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  1. 5201Legal documentT-S AS 146.221

    Legal document. Narrow vertical strip containing a couple words. from each line. Much of it is impossible to reconstruct. Mentions the intriguing phrase פרג אלקראן.

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  2. 5202Legal documentT-S AS 157.6

    Legal document probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Refers to two parties and trustworthiness/neʾemanut. Little else is preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  3. 5203List or tableT-S AS 180.166

    Account in Arabic script. All words, no numerals. "I have / there is owed to me from the remainder of the mill (al-raḥā) 10 dirhams...."

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  4. 5204State documentT-S AS 181.190

    Verso: state document, probably. Part of one line is preserved, referring to "al-abwāb al-sharīfa" and throwing people in jail (الى الابواب الشريفة واعتقلوهم في السجن).

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  5. 5205LetterT-S NS 177.48

    recto: possibly from a preface of a letter; most of the space is devoted to a section in elevated Hebrew prose; verso: accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  6. 5206LetterT-S NS J546

    Sundry jottings in Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic, and Hebrew. One of the Judaeo-Arabic text blocks is the draft of the beginning of a letter to Murhaf al-Dawla.

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  7. 5207Legal documentT-S Ar.38.114

    Legal document: Iqrār (acknowledgment of a debt) of 400 dinars contracted by Buṭrus b. Jirjis from Abū l-Faḍāʾil ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Hibatallāh b. Shūʿa the …

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    1. [بسم الله الر]حمن الرحيم الحمد لله وحده وكفى وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفی 

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    1. [In the name of God,] the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God alone.

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  8. 5208LetterAIU VII.E.33

    Letter from Khalaf b. Nāṣir to Barakāt b. al-Dayyān (probably Shelomo b. Eliyyahu). In Judaeo-Arabic. Requesting that he send quickly the pair of anklets (al-zawj …

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    1. יצל אלי ברכאת בן אלדיאן מן שאכרוה
    2.                         כלף בן נאצר

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    1. May (this) come to Baraka't son of the judge, from the one grateful to him

    2. Khalaf b.

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  9. 5209LetterENA 2808.1

    Family or business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom part only). Addresses somebody named Abū l-Riḍā and exhorts him to help somebody, "first because he is …

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  10. 5210Legal query or responsumENA NS 29.13

    Legal query addressed to Abū ʿImrān, perhaps Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting. The question regards a certain Tamīm in Qalyūb. It seems that he refuses …

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  11. 5211LetterMoss. VII,185.2

    Letter by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to an elder relative (wālid, but not his father, as he writes that both he and his father serve the …

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  12. 5212LetterT-S 13J28.8

    Incomplete letter to a physician asking him to intervene with the Nagid concerning a complaint about a teacher from Tiberias who is accused of influencing …

    1. מן אולה א . . . . . . . . . א . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. עלי אללה תבארך ותעאלא ועלי מולאי אלרייס פי מא יאמרני בה
    3. וקד כנת כתבת קבל האדא אלכתאב כתאב …

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  13. 5213LetterT-S NS J298

    Letter sent from an unidentified man, in Alexandria, to his brother, possibly in Shayzar (Syria). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender has recently returned from a long …

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  14. 5214LetterAIU VII.E.179

    Letter in Ladino and Hebrew addressed to Moshe Reuben dated 6 August 1754 CE (28 Av 5514 AM). The sender's calligraphic signature is damaged and …

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  15. 5215LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/40

    Bitter letter by a public officer complaining about his lot. The sender's name is not preserved. Refers to Rabbenu; acknowledges receipt of a letter from …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]יד כלעה פאוצא בכ דינ ננצב
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .].ה הם והדא אלדי ערפת אן כשף
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  16. 5216LetterENA 3788.3–4

    Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Conveys the tale of a wise man who is continually amazing a king with his powers of deduction. For instance, he …

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  17. 5217Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 2/23

    Legal document concerning settlements among a family. Location: Qayrawān. Dated: Wednesday, 14 Iyyar 4810 AM, which is 1050 CE. Yosef b. Adoniyya ha-Kohen gave to …

    R. Saadya Ibn Rawārah; on the north, it extends on to another roof, on which is the staircase of the house of

    the aforementioned Zīna. This upper story, one-half of which I give to my sister Mawlāt, is the small upper story”.

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  18. 5218LetterENA 2727.27

    He hasn't even collected the full price from the buyer, and there is an ongoing court case. The handwriting resembles that of Yehuda b.

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    1. בש רח
    2. יברבך ייי מציון עשה שמים וארץ
    3. יענך ייי ביום צרה ישגבך שם אלהי יעקב

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  19. 5219Legal documentT-S 16.57

    Court record written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Ṭevet 1432 Seleucid, which is December 1120 CE. Detailing …

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    1. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנו שני הדיינים הקבועים בפסטאט מצרים הממונים מפי הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת
  20. ...When the Creator, may his memory be exalted and his names be holy, decreed
  21. upon Yākhīn ha-Kohen, surnamed Abū Manṣūr, may he rest in peace, the son of Yaḥyā ha-Kohen the notable, surnamed Abu l-Ḥusayn and known as
  22. al-Ḥalabī the money assayer, may his end be good; the decree which is destined to all human beings; thus death drew near him [and then he] passed away to the place of the unquestionable truth, without having
  23. left anything; in his case it was known that he turned poor because of his serious illness.
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  25. 5220Legal documentT-S NS 327.132

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dating: 1127–39 CE, as Abū Manṣur Ṣalaḥ b. Sulaymān the head of the Jews (Raʾīs al-Yahūd), who appears …

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  26. 5221LetterT-S 16.281

    Letter from Safed, Palestine, written by a man from Cairo to his cousin (ibn ʿamm). He had traveled to Safed, mainly, it seems, to settle …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . .]א[.]ת חזקני אלוקת ובקית כאיף מן אלדרכים [. .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ת פיה וקעדת שרמי(?) פי אלציע נחו שהרין
    3. . . . . . .…

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  27. 5222LetterT-S 24.43

    Letter from Shelomo Ha-Kohen Gaon b. Yehosef to a notable in Fustat and to its Jewish communities. This is the second leaf of a longer …

    1. [ ] שלום אל רב[נ]א [י]פ[ת] בן רבנא טוביה הידוע אלנילי
    2. [ ] הזכירך בכתב[יו ] באהבה ואל דויד בן

    [י]צחק

    1. [ ] בעדו [ ]שלמה בן חכים אלפאסי

    ולכל

    1. עוזרי א…

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  28. 5223LetterT-S Ar.39.9

    Letter from a sick man to a physician. In Arabic script. The verso is written at 90 degrees to the recto, which is unusual, but …

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  29. 5224Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#20) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 5r-v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 19-20) Folio 5v

    1. להר׳ אברהם הנז׳ ולא לשותפו הר׳ יאודה הנז׳ לא לשניהם יחד ולא לשום אחר מהם לבדו על הר׳ מרדכי הנז׳ ול[א]
    2. על שום א׳ מב…

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  30. 5225LetterDK 231.1 (alt: IX)

    Letter from an unidentified sender addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. The sender alludes several times to lessons that he learned as a pupil of Eliyyahu. …

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    1. בה
    2. כי צדיק ייי צדקות ישר יחזו פנימו
    3. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ בין ידא מושב הדרת יקרת תפארת

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  31. 5226LetterT-S 10J4.14

    Informal note addressed to a certain Yosef. Dating: Ca. 1210 CE (per Goitein). The hand may be known. (1) Abū l-Riḍā al-Wathīq has a power …

    1. כתר שוקי אלי חצרה אלאגל רבנא יוסף החכם והנבון תגדל שלותו לעד אתאסף עלי פרקתי מנה
    2. גאיה אלוחשה אעלמה אן אלשיך אבו אלרצא אלותיק מעה וכאלה לאבו אלבהא אל…

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  32. 5227LetterT-S AS 205.53 + T-S AS 205.64 + T-S AS 224.165

    Letter from an unknown man to Rachel Zussman. In Yiddish. "The letter is short and touches upon a relative’s illness and minor business matters. Verso …

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  33. 5228Legal documentT-S 12.594

    Legal document. Dating: before 18 Shevaṭ 1455 Seleucid = January 1144 CE. Location: Al-Maḥalla (probably). Parties: Netqanʾel b. Naḥman ha-Levi and Yeshuʿa b. Yosef ha-Kohen. …

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  34. 5229State documentENA 1822a.60

    Petition in Arabic script from a physician employed in the hospital in Cairo who had a government stipend of 5 dinars per month. This stipend …

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    1. وانه من جملة الطب المستخدمين بالبيمارستان بالقاهرة المحروسة بحارة . . . . . [ليس له الا]

    2. قوت يسير لا يقوم باوده وانه كان حصل له من المجلس ا…

  35. ...He received from the lofty council, may God perpetuate its authority, multiple sincere promises
  36. through which his spirit was revitalized and his body flourished, namely, that he isto be granted a full five dinars every month.
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  38. 5230Legal documentNLI 577.3/3

    Agreement in which Aharon b. Shemarya ha-Kohen and Nisim b. Ya'aqov, who bought half a house from Makki b. Abu Sahl for sixty dinars, rent …

    1. נחן אלשהוד אלכאתמין אספל האדא
    2. אלכתאב ודלך באן חצרו אלינא אהרן
    3. בן שמריה הכהן ונסים בן יעקב
    4. שריכה והם פי צחה עקולהם ו/א/בד/א/נהם
    5. וגואז אמרהם טאיעין גי…

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  39. 5231LetterT-S 8J7.5

    Letter from Yehuda b. Simḥa, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. The writer trades in pearls and coral. He …

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    1. כתאבי י[אשיכ]י וסידי אלעז[יז] עלי [אטא]ל אללה בקאך ואדאס [עזך וסעאדתך]

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת אושרך,
    2. ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו, מאלכסנדריה, בכ"ג ב.... , יודיעך אלוהים
    3. את ברכתו.

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  40. 5232LetterT-S 13J19.4

    Letter from Moshe b. Abū Zikrī to his relative, Araḥ b. Natan, on matters of commerce. Moshe expresses his concern about the fact that Araḥ …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'ִ
    2. קד עלם אללה עז וגל מא עלי קלבי מן תוגה חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל

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  41. 5233LetterT-S 16.290

    Verso: Maimonides’ reply is gracious but firm: he is exhausted, frail, and ill, and has no time or energy to meet with the writer. He …

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  42. 5234LetterT-S 18J4.2

    Letter from Shelomo b. Ḥayyim b. Shelomo to Avraham ha-Sar b. Natan ‘the Seventh’. Dating: Ca. 1100 CE. Information from CUDL. There is a rhymed …

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  43. 5235Literary textT-S Ar.30.50

    Late fragment with several obscure sections. The main block of text on recto seems to mostly relate to Genesis 13:4 (quoted at the top) and …

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  44. 5236LetterT-S Ar.35.33

    Letter addressed to Abū l-Riḍā b. Hilāl, the secretary (kātib) in "the compound of al-Ḥāfiẓ" (al-rabʿ al-Ḥāfiẓī al-saʿīd) at Bāb Zuwayla in Cairo. The sender's …

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  45. 5237LetterT-S H7.13

    Most of the page contains series of poems. On one page there is a short note addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge from an in-law of …

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  46. 5238LetterYevr. III B 904

    Letter from Yosef and Nissim b. Berakhya (Qayrawan) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Ibn ʿAwkal (Fustat), ca. 1020, on the death of the Nagid, Avraham b. …

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    1. אטאל אללה יא שיכנא וכבירנא ואתירנא עמרך פי אלנעים ואלסרור ואמאט ענך כל אלמ'

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  47. 5239LetterAIU XII.50

    Letter from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad al-[...] to Abū l-Fakhr b. Ibrāhīm al-Amshāṭī (probably Abū l-Fakhr Seʿadya b. Avraham, active 1140–72), in Fustat, the square …

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  48. 5240Literary textBodl. MS Arab. d 23.15

    Fragment of Ibn Sīnā's Kitāb al-Qānūn fī l-ṭibb written on a narrow strip of paper and probably dated to the 7th/13th century. The quoted text …

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  49. 5241LetterBodl. MS Heb. c 72/30

    MS heb. c 72/21). Among the communal officials is Moshe b. Yehuda, whose personal archive is the source of much of Bodl.

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  50. 5242State documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/10

    Fiscal document, top and bottom missing. Refers to kharāj payments for the year 437 kharājī (about five lines up from the bottom of the page); …

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  51. 5243LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/44

    Letter from the Qaraite Moshe b. Yiṣḥaq al-Maghribī, in Jerusalem, to Abu l-Faraj Nissim b. ʿAmram al-Ṣayrafī, in Fustat. Dating: Mid-11th century. The letter is …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלפאצל ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה
    2. וסלאמתה מן אלקדס אלשריף חרסה אללה ועמרה פי איאמה: לכמסה כלת
    3. מן ניסן ערפה אללה ברכתה …

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  52. 5244Literary textCUL Or.1080 1.3

    Piyyutim, as well as divorce and marriage contract formulae from a Palestinian siddur with Judaeo-Arabic instructions (probably not the siddur of R. Nathan). The marriage …

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  53. 5245State documentCUL Or.1081 1.2

    Petition from Abū l-Ḥasan b. Dāwūd to a Fatimid dignitary. The petitioner is a poor young man, whose father died destitute and left him only …

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    1.                      عبدها ومملوكها
    2.                       ابو الحسن بن داوود
  54. The slave of the lofty, mighty, much-sought-after presence, the leader, may God establish

  55. his glory, consolidate his good fortune and destroy his hater and his opponent, kisses

  56. [the ground before] his feet and reports tohis magnificence that he is a poor young man

  57. [ ]the blessed [ ] under his auspicious supervision.

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  59. 5246LetterDK 123 + T-S 10J12.22

    Letter from Hillel b. Yeshuʿa he-ḥaver the cantor, Tiberias, to Shela/Sahlān b. Avraham he-ḥaver, Fusṭāṭ, regarding help for the leper community in Tiberias. Dating (Gil): …

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    1. תורת צורנו תרב ותהלותיו תועצם [ל]אין קצב ולא[ל התהלה] ול[ו]
    2. התחנה ועדיו המשאל להפרות שלום ולהרבות ברכה ולהעצים השב[ח]
    3. ליק[רת] הדר[ת] כבוד גדולת קד…

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  60. 5247Legal documentENA 3927.3

    Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner). Dating: Likely Mamluk-era, based on typical names and titles. Needs further examination. Pinholes, but in conservation …

    #79, p. 274

    1. [بسم اللـه الرحمن] الرحيم      وصلواته على سيدنا محمد واله و[سلا]مه
    2. [... وابتلوا اليتامى حتى اذا بلغـ]ـو[ا] النكاح وخلق من الما [بـ]ـشرا…
  61. ...La partie immédiate s’élève à dix-sept dinars comptés. L’épouse a admis (?) 
  62. … ʿAzīza, femme accomplie, épouse de ʿAbd al-Ghanī b. Mūsā al-Iskandarānī (?)
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  64. 5248LetterENA 3927.4

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. From Waliyy(?) to his 'father' ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (named on recto). The address is made out to Makīn(?) b. Waliyy al-[...] …

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  65. 5249LetterJRL B 4692

    Letter fragment(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? Recto is a brief note containing good wishes to a congregation (יהני אלגמאעה אלמקדסה …

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  66. 5250List or tableJRL C 133

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on a large bifolio with a few lines in Arabic. Dating is 18th- or 19th-century based on the Ottoman kurush reference in …

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