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  1. 1251State 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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  2. 1252Legal 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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  3. 1253Legal 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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  4. 1254Legal 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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  5. 1255Legal 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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  6. 1256Legal 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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  7. 1257Legal 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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  8. 1258Legal 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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  9. 1259Legal 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 …

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    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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  10. 1260LetterYevr.-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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  11. 1261Legal 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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  12. 1262List 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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  13. 1263Legal 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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  14. 1264Legal 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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  15. 1265List or tableBL OR 12369.24

    Communal accounts for two synagogues in Cairo. Dated 5584 AM (1823/24 CE). The right side of the bifolio mentions the Ḥayyīm Capoussi Synagogue and the …

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  16. 1266Legal documentBodl. MS Arab. c 56.9

    Acknowledgment for the pawning of an enslaved woman by Bū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb (or Wuhayb), ḍāmin for dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm, for a period of …

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  17. 1267List or tableBodl. MS heb. c 54/21

    Beautiful calendar for the year 1815/16 CE (5576) with information about each month in a medallion set in a floral pattern.

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  18. 1268LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/6

    Letter in Hebrew dated 1747/48 CE (508 = בשרו), from the Jewish community of Tiberias to the Jewish community of Pisa, begging for financial aid …

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  19. 1269LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/7

    Letter in Hebrew dated 1759/60 CE (520 = תהֿלה לכֿל), from the Jewish community of Tiberias to the Jewish community of Pisa, begging for financial …

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  20. 1270LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/10

    Letter in Hebrew dated 1778/79 CE (539 = ותקוה טובה) from the Jewish community of Jerusalem to the Jewish community of Pisa begging for financial …

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  21. 1271Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/11

    Legal document in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tammuz 1456 Seleucid = June/July 1145 CE, under the authority of the Nagid …

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  22. 1272Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 76/54

    Legal document, probably contract of debt. Unfinished. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver? Dated: Elul 1456 Seleucid = August/September 1145 CE, under the …

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  23. 1273LetterCUL Or.1080 J24

    India Book (IB) IV,69 (ח79). Letter from ʿAmram b. Yiṣḥaq, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Middle of Adar …

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    1. בשמך רחמ'
    2. קד עלם אלבארי גלת קדרתה מא וגדתה לפראק
    3. חצרה מולאי כבוד גד' קד' מרנ' ורבנ' חלפון
    4. הלוי הקהתי החכם והנבון הירא שמים מנעוריו
    5. אטאל אללה ב…

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    1. בשמך רחמ[נא].
    2. אמנם יודע הבורא, תתגדל יכולתו, כמה מצר אני בגלל עזיבתו של
    3. הדרת אדוני כבוד גד[ולת] קד[ושת] מרנ' ורבני חלפון
    4. הלוי הקהתי החכם והנבו…

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  24. 1274Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J63

    Fol. 2: Legal document. Location: Damsīs. Little remains except for the date: Tevet 1424 Seleucid = 1112/13 CE. One of the witnesses is Aharon b. …

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  25. 1275Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J65

    Legal deed. Release given to Ṣedaqa ha-Levi by his divorcee. Written and signed by Natan b. Shemuel, Elul 1145 CE. Cosigned David ha-Paliṭ b. Yosef …

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  26. 1276Legal documentENA 972.10

    Bill of divorce from a betrothal (erusin). Very faded. No signatures. Dated: Looks like [4]903 AM, which would be 1142/43 CE.

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  27. 1277Legal documentENA 3902.5

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) with many lacunae. Concerns default in debt payment; involves [...] b. Abū Ṭāʿa(?) al-Ḥāmī and Manṣūr b. Faraḥ al-Ḥāmī in Cairo. …

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  28. 1278State documentENA 3935.11

    Recto (secondary use): tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 9 Dhū l-Qaʿda 403. Measurements: …

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  29. 1279Credit instrument or private receiptENA 4011.4

    Verso: Cheque written and signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Dated: Tishrei 1454 Seleucid, which is 1142 CE. Abū l-Khayr Khiyār is to pay the price …

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  30. 1280Legal documentENA 4011.18

    Bottom of a legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Ḥeshvan 1435 Seleucid, which is 1123 CE. Mentions the rent of a …

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  31. 1281Legal documentENA 4011.65

    Settlement of a debt to be paid in installments starting Ḥeshvan 1435 Seleucid = October 1123 CE. The parties are Yeshuʿa b. ʿEli ha-Kohen and …

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  32. 1282Legal documentENA 4020.9

    Legal document. Apprenticeship agreement. Dated: Ṭevet 1462 Seleucid = December 1150 / January 1151 CE. Location: Fustat. Written in the jurisdiction of Shemuel b. Ḥananya …

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    1. [.........................................] לקנות קנין גמור חמור בכלי הכשר לקנות בו מעכשיו  וכאלץ מאלה
    2.  [.....................................…

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    1. […] to effect a complete and weighty qinyan, with an item suitable for doing so, effective immediately
    2. […] that he owes him, and that he has in …

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  33. 1283LetterENA NS 53.23

    Form letter from the community of Hebron. In Hebrew. Dated: 5539 AM, which is 1778/79 CE. The name Refa'el Ḥannuka is filled in in big …

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  34. 1284LetterHUC 1117

    Letter sent from Sandūr (in Kurdistan) to Yaʿaqov Binyamin, in Jerusalem. Late and non-Geniza. Dated: 5462 AM = 1701/02 CE. The sender devotes a lot …

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  35. 1285List or tableJRL B 3139

    Extensive accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: labeled twice along the upper margin of the recto "Y[ear] 5414" and "Account [of the year] 5414 AM" (1653/1654 CE). …

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  36. 1286List or tableJRL C 12

    Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. Dated Rajab 1237 AH (1822 CE) in the upper right corner of the recto. Written across four column …

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  37. 1287List or tableJRL C 32

    Lists in Judeo-Arabic of monetary contributions for children that were recorded in 5576 which is 1815/16CE. The contents of this shelfmark may be related to …

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  38. 1288List or tableJRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/14 + T-S K21.98

    Account of the Qodesh: building expenditures and revenues from rent, ca. 1037 (specifies expenditures for the years 426–30 AH = 1034–39 CE). The expenditures listed …

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    1. [ ]ק[ ]א[
    2. מן [ ] דאר אל[
    3. בנאיין אלאגרה [
    4. ואתני עשר רקאץ לאבת[ ]ה תלתה
    5. ותלתין דר' מא סבעה דר'
    6. תמן טין אסוד מע אלקופתין תמניה
    7. דר' ורבע' תמן שוחת…

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    1. (1-2) .... From … Dār al- .... 

    2. Masons, the wages ....

    3. (4-5) 12 helpers for . . . . , 3 dir. Water, 7 dir. 

    4. (6-7) Paid for black cl…

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  39. 1289LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 217

    Business letter. Addressed to Shimʿon Frances and Merkado Karo (شمعون فرانسيس والمعلم مركادة كارو) in Fustat/Cairo (Miṣr). In Arabic script. Dated: Shaʿbān 1223 AH, which …

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  40. 1290Legal documentMIAC 58

    Marriage contract – 5690AM – 1930CE – (number 58) – in Hebrew and Aramaic in manuscript and print. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl …

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  41. 1291Legal documentMoss. VII,96.1

    Legal document. Fragment (thin vertical strip from the upper left corner). Location: Somewhere in Egypt. Dated: [..]61, probably 1461 Seleucid, which would be 1149/50 CE, …

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  42. 1292Legal documentNLI 577.1/27

    Arabic legal document, iqrār, bottom left corner. There are two fragments under this shelfmark, and it is not immediately clear whether they belong to the …

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  43. 1293Legal documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.27

    Bill of sale for property to Yuḥannis ibn Saqina and his wife. Buljusuq (Fayyum), Rajab 369 [Jan.-Feb. 980]. Parchment ; 16 lines ; 170 x …

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  44. 1294Legal query or responsumT-S 8.251

    Recto: legal query signed by Nahray b. Nissim and Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq (the signatures are copied by the scribe who wrote the document). Location: Fustat. …

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  45. 1295Legal documentT-S 8J6.12

    Legal deed. Location: Qūṣ. Dated: Shevaṭ 1527 Seleucid, which is 1216 CE, under the authority of Avraham Maimonides. In which the physician Abū l-Manṣūr Elʿazar …

    Qus, 1216

    1. למא כאן [ ] שבט סנה אלף וכמס מאיה
    2. וסבעה ועשרין לשטרות פי מדינה קוץ דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה
    3. רשותם דאדונינו הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת כבוד גדולת
    4. קד…

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  46. 1296Legal documentT-S 8J11.18

    Legal declaration. Dating: refers to the year 4826 AM, which is 1065/66 CE. (The document itself may be later.) Concerning Nahray b. Nissim's occupancy of …

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    1. כא[ן] רבינו נהראי ביר נסים ז''ל אנפדני 
    2. אנא ועמאר בר פראח נ''נ אלאטראבלסי 
    3. פי שהור סנה תתכ''ז לעולם אלי אבן עלי בן 
    4. אלכהן צהרה לנכן לה גמיעא ש…

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    1. רבינו נהוראי בי"ר נסים ז"ל שלח אותי 
    2. ואת עמאר בר פראח נ"נ אלאטראבְּלֶסי,
    3. בחודשים של שנת תתכ"ז לעולם, אל בן עלי בן 
    4. הכוהן גיסו, שנהיה לו שנינו …

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  47. 1297Legal documentT-S 8J17.9

    Court notebook. Location: Fustat. Betrothal (erusin) contract. Fiancé: Yosef b. ʿEli Ibn Qashqūsh. Fiancée: [Sitt al-]Jamīʿ bt. Shelomo, a virgin. Dated: middle decade of Ṭevet …

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  48. 1298Legal documentT-S 8J39.2

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic Verso: Upper part of a legal testimony. Dated: Sunday, [..] Iyyar 1535 Seleucid = April/May 1224 CE, under …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . מתה והמתה פי כתאב . . . . . . . . .
    2. א. .ה אלשכר לה ואלפצל עלי מא פעל יישר כוחך
    3. וירבהו ואמא קולה אלעדאוה פמעאד אללה מן דל…

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  49. 1299Paraliterary textT-S 8K20.3

    Colophon of Eliyyahu b. Aharon b. Yoshiyyahu, grandson of Yoshiyyahu Av Bet Din, writing his name and the year (4800 AM) at the end of …

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  50. 1300Legal documentT-S 10J21.14 + T-S 8J32.9

    Legal testimony (קבלת עדות). Location: the testimony was collected in Sunbāṭ and the document was drawn up three months later in Minyat Ashna. Dated: Middle …

    1. . . . . ]א אנה אלדי גמו בהא עלי לסאן אבו אל
    2. . . . ] . ראפע ללאסתאד וקאל איש יכאלי סלום בן
    3. יצחק ב . . .ן הדה אלעיאלה מא כסר אלי הדה
    4. אלסאעה רבע //ויבה…

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