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  1. 14501LetterT-S NS 299.67

    The sender has sent a sealed purse of 10 dinars (l. 6) and gives instructions for what should be purchased. May mention Dār al-Ṣināʿa (antepenultimate line). Needs further examination.

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  2. 14502LetterT-S NS 327.104

    Mentions the date Dhū l-Ḥijja 575 H. Involves Hibatallāh al-Yahūdī. Verso: Fragment from a letter in Arabic script.

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  3. 14503Legal documentYevr. II A 1675

    The vineyard is located on the banks of Alma river, Crimea. The provenance of this fragment likely ties back to Avraham Firkovich's acquisitions of Karaite manuscripts from the Crimean Peninsula rather than the Cairo Geniza.

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  4. 14504LetterYevr. III B 1105

    NB: this fragment was previously known as Antonin 1105 (similar to all the other Yevr. III B shelfmarks).

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    1. אלשיך אלגליל אבו סעיד מולאי אדאם אללה עזה מעטם קדרה (סלמאן?)
    2. אבן אבי אלק...
    3. יא מולאי וסידי ודו אלפצל קבלי ועבדי ומן אטאל [אללה בקאה]
    4. ואדאם עזה…

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    1. (אל) השיך המפואר אבו סעיד, אדוני, יתמיד ה' את יקרו. (מאת) המפאר את מעלתו סלמאן 
    2. אבן אבי אלק[...].
    3. אל אדוני ומרי ועושה החסדים עמדי ואצלי ומי שי…

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  5. 14505Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.15

    Ṭībān, the wife of Bū Naṣr known as Ibn al-Dayyān, acknowledges to have received the qumāsh (her dowry/household furnishings) worth 30 dinars (presumably on account of an upcoming divorce) in the presence of her mother, and she releases her husband from this sum.

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  6. 14506LetterAIU VII.E.139

    The letter ט in the alphnumerical date at first glance appears to be a ז-zayn at first glance but is clearly the former given the shape of the upper penstroke.

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  7. 14507List or tableAIU VII.F.64

    On the verso, the latter person is mentioned as a "ṣarrāf al-ajlāll." MCD.

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  8. 14508Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/38

    ʿEli. Groom: Wuḥaysh b. ʿAllūn. Bride: Rayyisa bt. ʿAmram, not a virgin. Marriage payments: 5 + 15 = 20 dinars.

    1. בשעה [טובה] ועונה מהוללה לחתן ולכלה ולכל ישראל [ויבנ]ו ויצליחו
    2. בארבעה בשבה ד[הוא] חמשה יומי בירח שבט דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ושבעין ותמני למנינא דרגיליננ…

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  9. 14509Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 11/6

    Netanʾel ha-Ḥazzan known as al-Raḥbī acknowledges a debt of 25 dinars to Shemuel b.

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  10. 14510Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 110/1–5

    Page from a book of legal formulas contains a will, Ketubah for widow or divorced and for remarriage (מחזיר גרושתו) and a deed of prozbol (Bill of delivery, which allowing to take interest-free loans before the Sabbatical year.

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  11. 14511LetterCUL Or.1080 J23

    Yosef Ibn Yiju, probably in Fustat, to the author's wife, in the home of the judge of al-Maḥalla. The sender reports that he was given the honor of delivering a sermon before the two congregations of Fustat.

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסתנא אל עזיזה עלינא תאג ראסנא
    2. ועזנא לא עדמנאך פלא תסאל (!) ען שוקנא אליך אלבארי
    3. תעאלי יסאהל מא עסר ויקרב מא בעד פהו תעאלי
    4. אלעאלם …

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    1. מכתבי אלייך, הוי, גברתנו היקרה עלינו, עטרת ראשנו
    2. וכבודנו, לעולם אל תחסרי לנו. ואל תשאלי על געגועינו עלייך. הבורא
    3. יתעלה יקל את מה שקשה ויקרב את…

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  12. 14512LetterCUL Or.1081 J6

    The recipient might be the same as the recipient of II, 67 (PGPID 5459), only before he received the additional title of al-Amīn.

    II, 67a

    1. בשם רחמן
    2. אלממלוך שמריה בן דויד רית
    3. יכץ אלחצרה אלעאליה אלסאמיה אלשיכיה
    4. אלאגליה אלמאלכה אלמנעמה אלמתפצלה
    5. אלמופקה אלסעידה אדאם אללה עזהא
    6. וגדד ס…
    1. In the name of the Merciful.
    2. The servant Shemaryā b. David—may the spirit of the Lord give him rest!—

    3. greets his high and lofty excellency, the m…

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  13. 14513Legal documentDK 246.3

    Dated: middle third of Shevat 1543 Seleucid, which is January 1232 CE. Nuṣayr b. Bāqī al-Kohen owes 140 dirhams to Moshe the judge. If he does not repay the debt by Shavuʿot, it seems that the debt will be acquired by the qodesh of the synagogue of Minyat Ghamr.

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  14. 14514Legal documentDK 313

    Mentions several people by name, including the broker in Dār al-Tuffāḥ (line 3). Needs further examination.

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  15. 14515List or tableENA 1822a.97

    At the bottom of the recto, it appears the author ceased completing an entry that had already been designated a date. On the verso, a fragment of an account entry is visible with the name Akiva mentioned in the last line.

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  16. 14516Legal query or responsumENA 2642.16

    The scribe is the one known to write many such rotolus for the owner known as Ibn al-Baqra (early 11th century). On recto a responsim marked as no. 4 (see Otzar Hageonim, Ketubot, p. 211, no. 532).

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  17. 14517LetterENA 2743.5

    Includes the rather violent lines, "We made them taste their desert of the scalding water of hell (ḥamīm al-istiḥqāq), and we took them with the severest [...], and we left them a degraded nation (ḥerpat ʿam)."

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  18. 14518LetterENA 2808.28

    In the postscript, the sender reports that 5 days earlier Abū Saʿd b. [...] al-Tājir died, and Sayyidnā has been guarding (?

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  19. 14519LetterENA 2808.29

    There is an issue with the tax collector (ṣāhib al-kharāj)—maybe Mūsā has the tax receipts for other family members, since he offers to come quickly and bring something with him.

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה[בקאך ואדאם עזך

    2. וסלאמתך מן סנדפא ען חאל סלאמה ועא[פיה

    3. אגתמע עלי אחסן חאל במנה ופצלה וס[

    4. אעלמך יאכי אני וצלת צאלם אלי ס…

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  20. 14520Paraliterary textENA 3950.8

    But then the direct objects in the next part are masculine: "If he is standing make him sit down, if he is sitting make him stand up, if he is sleeping awaken him, and have no mercy on him (wa-lā tajʿalūh al-birr) either day or night."

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  21. 14521State documentENA 3977.6

    Refers to a sum of money (al-mablagh) several times. There are archival notes on verso, mentioning the petionee and 'muṭlaʿa', which could signify that this is a report rather than a petition.

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  22. 14522LetterENA NS 2.31

    The letter is about a communal conflict (ikhtilāl al-umūr) in Fustat and the leader ʿEli b. ʿAmram's abnegation of his duty to try to resolve it.

    ENA NS 2, f. 31 ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp. 680-681 (Doc. #366), C.T., 6-23-86 (P) Fragment of a letter from Daniel b. Azarya (ca. 1055) to someon…

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  23. 14523Legal documentENA NS 16.9

    The document is a declaration in favor of Elʿazar b. [...] al-Iskandarānī. AA

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  24. 14524Legal documentENA NS 19.19

    The husband’s name is Abdallah known as al-mashtub (scar face?). On verso one line אתצל יאשיך אבו אסחק and an ink trial in a different hand.

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  25. 14525LetterENA NS 58.24

    Meditating on suffering and isolation and distance and "the fear due to this matter is present at all times." The writer urges the addressee not to cut off her letters, "by the ukhuwwa (the fact that we are siblings) and by the breast that we nursed at."

    1. בעד אלאנסאן ען צאחבה וכאצה ען [
    2. מא בודה וקלת חילתה מא יגד למן לתקיה(?)
    3. יודי ענה גואב ולא יגיב גואב ענה ולא
    4. יעלם אלאנסאן אי וקת ידעא בה אלי
    5. דיך אלדני…

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  26. 14526LetterENA NS 77.181

    He mentions a power of attorney from "our friend" David Ibn al-Gharbī for אבן אלכמ[...]. Various sums of dinars are mentioned and 2 Murābitī mithqāls.

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  27. 14527LetterF 1908.44D

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to a certain sayyidnā al-Rayyis. Dating: Probably from the era of Judge Eliyyahu (early 13th century), if he is identical with the judge Abū l-Faraj mentioned in line 4.

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  28. 14528List or tableJRL A 741

    The entries below each heading on the recto and verso mention a variety of other individuals: (recto) Efrayim Ḥaqīm, Raḥamīm Levi, Nissīm Nājr (perhaps a mispelling of Najjār), Barūkh ʿAfīf, Yiṣḥaq Barakha, Musa Faron, Tadros/Tedros al-Bīta, (verso) Yosef Elīshʿa, Ḥayyīm Ṭābr. MCD.

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  29. 14529Credit instrument or private receiptJRL B 4539

    As "quince-like lemon" does not make sense, it is probably implied that all of these are syrups (e.g., [sharāb] laymūn safarjalī).

    1. אלשיך אבו אלחסן ידפע
    2. למוצלהא לימון ספרגלי
    3. ותפאח ורמאן חלו
    4. אוקייתין קרץ ורד

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  30. 14530State documentL-G Ar. I.105

    The writer reveals his zeal to perform service "God knows the slave's intent in performing service for the ḥāḍra al-jalīla". Contains a raʾy clause "wa li-ḥaḍratihi l-jalīla raʾyyuhā l-muwaffaq".

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    1. ا]لسعيد مما كان مصادرته في كل [
    2. ] له دينار لا يوصل منه في هـ[ـذه
    3. ] كل(؟) نجم بالغرض ان تجري هذه الـنو[احـ]ـي(؟) [ 
    4. ] فلولا خوفي من سخطه…

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    1. ] al-Saʿīd. His correspondences in each [
    2. ] a dinar doesn’t generate from this in these [
    3. ]…every (?) installment, for the reason that these d…

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  31. 14531LetterLehnardt 7

    (2) Note in Judaeo-Arabic possibly in the same hand as the qinnot. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ tells "my rabbi and teacher" that he sent this quire as soon as he received his letter, but the bearer was delayed

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  32. 14532LetterMoss. II,109.2

    As for the turban, it came out to 45 dirhams for Bishāra the ghulām of al-ʿArīf...." (Information in part from CUDL)

    1. . . . אן כליתני אמות בהדה אלחצרה
    2. ומא אעלם אלאנס אן מא יכון מנה אפתקד
    3. ביני ובינך ואשעלת פי קל[בי] נאר מא
    4. ינטפי ואמא חביב(?) ית . א(?) אלדי עלי
    5. דכאנך …

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  33. 14533LetterMoss. II,162.1 + T-S 10J13.8

    The sender chastises the addressee for his inappropriate behavior and speech, somehow concerning Avraham Maimonides (al-Rayyis, ll. 16-21) and the pietist movement.

    1. ואלעמל אעני בה מגלס סידנא ר אב(רהם)
    2. י)חיד הדור ואלגמאעה אלמשתג'לין ואלמתהגד(ין)
    3. אלצאימין אלקאימין ופקהם אללה תע ולאזמת
    4. אהל אלדניא ותעוצת יא מסכין ען…

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  34. 14534Legal documentMoss. VII,50.1

    The name of the seller or buyer is partially preserved in l. 3 but is damaged (Abū l-[...] al-[...]). The price appears to be 400 or 700 or 900 dirhams (עה מאיה...).

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  35. 14535Legal documentMoss. VII,70

    T-S AS 161.266 (PGPID 18549)); Abū l-Y[...]; al-Shām and ʿAkkā (Acre). Needs further examination.

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  36. 14536LetterNLI 577.8/15

    Letter from al-Ḥājj Muḥammad [...] to his son. In Arabic script.

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  37. 14537State documentPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.12 (Michaelides 12)

    Petition mentioning the names of Ismāʻīl and ʻUmar al-Kutāmī. [Described on the paper wrapper as: "Complainte contre un homme de la tribu de Kutawa [...]

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  38. 14538State documentSt. Catherine, Atiya no. 8, Stern doc. 5

    Decree of Bahrām (1135–37), the vizier of al-Ḥāfiẓ (r. 1130–49), safeguarding the monastery of St.

    1. وكذلك الحبوب والشعير و [
    2. والثمرة بالدير الاعلا المختص بالاسقف والرهبان
    3. خرج امر فتى مولانا وسيدنا
    4. الامام الحافظ لدين الله امير المؤمنين
    5. صلوات الله عل…
    1. [....] and similarly the corn, barley and
    2. fruit in the upper monastery which belong to the bishop and the monks;
    3. the order of the servant of our mas…

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  39. 14539LetterStras. 5138/22

    The sender insists that the qāḍī/muḥtasib is an ally of the Jewish community and tried to intervene, but there was nothing to be done, and this money must be raised immediately.

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    1. אמת
    2.   אלגמאעה אלכרימה . . . . . . צל חשוביהם
    3.    יברכם צורם . . . . . . . . . אלכרים אן סיידנא
    4. אלקאצי מתולי אלחסבה אלשריפה באלקאהרה
    5. אלמחרוסה מת…

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  40. 14540Legal documentT-S 8.197

    There is a unusual clause that reads "whether by oral witness or through a written document" (l.8) ([mā kāna] minhu be-ʿedut al pe wa-mā kāna minhu bi-sheṭar ve-qinyan). (Information from CUDL and Weiss's edition.)

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    1. [ ] ובין אלשי[ך ]
    2. [ ] מנהא בעד ופאתה מן [ ]
    3. [ ] או בסבב פאידה או בסבב חסאב או תצרף [ ]
    4. [ א]לאשיא גמיעהא עלי אכתלאף אגנאסהא ואנואעהא מ[ ]
    5. [ ] מ…

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  41. 14541Legal documentT-S 8.212

    Digest of a partnership contract for a period of one year between Abū ʿAlī b. David and Netanʾel b. Nadiv. Written mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, but with some Arabic script mixed in.

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  42. 14542Legal documentT-S 8J4.16

    Moshe and Shelomo ha-Kohen al-Bilbaysi dissolve their business and proposed family relations.

    1. אסתקר בין אברהם בן משה ובין שלמה הכהן
    2. אלבלביסי בעד אן אנפצלא מן גמיע מא כאן בינהם
    3. פי אמר אלמצאהרה וגירהא ולם יבק בינהמא
    4. גיר אתני עשר דינארא סוא אסתק…

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  43. 14543LetterT-S 8J13.7

    The sender says he is always trying to expedite it, and he will deal with the matter as soon as he is free.

    1. בר
    2. וצל אלמכתוב אלכרים וקבלה אלממלוך קבל אלוקוף
    3. עליה ואמא מא אשאר אליה אלמולי מן אמר אלברכה
    4. פאן מנד קלב אלמולי טב עלינא פאלברכה ענדנא
    5. ואמא אמר אלבסיק…

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  44. 14544LetterT-S 8J19.19

    Verso: List of about forty bible verses, not all suitable for laudatory introduction; perhaps for wall decoration only.

    1. שלום רב לאהבי תורתך
    2. ואין למו מכשול:
    3. שלומות אתויות וברכות קנויות ונחמות חנויות
    4. וטובות שתולות עלי מים שרויות וכל הברכות הנתמכות
    5. הנסמכות והנמתחות יהיו …

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  45. 14545LetterT-S 8J23.17

    The writer reports the dire conditions in Fustat, including the plunder of the Dār al-Fā'izī (in the Judaeo-Arabic portion) and conveys news of the sick children in the house who are worsening day by day (in the Arabic portion).

    1. من والدتهم لا عدمتهم
    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    3. كتابي الى الولدين العزيزين الموفقين وفقهم الله تعالى وجمع الشمل بهم قريب في خير وعافية
    4. وسوى ذلك اني كثير…

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  46. 14546LetterT-S 10J10.28

    David b. Sighmar to Abu al-Faraj Yosef b. David) is seemingly unrelated.

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. שלום נכבדנו וחשובנו ר יהודה הזקן המיוקר ו . . . . . . . . ל יברכהו אלהינו
    3. וישמרהו ויעודדהו ויעזרהו ביר משה זכרו לברכה ירבה לעד . . . יברך
    4. א…

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  47. 14547Legal documentT-S 10J21.13

    It was customary to bring together the trousseau and estimate it in public. Bride: Sitt al-Fakhr. Groom: __ ha–Levi. The groom's early payment (muqaddam) is 30 dinars.

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    1. [... שמ]ו לעולמים יתעלה נצח אסבאב אלזואג אלמבארך בין מ[...]
    2. [...] השר הנכבד [נ]זר הקהלות נוח נפש ובין סת אלפכר הכלה הב[...]
    3. [...]רִ הלוי נוח נ…

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  48. 14548LetterT-S 10J25.8 + AIU VII.E.23 + T-S 16.95

    Bundār, probably a community leader in Northern Iraq. All letters mainly deal with financial matters; the first seven mention places in Yemen.

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    1.                והיינו מדמים [ 
    2. הרבה שנים ושנה אחרי שנה אנחנו גדולנו וזק[ננו 
    3. לקהל חשוב וזריז ומי שיש בו מעשים טובים [ 
    4. [        …

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  49. 14549Legal documentT-S 13J4.16

    Yeshuʿa the son of the late Nagid Yosef agrees to marry Faraj, the widow of his late brother Shelomo, even though Yeshuʿa is already married. The document lays out the conditions between the two wives and how Yeshuʿa will divide his time and maintenance payments between them.

    1. בינו עמי עשו
    2. למא כאן בתאריך יום אלארבעא
    3. תאמן עשר שהר סיון שנת
    4. אתשצג לשטרות למנינא
    5. דרגילנא לממנא ביה בעיר
    6. אלקאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט
    7. מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מ…

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  50. 14550LetterT-S 13J10.3

    Yashar" (presumably Avraham b. Sahl al-Tustarī). (Information in part from CUDL.) In the margin there is a possibly unrelated text in Aramaic.

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