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  1. 5451LetterAIU VII.E.176

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 7 Nisan 5568 AM, which is 4 April …

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  2. 5452LetterBL OR 5544.19

    Letter from Avraham Hamān and Gavriel Ḥefeẓ to [Karo y Frances] & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Adar 5568 AM, which is 1807/08 CE. Needs examination …

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  3. 5453Legal documentENA 3656.1

    Legal document in Hebrew. A damaged bill of gift, 11th century. Might be a join with ENA NS 3.16, but it is too hard to …

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  4. 5454LetterENA 3678.4

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. The hand is distinctive (descenders that sweep to the left) and may be known. Mentions the sister of al-Māwardī ('the …

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  5. 5455LetterENA NS 14.4

    Informal note/order addressed to Abū Saʿīd (al-ʿAfṣī?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Giving him an instruction concerning the cup/jug (kūz) of mercury that is with the bearer of …

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  6. 5456Paraliterary textENA NS 52.30

    Medical prescriptions against bleeding, [urin]ary incontinence, melancholia, arthritis, infertility. . . . and for sleeping with whomever one wants to (all it takes is a …

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  7. 5457LetterJRL B 6174

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Lovely handwriting. Mentions the addressee's father, the neighbors, and going up to see the Rayyis. On verso there is poetry in …

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  8. 5458State documentMoss. IX,43.1-2

    State document, in a chancery hand, fragmentary. Some words read as "bi injāz l-kabīr al-m[" and "yakūn hādhā kulluhu". Document is too fragmentary to glean …

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  9. 5459LetterMS 8254.14

    Letter by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. Following the responsum, there is a copy of Maimonides' letter to Pineḥas ha-Dayyan of Alexandria. (Information from Amir Ashur …

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  10. 5460Legal documentNLI 577.1/27

    Arabic legal document, iqrār, bottom left corner. There are two fragments under this shelfmark, and it is not immediately clear whether they belong to the …

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  11. 5461LetterT-S 8.71

    Fragment of a 'magnificent' letter of recommendation. In Hebrew. Refers to the bearer's release from prison, and how he is appropriately abashed. (Information from Goitein's …

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  12. 5462LetterT-S 8.256

    Only the bottom of the leaf is preserved, possibly a poetic letter or panegyric. Refers to Nathaniel ha-Sar (the 12th-century Gaʾon Nathaniel b. Moses?). (Information …

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  13. 5463LetterT-S 8J23.3

    Left side of a letter of appeal for charity, from Shaul ha-Levi. What is preserved seems to contain learned discussion of charity. (Information from Goitein's …

    1. ] ונעמתה אלקאיל בפצלה אעזה אללה ואטאל בקאה
    2. שאול הלוי
    3. ]. . . ומן אטאל אללה בקאה ודאם עזה
    4. ].ק. . . . . . . ואלעלא וגעלך סבבא אלי
    5. ]. לקצר לסאני וצל אלי…

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  14. 5464LetterT-S 10J17.24

    Letter of business from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa, probably in Fustat, to Nahray b. Nissim, probably in Būṣīr. Mentions flax. The letter is poorly preserved. (Information …

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    1. [י]אסיד[י] אבי ייחי(!) סלמך אללה וכתב סלאמתך ועאפיתך

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    (1–12) אדוני אבו יחיא, ייתן לך אלוהים שלום ויכתוב אותך לשלום ולבריאות .... יכתוב אותך אלוהים לשלום, היוועד עם קאסם המתווך....

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  15. 5465Legal documentT-S 12.691

    Bill of gift and release granted to grandchildren. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). One of the parties name is …

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    1. [ ]דנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר [ ]
    2. [ ]נו מני מעכשו ואכתבו וא[כתמו ]

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  16. 5466Paraliterary textT-S Ar.34.177

    Sermon in Judaeo-Arabic attributed to the late "Rabbenu ha-Gaʾon." On verso there is the remnant of an Arabic-script document, which was torn and reused for …

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  17. 5467Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.35.299

    Order of payment from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz. In Arabic script. The addressee is to give the bearer, the sender's trusted agent, the red silk which was …

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  18. 5468LetterT-S Ar.42.123

    Business letter in Arabic script to Abū l-Ḥusayn b. X b. al-Simsār (son of the broker), in Fustat, from his son. 'Aodeh's transcription is available …

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  19. 5469Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 8v: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 raṭl of rose and …

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  20. 5470List or tableT-S AS 185.61

    Writing exercises in Latin-script cursive. The letter "X" is repeated on the recto and "I". The ink and prelined paper help to estimate the dating …

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  21. 5471List or tableT-S AS 187.179

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on recto, one of the entries mentions iron. The scribal hand is difficult to place chronologically, perhaps late medieval or 16th-17th-century. Requires …

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  22. 5472Legal documentT-S AS 225.64

    Small and damaged fragment from a legal deed. Refers to Monday, the 19th or 29th of a month. The name Maḥāsin is preserved. Might also …

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  23. 5473State documentT-S H5.129

    Petition to an Ayyubid sultan, possibly Al-ʿĀdil I (13th century), opening only. On verso there is a piyyuṭ, possibly for Yom Kippur. (Information from Khan …

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    1. …….
    2. [    ا]لهمام ناصر الاسلام غياث الانام سيف المومنين سلطان جيوش المسلمين 

    3. خليل امير المومنين وادام قدرته واعلى ابدا كلمته وانفذ احكامه

  24. [ ] the heroic, the helper of Islam, the succour of mankind, sword of the believers, sultan of the armies of the Muslims,

  25. the friend of the commander of the faithful, and (may God) cause his power to endure and exalt his word for ever, and execute his judgments

  26. [and] his command.

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  28. 5474LetterT-S K25.240.29

    Recto: Bottom of a letter from Yehuda b. Ṭoviyya ha-Kohen, in Bilbays, to Avraham Maimonides. Dated: 15th day of the ʿOmer 1529 Seleucid, which is …

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  29. 5475Literary textT-S NS 209.56

    Hebrew poetry. There are a few words in Arabic script underneath, including "the heart is in pain due to your separation" and a pious expression …

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  30. 5476LetterT-S NS 224.208

    Small fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Damietta; someone's cousin (ibn ʿamm) Abū l-Surūr who is in Fustat; speaking to 'the Nazir' (Heb.); and …

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  31. 5477State documentT-S NS 306.162

    State document, in Arabic script. Petition addressed to the Fatimid caliph based on the beginning invocations and blessings. The name of the petitioner is Ṣandal …

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  32. 5478LetterYevr.-Arab. I 4575

    The main documentary item under this shelfmark is a copy of a letter from Rav Hayya Gaon to Avraham b. ʿAṭā' the Nagid of Qayrawān. …

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  33. 5479LetterAIU VII.E.100

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe ben Naʿim in Alexandria, to his father Me'ir ben Naʿim and to Se[nyor] David ben Naʿim in Cairo. The …

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  34. 5480LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/71

    Letter addressed to R. Ḥananel, who receives about 10 lines of titles. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely early 13th century. Only three lines are …

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  35. 5481LetterENA 2747.15

    Letter from Yeshuʿa to two notables, one of whom is ha-Sar Shemuel. In Judaeo-Arabic. The first 15 lines are formalities. In the bottom 8 lines …

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  36. 5482LetterENA NS 39.9

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. The writer asks for tidings of the Nagid Abū l-Ḥ[asan?]. Abū l-Faḍl told the writer …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . [
    2. כתירה ויזכהו לבנין קדשו וש[

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  37. 5483LetterMoss. Ia,6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, very deferential. The writer has been slandered by somebody and wishes the addressee to write to Abū Kathīr Efrayim b. Meshullam (dated …

    1. ] התקועה
    2. ] . הגדול ישמריהו צורינו וישימהו
    3. לשם ולתהלה בכל הארץ וצלת אל
    4. מכאתבה ואמתתל אלממלוך אלמרסום
    5. לה מן אלמולא ושכר אללה תעלי אלוצולה
    6. מ . . . בת א…

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  38. 5484LetterT-S 10J14.3

    Letter from Sahlān b. Avraham perhaps to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: ca. 1030 CE. Written in a calligraphic hand and beautiful biblical style. Only the …

    1. . כומות השלומות לה חב[
    2. רצופות להחפות ולהגבר [
    3. מ . ו // . //תכם לכב גד קדש מר[
    4. יושמר משד ושבר ויאתא ל[
    5. נוחו בגן בישתני:[
    6. והפעם הראשונית שתה הרופא[
    7. נת…

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  39. 5485Legal documentT-S 12.55

    Legal testimony. Location: Qalyūb. Dating: 1205–37 CE, as the document is intended to reach Avraham Maimonides. The community asks the Nagid to reappoint Tamīm b. …

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  40. 5486LetterENA NS 58.4

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The story is interesting but fragmented. Refers to a girl (ṣabiyya) who is in an agitated state (takhruj min …

  41. מעהם פי הדא אלכבט ולו סרקת אלסעה ד[
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    1. ]יכל לילה תפתח אנצאף
    2. ]יד אכי ינאם באלליל פי

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  43. 5487Legal documentT-S 16.222

    (Information from CUDL and Gil, Documents, pp. 262 #50)

    1. [לקנית מעכשיו ברצונו ]קנין גנור חמור בכלי הכשר לקנות בו
    2. בלי אונס כלל בביטול כל מודעין ותנאין אנה קד אסתאגר אלבסתאן אלמדכור מדה תמאניה סנין כואמל אל
    He will pay 9 2⁄3 dinars every year, in the month of
  44.  Tishri, after 1 2⁄3 dinars have been computed tohis credit by monthly payments during the eleven previous months, to the end of his lease.

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  46. 5488LetterT-S AS 207.180 + T-S AS 207.198 + T-S AS 207.179 + T-S AS 207.178

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. All four fragments likely belong to the same letter. T-S AS 207.180 + T-S AS 207.198 is almost a direct join, and …

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  47. 5489LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/2

    Letter in Hebrew dated 1688/89 CE (תגילו = 449), from the Jewish community of Izmir to the Jewish community of Pisa, following the economic distress …

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  48. 5490LetterT-S 13J35.14

    Letter from a man to his prospective father-in-law. In Judaeo-Arabic. Expressing his enthusiasm about the future connection (ittiṣāl) with him and stating to have heard …

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    1. לו דהבת אן אשרח מא אנא פיה מן אל
    2. תאסף עלי מפארקה מולאי אלשיך אלואלד

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  49. 5491LetterT-S AS 158.173

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century. Fragment (lower half of recto). Mentions the qāḍī Ibn al-[...] and someone called …

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  50. 5492LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/39

    Complaint addressed to a Gaon by a son-in-law of a man who left one quarter of a house to an infant daughter and another quarter …

    1. אלממלוך[. . . . .].
    2. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ וינהי אלי מגלס הגאנו[ת ירום הודה
    3. אן כאן לה צהר למא דנת ופאתה אוצא באן א[לנצף מן
    4. דארה לזוגתה באלמאוחר ואלבליות…

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  51. 5493LetterENA 4045.8

    Informal note from Abū l-Majd and Abū l-Faraj to 'the kind brother' (al-akh al-shafīq) Abū ʿAlī and to Abū Manṣūr. In rudimentary hand and spelling. …

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  52. 5494LetterMoss. III,107.4

    Fragment from the bottom of a petition, or possibly a letter in response to a petition. Referring to a woman who "seeks the gate of …

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  53. 5495LetterT-S 8J36.11

    Letter addressed to a certain Ishāq. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a postscript in Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. Concerning the delivery of a consignment of peas …

    1. וא<ח>בת יא שיך אסחק
    2. באנך תאכד מן אלג<מ>אל
    3. אלמאש ווז/נ/ה סתה ותלאתין
    4. רטל באלמצרי ואן אלממלוך
    5. אוצלה חמולתה ולם תעטיה
    6. אגרה ואנך סאעת וצלה
    7. תביעה במהמא פ…

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  54. 5496LetterT-S 12.58

    Letter from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Jerusalem, to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim, Fustat. Discusses the matter of the 18 dinars owed to the poor of …

    1. [כתא]בי אטאל אללה בקא [מולאי] אלח[בר ואדאם עזה] ותאידה מן אלקודס
    2. [ ] מן אלול וחאלי סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק [אליך שדיד קרב אללה עז וגל

    אל]אגתמאע

    1. [בך בהדא…

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  55. 5497LetterT-S Ar.54.54

    Earlier text:Recto and verso (original use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a man named ʿAmīd to his "father." Dating: likely no earlier than ca. 13th century …

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  56. 5498Legal documentT-S AS 179.284

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dating: Mentions "497" which is likely referring to a hijrī year, in which case this would date to ca. 1103/04 …

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  57. 5499LetterT-S AS 219.131

    Recto: A mirror imprint of T-S AS 219.129, but much easier to read. Business letter in the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā. Mentions people such …

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  58. 5500LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/45

    Mercantile letter reporting that everyone at home is well and giving the prices of different goods. Wheat: 1 dinar per 9 waybas. Honey: 5 dinars …

    1. וימצאו חן בעיני כל רואיו ויחזירו אל ביתו ב[לבא חדיא
    2. ו]כיסה מליה אמן אמן סלה ממא אעלם חצרתה אלסאמיה
    3. אנני אשתרית אלקמח ואלצביאן פי כל עאפיה ומולאי אלש…

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