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  1. 10801Legal documentT-S 16.200

    Unfortunately for Shemuel, cut up dirhams would be taken out of circulation one month after the loan was due to be repaid. The deed also states that Shemuel had previously sold Abu l-Faraj sugar and sugar molasses.

    1. . . . . . . . . . ]נו אדונינו [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . ] התורה ממשיבי מלחמה שערה [ . . . . . . . . …

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  2. 10802LetterT-S 16.294

    The sender explains that his rival in a nearby place was stirring up much publicity for himself and asking the recipient intervene for him with the head of the Jewish community as he requests that Minyat Zifta be restored to him in full and that he likes to retain also Malij , for which he has held letters of appointment for years.

    1. מ[ולאי . . . . . מרנא ורב]נא שמ[עו]ן הלוי החכם והנבון ירא [שמים
    2. בנימוסו ינוב בשיבה ולרוב ידגה ויפרה וירבה וישגה
    3. ייי יסובהו וזכות תורתו בכל מהלך ילוה…

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  3. 10803LetterT-S 18J3.4

    Yoshiyya, in Damascus, to her younger cousin (father's brother's daughter) and daughter-in-law Sitt al-Nās bt. Moshe b. Yoshiyya, probably in Fustat. […] The refrain ends, "...and let us drink in the season of the henna plant" (...wa-nashrab fī awān al-tamr ḥinnāʾ).

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    1. אלפרג מן אללה
    2. וצל כתאבך יא בנתי ואעז אלכלק ענדי אללה יגמע שמלי
    3. בך קריב ואנתי תערפי עטם מחבתי לך ומנזלתך
    4. פי קלבי ומא קטעת כתבך ענכי אלא אן אלל…

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    1. ...
    2. ...
    3. ...
    4. ...
    5. ...
    6. ... But in spite of the enormity of my grief and bereavement,
    7. your place in my heart is great...
    8. ...
    9. ...
    10. I h…

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  4. 10804LetterT-S 20.177

    The new governor promises to protect the community and carries a recommendation letter from Mevorakh. The tax burden also seems to have been somewhat lifted. This is a monumental letter, meant to be hung in the synagogue for public view.

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. לכבוד גדולת קדושת נגיד עמים להדרת יקרת צפירת
    3. [תפ]ארת עד לא[ומ]ים [ל]פינת עזרת הגלת שלומים יצילהו
    4. צור ממתק מגדים ויתמיד משרתו שוכן מר…

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  5. 10805LetterT-S Ar.47.146

    He cried for help to the Muslims around him, and Muḥammad al-Najjār al-Ishbīlī set him free.

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    1. לאדן או ביאץ או נשאדר או גמיע
    2. צנאיע או דראהם מדלסה(?) תאלת פיי
    3. ורמה . . . ויונצח אלסלטאן פי מנאזע
    4. מכאזן אלקמח ואלשעיר ואלקטאני ואל
    5. ז…

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  6. 10806LetterT-S AS 155.277

    At 90 degrees there is another note in Judaeo-Arabic, in a different hand, possibly the response, but it is difficult to read. There are also a few undeciphered words in Arabic script and an Aramaic pen trial (נסיונא קולמוסא).

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  7. 10807LetterT-S AS 207.29

    In l. 10 may refer to an order of a pasha (מאמר הבשה). Also goes on to mention the שניוריאה, likely a reference to the ruling council (signoria) of Venice during this period.

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  8. 10808List or tableT-S K6.45

    Fols. 1r and 2r: a discussion of the rules pertaining to בגדכפת and אויה, probably from a version of Hidāyat al-Qārī. The preserved text is on the rule אתי מרחיק and the vocalisation of the word בן. […] (Information from CUDL and Allony.)

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  9. 10809Paraliterary textT-S K21.29

    Yehuda—m[ay he rest in] E[den], the Spaniard, from the town of Jayyān [today Jaén] called al-Ṣarrāf [the Banker]. May God, for the sake of his name, let me arrive in Jerusalem, the Holy City—may it be rebuilt and established during the lifetime of all Israel—and let me become one of its inhabitants.

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  10. 10810Legal documentT-S K22.27

    (Document #15) Partnership case related to the previous entry, clarifying the name of one partner as Moshe ha-Kohen (with Pineḥas also mentioned as well as Moshe Zarḥiya and Yosef Ḥazan).

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    :Right side of bifolio 2r (Documents 14-15)

    1. שימסור הר׳ פינחס הנז׳ כל הנכסים של הר׳ משה הנ׳ אשר בידו
    2. ליד אינו נאמן כפי ראית עינינו בתורת עסקא ל…

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  11. 10811Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.22

    T-S K25.240 consists of small written orders, partly in Hebrew and partly in Arabic script, for monthly payments, made out of the rent-revenue from the pious foundation (waqf) 'Compound of the Poor' or from the pious foundation made by the physician al-Muhadhdhab. All dated orders are from spring and summer, 1218.

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    1. ב
    2. אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ
    3. ידפע למוצלהא אלדיין שצ
    4. עשרה דרהם אלתי כאנת
    5. לה קאדמא ושלום
    6. מן גהה אלרבע

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  12. 10812Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.36

    T-S K25.240 consists of small written orders, partly in Hebrew and partly in Arabic script, for monthly payments, made out of the rent-revenue from the pious foundation (waqf) 'Compound of the Poor' or from the pious foundation made by the physician al-Muhadhdhab. All dated orders are from spring and summer, 1218.

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    1. ב
    2. אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ`
    3. מן גהה וקף אלמהדב [[ען]] סבעה
    4. דרהם לנמר בסבב מרצה
    5. ותלתה ללנזיר אלמריץ

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  13. 10813LetterT-S Misc.28.166

    He gives news of family members such as the addressee's maternal uncle Moshe (doing well), news of the addressee's father ('sayyidak,' the next phrase is unclear), and news of business in his location (doing poorly: al-bilād fasadat) (r4–8). In the remainder of the letter he gives his own news (traveling to the 'west') (r9). […] He gives the addressee advice in case he enters Egypt/Fustat (r17), involving al-Ḥajj Qasim b. Tammām. Merits further examination ASE.

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  14. 10814Legal documentT-S Misc.28.241

    Multiple entries, it seems all dealing with the estate of the late Menashshe. […] Manṣūr (סלמה בן מנצור); Yiṣḥaq; al-Shaṭranjī (=the chess player); a white silver ṣīniyya; a shop; 50 dinars; and "the house where his wife lives."

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  15. 10815Legal documentT-S Misc.28.259

    Avraham and a party whose name is not preserved agree to a yearlong partnership, with accounts sent to Yefet every four months. There also may have been a distribution of partnership profits after six months.

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    1. ש[ה][דותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא סוף שטרא דנן ........................... בשבה
    2. דה[וה ..........................................…

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    1. Test[imony which was before us—we, the undersigned witnesses—on … of the week]
    2. which w[as … years (of the Era) of Documents, according to the …

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  16. 10816LetterT-S NS 143.86

    The first verse appears also in the chronicle/memoir of Usāma Ibn Munqidh, there attributed to the amir Abū Shujāʿ (بان الشباب وجاء الشيب يصحبه يا ليتها صحبة تبقى بلا بين).

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  17. 10817Legal documentT-S NS J278

    Elʿazar. Fiancee: Sitt al-Karam [bt. Abū l-Alāʾ] ha-Levi. b. Iyov, virgin and divorcee.

    T-S NS J278 verso

    1. בחד בשבה דהוא חמשה יומין בירח אלול
    2. דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה וארבעין ותשעה שנין
    3. למינינא דרגילננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל
    4. נהר נילוס מותבה רש…

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  18. 10818Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Mahja bt. Shemuʾel known as al-Sīrjānī, appears before the court to release her husband Aharon b. Eliyyahu Yakīn from debts/money she lent him during his travels in al-Shām and since he returned to Egypt. The loan had been dually recorded as a debt acknowledgement issued by an Ottoman legal venue (בדיני גוים) and in a sheṭar that Aharon drew up himself (ואלשטר אלדי מכתוב בכטה).

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 1v

    1.                    בשם .[...
    2. ...] בתא׳ נהאר אלגמעה ראב[ע עש]ר פי שהר איר המכו׳ שנת א׳ת׳ת׳ע׳א׳
    3. לשטר׳ ולליצירה ה׳ש׳כ׳א׳ אש…

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  19. 10819Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Dated 2 Iyyar [5324 CE] (1564 CE), a few days after the previous entry on the same page: 25 Nisan 5324 AM. Esther bt. Yosef al-Rūmī releases her husband from what he owes as alimony and the delayed dowry payment (meuḥar) from her ketubba.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 21v

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלאחד כ׳׳ה פי שהר ניסן המכו׳
    2. שנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ד׳ ליצירה חצ'רו בין איאדי אלמולי אלאגל אד׳…

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  20. 10820List or tableBL OR 10578N.1 + BL OR 10578N.2

    Long list of men's names arranged in columns, about 120 in all, accompanied by numbers. Appears late.

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  21. 10821Literary textBodl. MS Arab. c 56.7

    Fragment of the Qurʾān on parchment in Kufic script, including (left side of verso) part of Sūra al-Tawba.

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  22. 10822Paraliterary textBodl. MS Arab. c 56.72

    Paraliterary text, in Arabic script. Possibly an alchemical or medical text. The document at the bottom is probably part of a tale.

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  23. 10823Literary textCUL Or.1081 2.7

    Bifolium from a verse narrative in Judaeo-Arabic involving the exploits of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad b. Qalāwūn.

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  24. 10824List or tableENA 2591.3

    List of names with sums - all are crossed out. On the back is a line in Arabic script (see separate entry).

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  25. 10825List or tableENA 2615.2

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic in a late hand listing debts. ENA 2615.1-3 all belong together

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  26. 10826State documentENA 2959.1

    The first line reads 'wa-ʿabd mawlānā,' then '[...] al-shāmil.'

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  27. 10827Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3152.1

    Rent receipt(s) for Yūsuf al-ʿAṭṭār. In Arabic script. Reused on recto for Hebrew poetry/piyyut.

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  28. 10828Unknown typeENA 3924.4

    On verso, traces of glue and possibly an ʿalāma.

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  29. 10829State documentENA 3945.13

    Possibly a receipt mentioning "min al-mustakhdamīn" and a calendar date (but it seems no year).

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  30. 10830State documentENA 3967.8

    Tax receipt, Fatimid, issued in Fusṭāṭ in the name of Saʿīd al-Afṣarī. Hint of a date at the bottom (23?).

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  31. 10831Legal documentENA NS 77.185

    There are some names: Sitt al-Sā[da] and ʿAmram b. [...].

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  32. 10832Unknown typeENA NS 77.378

    Alphanumerical calculations, much of which are crossed out so it is unclear if they are documentary in nature.

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  33. 10833Unknown typeENA NS 83.110

    Looks late. Mentions ilā al-majlis.

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  34. 10834Credit instrument or private receiptENA NS 83.140

    Dating: late. Mentions ʿAbd al-Raʾūf(?) and Isḥāq the Jew.

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  35. 10835List or tableENA NS 85.1311.2

    The accounts draw on Hebrew alphanumerals. Newly treated and encapsulated.

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  36. 10836Literary textJRL A 182

    Verso: Jottings in Hebrew and Arabic script including the word "al-yahūdī."

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  37. 10837Unknown typeJRL A 331

    Small fragment. Mentions Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe?

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  38. 10838LetterJRL B 3423

    Fragment (narrow sliver containing the beginnings of the lines) of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe b. al-Qaṭā'if

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  39. 10839List or tableJRL B 6008

    List of names, including al-Ḥakīm Hārūn, Ṣadaqa Ibn [...], ʿAfīf (or ʿUfayf) Ibn [...].

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  40. 10840Unknown typeJRL B 7572

    Small fragment, probably ca. 14th century or later, containing only the phrase "al-mamlūk Mūsā."

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  41. 10841LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1864/6a

    Letter addressed to a dignitary. In Judaeo-Arabic. Almost entirely an eloquent shawqiyya. Good wishes for Hannuka or Purim.

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  42. 10842LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1865/19a

    Legible words include 'al-mamlūk' and غلمانه. Needs examination.

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  43. 10843Literary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 2110b/29

    Perhaps ethical advice (yā bunayy: kuthrat al...)

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  44. 10844Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 362

    Document in Arabic script involving Nissim al-Yahūdī. Dated: 1240 AH = 1824/25 CE.

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  45. 10845Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 456

    A few words in Arabic script with diacritical marks on both sides. Late. Mentions "al-zanb maghfūra".

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  46. 10846Unknown typeJRL P 1007

    Mentions several names (Yehuda; [...]n al-ʿAmmānī; Abū ʿAbdallāh).

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  47. 10847LetterMoss. II,144.2

    Conveying instructions regarding business transactions in al-Mahdiyya.

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    1.  ] . . .
    2. דינר . . ן . . . . . ן דינר אלשכר ללה
    3. אדא תפצל אללה תעאלי ותחצל דינר פי אל
    4. מהדיה בעד עמלת אלמביע יכרג
    5. מנה תמן מא עינת עליה ויחצל באל

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  48. 10848LetterMoss. V,346.3

    Letter from Aharon to his brother Abu Sa’d al-Kohen. AA

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  49. 10849Legal documentMoss. VII,103.2

    One of the parties is named Abū ʿImrān al-Kohen.

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  50. 10850Unknown typeMoss. VII,186.3

    In Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions al-Shaykh Yūsuf and the name Naṣrallāh.

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