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  1. 751List or tableT-S Misc.28.210

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Very messy. Two lines are crossed out. Mentions the Muslim name ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Ḥassūn b. ʿUthmān. On …

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  2. 752Legal documentT-S Misc.28.217

    Marriage contract (ketubba) with an elaborate fleur-de-lis frame. Fragment. What remains is mostly the trousseau list. An item called 'Bunduqī' (Venetian) appears. Some of the …

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  3. 753Legal documentT-S Misc.28.218

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Abū Saʿd; a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ; and someone's maternal grandmother. Probably …

    1. [ ]ק[ ]
    2. [ ] מן שמי מן יומא דנן ולע[ילא ]
    3. [ ] עלי אבו סעד דנן ולא פי גמיע אלדאר שו[ ]
    4. [ ] דאר ען גדתי אם ואלדיעוקע מני לה הד[ ]
    5. [ ]קנא ולאקנואה ולאור…

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  4. 754LetterT-S Misc.28.225

    Letter from Barhūn b. Mūsā ha-Tāhartī, in Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: about 1045 (Gil). Business letter discussing trade in silk and …

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    1. [כתאבי יאסידי ו]מולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וציאנתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך

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  5. 755Legal documentT-S Misc.28.229

    Recto: Legal. Drafts of two different documents. One document states that it was drawn up in Fustat, is dated no later than 1081 CE (Tishrei …

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  6. 756LetterT-S Misc.28.232

    Business letter from Khalaf b. Ḥammād(?) b. Hiba to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn (?) b. [...]. In Arabic script. Mentions various sums in the hundreds of …

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  7. 757Legal documentT-S Misc.28.234

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Iyyar 1452 Seleucid = April/May 1141 CE. Regarding the sale of a house in Minyat Zifta costing 9 dinars. Between …

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  8. 758LetterT-S Misc.28.235

    Letter from Faraḥ b. Yosef, in Alexandria, to Yehuda b. Menashshe, in Fustat. Dating: May 12, 1069. Regarding shipments of gold and exchange of dinars …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך ויכה את אויביך,
    2. מאלכסנדריה, בי"ח באייר, יחתום אותו אלוהים עליך במיטב חותמו ויודיעך את ברכת מה שאחריו.

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  9. 759Legal documentT-S Misc.28.238

    Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Partnership agreement. The shared capital is 70 dinars. Dating: mentions the year 494 …

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  10. 760LetterT-S Misc.28.239

    Letter or letter draft from Yeshuʿa b. Yefet ha-Kohen addressed to two people. Introduction in Hebrew and body in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions 10 dinars and various …

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  11. 761LetterT-S Misc.28.240

    Dating: ca. 1045 CE. Barhun deals with buying and selling goods in Būṣīr and Alexandria.

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ואצרף אלאסוא

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק ממך כל רע
    2. ברחמיו, מאלכסנדריה, בי"ט באייר, יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ואת ברכת
    3. החודשים שאחריו.

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  12. 762Legal documentT-S Misc.28.241

    Legal document(s). In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya? Multiple entries, it seems all dealing with the estate of the late Menashshe. On …

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  13. 763LetterT-S Misc.28.244

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm addressed to 'ha-Rav ha-Gadol,' someone close to the Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address partially in Arabic script. Dealing entirely …

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    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. סבב הדה אלכדמה מן עבד חצרה מולאי אלרב אלגל[יל

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  14. 764LetterT-S Misc.28.245

    Letter from Natan b. Mevorakh ha-Kohen, in Ashqelon, to ʿUlla ha-Levi ha-Parnas b. Yosef, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1110 CE per Gil. Mentions …

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  15. 765LetterT-S Misc.28.246

    Letter from Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāhartī, in Barqa to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1045 CE. Barhūn writes at length and in detail …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אט[א]ל [אל]לה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ואצרף אלאסוא

  16. ...חזר אליו ואחר כך .... מכר באלכסנדריה
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    בי"ג דינר, ולא נכנסו לחשבון .... מה שמגיע לנו מתוכם הוא ו' דינרים .... לחוכת השותפות, וחייב אותנו לשלם לו שכר, כי לא שילמנו לו מהרווח וכל השאר, והיתה הכנסתנו כ' דינר בקירוב ....

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  18. 766Legal documentT-S Misc.28.249

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Dating: Unknown. Location: Jerusalem. Groom: Avraham b. Gershom. Bride: ʿAzīza bt. Mevorakh, a divorcee. See Goitein's index card for further information.

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  19. 767LetterT-S Misc.28.250

    Letter from Maymūn b. Efrayim (Alexandria) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿAwkal (Fustat). Contains information about the movement of wares via Alexandria and about financial …

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    1. כתאבי יא]שיכי וריסי וגלילי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וכאן לך

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  20. 768LetterT-S Misc.28.252

    Probably a letter. In Hebrew, in flowery style. The portion preserved consists entirely of blessings.

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  21. 769LetterT-S Misc.28.253

    Letter from an unidentified man in the Rīf to someone important in Fustat. Dating: 1112–ca. 1126, as it mentions the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh. In …

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  22. 770LetterT-S Misc.28.254

    Letter from the ḥaver Yehoshuaʿ b. ʿEli al-Lādhiqī(?), in Jerusalem, to Abū l-ʿIzz(?) b. ʿEli Abū Manṣūr, in New Cairo. The letter consists of a …

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  23. 771Legal query or responsumT-S Misc.28.255

    Fragments of legal queries, possibly sent together as a single letter. Dating: 16th- or 17th-century (per Glick). Location: Siderokapısı/Sidrekapsi (סידריקאפס[י]), a mining town in what …

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  24. 772LetterT-S Misc.28.258

    Late business/family letter in Hebrew from Shelomo Binyamin to his brother-in-law, also named Shelomo. He reports that ships from Messina and Ancona have arrived, but …

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  25. 773Legal documentT-S Misc.28.259

    Legal document. Partnership agreement. Written in the hand of court clerk Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Yefet b. Avraham and a party whose name …

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    1. ש[ה][דותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא סוף שטרא דנן ........................... בשבה
  26. ...The term of this partnership (shirka) is twelve months […]
  27. mentioned above in the body of this document from him to … […]
  28. dinars.
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  30. 774Paraliterary textT-S Misc.29.4

    Verso: Magical conjuration (hashbaʿa). May mention Abū l-Karam. Needs examination.

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  31. 775State documentT-S Misc.29.4

    Recto: Accounts in Arabic script. Possibly a state document. Looks complete. The first line is the glyph, then Abū Sahl, then Abū l-Faḍl al-Raʾīs. Needs …

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  32. 776Literary textT-S Misc.29.4a

    India Book III,29a: Poem composed and written by Avraham Ibn Yijū in honor of Labrāṭ b. Moshe b. Labrāt Ibn Sughmār. Location: Yemen. Dating: ca. …

    III, 29a

    1. ראש מקהלות ישראל הוגה דת יקותיאל
    2. בן אבהן ואוריאן מבין כרב ושמואל
    3. יברכך צור בחופן היד הגדולה ויואל
    4. הוד והדר ללבושיך ורוחך עול מסלפת
    5. פז הבינה

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  33. 777Legal documentT-S Misc.29.8

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dating: Mentions a period of 6 years beginning in Shawwāl 512 AH and ending in Ramaḍān 518 AH. …

    1. بسـ[ـم الله الرحمن الرحـ]ـيم الحمد [لله وحده وكفـ]ـى وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى
    2. اقر يهوذا بن اسرائيل بن افرايم الاسرائيلى التاجر ويعرف بابن ابى كثي…
    After the completion of this  and its coming into force, this acknowledger pledged to the possession of the one to whom the acknowledgement was made, as a security against his  aforementioned debt, and a proof, what he stated [was in his ownership]
  34. as a valid asset and a right with legal force in hispossession.

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  36. 778Literary textT-S Misc.29.12

    Biblical (book of Numbers). Yemeni hand? On verso there is a pen trial: tajribat qalam wa-ḥibr malīḥ ṭāʾil.

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  37. 779State documentT-S Misc.29.13

    Petition or report. In Arabic script. Probably sent from the village of Danūhiyya (modern spelling: دنوهيا) in the Sharqiyya district of the Nile Delta (the …

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  38. 780State documentT-S Misc.29.17

    Official report in Arabic script. Blaming a spy named Abū Saʿīd Ibn al-Ḥammāra and one other person for betraying Damietta to the Franks and possibly the Byzantines as well, either leading to its loss or simply a military setback.

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  39. 781State documentT-S Misc.29.18

    Official report to a superior concerning the ḍamān in Damīra.

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  40. 782Legal documentT-S Misc.29.21

    Recto: Deed of sale for the purchase by Abū ʿAlī Ḥassān b. Ibrahim b. Azhar (the Jewish moneychanger) of two houses in Fusṭāṭ from Abū …

  41. الثمن المذكور فيه وهو أربعين(؟) صح
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    1. الثابت بن ح.[...]
    2. وكتب بتاريخ الخامس وعشرين من شوال سنة(؟)
    (He is responsible) until he clears him (the buyer) from [ … ]
  43.  [ … ] and accepted this from him with a valid and decisive acceptance, in  negotiations that took place between them concerning that.

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  45. 783Legal documentT-S Misc.29.22

    Verso (original use): Deed of sale in Arabic script. Dated: 495 AH = 1101/02 CE. Recto (reuses): Documents or drafts in Arabic script. One is …

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  46. 784Legal documentT-S Misc.29.24

    Deed in which Abū Saʿd Efrayim b. ʿEli the Jew acquires the lease of a plot of land in Fusṭāṭ from Abū l-Futūḥ Ghālib b. …

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    1. بســــــــــــــــم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وصلواته على سيدنا محمد رسوله واله وسلامه
    His right to use it came into force and also his right to  the freedom of action that iscustomarily granted to those undertaking a ḥikr in  connection with their ḥikr, without anyone obstructing
  47. or preventing, and his right to build upon it buildings of any kind he chooses, to plant any type of plantation he wishes and to dig a well, if he wishes.

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  49. 785State documentT-S Misc.29.25

    Decree, probably. "... wa-amr amīr al-muʾminīn..." Reused between the lines for an Arabic-script text, apparently a Jewish exegetical work since there are Hebrew words interspersed.

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  50. 786Legal documentT-S Misc.29.29

    Ketubba. Dated: 9 Nissan 16[..] Seleucid (or theoretically 13[..] or even 17[..]). The marriage is between first cousins: the groom Netanʾel b. Shela b. Yosef …

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  51. 787LetterT-S Misc.29.42a

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Needs examination.

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  52. 788Paraliterary textT-S Misc.29.49a

    The scorpion amulet. On the other side there are calendrical calculation tricks.

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  53. 789Literary textT-S Misc.31.3

    Printed treatise in Ladino and Hebrew. Translation of Psalms 19–20.

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  54. 790Literary textT-S Misc.32.51

    Printed. Daniel with Ladino translation.

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  55. 791State documentT-S Misc.34.5

    Petition in Arabic. T-S Misc.34.5 (4r) includes the opening formula: "المملوك يقبل الارض". There are 12 folios under the shelfmark T-S Misc.34.5– three of which …

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  56. 792Literary textT-S Misc.34.11

    Printed title page from a copy of Pirqei Avot in the Sephardi tradition (כמנהג ספרדים is in the title). Printed by "Estamperia Saʿadī ha-Levi, en …

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  57. 793List or tableT-S Misc.34.21

    Printed commercial booklist in Ladino, perhaps an insert from the front pages or the end of a bound book. The title reads: "Nota de los …

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  58. 794Paraliterary textT-S Misc.34.22

    A magical recipe with a drawing, entitled מצדת שפטים. Judaeo-Arabic translation and commentary of Deuteronomy 3:21-24 on f. 1v. (Information from CUDL.)

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  59. 795Literary textT-S Misc.34.24

    Leaves from Maimonides' Judaeo-Arabic draft of his Arabic treatise on sexual intercourse, commissioned by the Ayyubid prince Taqī al-Dīn Umar. Maimonides prescribes various concoctions to …

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  60. 796LetterT-S Misc.34.33

    Letter in Ladino regarding payment issues. Copious doodles in the white space. (Information from CUDL.)

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  61. 797Legal documentT-S Misc.34.38

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Abū l-Faraj al-Jabīlī (or al-Jubaylī); the estate of his father; and his …

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  62. 798Legal documentT-S Misc.34.39

    Legal document, small fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE).

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  63. 799Legal documentT-S Misc.34.40

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Bū l-Faḍl Shela ha-Levi.

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  64. 800Legal documentT-S Misc.34.41

    Legal document. Possibly a will. Only the lower left corner is preserved.

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