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  1. 5151LetterAIU VII.E.165

    Letter fragment to a certain ḥaver ("... ba-sanhedrin gedolah...") describing the writer's financial distress. He also provides a recommendation for the bearer of the letter, who is in still greater distress from the capitation tax and is intending to travel to al-Shām and needs help.

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    1. ] תורה בר הדרת יקרת
    2. החבר] בסנהדרין גדולה החכם והנבון
    3. ] זלהה אנה לה אליום פי אלבלאד
    4. ] פסיקה ולא פי רסם מן אלציבור
    5. ] . ה אלפנא ואלגלא כאן ודין י…

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  2. 5152Legal query or responsumBL OR 10652.2

    Avraham Maimonides served as Rayyis al-Yahūd between 1205–1237 CE and also with the title Nagid after 1213 CE.

    1. מא תקול הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו ורבנו
    2. אדוננו נגידנו אברהם הנגיד הגדול ירום הודו אמן
    3. פי שכץ מא לה זוגה אמא אן תכון מאתת זוגתה או מא
    4. תזווג ען עמרה …

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  3. 5153Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/133

    Verso: Four drafts of legal documents ca. 1085 CE, in one of which Hiba b. Hillel al-Ṭarabulsī and Yaʿaqov b. Yiṣḥaq al-Lādiqī witness that they know Maḥfūẓa bt. Avraham al-Lādiqī and that she was married to אבן אלמנחמה, who divorced her and died.

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  4. 5154Legal documentENA 972.7 + ENA NS 18.10 + BL OR 12299.18

    Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Also signed by Menashshe b. Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen. Location: Fustat. Dated: 23 Sivan 1436 Seleucid = 27 May 1125 CE Husband: Yaʿaqov b. ʿAmram. Wife: Sitt al-Kull bt. Efrayim. Joins: Oded Zinger.

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  5. 5155List or tableENA 3493.14

    Gives an itemized list of expenses that mentions Alexandria and Dār al-Kattān. One of the expenses appears to have been a bribe (shoḥad).

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  6. 5156Literary textENA 3931.10

    The infamous hadīth transmitter Qāḍ.ī Abū al-Faraj is also mentioned.

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  7. 5157LetterENA 4011.33

    Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Barakāt b. Ziz al-Tujjār and Abū l-Faraj b. Moshe ha-Kohen addressed to R. […] Regards to a woman in the addressee's family (al-sitt al-ʿazīza).

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  8. 5158List or tableENA NS 10.4 + ENA NS 49.12 + ENA NS 10.3

    Tables of Hebrew letters with a first-person phrase along the lower border of ENA NS 10.4, "...]אני הצעיר יצחק הר", perhaps a scribal attribution (Join: Matthew Dudley). […] The purpose of the table is unclear due to extensive damage. There are also scribal exercises throughout the recto and verso.

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  9. 5159Legal documentENA NS 28.19

    One of the entries is headed, "The copy of the purchase of Abū l-A[frāḥ] of all of the Dār al-Dhahabī. The copy underneath repeats the name Abū l-Afrāḥ in one place but leaves other specifics (names, date) blank. […] Yosef, who had a known associate al-Dhahabī.

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  10. 5160State documentENA NS 39.10

    Petition to a Fatimid vizier, opening lines only, addressed to "my lord the most lofty vizier, companion and loyal adherent of the commander of the believers (mawlāy al-wazīr al-ajall ṣafiyy amīr al-muʾminīn wa-khāliṣatuh).

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  11. 5161LetterJRL B 7567

    Refers to meeting with "the young men" (al-ṣibyān); something accompanying the Cretan(?) Byzantines (al-rūm al-kharāʾiṭa); arriving in Cairo; and a hope to take something the following week.

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  12. 5162Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 251

    Bū l-Fakhr owes some sums to Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. Contains an ʿalāma, alpha-numerals and glyphs.

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  13. 5163LetterMoss. II,192

    In which a mother informs her son "al-Shaykh Sadīd" that everyone is well, but they have no flour, so please send us flour immediately. She also orders other items such as two ounces of silk (?).

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  14. 5164State documentMoss. II,230

    State document, decree, in Arabic script. Mentions "al-tawẓīf al-dimashqī" (as in T-S H2.83 (PGPID 40839)), "suʾālī wa-khiṭābī" and "al-awqāf," possibly referring to a financial matter.

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  15. 5165LetterMoss. V,342.2

    Farrāḥ (Gil, on the basis of handwriting) from Alexandria to an unknown recipient, ca. 1055. Mentions various wares – raisins, clothes, pearls. The recipient is asked to help a certain Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAmmār b. Khallūf to purchase wares in Fustat.

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    1. [וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך] אטאל אללה בק[אה ואדאם עזה מ]ע אלפיג דכר אמר אלזביב ובקיה [                     ] פי כתאבה
    2. [מולאי] אלשיך אבו סעיד דאוד ב…

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך, בידי נושא המכתבים. כתבת על עניין הצימוקים ושאר .... במכתבו
    2. אדוני ורבי אבו…

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  16. 5166State documentMoss. VIII,59.1

    The sender seems to be referring to an order of payments and also mentions "al-dīwān" atleast two times. Some of the preserved text reads as - والديوان بعد توفيته ماله من....

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  17. 5167Legal documentMoss. Xa,1.1 (L)

    Yiṣḥaq, known as b. ʿAshīr (or al-Shīr?), Alexandria, b. Ḥārith, and possibly a dispute over cash (ʿayn).

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  18. 5168State documentSt. Catherine, Atiya no. 963, Stern doc. 9

    The vizier Ṭalāʾiʿ orders the amīr ʿIzz al-Mulk Saʿd al-Dawla wa-Fārisuhā, governor of al-Ṭūr, and his eventual successors that the bishop of Mount Sinai and his monks be protected, newly established taxes be abolished, and the palm-trees of the monastery not interfered with.

    1. وابنائه المنتظرين السيد الاجل
    2. الملك الصالح ناصر الائمة كاشف الغمة 
    3. امير الجيوش سيف الاسلام غياث الانام
    4. كافل قضاة المسلمين وهادي دعاة المؤمنين
    5. ابو ال…
    1. ] and expected descendants, the Most Excellent Lord,
    2. Helper of the Imams, Averter of Misfortune,
    3. Commander of the Armies, Sword of Islam, Succour of…

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  19. 5169LetterT-S 10J12.27

    Request to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) to write a recommendation to the head of the Palestinian Yeshiva (which at that time had its seat in Damascus) for Barakāt b. Ismāʾīl al-Bazzāz (the clothier), from Alexandria, who is a relative of the writer.

    1. להדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת כגק מרינו ורבינו אדונינו
    2. הודינו והדרינו עטרת ראשינו אברהם השר האדיר
    3. המבהק החזק [הרב] הגדול בישראל בר כגק מר ורב
    4. אדונינו משה ה…

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  20. 5170LetterT-S 10J13.7

    Yosef Yerushalmi to Abu al-Mansur Elazar the scribe from whom the writer asks a favor. The letter opens with six lines of Hebrew poetry and also has four lines of poetry in the body of the text (lines 13-16) which is mainly in Judaeo-Arabic.

    1. בר אהובו וצגיר
    2. תלמידיו . . . .
    3. בר יוסף ירושלמי
    4. היוכלו דבריו להכיל אמריו
    5. ואינם באצבע אלהים כתובים
    6. ומי יתנני בכנפי נשרים
    7. להשיג אהובים רחוקים קרובים
    8. וא…

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  21. 5171LetterT-S 12.6

    Saadya (Nagid 1094–1111) from an official (muqaddam) and cantor in a community near Alexandria, who asks the Nagid to send a replacement for him, so that his community will allow him to leave and join his family, who are enduring financial hardship.

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  22. 5172LetterT-S 13J16.23

    Letter from Ḥasan b. Yiṣḥaq al-Khawlānī(?), probably from Alexandria, to Yosef b.

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    1. על שמך
    2. כתאבי יאשיכי וסיידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ועלוך [                ]
    3. וסמוך יום אלד' והו כרוג אלעיד אלמבארך כתמה אללה [עליך]
    4. באחסן כאתמ…

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  23. 5173Legal documentT-S 16.193

    Bill of release, issued by Abū Kathīr Efrayim b. Maṣliaḥ al-Ghazzī to Abū Isḥāq Avraham ha-Levi. Signed by Yefet b. […] Menashshe ha-Levi, who also wrote the document. Dated: Ṭevet 1416 Seleucid, which is 1105 CE.

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    1. 1 [ ]שיך אבו אסחק דנן פי ח[ ]
    2. [ ] מדיני אדם ודיני שמים ומכל טענה וערערה מטענת בארי ו[ ]
    3. סתם ופירוש ומהנעלת כל בית דין בין בדיני ישראל בין בנימ…

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  24. 5174List or tableT-S Ar.30.170

    The calligraphic practice on the verso includes the signatures of multiple members of the same family: Yiṣḥaq al-Gavālī (=Jabālī?), Saʿdiya al-Gavālī, and ___[?] al-Gavālī. The first letter in the identified signature may be ר כ ד or perhaps מ.

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  25. 5175LetterT-S Ar.30.255

    Letter addressed to ʿArūs b. Yūsuf al-Urjuwānī. Goitein infers that he is the recipient because it refers to 'Allān, his sister's son, and to his partner Sibāʿ. The writer is about to embark on an Andalusi ship to go to al-Andalus. Mentions wool, the price of which is six dinars per qinṭār.

    1. . . . . . . ] . ת . . רח בקצא ח[ואיג]ך [ . . . . . . . . . ] . . כתא . [ . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . מן אצחאבנא באני נאמן . [ . . . . . . ]ם ואני …

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  26. 5176Legal documentT-S Ar.37.160

    Possibly a letter or official report. 7 lines are preserved, along with several more lines angled in the margin. […] Mentions the qāḍī Raḍiyy al-Dīn al-[...] and the a number, which makes it seem like a business letter.

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  27. 5177State documentT-S Ar.41.107

    Report to Al-Afḍal ibn Badr al-Jamālī for the attention of the amir Ḥusām al-Dawla regarding a quantity of produce that had been left unattended.

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله حمد الشاكرين
    2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل تحياته وسلامه
    3. على مولانا وسيدنا الامام الامر باحكام الله …
    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God, the praise of the thankful.

    2. The benedictions of God and his blessings, his …

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  28. 5178LetterT-S AS 69.108

    The latter mentions Fuḍayl al-Naṣrānī, Ibn al-Jamal, sums of dinars, and ṣāḥib al-dār.

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  29. 5179List or tableT-S AS 91.238

    Miscellany, including biblical quotations (Deuteronomy 6:4-7; 6:4-10; 11:13-17; Psalms 119:133) and a list of names including Abū l-Riḍā (kohen), Abū Manṣūr (levi), Abū l-Majd (yisraʾel), and Abū ʿAlī and his brothers (also yisraʾelim). (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  30. 5180Legal documentT-S AS 111.1

    . (= 1114 CE), mentioning Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ḥusayn, Ibrahīm al-Wajʿ, and the wife of Abū Saʿīd al-Ḍarīr.

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  31. 5181LetterT-S AS 145.359

    Letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, probably to Nahray b. Nissim. Probably in February 9, 1053. Mentions collecting debts from Kamel and b. Hajaj, which also Barhun b. Salah wrote about it to Barhun b.

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם [עזך…וצרף אלאסוא]

    2. ענך ברחמ ליב בקין מן אדר [ראש]ון ואלחאל סל[אמה

    3. ענכם מן יום וצלת סוא כתאב ואחד …

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    1. (1–4) אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך …. ויסלק כל רע ממך ברחמיו, בי"ח באדר ראשון. שלומי טוב .... (לא קיבל…

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  32. 5182LetterT-S AS 147.30

    Nissim to Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, Busir. Dating: February 8, 1053 (Gil). Nahray asks Barhun, who is in Busir and deals with buying flax, to buy also for one of Nahray’s partners, Ya’aqov b. Nahum.

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    1. [ע]לקת אטאל אללה בקא סידי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ועלוה הדה אלרקעה
    2. יום אלב' י'ז' כלון מן שהר אדר ראשון ערפה אללה ואיאנא ברכתה גד וצול
    3. כתאבה ביד סידי א…

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  33. 5183LetterT-S AS 152.195

    of silk sold for [...] dinars for 10, because it is scarce; also mentions prices for other commodities; a Byzantine (al-Rūmī); lac; something which is hidden away (?

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  34. 5184Legal query or responsumT-S G1.75

    Avraham Maimonides served as Rayyis al-Yahūd between 1205–1237 CE and also with the title Nagid after 1213 CE.

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    1. מא יקול הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו ורבנו אדוננו
    2. גאוננו נגידנו נשיא אלים בתוכנו אברהם הרב המובהק הפטיש
    3. החזק הנגיד הגדול ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו פ…

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  35. 5185List or tableT-S Misc.11.76

    Judaeo-Arabic fragment in very rudimentary handwriting, naming sums of money held by various people (Dawud has 5.5 dinars, al-Shaykh Abū [...] has 1.75 dinars. . .). Likely 19th-century, since the first line says, "al-qiṭāra alladhī (!)

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  36. 5186State documentT-S Misc.25.74

    A state official by the name Sanī al-Dawla Abū l-Faraj is mentioned. Mentions al-akh al-ʿazīz Mubārak in the margin, so probably related to the Judaeo-Arabic letter on the verso (PGPID 35947).

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  37. 5187LetterT-S Misc.28.40

    Asking the addressee to increase the allotment of two loaves of bread, which was not sufficient, and also toa ddress the community on Shabbat that they should do something for the foreigner.

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  38. 5188LetterT-S NS 236.10 + T-S NS J407

    Mentions Ṣadaqa and Abū Murajjā and someone who was very distressed and took 1000 oaths. Also mentions 10 dirhams and ʿAlī and Yehuda. Same handwriting as Moss.

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  39. 5189List or tableT-S NS 320.3

    The account contains details about the purchase expenses, for about 1,200 kg of flax, and the expenses for their shipment, probably to Alexandria. The writer might be Abu Ali ha-Kohen (Nahray’s relative).

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    1. בשמ רחמ

    2. אשתרית עלי ברכה אללה תעא[לי]

    3. מא נצפה לך ישועה ונצ ליוס[ף]

    4. ונהראי מן אלקאלוס ו שכאיר כתאן

    5. בוצירי וזנהם כאלץ יו קנט ותלת

    6. ליתי…

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    1. (1–2) בשמר"ח ; קניתי, תבוא על זה ברכה מאלוהים יתעלה. 
    2. (3–4) דברים שחציים בשביל ר' ישועה וחציים ליוסף ולנהוראי, מן הקאלוס: ו' 'שכארות' פשתים 
    3. …

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  40. 5190Literary textT-S NS 321.109b

    A list of Judaeo-Arabic adjectives (mainly descriptors of people, mostly negative character traits and also professions) which are parsed into odd Hebrew acronyms on the right. […] --> "rise and chase after foxes" ʿālim --> "your eye is courageous before kings"

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    1. תסוב קומתו ישוב לאחור          תקיל
    2. רק דבר ידבר                            רדי
    3. מלך המקום ישא נפשי             מהין
    4. כל סובב לבית אנה נסע       …

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  41. 5191Legal documentT-S NS J149

    T-S 13J8.2, part of CUL Or.1080 J7, and T-S NS J149 all include versions of the same document, or at least concerning the same case of Surūra bt. Shelomo and her husband Surūr b. Yaʿaqov Ibn al-Jāsūs. See alternate records for description, and see Goitein's index card.

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  42. 5192Legal documentT-S NS J405

    Dated: 11 Ḥeshvan 1587 Seleucid, which is 1275 CE. Abū Saʿd b. Abū l-ʿAlāʾal-Ṣabbāgh is owed a sum of money by Abū l-Faraj b. Abū l-Riḍā al-Ṣabbāgh. A payment schedule is specified. The document is incomplete, and there are no witness signatures.

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  43. 5193Paraliterary textCUL Or.1081 1.78

    Several alchemical recipes written at all angles to each other.

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  44. 5194Literary textENA 2556.10

    Poem composed by Yehuda b. ʿAllānal-Ṭabarānī (= of Tiberias).

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  45. 5195Literary textENA 2799.9

    Fragment of a commentary on Beshalaḥ in Ladino (see also ENA 2799.2).

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  46. 5196Literary textENA 2896.30

    Hebrew poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.

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  47. 5197Literary textENA 3753.8

    Poem in stanzas. In Ladino. There is also some different text in Hebrew.

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  48. 5198Unknown typeENA NS 76.317

    Text in Judaeo-Arabic, likely literary but could also be a letter.

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  49. 5199Paraliterary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110a/13

    Recipes in Judaeo-Arabic. Alchemical: dhahab kāmil in shā' allāh.

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  50. 5200Literary textMoss. VIII,286.2

    Hebrew poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.

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