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  1. 13851Legal documentENA 3373.8

    Mentions some neighborhoods of Fustat, including Qālūs and Sūq al-Kabira, and descriptions of a property. Probably a deed of sale.

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  2. 13852Literary textENA 3909.7

    The preface mentions a lover striving to appease his beloved by becoming her guide (dalīl) so that she has a change of heart (yaʿṭifu qalbuhu ʿalayya). The rhyme (rawī) of the qaṣida on recto is 'dāl' and 'ʿain' on verso, preceded by a short preface.

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  3. 13853List or tableENA 3920.6

    Some of the entries use the unit qirāṭ. All of the numbers are written out with words rather than numerals.

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  4. 13854State documentENA 3971.23

    Some contain the mystery glyph (backwards ط). All are dated after the formula kutiba. ENA 3971.13–24, 31 and 34.

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  5. 13855Legal documentENA 3982.55

    Muḥammad Ḥusain acknowledges (aqarra wa ashada) in his sound mind that he owes 900 Kuruş in debt (شهد بذلك يكون ملزوم 900 ق) to Ḥusain al-Baṣrī(Naṣrī?). The document is dated 26 Muḥarram 1260/16 Feb 1844.

    1. لما كان في يوم الخميس المبارك في ٢٦ محرم سنه ٦٠[١٢]

    2. اقر واشهد على نفسه وهو في حال 

    3. خيرته المعلم محمد حسين الى المعلم

    4.  حييم النصري انه يكون مل…

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  6. 13856List or tableENA NS 14.24

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic with alphanumerical figures and itemized labels such as "milk/ ḥalīb" that may date from the 16th-18th centuries (based on the paleography).

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  7. 13857LetterENA NS 50.20

    Letter from Mūsā b. Yaʿaqov al-Miṣrī, in Malīj, to Yosef b. David b. Shaʿyā, in Fustat.

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    1. [   ] מולי אלשיך מן מליג יום אל

    2. [  ] ען סלאמה ללה

    3. [תקדמת כת]בי עדה אליך אעלמתך

    4. [    ]ין קבל וצול סידי אבו

    5. [      ] ונצף ורבע ואתנין

    6. …

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    1. (אני כותב לך, וכו') אדוני ורבי, ממליג', ביום
    2. .... שלומי טוב, לאל
    3. (תודה, וכו'); כתבתי לך מכתבים אחרים והודעתי לך
    4. .... לפני בוא אדוני אבו
    5. .... ו…

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  8. 13858LetterHalper 421

    Asking him to summon Ibn al-Bahja, the half brother of Ibn Samʿān (same mother), and pay him the dirhams that were sent with this note.

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. סאעה וקוף אדירנו הדיין נזר המשכילים נט רחמ עלי
    3. הדה אלאחרף יחצר בן אלבהגה אלדי אבן סמעאן אכוה מן
    4. אמה יתסלם אליה אלדראהם אלמנפדה צחבה הדה אלאח…

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  9. 13859LetterJRL A 617

    Fragment of a letter from a certain Abū ʿAlī. In Judaeo-Arabic, headed by Hebrew verses.

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  10. 13860List or tableJRL C 23

    A wide array of names are listed along with corresponding monetary figures, such as: Barukh Meṣlīḥ, Yehuda Qudsī, Nissim Mosseri, Yosef Zeytūn, and many others.

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  11. 13861List or tableJRL C 99

    Among the items listed, from the recto there are: almonds, sugar, hummus[?] ("חומוץ"), beans, silk, lemon, and many other items on both sides of the fragment.

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  12. 13862List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 656

    to the brokers (hiba lil-dallālīn) and al-shaykh Bū Zikrī.

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  13. 13863List or tableL-G Misc. 129

    Mentions people such as Ibn al-ʿIrāqī and "I sent with my cousin (ibn ʿamm) Abū l-Surūr."

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  14. 13864LetterMoss. II,157

    Begging letter, probably, in elegant script informing the addressee that his brother Abū l-Baqā al-Tājir used to give charity to the writer and help his family with the capitation tax, but he has now died without a will.

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  15. 13865List or tableMoss. III,127.1 + Moss. III,125.1 + Moss. III,132 + Moss. III,129

    Two of the signatures are preceded by text alluding to pilgrimage to Jerusalem (חצר באלמקאם אלעזיז ....

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  16. 13866LetterMoss. IV,84.2

    Mentions several luxury textile goods and a trader [probably Yiṣḥaq] b. Makh[lū]f al-Nafūsī. Dating: ca. 1130s CE. The items listed here are identical with those listed in L-G Misc. 9 (PGPID 5465), v9–v14.

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    1. בן מכ[לו]ף אלנפוסי . [
    2. דאלך תוב דביקי [ר]פיע מקצור חרי[רי
    3. בג קטע ומנדיל סבאעי מקצור מדהב
    4. ולפאפה מקצור בד אעלאם [אצפר . . . .
    5. מזנר כאם רפיע תונ…

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  17. 13867Paraliterary textMoss. IX,92.3

    her the 1,000 mithqāls. All he had left was [...]... he rode after [her]... said to him 'By God...'."

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  18. 13868Legal documentMoss. VII,81.1

    A release granted by Sitt al-Maʿālī to Abū l-Ḥusayn. Involving sums of 2 dinars somehow related to Abū l-Ḥusayn's father and a total of 4 dinars.

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  19. 13869Legal documentMoss. VII,84.1

    Legal document in Hebrew. 16th-century. Yaʿaqov b. Faraj Allāh the Qaraite, known as Fayrūz, attests that he owes Moshe Ḥazzān b.

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    1. בפנינו אנו עדים חתומי מטה הודה יעקב בן פרג'אללה אל קרא 
    2. ידיע פירוז' שהוא חייב ל[כ"ר] משה חזאן בכ"ר יצחק נ^"ע^ [...]
    3. מאידי חוב גמור ומלוה זקופה…

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  20. 13870LetterMoss. VII,197.1

    Fragment from a letter of appeal in which the writer alludes to news 'that made my chest constrict and the world collapse on me.'

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  21. 13871LetterMoss. VIII,193.2

    The sender refers to a woman in the household and that he has no funds to buy anything at all for her, so he requests 10 dirhams. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ.

    1. עבדה . . . . . אללה אבי סעד(?)
    2. מרינו ורבינו . . . . . . . . . . . . . ור
    3. אביתר . . . . . . . בחבורה
    4. מולאי אעז[ה אללה] כתבת אליך חרפין
    5. כרימין ודלך בא…

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  22. 13872Legal documentNLI 577.4/99

    Netanel ha-Zaqen. Wife: Sitt al-Nasab bt. Elʿazar known as Ibn Shalom. Signed: Yeshuʿa b.

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  23. 13873Legal documentT-S 6J12.10

    Legal document concerning a house, apparently in the quarter of Qaṣr al-Rūm, which includes a lengthy description of the location and conditions of the house.

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  24. 13874Legal documentT-S 6J12.12

    . (= 1220 CE), concerning Abū l-ʿIzz b. Abū ʿImrān, known as al-Sharābī. Probably acknowledging that he owes money to Abu l-B[...].

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  25. 13875Legal documentT-S 8J4.6

    Signed by Ṣedaqa b. Muvḥar, Moshe b. Ibn al-M[...] (?), […] b. Shelomo Gaʾon, and Pinḥas b.

    1. עלי אלשיך אבו אלפרג
    2. ]תבו ואכתמו עלי בגמיע
    3. ] דזכואתא וסלמו דלך אלי אלשיך אבי
    4. ]ם ובעדה חגה וותאק אנני מקר ענדכם
    5. ]גבר ולא אכראה ולא סהו ולא גלט ולא עלה
    6. …

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  26. 13876Legal documentT-S 8J4.23

    Tiban, who has received 34 out of the past-due 68 dinars owed to him by Abu al-Faraj b. Ma’mar. 1108-9 CE. (Information from Goitein's index cards) EMS

    1. כאן קד אחצר אלינא אנן בי ד[ינ]א [ ] א
    2. מ ור אברהם הלוי בר טוביה הלוי נע שהודא
    3. כשרים פי אחד שהור סנה אתכ למנ[ין] שטרות
    4. שהדו קדמנא אן לה עלי אבו אלפרג …

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  27. 13877Legal documentT-S 8J5.8

    Acknowledgement of receipt of money by Abu al-Faraj b. Shanuda the Christian seaman, leader of the sailors of "the weavers," from Abu Sa’d Daniyal b.

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اقر ابو الفرج بن شنوده النصراني البحرى مقدم نواتية الحاكة
    3. شركة الديوان الجبريرى عند شهود هذه الحجة واشهد على نفسه في صحة
    4. عقله…
    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.

    2. Abū al-Faraj ibn Shanūda, the Christian seaman, the leader of the sailors of ‘the weavers',  

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  28. 13878Paraliterary textT-S 8J15.20

    Prescription for pills against coughing; ingredients include red gum tragacanth, almond resin, licorice robe, and “bottled gourd seeds and quince mucilage, of each one mithqal.”

    1. נסכה דוא לשעל נאפע אנשא אללה
    2. כתירה ביצא וחמרא וצמג׳ ערבי וצמג׳ לוז
    3. ורב סוס ונשא קלב אביץ ולב קתא מקשור
    4. ולב יקטין ולעאב ספרגל מן כל וא׳ מתקאל
    5. ומר וכמ…

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  29. 13879LetterT-S 8J23.10

    (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, p. 96.) Same hand and ʿalāma (בייי בטחתי) as DK 236 (PGPID 6573).

    1. בי בטחתי
    2. אלולד אלחזן משה שצ יעלם אנני
    3. אחאשיה מן הדה אלאכלאק אלרדיה
    4. אלמוגבה לקלק שדיד ולעדם אלמערפה
    5. ואלאנטיאע לשריעה אלחק ואלאן אנא
    6. אחדרך גאיה אלחדר …

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  30. 13880Legal documentT-S 10J2.14

    Husband: Moshe b. Siman Ṭov. Wife: Sitt al-Dār bt. Ṣedaqa. Witnesses: Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel; Shelomo b.

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  31. 13881LetterT-S 12.22

    Letter from Zekharya b. Ya’aqov b. al-Shama, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat.

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    1. חסבי אללה
    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך וסלאמתך
    3. ונעמתך מן אלמסתקר פי אלי אלאכר מן אב ואלחאל סלאמה וע[אפיה ] …

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    1. (2−1) מסתפק אני באלוהים. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי ומרי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת אושרך, מן הבית…

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  32. 13882LetterT-S 12.38

    What prevented him was his illness and the fact that Cairo is "qalīlat al-khāṭir (or ḥāẓir?)"—a somewhat cryptic statement.

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  33. 13883LetterT-S 12.279

    He thanks Nahray for burning his last letter. He asks for news of 'al-kabīra' Sitt Muruwwa, who had been sick.

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    1. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה בעד אשתיאק עטים אליה
    2. פבלג מני אלמבלג אלעטים ממא סררת בה גאיה אלסרור ודעות אלי אללה אל…

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  34. 13884LetterT-S 12.399

    From the cantor Yefet b. ʿAmram Ibn al-Jāzfīnī to Shelomo b. Shela ha-Sar" On recto, the only part of the body of the letter that remains is the end of the right margin and the entirety of the upper margin, in which Yefet excuses himself for not having accompanied Shelomo somwhere.

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  35. 13885Legal documentT-S 12.465

    Natan (dated documents ca. 1150-1181) mentioning a brocade sadr with two 'sidepieces,' and preserving the groom's name, Yahya ha-Levi, and the bride was probably Sitt al-Baha. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, pp. 120, 382, and from Goitein's index cards)

    1. מע[
    2. דינאר מרתבה [
    3. צדר דיבאג ומגנבין דיבא[ר
    4. חמשה דינארי חקה לטיפה ומבכרה ומ[
    5. תלתה דנאניר מקדמה וכרסי תרי דינארי והאוי כלל כתובת[
    6. יחיי הלוי חתנא דנן א…

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  36. 13886Legal documentT-S 12.468

    Kabīr asks for approval about a shipment of indigo to Qayrawan for the person who previously had the indigo in Fustat, Qimoy b. al-Ḥasan. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #106) VMR

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    1. בא לפנינו אנו בית דין אברהם בר כביר ומסר כן ואמר כי יצחק בר אברהם
    2. נ'נ' הניח עזבון אצל קימוי בר אלחסן במצרים והיא פרקמטיה ולאחר
    3. פטירת יצחק זה ה…

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  37. 13887LetterT-S 12.839

    Letter from Isma’il b. Barhun al-Tāhartī to a relative (probably his sister’s son, his nephew).

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    1. [                                                            ] ובאמת [ 
    2. [                                                              ] ווקף …

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  38. 13888Legal documentT-S 13J30.1

    Yehuda owes to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā the doctor al-Levi. Hand of Mevorakh b. Natan? Jottings in Arabic and Hebrew script in the margin.

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  39. 13889Legal documentT-S 16.160

    Abraham renounces any claim against Saʿīd b. Yisraʾel al-Ṭustarī (Saʿadya b. Yisraʾel b. Yaʿaqov Tustarī), a scion of the famous Qaraite family.

    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה] לפנינו אנחנו העדים החתומים למטה בכתב הזה
    2. ] שהוא יום תשעה לחדש אב משנת אלף ושלש
    3. מאות . . . . . . . וש]מנה שנים למספר יונים בארץ מצר…

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  40. 13890LetterT-S 16.264

    Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya by Yosef b. Musa Tāhartī to his brother Barhun in Susa.

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    1. וצל כתאבך יאכי וסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ואתם נעמתה עליך ווקפת

    2. מנה עלי מא סררת בה מן סלאמתך ועאפיתך אדאמהא אללה לך ב…

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, אחי ואדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך וישלים לך את חסדו, וקראתי
    2. בו דברים משמחים על שלומך ועל בריאו…

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  41. 13891Legal documentT-S 18J1.2

    Ya'ish and his wife from all obligations regarding an inheritance. Dated Sivan 1395/1084 (date in document) or 1375.1064 (date given in Mediterranean Society II, p. 570 n. 34).

    1. שהד]ותא דהוה באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא בשטרא דנ[ן
    2. ב]תרין [ב]שבה דהוא חמשה ועשרים יומין בירח [ס]יוון דשנת אלפא ותלת מא[ה
    3. ותש]עין וחמש שנין למנ…

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  42. 13892Legal documentT-S 18J2.14

    The statements were written in India, almost certainly in 1145.

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    1. אלדי נשהד //⟦אנ⟧\\ בה //אנא\\ מצמון בן סאלם באן כתב אברהם בן ישו
    2. אלכתב מן קבל //מחאסבה\\ אלנאכדה בשיר באים אעדה וסלמנאהא
    3. אנא מצמון בן סאלם ואל…

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    1. This is what I testify, \\I//, Maḍmūn b. Sālim: Abraham b. Yishū wrote
    2. the letters a few days before \\he settled the account// with the nākhu…

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  43. 13893LetterT-S 18J3.14

    The writer thanks Faraḥ for his letter, praising him at length and sends greetings to Ibn al-Barakāt. (Information from CUDL.)

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  44. 13894Legal documentT-S 20.86

    Beginning of a ketubba.Location: Fusṭāṭ. Bride: Sitt al-Milāḥ bt. Moshe, a widow. Groom: Sason. In the hand of Ḥalfon b.

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  45. 13895Legal documentT-S 20.99

    Will of a notable, dividing his landed property, his flocks of sheep and all the orchards possessed or leased by him between his brother and his children.

    1. [...........] מ[....................]
    2. [............]קא..[....................] 
    3. [...........]בד כאן אנפדתה מעה ב..מה [..........]
    4. [...........]ן [מ]…

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  46. 13896LetterT-S Ar.7.4

    The writer accuses her of having ruined the honor of her family and his family, although he does not believe the more serious rumors about her.

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  47. 13897Paraliterary textT-S Ar.29.190 fol. 13

    Perhaps intended as a aid for those who were already knowledgable about calendar calculations.

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  48. 13898Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.30.184.12

    Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay the household of al-Riyānī, in cash, 2 and a half dinars (and following that another) half dinar.

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  49. 13899Literary textT-S Ar.30.304

    Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic containing a chapter entitled "In praise of knowledge and in condemnation of ignorance and anger," which opens with a discussion of Quran 41:34 (وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ) citing ʿUmar Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb.

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  50. 13900State documentT-S Ar.35.162

    Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: End of Dhū l-Qaʿda 404. Both the recto and the right margin of verso (the tax receipt side) contain a fiscal account (see PGPID 39214), suggesting that the paper for the tax receipt was cut from the account.

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