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  1. 101LetterT-S 12.793

    Musa ha-Tāhartī and Marduk b. Musa. He needs to buy flax in the villages, as well as wheat. They had instructed him how and what to buy.

  2. כאן לך

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    1. ואמא

    2. סער אל

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך.

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  4. 102Legal documentT-S 12.555

    Fictive sale (bayʿ ṭāliq) of half of a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ for 4 years. Right to buy back. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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    1. ( )לתזמת ( )
    2. ( )קצר אלשמע במ(א )
    3. ( )כתאב מן יומנא הדא ( )

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  5. 103LetterJRL B 2614

    The text of the letter is quite faded but mostly has to do with silver coins (al-fulūs alladhī qult lī ʿalayhum) and the arrival and departure (?)

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  6. 104LetterT-S AS 152.227

    The sender asks for two dirhams until after the Sabbath in order to buy bread and a medicinal syrup, for "nothing has entered his mouth."

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  7. 105LetterT-S 10J19.4

    Fragment of or postscript to a letter requesting a visit or a letter from the recipient. (Information from Goitein's typed texts)

    1. סאלתה ובאללה ל . . המל אמרי פי גמיע [ . . . . ] אלתמסתה
    2. פי כתאבי הדא ואיצא יתחקק אן כתבה אדא וצלת פאנני
    3. אתגמל בהא ויקוא אמלי בקראתהא ואצול בהא עלי כ…

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  8. 106LetterT-S 13J14.12

    Israel to Abu al-Fadl Yosef b. Ma'la, asking him to buy goods. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    ולולא שהד אללה כתבה | בהא לכנת אנחדרת | כסבהא לפרט | חאגתי |

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    אליהם ול.סאל.למן | תפצלה [. . . . . . . . . | פי דאלך [. . . . . . . . .

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  9. 107LetterT-S NS 320.78

    He should examine it and send it back if he doesn't want to buy it.

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  10. 108LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/1

    For more information, visit https://johannes-obadiah.org/navigator.php?

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  11. 109LetterJRL B 1999

    The mention of gold "ginzirli" coinage is the latest numismatic reference of the currency types mentioned, minted post-1707 CE.

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  12. 110LetterT-S Ar.20.12

    Instructing the addressee to buy spices (saqaṭ) on the trip to al-Mahd[iyya].

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  13. 111LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/65

    Mevorakh from Ascalon to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim in Fustat. 26 October 1093

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. שלום אתוי מארבע פינים וטובות מסביבות מכל ד פנים ושלות השקט ושאנונים עם שאר כל המעוזנים
    3. אשר מאת יי נתנים ליקר כגק מר ור עלי הכהן הפרנס נאמן ב…

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  14. 112LetterPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.26 (Michaelides 26)

    Item 26 : Letter of praise addressed to a benefactor in the hopes of some financial reward.

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  15. 113LetterENA 1822a.71

    Letter sent from the Egyptian capital by a man to his brother in the countryside, reporting that their mother is well and praying for him and requesting him to buy as much flour as he can carry. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 244)

    1. אלדי אערפך בה בעד אלסלאם
    2. עליך אן אלסת בכל נעמ[ה
    3. וללה אלחמד וסוא דלך אן
    4. כאן אלקמח בד אלויבה כד
    5. מנה מא אמכן חמלה ואמא
    6. אלפראריג פקד אכדוא לא
    7. תאכד שי ול…

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  16. 114List or tableT-S 10K20.7

    Uses the word "taftar" instead of "daftar" (t < d switch). Dating: the latest author on the list is Yiṣḥaq Ibn Ghayyāth (d. 1083).

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  17. 115LetterT-S NS J458

    Letter from Barakat, in the countryside, to his elder brother in the city, with the request, “Please buy me two pounds of beef, which should be yellow, dry, and good. If you can’t get it, don’t buy any. Your welfare [may increase].” (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 4:249, 443) EMS

    1. ברכאת
    2. עבדהא
    3. יקבל ידיהא ורגליהא ויעלמהא אכוך
    4. בכל נעמה וחתי תגי יעלמה
    5. ותנעם תאכד לי רטלין [לחם
    6. בקרי יכון אצפר נאשף טייב
    7. ואלא פלא
    8. תאכדה
    9. ושלומך

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  18. 116LetterENA 1822a.39

    The sender is annoyed at the addressee for not coming to visit either at night or in the morning. He has enclosed another letter with this one, which should be given to a woman named Naẓar, whether in al-Maḥalla or elsewhere.

    1. ]מעתה . . . [
    2. ] גמע אלשמל בה עלי אסר חאל
    3. במנה וכרמה אן שא אללה ואלדי אעלמך
    4. בה אנני עתבאן עליך בכונך [
    5. ולם תלתקי ביא לא דיך אלילה ולא
    6. בכרה פאללה יגעל…

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  19. 117LetterT-S 8J37.5

    Yefet to Avraham referring to a visit of the addressee to the sender and mentioning lodging for travelers on the top floor of a synagogue.

    הקבה יתן בלבך ובלבינו ובלב כל עמו בית ישראל אהבתו [ | ויקבץ גאליותנו (!) וגאליות עמו בית ישראל כש אשרקה להם ואקבצם [

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    הקבה | עם | ימוש | . . . . . | ופ. . . | וי. | . . . .

    Verso. Address.

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  20. 118Legal documentT-S 20.98

    Avraham b. Rason buys from Yeshua Abu al-Fadl b. Eliyyahu 9/24 of a sugar factory for 150 dinars. […] Location: Fustat. He permits him to buy it back for this sum any time during 3 years.

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנאן(!) ד[חת]ימין לתתא למא כאן פי אלעשר
    2. אלאול מן חודש שבט שנת אלפא ו[ח]מש מאות חמשין וחמש שנין למנין
    3. לשטרות למנינא דרגילנא לממני …

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  21. 119LetterENA 2727.4b

    The sender informs the addressee that he has sent a sum of money (23 gold coins, peraḥim) with the messenger Khalīfa (ll. 9–10, 14) in order to pay various debts in Cairo (specified in ll. 6–7, 9, and 12–13).

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  22. 120LetterENA NS I.27

    Nissim?) who will use it to buy wheat for the family. Mentions an old woman (the daughter's mother) twice.

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  23. 121State documentMoss. VIII,326.1

    The sender refers to his prior report (khidma) which was the response to the addressee's noble letter (jawāb kitāb al-karīm) and contained the latestnews (bayān al-mutajaddida). The addressee is someone powerful: there are prayers for the longevity of his "dawla," "mamlaka," and "sulṭān" (دولته and مملكته appear in l1, سلطانه in l2).

    1. ]. دولة……..

    2. المملوك يقبل الارض امام المجلس السامي اعز الله سلطانه وينهي انه

    3. كان اصدر خدمته التي هي جواب الكتاب الكريم وكرار (؟) على….هذه الخدمة

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  24. 122LetterDK 36.16

    The former at least is signed by a Shabbetay who is writing from Karystos. See folio 26 for the probable dating.

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  25. 123LetterDK 36.23

    The former at least is signed by a Shabbetay who also gives the name of his city (קיריכטו?). See folio 26 for the probable dating.

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  26. 124Credit instrument or private receiptJRL B 2024

    Receipt confirming that Me'ir ben Naʿim paid the rent for a qāʿah related to "Argaz Sefaradim" (the communal chest of the Sephardi congregation) from 26 August 1812 CE (18 Elul 5572 AM) through January 1813 (Shevat 5573).

    1. וצל
    2. מן ח׳ מאיר ן׳ נעים נר׳׳ו אוגרת אל קעה
    3. תעולוק ארגז ספ'רדים ען חו׳ אלול קע׳׳ב
    4. ותשרי חשון כסליו וטבת שבט ש׳ תקע׳׳ג
    5. שהור עדיה ٦ (פ)צה  ١٣٥ אנהא פצה …

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  27. 125LetterCUL Or.1080 J145

    Mentioning that the sender sent textiles marked with his name, and asking Ismāʿīl to buy sandals and a scarf for the writer's son. Dating: ca. 1055 CE.

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    1. כתאבי יאכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך
    2. ען סלאמה ונעמה ללה אלחמד ודארך וצביאנך פי כל אלעאפיה

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    1. אני כותב לך, אחי ואדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך
    2. (כאשר) שלומי טוב ואני מאושר, תודה לאל, ואשתך ובניך בבריאות טובה,
    3. אקווה שאלוהים יפגישך עמם בנסיבות המשמחות ביותר.

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  28. 126List or tableT-S AS 185.197

    The ink from this word is very faint, but if correct, the document can be dated as post-1425 CE (when the Mamluk Sultanate began minting gold coins of this type). MCD.

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  29. 127LetterT-S AS 162.167 + T-S AS 151.29

    He urges her to make a pilgrimage to the Land of Israel and visit its holy sites. Abū l-Faḍl hopes not only that she will perform the pilgrimage and visit him, but, apparently, also that she will marry him and that together they will spend the rest of their lives in the land of Israel.

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  30. 128LetterT-S 8J41.1

    Recto: Brief letter/petition from a person in dire straits suffering from illness and lack of clothing, and unable to buy anything to eat for the upcoming holiday. Dating: likely 13th or 14th century (paleographic dating).

    1. יקבל אלארץ וינהי בין ידי אל [ . . . . . . .
    2. אלאגל [ . . . . . . . . . . ] הבחור ביקר סט
    3. אלמנעם אלמתפצל עלי עבדה וגלט.
    4. פי כל וקת ואלממלוך שאכר מן
    5. . .…

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    1. [...k]isses the ground and informs the most illustrious
    2. [...]

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  31. 129LetterT-S AS 147.30

    Nahray asks Barhun, who is in Busir and deals with buying flax, to buy also for one of Nahray’s partners, Ya’aqov b.

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    1. [ע]לקת אטאל אללה בקא סידי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ועלוה הדה אלרקעה

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  32. 130Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 308

    Ḥamza(?) and the rent is 26 Kuruş for the year 1267.

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    1. وصلـــــــــــــــــــ
    2. من عابد(؟) حمزة(؟) حكر الطاحونة 

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  33. 131LetterCUL Or.1081 J16

    Requesting a Nagid to intervene with the government officers (ʿummāl) in Shaṭnūf during his forthcoming visit to the place. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  34. 132LetterT-S Misc.20.153

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, no earlier than 1425 CE because it mentions gold ashrafī coins (first minted under Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in this year).

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  35. 133LetterT-S AS 181.178

    Informal note from Eliyyahu to a certain Kohen asking him to give Umm ʿAzīza the sister of al-Makīn one dirham so that she can buy two pullets. ASE

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  36. 134LetterT-S 6J7.22

    The sender asks for half a dirham to buy food. He has walked from Sūq Wardān only with great difficulty and in a state of fear from 'the gentiles' (l. 9).

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  37. 135LetterT-S 20.67

    Denominations mentioned: sharifis (=ashrafis from the mid 15th century); arayot (=European coins used in the east, Löwenthaler in German); ibrahimis (=coins minted by Avraham Castro in the first half of the 16th century); gerushim (=sometimes identical with arayot, sometimes identical with reales, apparently); zecchinos (Venetian sequins); and reales (Iberian coins from the 14th century); muayyadis (Ottoman coin named after the Mamluk sultan al-Muayyad Shaykh, current in the 15th and 16th centuries).

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  38. 136LetterT-S NS 31.16 + T-S NS 31.34

    Dating: Perhaps 15th century, based on the hand (1492 CE at the latest, pre-expulsion). Fragmentary (only the right side is preserved).

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  39. 137LetterT-S Misc.25.65

    He entered Alexandria with the julla he already had and obtained new gold for the addressee. He went back to the Rīf looking for the julla. […] He adds a postscript on verso: "After writing this letter, I went to the Rīf" apparently to buy wheat, but it was too expensive, so he didn't buy any.

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  40. 138LetterDK 36.2

    Mentions R. Yosef. See folio 26 for the probable dating.

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  41. 139LetterT-S AS 200.251

    Letter to David Ben-Naim in Alexandria from his father Meir Ben-Naim in Cairo. Dated 26 Heshvan [5]580 AM (תף) which is 1819 CE.

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  42. 140Legal 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.

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

  44. اقر واشهد على نفسه وهو في حال 

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  46. 141Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    The sum of money at the center of the document is 50 gold Cypriot coins (כמסין דהב קבארצה) that Yiṣḥaq had lent his cousin Netanʾel, who in turn gave the money to their uncle Yosef for purchasing pearls.

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 18r

    1. אסתאגר אלאך יעקב אלכהן א׳ אלמר׳ ע׳אלכרים אלכהן אלכרד(י?) מן אלממונים
    2. ומן אלדיינים בר׳ יה׳ גמיע אלרואק עלו סכן אלמולי סל…

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  47. 142LetterT-S 10J13.17

    Letter conveying greetings and relating that the community is expecting word from or about Yiṣḥaq who was obviously expected to come and visit. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. . . . . . . . . . . ] . . אל . . . . [ . . . .
    2. ינהי לחצרתה כתרה אלוחשה ואלתאסף עלי
    3. אלפאית מן מלאחצתהא ואלדאעי ללה פי . . . . ב
    4. יקרב אלאגתמאע בה ען ק…

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  48. 143LetterENA NS 2.11

    Letter, extensive and profuse, by a cantor in a provincial town to his widowed mother named Umm Farjun, inviting her to Cairo(?) to visit him and her grandson who yearn for her. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 242, 338, 479, 503).

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    מא אכרג לכנת קד דכלת אליך מן | זמאן ואנא מתני כתאבך אלכרים | במא

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  49. 144LetterT-S 13J24.23

    (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 25, 26, 432)

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ואזכאת חיאתה עלי
    2. . . .] ואלדי מן סלימאן אבן אכתך מסלם עליך
    3. כתיר אלסלאם וסאיל ען חאלך כתיר וגאני
    4. כתאבך וכאן ענדי מתל…

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  50. 145Literary textAIU VI.B.183

    26 pages from a book on divination based on biblical verses.

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  51. 146LetterT-S 8J20.9

    Contains orders of goods that the writer asks Nahray to buy for him in Fustat. In the handwriting of Farah b.

  52. עני

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    1. כתבך במא

    2. כאנת לך מן

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך, מבוציר, בב'
    2. בחודש רג'ב.

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  54. 147LetterT-S Ar.54.54

    Contains mostly regards to family members and extensive urgings to come visit for the Sabbath. The addressee is urged not to stay in תרבת אלמ . . .ה.

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  55. 148Paraliterary textT-S 12.320

    India Book III, 26: Calendar written by Ibn Yiju for the year September 1149–September 1150, when he was in Yemen.

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    1. סנה אתסא תאמנא ללמחזור חסירין ומעוברת ראש השנה
    2. אלבג צום גדליה יום אל ארבעה כיפור אלארבעה סוכה אלב
    3. שמיני עצרת אלכאתנין ⟦תשרי אלב שמיני עצרת אלב…

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  56. 149LetterCUL Or.1081 J2

    He wishes that the addressee had used the money to buy him betel nut or cardamom. In a postscript on verso he adds, "whatever you buy for me, please do not put it under my name but rather under your name."

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  57. 150LetterT-S 13J21.18

    The writer urges her uncle to visit herself and her mother. She is in the sixth month of her pregnancy (r5). She asks the addressee to buy for her a black girl about 5 or 6 years of age from the jālib (slave trader), because she has heard that there are many available in Bahnasa (r15–17).

  58. פי קלבי מנהא
  59. פגעה עטימה
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    1. וואללה יאכי
    2. אן כאן קצי
    3. לבנתי חאגה

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