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  1. 12451LetterT-S AS 145.303

    In Hebrew with the address (to Fustat, to mawlāy al-jalīl) in Arabic script. The letter proper ends with a signature and with the motto Brit Shalom.

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  2. 12452LetterT-S AS 145.331

    Narrating a series of distressing events (qalaq ʿaẓīm) involving Abū l-Barakāt and Abū l-ʿAlā', a khaṭṭ (signature?) and a sum of 3,000 dinars.

    1. ]ה ואמן [
    2. ]ה קבץ עני [
    3. ] . . . . . אלעוזר וא[
    4. ע]רפנא אן אכוהם . . . אל[שי]ך נאצר אלג[
    5. ] . . צ . . שדיד . רמ . כ . ה בג אלאף דינ[אר
    6. ] . מא והב לה חבה…

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  3. 12453Legal documentT-S AS 149.70

    The partial names [...] ha-Levi and [... b.] שאטי[..] ) (al-Amshāṭī) are preserved. Dating: likely ca. 13th century.

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  4. 12454LetterT-S AS 149.196

    Order in Judaeo-Arabic. "I (already) owe you 7/8 dirhams. Send me a pomegranate syrup for 5/8 and jujube (syrup?)

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  5. 12455Legal documentT-S AS 150.47

    One of the parties is Abi al-Faraj. Signed by Elazar b. ha-Shofet (the judge).

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  6. 12456LetterT-S AS 152.148

    Note from Musa b. Barhun al-Tāhartī, from Busir (possibly), to Nahray b.

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    1. [אטאל אללה] יאסידי וריסי וגלילי בקאך ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך כתאבי

    2. [אליך מן בוצ]יר ען חאל סלאמה ונעמא ומא תחב עלמה אן וצלת אלא [       ]

    3. [   …

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    1. (6-1) ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני וראשי ומכובדי, אריכות ימים, ואל ימנע ממך הצלחה ; אני כותב לך מבוציר ; שלומי טוב ואני מאושר. אשר למה שרצית לדעת: ה…

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  7. 12457Legal documentT-S AS 153.88

    The marriage payments are listed, and then "half a house in al-Qālūs." (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  8. 12458List or tableT-S AS 176.260

    Mentions names such as Ibrāhīm al-Mashshāṭī

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  9. 12459State documentT-S AS 181.274

    Bottom right-hand part of a receipt written by the jahbadh Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, presumably relating to a tax payment by the ḍāmin Abū l-Ḥasan b.

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  10. 12460List or tableT-S AS 184.160

    May mention a physician (al-ḥakīm) in the first line. Needs examination.

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  11. 12461State documentT-S AS 186.58

    The preceding shelfmark T-S AS 186.57 was reused for alphabetical practice by the same scribe as T-S AS 186.58.

    1. ].ه العبد المملوك يقبل الارض[
    2. ].عش من اهل القاهرة المحروسه و هو[

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  12. 12462List or tableT-S AS 210.13

    for the year 53__ which provides a possible range of 1539-1638 CE. Although the text from the first line is incomplete, the exact year may be listed via gematria in line two.

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  13. 12463LetterT-S AS 217.140

    Contains formulaic opening phrases followed by a list of commodities and prices ("raisins, the price of a qinṭār: 7 qirsh; altogether...; an irdabb of rice... 100 qirsh..")

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  14. 12464LetterT-S AS 218.157

    Information from http://www.investigacion.cchs.csic.es/judeo-arabe/sites/investigacion.cchs.csic.es.judeo-arabe/files/Genizah-Al-Andalus.pdf.

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  15. 12465List or tableT-S J1.13

    Mentions Yaʿaqov; "the partnership between me and Ibn al-Ṣayrafī. . . in wheat"; Raslān and something to do with barley; a partnership with Surūr; and someone named Saḥar(?)

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  16. 12466Paraliterary textT-S Misc.8.37

    Miscellany containing halakhic text(s) in Judaeo-Arabic as well as a section with a date: 5010 AM = 1561 Seleucid = 1182 since the destruction of the temple = the 5th year of the shemiṭṭa, all corresponding to 1249/50 CE.

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  17. 12467Legal documentT-S Misc.28.79.15

    Mentions a certain Abū ʿAlī. Likely a join with P14. T-S Misc.28.79.2 and T-S Misc.28.79.15 are two copies of the same document.

    T-S Misc.28.79 15

    1. אכתלאף אגנ[אסהא 
    2. ולא יעדל אחד [
    3. ענהם ורצי[
    4. מא אלתזמה ע[לי 
    5. סוף ולא אלא [
    6. אלשיך אבו על[י 
    7. ודון וראתי ב[עד 
    8. [פי ו]סט הדה אלש[רכה 
    9. [.…

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  18. 12468LetterT-S NS 31.7

    Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (b. ca. 1310–d. 1355) in which the cantor Faraj Allāh is ordered to arrange a collection for a traveler.

    1. בסם אלרחים
    2. הנה אל ישועתי וכול
    3. אלחזן אלשיך פרג אללה שצ יעלם
    4. באנך(!) תתוצא בחאמלה אלשיך
    5. יוסף שצ ידיע צפתי לאנה מן
    6. בתי אבות וכאן ללה עליה נעמה
    7. וגאר אל…

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  19. 12469List or tableT-S NS 83.26

    Accounts with Arabic numerals, highly detailed and well-preserved. All of the columns list sums in Ottoman kurush (ق symbol) which helps to date this document as 18th- or 19th-century.

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  20. 12470LetterT-S NS 97.5

    Two bifolios containing various Hebrew texts, a jotting of a quadruped, and two pages of Arabic text in a rudimentary hand, apparently excerpts or drafts of a letter. Alternatively it might be poetry on the theme of separation of a father from son.

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  21. 12471Literary textT-S NS 305.17

    Sufi epistle, it seems -- discussing the 'stations' (al-maqāmāt) of the 'path' (ṭarīqa) and the right way to progress through them.

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  22. 12472List or tableT-S NS 320.112

    List of names with numbers. Probably an alms distribution list. The scribe who wrote the two lines in bolder ink may be known—the hand seems familiar from 11th century documents.

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  23. 12473Legal documentT-S NS 324.21

    This portion contains about a dozen witness signatures, including Shabbetay b. ʿAlīl; Ghālib b. Faraj (spelled גאליב); and two people with embellished signatures: Yehuda he-Ḥaver b. [...]; and Yehuda [..].

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  24. 12474LetterT-S NS 324.138a

    Letter fragment from Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī. Mentions details about money exchange and shipments of pepper and silk to and from Palermo.

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    1.                                   ] סער פ[ ]
    2.                                ]ן נתרכה דפעה ולא נאכדה צרף אלפין ומא
    3.                        …

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    1. (1–3) .... המחיר ..... נעזוב אותו פעם ולא ניקח אותו ; דמי ההמרה : אלפיים .... דעתי, שלפיה לא מכרנו ממנו אלא כמות קטנה זו 
    2. (4–6) .... על כן…

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  25. 12475State documentT-S NS 325.125

    Fragment of a petition to a vizier, possibly al-Afḍal. Approximately three lines of the opening praises are preserved.

    1. ]هم المنصورة السنية الاجلية الافضلية [الجيوشية سيف
    2. الامام كافل قضاة المسلمين وهدي دعاة المومنين
    3. عضد الله به الدين وامتع بطول بقايها امير المومنين وا…

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  26. 12476LetterT-S NS 342.97

    Refers to a woman who is 'perishing'; the government (al-sulṭān); someone who is excused; the 'holy' (probably in reference to the addressee); and an orphan boy.

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  27. 12477Legal documentT-S NS J32

    Legal document in which Abu al-Baqa gives to his married son Mukaram the rights to one half of the black female slave named Musk he had inherited from his deceased wife.

    1. למא כאן יום אלאתנין והו יום אלואחד ועשרין
    2. מן שהר תמוז חצרת אנא ואלמלמד אבו
    3. סעיד שצ ושהדנא עלי אלשיך אבו אלבקא
    4. אלמערוף באבן אלמצן אנה קד אוהב אל.
    5. ולד…

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  28. 12478Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.2

    Barakāt b. Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Dayyān.

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  29. 12479List or tableAIU IX.B.27

    On the right margin, a column is titled with "gurushi[m]/גרושי" followed by a numerical value 1500 that is labeled "kontante y boda" which could mean that the monetary dowry alone is valued at 1,500 silver gurushim (or "guruş" in Turkish) before factoring in the value of the itemized material gifts. This seems plausible because once the list ends a final monetary value is offered of 8,500 guruş, which implies that the contents of this "nota de ashugar" are altogether valued at 7,000 guruş. Some of the material gifts listed are: "panyo" (l.12r), "ropa franca" (l.12r), "kamizas... de seda" (l.13r), "estanpa" (l.15r), "fezes mughrabis" (l.15-16r), "sabanas" (l.25r) (or in English: cloth, French clothing, silk shirts, stamp, Maghribi Fez hats, and bedsheets) MCD.

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  30. 12480LetterAIU VII.E.179

    The letter's marginal section is damaged, likewise the address on this shelmark's fourth scan has deteriorated to the extent that it is not possible to confirm the letter recipient's location (though the latter portion of [No-Am]on may be visible indicating Alexandria. MCD.

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  31. 12481Legal documentBL OR 5542.1

    Recto: Upper section from a deed of sale for an apartment on Darb al-Muballaṭ that Riqa purchased from Avraham Malkhi for 3,000 medin. […] Avraham Malkhi buys back the apartment on Darb al-Muballaṭ from Riqa for 3,000 medin. It is unclear how much time passed between the initial sale and resale of the property.

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    1.                                           בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שראינו שטר וענינו הוא איך חזקת הקאעה שבצרב אל מבלט שהיה דר בה מקדמת דנא המנוח כה׳׳ר סעדי…

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  32. 12482LetterBL OR 10656.1

    In this letter he mentions some of the dignitaries of Fustat ("Ṣoʿan"), including "Rabbenu Berakhot known as al-Jaʿfarī" and "...many of the rabbis, and I will mention to you some of them: foremost is Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq ha-Rav ha-Gadol (i.e., Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi)... all the land of Egypt is given into his hand, and after him your slave Elʿazar ha-Kohen b.

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  33. 12483LetterBodl. MS heb. b 13/51

    ʿEli ha-Kohen ha-Ḥaver, the muqaddam of Bilbays (here called "muqaddam al-yahūd"). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, often rhymed, with the address in both Hebrew and Arabic. […] Verso is mainly copious regards to and from family members and friends ("I can no longer burden people by carrying letters to each of you"—hence he includes all the greetings in one letter.) (Information in part from Goitein’s index card)

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  34. 12484Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/2

    This release is not valid if he should return. Also mentions the name Abū Zikrī in the first line.

    1. אבו זכרי אחיאה אללה וקד אסכנת זוגתי הדה פי דאר לואלדתי וולדי איצא מעהא
    2. ותרכת גמיע מא אמתלכה ממא תגהזת ואקתניתה איצא מן בסט ופרש ותעליק וכרתי
    3. וזגאג ו…

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  35. 12485LetterBodl. MS heb. e 94/28

    Abū Zikrī reports that as he was passing by the hospital (māristān) he saw a young man (al-ṣabiyy) delivering a court summons in the hand of al-Nezer (=Natan b.

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  36. 12486Legal documentBodl. MS heb. e 103/10 + Bodl. MS heb. e 103/11 + Bodl. MS heb. e 103/12

    of Avicenna and other matters; a commentary on the Higayon of Maimonides with other selections; the Intentions of the Philosophers (Kavanot ha-Pilosofim, the Hebrew translation of Maqāṣid al-Falāsifa) by "Abū Ḥamid" (=al-Ghazālī); an introduction to logic; the laws of Yom Kippur (or from Masekhet Yoma); Moshe Narboni's commentary on the Intentions of the Philosophers; Iggeret ha-Musar; Sefer ha-Malmad (of Yaʿaqov Anatoli); the book of Ibn Shuʿayb; Ḥovot ha-Levavot; and a few more.

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  37. 12487LetterCUL Or.1080 J22

    Letter from Yosef b. Shemuel al-Dani in Palermo to Isma’il b. Avraham in Damsis. […] In the 13th century, the port of Hawwāra was known as Qaṣr Aḥmad (Ibn Rushayd al-Sabtī, Riḥla, 6: 5), which became known as Misrata in the 16th century (AP).

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך
    2. וזאד מן פצ'לה וגזיל מואהבה לדיך מן צקליה לו' כלון מן תשרי
    3. געלהא אללה עלינא ועליך וע' גמ…

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    My elder and master, may God prolong your life and make your welfare and happiness permanent. May he augment his bounty and spiritual gifts gra…

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  38. 12488LetterCUL Or.1080 J246

    The main purpose of the letter is to conciliate Natan, who is upset about the marriage of his daughter to the sender's son, which evidently took place behind his back in Jerusalem. There is also discussion of Natan's property in Jerusalem and a report on the books that he left behind him in 1481 CE.

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  39. 12489LetterDK 116

    It opens with a blazon of a certain person's beautiful features (arched eyebrows as if inscribed by a pen, temples and cheeks like scorpions that sting the heart of all who behold them, etc.). The addressee seems to be named in the last line of Image 6: "his name is Avram and Avraham is his father, like Elʿazar purifying with animals' blood," i.e., they are Kohanim. The writer asks several times for a letter and then for an ambiguous favor "based on the convenant between you and me [made] on Shabbat Teruma." He says he always asks seafarers for news ot he addressee. Then, "Write to Daniel your servant on the day he goes (or: you go) down to the city of און בימה (Heliopolis?)

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  40. 12490Legal documentENA 2462.18

    When Abū l-Maʿālī returned to the shop, there was already a group gathered round, and Ṣemaḥ al-Parnas summoned a carpenter to close the shop and put a metal lock on the door.

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  41. 12491Legal documentENA 2594.8

    The death of Shelomo Lebdi was not only a serious personal blow to his brother, Yosef Lebdi, but it also meant that Yosef could lose half of his property to his nephew, David b.

    ENA 2594.8 1 recto

    1. בתרין בשבה דהוא עשרין ותלתה יומ[י ...]
    2. שנת אתי''ב לשטרות חצר אלי בית [דין ...]
    3. יוסף דידיע בן אללבדי וקאל לי זכות [...]
    4. ענך קום או…

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  42. 12492Legal documentENA 2805.15 + Bodl. MS heb. b 13/38

    The parties declared that this was a free agreement, not imposed by a court, and had it also confirmed by a Muslim notary. In spite of the stress (three mentions) on primogeniture in this document the first-born, a son of a butcher, received only eleven dinars.

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן ש[הדי דחתמו]ת | ידנא לתתא בשטרא דנן בארבעה בשבה
    2. דהוא עשרין ותמניה יומין בירח [תש] | רי דשנת אלפ…

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  43. 12493LetterENA 4011.20

    He prayed from the prayerbook of Saadya Gaon. The document mentions al-Shaykh al-Thiqa Abū Ghālib, but it is not clear if he is the man so beloved.

    1. כר]אמה מקאם נפסה [
    2. אל]שיך אלתקה בן אלשיך אבו גאלב //זל// דן ויו[
    3. פ]אן אללה קד חאשאהם ו כאצך אלשיך [
    4. ירצא באלמסאל תגמלת אלבלד ואלכניסה [
    5. ופרחו בה אלי…

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  44. 12494Legal documentHalper 359

    Their chief creditor is Abraham Castro (d. 967 AH/1560 CE), director of Egypt’s mint early in the period of Ottoman rule.... The brothers Abū al-Baqāʾ and Abū al-ʿIzz [b. Budayr] owe Joseph Castro— and through him, as it turns out, his father Abraham—1,500 niṣf fiḍḍa, possibly from a loan....

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    1. الحمد لله وهو حسبي هلك حساده
    2. كتبه [؟] الفقير عبد الرحمن الاقصراي الحنبلي
    3. المولى قضا دمياط وخلافتها

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    1. باس…

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    1. Praise to God ... until his Day of Judgement.

    Verso, left, main text

    1. Praise be to God.

    2. In the law court referenced on the re…

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  45. 12495Legal documentIOM D 55.10

    As is customary with converts, she also receives the patronymic bt. Avraham (i.e., daughter of the biblical patriarch Avraham).

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    1. בשני בשבת דהוא שיתא יומין לירח מרחשון דשנת אלִ[פא]
    2. וארבע מאה וארבעין וארבעה שנין למניאנא דשטרות
    3. שאנו רגילין למנות בו במדינת מנגרור דבא[רץ הו]ד…

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    1. On the second day of the week, which is the sixth day of the month of Marḥeshvan of the year one thousa[nd]
    2. four hundred forty-four according …

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  46. 12496LetterJRL A 75

    Sighmar mentioned with this title in ENA2804.11 (Goitein, Med.Soc.3:183). The letter also mentions the Nasi and ends with profuse expressions of submission.

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  47. 12497LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/4

    Urgently asking the addressee to send the volume of Bereshit that the writer had purchased from him in al-Maḥalla in the shop of [...] al-ʿAṭṭār, which the recipient had promised to send without delay to the shop of Abū l-Surūr.

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  48. 12498LetterMoss. VII,162.3

    I ask that I should be able to bedeck you with jewels beyond every woman in Sicily." See also Med Soc, III, p.193, note 157.

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    And the . . . was destroyed . . . property that was owed by my brother—may his memory be blessed. And I did not depart from…

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  49. 12499Legal documentT-S 8J5.4

    (Information from Lieberman, "A Partnership Culture," 181.) See also detailed translation and commentary in Goitein's attached notes.

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    1. אברהם הכהן ביר אהרן נע
    2. ואגירה אסחק בן סעיד אסתקר בינהמא
    3. אן יעוד אלדין אלדי לאברהם הכהן דנן עלי אגירה
    4. אסחק דנן נצף דרהם כל יום ואנה יעמל ענדה
    5. א…

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    1. Abraham ha-Kohen b. Aaron (who) r(ests in) E(den)
    2. and his employee Isḥaq b. Sa‘īd established between the two of them
    3. that debt would be repaid w…

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  50. 12500Legal documentT-S 8J5.4

    (A prior PGP record indicated that this was signed by Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Ṣedaqa ha-Levi al-Mustaʿmal al-Ramlī, however it's not clear what this was referring to.)

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    1. חצרת אלינא אנן חתומי מטה פרגיה בת מ יצחק נע זוגה אלשיך אבו אלמעאלי
    2. מרור אברהם הזקן יש צו דידיע בן אבו סלאמה ואשהדתנא עלי נפסהא
    3. אנהא קד והבת …

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