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  1. 7001LetterT-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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  2. 7002List 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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  3. 7003Legal 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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  4. 7004Paraliterary 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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  5. 7005LetterT-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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  6. 7006Legal 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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  7. 7007LetterT-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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  8. 7008Literary 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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  9. 7009LetterT-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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  10. 7010LetterT-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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  11. 7011LetterT-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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  12. 7012Legal 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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  13. 7013Legal 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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  14. 7014Legal 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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  15. 7015Legal 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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  16. 7016LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/27

    The entirety of the rest of the story has to do with the misdeeds of al-Raqqī and Ibn Kātib al-ʿArab, called "dogs" by the writer (they call him the same). […] His uncle (ʿamm) Abū l-Faraj is egging on al-Raqqī, standing in the market and "on the slaughterhouse" (?) […] In a postscript: "I heard that Muhadhdhab b. al-ʿŪdī is in critical condition and that wheat is expensive.

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    1.  . . . אל . . . אלדי אדעא בהא אגתמע בי רב שלמה יר הו
    2. ואשאר עלי באנני לא אטהר חתי יחצר אלמולא לאלא
    3. ירוחו אויבי יש׳ בית האסורים פאכתפית מן אלליל
    4. …

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  17. 7017LetterT-S 24.60

    He must do it again, and alsoalso supervise Yiṣḥaq in this task. Yosef gives further instructions about the Torah portions that they must copy. There follow numerous greetings, including for: Abū l-Faraj al-Baghdādī, Moshe Rosh ha-Qahal, Yosef's mother, ʿEzra the judge, and Binyamin ha-Ḥaver. […] As for the instructions Yosef received to purchase a niqāb and large miqnaʿa (scarf or veil) for his mother in Erbil (ארבל)—it is too late, he has already left Erbil. ASE

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  18. 7018LetterT-S Ar.41.140

    Ten days later, Abū Bakr al-Qasṭallānī produced a ḥujja that the deceased had owed him 700 dirhams from a qirāḍ partnership, and Abū Muḥammad b. […] (There are two asides at this point: During the time when Khalīl was sick and homebound, the clothier came to the sender, who paid him 20 dirhams. Also, the owner of the shawl (miṭrafa) which had been pawned with the addressee for 3 dirhams came and redeemed it.) […] The same story repeated itself when Abū Bakr al-Qasṭallānī came and sued Khalīl. The letter concludes on a note of all's well that end's well: "If you come back, God willing, you can have a shop for 50 (dirhams) and you will do well and recoup (your losses)."

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. يا مولاي ابو المجد احسن الله عافيتك [[وهو]] //الباري جلت قدرته// يعلم ما في قلبي منك من الشوق
    3. وجميع ما ذكرته فعندي اظعا…

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  19. 7019LetterBL OR 5566B.17

    The continuation seems to be praising the eloquence of the addressee, and it cites two lines of poetry at the bottom. Also contains a tarjama at the top which is difficult to read.

    1. مازت(؟) عومل(؟)
    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    3. وصل كتابه استودعا من جواهر الفاظه وشريف خطاب
    4. ما انعم في مسـ[      ]ـى وهاج لاعج اشتياقي
    5. ولوعتي وا[]ـصل معه ار…

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  20. 7020Legal documentBodl. MS Arab. c 56.14

    A rental agreement regarding a property in Fusṭāṭ between Bū l-Faraj al-Ḥanīzī (?) and Bū Naṣr b. Khalaf al-Isrāʾīlī.

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  21. 7021List or tableBodl. MS heb. c 13/10

    Mentions the people of Gaza (al-Ghaziyyīn) and the people of Rafaḥ (al-Rafaḥiyyīn) and the location in or near Gaza known as Maymās, and various sums of money.

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  22. 7022LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/12

    Netanʾel on the death of his niece. Alexandria, ca. 1141–45.

    recto

    1. [וצ]ל כתאב חצ'רה מולאי אלשיך אלאג'ל אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם תאיידהא ועלאהא
    2. ורפעתהא וסנאהא וסמוהא וארתקאהא ותמכינהא וכבת חסדתהא ואעדאהא
    3. פכאן אסר …

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    1. הגיעה איגרת הדרת אדוני השיך המפואר ביותר, יאריך ה' את חייו ויתמיד את כוחו ועליונותו 
    2. ורוממותו וגדולתו ומעלתו ודרגתו וסמכותו, ויכניע את המקנאים…

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  23. 7023LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/42

    Mentions a tax-farmer in Alexandria. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. האמור ה[. . . . . . .]. . . . .שיך. . . .[. . . . . .
    2. ורבנא אברהם הזקן הנכבד החכם והנבון [הירא
    3. את ייי הצדיק והחסיד בדורו ישמרו צורו ויהא
    4. בעזרו וישמח…

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  24. 7024List or tableBodl. MS heb. e 98/66

    Dating: 11th or 12th century. There are also several lines in Arabic script, which are in a different ink and were probably an earlier use of this paper.

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  25. 7025List or tableBodl. MS heb. f 22/28

    People mentioned: Bū l-Khayr, Bū l-Fakhr. See also the description for the whole notebook Bodl.

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  26. 7026List or tableBodl. MS heb. f 56/1

    MS heb. f 56/4–5. There is also the text of Exodus xx. 12-26 in shorthand writing.

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  27. 7027List or tableENA 1177.48

    Partially in Judaeo-Arabic (אלחאל חסאב פרוצהם), but maybe also with some Judaeo-Persian. The names would have unusual spellings if this were from Egypt (בראהים; צוליימון).

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  28. 7028List or tableENA 1822a.89

    Bifolio. Mentions Ismāʿīl; al-qāḍī; jujube; quince oxymel (sakanjabīl al-ṣafarjall); rose syrup; Jirja(?)

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  29. 7029List or tableENA 2592.23 + ENA 2592.22

    Lists of names according to different households/families: The household/family of al-masmu', Umm Nasar b. al-Silsali? Baqa, Rsabi and so forth.

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  30. 7030Paraliterary textENA 2808.14

    Medical prescription in Arabic script. Some phrases: 'manzūʿ al-ʿajam' (l-4), 'muṣaffā ʿalā'' (l-5), and fī niṣf mithqāl' (l-6).

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  31. 7031Unknown typeENA 3503.A.9

    NB: This fragment is marked Image 9 in the IIIF link but also ENA 3503.A.5 on the spine of its protective sheath.

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  32. 7032List or tableENA 3905.9

    Detailed accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, with at least one word in Judaeo-Arabic (al-Kohen). Mentions 'al-maṭbakh' several times - the sugar factory?

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  33. 7033LetterENA NS 12.12

    Recto contains few words in large Arabic script. Also the name of the teacher Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥayyim.

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  34. 7034State documentENA NS 51.23

    Needs examination. On verso there is also a Judaeo-Arabic text praising the attributes of God.

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  35. 7035LetterENA NS 71.27

    Business letter mentioning the copying of quires (karārīs) for Sayyidunā al-Nasi. Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān has told the writer that the addressee had sent 4.5 dirhams, but the money never arrived.

    1. ] . . אל . . סעאדת מולאנא אלדי ת . [
    2. סידנא אן הדא תרמים אלארצה צעב כתיר
    3. וקד לז עלי סידנא . . . מן יגי יקול לי קאל
    4. לך סידנא אלנשיא האת אלכראריס בלא ע…

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  36. 7036List or tableJRL B 2661

    Mentioning various ruqʿas. Names include Ṣedaqa; al-Segulat; al-ḥakīm. May join with JRL B 2284 (PGPID 28422).

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  37. 7037Legal documentJRL B 4143

    Natan he-Ḥaver (1150–81). Also signed by Shela b. Shemuel ha-Levi. Unclear if any of the details are preserved.

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  38. 7038LetterJRL B 7822

    Letter fragment addressed to ʿAbd al-[Karī?]m (or al-Raḥīm?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; uses the currencies medin and ashrafī.

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  39. 7039Literary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1771/4

    Looks like the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi but has a different aleph.

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  40. 7040Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1860/11

    Testifying about what happened between Is[ḥāq?] b. Yaʿqūb al-Fāsī and [...] b. Yūsuf b. Khalīl al-Fāsī.

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  41. 7041Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 9

    Receipt of rent, late, Ottoman era, in Arabic script. Maʿtūq al-Yahūdī paid two months of rent from Shaʿbān to the end of Shawwāl for the shop he rented in Ḥārat al-Yahūd.

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  42. 7042LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 263

    Mentions a collector of funds of some kind (jābī l-muwāzana), and a judge al-Qāḍī al-Ḥusaynī.

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  43. 7043List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 307

    Mentions Fāṭima (and underneath ḥurra—are the others slaves?); Sitt al-Bashr; and Sitt al-Karam. On verso the word ṭabbākha (cook) appears.

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  44. 7044Legal documentJTS MS 10811.1

    Scribed and signed by Shelomo b. Meir. Also signed by Avraham b. David. Needs examination.

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  45. 7045LetterMoss. II,163.3

    The beginning of the second page what is probably a petition, written by a boy who was abandoned by his father before he was born. Mentioning also precious gold and silver items from the mother's dowry.

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  46. 7046Legal documentMoss. IXa,2.50

    Legal document, a few lines of what was probably a draft, mentioning a woman selling something and a sum of 5 dinars. All the people mentioned have the word al-madhkūr (the aforementioned) after their names.

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  47. 7047Legal documentMoss. V,394.2

    One of the parties is Elʿazar; also mentions "the brothers." (Information in part from CUDL)

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  48. 7048Legal documentT-S 8J6.18

    Page from a court notebook concerning the verdict of the court in Fustat, written by Avraham, son of the Gaon, December 1026. See also T-S 8J6.18 A and B and T-S 8J6.18 C.

    1. חצר פי בית דין יום אלכמיס סתה ועשרין בכסליו
    2. שנת אשלח בפסטאט מצרים עלי בן יוסף
    3. הכהן הידוע אבן אלמזוק וזוגתה כולה בת מנצור
    4. בת דודו ואעתרפא גמיעא ואשהד…

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  49. 7049State documentT-S 8J16.19 + T-S NS 323.13

    Reused for accounts in Arabic script (also on recto) and a letter in Judaeo-Arabic (on verso).

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    1. متوجهة منه الى[
    2. الكسوة الواصـ[ـلة الى ثغر

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  50. 7050Literary textT-S 8J22.27

    There are a few lines in Arabic script on the facing page, which also seem literary.

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    1. אכברך מן לאך אלהוא בעגיב מן צביח
    2. לאחת בכף כציב פקלת להא באלבדר
    3. עיסא תטלעי סננצר נור צאטע ועגיב
    4. פאבדת תחדתני תחלפני וקאלת דלני
    5. מן אין די…

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