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  1. 6901State documentT-S Ar.39.487

    "The slave renews the kissing of the ground...." (al-mamlūk yujaddid taqbīl (al-arḍ)). Mentions cows and calves and people named Muḥammad b. Mudāfiʿ and Shibl al-Dawla b. [...]. Verso: Incomplete bill of delivery of 48 different materia medica with numbers (prices) only (i.e., no weights or quantities).

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  2. 6902State documentT-S Ar.42.55

    Probably a report, petition, or recommendation from Ṭalḥa al-Qibṭī to a dignitary, probably in Cairo. Dating: Probably Ayyubid-era or later, based on hand and formulary. […] The addressee is asked to look after the bearer ʿUthmān al-[...] and three other men and all of their companions, and "not to abandon them to the Miṣrīs (either Egyptians or people of Fustat)."

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  3. 6903LetterT-S Ar.42.105

    The addressee is greeted as ḥaḍrat mawlāya al-raʾīs al-jalīl. The sender reports that Abū l-Ḥusayn told him that he and his son took the ruqʿa (petition?) […] The addressee and ʿUddat al-Dawla are asked to help in some way. Verso: Letter in Arabic script.

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  4. 6904State documentT-S Ar.48.92

    The ends of two lines are preserved, mentioning the amīr Zayn al-Mulk wa-ʿAlam [al-Dawla, probably]: لم تمسك بها واعتمد عليها . . .

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    1. ]ـها خدماته لم تمسك بها واعتمد عليها
    2. ]ـا الامير المختار سن الملك علم[الدولة؟

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  5. 6905Legal documentT-S Ar.50.86

    Maḥfūẓ releases Mufarrij b. [...] from all claims. (II) Top of recto: document involving Avraham b. […] Avraham (l. 1) and the bride is also [...]a bt. Avraham (l. 3).

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  6. 6906Legal documentT-S AS 147.170 + CUL Or.1080 J175

    They settle their dispute by agreeing that they each own (nominal) equal shares in the house, and each has complete rights to his or her share and may sell or donate as he or she chooses. See also T-S 13J2.17 (PGPID 1003). (Information mainly from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 334, 502.) Join: Alan Elbaum

    1. דאר [. .אח]דהמא [. . . . . .
    2. מנהם אלדאר לי [. . . . . . . .
    3. אתפקא גמיעא [. . . . . . . . .
    4. לכל ואחד מנהמ[א . . . . . . .
    5. משאע גיר מקסום ואקנינא
    6. מן כ…

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  7. 6907LetterT-S AS 152.239

    The writer, who is apparently on his travels, is very worried about his children as he did not receive any letters during his two-month stay in Alexandria (he complains, "it is as if I have fallen into a well"). He explains that ‘Muslims and Jews were not separated from those they were negotiating with’, and mentions Abū Manṣūr, his father, possibly Abū l-Maʿālī, a Ḥaver, Abū l-Surūr al-Ḥemdat, and [...] ha-Levi. (Information from CUDL)

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  8. 6908List or tableT-S AS 153.316

    Recto: list of names from a family, possibly for tax purposes, under the heading ‘the house of al-Malījī, the teacher’, mentioning Abū l-Ḥasan Yefet; his children; his brother ʿImrān and his son Mufaḍḍal; Shela and his brother Fakhr; Joseph and his son Yeshuʿa. Verso: List in Arabic script with a similar layout. Mentions Sharaf al-Dīn; 1/4 raṭl of some commodity; and apples. Written in the margin: "in the hand of the leader (al-raʾīs) Abū l-Bahāʾ from..." (Information in part from CUDL)

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  9. 6909LetterT-S AS 219.131

    Mentions Abū l-Khayr; bales of a commodity that arrived with Abū l-Ḥasan, of which the first sold for 59, but the other seems to have encountered a snag at customs; Alexandria; ʿĪsā the ghulām of al-M[...] who has not yet arrived; and the government and a ship.

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  10. 6910List or tableT-S J1.6

    In the verso note mentioning the year of recording, the scribe has also noted that the "defter'" offers accounts regarding "קומאש" (fabric). On the recto, the list heading on the right of the bifolium is in the name of Shemuʾel Tortos and the entries below it mention goods such as "almonds/לוז", "olive oil/זית", "cheese/גבן", and other Judaeo-Arabic terms.

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  11. 6911Legal documentT-S J3.47

    Mevorakh the attorney (פקיד) of Binyamin b. Yaʿaqov al-Baṣrī releases Isḥāq b. Ṭayyib al-Ṣayrafī from all obligations except 21 + 1/2 + 1 qiat, to be repaid in installments of 1 dinar per month.

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  12. 6912Paraliterary textT-S K5.19

    (Information from Goitein's note cards) Two bifolia of similar size, but P1 contains a child's early attempts at writing the alphabet, along with childish drawings (including a menora (?)[…] P2-P3 contain more presumably a different child’s more accomplished alphabetical exercises, with Tiberian vocalisation, poetry, and an attempt at a decorative חזק.

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  13. 6913LetterT-S K16.4

    The sender comments on either these or other poems (there are several letters in which Moshe writes that he is enclosing poems and wants feedback on them). There is also something about "mukhāṭabat al-faqīh" here.

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  14. 6914Legal documentT-S NS 229.8

    There are three different text blocks, all belonging to the same document, oriented at 90 degrees to each other. […] The document seems to be setting the conditions for the marriage of Abū Saʿd b. al-Rayyis and Thiqa bt. Abū l-Riḍā b. al-Tifʾeret.

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  15. 6915LetterT-S NS 264.6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to a notable (yeḥid ha-dor, sayyidnā), possibly named al-Shaykh Yaʿīsh. Reporting on developments in the community after the addressee (or another 'sayyidnā') departed. […] And he won't let anyone say a word to him. He is also going between the two factions in the community and making up stories about the other faction.

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    1. ב
    2. כדמה תערץ בין ידי
    3. כגק מ ור ועטרת ראשנו יחיד הדור ופלאו
    4. ממזרח שמש עד מבואו יגדל כבודו וירום הודו
    5. ]אלממלוך ישתהי מן אנעאם מאלך אלרק
    6. א]ן יערף א…

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  16. 6916Literary textT-S NS 264.27 + T-S NS 224.181 + T-S AS 145.360 + T-S 12.537

    Poem(s) in Judaeo-Arabic containing advice for the lovesick, written as a faux medical prescription. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. The recto contains a marriage contract dated 1298 CE. […] (Information in part from Cecilia Palombo and Goitein's attached notes.) Joins: Alan Elbaum. ASE

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    1. אלעזת לאלאה וחדהו
    2. אוציכמו סאיר אלעאשקין בטאעת אלמ[ל]אח
    3. אגמעין וכרו בין ידיהם סאגדין ואקטעו אלשך
    4. בליקין וקולו אלחמד ללאה רב אלעאלמין אלדי
    5. מן…

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  17. 6917LetterT-S NS 320.8

    The sender asks Nahray to order a commodity (ḥajar al-māʾ?) from another trader, because there is none in Palestine, and they are importing it from Sāl[...], and that seems to be an inadequate substitute for coral. (This reading is tentative.) He also orders a mantle (īzār) for himself. This document is uncited in the literature.

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  18. 6918LetterT-S NS 327.15

    Letter from Khidr to a dignitary, probably, titled Shams al-Riʾāsa. The sender, identified in the tarjama as al-mamlūk Khiḍr, reports that since leaving Cairo he has been diligently engaged in the service of Mawlānā. He mentions making a purchase for his master in accordance with instructions and refers to obtaining a letter from the qāḍī, although the surrounding details are unclear. He appeals to Mawlānā’s customary benevolence toward him and closes with a prayer and ḥasbala.

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    1. المملوك
    2. خضر

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المـ[ـملوك] يخدم بين يدي المولى المملوك الشيخ الاجل
    3. شمس الرياسة ادام الله سعادته و…

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  19. 6919LetterT-S NS J248

    He tells the addressee not to give his response to Ṭāhir, lest it fall into the hands of someone other than the writer. (This sentence could also be read, "do not give it to anyone except Abū Ṭāhir," but in that case the word לשיך should have been spelled ללשיך.) The writer alludes to a distresing matter involving his elder son Yūsuf.

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  20. 6920Legal documentYevr. III B 1064

    Saʿadya ha-Levi.Dated: Middle decade of Elul 1485 Seleucid = August 1174 CE. Sitt al-Kafāʾa bt. Abu l-Faraj Yeshuʿa al-Ghuzūlī, the wife of Menashshe the judge, sells a quarter of a burnt out house to Abū Isḥāq b. […] Saʿadya for 6 dinars, which she collects. The house is in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ in the מיכל street. (Information from Goitein's attached notes.)

    1. פי אלעשר] אלאוסט פי חדש אלול שנת אלפא וארבע מאה ותמאנין וחמשא שנין [ ] ות חצרנא אלי אלמנזל אליום אלאתנ[ין
    2. ] כפאה אבנה אלשיך אבו אלפרג אלגזולי כגק מר…

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  21. 6921Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Marital dispute resolution between spouses: Shemuʾel b. Yaḥya al-Fayrūzī and Jindīya bt. Yehuda ha-Levi, in which Shemuʾel agrees not to strike or curse his wife and Jindīya affirms her commitment to upholding the duties outlined in her ketubba. There is also a section about the issue of Jindīya living with her family.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 22r

    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלכמיס י׳׳ו פי שהר תמוז יא׳׳ל סנה ה׳ש׳ד׳כ׳ ליצירה
    2. חצ'רו אלאך ע׳אלרחמאן א׳ אלמר׳ כצר אלפולאדי נ׳׳ע ו…

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  22. 6922Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Dated: 29 Elul 5329 AM (1569 CE). Farjallah b. ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Levi testifies that he henceforth forfeits his rights to the waqf property known as "Sidī Yasīn and Sidī ʿArafāt" and agrees not to transact with it nor reside there. Farjallah agrees specifically not to transact with Moshe al-Dammūhī (a Rabbanite Jew) and, generally, not to do so with any Rabbanite Jew, Karaite Jew, or Muslim.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 42v 

    1. מן יצע כטה פיה והכל ש[ריר ובריר וקים (missing entry)
    2. [[ל]] אשהד עליה פרגא׳ אללוי א׳כ׳ר׳ ע׳אלבאקי אללוי יצ׳׳ו אן ליס
    3. ב…

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  23. 6923Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Incomplete dispute resolution between Khaṣṣ bt. Avraham al-Ḥaqqān and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Khiḍr al-Fūlādī.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 31r

    1. וגעל אסתנאדו מן ספר מצות אלדי אלמר׳ ור׳ שמואל הרופא ז׳צ׳ל׳ .. בעד מדה(?) .דא[...
    2. גאו נאס יכטבו הדה אלבנת אלמדכורה פקאם …

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  24. 6924Credit instrument or private receiptAIU XII.42

    Probably a receipt for a rent payment by Yashūʿ (?) al-Yahūdī for his store (? ḥānūt) in ḥārat al-yahūd, mentioning the date Dec 1832/Jan 1833 CE (Sha'ban 1248 Hijri).

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  25. 6925LetterAIU XII.160

    Draft of a formal letter or petition in Arabic to 'al-rayyis al-jalīl.' This side was reused for a document or composition that appears to be in Hebrew (but very little remains); verso was reused for a Hebrew literary work.

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  26. 6926State documentAIU XII.162

    Lists in Arabic of unclear significance, needs examination. All four pages of the bifolium are filled. Likely a fiscal account. Many names appear, e.g., Qusṭanṭīn, Ibn al-Asyūṭī, Manṣūr.

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  27. 6927LetterBL OR 10589.12

    Yaʿīsh among others. Written by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Kohen. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century.

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  28. 6928LetterBodl. MS heb. e 100/57

    Containing many details about a house in Alexandria. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. כתאבי אלי מולאי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ומן חוסן אלתופיק
    2. לא אכלאה וגמעני ואיאה אן שא אללה תע וסוא דלך אן אלדי נעלמך בה אן
    3. אלחויגאת וצלו לנא …

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  29. 6929List or tableBodl. MS heb. f 22/29

    People mentioned: Bū l-Karam Ibn Maṭrūḥ. See also the description for the whole notebook Bodl.

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  30. 6930LetterCUL Or.1081 J40

    Eliyyahu to Abū l-Faraj al-Shaykh al-Makīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper part only).

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  31. 6931Credit instrument or private receiptCUL Or.1081 J44

    Recto: Receipt dated 19 Shawwāl 517 AH (December 1123 CE) for 350 irdabbs of wheat from ʿAlī b. Saʿīd from al-Gharbiyya. Needs further examination.

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  32. 6932Paraliterary textDK 312

    The first item is hiera picra (ايارج فيقرا). Also uses pulp of colocynth (shaḥm ḥanẓal). There are 3 lines in the same hand in the middle of verso.

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  33. 6933Legal documentENA 972.1

    Written and signed by [Davi]d b. Shekhanya, also signed by Shelomo b. Avraham

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  34. 6934Literary textENA 2712.47

    Containing many prescriptions, including one "for the womb and hemorrhoids" and another attributed to the book of Isḥāq b. ʿImrān. There are also intriguing designs in red ink in the margins.

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  35. 6935LetterENA 2738.5

    On the back (written in a different hand), a name is mentioned twice: Yefet al-Sharābi (preceded by the greeting ḥayyāk Allāh).

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  36. 6936LetterENA 2808.53

    Letter from Ḥananel b. Shemuel to al-Raṣuy. In Judaeo-Arabic. Short but complete. The content is vague and allusive, but it seems that the writer is complaining about the addressee treating him like a stranger.

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  37. 6937Literary textENA 3581.8

    Magical text, likely in the hand of the cantor Abū Sahl Levi (d. 1211). See also T-S Misc.11.91, ENA 3211.1 + ENA 3211.2, T-S K1.47

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  38. 6938LetterENA 3616.19 + CUL Or.1081 J3

    Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: two fragments. Aden, 1134. See also T-S AS 173.380 (PGPID 38566).

    IB II,25 (ENA 3616.19) recto

    1. שלום עד אין קץ וברכה עד אין
    2. מספר ליקר אדוני מר ור אברהם
    3. בר כגק מר ור יגו נעג אהבך מצמון
    4. בר חסן נעג וצל כתאב מולאי
    5. וקראת…

    IB II,25 recto

    1. Peace without limit and blessings without 
    2. number, to my esteemed lord, our master and teacher Abraham 
    3. the son of his honor, great a…

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  39. 6939LetterENA NS 15.15

    Possibly a letter, or possibly a magical text related to verso: wa-yaʿ[..] al-baḥr li-dhālika wa-hāja wa-lā yastaṭīʿ aḥad ʿalayhi. . . .

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  40. 6940LetterENA NS 67.18

    Mentions people such as al-Ḥazzān al-Gharbī and Abū Saʿīd.

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  41. 6941LetterENA NS 67.22

    Mentions the phrase "taḥlil al-mizāj"; refers to al-Dimashqī; and Abū Isḥāq b.

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  42. 6942LetterENA NS 74.22

    In Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there is also a maxim: "Indeed the world is a market, containing . . . merchants who gain profit and those who are idle."

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  43. 6943Legal documentENA NS 77.18

    Small fragment of a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic concerning a sum of 10 dinars and furnishings. Also mentions sums of 2 dinars and 11 dinars. On verso there are the remnants of a couple words in Arabic.

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  44. 6944Legal documentENA NS 77.130

    Describes the location of a property relative to the alley of the poor (zuqāq al-masākīn), the mosque, and the Byzantine church or synagogue (it is not entirely clear if it reads kanīs or kanīsa).

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  45. 6945List or tableENA NS 77.209

    Account of collections and distribution ('alladhi tahsul... alladhi yufarri[q]'), with the name of '[our] lord],' probably the head of the Jews, on verso.

    1. אלשיך אבו אלחסן אל.[
    2. סיד כל בן זביבא
    3. מסלם קריב אלש[יך
    4. אבו אלסרג בן גא..[
    5. הבה ב[ן אבו? ...
    6. דר]הם ונצף ורבע
    7. .דרה]ם ונצף
    8. ...]גזי נצף
    9. ...]. דרא'
    10. ...ד]רא…

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  46. 6946Legal documentENA NS 77.224

    Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involves [...] al-Amshāṭī and [...] al-Barqī.

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  47. 6947Legal documentJRL B 2061

    A Shalom b. Yehudah Boṭon is also mentioned.

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  48. 6948LetterJRL B 5366

    Contains greetings and may mention the Kārim, but the context is missing. Also mentions a consignment of R. Yehuda.

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  49. 6949LetterJRL G 18

    Dating: Probably late 12th or early 13th century. The title al-Shaykh al-Makīn appears beneath. On verso there is a blessing for the holiday of Shavuʿot.

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  50. 6950LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/18

    Dating: Late, perhaps 14th or 15th century. Alexandria is mentioned at the bottom, but it is not immediately clear if that is the writer ot the addressee's location.

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