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  1. 5701LetterT-S AS 167.26

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "When he arrived in al-Maḥalla, I inquired from him, and he said that he went to you many times, but your excellence said that they were not ready. I ask that you please give them to the bearer of this letter, Abū l-Thanāʾ al-Kohen, and do not delay at all. . . . they arrived ruined (mufsida), on account of their bad craftsmanship (fasād ṣanʿatihā). . . ."

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  2. 5702LetterT-S AS 178.98

    The sender reports that there was great difficulty on the Nile or sea voyage (laḥiqanā shidda fī l-baḥr) because of the excessive cargo (min kuthrat al-wasq), but ultimately they arrived safely. The sender delivered the 'taqwīm' to al-Sharīf who was grateful. The sender met with Manṣūr al-Farrāsh and conveyed the addressee's message to him.

    1. الله ما عندي من الوحشة لمفارقتـ[
    2. احياه الله ومن شغل قلبه وندمت [
    3. على الـ<ـا>نحدار ولم اقبل منك واسبت عندك
    4. ولحقنا في البحر شدة من كثرة الوسق
    5. وسلم الل…

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  3. 5703State documentT-S AS 183.87 + T-S AS 183.89

    Refers to the caliph (amīr al-muʾminīn in l. 1) and might refer to [...] al-Āmirī al-saʿīd(ayn?)

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  4. 5704List or tableT-S AS 185.41

    Late, 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. One entry: "al-mutaʾakhkhir ʿalā arbāb al-jawāmik..." The year is then given but is difficult to read, perhaps Jumada I [9]52 AH based on various headings (1545 CE).

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  5. 5705Unknown typeT-S AS 207.79

    Brief text in Hebrew, document type or literary genre is unclear (colophon?). Almost none of the main text is preserved except the conclusion וכן יהי רצון. The location is then given as Damascus (חדרך סוריא), and the date is given as Tevet 1525 Seleucid is visible (טבת אתקכה) which is 1213/14 CE, and then possibly the word maʿāmīl (pl. of maʿmūl), significance unclear. The date may also be 1565 Seleucid = 1253/54 CE.

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  6. 5706Legal documentT-S Misc.8.94

    6 bifolia. These all appear to be literary except for the left folio of P5, which is a legal document concerning a real estate transaction. […] Naming people such as Abū l-Fakhr; Abū l-Surūr al-Nassāl(?); ʿOvadya b. Efrayim ha-Levi (the seller); Elʿazar b. Yefet ha-Kohen (the buyer); and Abū ʿAlī. Needs examination.

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  7. 5707List or tableT-S NS 224.234 + T-S NS 224.235 + T-S NS 224.236 + T-S NS 224.237 + T-S NS 224.238 + T-S NS 224.240 + T-S NS 224.241 + T-S NS 224.233

    Throughout the entries there are references to: T-S NS 224.234 (recto) emerald, "the waqf", honey, chicken, almonds; T-S NS 224.235 (recto) "the houses of the Alexandrians"; T-S NS 224.235 (verso) silk, pepper, figs, cinnamon.

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  8. 5708Legal documentT-S NS 225.46

    Naḥman ha-Turgeman ("the broadcaster," i.e., the one who conveys the words of a speaker to a large audience) left behind in al-Maḥalla. It is claimed by Shelomo b. Yosef ha-Kohen. The occupational title ha-Turgeman (تُرْجُمَان), could also mean "the translator/interpreter."

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  9. 5709List or tableT-S NS 264.36

    Listing many names and numbers. Mentions: Ibn al-Qābila; Abū Saʿd; Rosh ha-Qahal; al-Muʿallim; Ibn Qaṭāṭa(?); Abū Isḥāq Ibn Ṭībān; Abū ʿImrān Ibn Shimlāṣ; Shuwayʿ; Abū l-Khayr al-Ramlī(?). The scribe consistently omits the vav of Abū, e.g., writing אבעמראן instead of אבו עמראן.

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  10. 5710Literary textT-S NS 264.47

    In huge Arabic letters overlying the folktale is someone's signature: al-ʿabd al-mamlūk . . . Abū Yūsuf al-[...].

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  11. 5711Legal documentT-S NS 292.27

    Small bifolio probably from a court ledger or communal record. One page is alphabet practice. The facing page reports that a group assembled in the synagogue on Monday, the 6th of Kislev 14[..] or 15[..] […] On the lefthand page of verso, there is another list of items brought by the cantor (al-ḥazzan al-mumḥe) R. Ṣadoq. AA/ASE

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  12. 5712List or tableT-S NS 292.40

    List of names, under two columns מצר (Cairo) and בולאק (بولاق‎ , Boulaq or Būlāq, the northern river port of early modern Cairo (Maṣr al-Qadīma/Fustat was the city's southern port district). Dated at the top of verso, Rabīʿ al-Awwal זנץ‫ ‬ presumably 957 of the Hijra (= 1550 CE). Names include Muḥammad al-Ḥarirī, Aḥmad, Yosef Antsranī, and Abraham Ashrāqī.

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  13. 5713State documentT-S NS 297.37

    The verso seems to be a Fatimid report mentioning a variant of the raʾy clause (ʾārā al-ʿāliyya) that is attested on a few 12th C Fatimid documents (eg., the petition to the wazīr of al-ʿĀḍid; T-S Ar. 51.107).

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    1. الحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد نبيه واله الطاهرين الاكرمين وسلم تسليما
    2. حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
    1. ويصرفه[
    2. الر.... والتعريف والحضرت(؟) ط…

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  14. 5714State documentT-S NS 297.84

    Mentions garments and fabrics (kiswa, mandīl sūsī, sufra Iskandārī) and the phrase فوجد الذي باسم المذكور من, and also warehouses (shuwān), probably of fabric. On the verso, some magical doodles and some names in Judaeo-Arabic: Kulayb, Sittūna, Thamna(?) bt. Levi, Sitt al-Ahl, Waḥshiyya(?), Abū l-Khayr. Needs further examination.

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    1. ]ىه من الشوان مما يليه حـ[  ا]لجاري والكسوة
    2. ]ىىومن بر(؟)مضال (؟) بن هلك فوجد الذي باسم المذكور من
    3. ]كسوة                                 منديل …

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  15. 5715State documentT-S NS 306.47

    Dated: 25 Jumādā II 524 AH = 5 June 1130 CE. (Each receipt also mentions the year 523 in the main text.) With registration marks in different hands, referencing Dīwān al-Ishrāf.

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  16. 5716List or tableJRL B 2773

    , Yaʿaqov Marḥayyīm, Yaʿaqov Qajījī, Efrayim Naʿamīas, Yaʿaqov Levi Skandarī, Moshe al-Ḥajj, Eliyahu al-Ḥajj, Moshe Monson[?], Shelomo Romano Būlāqī, Yisraʾel al-Ḥajj, Yaʿaqov Asyiahu, Shaḥata Barūkh, Yosef al-Malṭī, Yom Ṭov Navon, Yosef Shabtīn[?][…] Yisraʾel Negrin], Yaʿaqov Alarcon, Menaḥem Shabtīn[?], Yosef Tawzī[?] (תוזי), Shelomo Almosnino, Avraham Levi Khorla (כורלא), Yiṣḥaq Revaḥ, Merkado Alarcon, Avraham Riyuḥ[?] […] , Mordekhay Abūkhayr, Avraham Sāsī, Yaʿaqov al-Ḥanāsī, Yahuda Ṭovī, Yiṣḥaq Menashe. MCD.

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  17. 5717LetterT-S K25.244

    The sender puts his money and his friends at Daniel's disposal. The letter is also an attack on ʿEli b. ʿAmram, who is never directly named. […] ʿAmram over the Rav, against the objections of the rest of Daniel's contingent, including Abū Isḥāq (Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq Ibn al-Furāt) (v1–12); (5) ʿEli b. ʿAmram's boorish behavior once he assumed leadership, which alienated the other leading figures of the community (including Abū Sahl al-Kohen, a certain Abū l-Surūr, and a certain Elḥanan), to the point that they boycotted the synagogue (v12–28); (6) ʿEli, fearing that he would be deposed in favor of the Rav, recruited his son-in-law Ḥunayn and started spreading malicious rumors about the Rav, including something he supposedly said to Ibn al-Talmid involving the latter's mother. […] Yehuda to al-Ẓāhir during the rivalry with Yosef al-Sijilmāsī.

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    1. ב(שמך) ר(חמנא)
    2. וצל כתאב סידנא אלראיס אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה וכבת באלדול חסדתה
    3. ועדאה וגעלהם מן כל סו פידאה וגמל אלאומה בבקאה ותבת פי
    4. איאמה מואעי…

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  18. 5718Literary textAIU VI.B.181

    12 pages from a book of magic in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, also containing several line-and-stick illustrations.

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  19. 5719Literary textBL OR 10124.32 + T-S NS 273.185

    Rhymed text (-kha) in Hebrew. By al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. On verso there is similar text, perhaps a draft of a poem.

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  20. 5720LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/29

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century.

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  21. 5721Paraliterary textBodl. MS heb. e 105/43

    Ownership note on a book acquired by Natan b. Yeshuʿa. There is also a date based on a biblical verse but hard to interpret.

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  22. 5722Legal documentCUL Or.1700.10

    Scribed and signed by: Aharon ha-Mumḥe b. Efrayim. Also signed by: Avraham b. Shabbetay.

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  23. 5723List or tableENA 2591.15

    List of names and sums, some are related to different houses. See also ENA 2591.14–15 (PGPID 662).

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  24. 5724LetterENA 2730.5

    Petition to David al-haver al-kohen son of the judge in Judaeo-Arabic. no content has been preserved.

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  25. 5725LetterENA 4010.16

    Letter of praises for Yehuda b. Saʿadya, mentioning also his brother the future Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya.

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  26. 5726List or tableENA 4010.20

    Small fragment of accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions al-ṣabiyy; al-Yahūdī; and possibly Yaḥyā.

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  27. 5727Legal documentENA NS 77.384

    Small fragment with legal jottings, probably. Mentions al-Iṭrābulsī, [...] b. Natan al-ʿAṭṭār, and [...] b.

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  28. 5728Unknown typeENA NS 83.24

    Unidentified text in Arabic script; may be discussing eye diseases. There also appears to be a numeral. Needs further examination.

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  29. 5729State documentENA NS 83.353

    Fiscal accounting. [Waṣala] ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr bi-taʾrīkh [...]. Needs further examination.

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  30. 5730Literary textJRL B 3267

    Late fragment with scattered recipes in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, mostly medical, but one is also titled "for banishing mice."

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  31. 5731Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 37

    Mentions the dish mulūkhiyya, pepper and saffron. Also contains Coptic numerals. Needs examination.

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  32. 5732Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 214

    A suggestive reading for the centre bold text in red could be "al-haykal al-sākinīn".

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  33. 5733State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 489

    Minute fragment of a state document referring to the caliph (al-Imām) al-M[ustanṣir?]. Nothing else is preserved.

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  34. 5734State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 800

    Writing practice or drafts of the formulae typically used in official documents with prayers for the caliph ("... al-ṭāhirīn... al-akramīn...).

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  35. 5735Unknown typeJRL L 283

    Fragment containing large Arabic script (from a letter?). There is also some smaller script and Judaeo-Arabic on verso.

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  36. 5736State documentMoss. IIIa,12

    May be addressed to Saladin (al-Malik al-Nāṣir). Reused for Hebrew seliḥot.

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. ] المجلس السامي المالكي ال . . . [
    3. ]ـي الافضلي الجيوشي الناصري السيفي الـ[
    4. ] الله اقداره واعز انصاره واعلا شا[نه

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    1. بسم …

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  37. 5737Literary textNLI 577.1/20

    Containing part of Sūrat al-Maʿārij (70) and Sūrat al-Nūḥ (71).

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  38. 5738LetterT-S 6J3.32

    Recto: Letter criticizing someone's behavior, also cryptically referring to the engagement of a woman.

    1. ופא מואדדה ופא מא . . . ב פ[י]ה קלבי . .
    2. מא יקול לי קום כד סגארך ותעאלה
    3. כלאם אן לא יפידני אללא לא ירזקה
    4. נדם פעלת אנא חסב לכני אלגיר טייב
    5. פעסי יכון ל…

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  39. 5739LetterT-S 10J16.15

    Memorandum from Abu Zikri Kohen to Mahruz. Alexandria, ca. 1136-1149.

    IB II, 58, recto

    1.        בשמ'
    2. תדכרא למולאי אלשיך אלאגל מחרוז בן יעקב נ''ע אטאל אללה פי אלכיר
    3. בקאה ואדאם סעאדתה ונעמאה וכבת באלדל חסדתה ואעדאה וכאן לה

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    1. בשמ'.
    2. תזכיר לאדוני השיך' המפואר ביותר מחרוז בן יעקב נ"ע, יאריך ה' בטוב
    3. את חייו ויתמיד את אושרו והצלחתו, ויכניע בהשפלה את המקנאים בו ואת אויביו…

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  40. 5740LetterT-S 12.218

    Letter from Mūsā b. al-Majjānī to Yosef Raʾs al-kull b. ʿAwkal, spring 1011.

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    1. [כתא]בי אליך ישיכי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וציאנתך ליא בקי לאדר ען
    2. [חאל ס]לאמה ועאפיה לאללה אלחמד וען שוק למולאי אלשיך אדאם אללה עז…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת שמירתו לך, בי׳׳ט באדר.
    2. שלומי טוב ואני בריא, תודה לאל, אך אני מתגעגע א…

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  41. 5741LetterT-S 16.293

    Peraḥyā Ibn Yijū in Alexandria. AA

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    עבדו חננאל

    1. סבב אצדאר הדה אלאחרף לכבוד גדולת
    2. קדושת יק צ ת מרנא ורבנ משה החבר
    3. היקר השר הנכבד החכם והנבון שצ
    4. אולה תהנייתהא באלפרע אלנגיב אלתלמיד

     (recto ln. 1–25) א

    סיבת משלוח הטורים האלה לכבוד וכו' היא בראש ובראשונה ברכה על הנצר האציל שלו, התלמיד המפואר ר' יוסף, שמרו צורו. המקום ברוך הוא יזכה…

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  42. 5742Legal documentT-S Ar.39.230

    Unidentified document in Arabic script, maybe legal. There is also a mirror image imprint of another unrelated Arabic document.

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  43. 5743LetterT-S AS 60.13

    Small fragment of a letter from a son to his father (al-wālid al-makhdūm). (Information from CUDL)

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  44. 5744List or tableT-S AS 149.195

    List or accounts, repeatedly mentioning niṣf (‘half’ and also the currency ‘half dinar’) and Ṣedaqa. (Information from CUDL)

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  45. 5745List or tableT-S AS 176.158

    Bifolio of accounts. It mentions dār al-qādī and dār al-ḥukm. Might be a join with T-S AS 176.157.

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  46. 5746Unknown typeT-S AS 177.164

    Mentions the phrase "....ʿalā ḥukm al-muqaddam...."

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  47. 5747State documentT-S AS 178.280

    Small fragment possibly from an official letter/report. Mentions "waṣala al-nāṣiḥ/al-nāḍij(?) Masʿūd(?)...."

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  48. 5748LetterT-S AS 179.6

    Wide space between the lines. Begins, "yakhdum al-majlis al-sāmī...."

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  49. 5749List or tableT-S AS 179.183

    At least in part concerning wine making (al-nabīdh... al-muwallad...).

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  50. 5750State documentT-S AS 181.227

    Small fragment of a document in Arabic script. Contains the phrase "al-ḥamdu lil-lāh mustaḥiqq al-ḥamd."

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