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  1. 7101State documentT-S Ar.41.83

    It seems that the sender is not happy in his current position (...ḥattā annahu ashghala nafsahu fī khidma lam yaʿlam mā hiya qabla yakhdum fīhā fa-lammā kashafahā wajadahā lā shayʾ...) and he is requesting intercession to change positions. He also mentions that this job requires "jayyid al-khaṭṭ" (good handwriting), the ability to listen to people and petitions (ruqʿa), and something related to endorsing "tawqīʿ".

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  2. 7102LetterT-S Ar.54.60

    Written on a reused fragment of a letter in Arabic script (the only part preserved is the basmala and the opening "ṣalawāt Allāh wa-bara[kātuh]"). Describing the endeavors of Abū Saʿd "the seventh" to become head of the Jews by bribing the vizier ('mutawallī bāb al-sulṭān') Ibn al-Salār.

    1. . . . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. תדכרה אלי ואל[ . . . . . . . ] מן צלאתה עלי
    3. אל[[נגיד]] הדרת הנגידות ויעתדר ען תאכר
    4. כתאבהא מן קבל ב…

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  3. 7103State documentT-S AS 124.135

    She asks for a rescript (tawqīʿ) for the petition and mentions something already having already gone out of the treasury (bayt al-māl; prior charitable payments which she did not receive?).

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    1. بعد كلمة والتعرف وكتب……………….عبده

    2. تشتكي ياخي(؟) فيه من قلة ذات اليد وامور الزمان هي ومن معها اطال ذلك[

    3. الله تعالى وحضرته السامية وكانت حض…

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  4. 7104Legal query or responsumT-S AS 150.192 + T-S Misc.29.62a

    Related to T-S 10J5.23 (PGPID 7853). There are also some Geʾonic responsa copied by Ḥalfon. Seems to be an indirect join with Moss. […] (Information in part from CUDL and Goitein's index card.) Joins: Alan Elbaum. AA/ASE.

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  5. 7105Legal documentT-S AS 151.177

    Besides the timing of the signature, post-1540, the reading of the location is also uncertain because the final letter closely resembles vav (but could be a cursive ה). The alternative reading, ממלטו, however seems less likely as a potential surname.

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    1. ...]ה השכיר כה׳׳ר שמואל [...] יצ׳׳ו לכ׳׳ר שמואל ידיע איל
    2. ...]ר תחת בית כה׳׳ר שמואל הנז׳ לבור(?) בסך
    3. ...] משך השכירות הנז׳ מהיום וקבל עליו בנ׳

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  6. 7106List or tableT-S AS 153.2

    Her associates include many Muslim and at least one Christian woman, who evidently work for a Jew: Sitt ʿIzz; Fakhriyya; Qaḍīb; the wife of al-Asʿad; ʿĀʾisha; Umm Jashm; Zaynab; Khātūn; Mīra; the Christian woman (al-Naṣrāniyya); Nasab; al-ʿAsāliyya(?)

    1. חסאב א. אבו אלרצי פי אלזמן
    2. ניסן קמו ענדהא נ
    3. להא מן סת עז ד . ולהא ג
    4. כרג קיראט נחאס ולהא א . .
    5. ולהא יום גמעה אלעיד מן פכריה
    6. ב ולהא מן פכריה א . .
    7. ואי…

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  7. 7107State documentT-S AS 176.27

    Fragment with four different text blocks in Arabic, apparently drafts of documents in a chancery hand. Both sides are also reused for Hebrew biblical text written in very large script. 1) The most substantial note is at the top of verso and consists of three lines, beginning with a basmala and ending with an inshallāh and a ḥasbala. The content has yet to be deciphered. 2) Underneath, there are a couple lines from the beginning of a letter of excuse "the reason I could not fulfill your errand/service is that...." 3) A few words in Arabic at the very bottom of the page. 4) On recto there are prayers for the caliph al-Mustanṣir (r. 1036–94).

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  8. 7108Legal documentT-S AS 184.400

    Mentions the term ḥawṭa or ḥūṭa (=confiscation?) in the first line; al-Ḥājj Sulaymān; a transaction involving "half of the entire khaṣārī/hādārī ship and half of its equipment, i.e., a sail and [[…] ʿAbbād; a woman's nursing infant (waladhā/wuldhā al-ṭifl al-murḍiʿ); and another child named ʿImrān.

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  9. 7109List or tableT-S J1.3

    ; Ṣāʿid the in-law of "the young man" (al-ṣabiyy); Abū Manṣūr; and Avraham b. Muḥsin (interestingly ENA 3738.2 (PGPID 39655) also features both an Urjuwānī and an Ibn Muḥsin).

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  10. 7110Paraliterary textT-S K6.148

    Writing exercises with the beginning of the Hebrew alphabet in the top margin. Solomon b. Mevasser b. Sahl ha-ʿAnī is also known from T-S 24.7 (dated 1003–4 CE), which is a Qaraite ketubba for his marriage to his cousin.

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  11. 7111LetterT-S Misc.23.4

    Much of the letter has to do with Avraham asserting his authority, including issuing a stern warning to a man named Ziyād ("this is a donkey's name") in Shubrā Damsīs who is to cease and decist from slaughtering birds, otherwise he will be prosecuted. Avraham also tells the addressee to sell the goods (? tarika) of R. Matitya and send the earnings with Ṣabāh or whomever else from the merchants. Avraham has already received the value of Matitya's goods that had been left behind in Damīra.

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  12. 7112State documentT-S Misc.28.155

    Refers to somebody who rejects benefaction (munākarat al-naʿīm) and who is addicted to drink and childish games (muʿāqarat al-sharāb... wa-liʿāb al-shabāb).

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    1. السفر كلام ار[       ]ـسيم واحلى من مناكرة 
    2. النعم والزم معاقرة الشراب وافنيت من لعاب
    3. الشباب وقع من خاطري موقع البرء بعد السقم
    4. وحكم المر طرى مو…

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  13. 7113LetterT-S NS 99.14

    ʿEli referring to how the qāḍī ʿĪsā [..]l al-Mulk Ṣāḥib al-Tartīb known as Ibn Hārūn kisses the hands of the new Nagid, for the late Gaʾon (Maṣliaḥ?) was good to him and therefore he was good to the Jews. On "Ṣāḥib al-Tartīb" (The Master of Disposition) as a title for a qāḍī, see CUL Or.1080 J39 + BL OR 5566B.5 and Goitein, Med Soc II, p. 607 note 4 On recto there are remnants of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, with one line in Arabic script at the bottom.

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  14. 7114Unknown typeT-S NS 271.34

    Recto contains random jottings of phrases from letters and legal documents mainly in Judaeo-Arabic with the name Allāh in Arabic script. Throughout, the letter sīn is represented by ש. The legalistic phrases mention Abū l-Ḥasan b. ʿAbd al-Bāqī and Makārim b. Sayyid al-Kull (a "witness").

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  15. 7115State documentT-S NS 297.36

    Dated: 517 H. (This might also be a kharājī date.) The document has a basmala; a block of text ["... from the area known as Jerash(?)"] that ends with the date; a block that may specify a sum of money (min al-ʿayn...), and then an itemized list in which three entries are preserved, each starting with "receipt: 1) in the name of tax farmers (ḍumanā)..."

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    1. بسم ا]لله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. ]رى ذكره من مزارعي الناحية المعروفة بالجرش(؟)

    3. ]واخذها مما استخرجها القاضي رشيد واحضره

    4. ]. ورقاع الشيخ ابوا طاهر…

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  16. 7116Legal documentT-S NS 314.5

    (maybe Sheʾerit, which would match the kunya Abū l-Baqāʾ known from other documents) releases his paternal uncle [Abū l-Bahāʾ b.] Abū l-Ḥasan al-Dalāt[ī al-Naḥḥāl] from all claims. Unfinished and no signatures.

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  17. 7117LetterT-S NS 338.50

    The writer has been sick ever since he last saw the addressee, and his illness has already cost him nearly 3 dinars for syrups and other things. He then reports on the books he has sent. He has sent Alfāẓal-Miqraʾ, "and its purchase is on the one with the Rayyis, 1/2 dinar and a ḥabba."

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  18. 7118Legal documentYevr. II A 1296

    Yosef will become childless he can take another wife after 10 years. She is alsoallowed to go out and visit her relatives but should ask his permission to do so.

    1. ביום ראשון בשבוע והוא חמשה ועשרים יום מחדש סיון שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות
    2. ששה וחמשים שנים לבריאת העולם ואלפים ומאה וחמשה שנים למספר יונים בעיר
    3. אלקאהר…

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  19. 7119LetterYevr. III B 669

    Yeḥezqel asks him to come back or write back quickly with news of his health to alleviate her suffering. He also wants the addressee to ask Abū l-Majd the son of the judge whether Abū l-ʿIzz left the writer's copy of the commentary on the Mishna (of Maimonides?)

    1. אן סת ענבר מרצת מרצה שדידה
    2. וקד חצל להא תכייל פאסד מן
    3. גהתך ובתטן אן אלחצרה מריצה
    4. וקד סאלתני אן אסייר אערף
    5. אלחצרה במרצהא ובשגל
    6. קלבהא פתתפצל אלחצרה
    7. אמא…

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  20. 7120Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal case in which Yaʿīsh b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Kohen al-Mawardī, calls for the "mercy of Ki Tetzei" (רחמים כי תצא), probably one of the legal concepts framed in the Ki Tetzei parashah, Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 33r

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ נהאר אלארבע י׳׳ח פי שהר אלול סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ו ליצירה חצ'ר
    2. יעיש אלכהן א׳אלמר׳ ע׳אלכרים אלכהן אלמערוף באלמאורדי ו…

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  21. 7121LetterT-S 10J14.20

    Letter from the sister of Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī, in Tripoli, Libya, to her brother Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī. In the handwriting of ʿAllūsh the shammash. […] My brother, help me with some portion of this debt engulfing me—do not abandon me and do not forsake me." Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī, incidentally, was prone to illness: see also T-S 16.163 and T-S Misc.25.124 (as noted by Krakowski), and T-S 12.389 and BL OR 5542.20.

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    1. אטאל אללה יאכי ואלעזיז עלי בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ומן תופיקה לא

    2. אכלאך כתאבי אליך יאכי ואלעזיז עלי נצ אלול ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק

    3. אלי…

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    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אחי והיקר לי, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת ההצלחה אל 
    2. ימנע ממך. אני כותבת לך, אחי והיקר לי, בחצי אלול; שלומי טוב …

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  22. 7122LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/24

    Yehuda, the head of the community of Alexandria in the last quarter of the 15th century.

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  23. 7123Legal documentENA 972.9

    Written and signed by [...] b. Efrayim. Also signed by [...] b. Shahrīr(?).

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  24. 7124LetterENA 1822a.78

    There is further text underneath also Latin script. Verso: Accounts in Hebrew script.

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  25. 7125List or tableENA 1822a.86

    Late list of wealthy contributors, about 30 per week (Information from Goitein index cards.) Verso: There are also several lines of Arabic script. Dating: probably no earlier than ca. 14th century.

    1. [פרשת אתם נצבים היום כלכם] לפני

    --- -- -- --- ---

    1. ..........י]הודה יעקב מנצור יום טוב חיים

    -- -- -- -- --

    1. .....]..לסל? סלמאן ביתן ברגות יהודה

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  26. 7126LetterENA 2575.7 + ENA 2575.8

    Letter reporting the sinking of a ship in the Red Sea, dating probably from the 14th century or later based on the mention of the port city of al-Tur, which rose to prominence after the decline of al-Quṣayr.

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    1. [...]ם אכוך
    2. [...]ב אמארה כל

    3. [...]לה וגרם אלף וכמס מאיה

    4. דרהם ומן גהה אלעבד מבארך פשעיה פי אסכנדריא

    5. ואכדה אלמחתסב בלאש מא סלם פיה שי וגרם…

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  27. 7127LetterENA 2804.9

    Letter from Alexandria to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat, requesting donation for the ransom of prisoners of the Byzantines, 11th century.

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    1. . . . . . . שלפי נעימות אג[ל]י שיש דגלי עלין
    2. . . . . . כה אגמי רצון אור זרוע בר נטוע וכ . . . ח . . .
    3. . . . . הם אחינו נכב[דינ]ו יקירנו חש[ובי…

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  28. 7128Legal documentENA 2806.14

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal deed. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Middle third of Sivan 4895 AM, which is 1135 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon.

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  29. 7129List or tableENA 3726.5

    Very extensive and neatly written; merits detailed examination. Mentions Alexandria. Mentions (on recto, left side, toward the bottom) the date of Kislev 5315 = October/November 1554 CE.

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  30. 7130List or tableENA 3918.14

    The names are typical of the late 12th and 13th centuries. Abū Saʿd al-[...]... Abū l-Riḍā, two raṭls... Ibn al-Dayyān one and a half raṭls...

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  31. 7131List or tableENA 3949.3

    Mentions several names: Mūsa al-Karakī (كرك in modern-day Jordan), someone with the military title "nāẓir al-jaysh".

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  32. 7132LetterENA 3951.5

    Seems to be a private letter but is written in formal/deferential terms ("... jamaʿa al-shaml bi-khidmatih...") and most of the text preserved consists of blessings. Reports that the children (al-ṣighār) are well.

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  33. 7133Legal documentENA NS 3.2

    Dated: Probably 1414 or 1417 Seleucid = 1112/13 or 1115/16 CE.Needs conservation. There are also two other minuscule fragments sharing this shelfmark.

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  34. 7134Legal documentENA NS 35.29

    Mentions an Amīr Yūsuf [...] and "all the demands and all the debts. . . " incumbent on somebody to somebody.

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  35. 7135LetterENA NS 72.19

    lahu ʿindahu danānīr", concerning a teacher (qad addanī muʿallim l-ṣabīyy). Also mentions Cairo. Needs examination.

    1. قد صدق سيدي المعلم حرسه الله انني وعدته
    2. ورجوت ان يصلي شي فعذره حتى انني
    3. كتبت الى مر له من عنده دنانير فقلت له قد ارني
    4. معلم الصبي واحتشمت مما اردده و…

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  36. 7136LetterENA NS I.24

    On verso the name Abū l-Maʿālī b. al-Shaykh al-Sadīd is written.

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  37. 7137LetterJRL B 4168

    The writer mentions an earlier conversation that took place between al-Shaykh al-Makīn Abū Sahl and the Rayyis.

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    1. ממלוך אלמולי אלאגל אלשי[ך
    2. ואקאם גאהה ורזקה א.[
    3. אנה אהדי ללמולא הדיה ל[
    4. בנכות אלמולא והו חאמלה [
    5. מנקטע פקיר פי אשד מא [
    6. אלשיך אלמכין אן יכלם ל…

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  38. 7138List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 413

    Mentions the word 'maṭbakh' several times. On verso the title "al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ" (in Arabic script, possibly a reference to Ṭalāʾiʿ b.

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  39. 7139LetterMIAC 20

    (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 59).

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  40. 7140LetterMIAC 109

    (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 54).

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  41. 7141Legal documentMIAC 147

    (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 76).

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  42. 7142State documentMoss. II,107.2

    Fragment from the top of a Judaeo-Arabic copy of a decree (manshūr) of the caliph al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, it seems his appointment of a certain Muṭahhar to the governorship of Damascus.

    1. ] . . למא ערף מולאנא אלחאכם באמר אללה צלו[את אללה עליה . . .
    2. ]פר מן ולאיה דמשק וולא מטהר מן בעדה [
    3. ]ב מנשורה מכתצר בגיר תטויל כתב [
    4. באסם אללה אלרחמן…

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  43. 7143LetterMoss. IV,24.2

    The writer seem to explain why he had not paid anything to the addressee. He has also sent him some money to make purchases, including of olives(?)

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  44. 7144LetterMoss. IV,36.1

    Mentions money to be given to the recipient; Alexandria; an amir; and a muḥtasib. Needs further examination.

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  45. 7145Legal documentNLI 577.1/48

    Fragmentary and damaged, bottom half. Mentions a Christian (al-Naṣrānī al-Dhimmī) who is probably the proprietor, and measures of wheats in irdabs.

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  46. 7146State documentSt. Catherine, Istanbul Metochion, Stern doc. 4

    Probably another decree of ʿAbd al-Majīd (al-Ḥāfiẓ) concerning the monks at Mt.

    1. عادات السادات لا يزال سالكا مناهج ابايه الكرام واجداده
    2. ومتبعا اثار عدلهم في بلاد الله وعباده وقاصدا مرضاة الله
    3. سبحانه في اصداره وايراده ومجريا احوال…

    1. … the customs of lords, never ceases wandering upon the path of his noble fathers and ancestors

    2.  and following the traces of their justice in Go…

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  47. 7147Legal documentT-S 8.231

    At the bottom at ninety degrees there is also a brief description of the boundaries of a property.

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  48. 7148Legal documentT-S 8J15.1

    Eliyyahu about a gift from his father of almostall his books and copper vessels; brother Abu Zikri gets only a few small books.

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    1. אוהבת אבני שלמה שרה אלתורה
    2. אוהבת אבני שלמה שרה אלתורה והו כמסה אגזא ואיצ'א

    3. סידור רבנו שלמה ז'ל וליס לא[חד] פיה שי בל הו לאבני

    4. שלמה במתנה …

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    1. I present my son Solomon with a Torah commentary

    2. I present my son Solomon with a Torah commentary in five volumes, as well as

    3. the prayerb…

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  49. 7149LetterT-S 8J19.16

    At the top of the page are 2 lines in Arabic script, also possibly part of the same letter, with petition-like language and requesting a favor.

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  50. 7150LetterT-S 8J29.11

    A load of soap on the sultan's ship is also mentioned. Dated to the second half of the 11th century.

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    1. וקד כאן אלסלפה ען אלצאבון פי מרכב אלסלטאן
    2. ] עלי אנה ב'ע'ה' אכד מנא סער פ'

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    1. כתאן [
    2. לספאקץ [

    3. טרי עליי בדלך

    4.      קבץ' [

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    1. (1–4) יתרה לחובתך …. מהם דינר טרי שהוא חייב לדיואן …. וחצי ושמינית. סך הכל, יתרה לחובתך בעד י׳׳ג הכדים …. ייתן לו אלוהים שלום, דמי הובלה בעד כ…

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