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  1. 14001Legal documentT-S 8J4.15

    Recording that the silk dealer Yaʿaqub al-Rūmī b. Yosef deposited the trousseau of his wife Zayn bt.

    1. בתרין בשבה דהוא תמניסר יומין בירח
    2. אב דשנת אתט למנינא דרגיליננא ביה
    3. בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא
    4. מותבה חצר לבית דין מ יעקב אלרומי
    5. אלקזאז בר מ יוסף וזו…

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  2. 14002Legal documentT-S 8J4.18

    Fol. 2r: Deed regarding alimony provided by a husband for his wife in Tyre, while he travels to Egypt.

    1. ] . . . . . . . . . ם לך וכאנת א[. . . . . . . . . . . . .] לך בהא אליד ואן [
    2. ] אלתזם בה . . . [. . . . . . . . . . ל]סת אלבית אלמדכורה פי דלך פאגא[…
    1. ...
    2. ... the obligations undertaken by him in favor of the aforementioned Sitt al-bayt… 
    3. We, the community, arranged the symbolic purchase in he…

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  3. 14003Legal documentT-S 8J6.10

    Verso: Record of the scribe Abū l-Faraj b. Abū Naṣr b. al-Mesos in which he testifies to having received from Shelomo ha-Nasi one Egyptian dinar.

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    1. אקול ואנא אבו אלפרג בן אבו נצר בן אלמשוש נע'
    2. אנני תסלמת מן מר ור שלמה הנשיא הגדול
    3. נשיא גליות ישראל ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו
    4. דינאר מצרי פי קבלי ודמ…

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  4. 14004LetterT-S 8J10.8

    Note from Ibn al-Maṣmūdī to Abū l-Barakāt (Shelomo b. Eliyyahu?)

    1. בר
    2. תנעם חצרה אלשיך אבי אלברכאת
    3. אדאמ אללה עזה ויגמל בכרה אגרא
    4. פי כניסה אלשאמין לתמאם סנה
    5. אלט[פ]לה פענד אנצראפהם יתפצל
    6. מע אלדיינים אלי אלמכאן מנעמן מת…

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  5. 14005LetterT-S 8J26.9

    At the top of recto there is alphabet writing practice in Hebrew.

    recto

    1. על שמך' 
    2. כתאבי יאשיכי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך 
    3. מן דמסיס יום אלה' ליד' יום בקין מן ניסאן ערפך אללה 
    4. ברכתה ען חאל סלאמה ונעמה [      …

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    1. על שמך; 
    2. אני כותב, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך, 
    3. מדמסיס, ביום ה', בי"ז בניסן, יודיעך אלוהים את
    4. ברכתו. שלום לי ואני …

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  6. 14006LetterT-S 8J33.7

    Nissim, possibly to Isḥaq al-Nafūsī (line 8), who had written regarding the wife of his son Abū Zikrī, apparently asking her to travel.

    1. ממלוכה שאכר תפצלה
    2. מוסי בן יוסף בן נסים נע
    3. בשמ רחמ ותשועת צדיקים מיוי וג
    4. וצלת כתב מולאי וסיידי וסנדי ועזתי ואעתמאדי אטאל אללה
    5. בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ו…

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  7. 14007Legal documentT-S 10J2.9

    Husband: Yefet b. Menashshe. Wife: Sitt al-Kull bt. Sar Shalom. Location: Fustat. Dated: Friday, 7 Av 1395 Seleucid, which is 1084 CE.

    T-S 10J2.9 recto

    1. במעלי שבתא דהוא שכעה יומי בירח
    2. אב דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין וחמ[ש]
    3. שנין למנינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט
    4. מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה אנא
    5. …

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  8. 14008LetterT-S 10J8.13

    Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, based on the mention of the coinage ashrafī– which was first minted under Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in this year. Describing a convoluted affair involving the production and sale of books and Torah scrolls.

    1. ארבע כתב ללמכא צחבה הרון צהר ר עובדיה תופא מכ
    2. פי גזה תם אני קלת לר אהרן בן קאעת אלדהב קאל אכת[ב
    3. לי כתאב פצטר אלממלו ללמכאדי איצא אכר אכדה ואחד
    4. אסמה …

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  9. 14009Literary textT-S 10J22.3

    Addressed to Abū Saʿīd al-Dāʾūdī (a Nasi). In Hebrew with the heading in Arabic script.

    1. كتـ]ـب في אייר שנז امدح ابا سعيد الداوودي //الريس الجليل// ادام الله علـ[ـوه
    2. . . . . . ] העם וכתר הנשיאים: ותפארת המון כל היראים
    3. מיוחס לאבי בית המלו…

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  10. 14010Legal documentT-S 12.49

    Abraham, [Sahlān b.] Abraham Alluf he-Ḥaver, Elʿazar b. R. [...], Shelomo b. [...], [Eph]raim he-Ḥaver b.

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  11. 14011Legal documentT-S 12.629

    Dated: 1433 Seleucid, which is 1121/22 CE. ʿAzīza bt. Natan al-ʿIblānī (? אלעבלאני) appoints Avraham to sue people with whom she has deposits.

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  12. 14012Legal documentT-S 12.643

    This Moshe was Abraham Ibn Yiju's grandson from his daughter Sitt al-Dar. AA

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  13. 14013Legal documentT-S 13J5.1 1r-v

    Legal document concerning the long dispute between Avraham b. Shemual al-Andalusi and the gaurdians who executed the will of his father - Yosef b.

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  14. 14014LetterT-S 13J11.2

    Joseph Ibn Kaskil, whose compositions and wanderings around the Mediterranean are known (See Mann, Texts, 1, pp. 386-393) Mentions Ereṣ Sefarad in line 4, which is tagged collectively with al-Andalus in the PGP Places database.

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    1. שלומי אדירי ואבירי כגק מר ור עלי החבר המעולה בחבור[ה]

    2. ירבה אלהי השמים לנטות אליך חנו וחמלתו ברחמיו בר

    3. עמרם זל ... הקדמתי פני אדירי החבר ב…

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  15. 14015LetterT-S 13J29.3

    Letter from Nissim b. Yitzhak b. al-Sahl to Avraham b. David. From 999. It seems that the two have an argument about sending dinars.

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    1. אכרמך אללה יאכי ואבקאך וצאנך ותולאך וצל כתאבך תדכר סלאמתך וסרני דלך
    2. ואנת תלום וליס תנקצ'י לאומתך חתי פי אדנניר תקול אנהא נקצת וכנת ליס נוגה
    3. לך…

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  16. 14016LetterT-S 13J34.6

    Yehuda, Abū Naṣr b. Manṣūr, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ha-Neʾeman. Likely an appeal for charity or help.

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  17. 14017Legal documentT-S 16.240

    (יוסיף), [...] b. Aharon, [Sh]alom b. Ḥubaysh (חביש). On verso there is Bible commentary in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic.

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    1. ] מודעי[ן
    2. ] כל מודעי[ן
    3. ] לא שליחות
    4. ] לא ערבנות
    5. ]ה לא בגדים
    6. ]תכות לא גלוי ולא
    7. י]ורשיו בין בחיים
    8. ]י ושטר יווני וצכי
    9. ].בן [. .]עה או מתחת
    10. ]ה יהיו…

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  18. 14018LetterT-S Ar.7.13

    He is prepared to give a refresher course in the reading of the Torah to Abū l-ʿAlā ha-Kohen and his father the Segan (ha-Kohanim) and is prepared to come to his house if he is ashamed to attend classes at Eliyyahu's place.

    1. אבנהא שלום אלי אליהו ברבי זכריה
    2. אלשיך אלאגל אלכהן אלגליל אבו אלעלא שצ
    3. אן אראד אן יתדכר מא קראה
    4. מן אלמקרא פאלממלוך כאדמה ואיצא
    5. כאדם ואלדה אלמולי אלסג…

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    1. Your son Elijah b. Zechariah
    2. To the most illustrious elder, the illustrious Kohen Abu ʾl-ʿAlāʾ, m(ay his) R(ock) k(eep him).
    3. If you wish to re…

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  19. 14019List or tableT-S Ar.30.279

    Information from Dotan Arad (2017) Welfare and Charity in a Sixteenth-Century Jewish Community in Egypt: A Study of Genizah Documents, Al-Masāq, 29:3, 266.

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  20. 14020State documentT-S Ar.39.364

    Recto (secondary use): Kharāj receipt for a sum of 4 dinars for Burā b. ʿAlī for the year 516 H. Needs further examination.

    1. بسم الله [الرحمن الرحيم

    2. عرض هذه المكـ[ـاتبة(؟)

    3. الاجل اطال الله بقاه[

    4. وسموها وسناها و…[

    5. جعفر بن فتاح اجل[

    6. …………………

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    1. و..[

    2. …

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  21. 14021LetterT-S Ar.39.384

    The sender swears by God calling him "the light" (wa-ḥaqq al-Nūr). Ends with a ḥasbala. There may be dates in l. 2 and/or l. 4 (538 or 548 AH?).

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  22. 14022Legal documentT-S Ar.50.47

    Involves Zakkay b. Shelomo, Aharon al-Kohen, Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi and the settling of accounts.

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  23. 14023LetterT-S Ar.54.40

    He tells the addressee to heed his teacher at all times. He sends messages about financial matters for two different maternal uncles, one a judge and one a ḥaver.

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    1. אעלם אלאך אלעזיז עליי אני קד
    2. סמעת אן אמי צעיפה ואשתגל
    3. קלבי עליהא כתיר פאללה אללה
    4. סאעת וקופף עלי האדה אלאחרף מן
    5. כל בד וסבב סיר לי כת…

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  24. 14024List or tableT-S AS 114.128

    One line has the name Bū l-Maʿālī, and the rest are months (al-Muḥarram, Ṣafar, Rabīʿ I, Rabīʿ II) On recto there is a mysterious sentence in Judaeo-Arabic (beginning "My letter to you O Manṣūr...") and on verso there is Hebrew piyyuṭ written in a crude hand.

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  25. 14025Legal documentT-S AS 122.141

    Avraham, Petaḥya, Abū ʿAlī b. Thābit, Saʿīd b. Abū l-Khayr, Manṣūr the son of the brother of the faqīh, and Futuḥ (perhaps identical with Petaḥya).

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  26. 14026LetterT-S AS 131.141

    The sender complains of the distress he suffered in Fustat or Egypt, something to do with his children and how he lost all his money. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  27. 14027List or tableT-S AS 142.159

    either "in my hand" (bi-khaṭṭī) or that of someone else (bi-khaṭṭ al-[...]). Other entries mention fees for couriers, the upkeep of the mill (مما يثبت في عمارة الطاحون), and many more.

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  28. 14028LetterT-S AS 145.48

    The sender has sent the 'qaḍīb'(?) along with 4 dinars with Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf. A certain Yehuda has sent 11 dinars.

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    1. שאכרך חיון
    2. אלתאגר אלגליל מולאי אלכהן 
    3. נעלם חצרתך אלכרימה לאן בעת לך אלקציב
    4. מתאע אל . ואץ בד גיר קירא[ט] ווגהת לך
    5. מע אל[שיך] אבו יעקב יוסף . . …

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  29. 14029LetterT-S AS 145.92

    Or perhaps this is not a letter at all and rather the copy of the beginning of a ketubba, made by a child or a very untrained scribe.

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  30. 14030Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 146.5

    Daniel, head of the Jews 1082–94) ordering 3 communal officers to pay a quarter dinar to the foster sons of al-Afḍal, using the revenue from houses donated 'for Jerusalem.'

    1. דוד הנשיא [ . . .
    2. ידפע מחפוט וסאלם ואבו עלי [ . . .
    3. ממא תחת ידהם מן אלחאצל ללמקדס לל
    4. צביאן רבאב אלסייד אלאגל אלאפצל
    5. רבע דינאר

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  31. 14031LetterT-S AS 146.227

    Tuviahu) who was the muqqdam of Bilbays (1170's - 1218), including the Arabic phrase muqaddam al-yahūd Bilbays. The years of service for the sender and recipient support a dating estimate of 1205–1218 CE.

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  32. 14032LetterT-S AS 150.114

    please let me know what arises. . . ." On verso alphabet writing exercises. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  33. 14033LetterT-S AS 153.14

    ; a poor old man (shaykh suʿlūk); Ibn al-Fakkāh. Mentions goods such as: pepper, cinnamon, brazilwood, wheat, oil, and Kirmānī indigo.

    recto

    1.  ] פי אלמרכב

    2.  ] אסאל אללה יכתוב עליהום אלסלאמה וקד ק[בצ]ת יאכי

    3.  ] מא טאר עלי יאכי אלדי ודית דינארין ורבאעי ילזמ[נא]

    4.  ] פלפל רבאעי לאן כ…

    verso

    1. (1–2) .... תפסה אותו קנאה, ואילו אנחנו נסתפק .... אחי .... והפיקדון שהצילו אותו בשבילו, אצל בן אלפכאה, הוא כמו שהיתה ההצלה 
    2. (3–4) .... ; ...…

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  34. 14034LetterT-S AS 167.195

    There are few Shauls in Goitein's name cards, all of them from 11th- to early 12th-century North Africa.

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  35. 14035Paraliterary textT-S AS 173.50

    This is surrounded by large Arabic script; above there is a phrase typical of letters, "yā mawlāy al-shaykh." On verso there is a different spell in Judaeo-Arabic (באב תהיג).

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  36. 14036LetterT-S AS 173.53

    The sender refers to the addressee as 'my brother' and alludes to how well he has treated him. Mentions a letter from Abū Saʿīd.

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  37. 14037LetterT-S AS 176.291

    Recto is an unidentified text in Arabic script, which at first glance looks like a state document, though mentions "yawm al-dīn," which sounds more like a Jewish phrase.

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  38. 14038List or tableT-S AS 183.86

    In the first line names Abū l-Faraj al-Ṭaḥḥān. Specific items include lemon, pepper, saffron, mastic, cinnamon, sesame oil, olive oil, a burniyya vessel (spelled برنيية), chicken, linseed oil, cups (?

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  39. 14039Literary textT-S AS 184.23

    In another source (e.g. https://al-maktaba.org/book/3610/17): الْمُجَاهِدُ مَنْ جَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ.

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  40. 14040Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 184.56

    Abū l-Najm the parnas is asked to pay 5 dirhams to the bearer for something to do with Dār al-Burj. Written on the 8th of Sivan. Likely in the hand of Avraham Maimonides.

    Recto

    1. . . .      𐋥     אמת
    2. الشيخ ابي النجم الفرناس שצ
    3. يوصل لموصلها //خمسة// دراهم سوه
    4. برسم عن دار البرج من كل بد
    5. ושלום

    Recto, right margin

    1. בתאריך …

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  41. 14041List or tableT-S AS 186.114

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, the first line mentions al-Shaykh Bū l-Faraj. Dating: probably 13th-15th centuries.

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  42. 14042List or tableT-S AS 186.135

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, one entry is listed at the location darb al-jayyida[?]. Dating is 16-17th-century based on the paleography.

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  43. 14043List or tableT-S AS 200.149

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated along the upper edge of the verso: שואל ס׳ א/\ה, likely making use of the "V' (1000) symbol common among early modern fragments to denote the year 1005 AH (1596/97 CE).

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  44. 14044LetterT-S AS 215.344

    Petition from a woman to a group of men, presumably communal leaders: [...] wa-sādatī wa-l-ʿazīzīn ʿalayya wa-ʿindī. She says "I am perplexed (wa-anā ḥāʾira) and do not know [...]."

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  45. 14045LetterT-S G1.17

    A letter, almost complete, from Shelomo b. Shem Tov, who served as a proxy of the Jerusalemite community in Egypt.

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  46. 14046State documentT-S H10.166

    Only the first few words are preserved from ~12 lines. Mentions "mawlāya al-qāḍī". The Judaeo-Arabic text on top of the state document is a mixture of love poetry and humorous anecdote.

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  47. 14047Paraliterary textT-S K5.18

    (Information from Goitein's note cards) Recto: Children's writing exercise, consisting of the alphabet with the various Tiberian vowels. Verso: Inexpertly written copy of the beginning of a letter, blessing a dignitary.

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  48. 14048Paraliterary textT-S K5.33

    (Information from Goitein's note cards) Leaves from a children’s Hebrew textbook. Alphabetical writing exercises on P1. Passage from Leviticus 1:5-8 with Tiberian vocalisation on P2.

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  49. 14049List or tableT-S K6.117

    Verso: a list of halakhic books in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning the Mišna, Halaḵot by Isaac al-Fāsī, Talmud (Yevamot), a halaḵic midraš on Parašat Tazriaʿ (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) and books by Hai Gaʾon and Samuel b.

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  50. 14050Legal documentT-S K22.27

    Only one name is preserved along the paper tear, Avraham Ḥanīn. MCD.

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    :Right side of bifolio 3v (Documents 23-24)

    1. באופן שנשארה הן אשה הנז׳ במותבוך(?) בין ההקדש הנ׳ ובין הכה׳׳ר שלמה ובין הר׳ שמואל
    2. הנז׳ בזה האופן ל…

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    • 1r
    • 1v
    • 2r
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