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  1. 8401Legal documentT-S 8J4.2

    Arbitration after the breaking off of a betrothal. A board of arbitration, consisting of four prominent citizens, decided that the brother of the bride, Tarib …

    1. חצר פי בית דין פי יום אלכמיס לעשרה פי טבת
    2. מן אשלח סלימאן בן יוסף מטאלב לטריב בן יוסף
    3. בכמסה עש/ר/ה דינאר דכר אנה סלמהא מהר לזיגה
    4. סת אלדאר בנת יוסף וג…

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  2. 8402Legal documentBodl. MS heb. e 93/99

    Document in Arabic script. Possibly the draft of an iqrār or other legal deed. Written on (or reused for?) a page of magical instructions in …

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  3. 8403Legal documentT-S 16.47 + T-S NS 300.21

    Bill of release from Abū Yaʿqūb Yequtiʾel b. Moshe ha-Rofeʾ, the representative of the merchants, to the cantor Avraham b. Neḥemya. Also mentions Shemarya b. …

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  4. 8404LetterYevr. II A 2893

    Letter of condolence from Yiṣḥaq b. Shelomo ha-Maskil to the brothers Binyamin and Yeshuʿa b. Shelomo. In Hebrew. Dated: Monday, 14 Heshvan 5571 AM, which …

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  5. 8405State documentT-S AS 143.30

    Verso: Fiscal document. Very faded. Dated: 440 AH? A sum of money is specified in the middle section. Needs examination. Reused for a magical spell …

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  6. 8406LetterT-S 16.121

    Letter from the head of the Spanish community in Egypt to the Rosh ha-Ḥakhamim, discussing schisms between the Tripolitan (אלטראבלסיין), Tunisian (התונסיין) and Maghrebi (מערביים) …

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    1. . . . [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] תפט [
    2. ע[די]ן . . . . ובעודם [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .הדב]ר הזה היו כל הר[
    3. ברשותם הן בענין המסכ[…

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  7. 8407LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1489

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Arabic script in the margin and the address written in Arabic script. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions …

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  8. 8408Legal documentENA 3914.6

    Legal document, in Arabic script. Probably a marriage or divorce contract. Some readable phrases are: "لا يعترض معترض فيها", and "قطع وفصل لا رجوع". Needs …

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  9. 8409Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.34.5

    Commercial receipt from the dār of the qāḍī Abū Muḥammad al-Saṭāmī (?) for ʿArūs (b. Yosef) mentioning a bale of lac. See also: ENA 3957.5 …

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  10. 8410LetterT-S 8J33.3

    Printed copy of a letter that purports to be from the tribes of Gad and Reuben, in the Holy Land, to the tribes of Judah …

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  11. 8411State documentT-S NS 285.106

    Official document in Arabic script. Apparently dealing with witnesses and legal procedure. Fragments of two lines are preserved: ... fa-asqaṭahu min al-shahāda... min shuhūd al-bilād …

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  12. 8412List or tableENA 2842.27

    Verso: Accounts or calculations in Arabic with Greek/Coptic numerals. The paper was reused on the recto for piyyuṭ.

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  13. 8413Legal documentT-S 20.125

    One of three draft versions of a document concerning the leadership of the community of al-Maḥalla during the administration of Mevorakh b. Seʿadya (active 1079–1111). …

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    1. מעשה שהיה בפנינו אנו בית דין הקבוע בפסטאט
    2. מצרים דממנא מבי דינא רבה מן כב גד קז מר[ן]
    3. ורבנן אדוננו מבורך אלוף הבינות [ ]ה[ ]
    4. טנהדרין רבה שר השר…

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    1. Proceedings that took place in our presence, we, the permanent court in Fustat,

    2. Egypt, appointed by the high court of (his) ho(nor), gr(eat…

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  14. 8414State documentT-S Misc.22.299

    Verso: Official letter. Approximately 14 lines are preserved. Dating: No earlier than 1021 CE, since al-Ḥākim was dead at the time of writing. Possibly dating …

    Inverted text (originally meant to be at the bottom)

    …..والحمد لله وصلواته على سيدنا محمد نبيه وسلامه على اله الائمة الطاهرين

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    1. حسب اعتدادي بتط…

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  15. 8415Legal documentT-S 8J32.8

    Legal document. Partnership dissolution. Dated: March 1029. Location: Fustat. This document, emerging from the court of Abraham b. Sahlān, records the dissolution of a partnership …

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    1. ום אלכמיס ד מן ניסן שנת שמ
    2. חצר אסחקק בן אליה הידוע בן אלקשאש
    3. ואקר לסמחון בן תמים בסתה דנא גיאד
    4. ואתקיים ידפעהא אליה סוף חדש תשרי
    5. שנת שמא ויבריה…

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    1. Thursday 4 Nisan of the year (1)340
    2. Isḥaq b. Elijah known as “(I)bn al-Kashshāsh” came
    3. and atttested for Samḥūn b. Tamīm to the six excellent din…

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  16. 8416Legal documentT-S NS J401o

    Legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38), under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Fragment (bottom part). Involves Yaḥyā al-Kohen, Abū …

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    1. [ ]ק[ ]
    2. [ ] דשטרי אילא כחומר וכחוזק כל שטרי [ ]
    3. [ ]נאין דמסירין לי ודמסרנא על שטרא [ ]
    4. [ ] מרור יחיי הכהן דנן ללשיך אבו אלמעאל[י ]
    5. [ ]טאלבאת ו…

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  17. 8417Legal documentT-S 24.71

    Fragment of right side of a marriage contract between Yefet and [...] bt. Shelomo.

    1. במעלה שב[
    2. ושבעין וש[
    3. נהרא מו[תבה
    4. בת של[מ]ה ה[
    5. ואיסובר ית[
    6. ושמעתי'ה ע[
    7. מוהרה דחזן(!) ס[
    8. י'הב לה מנהון [
    9. מעליי ודן נדונ[יא
    10. דהב וכאתמין [
    11. ותוב דביקי וג…

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  18. 8418Unknown typeENA NS 79.237.10

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  19. 8419List or tableAIU VII.F.52

    Late accounts in sloppy handwriting, probably dated Tammuz 5583 AM (1823 CE). The scribal hand of the first entry is different than the rest of …

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  20. 8420Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/2

    Legal document(s). Location: Fustat. Dated: Ṭevet 1392 Seleucid = December 1080/January 1081 CE. (The first deposition is from 10 Ṭevet, the second is from 21 …

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  21. 8421Legal query or responsumT-S NS J43

    Draft of a letter that was not sent. A question that was addressed to Maimonides about remission of debts. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on …

    TS NS J 43, ed. S. D. Goitein, "Unpublished autograph Responsa byMaimonides" (Hebrew), Tarbiz, 28(1959), pp. 195-196, 11-10-89, N.T.(pp)(Wrongly cite…

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  22. 8422LetterENA NS 7.27

    Letter fragment (left side). In Judaeo-Arabic. Little of the subject matter remains; the writer may be requesting a favor.

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  23. 8423Legal documentENA NS 44.17

    Legal document. Draft, probably. In the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? In Judaeo-Arabic. The wife of Yiftaḥ ha-Dayyan declares that she sold Abū l-Barakāt...

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  24. 8424LetterT-S NS 163.84 + T-S Ar.7.14

    Two fragments comprising the upper part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to "al-ḥaver al-jalīl" (misspelled אלחבר אלגיל). The writer also uses the letter sin …

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  25. 8425LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/22

    IB II, 55. Letter from Maḥrūz b. Yaʿaqov, Mangalore, to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, Bharuch, Gujarat, ca. 1145–48. Abū Zikrī was a representative …

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    1. בשמ רח
    2. תרום ידך על צריך וכל אויביך יכרתו
    3. כתאבי אלי מולאי וסיידי ורייסי אלשיך
    4. אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    5. וכאן לה ומעה ולי וחאפט פי ג…

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    1. In Your Name, O Merciful.
    2. Your hand shall prevail over your foes, and all your enemies shall be cut down.
    3. I am writing to you, my lord and mas…

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  26. 8426Legal documentT-S AS 154.67

    Bifolium from a rabbinic work dealing with ritual slaughter, possibly a responsum, quoting Exodus 12:6. (Information from CUDL)

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  27. 8427LetterT-S Ar.18(1).33

    Letter from Moses the schoolmaster petitioning ʿAmram ha-Levi for a charitable donation. He had not earned any fees over the holiday period. He asks for …

    1. שאכרה משה
    2. ר עמרם הלוי היקר הנכבד התלמיד
    3. ישמרו שומר נפשות חסידיו ויצליח
    4. מעבדיו מכדום באתם סלאם ואלף תחיה
    5. ואכראם מן שאכרה משה בלא שר אן
    6. כנת סירת לחצרת…

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    1. Moses, who thanks you 
    2. I honor R. Amram ha-Levi, the precious, the honored, the scholar,
    3. may the Guardian of the souls of the Pious guard you…

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  28. 8428Unknown typeENA NS 85.1365

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  29. 8429Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 696

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Describes the position of different planets at different times.

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  30. 8430Legal documentT-S NS 205.30

    Verso (original use): Seems to be a legal document in Hebrew. Very faded. May involve Pinḥas: ועוד אמר פנחס דנן דעו רבותי וחיי . . …

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  31. 8431Literary textENA NS 79.26

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  32. 8432LetterT-S AS 153.194

    Beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand. "That which I inform Sayydinā...." None of the content is preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  33. 8433LetterT-S AS 148.67

    Letter mentioning the al-Shaykh al-Rashīd. Dating: late 12th or 13th century. Probably a copy as it is in an unusual format (written on two pages …

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  34. 8434LetterJRL B 2789

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, preserving the first couple words of each line and the right margin.

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  35. 8435LetterDK 238.3 (alt: X)

    Letter (likely a draft) dictated by the wife and written by the son (Zayn al-Dār) of the India trader ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn, beseeching him to …

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    1. בשמך רחמנה
    2. וצלת כתב חצרה מולי אלאגל אלואלד געלני אללה פדאה
    3. מן כל סו וופקה וגמע שמלי בה בפצלה ורחמתה
    4. אן שא אללה ואלדי תריד עלמה יא מולי אן נחן…

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  36. 8436Paraliterary textENA 4011.7

    Calendar

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  37. 8437List or tableT-S NS J422

    Lower part of twin list of contributors, the first with, the second without sums. Folded down the middle, hence a bifolium that once belonged to …

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    1. ......].....בן.....

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    1. אלעריף אלשיך אבו סהל נצף ½ 3 [[דינאר]]
    2. אלשיך אבו נצר בן אסחק דינאר

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  38. 8438State documentT-S K3.12

    Decree, possibly of al-Malik al-Ashraf. Partially transcribed by S. M. Stern (NLI ARC. 4°1656, File 507).

    Recto, top (ʿalāma)

    1. الحمد لله رب العالمين
    2. الملكي الاشرفي

    Recto, main text

    1. المرسوم بالامر الكريم العالي المولوي
    2. الاميري الـ ...ـي  الكبيري المالك…

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  39. 8439State documentT-S NS 257.65

    State document, in Arabic script. Mentions an iqṭāʿ. Fragmentary.

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  40. 8440Paraliterary textT-S NS 325.45

    Recto: phrases of blessing for a boy named Yehuda b. ʿEli. A subsequent scribe has replaced the name with Yosef b. Saʿadya (in one place …

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  41. 8441LetterJRL B 2878

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Addressed to the Jewish community of Jabal Wānsharīs (גמאעה אלגבל ואנשריס, i.e., Ouarsenis in present-day Algeria). The sender's name includes …

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  42. 8442LetterT-S NS 264.7

    Verso, with the address at the top of recto: Family letter addressed to 'my child, Rivqa.' In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 14th century. Likely sent from …

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  43. 8443State documentPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.29 (Michaelides 29)

    Petition from a group of Sufis written in the style of a testimony with a dozen witness statements, addressed to someone referred to as "mawlānā …

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  44. 8444Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#48) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on ff. 12v-13r-v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

    :(Documents 47-48) Folio 12v 

    1. ושלטנות שיש להם ולכל באי כחם בחזקת הקאעה הגדולה והעלייה שעל גבה ובכל ת׳׳ש ות׳׳ש ת׳׳ש מהפתחים החיצונים
    2. הסוגרים עליהם ול…

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  45. 8445List or tableT-S AS 185.180

    Table of monetary values, two columns are listed "silver" and "pure" (נוקר). Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. Possibly related to communal …

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  46. 8446LetterT-S AS 145.131 + T-S AS 145.132

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there are jottings of Arabic ḥamdalas.

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  47. 8447Literary textENA NS 76.66

    Literary text. In the hand of Avraham Maimonides (or perhaps one of his descendants).

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  48. 8448LetterAIU VII.E.132

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Hefez to Merkado Karo and Shimʿon Frances dated 27 Heshvan 5568 AM (1807 CE). Verso contains …

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  49. 8449Legal query or responsumCUL Or.1080 1.64

    Various Geonic responsa. (Information from CUDL)

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  50. 8450Literary textT-S Misc.28.74

    Translation of Ecclesiastes into Judaeo-Greek. See De Lange, Greek Jewish Texts from the Cairo Genizah, 71–78.

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