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  1. 5701Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J164

    Location: Cairo. Dated: End of Sivan 5524 AM = June 1764 CE. Among the surviving relatives are: Avraham Ṣanuaʿ (the eldest son) and his widow Ḥavīva bt.

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בהיות שהמנוח כה׳׳ר דוד צנוע נ׳׳ע נפטר לב׳׳ע וחלוי׳׳ש והשאיר אחריו ברכה בקרב ה..ץ(?) בנו הגדול הר׳ אברהם צנוע יצ׳׳ו
    3. מאשה אחרת ואחיו הקטון מאלמ…

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  2. 5702Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J239

    Peraḥyah owes Berakhot 480 dirhams, to be returned by the end of the month of Sivan, "which corresponds to Rabīʿ al-Awwal 617 - May 1220.

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  3. 5703LetterCUL Or.1081 J1

    This is the last letter David wrote before he died at sea en route to India. Maimonides had ordered him to travel as far as ʿAydhāb, the Sudanese port, and not to embark on the pasage to India.

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    1. אלי אכי ואלעזיז עלי ר מש[ה ביר] מימון זצל
    2. דוד אכיך אלשאיק אליך גמע אללה בך עלי אסר חאל במנה
    3. כתבת אליך הדא אלכתאב מן עידאב ואנא עלי גמלה אלסלא…

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    To my beloved brother R. Mos[es, son of R.] Maimōn, (may the) m(emory of the) r(ighteous be) b(lessed).

    David, your brother who is longing for…

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  4. 5704LetterDK 314

    On recto there is an Arabic-script document dated Ramaḍān 496 AH (June 1103 CE; see separate entry).

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  5. 5705LetterENA 3612.4 + T-S AS 148.202

    There is a version of a raʾy clause toward the end. (Information in part from CUDL.) Join: Alan Elbaum.

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  6. 5706Legal documentENA 4010.46

    Fragment from the end of a legal document. In Hebrew. In the hand of Yefet b.

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  7. 5707Legal documentENA NS 3.3

    Fragment from a left side of ketubba de-irkesa (כתובה דארכסא), a ketubba written as a replacement for a lost ketubba (cf. ENA 3616.13). The bride’s name is Malīḥa b. Shelomo.

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  8. 5708Legal documentENA NS 17.31

    Dated in the first document as 21 Av 1394 Seleucid, which is 1083 CE. The document entries include: (i) Marriage contract (ketubba), segment discussing the groom's promises to the bride regarding her exemption from oaths.

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  9. 5709Legal documentENA NS 29.19

    Location: Cairo. Dated: End of Sivan, 5578 AM, which is July 1818 CE. Apprentice contract for Avraham Fuerte, the student, and Yehuda Būnān, the teacher.

    M. Dudley, Dissertation Appendix 8

    1. בע׳׳ה

    2. בפעח׳׳מ באו היקר נשא ונע׳ יאודה בונאן יצ׳׳ו והבחור ונחמד אברהם פוירטי יצ׳׳ו והודו שניהם הודאה

    3. גמו׳ …

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  10. 5710Legal documentENA NS 64.8

    Also mentions the term "muḍāribīn" (אלמצארבין) with unclear significance. Verso: Another entry in which M[...] presents a document before the court and seeks to validate its signatures; they check the court ledger (al-shimmush).

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  11. 5711LetterENA NS I.62

    Verso contains a very faded text in Arabic script (see separate entry, PGPID 35164).

    1. כה אמר ייי שמרו משפט ועשו [צדקה
    2. כי קרובה ישועתי לבוא וצדקתי להגלות
    3. אשרי שומרי משפט עשה צדקה ב ע
    4. אעלם אלגמאעה אלמקדסה זאד אלל[ה
    5. פי גלאלתהא אנני אמ[…

    Thus says the Lord: Do justice and deeds of charity, for my salvation is near to come and my charity to be revealed (Isaiah 56:1).

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  12. 5712LetterF 1908.44Z

    Another note on the same topic: ENA NS 32.14, in which the recipient is identified as Moshe and Abū l-Ḥasan is identified his brother.

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    1. בש[ ]
    2. [ ] אללה תעאלא
    3. לא יכליני מנ נצר אלולד
    4. אלמבארך ריבי(?) משה ואן
    5. יגמע אלשמל קריב ברזק
    6. ועאפיה אמן וכן יהי
    7. רצן(!) ואן מן פצל אללה
    8. ומא עודנא …

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  13. 5713Legal documentJRL A 47 + JRL A 49

    There is much damage to the fragment but on occasion the closing line of each document is clear enough that the Aramaic word "established / קיים" appears– which is a common term that seals a legal document.

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  14. 5714List or tableJRL C 51

    This fragment may have once been part of a larger register for communal tax collection in Cairo. The entries on the first folio's recto record the months Adar-Av ("Menaḥem") of the year 5595 AM.

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  15. 5715Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 106

    If he fails to do so, he will have to pay the entire sum. 3 (or perhaps 4?) witnesses are signed on this contract.

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  16. 5716LetterMoss. IIIa,9 + T-S AS 212.54 + T-S AS 212.55 + T-S AS 214.40

    This letter mentions Avraham Kolon (the sender of ENA 2727.45, Moss. IV,93, and HUC 1034). See also T-S Ar.30.232 + T-S NS 83.19, an account register by Yiṣḥaq b.

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  17. 5717LetterMoss. IIIa,10

    The letter consists almost entirely of family news and gossip, with many specifics about marriages, births, and deaths, with a large section about Bū l-Bayān and his intelligent and wealthy bride who brought a dowry worth 400 dinars, "the likes of which we haven't seen in years."

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    1. אלמשתאק אלי נטרה אלשריף יהודה המלמד בן אלעמאני
    2. בשמ רחמ
    3. אלי אלמולא אלסייד אלאגל אלשיך בו אלטאהר כגק מר ור יאשיהו השר הנכבד ישמרהו
    4. אלהינו וייטיב…

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  18. 5718LetterMoss. VII,165

    The writer reports on a terrible Nile journey "as if it were the sea of Sfax"; the water entered the boat because of the many "ניו"; this may be a plural form of نَوء, which means storm or gale.

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  19. 5719Legal documentNLI Ar. 723

    According to Richards, who described the document, another fasl on verso, very faded, is a deed of endowment. The document was in the possesion of the Qaraite community of Cairo in the Dār Simḥa synagogue in Ḥārat Zuwayla and was documented there by D.

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  20. 5720LetterT-S 6J3.17

    Then the couple should give the marriage another chance for two months, without the wifeʼs father or mother entering into their house. If this does not work, he ought to divorce her immediately."

    1. אלדי אערפך בעד אלתהני [באלסל?]אם [.]
    2. ותקביל ידיך אננא קד סירנא לך צחבה
    3. צאפי אלרד[ה אלמ?]עמולה וקד אגתמענא בר
    4. שלמה וקאל אן טרא בינה ובין עמך מקאמאת
    5. ו…

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    (1-5) I inform you, after the blessings [of greeti]ngs and kissing your hand, that I sent you with Ṣāfī the completed [...]. I met with Mr. Sol…

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  21. 5721List or tableT-S 8J5.22

    Natan on the verso of an engagement contract dated 29 November 1161 CE. (Gil, Documents, pp. 299 #66.)

    1. אוקפת ללעניים
    2. סת אלנטר בת ⟦אפרים⟧ חלפון אלרבע מן אלדאר אלתי
    3. במהרה אלדאכלה פי אלדרב שרכה בומנעור בן מכארם
    4. בן אלמקאנעיה
    5. ואוהבת פצאיל בן עואיץ בן אלכתנ…

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    1. (1-4) Sitt al-Naẓar, the daughter of [Ephraim] Ḥalfōn, dedicated one quarter of the compound that is in Mahra, leading into the darb, (Dār) S…

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  22. 5722LetterT-S 8J23.13 + T-S 13J27.17

    The Christian ship he traveled with encountered a Muslim fleet that captured Jerba. He describes the naval battle in the Mediterranean between Christians and Muslims, in addition to dealing with other mercantile affairs.

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    1. בין אלמס|למין ובין אלרום ומא בקי אחד יגסר ידכר
    2. ס]פר פי אלבחר פבקית אנתטר אחד אלמראכב
    3. אמא] אלפכרי ואמא אלגיטאני פשא אללה אנהם …

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    1. . . . between the Mus]lims and the Rūm. Nobody dared to talk any more

    2. about t]ravel by sea. I had indeed awaited the arrival of a ship,

    3. e…

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  23. 5723Legal documentT-S 10J26.10

    Mevorakh (known as Ibn al-Ḥaver) has not returned the money by the end of the month of Sivan 1146 CE. Also mentions Abū [...]

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  24. 5724LetterT-S 12.3

    The letter is preceded by a poem (lines 3-8). English translation in Med Soc V, 77. T-S 8J20.24 (PGPID 2063) is a sequel to this letter.

    1. לו בכם זכרים [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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  25. 5725LetterT-S 12.271

    Handwriting is the same as ENA 3360.7 (another letter) and may be the same as DK 344 (literary).

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  26. 5726LetterT-S 12.426

    The name ʿAfifa is written a few lines below the end of the letter. ASE.

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  27. 5727Legal documentT-S 13J2.15

    It notes that repayment is to be entered on verso, though in fact verso is blank. The document uses some of the same language as Arabic-script iqrārāt (acknowledgments), e.g., the debtor says that he acknowledges the debt, אנני מקר, followed by a standard Arabic volition clause.

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא מר ור יוסף
    2. הבחור הטוב הכשר בן רבנו יצחק הדיין נט רח וקאל לנא אשהדו עלי ואקנו מנ…

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  28. 5728LetterT-S 13J14.25

    Abitur, three volumes containing an Arabic translation of the Greek pharmaceutical handbook of Dioscorus, and two volumes on Jewish law entitled Halakhot Gedolot, by Simon Qayara. Dated ca. 1140; See Med.

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'ִ
    2. קד תקדם כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה
    3. בקאה ואדאם תאיידה ועלאה ותמכינה וכבת אעדאה
    4. אעלמה ברוך יהיה אנני כנת אנפדת לה עלי אבר…

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  29. 5729LetterT-S 13J16.11

    She had previously refused to appear in court, with her mother claiming that she was ill, and is thus in danger of being charged with rebellion against both her husband and the court. The letter ends with a request to send the two ṭaris (= 0.5 dinars), a charitable donation to the synagogue, without delay, and is signed with Sahlan’s motto ‘covenant of integrity’.

    1. אחינו ותלמידנו ויקירינו מר' ור' אהרן הממונה ישמרך צורנו ויעזרך
    2. ויעודדך לעד .. בא בקא //כהן// בן יוסף לפנינו לבית דין וחמותו
    3. ואפוטרופוס שלאשתו חסן בת…

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  30. 5730LetterT-S 13J16.22

    Greetings to many people at the end, including Sayyid al-Ahl, Khalaf and Ḥusna.

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  31. 5731Legal documentT-S 16.141

    Same cluster: T-S 16.141 (PGPID 7413), T-S 20.105 (PGPID 7529), and ENA 4010.9 (PGPID 6785). (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

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  32. 5732List or tableT-S Ar.30.52

    On verso, "and this is the explanation of the sale of the first merchandise," followed by a table of ~8 distinct items of clothing and how much they sold for. A few entries below refers to "the second" (set of merchandise) and itemizes it.

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  33. 5733LetterT-S AS 123.188 + T-S AS 126.60

    He may be the same as the Abū l-Makārim b. Ṭayyib who appears in ENA 3126.5 (PGPID 11240). Part of the Judaeo-Arabic body of the letter is preserved in the margin, including closing greetings and a reminder to send the response quickly with "the response to the (legal?)

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  34. 5734Legal query or responsumT-S AS 147.17

    He is a poor man without even enough money for food and has no source of livelihood except public charity.

    1. אל
    2. מא יקול הדרת פי ראובן אגוז אמראה // ארמלה // ולקי פיהא עיב
    3. באטן [[תם]] וחצל לה מן דלך מרץ והו סעלוך ולם יכון
    4. מעה מא [י]תעשא בה אלא מן עניי ישראל …

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  35. 5735Legal documentT-S AS 147.65 + T-S 6J2.31 + T-S 6J8.12

    (Information in part from CUDL.) ENA 4011.13 (dated 1129/30) is related but is not a join.

    1. ]דנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא אלשיך אבו אלמנא
    2. ]קאל לנא כאן ענד וצולי מן דמשק וצלת עלי ידה
    3. . . . . . . . . . . ]על[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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  36. 5736LetterT-S AS 155.321

    Maybe the letter on recto was torn to create scrap paper, and this note was then enclosed along with a bundle of letters to be forwarded from Yemen to Sicily via Egypt.

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  37. 5737Legal documentT-S AS 173.27

    (I) See PGPID 38595. (II) The other entry (verso continuing onto the bottom and margin of recto) involves a woman and her husband; 56 dinars; rent; an oath taken by Ghālib; a house in the alley of the synagogue; garments and items of jewelry; the dispute between Ghālib and his sister Bārra over the sale of a partial house and who is obligated to pay the ḥikr.

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  38. 5738List or tableT-S AS 204.391 + T-S AS 204.392 + T-S AS 204.393 + T-S AS 204.394

    The commodities frequently mentioned (often in large quantities) are coral and flax. Another entry is for aloe. Mentions the Red Sea (al-Qulzum) several times; various ships; and names such as al-Ḥasan b.

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  39. 5739List or tableT-S J1.35

    looks like it says qifār); coal; two more cups (fuqqāʿatayn); (continuing onto the left page) honey; fennel; nails; turnip; mats; olives; salted fish; lemon; cheese; syrup; sugar and date; bitumen; rose oil; bread; water; and many more entries. Provisions for a journey?

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  40. 5740LetterT-S Misc.28.73

    ʿEli. This is from the end of the letter. Tells the addressee to inform Abū l-Ḥasan ha-Talmid the son of the ḥaver that his father has sent one letter with Kirām b.

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  41. 5741Literary textT-S Misc.34.24

    He also advises moderation, as the sexual act itself was ‘enfeebling’. (Information from CUDL.)

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  42. 5742List or tableT-S NS 83.22

    Commercial accounts, perhaps 16th-century based on the paleography and names listed. Some of the entries are crossed out. The names listed include: (recto) Shelomo ʿUraybī, Yiṣḥaq Medina, Shemuʾel Kohen, and Yosef לוחייזה[?].

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  43. 5743State documentT-S NS 137.28

    He explains that something did not fall through, or rather, the peasants fled not out of fearing him but rather because of the threat posed by the al-Rayḥāniyya regiment. Towards the end, he requests that a rescript be issued granting him permission to relocate the peasants.

    1. العبد يقبل الارض اما]م المقام الشريف(؟)  ضاعف الله انواره و[اعلى

    2.  مناره وينهي الى . . . . . . . . . . . // . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \\ من اعما…

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  44. 5744Legal documentT-S NS 226.21

    Dated: Tammuz 14[.]3 Seleucid, meaning 1413 (=1102 CE), 1423 (=1112 CE), 1433 (=1122 CE), or 1443 (=1132 CE). ENA 972.4 is another bill of divorce for the same woman, dated 1124 CE, so the most likely date for the current document may be 1122 CE.

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  45. 5745LetterT-S NS 264.7

    Mentions various other people, including Abū Saʿīd. Ends "quickly quickly quickly" (surʿa suʿa surʿa).

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  46. 5746Legal documentT-S NS 320.54

    This document is related to ENA 2712.10 + T-S NS 320.111 (PGPID 11444); might be a join.

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    1. [ ]ת[ ]
    2. [ ]מה מ [ ]
    3. [ ]לך אשהדו עלי אנא אליה ביר [ ]
    4. [ ]תמו עלי בג[מי]ע אלאלפאט אלמחכמה ואלמע[אני]
    5. [ ]תא וסלמו דלך אלי אלשיך אבו אלסרור מרור פ…

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  47. 5747LetterYevr. II A 1409

    Yaʿaqov Ḥazzan died in Ḥeshvan. Regards to the entire Qaraite community of Istanbul.

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  48. 5748Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Dated 21 Adar II in the same year as the previous entry, 5323 AM (1563 CE). Partnership agreement between Farjallah b.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 20v

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ נהאר אלכמיס תאסע פי שהר אדר שני סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ג׳ ליצירה
    2. אשהד עליה פרגא׳ אללוי אבן ע׳אלבאקי אללוי אן ענדה ופי ד…

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  49. 5749Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Dated to the same month/year as the previous entry [Iyyar 5322 AM], which makes it possible to infer 1562 CE.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 11r

    1. יוזן(?) אלאשרפי ולא יעמל פיה חילה אן תכון [[בוגה]] מטלקא ודלך מנה [בשבו׳
    2. גמורה בש׳ ית׳ תם אנה בעד דלך אלזם נפסה עלי אנה…

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  50. 5750Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    For another document in the same court register related to goldsmithing, see entry #65 (PGPID 41479). MCD.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 26r

    1. למא כאן לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלאתנין י׳׳ח פי שהר סיון המכו׳
    2. סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ה ליצירה חצר מוסי אללוי א׳ ע׳אלבאקי אללוי יצ׳…

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