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  1. 21301LetterDK 369

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Reports on a scandalous matter involving one of the supporters of Ibn al-Sadīd, one of the slaves of the king, a …

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    1. יא סידי שלום אלאמר
    2. אלדי סמענאה אן שכץ מן

    3. מעינין בן אלסדיד צאר

    4. לה ממלוך מן ממאליך אלמלך

    5. מרסום קאל לה מא אכתב עליך

    6. אלא במא יתבתהם(?) ור…

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  2. 21302List or tableT-S Ar.39.255

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  3. 21303LetterT-S 8J10.16

    Recto: Letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, presumably from Qalyub to his father in Fustat. He had just been in Fustat, advocating …

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    1. אלדי אעלמכם בה אני וצלת מן
    2. פצל אללה תעאלי סאלם ואעלמת
    3. אלגמאעה במא גרא ופרחו
    4. כתיר ואלאן אן קדרתו תטלעו
    5. לענד אבו עלי ותוצוה פי מציה
    6. אלי ענד בו ז…

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    I hereby inform you that I have arrived safely, by the grace of God, the exalted. I informed the group (jamāʿa) what happened and they were ver…

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  4. 21304State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 29

    Verso is a faded receipt of some sort, maybe fiscal. Recto: من السوح(؟؟) للنصر(؟) الواصل من ثغر الاسكندرية حماه الله تعالى . . . . …

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  5. 21305LetterAIU VII.E.128

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Eliyyahu Turki to Yūsuf Yaʿīsh Ḥadād. Dated 1 Iyyar 5601 AM which is

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  6. 21306Legal documentENA 3963.1

    Legal document in Arabic script, central portion of either a contract or a deed of sale. Dating: Likely Mamluk or Ottoman era. The name of …

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  7. 21307Legal documentT-S 8.115

    Legal document issued under the authority of the Head of the Exile, identified by Cohen (1980: 92, 113, 299) and Goitein (1971: 18, 522) as …

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  8. 21308LetterT-S NS 173.80

    Fragment from a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe probably to his brother Halfon.

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  9. 21309Unknown typeENA NS 85.1447

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  10. 21310Unknown typeT-S NS 320.43a

    Unidentified document in Arabic script. Line two of recto contains a ḥamdala. Needs examination.

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  11. 21311Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J133

    Legal: partnership agreement. Dated: Thursday, 10 Kislev 5319 AM (חושה), which is 1558/59 CE.The partners Yehuda Castro and Namir Viryuti (? וריוטי) enter into a …

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  12. 21312Legal documentT-S 10J7.6

    Drafts of documents, made by Mevorakh b. Natan b. Shemuel and other scribes. Dating: 1159 CE, based on the date mentioned in the first entry …

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    1. לִ[...]ת פצל מן כתובה אבנה אלשיך אבו אלסרור אלטביב
    2. וקביל עלוהי מר [ור] ששון הלוי אבוהא דכלתא דיהיב לה לברתיה דא
    3. רביע החצר הגדולה [שה]יא שלו וש…

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  13. 21313Literary textT-S 10J19.12

    Biblical exegesis of Micah 6:8, perhaps part of the preparation of a sermon. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] ומ[ . . . . . . . . . . . ]ן א . ב
    2. . . . . . . ] לא אלמגד כא[ . . . . . . . . . . ] אלאח קבאל . . .
    3. . . . ] וכ אלקול ק…

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  14. 21314List or tableT-S Ar.34.329

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Consists of rubricated tables filled with names and numbers. The table on recto appears to be headed by …

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  15. 21315Legal documentBL OR 13153.4/1

    Four different documents in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Clockwise from upper left: (1) Thin vertical strip from the left side …

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  16. 21316LetterAIU VII.E.25

    Letter from a certain Yehosef to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm. Written on parchment in a crude Maghribī hand. In Judaeo-Arabic, with ~7 lines of possibly unrelated …

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  17. 21317List or tableT-S AS 156.84

    Accounts, mentioning numerals and currency such as dinars. Dating: 11th or 12th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  18. 21318Legal documentT-S 8.121

    Recto: Legal document in which Esther grants power of attorney to her betrothed, ʿEli b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi, to collect money due from her brother Natan. …

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  19. 21319State documentT-S AS 176.439

    Small, official-looking receipt. Beginning 'afrada....' For ʿImrān b. al-Riḍā(?). Same payer: T-S AS 176.438 and T-S AS 176.439.

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  20. 21320LetterENA NS 65.5

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is the end of the letter. Greetings to Abū l-Faraj b. al-Daqqāq (or possibly al-Raqqāq). Very squiggly descenders.

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  21. 21321State documentENA 3967.17

    Tax receipt, Fatimid.

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  22. 21322List or tableENA NS 22.16

    Accounts of ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. "Detailed and important." See also ENA NS 22.21 (PGPID 6940). Information from Goitein's note card.

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  23. 21323LetterENA NS I.59

    Business letter from (or possibly to) Yehuda Ibn Sughmār. In Judaeo-Arabic. Headed "tadhkira muwajjaha(?) = "memorandum sent(?)." The sender expresses his longing for the addressee, …

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  24. 21324LetterT-S 8J18.14

    Letter from Yosef b. Yeshu'a, Alexandria, to Yosef b. Awkal (1028 or 1029).

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    1. כתאבי יאמולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ואתם אלנעמה עליך
    2. ברחמתה ליומין בקין מן אלול אכתמה אללה עליך באברך כאתמה וצל כתאבך אלגלי…

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    1. מכתבי, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך וישלים את חסדו לך
    2. ברחמיו (נכתב) בכ׳׳ח באלול, יחתום אותו אלוהים …

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  25. 21325Unknown typeENA NS 52.15

    Fragment in Judaeo-Arabic and some Hebrew. Possibly documentary, possibly a letter. Mentions 'the days of Shimʿon b. Sheṭaḥ,' which would be more usual for a …

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  26. 21326LetterENA 2738.14

    Lower fragment: Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥaggay to a woman named Raḥel (but to be delivered to Moshe b. Suhayl). In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably …

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  27. 21327LetterT-S AS 155.11

    Note in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. Mentions paying the prices of different medicinal syrups (shurba... murammal...). (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  28. 21328Legal documentT-S 18J5.9

    Bottom part of a deed of indemnity. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 13 Sivan 1351 Seleucid = 28 May 1040 CE. In which Ḥasan b. ʿAllūn …

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  29. 21329LetterT-S NS 226.186

    Almost complete but faded and damaged business letter. To Abū Ibrāhīm Isḥāq b. [...]. Dating: 11th century. Handwriting of Nahray b. Nissim? Mentions buying something …

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  30. 21330Legal documentENA 2735.14

    Legal document describing how a person took an oath upon the holy Torah. Abū l-Makārim is mentioned and a fine of 5 dinars to the …

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  31. 21331List or tableT-S AS 187.146

    A list, probably of a money lender, referring to amount collected from Fustat and Alexandria, and from some people such as al-Dustari (Tustari) and Avraham …

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  32. 21332List or tableT-S NS 114.35

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  33. 21333State documentT-S NS 275.159

    Fiscal document headed مال سنة سبع واربعين واربعماىة الخراجية وما قبلها "funds of the kharājī year 447 and the preceding." This was circa 1055/56 CE. …

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  34. 21334LetterT-S 8K6

    This polemical letter, in a manuscript of which only one sheet has been preserved (T-S 8K6), shares features in common with Letters 1 and 2 …

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  35. 21335State documentENA 3968.20

    Official-looking small receipt. Needs examination.

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  36. 21336LetterT-S AS 158.174

    Letter addressed to the Qaraite Abū l-Barakāt ʿAlī b. Rawḥ (aka Berakha b. Ravaḥ), one of the supporters of Natan b. Avraham. Dating: Probably spring …

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  37. 21337Legal query or responsumT-S AS 145.206

    Recto: halakhic query, probably addressed to a member of the Maimonides family, probably Avraham Maimonides. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  38. 21338LetterT-S NS 321.10

    Letter from a man to his 'brother'. In Judaeo-Arabic, rudimentary script and spelling. He informs him that he has "fallen" into the ḍamān (tax concession) …

    1. בשמך רחמנא

    2. כתאבי אליך //יאכי// וסיד[י] אטל אללה בקאך ואדם עזך

    3. ען חאל סלאמה ו[עא]פיה ושוק אליך שדיד גמע

    4. אללה ביננא עלא אסר חאל במנה וכרמה 

    5. א…

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  39. 21339Legal documentENA NS 18.16

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Location: Alexandria or another coastal city. Dating: 11th century; it was written on a Monday, 18 Sivan; …

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  40. 21340Paraliterary textAIU V.A.68

    Perhaps an amulet: small, square piece of paper filled with calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic invocations of Gods' names and various prophets on both sides.

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  41. 21341Unknown typeENA NS 76.186

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  42. 21342Legal documentENA NS 4.6

    Fragmentary court record(s). The main entry involves an Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon and Netanʾel and family relationships (someone refers to "my sister"). The text at 90 …

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  43. 21343Legal documentENA NS 28.34

    Legal testimony. In Hebrew. Location: Egypt. Possibly a release, based on the one line of content (nishtalamti kol ma. . .).

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  44. 21344LetterT-S Misc.28.253

    Letter from an unidentified man in the Rīf to someone important in Fustat. Dating: 1112–ca. 1126, as it mentions the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh. In …

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  45. 21345State documentENA NS 7.97

    Official letter or petition. In Arabic script. Small fragment from the beginning: ...saʿādatahu wa-salāmatahu wa-niʿmatahu ʿalā....

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  46. 21346Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 59

    Legal document, in Arabic script, late. The document was folded and then cut in a hexagonal shape. The content of the document isn't immediately clear …

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  47. 21347List or tableT-S AS 202.196

    Accounts, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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  48. 21348Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1865/21b

    Legal document. Only a few lines from the introduction are preserved. The date is not preserved. The handwriting is very similar to that of the …

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  49. 21349State documentENA 3957.6

    Verso (original use): Petition or decree. The ends of ~6 lines are preserved. Between the lines and on recto (secondary use): Account in Arabic script. …

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  50. 21350Legal documentT-S 8.122

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Avraham b. Nissim gives part of a house to the wife of Shelomo, …

    1. ולחק ואלדתהא רצי אללה [ענהא
    2. מן גמיע אלדאר אלמדכורה ואל[
    3. פאגבתהא אלי דלך חסב מא יגב עלי בע[
    4. מן קצא חאגה תטרו לי לאנני קד בקית וחיד [
    5. בדלך תברע מנהא ל…

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