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  1. 12201LetterT-S NS 340.53

    On verso mentions someone called [...] al-Dawla.

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  2. 12202LetterT-S NS 342.18

    Few details preserved. Mentions al-Wāṣiṭī and the phrase "you raise other people's children."

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  3. 12203Legal documentT-S NS J196

    Legal document regarding the settlement of the dispute between Zayn al-Dār and her (?) mother Ḥusn (?) bt. Sulaymān.

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  4. 12204LetterT-S NS J607

    Mentions somebody in Sūsa; Abū Zikrī al-Ṭabīb; a container of sal ammoniac; pepper; and Abū Saʿīd Maymūn b.

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  5. 12205Literary textBodl. MS heb. f 18/51 + Bodl. MS heb. f 18/52 + Bodl. MS heb. f 18/53

    Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Giving alchemical recipes, occult correspondences between celestial objects and metals (called ʿaqāqīr), and handy recipes for getting stains, e.g. saffron stains, out of clothing.

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  6. 12206List or tableENA 1822a.40

    Mentions "in the ship of al-Dawwāma(?)." Travel provisions? (Information in part from Goitein's index cards).

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    1. ד שכאיר דקיק כ כעך
    2. כ כל .אחד זית מ . . כאמ .
    3. ב מחמודה ב פחם בצל
    4. קפאר ב פול וב פול וחמה
    5. עסל כרוב סויק וסכר
    6. אשנאן כ טפל תמר הנדי
    7. ת.ף וסער כזא…

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  7. 12207State documentENA 3907.12

    Likely an official document. Mentions "bi-Miṣr al-Maḥrūsa."

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  8. 12208Legal documentENA 3954.8

    Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script (very neatly written, with diacritics). Concerning al-muʿallim Ibrāhīm and Isḥāq and a house. Dating: Probably late Mamluk or early Ottoman-era.

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  9. 12209LetterENA NS 61.18

    Opens with blessings against "all the evil diseases of Egypt" (Deut. 7:15); then greetings from various women in the family.

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  10. 12210LetterENA NS 70.11

    Mentions the addressee's troubles with the capitation tax (? al-jawāl).

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  11. 12211Legal documentENA NS 83.209

    Contains some typically legal phrases (mā yaswā shayʾ... mustawiya jamīʿ mā.... baʿd yamīnihī aʿnī... ʿalā... wa-jarā baynī wa-baynahū...)

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  12. 12212Legal documentJRL B 4461

    Involves [Avra?]ham b. ʿAllān; six gold coins that had been deposited with someone; ʿAṭiyya ha-Sh[...]; Salmān.

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  13. 12213List or tableJRL C 48

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic dated in Shawwal 1237AH which is January/February 1834CE. All of the monetary figures are expressed in "פצה /silver" and a variety of individuals are named, such as: Shemuʾel Ayali and Barukh Meṣlīh.

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  14. 12214LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/16

    Dating: After 1425 CE, as the ashrafī coinage mentioned was first minted under Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in this year.

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  15. 12215Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/14a

    Involves Abū l-Fakhr Ibn al-Amshāṭī (here spelled אלאמשטי). Mentions large sums of money ("200" and "80 dinars") and the children of Ibn Ṣaghīr(?).

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  16. 12216LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 242

    Letter addressed to al-Asʿad Abū Saʿd b. Abū l-Munajjā, in Fustat. Only the address remains, which is in Arabic script.

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  17. 12217Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 495

    Contains part of the physical description of one of the parties (...wāḍiḥ al-jabha...). Verso: Probably records of receipts of payments, may or may not be related to recto.

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  18. 12218List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 816

    On verso a list of names in Judaeo-Arabic: "The house of al-ʿIjl ("the calf")... Saʿīd...." The handwriting looks Yemeni.

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  19. 12219List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 827

    The Judaeo-Arabic mentions names such as Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Faraḥ, Sayyidunā, Nuṣayr, Abū Saʿīd, and Najīb.

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  20. 12220LetterMoss. II,158.1

    in rudimentary script and spelling, asking her "on the life of al-Shaykh Abū l-Maḥāsin" to do a certain favor for the writer (something about visiting a prison at night?).

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    1. בשמך רהמנה
    2. אנא אקבל יד אלסת אלגלילה ואסלהא בחיאת
    3. אלשיך אבי אלמחאסן אמא אצפתי אלי גמיל
    4. חצרתך אלקדים ואלגדיד באן תתפצלי עליה
    5. במגי ליל ומחגר ברסם…

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  21. 12221LetterMoss. IV,32.1

    He asks him to bear the hardship (yatajashsham al-ʿanā) and spend the night . . . "in his house where I am dwelling."

    1. אכוה משה
    2. לא עדמה
    3. בשמ רחמ
    4. אנא אקבל עיני חצרה מולאי אלשיך
    5. אלאגל אלאך אלשפיק נטריה
    6. רחמנא ואחייה ואורכונהי ליומיה
    7. ושניה ואסאל תפצלה פי אן
    8. יתגשם אלענא וי…

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  22. 12222Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. IXa,2.11

    Private receipt (rather than check, as it begins "afrada") for al-Faqīh Muḥammad, for a payment of 303 dirhams (?).

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  23. 12223Legal documentMoss. VII,90.1

    Barhūn, and Ṣedaqa b. ʿAllūn. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. … [ג]דלת קד' מר ור צמח
    2. … קשר טירת אפריון
    3. … [כל ראי]הם יכירום כי הם זרע ברך יי'
    4. … [מ]אות ושנים וחמשים שנים למספר
    5. … עדים בסופו חזקיהו הבחור הטוב…

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    1. … his [Glory], Highness, Holiness, our Lord and Master Semah
    2. … [?] the guard of a palanquin
    3. … [all those who see] them will recognize them, be…

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  24. 12224Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. VIII,83.2

    For 3 dinars received from Abū Isḥāq al-Ḥājj for Jumādā II. Seems to mention the term "namūdhaj/unmūdhaj," and then a buyer.

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  25. 12225List or tableMoss. X,121.1

    Mentions monetary terms such as nuqra, ʿayn, wariq, al-maṣrūf, ṣarfuhā. Merits further examination.

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  26. 12226Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 18

    Address of a letter/petition/report (khidma) to the faqīh Jamāl al-Dīn, or else a pen trial. If it was originally attached to a larger document, that larger document is now missing.

    1. خدمة تعرض
    2. على مجلس المولا
    3. الفقيه الجليل
    4. جمال الدين مجمل
    5. النعوت والاوصاف

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  27. 12227List or tableT-S 6J1.12

    Verso: Account of communal expenditures. Date seems to be al-Muharram. The final name is X the blind man, illustrating the integration of needy and communal officials into expenditure lists.

    1. אלדי אנפק מן מסתכרג אלמחרם?
    2. אלאהוב ג
    3. בן אלמטרי א ½
    4. בן אלמעלם אלמליגי א ½
    5. עבדאללה אלדי פי אלעראקיין ב
    6. אבו אלחסן אבן אבו אלרכב א ½
    7. אבו סעד אלחזן בן אל…
    1. Dispensed from the revenues of Muḥarram
    2. "the Beloved" 3
    3. b. al-Maṭarī 1 1/2
    4. the teacher from Malīj 1 1/2
    5. ʿAbd Allāh who (lives) in the (synagogue of …

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  28. 12228LetterT-S 6J4.28

    The sender might be Yehuda Ibn al-ʿAmmānī.

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    1. . . .
    2. אכי פי הדא אלמעני חתי לם יפצלה
    3. בינכם באיש נגאובה גלבת פי קצתנא
    4. נקול לה כדלך פחלף לה באלחראם
    5. אני מא נבכל עליך לי במשיי ולא
    6. באלכלאם פלם י…

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  29. 12229Legal documentT-S 8.91

    Between the lines, a different hand has practiced writing the Hebrew alphabet. Verso: part of a letter in Arabic (see separate entry).

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  30. 12230Legal documentT-S 8.124

    Contract between ʿAlun and Judah the cantor. Signatures include Maʿarūf b.

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  31. 12231Legal documentT-S 8.252

    Recto: legal document concerning debt, referring to Ibn Mardūk, Abū l-Faraj al-Kohen b. Mordekhay […] b. Saʿadya. Verso: unidentified Arabic document.

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  32. 12232LetterT-S 8J10.2

    The writer will send what belongs to Abu Zikri with the shaykh Abu Ali. Salutations on verso and address (in Arabic script) awaiting transcription.

    1. עבדהא אבו רצא
    2. בר
    3. אלדי אערף בה חצרה מולאי וסיידי
    4. אלשיך אבו זכרי אדאם אללה עזה אנני
    5. כתיר אלשוק אלי אלחצרה אללה יגמע
    6. אלשמל באלחצרה קריב אן שא אללה
    7. ואלד…

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  33. 12233List or tableT-S 8J16.24

    Verso: Lists of commodities, such as butter, animal fat, mastic, almond oil and white sugar, and their quantities in Arabic script.

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  34. 12234LetterT-S 8J19.6

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Mevorakh Ibn Alqāsh to Mevorakh b. Saʿadya (titled 'nagid ha-negidim').

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. ממלוך אלחצרה אלסיידה תבת אללה קואעד מגדהא וכ[בת
    3. עדוהא וצדהא יקבל אלארץ אמאמהא ויעלמהא ק[

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    1. . . . . י אלקציה . . . . 
    2. ו…

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  35. 12235LetterT-S 10J9.22

    Hananya (in office 1140-1159) to the community of al-Mahalla, written in the hand of Natan b. Shemuʾel.

    1. הנה אל ישועתי אבטח ולא אפחד
    2. שמעו זאת בית יעקב הנקראים בשם צור יעקב לא עתה יבוש יעקב
    3. בראותו ילדיו עם קדוש למקדישם שומרי תורה עושי צדקות בעת[ם
    4. לאביוני…

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  36. 12236LetterT-S 10J13.16

    Letter to Shemuel ha-Hazzan with a long Hebrew poem and a few lines of Judaeo-Arabic containing a request for the Kitāb al-ʿAnṣara by Ibn Ghiyāth. (Information from Goitein's index cards and CUDL)

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    1. בר
    2. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למו מכשול
    3. אל תירא מפחד פתאום ומשאת רשעים כי תבא
    4. כי //ד//ייי יהיה בכסלך ושמר רגלך מלכד
    5. והדא אלאפסוקין ען שמריה
    6. תא…

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  37. 12237Legal documentT-S 12.125

    Recto: Trousseau list. Location: Al-Maḥalla. Mentioned in Med Soc. IV, section IX, B, 2, notes 465, 472, 486–88.

    1. מה שהיה בפנינו אנו ביתדין הקבוע באלמחלה הגדולה
    2. מלפני (
    3. ( ) מחבס חדידה יבדהב ג' זוג תכאני י'
    4. עו חואיג כיום ב' זוג באברתלתה ונצף
    5. עקד תסעה פרדה סואר לו…

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  38. 12238Legal documentT-S 12.612

    Testator: Abū l-Faraj Wahb al-Muʿallim (aka the teacher and ḥaver Natan b.

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  39. 12239LetterT-S 20.106

    Nahoum, probably from Tyre, to Abu al-Khair Efrayim ca. 1085, which continues on verso.

    1. [אני] שלה הששי בן נחום חרטתי שיטתויים הללו במשאת
    2. [חן וחסד] וברכה ותפארת וגדולה וחיים עד העולם למרינו ורבינו
    3. [אפ]רים הוא גם הוא הנקוב בשם אבו כייר יה…

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  40. 12240State documentT-S Ar.3.9

    The case is referred to the office of the chamber of al-Ẓāfir. Dating: mid-12th century. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. . [الحمد لله] وحده وصلواته على سيدنا محمد النبي وسلم تسليم
    2. عبدا مولانا صلوات الله عليه ومملوكاه
    3. ابراهيم بن القاضي الموفق
    4. امتثل المرسوم فى التو…
    1. [Praise be to God] alone and his blessings be upon our lord Muḥammad, the prophet, and save (him).

    2. The two servants of our master, the praises of…

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  41. 12241List or tableT-S Ar.30.102

    Ṣemaḥ collected [...] two dinars from the money owed to him by Ṭayyib al-Kohen."

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  42. 12242Literary textT-S Ar.30.266

    Containing various questions; the first is attributed to Amīr al-Mu'minīn and mentions Muʿāwiya. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic poetry.

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  43. 12243LetterT-S Ar.38.7

    It seems that the sender is urgently ordering medicinal powder for dysentery (safūf al-zaḥīr) and other materia medica "for we need them."

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  44. 12244Legal documentT-S Ar.38.12

    One of the parties is a Jew (al-Isrāʾīlī). A certain Ibrāhīm b. Salāma is mentioned.

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  45. 12245Legal documentT-S Ar.39.259

    The debtor agrees to repay the debt or submit to tarsīm (house arrest), taḥbīs (imprisonment), or be summoned in front of a judge (ḥuḍūr ilā majlis al-quḍāt).

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  46. 12246Legal documentT-S Ar.42.61

    Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, based on the use of the ashrafī which was first minted under Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in this year.

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  47. 12247LetterT-S Ar.53.35

    P3 recto mentions a certain Abū l-Ḵayr al-Ṭabīb.. Arabic, in various handwritings (FGP)

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  48. 12248List or tableT-S Ar.54.54

    Mentions names such as al-Ḥājj [...]; Umm Mūsā; the sister of Najīb; Umm Yūsuf.

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  49. 12249State documentT-S AS 50.99

    Receipt for the capitation tax of Bū Saʿd b. Bū ʿAlī the Jew in Fustat for the year 557 AH = 1161/62 CE if read correctly.

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  50. 12250List or tableT-S AS 88.249

    Mentioning a deceased person (al-marḥūm), various numbers, and sales. On recto there is part of a rabbinic text in Hebrew.

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