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  1. 5851LetterMoss. IV,89

    Mentions people such as al-Melammed and al-Shaykh al-Makīn. Mentions goods such as bamboo chalk (ṭabāshīr) and vessels (qawārīr and zanābīr).

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  2. 5852Legal documentMoss. VII,8.3

    The trader [Abū l-Surūr] Peraḥya [b. Tiqva ha-Levi?] Ibn al-Amʿaṭ (known from several other documents from the second half of the 12th century) declares that he has received a sum of money from the trader Abū Naṣr [...] Elʿazar al-Levi [...] ha-Negidut with which he will travel to upper Egypt (al-Ṣaʿīd) and do business.

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  3. 5853LetterMoss. VII,137

    Mevasser and his brother, having to do with their silk shop in Alexandria. Information from Miriam Frenkel, The Compassionate and Benevolent, p. 82 (where she corrects Gil's dating of the document to 1071 CE). On verso there are extensive accounts in Arabic script, some entries beginning with "al-dār."

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  4. 5854LetterT-S 8.186

    Note on parchment. Addressed to al-Shaykh al-Makīn. Making a request about obtaining silver for the sender, and passing on a message to Abū Saʿd al-Ḥazzān(?)

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  5. 5855LetterT-S 8J18.11

    Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy from Alexandria to Yosef b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, Fustat. Inferred dating: around 1055 (Gil).

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אל
    2. אסוא ע[נך בר]חמתה מן אלאסכנדריה לנצף מן שבט ען חאל סלאמה וע[אפיה ושוק]
    3. אלי[ך ק…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק כל
    2. רע ממך ברחמיו, מאלכסנדריה, בחצי שבט, שלומי טוב, ואני בר…

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  6. 5856LetterT-S 8J23.9

    People mentioned: Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq; Rabbenu Avraham al-Meʿulle; Abū l-Bayān; a man from Barqa (this may be the sender referring to himself); Yiṣḥaq al-Rav; and Rabbenu al-Meʿulle.

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    1. שא[. . . . . . . .]לך אגי ורסם בי וכסרת . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . מני אלקאצי בעד אן הקבי וכאן ל.
    3. . קד . . . . . . הא לי בחצרת אלדיאן ואליהוד ו…

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  7. 5857LetterT-S 10J7.2

    Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov al-Kohen, probably in Minyat Ghamr, to Eliyyahu the judge, in Fustat. […] There he had agreed with Avraham אלמורקי, the bearer of the letter, that the latter would bring the sender's wife and 40 dirhams from Alexandria. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

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    1. חצ'רת כ'ב' ג'ד' ק'ד' מרינו ורבינן רבי איליה הדיאן
    2. ש'צ' מן ממלוכה ושאכר תפצ'לה יוסף אבן יעקב אלכהן

    3. אלדי נעלמך בה סלמך אללה אן כרגנא מן ענדכם…

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    1. To the dignity of the honorable, great and holy master and teacher R. Elijah the judge

    2. (may his) R(ock) p(reserve him), from his slave, who…

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  8. 5858LetterT-S 13J18.6

    Shelomo ha-Kohen he-Hasid, regarding various errands concerning textiles and other matters. He also refers to a stepdaughter as 'bint al-mara.'

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצל כתאב הדרת כגק מרנו ורבנו נתן
    3. הכהן החבר המעולה ישמרו שומר ישראל
    4. ויעזרו וקראתה ופהמת מצמונה וסררת
    5. בסלאמתכם אללה ידימהא ואשתהי מן
    6. תפצלהא אן…

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  9. 5859LetterT-S 13J36.7

    Yiṣḥaq, probably to Mūsā b. Yaḥyā al-Majjānī, probably from Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1030 (Gil).

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    1. על שמך
    2. תדכרה מבארכה מנגחה יאסידי יאבא עמראן מוסי אללה
    3. יכתב עליכם אלסלאמה ויסהל אמורכם וינגח טריקכם
    4. ענד וצולך באלסלאמה תביע מא אנפדתה מעך והי
    5. ש…

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  10. 5860Legal documentT-S 18J2.5

    The cantor Ghālib b. Ḥalfon al-Zayyāt claims that his sister Bārra was given by their father only the upper floor of the small house adjunct to the brother's own, whereas she had laid her hands on the whole house. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, 437.) See also T-S AS 173.27 (PGPID 38595).

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה
    2. כאן מ גאלב החזן המכונה אבו מנצור בר מ חלפון אלזיאת נע תשאגר
    3. מע אכתה לאכיה ואמה בארה בת מ חלפון …

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    1. The testimony of what took place before us, we the undersigned witnesses: 

    2. Mr. Ghalib the cantor known as Abū Manṣūr b. Mr. Ḥalfon, the sel…

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  11. 5861LetterT-S Ar.39.140

    In Arabic script. The sender also greets Munajjā and Abū l-ʿAlāʾ. He reports "I am in the place which you know.

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  12. 5862State documentT-S Ar.39.156

    Issuing instructions about looking after the property of 'the two noble mosques,' something to do with expenses (maṣraf), and helping a qāḍī and an ʿāmil advance the interests of the government (maṣlaḥat al-dīwān). Verso: Multiple notes in different hands, with ʿalāʾim. […] At the bottom there is the beginning of a letter to Sharaf al-Dīn. Needs further examination.

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  13. 5863Legal documentT-S Ar.41.22

    Dating: late, probably Ottoman-era. In which al-Muʿallim Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdallāh acknowledges having received a sum of money owed from Shemuʾel b. […] Mūsā the Rabbanite Jew. Also mentioning the latter's brother Mūsā (b. Iṣḥāq b.

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  14. 5864LetterT-S AS 149.132

    Letter from a father to a son. In Judaeo-Arabic. Also conveying messages from the son's mother about her distress about his absence. […] Mentions a woman called al-Sadīdiyya (cf. T-S 6J3.34 and CUL Or.1080 J28), which together with the handwriting suggests a date in the late 12th or early 13th century.

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    1. ]ך סלם . . . . [
    2. ] סתך ומא אנא [
    3. ] . . ך אל . . . . . . . . . . . . [
    4. ]ב . . פנחן טיבין אלעיש פאללה
    5. ] עליך ואמך תסלם עליך וקאלת
    6. ]אהא כתאבך פהו…

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  15. 5865LetterT-S AS 177.230

    Refers to cleanliness/hygiene and to the consistency of something; also possibly a cough and young chickens, but these are tentative. The back contains a report about the travel of someone/something 'al-wasṭāniyya.' Then concludes with greetings. Merits further examination.

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  16. 5866LetterT-S AS 182.289

    May mention the Franks or the land of the Franks in the top margin of the first side. Also uses the phrase 'God confound him' (khadhalahū Allāh) often used in reference to Franks, but the context is unclear.

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  17. 5867Legal documentT-S K25.125

    Possibly a deathbed will, because the witnesses describe how they entered the house of Abū l-Faraj ha-Kohen. Also mentions [...] al-Ṣāʾigh. He makes an acknowledgment in favor of his son-in-law Netanʾel b.

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  18. 5868List or tableT-S Misc.8.65

    Different individuals, such as Ibn al-Majjānī, the prominent Qayrawani merchant, are also mentioned to whom debts should be paid.

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    1. ולה ען תמן ח' אמנא ונצף ורד לר' יוסף די'נ' ונצף ורב'
    2. ולה תמן ד' מנאדיל מגרביה די'נ' ונצף ורבע
    3.                 פדלך גמלה מא לה ק'ט'ל…

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    1. ….לזכותו תמורת ח' מנים וחצי ורדים לר' יוסף, דינר וחצי ורבע.
    2. לזכותו תמורת ד' סודרים מגרביים, דינר וחצי ורבע,
    3. סך הכול, הסכום לזכ…

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  19. 5869Legal documentT-S NS 31.28

    Reused for accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on both recto and verso mentioning items such as rice, almonds, and soap. A few partial names are also preserved, [...]

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    [.............................................................................]

    1. ב..[...
    2. עליו בכתובתה [...
    3. כנז׳ הכל וקיימו אותו שניהם [...
    4. שום …

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  20. 5870LetterT-S NS 321.60

    (Same sender and addressee as DK 232.2, where Goitein identified the sender as Binyām al-Rashīdī and his location as Alexandria.) The letter contains many details about trade in materia medica.

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  21. 5871Legal documentT-S NS J340

    Moshe Ibn ʿUsfūra for the purpose of suing Meshullam b. Hiba Ibn al-Shuwaykiyya. Also mentions Abū Yaʿqūb Yosef b.

    1. מעשה שהיה וג למא וצל מ יהוד[ה
    2. הזקן בר מר אל[.]ל. נע ובידה וכאל[ת]אן
    3. אחדתהמא מן קבל אלשיך אבו אסחק כתבתא לה בטראבלס אלשאם
    4. מר ור אברהם השר הנכבד ראש ה…

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  22. 5872List or tableT-S NS J435

    Organized by parshiyot. Mentions Barakāt al-Qazzāz b. Sulaymān; Sukkot (ʿīd al-miẓalla); mulūkhiyya; olive oil; linseed oil; pigeons; green lemons; possibly palm fronds for the sukka (jarīd li-l-miẓalla); chickens. The facing page on verso is headed "account of my lord [...]"; mentions Yūsuf al-Ṭabbākh.

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  23. 5873Legal documentT-S NS J528

    They specify the details of how the scribe will allow the patron to erase and rewrite one word and also the payment schedule.

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  24. 5874Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.11

    Nājī owes 2.25 dinars to Abū l-Murajjā Sālim al-Ṣayrafī b. Abū Saʿd, to be repaid within 3 months. He also owes 3 dinars to Bū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm, 1 dinar to be paid each month.

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  25. 5875Legal documentAIU VII.D.51 + AIU VII.D.50

    Legal document involving a partnership between Yosef Mughrabi and Eliyyahu Mosseri. There are also notations in other hands and sums/accounts.

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  26. 5876LetterBL Or. 10578R.91

    Mentions Farjiyya(?) bt. Abū ʿAlīal-Bazzāz.

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  27. 5877Literary textENA 3922.1

    Mentions Aḥmad Ibn Ṭūlūn and the mosque named after him; also Ptolemy and astronomy.

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  28. 5878State documentENA 3937.1

    One registration mark; al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-rāʾfa.

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  29. 5879LetterENA 4189.7

    Bifolium, containing many letter samples. There are also two lines in Arabic script.

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  30. 5880LetterENA NS 83.3

    The sender complains multiple times about a lack of letters. Mentions Alexandria and Abū Manṣūr.

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  31. 5881LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 837

    Small fragment, containing only a few words. Mentions Cairo (al-Qāhira al-Maḥrūsa).

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  32. 5882LetterMoss. VII,199.5

    Eliyyahu, ordering a medicinal syrup (sharāb) from al-Shaykh al-Nafīs.

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  33. 5883LetterT-S 8J36.4

    Moshe Tāhartī of Qayrawan in Alexandria. Dating: 11th century.

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וגלילי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך

    2. וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן מצר מסתהל מרחשון כתמה אללה עלינא ועלי…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי ומכובדי ומרי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך
    2. ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו, מפסטאט, ראש חוד…

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  34. 5884Literary textT-S 10J23.3

    (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index card.

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  35. 5885LetterT-S 12.301

    Eliyyahu, from a family member in Alexandria. Reporting on a problem about revenue from a slaughterhouse.

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  36. 5886Paraliterary textT-S Ar.34.153

    Mentions the jinns, the shayāṭīn, al-waswās al-khannās (from Quran 114:4).

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  37. 5887Legal documentT-S Ar.42.163

    Lease contract involving al-Khazzān al-Yahūdī, dated A.H. 569 (= 1173-74 C.E.). - needs examination.

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  38. 5888State documentT-S AS 146.172

    Original use: Arabic document(s), likely official. Mentions [al-dīwā]n al-maʿmūr. Needs examination.

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  39. 5889List or tableT-S AS 152.177

    Small fragment of a list of names: [...] al-Laḥḥām, Bū Naṣr, Faraj(?) al-Mashmiaʿ, etc. Maybe a distribution list.

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  40. 5890List or tableT-S AS 158.136

    List of Items might be a dowry list, but not necessary. Also contains a book scroll, which is not so common in dowry lists.

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  41. 5891Legal documentT-S AS 165.195 + T-S AS 165.196

    Mentions a half-mould of cheese; purchasing; Alexandria; and slander (tashnīʿ).

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  42. 5892LetterT-S AS 177.595

    Note addressed to Manṣūr b. Thanāʾ al-[...]. In Arabic script. Mentions ʿIzz al-Dīn.

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  43. 5893Unknown typeT-S AS 178.191

    Torn and reused for a different document on verso, also unidentified.

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  44. 5894Unknown typeT-S AS 183.57

    Recto mentions the words "wa-aṣḥāb. .. in shāʾ allāh. . . al-salām(?). . . ithnatay ʿashara. . .

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  45. 5895Legal documentT-S AS 184.352

    Mentions Hibatallāh b. Ṣadaqa. Also refers to a period of time ending on the 10th of [...].

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  46. 5896LetterT-S AS 186.61

    The text in Arabic on the verso may also be documentary requires further examination.

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  47. 5897Legal documentT-S K25.240.44

    Shemuel stating that he owes al-Shaykh al-Makīn 80 dirhams for books.

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  48. 5898State documentT-S NS 140.46

    The beginnings of 4 lines are preserved. Mentions: "...ʿan al-mulaṭṭaf al-karīm..."

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  49. 5899List or tableT-S NS 236.73

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions ʿAlīal-Qāhirī. Most of the text on this fragment is Hebrew piyyuṭ.

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  50. 5900Unknown typeT-S NS 264.63

    Both pages are covered with jottings and scribal practice in Hebrew and Arabic. There may also be the remnants of a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic.

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