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  1. 51LetterT-S AS 166.174

    Letter from Abū l-Munā b. Yaʿaqov, unknown location, to an unidentified addressee, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Same writer …

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  2. 52LetterT-S AS 173.209 + T-S AS 153.293

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century. The section preserved here opens with asking for a favor from the addressee involving conciliating someone else. Goes …

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  3. 53List or tableT-S NS 220.69

    Order of commodities in Judaeo-Arabic, maybe related to the India trade. Mentions various items measured in cubits and four brass springs (? lawālib).

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  4. 54Legal documentT-S NS 224.40 + T-S NS 184.67

    India Book VII, 14: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Ṣāfī b. Yakhin appoints [Yaʿ]aqov(?) b. Yiṣḥaq(?) al-Sijilmāsī as …

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  5. 55LetterT-S NS 321.23

    India Book VII, 43: Letter from an India trader, in ʿAydhāb, to his family or colleagues, presumably in Fustat. Goitein comments that "al-Asʿad is the …

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    1. العجوز وتفتقدها في كل وقت وانني وصلت

    2. الى عيذاب ولقيت من الفارسي كل خير في

    3. الدنيا والاسعد فعل معنا خير بلا كتب ولمن

    4. ودينا الكتاب اخذ حقه…

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  6. 56LetterT-S NS J23

    India Book VII, 56: Letter from an India trader, probably in Yemen. In Judaeo-Arabic. He recently came from Kullam in Malabar (recto margin l. 15) …

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  7. 57LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/21

    India Book VII, 58: Letter from a woman, in Aden, to her son Moshe b. Elʿazar (aka Mūsā b. ʿAyzūr), in Egypt. Dating: 1226–28, according …

    1. בעד
    2. מן אלואלדה אלעזיזה תכץ חצרה אלולד אלעזיז אלמופק ופקה אלל : תע
    3. ואנא בטול בקאה וסהל סרעה לקאה עלי אסר חאל ואנעם
    4. באל במנה וכרמה ותנהי וצול כטך אלכר…

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  8. 58List or tableENA 2591.8 + ENA 2591.11

    List in large, beautiful Arabic script (perhaps of the judge Shemuel b. Saadya ha-Levi?), containing about 55 names, followed by a column in Hebrew characters …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. الشيخ بو السرور                                   اخوه بو نصر
    3. الكوهان سعد . . . .
    4. بو الفضائل الطبيب   …

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  9. 59Legal documentENA 4010.2

    India Book VII, 1: Partnership agreement. Dated: Monday, 11 Sivan 1347 Seleucid = 8 June 1036 CE. Gil identifies the handwriting as that of Sahlān …

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    1. [אק] חצר ר שמואל בן סהלאן אלברקי [ושרט עלי נפסה]

    2. [ברצאה בלא אונס] וקאל לנא אנה כאן אנפ[ד] מעי פראח

    3. בן סהלון [מעי] מרגאן מן אלקירואן ווצלת…

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    1. (2−1) בא לפנינו ר' שמואל בן סהלאן אלברקי (מחוק: והתנה על עצמו, מרצונו בלא אונס) ואמר לנו: שלח עמי פראח
    2. בן סהלון (מחוק: עמי) פנינים קטנות מקי…

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  10. 60LetterENA NS 22.14

    India Book VII, 37: Letter addressed to Abū l-Ṭāhir al-ʿAṭṭār (the druggist). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Concerning the India trade. Giving details about …

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  11. 61Legal documentPER H 21 + Moss. VII,39

    IB VII, 18. Legal document. Location: Fustat. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE). Dating: 1120–38 CE, based on the involvement …

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  12. 62LetterT-S 10J18.10

    India Book VII, 62: Letter from a trader in India to his cousin, who was also his brother-in-law, in Egypt. The writer had apparently been …

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  13. 63List or tableT-S AS 145.241

    Accounting for an India trader, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Mentions goods such as hyacinth and pepper, and their quantities, and many other …

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  14. 64Legal documentT-S AS 148.47 + T-S 10J15.22

    India Book VII, 9. Description from T-S AS 148.47: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Mentions a will (אלצואה …

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    1. [ ]ק
    2. אביעת [ רב]ע בעד אלטרח
    3. סער עשרה דנאניר ונצף ורבע אלמאיה אלתמן אתנין ועשרון דינארא וקיראט ווצל מנה
    4. איצא פי שהור סנה אחדי עשר …

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  15. 65Legal documentT-S Misc.28.44

    India Book VII, 13: Legal document. On parchment. Cairo. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: ca. 1100-1138 CE, based on the dates when …

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    1. [ חצ]רתה אות[ ]
    2. [ ]מין שהאדתנא אכר הדא אלמ[ ]
    3. על יחוד השם בר מרור צדקה הזקן הנכ נע [ ]
    4. דלך מסטור ונרסם שהאדתנא פיה אגבנ[ ]
    5. שך ענדנא פיהא ולא ר…

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  16. 66Legal documentT-S NS 321.12

    India Book VII, 19: Court register, fragment. Upper left corner of a legal record. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-138 CE). Dating: …

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  17. 67Legal documentT-S NS 321.50

    India Book VII, 7: Legal document. Partnership agreement (copy). Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Dating: 1112 CE (based on …

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    1. ]..חסן .........................[
    2. ]דלך ומנא מן כתב באסמאינא גמיעא וכדלך פעל[
    3. ]פעלה צאחבה גמיעאנא מתפק אן וניתנא מסתקימה[
    4. ]א יד... .ל. מא .. מן…

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    1. […] good … […]
    2. […] that, and those of us who wrote our names together. Likewise …[…]
    3. […] his fellow enacted, agreeing with all of us, our intenti…

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  18. 68LetterT-S NS J62

    India Book VII, 49: Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning persons connected with the India trade, including Maḍmūn [b. Ḥasan]. Opens with a report and condolences …

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    1. וקד וצלת כתב מן ענד אלשיך [. . .
    2. צחבת אברהם אבן אלחדאדה ל[. . .
    3. וכדאלך אעלמה חרס אללה עזה [. . .
    4. תופת תאסע יום פי שהר אדר [. . .
    5. ולא תסאל מא …

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  19. 69LetterBL OR 10112B.16 + Moss. IV,53.2

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Two fragments from the upper left side. Mentions: female dyers …

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  20. 70LetterT-S 8J28.11

    India Book VII, 21: Letter with a legal purpose. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. From an unidentified sender to a certain parnas, trustee …

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  21. 71Legal documentT-S 12.585

    India Book VII, 27: Recto: Legal document. On parchment. In the handwriting of Mevorakh b. Natan. In which Bū Saʿd Moshe b. Yefet the head …

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  22. 72Legal documentT-S 12.627

    IB VII, 69. Draft of a deposition about a shipment of Indian Ocean merchandise carried by two merchants named Faraḥ and Abū Naṣr who were …

    1. חצ̇רא אלשיך אבו אלפרג נ̇ט̇ ואלשיך ⟦אבו אסח⟧

    2. אבו אסחק נ̇ט̇ ואדעא מ̇ ישוע מ̇ ישועה עלי ⟦עלי⟧

    3. ר̇ אברהם דנן אנה כאן אבעת מע פרח ואבו נצר 

    4. נ̇ע̇ אל…

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  23. 73List or tableT-S Ar.43.71

    India Book VII, 59: Memorandum (tadhkira) for a trader named Mufliḥ b. Binyamin Ibn Ahwāzī. In Judaeo-Arabic. In which he orders a scarf (radda) with …

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  24. 74LetterT-S Ar.54.93

    India Book VII, 35: Letter from Natan b. Avraham, in Fustat, to Abū Yūsuf Elʿazar b. Ismāʿīl, in Qūṣ. Dating: ca. 1035 CE (Gil). The …

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    1. וצל כתאבך יאסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך מע צאחב
    2. מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אדאם אללה נעמאה וטלב פי אלוקת גואבה
    3. פעלקת לך הדה אלאסטר ודכרת אן לם יצלך…

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  25. 75LetterAIU VII.E.131

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Relates to the India Book. Possibly written in Yemen. The sender's name looks like Abū Naṣr and the addressee's name looks …

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  26. 76Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/20

    India Book VII, 4 (4a). Legal testimony concerning a partnership release from a commenda. Dated: 12 Nissan 1409 Sel. (1098 CE). Abū al-Ḥasan Yaḥyā ha-Kohen …

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  27. 77Legal query or responsumT-S Misc.27.3.2 + ENA 4020.41

    India Book VII, 33: Legal query to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) about a trader who travelled to India (Bilād al-Hind), remained there for fifteen …

    1. מא תקול הדרת יקרת צפיר|ת תפארת מרנו ורבנו אברהם הרב המובהק
    2. הפטיש החזק נר המע|רבי דגל הרבני יחיד הדור אור העולם ירום הודו
    3. פי אנסאן מסאפר אלי בל|אד אל…

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  28. 78Legal documentT-S NS J11 + T-S 10J4.16 + T-S 16.158 + T-S 10J4.17

    India Book VII, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d (ז10א–ד): Legal document. Agency agreement. Location: Fustat. Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. T-S 10J4.16: agreement …

    T-S 10J4.16 Recto

    1. ונשתרי פי טריקנא מן אלצעיד באלעין מא אתפק לנא מן אלבצאיע ונביע דלך גמיעה
    2. פי דיאר אלימן וגירהא מן אלבלאד אלדי יתפק לנא אלממר אליהא …

    TS NS J 11

    1. […] … ten, and five hundred and fifty and a half Almoravid dinars
    2. … silver weighing eighty-two dirhams, and a linen Tūnī cloak with a bor…

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  29. 79LetterCUL Or.1081 J2

    India Book VII, 55: Mercantile letter sent possibly from Aden to India. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower part of recto). The sender received a basket (zanbīl) …

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  30. 80Legal documentL-G Misc. 113

    India Book VII, 3: Two merchants setting out from Alexandria on a voyage to the Muslim West appoint their wives as executors and guardians of …

    f. 113

    1. ] שהאד[תה וכ]ט ידה אכר הדא [אלשטר] אן חצר בין ידינא ר יוסף בר יצחק נע לדא. אלפאסי והו פי צחה
    2. עקלה] וגואז אמרה טאיע גיר כארה לא [מגבור] ולא מק…

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  31. 81LetterT-S 8.32

    India Book VII, 38: Letter from a man, in Fustat, to his brother, probably in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender urges him to return quickly; …

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    1. קלובנא מן אלשוק ולוחשה [
    2. ובלעני מא טרא עליך ובקינא פי חאל אלא יעלמה
    3. אלא אללה תעאלי מן נכד אלעיש וציק אלצדר ולם
    4. נקעד פי דכאן חתי לטף אללה תעאלי…

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  32. 82Legal documentT-S 12.582

    Legal document detailing how Ṣāfī, the slave (ghulām) and agent of the Jewish Academy in Fustat, insulted a notable in ʿAydhāb, Ibn Jamāhīr, in the …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה. חצרנא פי
    2. עידאב וכאן יום אלתלאתה אלחאדי ואלעשרין מן חדש טבת שנת דכל אבו סעיד
    3. בן מחפוט אלמערוף ב…
    1. This deposition was made before us, we, the witnesses signing below. This is what happened: We were present in
    2. ʿAydhāb on Tuesday, the 21st of the m…

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  33. 83Legal query or responsumT-S Ar.40.96

    India Book VII, 30: Legal query probably addressed to a Muslim jurisconsult. In Arabic script. Concerning a Jewish woman whose husband converted to Islam and …

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  34. 84LetterT-S AS 149.3

    India Book VII, 67: Letter from an India trader in Quṣ. Dating: late 11th–early 12th century (Goitein). The writer departed sick (wajiʿ) and arrived healthy …

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  35. 85LetterT-S NS 225.3

    Mercantile letter. On parchment. Dating: Early 11th century. The address is only partially legible and written in a confusing way. The sender appears to be …

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  36. 86LetterCUL Or.1080 J109

    India Book VII, 68: Letter from a certain ʿEli, unknown location, to the cantor Isḥāq, in Damietta. Addressed specifically to the shop of Abū l-Surūr …

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  37. 87Legal documentT-S 8J5.23

    India Book VII, 28: Conditional bill of divorce. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: Av 1480 Seleucid, which is 1169 CE. The trader …

    1. בחד בשבה דהוא ש[
    2. אב דשנת אלפא וא[
    3. לשטרות באלמ[
    4. לפסטאט מצר [
    5. אנא משה בר [
    6. וחניכא דאית [
    7. אניסנא ות [
    8. ליכי אנתי פכ [
    9. וחניכא דאית [
    10. דנה וכדן תר [
    11. רשאה ו…

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  38. 88Literary textT-S Misc.35.22

    India Book VII, 61: Maqāma-like work in rhymed Hebrew prose by a certain Shelomo b. Yehuda (not the 11th-century gaʾon, as this fragment is probably …

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  39. 89State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 360

    Draft of copy of a petition in Arabic script addressed to al-Malik al-ʿAzīz Sayf al-Islām Ṭughtakīn, the second Ayyubid amir of Yemen (and brother of …

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    1. الى ديار اليمن
    2. نسخة المنشو[ر](؟) الـ . . . . . . .
    3. ىىسور(؟) يقدم بالمقام الاجل الملك العزيز //[سـ]ـيف الاسلام//
    4. الاوحد المقدم الامير . . . . .…

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  40. 90Legal documentT-S Ar.30.42

    IB VII, 32. Draft of a court record dated 623 (1226) written on a very small piece of paper (4 x 2.5 in) regarding the …

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    1. חצר אלינא אנו בית דין
    2. החתומים למטה פי
    3. מושב בית דין במצר
    4. יום אלתלתא עאשר
    5. תמוז אתקלז לשטרות
    6. אלמואפק לעאשר רגב
    7. סנה תלת ועשרין וסת
    8. מאיה 〚אבו אלחסי…

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    1. There came before us, we, the members of the court
    2. who have signed below, 
    3. (in) a session of the court in Fustat
    4. on Tuesday, 10
    5. Tammuz 1537 of…

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  41. 91Legal documentMoss. I,76.2 + ENA 4020.2

    India Book VII, 4b, 4c (ז4ב–ג): Page of the record book of the rabbinical court of Fustat. Recto is in the hand of Hillel b. …

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