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  1. 851LetterT-S Misc.35.93

    India Book (IB) ח91. Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef Ibn Ghyyāth, in al-Andalus, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi. Dating: ca. 1138/39 CE. The letter mostly …

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    1. [איש] שכל ̇ר חלפון הלוי ̇נ̇ר̇ו אוהבו הדורש שלומו
    2. יצחק ב̇ר יוסף ̇נ̇ע אבן גיאת2

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  2. 852Legal documentT-S Misc.35.100

    Bifolium from the book of legal formularies of Hayya Gaon.

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  3. 853Legal query or responsumT-S Misc.35.101

    Copies of responsa from Sherira Gaʾon to the community of Fez. Of documentary interest in part because of the ownership note in the upper margin: …

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  4. 854List or tableT-S Misc.36.118

    Book list. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Many or all of the items are attributed to Yosef Rosh Yeshivat Ge'on Yaʿaqov b. Yaʿaqov Rosh Bei Rabanan.

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  5. 855LetterT-S Misc.36.134

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks for a copy of Saadya Gaon's tafsīr of Ezra and Daniel or his tafsīr of Proverbs and Job or …

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  6. 856List or tableT-S Misc.36.136

    List of deceased dignitaries.

    TS Misc. Box 36, f. 136 (formerly Loan 136), ed. Mann, Texts, vol. 1, p. 467, 07-22-90, Y.S. (p) List of deceased dignitaries.

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  7. 857List or tableT-S Misc.36.137

    List of names with corresponding sums of money. Likely contributors to charity. Dating: First half of the 11th century (or late 10th century), per Goitein …

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  8. 858LetterT-S Misc.36.140

    Opening of a letter from the yeshiva, probably fall 1053.

    TS LOAN 140, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.760-762 (Doc. #411), C.B. 04-07-88 (p)Opening of a letter from the yeshiva, probably fall 1053.

    1. יצא והקרב…

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  9. 859List or tableT-S Misc.36.148

    Book list in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  10. 860List or tableT-S Misc.36.149

    Book list in Judaeo-Arabic. Very extensive (3 bifolia).

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  11. 861List or tableT-S Misc.36.150

    Book list in Judaeo-Arabic. Very extensive (69 lines). Gives headers for the books' location on the shelves as well as their names.

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  12. 862LetterT-S Misc.36.152

    Letter sent from Jerusalem from Rachel b. Avraham Zussman of Prague, in Jerusalem, to her son Moshe, a scribe in Cairo. After opening the letter …

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  13. 863LetterT-S Misc.36.153

    Letter in Yiddish from Rachel b. Avraham of Prague in Jerusalem to her son Moshe in Cairo.

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  14. 864Unknown typeT-S Misc.36.163

    Unidentified text in Arabic script. Very faded. On verso: "perush qedoshim of Rabbenu Ḥananel (ZL)"

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  15. 865LetterT-S Misc.36.169

    Letter from Shemuel b. Ḥofni to Shemarya b. Maṣliaḥ, probably the father of Efrayim b. Shemarya, the leader of the Palestinian Jewish community in Fustat …

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    1. שמואל הכהן ראש הישיבה שלגולה 
    2. בן חפני הראש אב הישיבה שלגולה 

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  16. 866State documentT-S Misc.36.174

    Original use: Small fragment from the bottom of a Fatimid decree. Dating: No later than 1077 CE.

    1. [       وليقـ]ـر بايديهم بعد العمل به بمقتضـ[ـاه] 

    2. [فليعلمه من امر أمير المؤمنين ورسمه وليعمل عليه وبحسبه] ان شا الله وكتب لثلث بقين من 

    3. [شهر ……

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  17. 867Literary textT-S Misc.36.174

    Yosef ha-Kohen in honor of the caliph al-Mustanṣir and of Badr al-Jamālī on the occasion of their military victory over the Seljuks. Dated: Monday, 26 Shevaṭ 4837 AM = 23 January 1077 CE. The poem was originally published by Julius Greenstone in 1906, has been cited extensively in the secondary literature, and in 2013 received an article-length study with an updated edition and translation by Johannes Den Heijer & Joachim Yeshaya.

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  18. 868LetterT-S Misc.36.176

    Letter from the French rabbi Shemuel b. Yaʿaqov addressed to Ḥananel b. Shemuel. In Hebrew. Contains a rich account of communal controversy and highly unflattering …

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  19. 869LetterT-S Misc.36.178

    Letter and panegyric from ʿEli b. ʿAmram the ḥaver to Shemuel ha-Nagid Ibn Naghrela of Granada. Dating: Before 1056 CE (the year of the death …

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  20. 870Unknown typeT-S Misc.36.184

    Booklist?

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  21. 871Paraliterary textT-S Misc.36.200

    Megillat Miṣrayim

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  22. 872LetterT-S Misc.36.203

    Letter by R. Sherira Gaon.

    TS Miisc. Box 36, f. 203 (formerly TS Loan 203), ed. Mann, Texts, vol.1, pp. 107-108, 06-13-90, Y.S. (p)Letter by R. Sherira Gaon. (Fol. 2, recto, l. 4)

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  23. 873Legal documentT-S Misc.36.205

    Ketubba fragment. The groom may be named Namir (the word after וקבל עלוהי). The bride's is [...] bt. Tamim ha-Zaqen ha-Rofe. The wife's earnings will …

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  24. 874LetterT-S Misc.36.L.1

    Letter in Yiddish from Rachel b. Avraham of Prague in Jerusalem to her son Moshe in Cairo.

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  25. 875Legal query or responsumT-S Misc.36.L.2

    Responsum by [Shemuel] b. Ḥofni. In Hebrew. Regarding a partnership.

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    1. [שאלה זו באה לפנינו                   א]ל בית דין הגדול שלכל ישראל הוא בית דינו

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  26. 876LetterT-S 10J15.30

    Hebrew verses praising an official connected to the government. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]ק לצ[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] רחבה חפץ וטובתו עלי כל
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] עי…

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  27. 877Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 204 + JRL Genizah Ar. 201

    Mentions 600 dīnārs. Dated 26 Rabīʿ II; the year is torn away. Verso: a different Arabic-script document, difficult to read.

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  28. 878State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 427

    Official document of some sort. May be headed "makhzūma."

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  29. 879LetterENA 4020.58

    Official letter to 'the gate of the yeshiva,' that is, the yeshiva of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon.

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  30. 880LetterT-S K25.189

    , that new territory is conquered by him every day, that coins have been minted for him, ואלדעוה פי מכות (this phrase is difficult to understand—does it refer to the Fatimid Daʿwa being "in residence"?)[…] F 1908.44i (PGPID 5270) r24) or deliberate misspelling of masjid; al-Maqrīzī and other chroniclers mention a Masjid al-Rudaynī at the site that later became the Cairo Citadel. ASE

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. שומר פתאים ייי ברוך הגבר אשר יבטח בייי וג
    3. כתאבי אליך יאואלדי ויאמולאי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך
    4. ואדאם עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך ונעמתך
    5. ע…

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  31. 881Legal documentT-S AS 152.111

    Ḥus[ayn?], a payment of 26 of something, and ʿIwāḍ. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  32. 882LetterT-S NS 325.87

    Verso: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script, possibly official. Several words are crossed out and there is additional writing between the lines.

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  33. 883LetterT-S NS 297.44

    Letter or official correspondence. Dating: Possibly Ayyubid or Mamluk-era.

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  34. 884List or tableENA NS 27.5 + ENA NS I.57 + CUL Or.1080 J253 + T-S Ar.35.382 + T-S Misc.8.15 + T-S NS 225.73 + T-S NS 225.74 + T-S NS 226.184 + T-S NS 321.5 + T-S NS J576 + T-S AS 155.348 + T-S AS 199.11 + T-S AS 199.234 + T-S AS 201.28 + T-S AS 201.29 + T-S AS 206.208 + T-S AS 210.70 + T-S AS 215.208 + MS 9160.9 + ENA 2917.3 + ENA NS 7.14 + ENA NS 29.11

    Ledger of expenses and incomes of the Mustaʿrib congregation of Cairo, 1588–1607 CE, discovered and analyzed by Dotan Arad. Some excerpts that were noted in …

    T-S NS 225.74 Recto

    1. סכן כ"ר ישראל ש^אמי יצ' פי ליואן אל הקדש אלמערוף^

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  35. 885Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 107

    Official document of some sort. In Arabic script. Dated: 1236 AH, which is 1820/21 CE.

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  36. 886LetterT-S Ar.39.435

    Dating: circa 1736 CE or later (per Hathaway) based on the mention of the Ottoman gold coin zeri maḥbūb which was first minted in Cairo in 1736 CE(?) (although the earliest coins from Cairo in Uslu's numismatic catalogue date to 1143 AH/ 1730 CE). It should also be noted, that 1703 CE (1115 AH) marked the first year these coins were minted in Istanbul, therefore yielding a plausible chronological threshold over three decades earlier (Kaan Uslu et. al., Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Madeni Paraları, 69, 114-115).

  37. aḫz idüb ve defterinize ḳayd

  38. idüb, dervīşīn-i Mevlevīyīn

  39. ol ṭarafda seferü’l-reʾīs üzere

  40. My dear father, in this manner

  41. take possession of them and record them in your register,

  42. and the Mevlevī dervishes

  43. on the occasion of the navigator’s sojourn there [lit., ‘on that side’]

  44. ...

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  46. 887LetterL-G Misc. 10

    Letter from Shemuel b. ʿEli gaʾaon, Baghdad, with opening praises, copied in the hand of his disciple Yosef b. Yaʿaqov rosh ha-seder. (Information in part …

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  47. 888LetterL-G Misc. 12

    Ff. 1-2: Beginning of a letter from a certain Nissim to Eliyyahu b. Zekharya the Judge and to his son the physician Abū Zikrī. The …

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    1. יודו לייי חסדו ונפלאותיו לבני אדם
    2. אלדי אעלם בה מולאי וסיידי ועאפיה

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  48. 889LetterL-G Misc. 13

    דַהְלַךּ, ח' בתמוז, שהוא 25 ביוני 1140 ו32. Westminster Misc. 13 חומר הכתיבה: נייר; מידותיו: 12.6 x 17 ס"מ. במכתב זה יצחק בן אהרן סִ̇גִלְמַאסִי ממשיך לדווח לחלפון על מסעו ממצרים לעדן, והוא נכתב שישה שבועות אחרי מכתבו הקודם שכתב בעַיְ̇דַאבּ. זהו המכתב השני ששלח הכותב לחלפון מדַהְלַךּ, והוא מספר על הנסיעות בים סוף מן עַיְ̇דַאבּ (כאן: עַ̇דַאבּ) דרומה לסַוַאכִּן ומשם לדַהְלַךּ. מעַיְ̇דַאבּ נסעו הסוחרים בשתי אניות של אלשַׁרִיף, אחת גדולה ואחת קטנה. ירדו רוב הסוחרים בסַוַאכִּן מן האנייה הקטנה, מפני שהייתה עמוסה במטען וחדרו מים, ובסירה קטנה שכרו מקום למטענם הקל ולעצמם, אולם מקצת הסוחרים המשיכו את דרכם באנייה הקטנה של אלשַׁרִיף. כמה ימים לאחר שהגיעו הכותב וחבריו לדַהְלַךּ הגיעה הסירה הקטנה לשם, אבל האנייה הקטנה של אלשַׁרִיף לא הגיעה ולאחר זמן נודע שהיא טבעה. הכותב מזכיר בשמותיהם את היהודים שניצלו ואת אלה שמתו בטביעת האנייה ההיא, בהם אבן אלשֻׁמוּס שטביעתו נזכרת גם בתעודה ח76. המכתב נכתב בחיפזון, כמפורש, ויש בלשונו אותיות חסרות ויתרות וגם ביטויים מעניינים.

    (1) ותם אקלענא (2) מן סואכן וכלינא (3) אלמרכב פיהא (4) וגינא דהלך (5) באל סתר ואל (6) סלאמה ובקינא (7) ̇ה איאם פוצלת (8) אל̇גליבה אלתי (9) אכתראו אל (10) מדכורין פי (11) סואכן פסאלאהם5 (12) ען אלמרכב (13) פקאלו מא (14) ראינאה פבקיִ (15) אלנאס פאזעין (16) עליה אלי אןִ (17) וצל א[בן] אל (18) קטאן

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    1. וערפנא באן תלף אלמרכב פי בטן חדִרִ
    2. ומאתו פיה מן אצחאבנא ̇ה אבו אלכיר אל

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  49. 890LetterL-G Misc. 17

    Letter from Mubārak b. Hiba al-Waṣīṭī to Abū Saʿd and Abū l-Faḍl b. Abū l-Baqāʾ al-ʿAjamī. In Judaeo-Arabic. The address is written twice in Judaeo-Arabic, …

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  50. 891Literary textL-G Misc. 19

    Maimonides, Commentary on the Mišna, Kelim 8:6;10, from an autograph copy. (Information from CUDL.)

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  51. 892List or tableL-G Misc. 20

    List of collections, all crossed out. Recto contains a letter requesting payment or distribution of bread to various young women?

    1. אלשיך אבו //אל...//
    2. רבע אלמהדב
    3. קבץ מן עוץ אלצבאג
    4. יד
    5. מן פתוח אלצבאג
    6. ד
    7. מן אברהים מן אגרה
    8. אלמכין א ½
    9. וען שהרין איצא
    10. ג

    שוליים: ומן אלרנע אלכביר תכון אל…

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  52. 893Credit instrument or private receiptL-G Misc. 21

    Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Munajjā is to give the bearer 3 ounces of laymūn and rose. See India Book, 139b. (Information from …

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  53. 894LetterL-G Misc. 24

    Commercial letter from Pinto & Suarez to Eliyya Saʿd and Yaʿaqov Shalom, in Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic, with an "IS" logo in Latin script next to …

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  54. 895LetterL-G Misc. 25

    Letter from Hillel b. Yeshuʿa ha-Ḥazzan, in Tiberias, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, in Fustat. Dating: End of 1034 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1007–1055 CE, …

    1. כל הפיות ילאו מספר עוצם תהלות שמם וגם כל הלשונות לא יספיקו להודות
    2. חולקם בגולמם כי כולם יתמו ותהילותיו והויידותיו יתנו[ ]

    ושלומו ואליו

    1. נאה להעתיר ב…

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  55. 896LetterL-G Misc. 30

    Letter in Hebrew. Probably written in Corfu, probably addressed to al-Shaykh Yūnus. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 16th century. Discussing competition between Venetians and other …

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  56. 897Legal documentL-G Misc. 33

    Recto: draft of a legal document with the testimony of Abū l-Khayr [Shelomo b. ...] al-Ṣūrī. Mentions Abū Kathīr Efrayim b. Sasson, Yehuda b. [...], …

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  57. 898LetterL-G Misc. 33

    Verso: Letter or legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (upper left corner). Possibly about business. Reports a dialogue and mentions "what he did with the daftar" …

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  58. 899LetterL-G Misc. 34

    Letter of appeal for charity. A needy man from Qayrawan had applied for assistance from his relative, the esteemed Ifrīqiyyan merchant and scholar, Nahray b. …

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    1. אהבת צדק ותשנא רשע על כן מ[
    2. שמן ששון מחבריך ותגזר אמר ויקם לך [
  59. ...I am from Qayrawan,
  60. one of the merchants. I am writing you this
  61. petition out of dire necessity. I came to Fustat and turned to a
  62. man called Nahray, who is my relative, my flesh and blood, and whom I respect.
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  64. 900LetterL-G Misc. 35

    Letter from a Jewish woman, in or near Tripoli (Lebanon), to her brother-in-law, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. She is a refugee from Jerusalem who has …

    1. [כתאבי אליך יאולדי ורייסי] וגלילי אדאם אללה סלאמתה וסעאדתה
    2. [ ] אליך יאולדי [ואלעזיז ע]לי אמר אן נצפה
    3. [ כאן אבו אלכיר] מע אלמנתצר פמאת אלמנת[צר]
    4. [ופק…
    And may God extend his peace to my lord the Nagid and my lord the Ḥāvēr.
  65. Greetings also to your mother and sister, and tohis excellency, your paternal uncle.

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