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  1. 14451LetterT-S 8J19.20 + T-S 10J10.18

    ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108) to his son Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli b. Hillel al-Baghdādī. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic.

    1. בשמ ר]חמ
    2. קד ת]קדמת כתבי אליכם אטאל אללה בקאכם ואדאם עזכם וחראסתכם ערפתכם
    3. ] ה מן אחואלי ומא קאסיתה מא אגנא ען דכרה ההנא וסבב הדה אלא[חרף

    Lower fragm…

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  2. 14452LetterT-S 10J10.13

    The scribe is the cantor Ibn al-Jāzfīnī, who adds messages of his own. The letter discusses the happy outcome of Naḥum's daughter's marital dispute.

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    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. שלום שלום מאדון השלום ומעושה במרומיו שלום קד עלם בורא הכל במא
    3. ענדי מן אלשוק אלי מולאי וסידי אלפרנאס אלגליל שיכי ועזי וגאהי ואלדי
    4. הו…

    Recto

    1. In Your name, Oh Merciful,

    2. Peace and peace again from the Lord of Peace and from Him who makes in heaven peace. The Creator of All knows 

    3. …

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  3. 14453LetterT-S 10J15.34

    Letter of condolence to Abu al-Faraj Yeshua b. Shabbatay on the death of his father.

    1. הצור תמים פעלו כי כל דרכיו משפט וגו
    2. ראו עתה כי אני אני הוא ואין אלהים עמי וג
    3. זקנים משער שבתו בחורים וג
    4. צדיק ייי בכל דרכיו וחסיד וג
    5. אטאל אללה בקא חצר…

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  4. 14454LetterT-S 10J17.15

    If the identifications are correct, the sick woman is probably his sister (Ḥalfon's wife) Sitt al-Fakhr. VMR. ASE.

    1. וא [
    2. אסתקר ב[
    3. אלי יום אלאתנין אלדי הו א[
    4. אלחדידה ואלחלקתין ענ . [
    5. תצדק פלמא וצלת לם [
    6. שי והדא ואללה אלעט[ים
    7. אן תמצי פי הדה אליל [
    8. ותעלמהא אנני חלפת …

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  5. 14455Legal documentT-S 10J28.16

    Deed of manumission written and signed by Mevorakh b. Natan in which Sitt al-Hasab bt. Shela ha-Levi ha-Sar manumits an enslaved woman, named Salaf, who was probably given to another lady as a marriage gift.

    1. בתלתא בשבה דהוא חמש עשר יומי לירח
    2. כסליו דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה ושתין ותשע
    3. שנין לשטרות בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס
    4. נהרא מותבה אנא חסב בת שלה הלוי השר
    5. האדיר ש…

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  6. 14456LetterT-S 10J30.7

    Letter from al-Mubārak b. Yosef b. Yazdād, Yosef b. Binyamin, and Ḥasan b.

    1. בש רח
    2. כתאבנא יאכי וסיידי אטאל א[ללה
    3. מן אלפסטאט לכמס כלון מ[ן
    4. מרחום אבי אברהם אסמ[עיל בן א]ברהם [
    5. וקד וצא בחצרה בית [דין אלש]יך אלכ[
    6. אן ג נפד יוסף בן…

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  7. 14457Legal documentT-S 12.668

    In which David ha-Kohen gives to his daughter Sitt al-Dār, wife of Sason ha-Levi, 2 1/3 qirats (i.e., 1/9) of a mushāʿ (undivided) house.

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    1. 1 [ ]ק[ ]
    2. 2 [ ]דה וזן מן גמלה אל[ ]
    3. 3 [ ]מרת מתגדדה לאצחאבנא אלקרא[ ]
    4. 4 [ ]ם באלשיך אבו אלמנא [ ] אלשיך אבו אלמעאלי ישמרם צו[רם ]
    5. 5 יגני ען שר…

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  8. 14458Legal documentT-S 13J1.2

    She was prepared to renew their common life, or else demand a divorce, with all the payments involved, including the cost of maintenance for two years.

    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנו בית דין והעדים החתומים
    2. למטה ביום ששי בשבעה ימים בחודש אייר בשנה ראשונה
    3. שלשבוע ב דהיא שנת ארבעת אלפים ושבע מאות ושבעים וח…

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  9. 14459Legal documentT-S 13J1.5

    In which Ḥusnā bt. Yeḥezqel b. Masʿūd al-ʿAqrabānī, appoints the cantor Meʾir b. Mevorakh, to act on her behalf in order to recover her share of an estate from the daughters of Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen the butcher.

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  10. 14460Legal documentT-S 13J4.12

    Deposition in which denunciation is alleged. Dated: Thursday, first decade of Tishrei 1581 Seleucid, which is August/September 1269 CE.

    1. נקול נחן אלשהוד אלואצעין כטוטנא אכר הדא אלמסטור אן למא כאן
    2. יום אלכמיס מן אלעשר אלאול מן חדש תשרי שנת אתקפא לשטרות חצר
    3. אלינא מר ור עמרם הכהן היקר בר …

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  11. 14461State documentT-S 13J7.14

    There is an interlinear draft in Arabic script between lines 2 and 3 which reads as "min maṭbakh al-maʾmūr". In the margin is a draft of Bible commentary in Judaeo-Arabic, with biblical citations including Deuteronomy 33:2 and 18:18.

    1. الـ
    2. ثبت الله
    3. يقوت بها في كـ[ـل
    4. القوت وله حيلة
    5. في الدين الذي كان
    6. الامر العالي فيما [
    7. انجز الله لمولانا وعده و[
    8. وقد كتب العبد صفـ[

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  12. 14462LetterT-S 13J14.23

    He plans to return to Minyat al-Qāʾid. In the margin he adds a request (in Judaeo-Arabic) for a riding animal with a saddle, so that he can enter (Fustat?)

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    1. [ הא]הוב החביב היקיר כגקד מר ורב
    2. סהלאן ראש כלא יגדל ולא ידל אודיעו
    3. שמרו צור כי הגעתי בשעה הזאת אל
    4. הנה והנני אשוב אל מניה אלקאיד והקדמתי
    5. שתי שור…

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  13. 14463LetterT-S 13J22.8

    Perahya says that Muʿāfā has given the bearer of the letter 30 dirhams, 2 'from the last time' and 28 for the rent payments of an unspecified group of people, which will take them through Nisan. Regards to Abū Zikrī al-Rayyis. (Information from Goitein's index cards) EMS

    1. בש רח
    2. וצל כתאב אלולד אלעזיז אלמופק אל
    3. סעיד מגמל אלנעות ואלאוצאף בר אבהן
    4. ואורין כגק' מר ור שלמה התלמיד המבין
    5. השר הנכבד ישמרו צורו ויהיה בעזרו ויבנה
    6. ל…

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  14. 14464Legal documentT-S 16.32

    Bride: Malika/Milka (מלכה). Groom: ʿAllūn b. Ṣeda[qa]. The dowry includes a house in Cairo.

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  15. 14465LetterT-S 16.350

    Recto: letter of recommendation from Jerusalem to all cities on behalf of Shabbetay Karira b. Raphael (שבתי כרירא בן רפאל).

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  16. 14466Legal documentT-S 20.9

    Yosef receives 72 dinars and 2 qirats from this money, for what Mūsā b. ʿAllūsh owed Yosef’s brother Barhūn. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #822.)

    recto

    1. [זכרו]ן עדות שהיתה לפנינו אנו העדים החותמים עדותינו מטה בשטר הזה איך מרב יוסף ב[ר מ]שה בר בר[הון]

    2. [תאהר]תי אתא קדמנא וכן אמר [ד]עו רבותי כי…

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  17. 14467Legal documentT-S 20.124 + Halper 339

    Groom: Yefet b. Nissim. Bride: Sitt al-Dār bt. Yiṣḥaq. Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday, 21 Adar 1374 Seleucid, which is 1063 CE.

    1. כניסתה לחופה וא[ש]תיר עלוהי עשרה דינרין דדהבא מאוחרין ואלין מה
    2. דהנעילת עלוהי נדוניא שויא [עש]רין דינרין טאבי מ[ע]ליא(!) והוי כלל כתובתא
    3. דא מהרא ותוס…

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  18. 14468LetterT-S Ar.14.12

    Reused for a copy of Mujādalat al-Usquf ("The Disputation of the Priest").

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  19. 14469LetterT-S Ar.30.64

    Informal note from ʿAbd al-Karīm to R. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: perhaps Mamluk-era; Yemeni hand?

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    1. אלמולא אלאגל אלשיך רבי יוסף
    2. ופקה אללה תעאלי יעלם אן
    3. סאעה וקופך עלי הדה אלורקה
    4. תרסל לסתיתה אמהא עלי אלשבת
    5. והי אכתר תקווא לאן אלצגיר
    6. עבד אלכרים …

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  20. 14470List or tableT-S Ar.30.138

    Simḥa; Abū l-Khayr; Ibn Bishr; al-Talmid; and. Abū Naṣr. Most of the text is crossed out.

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  21. 14471List or tableT-S Ar.30.215

    Avraham) as well as with Abu ʿAlī ha-Kohen. Mentions different amounts of money, including dirhams of the expensive type which contain a large amount of silver called 'nuqra.'

    recto, left column

    1. למולאי אלשיך אבי סהל בן אלכהן אדאם אללה עזה 
    2. מן גמלה מא תרכה ו' צראר                    ס''ח וחלח ורב' 
    3. ולה תמן צ''ד ו>' פצ'ה ד'ה…

    recto, Col. I, left

    1. Cr. to my lord the elder Abū Sahl, the Son of the Kohen—may God
    2.       make his honored position permanent

    3. The price of all …

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  22. 14472Legal documentT-S Ar.38.141 + T-S Ar.38.134

    (Information mainly from Khan, ALAD pp. 20, 45, however he reads the date as 648 H) Join: Geoffrey Khan.

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  23. 14473LetterT-S Ar.39.58

    Apart from that, he says that he has already sent previous letters and mentions a friend/colleague of his (ṣāḥib lī) and maybe some merchandise (...bi-l-mutāʿ...).

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  24. 14474State documentT-S Ar.39.205

    Written by the jahbadh Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Measurements: 10.5 × 8.2 cm. The verso is blank.

    Recto

    1. [يثبت نيابة عن ديوان الاشراف        يثبت بديوان العمل]
    2. [ان شا الله                                    ان شا الله]
    3. اثبتو المبلغ [نصف وثلث      …

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    Registration mark on right

    1. [Let it be registered on behalf of the office of supervision,]
    2. [if God wills.]
    3. They have registered the amount of […

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  25. 14475LetterT-S Ar.39.476

    Ṭoviyya extends congratulations on "the great happiness" that God has granted; he asks for advice on something; and he sends regards to "al-Segulat."

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  26. 14476LetterT-S Ar.39.483

    He refers to himself as "the slave" (al-mamlūk), in the tarjama. Most of the letter is occupied with accounts, which seem like a calculation of the religious tax (zakāt) as the writer refers to the sum as "sunna".

    Recto

    1. المملوك[
    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    3. يخدم بصالح الادعية عرف ا..[
    4. هذا الشهر الفضيل واعافهك (؟)[
    5. وجعلها فيه من المقبولين بحمد[
    6. من المملوك باعلام شـ[
    7. …

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  27. 14477Legal documentT-S Ar.51.105

    On taṣāduq, see Munther al-Sabbagh, "Before Banks: Credit, Society, and Law in Sixteenth-Century Palestine and Syria" (PhD diss.), p. 156.

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  28. 14478Paraliterary textT-S AS 91.121

    On the righthand page there are various phrases in Judaeo-Arabic and pen trials, including "Allāh" written with up to 8 lāms. See Amir Ashur, "A Memorial list of Elijah b.

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  29. 14479Legal documentT-S AS 150.24

    Testimony of the indigo trader (al-tājir fī l-nīl) Abū l-Baqaʾ b. Hillel the elder.

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  30. 14480LetterT-S AS 152.17

    I adjure you by the Creator of All that you write with the [...].... From me, Irini, and my sister Kali."

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  31. 14481List or tableT-S AS 152.50

    The list begins with אלדוקי or אלרוקי; CUDL suggests al-Dūqī refers to a part of Cairo, but it seems likely this is referring to a person instead of a place.

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  32. 14482Literary textT-S AS 152.103

    In the middle of recto there is a drawing of a man, chained to a yoke or possibly a cross, although the legs are apart as if he is walking. The older text seems to be literary, possibly a Judaeo-Arabic paraphrase of Esther, and mentions a king and Haman.

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  33. 14483LetterT-S AS 153.269

    Addressed to Abū Zikrī. Mentions Ibrāhīm al-Khandaqī(?): . . . . حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل ابو زكري . . . .

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  34. 14484LetterT-S AS 172.341

    Moshe, the sender's mother, Ḥabība again, al-muʿallim Shemuel Kohen and his children, Simḥa, Yosef, Ḥubayyib, Yaʿaqov.

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  35. 14485Legal documentT-S AS 172.356

    Then ends with phrases characteristic of a (Jewish) official letter, perhaps requesting guidance (al-amr) from a higher authority: לי אלאמר ושלומה [יגדל . . . . .]

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  36. 14486State documentT-S AS 181.163

    Copy of a receipt of payment for two months of ground rent (ḥikr) in Qasr al-Shamʿ issued to the elder Abū Ḥasan b. Efrayim b.

    Verso (recto in Khan's edition)

    1.                                الحمد لله وحده
    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    3. صح للشيخ ابى حسن بن افرایم بن محفوظ عن الحكر بق…

    Verso

    1. Praise be to God alone.
    2. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
    3. A valid record has been made for the elder 'Abū Ḥasan ibn ʾEfrayim…

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  37. 14487State documentT-S AS 201.99

    Has a note written sideways in the right margin beginning bi-ḥuḍūr al-amīr... and mentioning the qāḍī and Mūsā. Reused for calendrical tables in Hebrew text.

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  38. 14488List or tableT-S AS 205.191

    On verso it says "waraqat al-ʿiṭr"—so the inventory of a druggist/perfumer?

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  39. 14489List or tableT-S J1.58

    Mentioning many of the surnames of traders familiar from this period: Alarcon, Shtiwi, Condiote, many more.

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  40. 14490Legal documentT-S K1.54

    ʿAbdallāh the convert (al-muhtadī). In the right margin there is a draft of a petition in Arabic script in which the sender describes his distress.

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  41. 14491List or tableT-S K6.54

    Personal notes of the panason, in which they recorded rent payments by six tenants of Dar al-maqadisa. Several payments are in dinars and some of them seem to be advance payments.

    recto, right column

    1. בשמ רחמ רחם
    2. דאר אלממצוצה אלדי ללמקאדסה
    3. כתרהם אללה
    4. הבה אלצבאג ענדה מן אלמחרם
    5. סנה סבע ותמאנין אגרה אלבית
    6. אלפוקאני תלת דינאר פי כל …

    Recto, column a (right side)

    1. In Thy Name, oh Merciful!
    2. The compound in al-Mumṣūṣa which is (dedicated) to the Jerusalemites,
    3. may God increase their…

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  42. 14492List or tableT-S K15.86

    Two lists of contributors and beginning of a third, comprising 25, 32, and 4 names, respectively, all headed by ha-r (the rabbi) Yosef Israel. The 1st 2 lists are in the same hand as T-S K15.10 and have many names in common with it.

    right hand page

    1. הר' יוסף ישראל ואולדה 73? 10
    2. ר` סעדיי [כך] כהן 25
    3. ר' יוס כהן 2
    4. ר' שמואל כהן 16
    5. ר' עבדייא כהן 2
    6. ר' אברהם דיין 25 6 4
    7. ר' אברהם פיתתה 2…

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  43. 14493List or tableT-S K15.89

    On recto, a note about various wares requesting Nahray b. Nissim to give to Abū al-Walīd a small basket placed inside the sack belonging to Ibrahīm b.

    Recto

    1. תוגיה סנה מ'ב' ות' ערפנא אללה 
    2. ברכתהא וימנהא 
    3. פי עדל אברהים בן אזהר ספט צג'יר 
    4. זרניכי ברסם אבו אלוליד עדדה אלף ו[         ] 
    5. כוארג ג'יר מצחחה …

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  44. 14494LetterT-S Misc.25.85

    He cites several verses and adds "according to how the Rabbanites (? ahl al-Talmud) interpret them." On verso there is a note to the addressee reminding him to deliver something (money?)

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  45. 14495LetterT-S NS 97.52

    The sender is planning to travel to al-Shām the next day and he asks for money to cover the expenses of travel.

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  46. 14496Legal documentT-S NS 99.11

    A portion of Mevorakh's own signature is preserved, along with that of Yaʿaqov [b. Yosef] ha-Kohen.

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  47. 14497List or tableT-S NS 131.16

    Verso: List of items in Arabic script together with numbers. All seem to be colors and/or adjectives and/or materia medica: azraq (blue) - 3/4; abyaḍ (white) - 1/2; ward (rose) - 1/2; qāqiyās (acacia) - 1; sunbul (spikenard) - 1/2; akhḍar (green) - 3/4; māyiʿ (soft) - 1/2; fākhir (deluxe) - 1/4; [...] wa-akhḍar - 3/4.

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  48. 14498Legal documentT-S NS 173.78

    Mentions a legal dispute in Muslim court with two Muslims named: Khalaf b. Ṣābir al-Dawla, and the Qāḍī ʿAbdallāh b. Ghālib. Concerning the sale of a shop and a sum of 12 dinars.

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  49. 14499LetterT-S NS 228.6

    Letter from Mūsā b. Abī al-Ḥay (Tinnīs) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1062.

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי אטאל <אללה> בקא מולאי אלחבר אלגליל גדול הישיבה ואדאם

    3. עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה מן [אלאסכנדריה] תניס לי מצת מן מחשואן(!)

    4. ען חאל סל…

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    1. התורה מ' דינר ושליש ורבע, בניכוי הנחה לקונים, ומתווך, שני דינרים וקיראט ;
    2. כיסוי וסבל ומקבל, ד', א' וחצי ושליש, וחצי קראט; עמלת הפקיד, חצי ושלי…

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  50. 14500LetterT-S NS 298.38

    Abraham to Segan ha-Yeshiva (Aaron the cantor), we read that “when the complaining of the wife of ʿAlī b. Bishr ben Dardān/Durdān continued, the matter required the appointment of a representative to go to her to investigate her matter since she is veiled.

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