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  1. 8501LetterENA NS 19.2

    Verso: Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. "O Ibrahim! I found with your son Fāḍil (may God gladden him) one and a quarter dirhams, and I took …

    1. יא [שי]ך אבראהים וגדת מע אבנך
    2. פאצל אסעדה אללה דרהם ורבע וקד
    3. אכדתה מ[נה] והו פי . . נך איאך . [
    4. פלא תכלמה . . . . .

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  2. 8502Legal documentT-S NS 225.21

    Fragment from a bill of release granted by a woman (al-keshera) to Abū l-Makārim Meshullam ha-Levi and his brothers after a compromise(?) and received from …

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  3. 8503List or tableT-S AS 203.57

    Small fragment from a list of names and numbers. List of debtors?

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  4. 8504Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/121

    Recto: Copy of a deed relating to the settlement of the property of Khalaf b. Iṣḥaq, deceased, who left one daughter only. Dated Monday, 15 …

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  5. 8505List or tableJRL A 901

    Accounts in Ladino.

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  6. 8506LetterT-S NS J5 + T-S 13J7.13 + T-S K25.252

    India Book II, 17, II, 18, and II, 19: Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ben Yiju. Dating: 1133–40 CE. This is …

    T-S NS J5 verso, Hebrew address (IB II, 17)

    1. אלשיך אלאגל מולאי אברהם          עבדה מצמון
    2. בן ישו חרס אללה נעמתה              בן אלחסן בן בנדאר

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    1. The letter of my lord, the most illustrious elder, has arrived—may God make permanent 
    2. your well-being, may He guard your life and…

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  7. 8507Unknown typeT-S NS 305.178

    Very small fragment with text in Arabic script.

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  8. 8508Paraliterary textT-S Ar.38.50

    Prescription or recipe in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely medical or culinary (wa-yustaʿmal al-... bi-ṭabīkh al-ḥummuṣ(?)... wa-l-ʿaṣāfir...). Mentions honey, cloves, milk. On recto there is a document in …

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  9. 8509LetterT-S Ar.54.61 + Moss. V,339

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1218 CE or slightly before, based on the date listed in the accounts on verso. The writer is in desperate …

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  10. 8510LetterAIU IV.C.208

    Letter in the handwriting of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). In Hebrew. Fragment (left side). This document is cited by Roni Shweka as an …

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  11. 8511List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 80

    Accounts in Arabic script. Possibly mentions the date Dhū l-Ḥijja 672 AH (about 7 lines from the bottom), but the handwriting is difficult to read.

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  12. 8512List or tableT-S NS 321.7c

    Late accounts in Hebrew script that bear Ashkenazi and/or Italqi influence in terms of the paleography. The accounts are titled as "the receipt of Davide …

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  13. 8513Literary textT-S AS 170.207 + T-S AS 170.197

    Literary text. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Discussing the loss and preservation of the Torah over the generations based …

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  14. 8514State documentENA 3954.7

    Fragment of a letter about government business. In Arabic script. ". . . if he has it done by the jahbadh of the arsenal (al-ṣināʿa), …

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    1. فلو قام بذلك على يد جهبذ الصناعة لكان اصلح له ورايها الموفق

    2. وبن بو الغنائم فقد سالته احضار التحرير المختص بالديوان المفرد

    3. وحضوره ايضا اتف…

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  15. 8515LetterT-S AS 209.213

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: Probably 15th–17th century. Mentions names such as Moshe Pereṣ and Shelomo.

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  16. 8516Legal documentT-S 12.678

    Legal document. Dated: 1513 Seleucid = 1211/12 CE. The people involved: Thanāʾ bt. Bahāʾ known as אלוישי (the widow, childless); Abū l-Ghayth b. Hiba (her …

    1. דשנת אתקיג לשטרות למניאנא
    2. ונא דייני דמקצתנא חתימין
    3. תנא ברת בהא ידיעה אלוישי [ארמלה]
    4. אבי אלגית בן ] הבה ידיעה אלוישי סליקת לקדאם יה אולי מחיקה
    5. אבי אל…

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  17. 8517LetterT-S Misc.24.13

    Bottom of a letter in Arabic script. Seems to be addressed to the shop (dukkān) of a Qāḍī, as discernible from the first fragmentary line. …

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  18. 8518State documentT-S AS 146.35

    Verso: Petition fragment in Arabic script. Four lines are partially preserved. The petitioners are requesting something to do with the qaṭīʿa and iqṭāʿ system, probably …

    1. بانهم محتاجون لحصول[.   ]خراج []وس
    2. بالناحية المذكورة وامرها على ما جريت به العادة من القطيعة
    3. وقد ..ع نقل الاقطاع عنهم ويخشون من
    4.                     …

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  19. 8519State documentT-S AS 218.155

    Recto: Petition, fragment. Perhaps involving the plunder and occupation of a house (....al-bayt wa-nahabū... ikhrājuhum ʿanhu... fa-mā li-l-mamlūk illā marāḥim al-mawlā...). The form of the …

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    1. ]ـقول على المملوك وترهم
    2. ]البيت ونهبوا قماشه
    3. ]لوجه الله تعالى اخراجهم عنه
    4. ]ـهم عنه فما للمملوك الا مراحم المولى
    5. ]م نقمة امته تهلك(alt=نعمة امة …

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  20. 8520LetterT-S 10J9.11

    Beginning of a letter from Avraham b. Benjamim the Teacher written in high 'Torah' script and very artificial style, perhaps to a Nagid. (Information from …

    1. עבדו המודה חסדו אברהם
    2. בירבי בנימין המלמד המרוחם ננ
    3. בשם אלמעוז אשר שמו מגדל עז
    4. ונחך ד תמיד והשביע בצחצחות נפשך ועצמותיך יחליץ והיית כגן רוה וכמוצא מי…

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  21. 8521Unknown typeENA NS 79.233

    Multi-fragment shelfmark, with at least 4 different texts stuck together. Requires further examination.

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  22. 8522LetterJTSA MS 4391

    Letter from Sherira bar Ḥananya Gaʾon and Hayye bar Sherira to Yaʿaqov b. ʿAwkal enclosing letters for Yaʿaqov b. Nissim in Qayrawān. It is unknown …

    1. שלוחה עם אגרת מר רב יעקב החבר נר אל
    2. אצילנו נכבדינו ידידנו איש בריתנו מרי ורבנא יעקב
    3. אלוף ינצרהו משגבינו ויגוננהו בן מרי ורבנא יוסף עוכל
    4. זב לב כי יש …

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  23. 8523List or tableENA NS 62.29

    Business accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Recto is in two columns and verso is in one column. Recto is particularly messy. Mentions …

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  24. 8524LetterT-S NS 321.109a

    Letter fragment (upper left corner of recto and remnants of the address on verso) addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. Mentions the latter's son Abū Zikrī …

    1. ממלוכה [. . . . .]
    2. יכדם מושב הדרת יקרת צפיר]ת תפארת מר ור הדיין ה{ח}כם והנבון
    3. אליהו שמ צורו בר כגק מר ור זכ]ריה ראש הקהל נע וינהי באן ממלוכה
    4. . . . .…

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  25. 8525Legal documentT-S AS 204.369

    Top part of a deathbed declaration of Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ʿEli b. Yefet. Mentioning merchandise and silk, and his cousin (ibn ʿamm).

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  26. 8526Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 782

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script.

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  27. 8527LetterBL OR 5566B.32

    Business letter from Shelomo b. Mūsā al-Mahdawī, possibly in al-Mahdiyya, to his cousin Peraḥya b. Yosef, in Fustat. In Arabic script.

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  28. 8528Literary textCUL Or.1081 2.6

    The first page of the treatise on interpretation of dreams, transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic, composed by Abū Sahl ʿĪsā b. Yaḥyā al-Mutaṭabbib al-Faylasūf (better known as …

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  29. 8529Literary textENA 4101.18a

    Recto: The Book of Gathering the Winds. In Hebrew. See Goitein's index card for more information.

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  30. 8530List or tableT-S AS 153.256

    List of payments; contributors listed include Yaʿaqov, Shemuʾel (?), Faḍl, Mūsā, Ḥusayn, ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, Yosef, ראיס and אדוננו; Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)

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  31. 8531State documentT-S AS 177.321

    Draft of a petition, in Arabic script. Dating: probably late due to the placement of "mamlūk" after the basmala. The addressee is mentioned as "al-majlis …

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    1. محمد ابن علي ...
    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم المملوك
    3. يقبل الارض بين يدي المجلس السامي الاجلي
    4. المولوي الديواني

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  32. 8532Unknown typeT-S AS 154.167

    Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly a letter or a prayer.

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  33. 8533Unknown typeJRL B 8630

    Unidentified document, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. The word ילזמני is clearly legible but the rest is damaged.

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  34. 8534Unknown typeT-S AS 209.196

    Document in Arabic on verso, perhaps state. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.

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  35. 8535LetterT-S NS 321.71

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mostly about personal/family matters but also some business issues. The letter is probably from a man to his brother …

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  36. 8536List or tableENA NS 83.160

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  37. 8537Literary textT-S NS 270.183

    Printed catalogue of the Orientalischer Zeitschriftenverlag Iranschähr, a press founded by Hossein Kazemzadeh in 1918 in Berlin. Mainly in German and Arabic and Persian.

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  38. 8538Legal query or responsumENA NS 7.90

    Legal query in Judaeo-Arabic (fa-yuftūnā sādātunā). Looks like the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen; compare BL OR 5549.5 (PGPID 6238).

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  39. 8539Legal documentT-S NS 35.24

    Monograph; from Saadias formulary of legal documents (near end); published by Ben-Sasson in Shenaton Hamishpat Ha-Ivri. (Info from FGP)

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  40. 8540LetterYevr. III B 711

    Recto: Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Beẓalel b. Ḥayyim to David I Maimonides (b. Avraham b. Moshe), r. 1237–1300 CE. In Hebrew. Defending the Guide for …

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  41. 8541LetterT-S AS 153.206

    Official letter from the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids, with a motto (ʿalāma) at the top. The cantor Faraj is instructed to …

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    1. [העלאמה של הנגיד]
    2. אלשיך פרג'אל אלחזן הי"ב יתוצא בחאמלהא         
    3. אלשיך ר' יום טוב ותג'בי לה פי בית הכנסת          
    4. באנה מצ'רור ואהל ביתה צעיפי…

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  42. 8542LetterT-S 8J25.6

    Letter from Isma’il b. Ishaq al-Andalusi, Aleppo, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: mid-11th century. Details about sending letters. The writer is about to travel …

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    1. כתאבי יאמולאי חרס אלל[ה חיא]תך וטול עמרך ואדאם עזך

    2. מן חלב ואן כאן יאמולאי ל[ם] תתקדם כלטה ולא מק<ר>ה ולא

    3. צחבה חקיקה פענדי מן [ט]יב שימך ס…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני, ישמור אלוהים את חייך וייתן לך אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך,
    2. מחלב. אדוני, אף על פי שלא היו לנו לפני כן לא שותפות ולא הסכם ו…

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  43. 8543LetterT-S AS 154.116 + T-S 24.66

    India Book (IB) II, 16: Letter from Madmun b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ben Yiju. Dating: 1133–40 CE. This is the scribe's copy of …

    T-S 24.66 recto (IB II, 16)

    1. ברחמתה ואנתהית אלי מא דכרה
    2. פי כתאבה אלעזיז מן אנפאדה פי
    3. מרכב אלנאכדא ראמשת מן אלפלפל
    4. אתני עשר בהאר באלצגיר וקד וצל
    5. דלך ו…

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    1. ...] in His mercy. I noted that you mentioned
    2. in your esteemed letter
    3. that you had sent some pepper in the ship of the nākhudā Rāmisht
    4. —twelve…

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  44. 8544Unknown typeENA NS 85.336

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  45. 8545Literary textAIU XII.164

    Fragment of a bifolium from an Arabic literary work mentioning Amir al-Mu'minīn, very damaged. Some strings tied to the extremity of the page (not the …

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  46. 8546Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 2111/55

    Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Quite faded. Mentions Netanʾel b. Saʿadya; [...] b. Shāhid(?); a ruqʿa; Barakāt Yosef(?); …

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  47. 8547LetterJRL B 6945

    Probably a letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The phrase מגאלס לאנה is preserved, but the rest is very faded. The hand is reminiscent of some of …

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  48. 8548LetterT-S 10J9.1

    Letter of condolence written by a man to his sister, Rayyisa, on the occasion of their mother's death. "If you cried for a thousand years, …

    1. כאיש אשר אמו תנחמנו כן אנוכי אנחמכם ובירושלים תנוחמו
    2. אכוהא ברכאת כפ פיהא אלאסוא
    3. אערפיך יא אכתי כת אלצראסא ואלפצלא ואלפהמע ואלעלמע יס"דת אלעקלא אנני

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  49. 8549LetterENA 3586.6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded. Chastising the addressee for something (it is not entirely clear what). "That which you did, an enemy wouldn't even do it …

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  50. 8550Unknown typeCUL Or.1081 2.75.29

    Small fragment preserving a few words in Ladino.

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