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  1. 1251Legal documentT-S 16.116

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dating: 1010 CE. Shelomo b. Avraham b. Malkī (Mulkī?) sells nine parts out of eighteen of a house in …

    25. העולם מעתה בן ובת אח ואחות יוריש ונוחל קרוב ורח[וק .. ]..ל

    26. נכסיי ודפרע חובי בין הבאים [....

    27. [...]סי שלא ברשו[...

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  2. 1252State documentT-S AS 185.111

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    Arabic

    Fragment of official correspondence concerning the administration of Upper Egypt.

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. يحتاج الى كتب كتاب كريم الى متولي الخر[اج] من مدينة قوص
    3. يُشعر فيه ان الناحية المعروفة بابنود الجارية في اقطاع
    4. منـ]ـصبين الاجل…
    1. In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
    2. There is a need for a noble decree to be written to the official in charge of the kha[rāj] in Qūṣ,
    3. informing him that the district known as Ibnūd, currently held as an iqṭāʿ,
    4. belongs to the two [most em]inent and exalted appointees—the noble, the felicitous, the chosen of the caliphal court
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  3. 1253State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 539

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Official receipt in Arabic script. On verso, personal accounts?

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  4. 1254State documentT-S AS 177.535

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    Arabic

    Official (tax?) receipt. Dated: 5[..] AH (~12th century CE).

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  5. 1255State documentT-S AS 178.280

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    Arabic

    Small fragment possibly from an official letter/report. Mentions "waṣala al-nāṣiḥ/al-nāḍij(?)

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  6. 1256State documentT-S NS 104.24

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    Arabic

    Right-side fragment of an official correspondence.

    1. لدعـ[
    2. مع عشـ[
    3. الى خمسـ[

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  7. 1257List or tableENA 2558.27

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    Ladino

    In Ladino and western Arabic numerals. Dated: 26 Kislev [5]503 or [5]505 AM, corresponding to 1742 CE or 1744 CE. […] The heading on the verso suggests that this list is a compilation of the entries in Abzardil's own recordkeeping over a period of two years: "conforme todo en sus libritos ke komiensan del 26 Kislev shanat [5]503... [5]505" (l. 3-4r). On the right side of the verso, where the list begins, all values are listed in silver medin coinage (abbreviated "מאי") and this may be the case for all values listed.

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  8. 1258State documentT-S AS 177.451

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    Arabic

    Probably a part of a report or official correspondence. Reads in part: "as the elders of the Bedouins are aware..."

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  9. 1259LetterT-S 6J2.32

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Mentions arrangements for travel; Abū Zikrī; someone's mother; a property that will not sell; and an instruction to buy wheat for somebody insead of bread. Greetings to Sulaymān, Abū l-Faḍl, Sitt Intijāb, Sitt Jawhar, and Abū l-Makārim.

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    1. אתפצל אדפעהא לה והדאך
    2. אדא טלב אמאלא בדינ קמח
    3. אשתרי לה אכיר מן שרי אלכבז
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  10. 1260State documentT-S Ar.39.70

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    Arabic

    Official correspondence in Arabic script. Petition?

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  11. 1261State documentT-S NS 300.71

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    Arabic

    In the last line, the official titles wulāh and ʿummāl are mentioned. Reused on verso for Hebrew literary text.

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    1. انه من جملة التجار الموردين الى الديار المصرية خلد الله[
    2. وهو من اهل الستر والسلامة لازم للطرائق الحميدة[
    3. الا جزا وهو [يجدد] تقبيل الارض ويسئل …
  12. ...To all the governors [and] administrators

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  13. 1262Legal documentHalper 369

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    Hebrew

    Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday 26 Iyyar 5306 AM = 28 April 1546 CE. Currency: Peraḥim (Venetian ducats or another gold coin of similar value/weight).

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    1. בפנינו אנו עדים חתומי מטה מכר כבוד
    2. רבי שלמה בר כבוד רבי ישועה ידיע גלטא
    3. החנות שלו שמוכר בה עצים וזולתו לכבוד
    4. רבי משה…
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  14. 1263Legal documentT-S AS 151.257

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    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Concerning a financial settlement, mentioning various sums of money: 26 Malikī dinars (used in Yemen) and smaller sums of 4 and 5 dinars.

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  15. 1264Unknown typeT-S Ar.34.249

    Primary language
    Arabic

    There are narrow vertical blocks of text on both sides. May be a state or official document. Large numbers such as 700 are mentioned (or possibly this is a date?).

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  16. 1265State documentT-S AS 116.280

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Official letter, probably. In Arabic script. The ends of 3 lines are preserved; upslanting and wide space between lines.

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  17. 1266State documentT-S NS 139.36

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Small fragment from an official document, most probably a petition. The second line of the fragment is in a thicker script than the first, and reads "al-iqtāʿ in shāʾa llāh."

    1. الراي]العالي فيما يامر به ان [شا الله
    2. ]الاقطاع ان شا الله
    3. الحمد لله وحده و]صلواته على سيدنا محمد النبي واله الطاهرين وسلم تسليما

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  18. 1267State documentT-S NS 327.32 + T-S NS 327.45

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    Arabic

    On recto there is an official letter (see separate record). Join: Alan Elbaum.

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  19. 1268Legal documentCUL Or.1081 J31

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal record, or outline for drawing up a deed of sale. Dated: Sunday, 26 Ṭevet 1537 Seleucid, which is 28 December 1225 CE.

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  20. 1269State documentT-S AS 177.152

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    Arabic

    Small fragment of official correspondence. Addressed to [...] al-Kāmilī al-saʿīd [...].

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  21. 1270LetterENA 3952.2

    Primary language
    Arabic

    The script seems to be quasi-chancery, and the phenomenon of the stacking of baselines, and the official terminologies suggests that it may be an official correspondence written in a letter format.

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  22. 1271State documentAIU XII.5

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    Arabic

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic, likely an official report or petition. The sender reports that he went up to the citadel (يقبل الارض وينهي انه طلع الى القلعة المحروسة).

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  23. 1272State documentBL OR 5557B.20

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Decree to a lower official. Fragment, end of the main section just before the date, left side only.

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  24. 1273LetterENA NS 70.1

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Official letter. Small fragment. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic (partially vocalized).

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  25. 1274LetterMoss. IV,41.3

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Some commodity was deposited with a distinguished man (rajul jalīl al-qadr), "and when he opened it for the buyer and it came out in this shape, he was embarrassed... and I was embarrassed even more... He said, 'I will not buy this from you(?), this is only fit for the Jews'...

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  26. 1275List or tableENA 2715.19 + ENA 2715.20 + ENA 2715.21

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    Ladino

    Western Arabic numerals are in use with one entry on the recto dated 26 Sivan [5]632 or July 2 1872CE. This dated entry also mentions S[eñor] Yiṣḥaq Menashshe and lists a variety of coinage types such as "old one ducats / דוקאדו ישן אונו" and "new ducats / דוקאדוס מואיבוס". Given the dating of the fragment, the latter coinage designation is likely not a reference to Venetian gold ducats, however, the "old one ducats" may refer to pre-1797 currency from Venice. Another coinage label takes form in "Mahmudi / מאחמודי" which is reference to money minted under the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II.

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  27. 1276Legal documentENA 2148.93

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Legal or official note. In Arabic script. Possibly concerning a debt (القرض).

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  28. 1277State documentENA NS 83.232

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Upper part of an official (tax?) receipt, with ʿalāʾim and registration notes.

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  29. 1278List or tableT-S AS 97.68

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

    Unclear if private or official.

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  30. 1279State documentT-S AS 177.4

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Official (tax?) receipt for someone possibly named Ḥayyim in Fustat.

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  31. 1280State documentT-S NS 297.291

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Unidentified document in difficult Arabic script. Looks official and Mamluk-era. Needs examination.

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  32. 1281LetterT-S NS 324.109

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Strip from the left side of an official poetic Hebrew letter. AA

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  33. 1282State documentMIAC 23973.46

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    Arabic

    Alternative readings (ASE): In l. 5 it is possible to read ومن معه من تجار وغيرهم ("and those merchants and others who are with him") Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 26.

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اعلم البزيل النائب عن صاحب الخيل بقلعة ابريم
    3. ادام الله حراسته وسلامته ونعمته ان
    4. متحمل هذه السطور الرئيس كتب ه الل سلامته
    5. فيجب…
  34. Praise be to God alone and His blessings be upon our lord Muḥammad, the prophet, and his pure family.

    35. Verso - address

    1. Al-Bazīl, the deputy of the Master of the Horses
    2. and vizier of the king and his Ikshīl, Abū al-Khayr Darmā,
    3. may God cause his protection, safety and wellbeing to endure.
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  35. 1283State documentAIU XII.92

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    Arabic

    State document. Dated: 26 Ramaḍān 524 AH = 2 September 1130 CE. A makhzūma (a type of official account) concerning the construction of a new or renovated belvedere (manẓara) across from either the Rawḍa island or a specific government garden (muqābil al-rawḍa al-saʿīda). […] The project is overseen by officials with titles such as "majd al-khilāfa wa fakhruha" and "ṣanīʿat al-khilāfa." […] The date on the document is 524 H which fits with al-Maqrīzī's chronology, hence, it is plausible that the person referred to in the chronicle could be one of the officials mentioned in the document. Goitein translates 'maʿūna' as "a police building, although containing gruesome prisons, was called maʿūna, 'help' while the security forces themselves were divided into a number of specialized groups.

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  36. 1284LetterT-S NS 226.176

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Giving various instructions about what to buy. The sender reports receiving the addressee's letter with news of the death of Abū l-ʿAlāʾ.

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  37. 1285List or tableT-S NS 99.77 + T-S NS 99.78 + T-S NS 99.79 + T-S NS 99.80 + T-S NS 99.81

    Document date
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    Judaeo-Arabic

    The owner of the ledger mentions being in Alexandria in the year 1583 CE (Iyyar 5343) in the middle portion of the verso and in the same entry mentions "Ibrāhīm Basha" which may constitute a reference to a state official. At the top of the verso, the scribe also mentions a transaction with one Yiṣḥaq b. Rozel in which silver medin coinage is in use "מיידי". One half of the recto is severely discolored and the other includes a wide array of daily financial entries where "jadid" (or "cedid" in Ott. Turkish) coinage may be in use (l. 3r). MCD.

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  38. 1286LetterT-S 13J18.7

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    The letter describes a matter with a Qaraite known as al-Shaykh al-Thiqa Ibn Kūshak and a government official (ṣāḥib dīwān) known as Jamāl al-Dīn al-Nāwī who was formerly the secretary of the treasury (kātib al-khizāna).

  39. אליכם עלי אלעיד
  40. פקאל מא ימכן

    41. Recto - top margin

    1. אן נכרג
    2. אליהם אלא אן
    3. כאן נכתן פתכלם
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  41. 1287State documentT-S AS 136.282

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    Arabic

    Brief official report in Arabic script. Ends, "anhā dhālika wa-l-raʾy aʿlāhu."

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  42. 1288LetterT-S NS 91.36

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    Arabic

    Letter or official correspondence. In Arabic script. Chancery hand?

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  43. 1289LetterAIU IX.B.26

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    Ladino

    There is also mention of monetary payment: "dyeron paras" (l.21r) which may be referencing a more general term for money in the Ottoman empire (or possibly a specific coinage type known as "para" or "pare" in early nineteenth-century Egypt). Further down the monetary label "gurushim" (l.33, 35, 39r) is in use indicating a specific type of silver coinage. MCD.

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  44. 1290Literary textAIU VI.B.26

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    Hebrew

    Several torn fragments, which seem to belong together, all containing magical instructions.

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  45. 1291Legal documentAIU VII.D.26

    Document date
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    Aramaic, Hebrew

    Ketubba dated 13 December 1799 CE (15 Kislev 5560 AM) from Cairo, for Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham Muḥibb and Palomba bt. Shalom ha-Levi. The me'ukhar is …

    1. בשלישי בשבת בחמשה עשר יום לחדש כסלו שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות וששים ליצירה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה
    2. לפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה אי[...] איך היקר …
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  46. 1292LetterAIU VII.E.26

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from David ben Naʿim, who also wrote JRL Series L 205. Dated 10 Heshvan [55]80 AM which is 1819 CE. ASE.

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  47. 1293LetterAIU VII.E.126

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    Hebrew

    Late letter in Hebrew, probably either 1829 or 1729 CE (the ע and the כ are marked in the citation from Psalms 37:40. . . …

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  48. 1294LetterAIU VII.E.226

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Late letter or drafts or records of letters in Judaeo-Arabic, on lined paper. May be a continuation of the preceding shelfmark (both contain poetic lines …

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  49. 1295List or tableAIU VII.F.26

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    List of communal contributions or perhaps "sales of wheat[?]" (עלם מביע קמח) for the year 5589 AM which is 1828/29 CE (התקפט). Although the year …

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  50. 1296Literary textAIU VIII.B.26

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    Judaeo-Arabic, Latin

    Bifolium from a Judaeo-Arabic medical treatise with headers in red ink and certain terms translated into Latin (?).

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  51. 1297LetterAIU XI.260

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: At least two different drafts of late Arabic letters. Bottom of recto and verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic--lists of money received from various individua

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  52. 1298Paraliterary textAIU XI.263

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    Ladino

    Recipes and/or technical instructions in Ladino. Medical? Needs further examination.

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  53. 1299Paraliterary textAIU XI.264

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Prognostications for the coming year in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  54. 1300LetterAIU XI.266

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abu l-Ḥasan, sending money with the messenger and asking Abu l-Ḥasan to purchase hashish for the writer.

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