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  1. 1Legal documentBL OR 5542.4

    India Book VII, 2: Legal document. Dated: Monday, 2 Iyyar 1398 Seleucid, which is 1087 CE. Location: Fustat. Moshe b. Elḥanan comes before the court …

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  2. 2LetterBodl. MS heb. b 3/26

    India Book VII, 36. Letter from Alexandria to a merchant in Fustat (Gil) or from Fusṭāṭ to Aden (Goitein). Dating: 1065 (Gil) or c. 1100 …

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  3. 3LetterCUL Or.1080 J30

    India Book VII, 24: Letter concerning a girl who had been regarded as being a Muslim and when she appeared before the Qāḍī, declared she …

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  4. 4Legal query or responsumCUL Or.1080 J32

    IB VII, 31. Legal query to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) regarding a man who takes a 200 dinar loan and appoints his parents as …

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  5. 5LetterENA 1822a.8

    Letter, IB VII, 66 (unpublished). Letter from South Arabia to Egypt giving order on a large gift to Maimonides (l. 14r). On verso an Arabic …

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    1. ] . . . ונפדתה צחבה אבו
    2. סעד וקד דפע אבו סעד אלגוזה ואלענבר אלי אל
    3. שיך מצמון פבאללה עליך לא תשגל אמה קלבהא
    4. חית לם יצל מנה כתאב וחק אלתורה מא הו…

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  6. 6LetterENA 2558.2

    IB VII, 52. Recto: Letter likely sent from Aden to Fustat. (The locations are not specified in the document; this is Goitein's assessment.) In Judaeo-Arabic, …

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  7. 7Legal documentENA 2727.15c

    India Book VII, 17: Recto: Quittance given to the carriers of goods sent from Yemen by a husband, Abū Yaʿqūb [...] b. Efrayim to his …

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  8. 8LetterENA 2739.17

    India Book VII, 60. Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a husband to his wife. Note that Goitein calls this manuscript ENA 2739.16 in Letters of Medieval …

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    In (Your name!)

    A. DEATH OF THE JUDGE

    Just is the Lord in all his ways, etc. (Psalm 145:17)

    The righteous man has gone, etc. (Isaiah 51:1)

    Co…

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  9. 9LetterENA NS 48.22

    India Book VII, 48: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. "1200 Malikī dinars. . . I was distressed by (the state of) those poor children. . . …

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  10. 10LetterHalper 384

    India Book VII, 46. Business letter relating to the India trade. In Judaeo-Arabic. The names of the sender and addressee are not preserved. Goitein initially …

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  11. 11LetterJRL B 6461 + T-S NS J180

    India Book VII, 53: Letter fragment from an India trader, in Aden. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that all is well and that the first …

    1. לא עדמתהא ולא כלות מנהא
    2. ואמא אכבאר אלבלאד פאכבאר
    3. סארה ללה אלחמד ואלשכר עלי דלך
    4. כתירא כתירא וסטר אלממלוך הדה
    5. אלכדמה וקד וצל אול מראכב אלהנד
    6. ווצל מרכב…

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  12. 12LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 2111/4

    Business letter. Small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Mentions pepper and lac.

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  13. 13Legal documentT-S 8J5.14

    India Book VII, 29: Court ledger. Fol. 2v: First page of a document concerning pursuing and finding a debtor "beyond Qūṣ," i.e., in ʿAydhāb. Location: …

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  14. 14LetterT-S 8J9.14 + T-S NS J136

    India Book VII, 47 + VII, 57: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Yemeni hand, according to Goitein. Wide space between the lines. Dealing with various commodities related …

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  15. 15Legal documentT-S 8J9.17

    India Book VII, 26: Bifolio from a court ledger in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (compare Yevr.-Arab. I 1700). Dated: Tishrei-Ḥeshvan 1472 Seleucid = …

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  16. 16LetterT-S 10J29.3

    India Book VII, 45: Letter, written by a trader before leaving Aden for Nahrawāra, mentioning Abū l-Waḥš, Abū Saʿd, Abū Naṣr, Abū Yaʿqūb and the …

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  17. 17Legal documentT-S 13J14.4

    IB VII, 5. A note (ruqʿa) with a merchant's disposition for his property in contemplation of death. He specifies that his daughter should not marry …

    1. אלדי יעמל בעד ופאתי אן זוגתי לא תטאלב בשי מן [גמיע] מא פי אלבית
    2. מן אלמאעון וגירה לא אלדהב אלמצאג פאנה ללצגירה תחת יד אמהא
    3. ולא תזוג אלצביה אלא אן תופ…

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  18. 18LetterT-S 16.215

    India Book VII, 41: Commercial letter related to the India trade. Dating: 1154–61. Mentions sprinkler bottles (qumqum) for rose water brought by the qāḍī Najm …

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  19. 19LetterT-S 20.173

    India Book VII, 65: Long letter from Yaʿaqov b. Salīm, in al-Juwwa (near Aden, Yemen), to the judge and parnas Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, in …

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  20. 20LetterT-S Ar.30.145

    India Book VII, 50. Letter (memo) from an unnamed India trader, probably in Aden, to Mufaḍḍal Ibn Abī Saʿd, in Qūṣ. Dating: first third of …

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    1. אללה חסבי
    2. אלדי סירה אלממלוך אלא ענד אלמולא //אלסיד מפצל אבן אבו סעד//
    3. אדאם אללה עזה
    4. צחבה אלשיך יחיה בן אבי אלקאסם
    5. אלסכאוי פי מטיה…

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    1. (To) M. Mufaḍḍal Ibn Abī Saʿd ("Excellent, son of Fortunate"). God is sufficient for me.
    2. These items have been sent by your serva…

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  21. 21LetterT-S AS 130.76 + T-S AS 130.77 + T-S AS 130.78

    Letter referring to finances. (Information from CUDL.) Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi.

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  22. 22LetterT-S AS 156.237 + T-S AS 156.238

    IB VII, 70. Letter from ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn, Aden, after his return from a difficult voyage to the southern coast of India, to ʿArūs b. …

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    1. [Your servant took notice of... and your yearning] for him, a feeling shared by me. [May God ordain that]

    2. prosperity and he…

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  23. 23Legal documentT-S AS 167.178

    Top of a legal deed. In which Abū l-Fakhr [Saʿadya] b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī acknowledges receipt of a sum from a certain Abū l-Ḥasan.

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  24. 24Legal documentT-S Misc.24.137.2

    India Book VII, 6: A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat …

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  25. 25Legal documentT-S Misc.24.137.2

    A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat and Iyyar 1410 Sel. …

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  26. 26Legal documentT-S NS 292.10

    India Book VII, 20: Document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (left side). Concerning business in pepper in Yemen. Involves Seʿadya ha-Kohen, Abū …

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  27. 27Legal documentT-S NS J46

    India Book VII, 10e (ז10ה): Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-138 CE). Certifying that Abū l-Faraj al-Jubaylī (Yeshuʿa b. Menashshe …

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  28. 28LetterT-S NS J117

    India Book VII, 42a: Letter from an unidentified merchant, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. He complains about the difficulties of getting pepper through customs. The qāḍī …

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  29. 29LetterT-S NS J182

    India Book VII, 51: Fragment of a mercantile letter, probably from Aden, concerning shipments of textiles, books, spices, and gems. (Information from Goitein notes linked …

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    1. אגתהאד אלממלוך פי ביעהם וקד תעוצת מן ק[ימתהם
    2. מא תצמנתה אלתדכרה וצדר פי אלכארם אלמבארך
    3. וכאן חי אלשיך אלמולא אבו אלפצאיל נפד לממלוכהא
    4. עאם אול ת…

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  30. 30LetterT-S NS J298

    India Book VII, 40: Letter sent from an unidentified man, in Alexandria, to his brother, possibly in Shayzar (Syria). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender has recently …

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  31. 31LetterT-S NS J426

    India Book VII, 54: Mercantile letter, possibly sent from Aden to India. Reports that Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Ḥalābū (?) was in a shipwreck at …

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    1. ] . . . . אלבראה אן שא אללה . . . . אקי צחבה . . . .
    2. ] ולא תאכד עלי עבדהא פי תאכרהם פוחק דין ישראל אן
    3. אד וצלני אלכתאב לם אלבת בל תאני יום וצול…

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  32. 32Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/17

    India Book VII, 11: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). David b. Yiṣḥaq Ibn al-Ṣafaṭ (? אלצפט) acknowledges receipt …

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  33. 33LetterBodl. MS heb. f 103/39

    India Book VII, 63: Letter of recommendation for charity for the judge Avraham b. Yosef. The addressee is on a boat and about to set …

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  34. 34LetterENA 2575.7 + ENA 2575.8

    Letter reporting the sinking of a ship in the Red Sea, dating probably from the 14th century or later based on the mention of the …

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    1. [...]ם אכוך
    2. [...]ב אמארה כל

    3. [...]לה וגרם אלף וכמס מאיה

    4. דרהם ומן גהה אלעבד מבארך פשעיה פי אסכנדריא

    5. ואכדה אלמחתסב בלאש מא סלם פיה שי וגרם…

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  35. 35Legal documentENA 4020.14

    India Book VII, 12: Bifolium from a court notebook. Dating: One entry is dated Shevat 1411 Seleucid, which is January 1100 CE. The four pages …

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  36. 36Legal documentENA 4020.26

    IB VII, 25. Legal testimony about the customs of the merchants of Fustat regarding partnerships. The testimony describes how partnerships are established. Dated: middle decade …

    1. נקול אנן שה[די] דחתמות ידנא לתחתא אלדי נעלמה ונשהד בה

    2. אלשהאדה אלקאטעה במא גראת בה אלעאדה במצר בין אל

    3. תגאר פי אלשרכה ודלך אדא דכלוא מנהם גמאעה…

    1. We, the undersigned witnesses, say what we know and testify to, an

    2. irrefutable testimony about what is the custom in Miṣr between 

    3. merchants (a…

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  37. 37LetterJRL B 6427

    Small fragment of a business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā (cf. T-S 8.69 (PGPID 9265)). Dating: 12th century. Mentions [...] …

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  38. 38Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 2

    Fol. 2: Deed of sale, probably an Iqrār in Arabic script. The text on verso seems to be in a different hand and it is …

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  39. 39LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 571

    One side: four fragments of a letter, in an official looking hand, in Arabic script. Mentions 300 dīnārs. Needs examination.

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  40. 40Legal documentL-G Misc. 48

    India Book VII, 15: Legal deed. On parchment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-138 CE). In which Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Tinnīsī (aka …

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  41. 41List or tableMoss. VII,55

    India Book VII, 22: Inventory of what was found in the house of a certain Yiṣḥaq. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on textile (cotton?). Scribed by …

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  42. 42Legal documentMoss. VII,77

    India Book VII, 16: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involving Abū l-Baqā' and the late Abū l-Riḍā, …

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  43. 43LetterT-S 8J13.6

    India Book VII, 42b: Letter from a certain Maḥāsin, in ʿAydhāb, to his "brother" the cantor Abū Isḥāq b. al-Mumḥe, in Fustat. Sent to the …

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  44. 44Legal documentT-S 10J7.11 + T-S NS J81

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Two fragments from the right side. Concerning a release granted by a creditor to Abū …

    T-S 10J7.11 recto

    1. [ ]לך א[ ]
    2. דנן בקנין גמ[ור ]
    3. ותנאין אן אלת[ ]
    4. עליה אלסלטאן לל[ ]
    5. אלשרוט אלמשרוח[ה ]
    6. טלב עלי אלשיך אבו אל[ ]
    7. מסתכלאצהא לא גיר בח[ ]…

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  45. 45List or tableT-S 10J30.12

    IB VII, 44. Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Payment for customs in the Red Sea ports of ʿAydhāb, Bāḍiʿ, and Sawākin. Commodities include: …

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  46. 46LetterT-S 16.255

    IB VII, 64. Enthusiastic letter by Yaʿaqov b. Yeshaʿyahu ha-Kohen, a leader of the Jews of Yemen, to Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, congratulating him on his …

    1. נז[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. מרע אדונינו ומ[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  47. 47Legal documentT-S 24.20

    India Book VII, 8: Legal document. Record of release. Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar I, 1426 Seleucid. One …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן חתמי מטה כן הוה חצרא עלינא אלשיך אבו אלכרם מר ור נדיב הלוי בר מר ור
    2. סעדיה הלוי נע ואלשיך אבו אלסרור מר ור פרחיה בר מר ו…

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    1. Testimony which took place before us—we, the undersigned. Thus: the Elder Abū al-Karam (our) tea(cher) and m(aster) Nadiv ha-Levi b. (our) tea(…

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  48. 48LetterT-S Ar.30.178

    India Book VII, 39: Business letter. Introduction in Hebrew, body in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the arrival of the Yemeni merchants (v3). Also mentions R. Shemuel Ismāʿīl …

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  49. 49Legal documentT-S Ar.30.258

    India Book VII, 34: Text of the oath that Bū ʿImrān must swear to his brother Abū l-Maʿānī concerning his mercantile activities, the price of …

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  50. 50LetterT-S AS 149.206

    Small fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Cut diagonally across the text to make a rectangle. Mentions a dinar and a sixth, the price …

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