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  1. 1251Legal documentJRL A 374

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1 Elul 5579 AM, which is 1819 CE. The widow of Avraham Yedid invests 9000 medins with Yeḥezqel …

    1. בע׳׳ו
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה הכה׳׳ר יחזקאל חפץ יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמורה שריר[א וקיי]מת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונו 
    3. הטוב והגמור מבלי זכר שום מין אונס וכפייא כלל אלא בלב טוב …

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  2. 1252Legal documentL-G Misc. 49

    Court record. Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 18 Adar 1409 Seleucid, which is February 1098 CE. Dealing with a lawsuit of Mevasser/Bishāra b. Ḥalfon against Shelomo …

    f. 49 a

    1. יכתץ בבשארה ואבו אלעלא אלחלביין
    2. ובאבן מגאן ואבו אלסרור בן עטייה
    3. חצר בית דין יום אלאתנין אלתאמן עשר מן אדר
    4. שנת אתט בפסטאט מצרים בשארה בר חלפו…

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  3. 1253State documentMoss. IXa,2.72

    Probably a fiscal document "وصول", in Arabic script. Dated 525 H. The document seems to have been reused for personal accounts. Mentions revenue of a …

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  4. 1254Legal documentMoss. VII,9.5

    Small fragment of a legal document. Dated: [1]454 Seleucid = 1142/43 CE, under the authority of Shemuʾel ha-Nagid (Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya) and referring to Abū …

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  5. 1255Legal documentMoss. VII,84.2

    Beginning of a legal document, possibly a will or a deathbed declaration, ‘we the undersigned testify...' Dated: Monday, 6 [...] 1556 Seleucid = 1244/45 CE. …

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  6. 1256State documentMoss. Xa,3.34

    Tax receipt for the capitation of Bū l-ʿAlā b. Bū l-Naṣr, written by the jahbadh Hibat allāh. Date: 503 AH. Verso blank.

    Recto, topmost left

    1. يثبت في العمل

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    1. اثبتو المبلغ ثلثي دينار وثمن
    2. الحمد لله وحده

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    1. اثبتو والمبلغ ثلثي دينار
    2. وثمن
    3. وال…

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  7. 1257State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.21

    Petition (formula: al-mamlūk yuqabbil al-yad al-ʿāliya), 1106H (?)

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  8. 1258Legal documentT-S 8J4.1

    Court record in which the wife of Bishr b. Semah, who had stood security for her husband, declares in the presence of two witnesses to …

    1. [חצר אלי] בית דין פי יום אלאתנין
    2. מן אייר שנת אשלט לשטרות במצר יוסף
    3. בר אלמערוף
    4. המכונה ושהדו גמיעא אן
    5. בשר בר צמח וזוגתה סאלוהם אן ימצו מעהם
    6. אלי דאר ה]…

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  9. 1259Legal documentT-S 8J11.12

    Legal document dealing with inheritance issues (a gift followed by a release). The parties are Eliyya b. Shelaḥya and Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Shelomo ha-Levi. …

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    1. [ ]
    2. [ ] פי דלך כצוץ מן יום אן תסלמה מן אלרייס אלמדכור
    3. [ ]ה באלמתנה אלתאבתה לי בבית דין ובעד דלך אלי חין
    4. [ ]ק בה אלי תאריך הדא אלשטר ומן סאיר א…

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  10. 1260Legal documentT-S 16.123

    Ketubba for the remarriage of a couple, Ramla, 1051. Groom: Marwān b. Toviah. Bride: Sarwa bt. Mevorakh. This ketubba is cancelled, implying that the couple …

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    1. שמיה דבריין נעשה ונצליח
    2. ביום חד בשובה דהוא עשרין יום ותרן יומין בירח טבת בשתא תליתיתא דשבועא מה דהיא שנת ארבעה אלפין ותמני
    3. מאוו[ן ו]תרן עשר שנ…

    Friedman #13

    1. By the name of our Creator. May we build and prosper.
    2. On the first day of the week, which is the twenty-second day of the month Tevet…

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  11. 1261Legal documentT-S Ar.34.127

    Legal document, (iqrār), in Arabic script. Ḥusayn b. Yaḥyā testifies. Refers to the year 501 H which would be 1107/08 CE. Needs examination.

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  12. 1262State documentT-S Ar.34.275

    Fatimid state document with an ʿalāma (al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ka-mā huwa ahluhu). Many text blocks, many hands. On one side, l. 4 mentions al-Imām al-Mustanṣir Billāh …

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  13. 1263State documentT-S Ar.39.82

    Tax receipt for the capitation tax of Maʿālī b. [...] in Fustat for the year 525 AH (=1130/31 CE).

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  14. 1264State documentT-S Ar.40.13

    State document, in Arabic script. Regarding proceedings in the Office of Inspection in the province of al-Fayyūm. Abū Fatḥ Allāh Shawār b. Yūsuf, the chief …

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    1. بسم اللـه الرحمن الرحيم

    2. حضر الى ديوان الاشراف بالاعمال

    3. الفيومية ابي فتح اللـه سوار بن يوسف

    4. الناىب عن البيادير المستوفي في خزانة\خزان

    5. …

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  15. 1265Legal documentT-S Ar.41.92

    Deed of sale for the sale of half a house in Fusṭāṭ, in the ‘Fortress of the Greeks’ (qaṣr al-Rūm known as the qaṣr al-shamʿ). …

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    1. [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وحده وصلواته على سيدنا محمد نبیه وسـ]ـلامه 

    2. [هذا ما ا]شترى منه صفقة واحدة وعقدا واحدا جميع الحصة التي مبل…

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    1. [In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God alone and  his blessings upon our Lord Muḥammad and] his peace.  
    2. [This …

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  16. 1266Legal documentT-S Ar.41.95

    Rental contract in Arabic script. Lessee: Sālim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abū l-Ḥasan the baker (? al-khabbāz). Lessor: Barakāt b. Abū l-[...] the Jew. The …

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  17. 1267Legal documentT-S Ar.42.140

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dated: 529 AH = 1134/35 CE. The muqirr is Bū Saʿd b. Hibatallāh al-Isrāʾīlī. Mentions a loan of …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. أقر بو سعد بن هبة الله الاسرائلي التاجـ[ـر (؟) واشهد على نفسه في صحة منه وجواز امر من] 
    3. غير قهر ولا جـ[ـبر ولا اكراه ول…

    Recto

    1. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
    2. Bū Saʿd b. Hibatallāh the Jewish trad[er] acknowledged [and testified, in sound health an…

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  18. 1268Legal documentT-S Ar.42.149

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār), complete. In Arabic script. Dated: 525 AH = 1130/31 CE. The muqirr is Sayyid al-Ahl b. ʿAlī. The contract was drafted …

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  19. 1269State documentT-S AS 126.17

    Fragment of a state document, in Arabic script. Very difficult to glean much context but mentions sending something with someone "مع موصلها".

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  20. 1270Legal documentT-S AS 145.294

    Legal document. Dated: 1454 Seleucid = 1142/43 CE. Mentions 'the seat (moshav) of our master'; 6 dinars; a woman; and an inheritance. (Information mainly from …

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  21. 1271Legal documentT-S AS 149.266

    Small fragment of a legal document. Probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1435 Seleucid = 1123/24 CE.

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  22. 1272Legal documentT-S AS 151.35

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated Thursday, [...] 1435 Seleucid = 1123/4 CE. Mentioning [...] bt. Shelomo and Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi. …

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  23. 1273Legal documentT-S AS 153.139

    Legal document. Fragment (bottom part only). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1435 Seleucid, which is 1123/24 CE. None of the substance of …

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  24. 1274LetterT-S AS 155.259

    Verso (original use): Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥāsan, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yijū, in India. Mentioning Bama and Abū l-Khayr (probably Ibn Yijū's maternal …

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  25. 1275LetterT-S AS 173.53

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 444, probably 444 AH = 1052/53 CE, but could theoretically be [1]444 Seleucid = 1132/33 CE. Approximately three lines on …

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  26. 1276State documentT-S AS 176.164

    Receipt for the capitation tax in Fustat of Bū l-Ḥasan b. [...] the Jewish silk trader for the year 525 AH.

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  27. 1277State documentT-S AS 178.311

    Small fragment of a state document, it seems referring to the year 595 AH = 1198/99 CE.

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  28. 1278State documentT-S AS 179.323

    Receipt for the capitation tax of [...] b. Ibrāhīm the Jewish garment mender (al-raffāʾ) in Fustat for the year 567 AH = 1171/72 CE (if …

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  29. 1279State documentT-S AS 183.168

    Receipt for the capitation tax of Maʿālī b. Bū l-Karam in Fustat for the year 525 AH = 1130/31 CE. Needs further examination. See T-S …

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  30. 1280Legal documentT-S AS 183.180

    Bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. Might be dated 760 AH = 1349/50 CE, but this needs to be checked.

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  31. 1281State documentT-S AS 184.249

    Receipt for the capitation tax in Fustat for the Jewish oculist (al-yahūdī al-kaḥḥāl) Makārim b. Isḥāq, known from several other documents. Dated: 637 AH = …

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  32. 1282Legal documentT-S Misc.10.15

    Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. Fragment (upper left corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, Dated: 1435 Seleucid = 1123/24 CE. The delayed marriage payment is …

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  33. 1283Legal documentT-S Misc.10.170

    Apprenticeship agreement between David Dayyan (the instructor) and an apprentice whose name is badly damaged but his surname can be inferred as Karo because his …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. לפנינו עדים הודה הר׳ דוד דיין יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ וכו׳ קיבל ללמד את הבחור
    3. ינ׳׳ח ב.׳׳[...] ... קארו יצ׳׳ו מל[אכת] הנוצה כידוע לו ב[ש]למות שלא יח[.…

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  34. 1284Legal documentT-S Misc.36.151

    Bill of emancipation of a slave (גט שחרור). Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 25 Iyyar 1396 Seleucid, which is 1085 CE. Owner: Mudallala bt. Shelomo. Freedman: …

    Recto

    1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא עשרין

    2. וחמשה יומין בירח אייר דשנת

    3. אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין ושית

    4. שנין למנינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט

    5. מצרים דעל נילוס נהרה…

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  35. 1285Legal documentT-S NS 173.78

    Fragment from a legal deed in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: Mentions 525 AH and [144]2 Seleucid, corresponding to 1130/31 CE. Mentions …

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  36. 1286Legal documentT-S NS 225.25n

    Small and damaged fragment from a deed of gift to a woman(?), written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Mentions two dinars. Dated: 1435 …

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  37. 1287State documentT-S NS 306.147

    Receipt for the capitation tax in Fustat of Maʿālī b. Bū l-Karam a Jewish silk merchant (qazzāz) for the year 525 AH. See T-S AS …

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  38. 1288Legal documentT-S NS 311.23

    Bill of sale for a female slave. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1461 Seleucid, which is 1149/50 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. …

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  39. 1289Legal documentT-S NS J185g

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1435 Seleucid, which is 1123/24 CE. Essentially nothing else preserved.

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    1. [ ] אלמ[ ]
    2. ולראיה וכאן דלך פי אלעשר [ ]
    3. מאה ותלתין וחמשה שנין למני[ן ]
    4. מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מו[תבה ]
    5. תלי ביני שיטי בהא: וכ[ ]

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  40. 1290Legal documentYevr. II K 10

    A Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Aharon b. Binyamin Halevi and the bride is Esther b. Avraham the physician. Dated 15 Kislev 5399 …

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  41. 1291Legal documentYevr. II K 11

    Karaite ketubah. The groom is Yeshu'a b. Mordechai and the bride is Esther known as Situta d. Shemuel. 28 Adar 5400 AM (1640 CE).

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  42. 1292Legal documentYevr. II K 56

    Decorated Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groomm [...] Halevi b. Avaraham Halevi Yerushalmi. The groom is Esther known as Mas'uda d. Yosef Halevi.

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  43. 1293Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#71) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 23v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dating: 6 Kislev 5324 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 23v 

    1. ופי ת]אר׳ אשהד עילה אלאך צדקה א׳אלמולי אלאגל //הז׳ הנ׳// יוסף אלנקאש יצ׳׳ו //בנדר. לים(?)// עלי אנה
    2. מ]ן יום תארי׳ לם ע…

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  44. 1294Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1282

    Legal document (deed of sale). In Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Venue: The house of Shelomo b. Aharon Kohen Khāzinī. Dated: Thursday, 19 Heshvan 5527 AM, which …

      1. בע׳׳ה
      2. למא כאן בתאריך אלכמיס אלמבארך תאסע עשר חדש מרחשון סנת
      3. כמסה אלאף וכמסה מאיא(!) ועשרין וסבעה ליצירה וסנת אלפין וסבעין ותמאניה
      4. לשטרות אלמואפק לש…

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  45. 1295Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1414

    Karaite bills of debt on a bifolium. Dated 1 Shevat 5498 AM (1738 CE). Both documents deal with a qāʿa residence on Darb al-Furn, a …

    :Folio 1r

    1. [ס]בב תצטיר הד[א אלאחר]ף באן חצר כה׳׳ר שמואל [...]
    2. כהר׳׳ר נסים חזן ברכה יצ׳׳ו בחצ'רת כה׳׳ר ר׳ אלעזר
    3. מלמד צעיר יצ׳׳ו בחצרת כה׳׳ר עבדיה צעיר…

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  46. 1296LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1456

    Letter from the Qaraite community of Damascus to the Qaraite community of Cairo. Dated: Wednesday, 10 Tammuz 5512 AM (ואתה על), which is 1752 CE. …

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  47. 1297Legal documentAIU VII.D.86

    Legal document (right side only) dated 1701/2 CE (5462 AM) involving Yosef Yedid and an orphan girl Sitt al-Bay[t] and payments on the order of …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. [בהיות ש]ראינו שטר וענינו הוא שנפלו דברי ריבות [...
    3. [...] החכם הנעלה כה׳׳ר יוסף ידיד נר׳׳ו מצד עז[...
    4. [...]עות וטענות והלואות ושאר ערעורים ש[..…

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  48. 1298List or tableAIU VII.F.63

    List of communal expenses for the Maghrebi congregation of Cairo (ק׳׳ק מערבים), noting in the heading: "from the hand of ha-r[av] A[vraham(?)] Zaytūn". Dated [5]569 …

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  49. 1299Legal documentAIU XII.82

    Legal document, late, running transaction sheet with (related?) sequential transactions, probably a bill or a receipt of goods and services. Mentions a wage - "ujra", …

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  50. 1300Legal documentBL OR 10656.14

    Legal document. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom part only). Location: Fustat. Dated: Nisan 1421 Seleucid = March/April 1110 CE. One of the parties is Hibatallāh …

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