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  1. 6501Legal documentT-S 13J8.20

    Moshe declares that Abu al-Ala Mevorakh b. Avraham al-Safuri, owed him 1/3 and to his brother Aharon 2/3 of a sum of 230 dinars, but left for their payment only 100 dinars.

    1. נחן אלשהוד אלמסמון פי הדא אלכתאב חצר אלינא מר [ור]ב הבה ביר
    2. משה נע והו פי צחה עקלה ובדנה וגואז אמרה טאיע מן גיר קהר ולא גבר
    3. ולא סהו ולא גלט ולא עלה …

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  2. 6502LetterT-S 16.134

    He has received the petition (ruqʿa) of the Alexandrian woman whose divorced husband is not providing enough alimony.

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    1. אלחנן ראש הסדר שלכל ישראל
    2. בן שמריה אב בית דין שלכל ישראל
    3. בן אלחזן הרב הראש
    4. אחינו יקירינו גדולינו חשובינו אהובינו אשר במליג
    5. יברכם שדי ויעזרם וי…

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  3. 6503Legal documentT-S 16.189

    Seleucid, which is 888–987 CE. Bride: Zahra bt. ʿAlī. The groom's name is missing. Witnessed by Shelomo b. [...], Ṣadoq b. Yiṣḥaq (signed also ENA 2556.12 (PGPID 15839) ca. late 10th century), Ḥabīb b.

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    1. בנחשא (טבא) וסימנא (מעליא)
    2. ...בת)רין בשבה דהוא ריש ירח מרחשון (ד)שנת אלפא ומאתן ות(רתין?/ ותשעין ותשע?/
    3. ...במ)דינתא דפיצטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נ…

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  4. 6504Legal documentT-S 16.214

    Siman Tov, known as Abu l-Ḥasan, states that if his wife permits him to marry another woman, if she should then desire a divorce, he will divorce her, and she will have access to her delayed settlement throughout the marriage. The document also states ‘Her mother is present and hears all this’.

    1. [ ] ן קד אכדתהא זוגת[ה ]
    2. [ ] מן גמלה כתובתה אלמכתובה עלי מר סעדיה מן זוגתה
    3. [ ] פחצרת ואלדה אלצבייה ו [ ] וער[פ]הא וערפת
    4. [ זוגה] מר סעדיה בן מר סימן …

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  5. 6505LetterT-S 24.62

    Letter from Yosef al-Muṣallī to Yeshuʿa the Cantor. In Judaeo-Arabic, with 14 lines of biblical quotations at the top. […] In the next section, he greets the addressee's son Moshe, Peraḥya, the noble lady Mudallala, and ʿAlāʾal-[...]. He conveys greetings from Farajallāh.

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  6. 6506LetterT-S Ar.7.3(1)

    Letter from Abū Manṣūr to his 'father' (it seems father-in-law) al-Rayyis Hibatallāh the judge, representative of the Nagid David, in Alexandria: Dating: Based on the name of the Nagid, either 1237–1300 (if David I) or 1355–1410 (if David II).

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    1. من عند ابو
    2. منصور
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. كتابي الى الوالد العزيز الموفق السعيد
    5. اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه ونعماه
    6. ومن حسن التوفيق لا اخلاه وجمعني

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  7. 6507Legal documentT-S Ar.34.94

    The document is witnessed and signed by ʿAbd al-Qawī b. ʿAbd al-Muʾṭī b. Hilāl al-Anṣārī. Dating: ca. 1250 CE.

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    1. حضر الى مكارم بن اسحق بن مكارم اليهودى المتطبب

    2. ناصر بن جبريل وصحبته ابنته لصلبه المسماة ستيت

    3. وفى عينها اليسرى كمنة وسأل الطبيب

    4. المذكور …

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    1. Nāṣir ibn Jibrīl came to Makārim ibn Isḥāq, the Jewish physician,  

    2. together with his natural daughter called Sutayt,  

    3. in whose left ey…

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  8. 6508State documentT-S Ar.39.260

    Refers to government property (amwāl al-sultān) and contains a request to investigate something (bi-an yakshif ʿan...). […] It seems a letter or report—but there are also legal elements such as the date mentioned in line 3 (15 Ṣafar 664 AH(?)).

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  9. 6509Legal documentT-S Ar.39.270

    The next refers to Sayyid al-Ahl, 120 pounds, and the ḍamān, maks, and samsara again: qabaḍū al-ḍamān al-mutaqddimīn maksuhu wa l-samsara.

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  10. 6510Legal documentT-S Ar.42.116

    (Or possibly just 960 AH.) Involves ʿAbd al-Karīm b. ʿAlī b. ʿAlī and Mūsā b. Dāwūd b. Ibrāhīm the Rabbanite Jew.

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  11. 6511Legal documentT-S Ar.54.20.3

    Names Isḥāq b. Makhlūf al-Nafūsī; a Lebdī; and [...] b. Abū ʿUmar al-Ṭabīb. […] Elʿazar ha-Ḥazzan, Sitt al-Kull bt. Yaḥyā." (Information from Goitein’s attached notes.)

    1. ]ע וכיל אלשיך אסחק אלנפוסי בר מכלוף
    2. ]ן נע עלי גמלה כרי אלדאר גמיעהא ויחאסב
    3. ] ללבדי אגרה אלטבקה אלוסטאניה אלדי געלהא להא
    4. עא]ם אול שנת אתלז ממא בקי ענ…

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  12. 6512List or tableT-S Ar.54.61

    Fragment of a leaf on which the accounting for the apartment of Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Shāʿir is presereved. The apartment is in the compound named after Menashshe (b. Yosef, the judge). Ibrahim b. al-Dayyan, mentioned in our documents of this period, is perhaps the son of the judge who lives in the apartment, half of which belongs to the qodesh. The compound is elsewhere described as sharikat al-Dayyan R. Menashshe. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 422 #125)

    1. עלא בית מא אגר מו
    2. סיון אתקכט סכן אברהים בן אלשאער פי דאר חבס ר מנשה
    3. אלמקבוץ מנה ללגמלה ביד אבו אלמגד מ ורמי תראב ז
    4. ואצלאח אקפאל ג וצאחב רבע ב וביד א…

    1. for the room which he rented, 46.
    2. Siwan 1529: The apartment of Ibrahīm b. al-Shāʿir in Dār ḥabs R. Menashē,
    3. the total collected from it: Paid to Ab…

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  13. 6513LetterT-S AS 43.198

    The Judaeo-Arabic jotting in the upper margin is in the hand of Avraham Maimonides, a draft for the beginning of an order or request addressed to al-Talmid Abū Saʿd. Also mentions Abū Manṣūr.

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  14. 6514LetterT-S AS 145.196 + T-S 10J18.5 + T-S AS 150.105 + T-S AS 207.216 + T-S 12.597

    (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index cards. Joins by Mordechai Akiva Friedman (and the minute fragment T-S AS 207.216 — first and second images on FGP, bottom row, 2 boxes away from the yellow shelfmark label — identified by Alan Elbaum).

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  15. 6515LetterT-S AS 147.211

    ENA NS 2.24) and mandrake root (luʿāb) (cf. ENA 2739.2). Also mentions: 3 dinars; Yemeni "sinn" (= aromatic wood? […] ENA NS 21.7, r4 — interestingly, goods for Ibn al-Qatāʾif, probably Ḥalfon, are specifically mentioned in that letter).

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  16. 6516LetterT-S AS 155.271

    Letter from Maḥāsin b. Abū ʿAlī, probably in Alexandria, to his mother Sitt Ghazāl bt.

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  17. 6517Literary textT-S AS 169.77 + T-S AS 169.79

    In the same style as Nāṣir and includes his typical sign off "anā al-adīb al-ʿibrī" (see Elbaum, Fragment of the Month, October 2021). […] However, the handwriting seems different than that of all the other Nāṣir fragments. Needs further examination.

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  18. 6518Literary textT-S AS 178.62

    Literary anecdote (khabar) in the name of Ḥammād al-Rāwiya, conveying an account he heard from ʿUmar b. […] Practically identical to the anecdote titled "خبر الجعدين" in modern editions of al-ʿIqd al-Farīd (https://shamela.ws/book/23789/2643).

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  19. 6519LetterT-S AS 219.119

    Fragment (upper right corner of recto, part of the address on verso). Addressed to [...] b. al-Mubārak b. Dāʾūd, in Jerusalem. The sender's name should be legible with effort. […] Needs further examination. On verso there is also an imprint of mirror letters from an Hebrew literary text.

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  20. 6520LetterT-S Misc.27.4.10

    Someone else took over his position, which was agreeable to the Jews of the area (aṣḥābnā) until the new administrator (ʿāmil) Abū l-Fakhr arrived, who began oppressing the Jews. A cantor known as al-Peʾer opposed him and was also fined or subjected to tarsīm.

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כי שמש ומגן ייי אלהים חן כבוד
    3. יתן ייי וג ומצא חן ושכל טוב בעיני אלהים ואדם
    4. להדרת יקרת אדוננו נגידנו שמואל הנגיד
    5. [הגדול] שר השרים ונגיד…

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  21. 6521LetterT-S Misc.28.187

    Letter from an unknown sender in Aden to Abū Yaʿqūb b. Hibat Allah (?) in Lawāmanda (?), possibly an island off the west coast of Burma. […] The letter reports on the favorable political and economic conditions in Egypt and advises the recipient on the price of commodities such as pepper, two varieties of camphor, nutmeg, and cloves. It also mentions rhubarb, galangal, and aromatic wood.

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    1. חרס אללה עז חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלסייד
    2. אלמולא אלמאלך אלמנעם אלמתפצל חראסה
    3. דאימה אלאתצאל בעידה אלאנפצאל מחרו'
    4. ס'ה ען אלזואל מקרונה באלעז ואלאקבאל…

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    1. ישמור ה' את מעמדו הנכבד של הדרת השיך' המפואר ביותר, האדון,
    2. הגביר, הריבון, המיטיב, העושה חסד, שמירה
    3. שפגישתו מתמידה / ופרדתו רחוקה / שמו-
    4. רה מלה…

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  22. 6522Legal documentT-S NS 97.1

    Dated: 426 AH = 1034/35 CE. The year 424 is also mentioned in the body of the document (l. 1). […] Abī l-Ḥusayn; Abū Ṭāhir b. [...]; Ibrāhīm b. ʿĪsā b. Muḥammad al-Khatīb(?). Merits further examination.

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  23. 6523State documentT-S NS 113.14

    Petition for charity from Bū Bakr b. al-Bābā al-Ṭūrī to an amīr with many titles (including al-isfahsalārī).

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    1. المملوك بو بكر بن البابا
    2. الطوري
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. يخدم الجناب العالي المولوي الآمري الاجلي الكبيري
    5. الاسفهسلاري المجتبا المختار عمدة الملو…

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  24. 6524LetterT-S NS 163.43

    Refers to an "aforementioned" (al-madhkūra) someone or something. Almostall of the remaining text is a discussion of the punishment due "a wood gatherer" (מקושש עצים), i.e., someone who violates the sabbath.

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  25. 6525Legal documentT-S NS 225.25j

    In which Maḥfūẓa bt. Yosef known as Zayn al-Tujjār (cf. T-S Ar.38.115) sells part of her compound in zuqāq al-ḥarrānī in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ (see Gil, Pious Foundations, 224).

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  26. 6526Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS 321.28

    A teacher, Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-Riḍā al-ʿAṭṭār confirms that he has received 12 dirhams for teaching 3 children for the duration of the months Av and Elul. The pupils are the son of Hilāl the water carrier (al-saqqāʾ), the son of the daughter of Khalaf the rice miller (daqqāq al-ruzz), and the son of the daughter of Miska.

    1. בש רח
    2. וקבצת איצא ען אב ואלול גמיעא
    3. אתני עשר דרהם ען אלתלתה צגאר
    4. והם אבן הלאל אלסקא ואבן בנת כלף
    5. אלדי הו אבן דקאק אלרז ואבן בנת
    6. מסכה וכתב אבו אלחסן א…

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    1. And I received also for the months of Av and Elul together
    2. 12 dirhems  for the three little boys,
    3. namely:  the son of Hilal, the water carri…

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  27. 6527LetterT-S NS 321.48

    The sender expresses anguish over news from the Maghrib, including the death of colleagues and the loss of merchandise in ships. He is also dismayed at the news that 'the young man, the kātib, Ibn al-Maghribī," has separated from the addressee; Sulaymān urges him to help this young man however he can.

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  28. 6528LetterT-S NS J323

    Verso: The lower part of a letter of appeal signed by the cantor Yedutun ha-Levi who had fallen on hard times and needs money to support and feed himself. He alsoalludes to the pains of an illness. The upper half probably had a poem in praise of the recipient, a Levi.

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  29. 6529LetterYevr. III B 1151

    that he witnessed on Purim between this man and R. Yehuda al-Zaqen al-Bilbaysī al-Kohen and Abū Naṣr the mohel.

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  30. 6530Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Debt acknowledgment in which ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Moshe al-Levi, a Karaite Jew, appears before the court regarding the sum of gold ashrafī coins he owes Avraham b. Nissim al-ʿAnqarī, a Rabbanite Jew. The pair agrees to the terms of a monthly repayment cycle.

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    1. תכרג עלי נפאהא מן מאלהא ולא מטאלב בהם ואנהא אדנת לגוזה[א
    2. ר׳ אהרן הנשיא אלמד׳ אע׳ אנה יתגוז בכל מן יכתאר ואנה טול
    3. עמרהא ל…

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  31. 6531Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Debt settlement between a nephew, Farjallah b. ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Levi, and his maternal uncle Avraham b. […] The prior debts are related to "gold dust" (אלתראב אלצאגה), which relies on the occupational term for "goldsmithery" (al-ṣāgha) rather than gold itself (dhahab). MCD.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 15v

    1. למא כאן בתאר׳ נהאר אלגמעה עשרין שהר איר סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ג׳ ליצירה חצ'ר
    2. פרג א׳ אללוי אבן אלאך עבד אלבאקי הלוי ואשהד עליה באן ע…

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  32. 6532Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.20

    Deathbed will of Abū ʿImrān al-Ṣā'igh b. Yūsuf. He leaves the little that he owns to his wife Tujjār (=Sitt al-Tujjār) bt. Zākī as a payment toward her ketubba (delayed marriage payment). He releases her from all oaths. Witnesses: Mevorakh b. Natan; Natan b.

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  33. 6533Literary textAIU VI.B.88

    Judaeo-Arabic instructions for making amulets to be hung up, drawing on the power of Quranic verses (e.g. 53:1 والنجم اذا هوى). There is also one line in Arabic.

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  34. 6534Legal documentBL OR 10112D.21

    There are 12 items listed. There is also some practically illegible text on recto.

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  35. 6535Literary textBodl. MS Arab. c 56.3–4

    Folios from the Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (Epistles of the Brethren of Purity) on parchment. The folios are from the epistle on magic and talismans (Risāla fī siḥr wa al-ʿazāʾim).

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  36. 6536Paraliterary textBodl. MS heb. c 13/2

    Six pages, Arabic script. See also Bodl. MS heb. c 13/3 (PGPID 6406). (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  37. 6537Paraliterary textBodl. MS heb. c 13/3

    Six pages, Arabic script. See also Bodl. MS heb. c 13/2 (PGPID 6405). (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  38. 6538LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/28

    Communal letter addressed to the congregation of Alexandria. Probably from the office of the Nagid. Dating: Probably last quarter of the 15th century.

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  39. 6539List or tableBodl. MS heb. f 22/27

    People mentioned: Bū l-Ḥasan. See also the description for the whole notebook Bodl.

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  40. 6540State documentCUL Or.1081 1.73

    The receipt was issued by the state silk monopoly administration in Alexandria.

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  41. 6541LetterCUL Or.1081 2.29

    Fragment of a letter, probably 14th century or later. greetings to shaykh al-Asʿad Abū [...] and shaykh al-Rashīd Hārūn. The sender or scribe is Hārūn.

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  42. 6542Unknown typeCUL Or.1081 2.75.1

    Mysterious page with various jottings in Hebrew script in a late hand (possibly including ownership or purchase notes with names). There are also a few Latin characters (m, ma, mua).

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  43. 6543List or tableCUL Or.1081 J62

    Verso: A table of Greek/Coptic numerals, including some less common ones. Also possibly written right to left? Needs examination.

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  44. 6544LetterDK 372

    Ḥaḍara baʿd ijtimāʿī bi-haḍrat mawlāy al-Shaykh al-ajall.... Needs examination. On verso there is Hebrew literary text in a rudimentary hand.

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  45. 6545List or tableENA 1628.39 + ENA 1628.40

    Document with several lines of Arabic script. The fragment also contains a red grid with a calendrical table in Hebrew, listing years such as 5230–44 AM (=1469–84 CE).

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  46. 6546List or tableENA 2235.1

    Some names and numbers are faintly legible: Abū l-ʿAlāal-Ḥājj, Ramaḍān, 101; Shelomo Eliyya Maḥbūb.

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  47. 6547Literary textENA 2379.1–8

    Manuscript, well-preserved, of Taqwīm al-Adyān by Daniel ibn al-Māshiṭa, of the generation of Avraham Maimonides.

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  48. 6548Unknown typeENA 2700.11 + ENA 2700.12

    The word גאמכיה (jāmikiyya, government salary) also appears several times.

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  49. 6549Unknown typeENA 2700.12 + ENA 2700.11

    The word גאמכיה (jāmikiyya, government salary) also appears several times.

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  50. 6550Legal documentENA 2748.1

    Written and signed by Shelomo b. [...] ha-Levi. Also signed by [...] b. Moshe and Tiqva b. ʿUlla ha-Levi.

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