הוצאות.

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  51. 25Legal documentAIU XII.101

    A transaction in the coinage of al-jadīd al-Sulaymānī (=the new coins minted by Suleiman I) is also mentioned.

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  52. 26Legal documentT-S NS 323.22

    Concerns a debt of 19 gold coins resulting from the sale of fine linen (שש) of the government.

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  53. 27LetterT-S 16.305

    Letter from Yehuda ha-Melammed b. al-Ammani, in Alexandria, to Avraham Maimonides in Fustat. Dated: Adar 1528 Seleucid, which is 1217 CE. Yehuda devotes the bulk …

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    1. אופא מן דאך [. . . . .] אנא ועמי ואולאדה

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  54. 28Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/44

    Shelomo. Early: 25 silver coins, Late: 20 dinars. Only the beginning of the dowry list survives.

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    1. בשם א[ל ע]ולם     הצליחו האלהים     ביי' יצדקו וית'      שוש אשיש
  55. ...He shall return His Glory toHis throne. He shall rebuild His palace, temple and hall. [He shall gather together the dispersed ones] of His people and …
  56. their land and glory […].
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  58. 29LetterENA 3793.3

    Complaining that the addressee has not fulfilled his vow to give Yosef sum of money in gold; Yosef has only received 10 silver coins. "What is my sin, that you have not fulfilled your vow?"

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  59. 30LetterT-S 8J16.22

    He approves that he received coins but he cannot weigh them because he does not have a scale.

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    1. עלקת הדה אלרקעה יאמולאי

    2. אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאיך

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    1. (2−1) אני מצרף פתק זה, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך,
    2. מבוציר, באחרון של תשרי; לפני כן שלחתי לך מכתב,
    3. אדוני, והודעתיך כי שני הכיסים
    4. הגיעו ושמניינם נכון, אבל לא שקלתי כי אין
    5. עמי מאזניים, אבל אעשה זאת ברצון האל.

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  60. 31Legal documentCUL Add.3430

    Early: 5 dinars plus 50 silver coins. Late: 35. Detailed dowry list, totaling 61.5 dinars.

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    1. בשם אל חי ויבנו ויצליחו     ביי יצדקו וית' וג' ושבי יהודיא בנין ומצליחין
  61. The above-mentioned Sarwa listenedto the words of Hezekiah and agreed to marry him and to be his wife and companion" in purity, holiness,
  62. and fear of God, tolistentohis words, to honor and to hold him dear, to be his helper, and to do in his house what a virtuous Jewish woman is expected to do, to conduct herself
  63. toward him with love and considerateness, to be under his rule, and her desire will be toward him.
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  65. 32List or tableENA 2627.51

    Verso: Accounts in a late hand mentioning ashrafi coins and a certain Rivqa. The mention of the ashrafī makes it possible to date this fragment as no earlier than 1425 CE, when this form of coinage was first minted under Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay.

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  66. 33List or tableJRL B 3265

    Late account of sorts, using western Arabic numerals: "What was collected from the mother: first, ashrafiyya coins: 3; second. . . . " The mention of ashrafi coinage makes it possible to estimate the dating of this fragment as 1425 CE or later– the year in which it was first minted by Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay.

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  67. 34Legal documentT-S AS 151.263

    Mentions a sum of Malikī dinars (the gold coins of Yemen in this period, worth "somewhat more than one third of the Fatimid dinar" according to Goitein).

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  68. 35Legal documentT-S K15.95

    Accounts by a communal official. In Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Iyyār 1461 Seleucid, which is May 1150 CE. […] The next day they took forty silver coins by way of compromise (ṣulḥ). In addition—six dirhams to the representative. […] Taken from our pocket: four coins." (Information from Moshe Yagur, "Several Documents from the Cairo Geniza Concerning Conversion to Islam," (2020).)

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    1. וען שהד אלקאצ'י עשרה ורק

    2. וגועל ביד אבו מחמד א'ד'

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  69. 36LetterT-S Misc.8.26

    Letter(s) of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are specific stories conveyed here, but the text is written in codex format—so maybe this is a …

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  70. 37Literary textT-S Misc.14.26

    Printed treatise in Ladino and Hebrew. Glosses on the book of Job.

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  71. 38Literary textT-S Misc.15.26

    Printed treatise in Ladino and Hebrew. Translation of Mishna Avot.

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  72. 39State documentT-S Misc.22.263

    State document, in Arabic script. Maybe a decree issued in response to a petition. Wide space between the lines. Mentions a masjid in al-aʿmāl al-gharbiyya …

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    1. ما انتهى الينا من ان بالاعمال الغربية مسجدا يعرف
    2. بمسجد الدعوة معروف بالبركة واجابة الدعا

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  73. 40LetterT-S Misc.25.126

    Letter from Avraham b. David b. Sighmar, Fustat, probably to Daniel b. Azarya, Jerusalem. The beginning of June 1056. After the passing of Yefet b. …

    TS Misc. Box 25, f. 126, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp. 746-748 (Doc. #402), C.T., 7-5-86 (P)

    1. ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה וציאנתה וולאיתה וחרסאתה

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  74. 41List or tableT-S Misc.26.2

    Genealogical lists. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Looks 12th or 13th century; some of the names may be known.

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  75. 42LetterT-S Misc.26.21

    Business letter addressed to Yiṣḥaq Sholal ha-Kohen. Dating: Before 1502 CE, because Yiṣḥaq Sholal was not yet the Nagid at the time this letter was …

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  76. 43LetterT-S Misc.26.22

    Letter fragment by Shelomo b. Yehuda. The verso contains an intriguing circular line of text comprising a blessing for Shelomo b. Yehuda (perhaps a seal?).

    TS Misc. Box26, f. 22, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, p.290 (Doc. #166), C.B. 02-09-88 (p) Fragment of a letter by Solomon b. Judah.

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  77. 44LetterT-S Misc.26.35

    Letter in Arabic script. Most of the paper is preserved, but the text is very faded and overwritten with Hebrew jottings. Needs examination.

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  78. 45State documentT-S Misc.26.37

    Official letter in Arabic script. Beautiful handwriting.

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  79. 46List or tableT-S Misc.26.37

    Contributors list, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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  80. 47LetterT-S Misc.26.38

    Letter from Hārūn b. Yaʿqūb, in Tiberias, possibly addressed to Mūsā b. Ismāʿīl b. Sahl. Dating: Likely 11th century. Dealing with the indigo trade. Needs …

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  81. 48List or tableT-S Misc.26.51

    Probably a communal account for wheat distribution. Mainly in Arabic script, with some interspersed Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Several women are named. …

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  82. 49State documentT-S Misc.26.52

    Petition or report. Bottom ~10 lines are preserved. Difficult handwriting. The first line may begin with the words "umūr al-thaghr." Mentions a paper trail and …

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  83. 50Legal documentT-S Misc.26.60

    Ketubba, probably. Late. These are two addenda that detail various obligations of the groom Yaḥyā. Presumably the original ketubba itself was located on the upper …

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