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  1. 51LetterMoss. IV,21.1 + T-S NS J240 + T-S 20.137

    India Book, II,22 (T-S NS J240r) + II,22a (Moss. IV,21.1r) + II,23 (T-S 20.137r). Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yiju. …

    II,23: T-S 20.137 recto

    1. ובעד דלך כרג אכתרא מוצע וקאל
    2. אעטיני נפקה מא יכפאני פאכד מני פי
    3. ד שהור נפקה תמאניה דנ' וכתרה
    4. אלאיאם גאני פי אלשראב לא יסמע לי

    II,22: T-S NS J240 recto

    [The settlement with Makhlūf, the son (of the man) ‘with the gladdening eyes,’ the Orphan,]

    [with regard to what you owed hi…

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  2. 52LetterMoss. IV,61.4

    India Book V, 43: Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen to Sulaymān. In Judaeo-Arabic. Less a letter—there are no opening or closing pleasantries—and more an order …

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  3. 53Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. IV,69.2

    India Book V, 39.6 (previously, V, 39e): Order of payment signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen. (Information from CUDL)

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  4. 54LetterMoss. IV,73

    IB V, 18. Letter from Yosef ha-Kohen, in Alexandria, to the well-known merchant Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: …

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  5. 55LetterMoss. VII,178.2

    IB V, 17. Letter from Bū Naṣr to Abū Zikrī Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef. Fragment: only the upper margin and the address are preserved. Mentions …

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  6. 56LetterMoss. VII,192.1

    IB V, 19. Letter fragment, preserving only the opening line, seven lines from the top margin and, on verso, the address. The letter is addressed …

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  7. 57LetterNLI 577.3/6

    India Book III,16: Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq in Aden to Avraham Ibn Yiju in Mangalore, dated July-August 1148. The letter contains information about their …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצל כתאב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל מולאי ומאלכי
    3. חרס אללה נעמתה וסרמד גבטתה ומכן
    4. בסטתה ואעלי כלמתה ורפע פי אלדארין דרגתה
    5. וכבת אעדאה וחסדתה ומא ד…

    Verso, address

    1. (To) His excellency, the most illustrious Sheikh, my master,
    2. Abū Isḥāq Abraham, son of
    3. his honor, great and holy master Peraḥya b. Yi…

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  8. 58LetterT-S 6J1.5

    India Book VI, 18: Letter to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī (d. ca. 1149). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions goods such as garments and soap. …

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  9. 59LetterT-S 8.69

    India Book VI,22. Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to an unknown recipient (the address is cut off). Deals with the Indian Ocean trade. Includes commercial …

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  10. 60Legal documentT-S 8J5.14

    India Book VII, 29: Court ledger. Fol. 2v: First page of a document concerning pursuing and finding a debtor "beyond Qūṣ," i.e., in ʿAydhāb. Location: …

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  11. 61LetterT-S 8J9.14 + T-S NS J136

    India Book VII, 47 + VII, 57: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Yemeni hand, according to Goitein. Wide space between the lines. Dealing with various commodities related …

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  12. 62Legal documentT-S 8J9.17

    India Book VII, 26: Bifolio from a court ledger in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (compare Yevr.-Arab. I 1700). Dated: Tishrei-Ḥeshvan 1472 Seleucid = …

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  13. 63LetterT-S 8J18.2

    India Book IV,19 (ח62). Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel to Yūsuf b. al-Khāzin (Almeria). Ḥalfon requests Yūsuf's help with a shipment sent by the judge …

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    1. יא מולאי וסידי ואעלי עדדי ודכירתי לאבדי בעד כתב אלכתאב
    2. אתפקת חסבה וארדת תכמילהא עלי ידך ודלך אמר רסאלה
    3. וצלת מן אלדיין אלאגל רבי אלעזר בן אלקצב…

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    1. אדוני ומרי ועזרי הרם ביותר ואוצרי לכל חיי. אחרי כתיבת האיגרת
    2. הזדמנה מצווה ורציתי להשלימה על ידך, היינו דבר משלוח
    3. שהגיע מן הדיין המפואר ביותר ר…

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  14. 64LetterT-S 8J20.19

    IB V, 12. Letter from Yosef b. Avraham to Abū Zikrī Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Apart from …

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  15. 65LetterT-S 8J23.20

    India Book VI, 47: Judge Elijah orders a white "burda", some handwriting exercises at the bottom

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  16. 66LetterT-S 8J40.1

    India Book VI, 23: Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel Dimyāṭī. Accusing him and Abū Naṣr b. Elishaʿ of conspiring …

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  17. 67LetterT-S 8Ja1.3

    India Book (IB), II, 75. Letter sent from Aden to Cairo dealing with a package of pearls, which had been the object of litigation before …

    1. ווצל [...] 
    2. באנה כלץ אל[לולו ...]
    3. מצר וסלמה אלי אלשיך מופק[... בחצרה]
    4. גמאעה פי מצר מנהם אלרייס אלאגל אלמולא אלמאלך
    5. אלרייס אבו אלמנא סלאלה רבינו משה …

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    1. והגיע [פלוני לעדן ... והודיע]
    2. כי הוא חילץ את ה[פנינים ... והביאן ל–]
    3. פסטאט ומסרן לשיך' מופק [... במעמד]
    4. קהל בפסטאט, ובהם ה'רייס' המפואר ביותר …

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  18. 68LetterT-S 8Ja1.4

    India Book VI, 38b: Letter from an unknown writer in Qūṣ to an unknown addressee in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century. The writer reports …

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  19. 69LetterT-S 10J16.1

    India Book VI, 11. Letter from ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn, in Sindabūr (India), to his uncle and father-in-law ʿArūs b. Yosef, in Fusṭāṭ,. In Judaeo-Arabic. He …

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    I am writing to you, my father, who is dear to me and with me, may God prolong his life and make permanent his honoured position, his support a…

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  20. 70LetterT-S 10J29.3

    India Book VII, 45: Letter, written by a trader before leaving Aden for Nahrawāra, mentioning Abū l-Waḥš, Abū Saʿd, Abū Naṣr, Abū Yaʿqūb and the …

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  21. 71LetterT-S 12.216

    India Book VI, 51: Letter from Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Shelomo b. Yehuda ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. Dating: Mid-12th century. In Hebrew (for …

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  22. 72LetterT-S 12.317

    India Book (IB) ח94. Draft of a letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, apparently in Damascus, to R. Ḥiyya. Dating: Ca. 1145–46 CE. India Book …

    TS 12.317

    1. הקיצותי וִלא נִ...[...]וִתי אל יקיִרתיִ פעם / כי מה מתוק מדבש נופת
    2. צוף אמרי נועם / ואבליגה בשיחי / ותתעלף רוחי / באמור
    3. נפשי מה תשתוחחי / ו…

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  23. 73LetterT-S 12.337

    India Book III, 41: Letter from Avraham Ibn Yiju, in Fustat, to his brother, Yosef, in Mazara, Sicily. Dating: September 1153 (Goitein) or 1152 (Friedman). …

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    1. בש רח
    2. כתאבי אלי אכי וסיידי אל עזיז עלי אל את[יר …]
    3. אטאל אללה בקאה וצאנה ווקאה קרב אללה אלאגתמאע
    4. בה עלי אפצל אחואל ואסר אמאל במנה ופצלה לאנה
    5. על…

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful.
    2. This is my letter to you, my dear, nob[le] brother and lord [. . .],
    3. may God prolong your life and preserve you and …

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  24. 74Legal documentT-S 13J8.9

    IB V, 31. Legal document in the hand of Natan b. Shemuʾel. Location: Fustat. Dated: last third of Av, year missing, under the authority of …

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  25. 75Legal documentT-S 13J14.4

    IB VII, 5. A note (ruqʿa) with a merchant's disposition for his property in contemplation of death. He specifies that his daughter should not marry …

    1. אלדי יעמל בעד ופאתי אן זוגתי לא תטאלב בשי מן [גמיע] מא פי אלבית
    2. מן אלמאעון וגירה לא אלדהב אלמצאג פאנה ללצגירה תחת יד אמהא
    3. ולא תזוג אלצביה אלא אן תופ…

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  26. 76LetterT-S 13J18.2

    India Book VI, 49: Letter from a Jewish trader in India to his partner in Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Among many other matters, he mentions donations …

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  27. 77LetterT-S 13J20.23

    IB V, 15. Letter from a certain Shelomo to Abū Zikrī Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing blessings for the Gaon Maṣliaḥ and the India trader Abū …

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  28. 78LetterT-S 13J21.1

    India Book VI, 19. Letter from Moshe b. Yefet to Tamīm b. Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen (apparently a merchant trading in the East). Dated: Monday, 8 Adar …

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  29. 79LetterT-S 13J21.6

    India Book VI, 10: Letter from Khiyār b. Yaʿqūb to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic …

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  30. 80LetterT-S 13J24.22

    India Book VI, 54: Letter from a woman named Najma, in Fustat/Cairo (l. 4), to her father Moshe Perdonel. Dating: ca. 16th century. There is …

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  31. 81LetterT-S 13J36.3

    India Book (IB) ח57. Letter from Saʿdān b. Thābit Levi al-Baghdādī, Alexandria, to Avraham b. Muʿṭī, Tlemcen. Dated: 15 Iyar, probably 1139. The writer is …

    TS 13 J 36.3 recto

    1.  ב̇ש̇מ ̇ר̇ח̇מ
    2.  תקדמת כתבי נחו ח̇צִ[רה מו]לאי אלשיך אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם
    3.  תאיידהא ועלוהא ור[פעת]הִא וסנאהא וסמוהא וארתקאהא …

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  32. 82Legal documentT-S 16.23 + T-S AS 166.95

    India Book VI, 5: Legal document. Record of release; partnership renewal. Written in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). These two fragments …

    T-S 16.23 Recto

    1. בין בדיני ישראל בין בנימוסי אומות העולם אד לם יבק לנא ענדה ולא פי גהת[ה ...]
    2. פי גמיע מא סלף בינה ובין מר ור שלה מורתנא נע חק מן גמיע…

    T-S 16.23 Recto

    1. whether in Jewish law or gentile law, since nothing remains for us with him, nor to [his] credit […]
    2. in all that which proceeded bet…

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  33. 83Legal query or responsumT-S 16.40

    India Book (IB) ח93. Legal query written by Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel, possibly from ʿAydhāb, to an unnamed sage (הדרת יקרת אדונינו הרב הגדול יחיד הדור …

    1 תדכאר מא אُגפל דכרה פי מא רُפע להדרת יקרת

    2 אדונינו הרב הגדול יחיד הדור ופלאו ממזרח שמש

    3 עד מבואו אב בית דין שלכל י̇ש ירום הודו והדרו

    4 ודלך פי אמ…

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  34. 84LetterT-S 16.215

    India Book VII, 41: Commercial letter related to the India trade. Dating: 1154–61. Mentions sprinkler bottles (qumqum) for rose water brought by the qāḍī Najm …

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  35. 85LetterT-S 16.262

    India Book VI,17 (as yet unpublished): Letter from Moshe b. Labrāṭ, in al-Mahdiyya, to the Head of the Jews of Egypt (Moshe b. Mevorakh) asking …

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  36. 86LetterT-S 16.298

    India Book VI, 48: Commercial letter sent from Isaac and Joseph (probably in Babylonia) to Judah ha-Sar, mentioning a voyage to India and commodities including …

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  37. 87LetterT-S 16.308

    India Book VI, 7. Letter from Dāwūd Fāsī to the cloth merchant Abū l-Afraḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein notes attached …

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  38. 88LetterT-S 16.345

    India Book II, 56. One of two copies of a letter from Mahruz to Sulayman b. Abu Zikri Kohen before sailing back to India. Aden, …

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    בשמ' רחמ' 

    1. וצל כתאב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל מולאי אטאל אללה 

    2. בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה וחראסתה וזלפאה 

    3. וגבטתה וארתקאה ורפעתה וסנאה ועונה …

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    In Your Name, O Merciful.

    1. The letter of your excellency arrived, my lord, the illustrious sheikh. May God prolong

    2. your life an…

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  39. 89LetterT-S 18J4.18

    India Book III,12: Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq in Aden to Avraham Ibn Yiju in India, probably from 1146. Corrected copy of IB III,13-14 (T-S …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצל כתאב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל מולאי אטאל אללה בקאהא
    3. ואדאם עזהא ועלאהא ורפעתהא וסנאהא ועלוהא וארתקאהא
    4. ולא עטל מן גמיע אלכיראת סאחתהא ופנאהא…

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful.
    2. The letter of his excellency, the most illustrious Sheikh, my lord, has arrived—may God protect your life
    3. and make p…

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  40. 90LetterT-S 18J5.5

    India Book II, 46. Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq to a merchant in Egypt: Attack on Aden by the King of Kish. Aden, ca. 1135-6.

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    1. [          ]רש[                                   ]ותאבי 
    2. [...] ען אדא אלשהאדה פאלבארי תעאלי הם בהם
    3. וקד קאל אלכתאב לא אמונה בגוים וא…
    1. {[. . .] and refused

    2. to give testimony. May the Exalted Creator call them to account!

    3. Scripture has already said, “Never trust Gentiles.”}  As …

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  41. 91LetterT-S 20.173

    India Book VII, 65: Long letter from Yaʿaqov b. Salīm, in al-Juwwa (near Aden, Yemen), to the judge and parnas Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, in …

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  42. 92LetterT-S 24.47

    India Book (IB) ח92. Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanel, probably in Fustat, to Yehuda ha-Levi, in Alexandria. Extremely faded and damaged. Dating: September 1140 CE. …

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    1. מגדל עוז שם יי וג'
    2. יאמולאי ומאלך נפסי וגאיה אמלי ומנאי אִןִ ..לִלִ.....אה יִגִדהא פי חאלה
    3. ואחואל לא יצלח לה ולא יתפק לִיתקִ[ן] מִכא[טבה ...] ה…

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  43. 93List or tableT-S Ar.30.142

    IB V, 28. Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen(?). See Goitein's attached notes for further information. Mentions Abū Saʿīd Ibn al-Dimyāṭī …

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  44. 94LetterT-S Ar.30.145

    India Book VII, 50. Letter (memo) from an unnamed India trader, probably in Aden, to Mufaḍḍal Ibn Abī Saʿd, in Qūṣ. Dating: first third of …

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    1. אללה חסבי
    2. אלדי סירה אלממלוך אלא ענד אלמולא //אלסיד מפצל אבן אבו סעד//
    3. אדאם אללה עזה
    4. צחבה אלשיך יחיה בן אבי אלקאסם
    5. אלסכאוי פי מטיה…

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    1. (To) M. Mufaḍḍal Ibn Abī Saʿd ("Excellent, son of Fortunate"). God is sufficient for me.
    2. These items have been sent by your serva…

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  45. 95Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.30.184

    IB V, 32. 20 orders of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen. See individual PGPIDs (18979 through 18998). See also Goitein's attached notes.

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  46. 96List or tableT-S Ar.30.219

    IB V, 27. Accounts in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. See Goitein's notes for further information and transcription.

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  47. 97LetterT-S Ar.39.480

    India Book VI, 2: Letter from Ṭāhir, in Qūṣ, to his mother, in Alexandria. In Arabic script; large, very regular characters. Dating: Possibly 11th century. …

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  48. 98LetterT-S Ar.40.56

    India Book (IB) II, 64. Letter from Bū ʿAlī b. Bū ʿUmar, in Upper Egypt, to his family (his son or possibly nephew Abū l-Maḥāsin …

    II, 64

    1. شاكر اياديه
    2. بو على بن بو عمر
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. كتابي اطال الله بقا حضرة مولاى الشيخ الاجل السيد وادام
    5. تاييدها وعلاها ورفعتها وسناها ومن …

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    1. Thankful of his kindnesses,
    2. Bū ʿAlī b. Bū ʿUmar. 

    3. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.

    4. My letter (to you)—may …

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  49. 99Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 3v: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of lemon syrup …

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  50. 100Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 4: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy …

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