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  1. 30451State documentPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.22a (Michaelides 22a)

    Two official documents, the first (22a) dated Tripoli, 15 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 884 H. [1480], the second (22b) dated 9 (?) Ramaḍān 907 H. [1502].

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  2. 30452Legal documentBL OR 12299.16

    Outline/summary of a power of attorney. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? The agent: Abū l-Walīd known as Ibn ראנה (Rānih?); the one appointing …

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  3. 30453LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1499

    Letter to the writer's 'son' ʿAbd al-Wāḥīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer repeats half a dozen times that the addressee should not believe the false rumors …

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  4. 30454Unknown typeENA NS 85.462

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  5. 30455List or tableENA NS 57.17 + JRL A 686 + JRL C 25

    Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 4 Jumāda al-Awwal '54 which could be 1154 AH (=1741 CE) or 1254 AH (=1838 CE) based on the mention of …

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  6. 30456State documentT-S AS 131.179

    Minute fragment of a state document. Only one full word (al-nāḥiya) is preserved. Reused for piyyuṭ.

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  7. 30457List or tableJRL B 3806

    A list of Judaeo-Arabic roots, purpose unclear.

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  8. 30458LetterENA 2747.5

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to Shemuel b. Baḥur, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender intended to travel to Tūnis, but when …

    1. אלי חצרה סיידנא ומולאנא ומן לא עדמנא מכאנה
    2. כב גד קד מר ור שמואל בר כב מר ורב בחור תנצבה
    3. מן מקאם אלולד יצחק בר אברהם אלדי וגב בה אעלא[ם
    4. סיידנא אכרמה …

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  9. 30459Legal documentT-S 8J6.14

    Recto: Upper part of a will. Dated: Wednesday, 26 Iyyar 1552 Seleucid = 8 May 1241 CE. Written in the same hand as verso. The …

    1. נקול אנו חתומי מטה שהדותא דהות באינפאנא אן למא כאן יום
    2. אלארבעה אלסאדס ואלעשרין מן חדש אייר שנת אלפא וחמש מאה
    3. וחמשין ותרתין שנין למנין שטרות בפצטט מצ…

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  10. 30460List or tableT-S Ar.30.233

    Synagogue/communal document. Dated: 5554 AM, which is 1793/94 CE. Lists of parshiyot and names (e.g. Frances, Yaʿaqov Aripol, Ḥayyim b. Hini, and dozens more).

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  11. 30461Unknown typeENA NS 85.1127

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  12. 30462List or tableL-G Ar. I.53

    List of 45 contributors, mostly referred to in an abridged and informal way, with Coptic numerals. Ca. 1235. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 503, …

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    [[מוסי אלפרטיכי]]

    / ½

    עלם אבן אלעודי

    / ½

    נאצר אלצאיג

    / ½

    הבה אבן אלשבוי

    מבן [כך] אבן אלנאכודה

    הבה אבן מרדוך

    ½

    [[יוסף אלצבא…

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  13. 30463LetterT-S NS 225.109

    Letter of condolence in Judaeo-Arabic, containing lines typical of dirges in Hebrew.

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  14. 30464LetterENA 2727.17a

    Letter addressed to Abu al-Ḥasan Yedutun ha-Levi asking for help to collect money owed the writer by his brother so he can open a store …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]נו ידותון הלוי הש[ר
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] הבהיר…

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  15. 30465Literary textBodl. MS Arab. c 56.36 + Bodl. MS Arab. c 56.37 + Bodl. MS Arab. c 56.38 + Bodl. MS Arab. c 56.39 + Bodl. MS Arab. c 56.40 + Bodl. MS Arab. c 56.41

    Literary text, in Arabic script. Folios from an anonymous commentary on a medical work of Ḥunayn b. Isḥāq. Marginal corrections made by the copyist. The …

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  16. 30466LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/9 + JRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/8

    Letter of recommendation. In Hebrew. Location: Salonika. Dated: Adar 5609 AM, which is 1849 CE. On behalf of Yiṣḥaq Yosef b. Shemarya of Palestine. The …

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  17. 30467LetterT-S Ar.54.40

    Draft of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely from an elder brother to a younger brother. The sender is very worried about his mother's illness …

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    1. ואוצל
    2. סלאמי לכאלי אלחבר וקול
    3. לה אכי יסלם עליך ועלי ולדך
    4. וקול לי בכם צרפת אלדינאר
    5. חתא אסתהם פי אלדי יתבקא
    6. ואסתפהם מנה בכם באעה
    7. וכא…

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  18. 30468Legal documentT-S 6J11.8

    Legal document written and signed by Avraham b. Natan Av, concerning financial matters and payments in monthly installments. Fragment (lower left corner). No names preserved. …

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  19. 30469List or tableT-S AS 55.46

    Book list in the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ha-Bavli. (Information from CUDL)

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  20. 30470LetterT-S Misc.25.9

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq ha-Melammed ha-Bavli, in Bilbays, to Abū Isḥāq b. Bū l-Rabīʿ and a judge named Eliyya, in Fustat. (Goitein's index card says that …

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  21. 30471LetterENA NS 47.3

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Ṣafar 613 AH = Sivan 1528 Seleucid = May/June 1217 CE. Most of the remaining content is formulaic.

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    1. לו וצף מא הו [עליה מן 
    2. ווחשתה מן נטרהם ואל . . . . . . . פראק
    3. כדמתהם ואלתרשף עלי מתול בין ידיהם
    4. למא וסעה כתאב ולא חואה כטאב אללה תע
    5. יגמע שמלה …

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  22. 30472LetterHalper 358

    Letter to Eliyyahu concerning the thirty-dirham balance of the capitation tax (jizya) owed by Abu al-Makarim, who is in great need of it because he …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. כאן קד תקדם קולי ללמולי אלשיך אלאגל מר' ור' אליה ש'צ'

    3. פי מעני אלשיך בו אלמכארם באנה קד בקי עליה מן אלגזיה

    4. ל' דרהם והו פי שדה וכ…

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    1. In your n(ame), Oh Merci(ful)!

    2. I have previously written to the august elder and patron our mas(ter) and tea(cher) Elijah (may his) R(ock) …

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  23. 30473LetterT-S AS 153.94

    Fragment of trader’s letter, mentioning quantities. Phrases: אלעשרה פאשתריתהא מנ[...] וקיראט אלעשרה באל . . .ותלאתין . . . ולחקהא . . . גמלה . …

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  24. 30474List or tableT-S Ar.52.247

    Verso, left side: The last page contains a collection of legal statements made by different people to someone investigating what happened with a sum of …

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    1. אלמד[כור . . .]תי וגד מן קוץ ונאזל דפעת אלמבלג אלמדכור להם
    2. [. . . . . .]דוה פוק מן קוץ דפעת ללגוי אלמבלג אלמדכור וחצר
    3. [. . . . .] …

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  25. 30475LetterT-S 6J11.12

    Recto: letter to the Nagid (Mevorakh? titled "Sar ha-Sarim") with blessings for his three sons. Verso: rhymed poetry. (Information from CUDL)

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  26. 30476State documentBodl. MS heb. b 11/7

    Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Large format with 16 lines preserved, marginal notes, and crossings out. The document is an internal fiscal Fatimid accounting document …

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  27. 30477State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 449

    Likely a fiscal account. Needs examination.

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  28. 30478State documentBL OR 5566B.25

    Recto: State report. 4 lines preserved. Mentions "Bū Kalījār the king of Ahwāz," probably identical with the Buyid Amir Abū Kālījār Marzubān in Persia (d. …

    1. وزير ورد من عند بو كليجار ملك الاهواز

    2. وانه وصل الى واسط وخرج اليه ثلثة نفر

    3. من وجوه الا[تراك؟] وانه ساقهم ما لا 

    4. يرضيهم فقابلوه بالمكروه واراد…

    1. … a Wazīr who arrived from Bū Kalījār, the king of Ahwāz.

    2. He reached Wāsiṭ and three men went out to him

    3. from the notables of (the Turks?), but…

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  29. 30479LetterT-S AS 147.168

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning a letter 'to the cook' (al-ṭabbākh); that the sender advanced 2 dinars to someone; the [sec]retary(?) of Muʾayyad al-Mulk came and …

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    1. ] פסאד שגלך
    2. ] אנפדת אלי חצרתך עדה כתב אנתטר
    3. ] . אך מא אנפדתו לי אחד פתפצל
    4. ] . אמרי וכתב לי כתאב אלי אלטבאך
    5. ] וקדמתה דינארין ווצל בעד
    6. כ]אתב מא…

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  30. 30480Legal documentENA NS 83.189

    Probably legal document(s) or letter(s) in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  31. 30481LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is recovering from illnesses and is in difficult financial straits. He asks for a loan of 62 dirhams. Dating: likely …

    1. ירום] הודו ויגדל
    2. כבודו . . . . . . . . . . .] . מולנא אן אלשיך . . . . . אכד
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ען שהרין מן [אלשיך] אלסדיד
    4. . . . . . .…

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  32. 30482LetterENA NS 77.319

    Large vertical strip from the right side of a business letter, account, or legal document. On parchment. Dating: Maybe 11th century. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a …

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  33. 30483List or tableJRL L 101

    Several pages of small fragments and accounts torn from different documents.

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  34. 30484List or tableT-S AS 190.115

    Preprinted accounting documents, unused. 19h-century.

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  35. 30485Legal documentYevr. II K 70

    Karaite ketuba from Cairo. The groom is Ya'aqov Halevi b. Shmuel and the deflowred bride is Esther known as 'Aziza.

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  36. 30486Legal documentT-S AS 94.360

    Very damaged, small fragment from a legal deed regrading marriage of a freed slave girl. Few words from her dowry list are preserved.

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  37. 30487LetterT-S AS 155.255

    Recto (secondary use): Letter or petition in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-ḥaḍra al-sāmiya and the term ṣayrafī (banker). Faded.

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  38. 30488LetterT-S AS 147.49

    Letter from a community of Jews (ʿabīduhā jamāʿat yahūd [...]) to the dignitary Yakhin b. Netanʾel (a.k.a. Abū l-Faḍl Thābit b. Hibatallāh) Rosh ha-Qehillot (روش …

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  39. 30489List or tableT-S AS 210.53

    Mercantile list of items, mostly silk, and prices. Dating: 11th or 12th century. In the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.

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  40. 30490LetterAIU VII.E.154

    Fragment of a medieval letter in Judaeo-Arabic giving a detailed account of a legal case involving a husband, a wife, her ketubba, sums of 12 …

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  41. 30491List or tableJRL C 13

    Accounts. In Arabic script. Dated (probably): 1238 AH, which would be 1822/23 CE.

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  42. 30492List or tableJRL B 7814

    Accounts in Arabic script. State-related? Looks Mamluk-era. The items on recto (probably a reuse) include myrobalan and violet.

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  43. 30493Unknown typeT-S AS 152.60

    Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Possibly a document. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  44. 30494Legal documentT-S Misc.28.90 + T-S NS 38.98

    Court notebook, possibly. A bifolium. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). One entry is a deed of sale for a house …

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  45. 30495LetterMoss. II,180

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, dealing in corals and pearls among other items. Mentions Sicily. Dating: probably 11th-century. Large and well preserved. Merits further examination.

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  46. 30496Legal documentJRL B 4324

    A very damaged bill of divorce. On verso very faded document, hardly legible. AA

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  47. 30497LetterT-S NS J615

    Letter fragment from Abū Manṣūr, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the closing greetings are preserved.

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  48. 30498LetterT-S K6.48

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Addressed to ʿOvadya in Fustat (Miṣrayim) in the neighborhood of the Qaraites (חרות(!) אלקראין). The origin seems to appear in …

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  49. 30499Legal documentT-S AS 88.152

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Involves Yeshuʿa and [Sitt al-A]hl bt. Ṣadoq, likely the same husband …

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  50. 30500Unknown typeENA NS 79.224

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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