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  1. 6201LetterT-S Misc.25.70

    Letter from Avraham b. Abi al-Hayy, from Alexandria, to his brother Musa. Around 1075.

    Verso (recto in Gil's edition)

    1. כתאבי יאכי וסידי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך
    2. וסלאמתך מן אלמסתקר מסתהל טבת ען סלאמה ונעמה וש…

    verso, address

    אל אחי ואדוני היקר לי, אבו עמראן מוסא בן אבי אלחי נ"נ, ייתן לו אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתו ; מאת אחיו, אברהים בן אבי אלחי נ''נ…

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  2. 6202Legal documentT-S Misc.28.79.4

    He wills that his share in the rent of a house that he held in partnership with others (Ibn al-Dhahabī, Avraham al-Fuqqāʿī, Avraham b. [...], Abū Manṣūr al-Zayyāt) should be spent in two equal shares, one on bread for the poor and the other on a person specified by name.

    T-S Misc.28.79 4

    1. ]א לתחתא כן הוה למא קצא אללה תעאלי דכרה
    2. ].. מרור יפת הזקן נע בר מרור יעקב הזקן נע באל
    3. ]ל ופאה חצרנא פי חאל מרצה אלדי דנתה אלופאה
    4. ] …

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  3. 6203Legal documentT-S Misc.34.67 + T-S AS 155.224

    Uncharacteristically, there is also text on verso, which looks like a letter of condolence (or literary? or a prayer?) Likely all related: T-S Misc.34.67 + T-S AS 155.224 (PGPID 33582), T-S AS 145.231 + T-S AS 145.240 (PGPID 16288), T-S Misc.34.59 (PGPID 41572).

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  4. 6204Paraliterary textT-S NS 98.17

    The calendar includes information on the length of the variable months and intercalation, on moladot of all months, on days of the week of beginnings of months, festivals and fasts, and on the time of tequfot. The calendar also mentions that the tequfa of Nisan 4761 of the Era of Creation (= 1000-1001 CE) is the beginning of a new 28-year cycle of tequfot.

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  5. 6205Legal documentT-S NS 99.70

    Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE) concerning the execution of a will. Headed, "all of the inherited gold (ʿayn) and silver (wariq)." Then mentions Maḥfuẓ al-Iqrīṭīshī (the Cretan), who may be identical with Shemarya al-Iqrīṭīshī from JRL SERIES B 4804 (PGPID 28716).

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  6. 6206List or tableT-S NS 163.76

    E.g., "not cursing the parents of anyone... not mocking [...]... placing God's fear in my heart... praying at the correct times... putting on tefillin and ṭallit...." Also possibly "not eating in the market" (#4). Verso contains related jottings including the phrase al-mamlūk Shelomo.

    Recto - right column

    1. כיבוד [א]ב ואם
    2. א
    3. שלא . . . . את השם
    4. ב
    5. שלא אטיל אימה . . . מ . א
    6. ג
    7. שלא אקלל לאבות הבריו[ת]
    8. ד
    9. שלא אכל בשוק
    10. ה
    11. שלא א . . . . . . ים

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  7. 6207Legal documentT-S NS 226.80

    Describing a settlement between Hiba b. [...] and Sason b. Yefet. Also involves [...] b. Ḥalfon, and Abū l-Surūr who is acting as guarantor for Sason. […] There are additional notes or jottings on verso mentioning [...] al-Sharābī. AA. ASE.

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  8. 6208Legal documentT-S NS 320.86

    Husband: Abū l-Ḥasan b. A[...] al-Kohen. The wife's name is missing, but she is from Alexandria.

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  9. 6209LetterT-S NS 321.56

    The sender is probably in Istanbul (r10); also mentions Antalya and two other locations in the next line. The letter is long and well-preserved, discussing numerous family and business matters. Commodities (all on verso) include lemon balm (taranjabīl), lapis lazuli (lāzuward), carum (aṭrīlān), dried okra (bāmya nāshifa), something whose price is "like that of pearl from Bā[...]," musk, ambergris.

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  10. 6210Legal documentT-S NS 327.51

    The witnesses have examined (bāsharū) the Jew Ibrāhīm b. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, and found that he had developed leprosy (judhām) on account of a black humor (al-khilṭ al-sawdāwī) and is therefore banned from moving freely and conducting business among Muslims.

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. شهد من يضع خط واثبت اسمه وهو المسلمون [الاحرار]
    3. الامنا والمقبولو القول في سهادتهم انهم باشروا ابراهيم بن بو العلا 
    4. اليه…

    Recto

    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  

    2. The people attaching their signature and registering their name (below), they being […

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  11. 6211List or tableT-S NS J53

    The booklist was edited by Allony et al (who called it T-S NS J 94.53). It includes 57 books, listed apparently at random. […] Dating: No earlier than 12th century, as the latest author mentioned is Yehuda ha-Levi (d. 1141). (Information from Allony.)

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  12. 6212LetterT-S NS J103 + T-S 10J17.6

    This is a petition in which the sender expresses his alarm over the fact that a responsum from the Nagid Avraham Maimonides with instructions had been sent some time before this present letter to Eliyyahu, who had not acted upon it yet. On recto, there is also an Arabic document (see separate record). (Information from CUDL and Mediterranean Society, II, p. 338.)

    Top left margin, diagonal lines. Tarjama.

    1. אלממלוך אלאצגר דאגר

    Recto.

    1. ברוך הגבר אשר יבטח בייי
    2. ורבצת ואין מחריד
    3. ינהי אלי חצרת אלסאמיה אלאגליה
    4. אלעאלי…

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  13. 6213List or tableT-S NS J230

    Shekhanya. Work done at Dar al-Barqi is mentioned, and various payments for water, bricks, clay, lime, pillars, gypsum; also, repairs of doors and windows.

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    1. [ ]כרא [
    2. [ ] דאר אל[ ]מאד[
    3. ]תקדם ללסקאין [ ] ונצף' דר' [
    4. ]תחווצה ונקל אלטוב כמסה' דר' [
    5. ]אלברקי רקאץ יום ורקאצין יום סבעה [
    6. ]ואגרה רקאץ רגבל(!…

    1. … rent…

    2.  .... compound .. 

    3.  …to the water carriers … and half a dir…

    4.  …its sewer, and transportation of bricks, 5 dir. ... 

    5.  .... (Dār) a…

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  14. 6214LetterT-S NS J388

    Letter from Harun b. Yosef [al-Ghazal?], Alexandria, to Abū l-Faraj Yosef b.

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    1. אטאל אללה יאשיכי ומולאי וריסי בקאך ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך
    2.              כתבת יום ראש חדש אב כאן תקדם כתאבי אלי אלשיך
    3. ושרחת לך פיה מא וצל לך והי ז'…

    ע׳׳א

    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי וראשי, אריכות ימים ואל ימנע ממך הצלחה.
    2. אני כותב בראש חודש אב. לפני כן שלחתי מכתב אליך, אדוני
    3. ופירטתי לך בו מה שהגיע…

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  15. 6215LetterYevr. II A 1804

    He describes the difficult state of the community in Jerusalem, including allegations that they owe money to the government. Mentions people in Egypt/Cairo such as Yiṣḥaq Reʾuven and Avraham Luria. Mentions people in Qaṭya such as Moshe Skandari and Barukh Saragosi. Also mentions the sage of Jerusalem ʿAzarya (Zeʾevi).

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  16. 6216Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Dated 9 Adar II 5323 AM (1563 CE). Farjallah b. ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Levi acknowledges a debt that he owes to ʿAbd al-Karīm 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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  17. 6217State documentAIU XII.107

    Fiscal document in Arabic script. Mentions al-aʿmāl al-madkhūra in the main text block. Possibly a receipt with a signature at the bottom.

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  18. 6218List or tableAIU XII.133

    Mentions dates and days of the week; al-dallāl; al-dukkān. Needs further examination.

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  19. 6219LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/15

    Yosef Yiju, in Mazara, to his brothers, Perahya and Moshe, in Alexandria or Fustat. Around 1156.

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    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למו מכשול
    2. אלי אכותי אל עזיזין עלי אדאם אללה בקאהם וצאנהם 
    3. ווקאהם וכאן להם עוזר וסומך משען ומבטח 
    4. אננא כתירין אל שוק…

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    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למו מכשול.
    2. אל אחיי היקרים לי, יאריך ה' את חייהם, ישמרם
    3. ויגן עליהם ויהיה להם עוזר וסומך משען ומבטח
    4. אנו מתגעגעים עליכ…

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  20. 6220List or tableENA 2615.3

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic in a late hand listing debts (mentioning several times al-hijaziyya). ENA 2615.1-3 all belong together

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  21. 6221List or tableENA 2727.32

    Lists various names, including Abū al-Faraj and Abū ʿAlī. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  22. 6222LetterENA 2808.43

    Small fragment. Mentions Alexandria twice, but the context is unclear. "I went to the R[īf?]."

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  23. 6223State documentENA 3939.5

    Official state correspondence, beginning of two wide lines, chancery hand "al-ʿabd al-mamlūk". List or table on verso, requires examination.

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  24. 6224List or tableENA 3959.13

    Unusual layout. There are also the remnants of the bottoms of a few words in gargantuan Arabic script (from a decree?).

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  25. 6225List or tableENA NS 22.21

    In Judaeo-Arabic. See also ENA NS 22.16 (PGPID 6938). Information from Goitein's note card.

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  26. 6226LetterENA NS 77.80

    Small fragment from the end of a letter, containing only greetings, but with almostall details missing. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yefet b.

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  27. 6227LetterENA NS 77.84

    Probably commercial. ... wa-katabtu lak al-jawāb ʿalā yadih... fa-ammā mā dhakartah...

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  28. 6228State documentENA NS 83.68.3

    One of them is state related and seems to say "māl al-dīwān al-dīwān" which is probably not right.

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  29. 6229LetterJRL B 3771

    Probably a continuation of the letter on recto, referring to 'the medium board' (al-lawḥ al-wasṭānī) of the boy Yiṣḥaq. The writer wants to be informed about everything.

    1. ויכון אללוח וצטאני
    2. ללצגייר אסחק
    3. ותחליף הכתב
    4. ותודיעני הכל

    { Along the right-hand margin, perpendicular to the main text: }

    1. אחיו מ.
    2. ]ואל אלממ יסאל
    3. א…

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  30. 6230Unknown typeJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110b/28

    One side mentions "yā Mūsā" and the other "al-afḍal al-aʿazz... Sulaymān."

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  31. 6231Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 797

    Contains the glyph which could mean "addā" here. "yadfaʿu al-Shaykh Hibat Allah..........". Needs examination.

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  32. 6232Unknown typeMoss. IV,46.4

    Yiṣḥaq (possibly the chief judge of Aleppo of the same name).

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  33. 6233LetterMoss. IV,52

    Mentions an amīr, a community, al-Shaykh al-Muwaffaq, and it seems some sort of controversy.

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  34. 6234List or tableT-S 10J8.8

    Verso: Probably a trousseau list (thabat al-qumāsh). The main section is almost entirely crossed out.

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  35. 6235Literary textT-S 10J22.5

    Poem of praise for a scholar visiting Alexandria, and for an Avraham, possibly the scholar himself.

    1. פז[מ]
    2. מ[ . ] . איש חכם ונבון אגיד והוא הרב שמו
    3. איש מצליח ואיש תחכמון כי ייי אלהיו עמו
    4. וחכמה מלא כרמון ומשרת אלהיו על שכמו
    5. בבואו בשלום לנא אמון ושמחו…

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  36. 6236LetterT-S 12.388

    Letter from Marduk b. Musa, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1045–96.

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    1. סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאה וכאן לה ומעה ולי וחאפץ' מן אל
    2. מסתקר יום אלב' לה' כלון מן שהר תמוז כתמה אללה עליך באחסן כאתמה וערפך
    3. ברכת…

    recto

    1. (אני כותב לך) אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיר את חסדיו לך ויהיה לך ועמך מגן ושומר,
    2. מהבית, ביום ב', ה' בתמוז, יחתום אותו אלוהים ע…

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  37. 6237Literary textT-S Ar.19.1

    "The ʿulamā' of the Arabs informed us of ʿUmar b. al-[...] al-Tamīmī who said, 'There was a drought in the lands of Banū Tamīm. . . ."

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  38. 6238List or tableT-S Ar.20.16

    Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. There is also some Hebrew literary text.

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  39. 6239Literary textT-S Ar.43.82

    On anatomy dealing with the vena cava (al-ʿirq al-ajwaf). Contains rubrication (use of red and black inks).

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  40. 6240Legal documentT-S AS 40.263

    Probably part of a legal document, though also resembles a chancery document. Very little is preserved: . . .

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  41. 6241Paraliterary textT-S AS 145.12

    Colophon of a booklet (קוטראסה/קונטרס). Location: Alexandria. Dated: Elul 4959 AM, which is 1199 CE. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  42. 6242Paraliterary textT-S AS 145.290

    Recipe for a certain kind of wine ("al-nabīdh al-mudabbir"). On verso there are calendrical calculations mentioning Tishrei 1423 Seleucid, which is 1111 CE.

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  43. 6243LetterT-S AS 146.298

    It can be a literary fragment, but also poetical Hebrew phrases from an opening of a letter to a notable.

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  44. 6244LetterT-S AS 147.187

    Fragment of a letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria. Regarding trades. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #442) VMR

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך וא[דאם עזה
    2. וכבת אעדאה מן אלמסתקר לי''ב יום [
    3. באחסן כאתמה אעלם מולאי אן אנפדת [
    4. וטיה ג' כתב מנהם כתאב לשיך אבי …

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ....
    2. ויכה את אויביך, מן הבית, בי"ב ב.... (יחתום אותו אלוהים עליך)
    3. במיטב ח…

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  45. 6245List or tableT-S AS 149.148

    Two names: (Sitt al-)Jamīʿ bt. Abū l-Khayr and Hiba b. Hilāl Ibn al-Raṣṣāṣ.

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  46. 6246Legal documentT-S AS 153.198

    Fragment of a legal document, involving someone named Salāma. There may also be citations from rabbinic sources. (Information in part from CUDL and AA.)

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  47. 6247Literary textT-S AS 158.30

    Recto (secondary use): Judaeo-Arabic poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. Possibly lampooning someone for his poor hospitality.

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  48. 6248LetterT-S AS 158.292

    Refers to a letter from the wālī; and people such as Sayyidnā; Ṭāhir; the arrival of al-Zariz; and Ibn al-Maqāniʿiyya.

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  49. 6249List or tableT-S AS 159.239

    Zadoq, a communal official in Alexandria. AA

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  50. 6250Literary textT-S AS 161.66

    Narrative in Judaeo-Arabic, including dialogue between a man and a woman concerning marriage. Also mentions a female slave. (Information in part from CUDL)

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