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  1. 251LetterT-S Ar.39.7

    Fragment (bottom part). Faded. "By that which I believe of the Holy Law (al-sharīʿa al-muqaddasa)!

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  2. 252LetterT-S AS 169.131

    Dating: Probably no earlier than 13th century based on the abbreviations used (e.g., al-wālid al-makh[dūm]). Refers to a weight of 190 mithqāls and a rent of 20 something. Faded.

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  3. 253State documentMoss. IXa,2.55

    Contains at least two registration marks, one of which is الحمد لله وبه توفيقي. Also mentions Jews (al-Yahūd) and contains a ḥasbala. […] Another document written between the lines in faded brown ink.

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  4. 254LetterT-S 8.57

    Refers multiple times to Sayyidnā al-Muftī. Also deals with business matters and asks if a purchase should be made in New Cairo or Fustat. Mentions the customs (maks). Mentions Abū l-Faḍl. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

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  5. 255State documentT-S Ar.39.391

    Petition to the Fatimid vizier Al-ʿAbbās requesting an allowance in grain to be paid to the petitioner in yearly installments. […] The dating is based on the identification of the vizier in question with Abū l-Faḍlal-ʿAbbās Ibn Abī l-Futūḥ.

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    1. الافضلى السيفى الناصرى ا[لــ]ـكافل لقضاة المسلميـ[ـن الهادى]

    2. لدعاة المومنين عضد الله به الدين وامتع بطول بـ[ـقائه امير المومنين] 

    3. وادام ق…

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    1. al-Afḍal, sword of Islam, the defender, the protector of the judges of the Muslims [and the guide]

    2. of the  dāʿīs of the believers, may God…

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  6. 256Legal documentENA 4100.15

    It concerns Moshe ha-Kohen's will (line 9), which can be found in T-S 8J21.14 + T-S 8J8.12 (PGPID 7679) and which discuses all the above mentioned individuals. Identified by Rivlin, Inheritance and Wills, p. 339. Faded. Unfinished and unsigned. On verso there is more writing in Hebrew script in a different hand, even more faded.

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  7. 257Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1514

    The primary block of text on verso appears to be the original legal testimony, written in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. The second block of text reads, "Naṣrallāh b. […] witnessed regarding the aforementioned Abū l-Ḥasan and Abū l-Faḍl the brother of the aforementioned Naṣrallāh and his wife." Verso contains three more blocks of text, one in Arabic script and two in Judaeo-Arabic (one of which appears to be a summary of the Arabic script). All of these appear to be witnesses' addenda to the legal document on recto.

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  8. 258List or tableENA NS I.53

    Recto: Likely a distribution list for communal funds. Entries include: al-ḥazzan; al-shammash; al-munaqqī(?); Menashshe; the house (bayt) of Yeshuʿa; Ibn al-Ḥazzan; Bū l-Faḍl Shomer; the daughter of Moshe; the wife (zawja) of Yaʿqūb; the house (dār) of Ibn Saʿdān; Rayyisa; Sumaysima; Shomer Yosef; Bū l-Faḍl; al-Faṣīḥ; al-Bilbaysiyya; Ibn Ḥātim; Umm Simḥa; Umm Hilāl; Mikhaʾel; al-Najjār; Umm Khafāʾ; Sitt Ṣāfī; the widow of Bū ʿAlī; ʿUbayd; Muḥāsin the shammash and his mother; Umm Bū l-Faraj; the wife of Hilāl; Ibrāhīm. Verso: Account of expenditures for the teaching of schoolchildren (ḥisāb taʿlīm al-ṣighār bi-kuttāb), maybe specifically the children of communal functionaries. Names: Nissim; the son of Ibrāhīm al-Parnas; the son of al-Najjār Ḥayyūn al-Maghribī; the three children of Khalaf al-Mahallī; Yosef al-Munaqqī; Yefet someone's cousin; Ḥayyūn al-Maghribī al-Yatīm again; the children of the wife of al-ʿAjamī al-Kharrāz; the sons of Yeshuʿa who has been arrested (al-muʿtaqal); the son of Maḥāsin al-Khādim; the son of Bahāʾ al-Shomer; the youth from al-Maḥalla.

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  9. 259LetterAIU XII.156

    Recto: A faded letter (of three lines only) addressed to Ibrahim al-Yahudi al-Ḥawāyirī (?) from [...] al-ʿAṭṭār, either addressed to or written in Wikālat al-[...]. Verso, with the address on recto: Ibrahīm al-Yahūdī reused the original letter to send a letter to al-Ḥajj ʿAbd Rajw (?)

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  10. 260LetterT-S Ar.35.397

    In Arabic script. "yā akhī yā Bū ʿAlī wa-Faḍāʾil yā akhī Sahl wa-Abū Ṭayyib....."

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  11. 261LetterT-S AS 150.175

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Almost none of the substance is legible.

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  12. 262State documentT-S NS 305.156

    Tax receipt or private receipt, in Arabic script. Mentions bayt al-māl and contains the cipher which may denote "addā" at the top. Faded.

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  13. 263List or tableHUC 1005

    Original use (both sides): Accounts in Arabic script, with very wide line spacing, headed by the glyph and mentioning the names ʿAbd al-Masīḥ (unless this is ʿinda al-shaykh); Bū l-Faraj b. [... Ibn] ʿAwkal(?); and Faḍāʾil.

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  14. 264State documentMoss. IXa,2.49

    State document, probably a petition or report, addressed to an official styled al-ḥaḍra al-sharīfa. Crumpled and faded. The sender was appointed to a position somewhere but then let go (وقد اطلق للمملوك وسلم اليه).

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  15. 265LetterT-S 12.17

    Letter to the Gaon, probably from Aleppo, complaining that the Gaon is paying too much heed to those who slander the writer, approximately 1035. Verso: Very faded and mostly illegible text, possibly liturgical or a sermon.

    1. [ ] לב ונפש ומוח [
    2. [ ]ל ונפש אעיד בעצמי לפניו ובנערי [ ]
    3. דב[ ]לפני בוראינו כן לב האדם לאדם מרגישים ומגידים [
    4. ועתה אד גאון [והנ]ה לנצח תריב בלא חטא ו…

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  16. 266LetterT-S AS 172.116

    Late letter in Judeo Arabic. Much faded and the cursive hand makes it difficult to read. Few names are mentioned: Hasan(?) b. David (also partially mentioned in the address), Ishaq b.

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  17. 267Legal documentT-S AS 184.36

    Upper part of a legal deed (iqrār), an acknowledgment made by both Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. Abū l-Faḍāʾil Hibatallāh b. Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan and the Jewish yarn merchant (al-ghazalī) [...] b.

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  18. 268Legal documentT-S AS 152.48

    Two records of a legal transaction involving Sitt al-Sāda bt. Abū l-Surūr Ibn Maṭrūḥ, mentioning al-shaykh al-Rayyis Abū l-Faḍl, and Yosef.

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  19. 269LetterT-S AS 148.218

    The writer describes how he became so sick he despaired of life, but God sent health. Also mentions Abū l-Ḥasan b. Khulayf (first half of the 12th century) and Alexandria. Regards to Abū l-Faḍl and the writer's father. (Information in part from CUDL)

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    1. תפצל בש . . . . סאלתה למ[
    2. והו אבו אלחסן בן כליף [
    3. יא מולאי מן תמן אלל[
    4. פמא אדא . . אלא מן ענדך ולו ערפתך יאמולא[י
    5. מא יטרא עלי[י פי] כל וקת מן…

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  20. 270Legal documentBL OR 4684.5

    Contract of sale between ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Marqūra and Bahja (?) bnt. ... b. Mubārak in Uqlūl. […] The two witnesses are ʿAqīl f. Faḍāla b. ʿAlī b. Mukhtār, the khaṭīb of Uqlūl, and ʿUmar b. ʿAlī b. Ḥasnūn, the mustakhlaf in Uqlūl. (AP)

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  21. 271Legal documentT-S Ar.35.391

    Involving a physician (al-mutaṭabbib) and "to the Jewish woman Fāḍila bt. Abū l-Makārim....." and "... Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-Makārim b. Abū ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm." (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  22. 272LetterT-S AS 183.291

    Bottom of a letter in Arabic script. Faded and damaged. Mentions someone who 'went up to Fustat.' Greetings to various people including 'al-rayyis al-jalīl al-kabīr.' In the margin may report that "Yūḥannā is employed in the citadel (qalʿa) with us" (لان يوحنا مستخدم في القلعة عندنا).

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  23. 273Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J280

    Yiṣḥaq had paid 30 dinars and Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. Abū l-Barakāt 52 dirhams into a partnership. It was agreed that Shelomo, who was also the agent, would take 23 parts and Abū l-Faḍāʾil only 1/24. […] in Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic script, and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions Bū l-Khayr al-Nafīs. (Information from Goitein's attached notes.)

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  24. 274LetterT-S NS 224.14 + T-S NS 224.13 + T-S NS 184.51

    Concerning financial settlements after the death of Abū l-Faḍl ʿAmram b. Raḥamim. Mentions the blessed congregation of Fustat; a woman who paid a large sum out of her own money; the mother of Abū l-Faḍl who is a widow; al-Rayyis al-Jalīl Yiṣḥaq b. Simha al-Nīsābūrī; Netanʾel ha-Sar; 20 dinars, ʿimāra (repairs), and a piece of ʿanbar (ambergris).

    1. ]אנה [
    2. קד אשרעו פי עמא [
    3. ליצרף פי עמארתהא ואן[
    4. ומא תחתאג אליה מן אלמאל [
    5. דנן ודפעו להא מן גמלה מאל [
    6. עגמי כבוד גד קד מרנ ורבנ יצח[ק
    7. ור שמחה הזקן הנכ…

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  25. 275LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 2

    The addressee is called "al-ṣabiyy(?) al-akram... al-jamālī jamāl al-dunyā wa-l-dīn..." The text is quite faded and difficult to read. Mentions a ghulām and it seems the city of Ṣanʿāʾ (في صنعا), unless this is an orthographic variant of "ṣanʿa" and means "craft/trade."

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  26. 276State documentMoss. VIa,1-2

    Mentions two officials, Abū l-Faḍāʾil and Abū Bakr ʿAlī b. Sulḥ, and other people. Also mentions Fusṭāṭ, appointing someone (in a position) on someone's behalf and someone receiving a naḥl—place/rank/honor from al-Ikhshid.

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  27. 277List or tableT-S K15.22

    Mentions Moshe b. Yeshuʿa, the agent of al-Kohen Abū l-Mak[ā?]rim b. Yosef, al-Makīn Abū l-ʿIzz b. al-Rashīd Abū l-Faḍlal-Ṣayrafī (known from several other documents from the first half of the 13th century).

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  28. 278LetterT-S K16.72

    Then, "Know that from the day I left Alexandria, I did not acquire profit or even a quarter(?), but may (God) do for the sake of His name and be good to us all. And peace to all 'sons of the covenant' (בני ברית)." Mentions Abū l-Faḍl.

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  29. 279LetterT-S NS J604

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged/faded. The addressee is evidently an important person, as recto consists mostly of poetical praises. The substance of the letter may begin halfway through verso. There may also be an address on verso (the name Yaʿaqov ha-Zaqen is legible - perhaps the father of the addressee?). There is also an undeciphered line in Arabic script underneath the address.

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  30. 280Legal documentT-S 8J5.4

    (1) Malīḥa bt. Abū l-Faḍl the wife of Adam al-Ḥalabī al-Ṣayrafī appoints Natan b. […] Abū l-Ḥasan al-Tinnīsī(?) appoints Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Yiṣḥaq al-Kohen known as Ibn Ghazāl to represent him in all his claims against Abū Naṣr b. […] , the parnas Abū l-Faḍl, and the parnas Abū ʿAlī, and testify that Malīḥa and her husband Adam al-Ḥalabī al-Ṣayrafī have reached a settlement concerning release each other from all claims, including any further claim on her delayed marriage payment (muʾakhkhar).

    T-S 8J5.4 2 verso

    1. מליחה אבנה אבו אלפצל זוגה אדם אלחלבי אלצרפי
    2. וכלת מ נתן הלוי ביר אברהם עלי מטאלבה זוגהא
    3. אלשהוד ברכות הכהן החבר ואלחזן אבו אלחסן בן …

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  31. 281LetterT-S Ar.7.33

    Letter from Mufaḍḍal b. al-Ḥaver to Abū l-Maḥāsin Bunduq(?) al-Maḥallī. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter is very faded, but much of it may be legible with multispectral imaging. On verso greetings to the addressee's father, al-Rayyis Abū l-Majd, and Abū l-Riḍā. Needs further examination.

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  32. 282LetterAIU VII.A.29

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. The writer may mention being imprisoned (ḥabsī fī hādhihi l-muda), but this is uncertain without all the surrounding context.

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  33. 283LetterT-S AS 210.133

    Mentions on recto women named Sittāt and Sitt al-Ahl. Quite faded. Needs examination.

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  34. 284Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/35

    Acknowledgment made by [...] b. Munajjā al-ʿAṭṭār and his young daughter releasing their in-law Abū l-Faḍl Menashshe al-Raffāʾ ("the darner") from claims.

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחת[א כן הוה חצר אלינא מר ור . . . . . בר
    2. מר ור מנגא הזקן אלעטאר נע ואבנתהא אלצגירה אלמדעאה [
    3. בעד אן צחת לנ…

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  35. 285LetterT-S 6J6.7

    The right side is very faded. Concerning business matters. Mentions that 'the broker came to me,' something to do with Jewish law, and 'I will not sell to a gentile except....' May also refer to a current or hypothetical partnership.

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  36. 286List or tableT-S Ar.35.34

    Mentioning names such as Bū l-Ḥasan Ibn Nufayʿ; Sulaymān b. Bū ʿAlī; Bū l-Faḍl Ibn al-ʿAjamī; "the Jews." Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  37. 287LetterT-S AS 149.78

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to one of his brothers. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Very faded. Mentions sending something with 'al-zaqen.'

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  38. 288Legal documentT-S NS 224.122

    The partners are Abū l-Faḍl and Avraham. On top of the Judaeo-Arabic text there are also the remnants of a few lines of large undeciphered Arabic script, some in red ink and some in black ink.

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  39. 289State documentT-S Ar.42.194

    Petition to addressed to a noble woman, probably the Fatimid empress Sitt al-Mulk given the honorifics. In Arabic script. […] The petitioner mentions bringing something to the treasury or a government warehouse (al-khizāna al-maʿmūra bi-dāʾim al-ʿizz) and asks for charity or at least a charitable act (al-ṣadaqa). On verso there is a very faded text in Hebrew (a prayer?).

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    1. مملوك مولاتنا خلد الله ملكها

    2. الخلف(؟)

    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    4. عبد مولاتنا السيدة الشـ[ـريفة]

    5. الملكة حرس الله ملكها وحرس عزها

    6. وادام م…

    1. The slave of our mistress, may God make her reign eternal

    2. (al-Khalaf?)

    3. In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful.

    4. The slave of our …

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  40. 290List or tableT-S NS 321.77

    Recto: Judaeo-Arabic list of names and numbers. Names include: al-Rashīd; al-Raḍiyy; Ibn al-Makīn; Abū l-Faḍl; Sukkarī; al-Kohen Abū l-[...]; al-Asʿad b.

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  41. 291State documentENA 3164.9

    State document, in Arabic script. Damaged/faded. About 8 lines are preserved. The document is probably a Fatimid petition requesting a rescript, "khurūj al-tawqīʿ" and mentions all fortified towns "kāffa al-thugūr".

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  42. 292LetterENA 3361.13 + ENA 3361.14

    Mentions Pinḥas b. Elḥanan (appears also in T-S 8J4.6 (PGPID 2125)) and al-Rayyis Abū Isḥāq. […] Shiftal(? שפתאל) and Abū l-Faḍl b. Shemuel.

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  43. 293LetterT-S Misc.24.56

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. Mentions that all slaughtering in Damsīs has been put on hold; asks the addressee to obtain a fatwā in response to some query; mentions (al-ḥazzān / the cantor?) Ibn al-Munajjim (cf. CUL Or.1081 J61 (PGPID 8959) and related fragments); mentions an illness.

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  44. 294Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J116

    The dating is deduced from the related documents; however, could also be 1530 Seleucid = 1218/19 CE, see T-S 13J18.22 (PGPID 8006). People mentioned: [...] b. Abū l-Faḍl, 'my mother' ʿIbād, her sister Ḥasab, Ibn al-Nāʾila, someone's deceased father Manṣūr, Sulaymān and someone else who are the sons of the maternal aunt of Manṣūr, Abū l-Faḍl Ibn al-Rabbāṭ(?), Abū l-Maḥāsin al-Naqlī. On verso there are additional jottings in Hebrew, some biblical verses or themes, including a reference to Miryam and to Batya the daughter of Pharaoh.

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  45. 295Paraliterary textT-S NS 164.22

    Yefet (עבד האל הקטן בישראל בר יפת שמואל) who is probably the same as Bū l-Faḍl b. al-Ḥasan al-Isrāʾīlī (written in Arabic script underneath). There are also a few words in Hebrew on recto referring to God who is enthroned on the cherubs.

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  46. 296Literary textENA 1394.1–13

    Booklet of alphabetical tables for prognostications in Arabic script. […] The last page may have a colophon, but it is quite faded.

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  47. 297LetterMoss. II,178

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, quite faded, in which Ibrāhīm tells his son Abū l-ʿAlā' how much he misses him and how difficult conditions are.

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  48. 298List or tableT-S AS 153.256

    List of payments; contributors listed include Yaʿaqov, Shemuʾel (?), Faḍl, Mūsā, Ḥusayn, ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, Yosef, ראיס and אדוננו; Coptic numerals.

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  49. 299LetterT-S AS 169.211

    Mentions Netanʾel b. Shelomo al-Zajjāj. Very faded. Greetings to several people.

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  50. 300LetterT-S AS 179.279

    Letter from Mubārak b. Ṣadaqa al-Ṭarābulsī to an addressee whose name is mostly faded.

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