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  1. 301Legal documentBL OR 13153.4/9

    A settlement concerning arrangements for the dowry items of a woman and her husband Abū l-Faḍāʾil "peloni" (indicating that this is a draft). Also mentions Abū Yaʿqūb.

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  2. 302LetterT-S AS 172.326

    Probably addressed to ʿArūs b. Yosef al-Urjuwānī, in Darb al-Ṣafīn in Fustat. Part of the upper right margin is preserved on recto, and part of the address on verso. Mentions Abū l-Faḍl b. Muḥammad (?).

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  3. 303LetterT-S NS 204.69

    In Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged & faded. Dating: Probably 11th century. The sender is writing from Damsīs. Mentions trade in indigo and business in the Rīf. Also contains the intriguing phrase, "I wish someone would come and knock on the door and [...]."

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  4. 304LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 329

    The bottom 9 lines are preserved. Mentions Raḍiyy al-Dawla; sending things; possibly someone named ʿAbd al-Masīḥ; the intriguing line "Woe to the people of Aswān from [...]" (l. 4); and various greetings, including to "mawlāy al-raʾīs Abū l-Faḍl." Needs further examination.

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  5. 305LetterCUL Or.1080 4.42

    Letter probably from a cantor named Sayyid al-Ahl, in Alexandria, to his son Faḍāʾil and other family members, in Fustat. […] It seems he intends to travel onward to al-Maḥalla, Damīra, and/or Sunbāṭ. He may also be preparing for the wedding of a certain Faḍāʾil, the tax farmer (? […] He complains that he has no money and his clothes have all worn out, and he asks for assistance. He asks for news of everybody and also Mufaḍḍal.

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  6. 306Paraliterary textENA 2096.3

    And the explanation of the difficult words in Zerʿim and Shabbat and. . . " Underneath, in very faded letters: "min. . . al-shaykh . . . "

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  7. 307List or tableENA 3944.1

    Document, in a very faded Arabic script. Mentions a few commercial accounts, probably a receipt or just pen trails. Mentions "jumlat al-waraq" in the first line. Needs examination.

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  8. 308Unknown typeT-S AS 146.192

    Recto: Unidentified text in Hebrew script. Verso: Faded and damaged documentary fragment mentioning al-Ramla and "to Egypt" and "Adonenu."

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  9. 309Legal documentT-S AS 150.101

    AM, which places it in the first decade of the 11th century. Mentions "all of my claims in the city of Ramla." The rest is very faded.

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  10. 310State documentT-S AS 178.75

    Most of the original page is preserved, but the text is damaged and faded. Petition addressed to a Fatimid caliph requesting for the issuance of a decree "bi-khurūj al-tawqīʿ".

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  11. 311State documentT-S Misc.29.4

    The first line is the glyph, then Abū Sahl, then Abū l-Faḍlal-Raʾīs. Needs further examination.

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  12. 312LetterT-S NS 103.40

    Verso: Three lines of faded Arabic script including the basmala and possibly the beginning of a letter (ḥaḍrat. . . . al-sāmī. . .).

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  13. 313State documentT-S AS 137.105

    The only phrases preserved are a reference to the caliph ("al-imām al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh Amīr al-Muʾminīn," r. 1160–71) and "ʿalā abāʾihī" as part of a blessing. Reused on recto for Hebrew piyyuṭ and on verso for a very faded text in Arabic script, perhaps from a lexical work (e.g., "wa-aṭrada iṭrādan," two lines from the bottom).

    1. الامام العاضد لدين الله امير المؤمنين
    2. [صلوات الله عليه و]على ابايه
    3. [الطاهرين وابنايه الاكرمين المناظرين]

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  14. 314LetterT-S Ar.30.289

    Very faded document in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a letter or petition (כבוד גדולת קדושת . . . […] יכדם בין ידי אלמולא . . . אן ראי . . .). Also contains terms more typical of a legal document (e.g. "al-madhkūr" multiple times). Mentions someone [...] b.

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  15. 315Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.35.325

    Dated: 27 Muḥarram 498 H. For Abū l-Faḍl Jaʿfar b. ʿAlīal-Dimashqī. The commodity is mentioned is lac and the quantity is 300 arṭāl. The document is registered at the court of the chief justice Abū Yaḥyā al-Fāriqī. On verso there is a line of accounts or other notation in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  16. 316List or tableT-S AS 148.187

    Someone's notes to self: "I will find out from Abū Isḥāq אלגוולי if Ibn Ṭalāʾiʿ traveled to Mecca... and from Faḍāʾilal-Ḥazzan... and I'll go to al-Shaykh al-ʿAfīf and demand the thing from him: 40—20—1—40—200—40.

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  17. 317LetterT-S K6.189

    Letter from Yehuda b. Yosef Ibn al-Haniyy al-Andalusī, in an unknown location, to Abū l-Faḍl Ḥesed b. Sahl al-Tustarī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script.

    1. על שמנ
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאיידה
    3. ונעמתה מן אלקדס עמרה [אלל]ה בטול בקא מולאי אלשיך מסת/ה/ל
    4. ספר (!) ערף אללה מולאי ברכתה ואסעד…

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  18. 318Legal documentT-S NS 340.50

    The parties include a Jewish druggist and Sitt al-Kull bt. Abū l-Faḍl. The property is described. One of the landmarks is known by the name of [...] al-Isrāʾīlī al-Ṣaydālī. On recto there is an additional legal document, likely related.

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  19. 319LetterBL OR 5557K.34 + T-S Misc.22.301

    Letter or legal document. Very faded. In Arabic script, moderately wide space between the lines. Roughly 10 lines are preserved. The word "al-mablagh" appears multiple times. On verso there are Hebrew seliḥot in a distinctive, somewhat crude hand. Join: Alan Elbaum. Needs examination.

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  20. 320Paraliterary textENA NS 36.17

    The earlier text is extremely faded; it is in Judaeo-Arabic and at least partially deals with recipes or prescriptions. The later text is also Judaeo-Arabic, in a late hand. It is an elaborate recipe/prescription followed by a magical invocation ("I bind you, O Maymūn. . .

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  21. 321LetterT-S AS 148.177

    The sender reports that he met with Abū l-Mufaḍḍal al-Ṭībī. There are two people who are afraid on account of something. Mentions "the absent one" and "the name of the absent one (al-ghāʾib)." On verso there are faded jottings.

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  22. 322State documentT-S AS 182.186

    Receipt for the capitation tax (jizya) for the Jewish man Bū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Bū l-Faḍlal-Qazzāz (the silk trader) in Fustat.

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  23. 323Legal documentT-S 10J5.16 + T-S 18J5.2

    Moshe Ibn Majjān and Abū l-Faḍl Yosef b. Yoshiyya al-Dhahabi, which arose when the former claimed from the latter a complete bible codex he had bought from him some time before. The resolution is that Abū l-Faḍl gives the codex to Abū Sahl Menashshe to give to Abū ʿImrān (because he had taken a vow that he would never give it himself).

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה
    2. כאן תקדם אלי בית דין אלשיך אבי עמראן מ משה בר מ משה דידיע
    3. בן מגאן נע מטאלבא ל…

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  24. 324LetterCUL Or.1080 J47b

    Letter to someone addressed as mawlāy al-rayyis. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Mentions Malīj, al-Maḥalla and Ibn al-Ḥabrāwī, coming to Fustat, and moving to al-Shām. Very faded. Needs further examination. There is an imprint of this letter on verso of CUL Or.1080 J47c (PGPID 19824), which might assist with reading some of the difficult phrases.

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  25. 325LetterT-S 20.166

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter in poor handwriting, including alephs that are often separated by internal spaces and gimels that extend well below the baseline. Several people are named, including Abū l-Barakāt; Abū l-Ḥusayn; Abū l-Faḍl; Aḥmad b. ʿAlīal-Baghdādī (who has run away to Upper Egypt); and Abū l-Fatḥ.

    1. דינאר ורבע  ו . . . . . תלת מאיה דינאר
    2. וקד כאן אלשיך אבו אלברכאת אכרג
    3. אלמסאח(?) ואלעדול ומסחו(?) יתראצו הדה
    4. אלאמלאך פלמא וגד אלאמר ינתקל
    5. אלי אלשיך א…

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  26. 326List or tableT-S Ar.34.335

    Mentioning many names, such as Hiba Abū l-Maḥāsin, Abū l-Faḍl, Abū l-Ḥasan, Sālim, Ibrāhīm b. Salmān, ʿAlī, Barakāt, Abū l-Barakāt, al-Sharīf; Ibrāhīm Abū l-Maḥāsin; Yaʿqūb ('for the qāʿa'); al-Sharīf Ṭāhir; Abū l-Ḥasan al-Sharābī

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  27. 327LetterT-S NS 183.81

    Yemeni hand? Very damaged and faded. Dating: 12th century. Some of the names mentioned are related to India Book II, such as Yaʿaqov al-ʿAdanī and Maḍmūn. In fact it may be addressed to Maḍmūn ("...yā Maḍmūn lā talūmūnā ʿalā..."). Also mentions the names Sulaymān and Manṣūr.

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  28. 328Legal documentT-S NS J401l

    Malīḥa the sister of Shelomo Ibn al-Amʿaṭ ha-Levi and Abū l-Faḍl Ṣadoq b. Shemarya agree that the latter will teach the Arabic script and the calculations of baqasāt(??) […] The boy was supposed to write a letter without mistakes when one was dictated to him. Abū'l-Faḍl was also to provide Hiba b. Abū Saʿd with arithmetic lessons by which the boy was to master complex accounts.

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי ד[חתמות ]
    2. אלשיך אבו אלפצל כגק מרור צדקה הז[קן ]
    3. כגק מרור שמריה הזקן הנכבד נבע [ ]
    4. מרור שלמה הלוי הזקן הנכבד ישצו […

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    Testimony about what happened in our presence, we the [undersigned witnesses. There appeared before us] the elder Abu ʾl-Faḍl, (his) h(onor), g…

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  29. 329LetterJRL A 808

    The writer seems to be Abū l-Ḥasan and the addressee may be named Abū l-Faḍlal-[. . .].

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  30. 330Legal documentT-S AS 118.330

    Legal fragment. Damaged and faded. Concerning the wife of Saʿāda b. Shelomo al-Mawṣilī and mentioning the names of two women, Sittūna and Mudallala.

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  31. 331LetterT-S AS 158.187

    Moderately wide space between the lines. Too faded to read much. Mentions sending something with Abū Hāshim al-Marzūq(?).

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  32. 332List or tableT-S AS 185.20

    Alphabetical exercises probably in the hand of a child. Some of the phrases come from legal documents including the names Abū Manṣūr b. Nuʿmān; Fāḍil; Hiba; Muwaffaq; Mūsā; and Abū Isḥāœ.

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  33. 333LetterT-S AS 206.7

    Damaged and faded fragment of a business letter. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Seems to mention the boat of Ibn Niʿma (עשארי בן נעמה) and in the next line mentions the coast (al-sāḥil).

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  34. 334Paraliterary textT-S NS 306.134

    Prescription or recipe either for or by Abū l-Faḍl Ibn al-[...]. Ingredients include goat kidney fat, cow brain, chicken fat, and saffron.

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  35. 335Unknown typeT-S NS 321.24

    Document(s) in Arabic script. Quite faded. There is text in all different directions, and some Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  36. 336LetterT-S AS 145.270

    Recto: Possibly a letter draft. Very faded. Unusual format, since the left margin is used for several lines of text at a right angle to the main text and there are still smaller words squeezed into the left margin of the left margin. Verso: Phrases from a legal document, also probably a draft.

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  37. 337Legal documentT-S AS 146.52

    Legal document mentioning the late [Abū] Manṣūr, someones late father Thanāʾ, Abū l-Maḥāsin al-Naqlī b. Abū l-Faḍl known as Ibn al-Rabbāṭ. (Information from CUDL.)

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  38. 338LetterT-S AS 177.621

    Business letter to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ(?) [...] Ibn Shaʿyā. In Arabic script. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The paper is almost completely preserved, but the text is damaged, faded, and a difficult hand to begin with.

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  39. 339Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 89

    The address lists Muḥammad Effendi as the recipient and the opening line of the document mentions Aḥmad Effendi. Mentions "al-majlis al-ʿālī", 300 Kurus and has a seal at the bottom. […] Verso contains a document in a similar hand but the ink has faded. Mentions "dīwān al-mabīʿāt" and is dated Shawwāl 1246. Also mentions several sums of money in Kurus. Seal at the bottom.

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  40. 340LetterENA 3687.5–6

    Dating: 11th or 12th century. Large, but faded and damaged. Refers repeatedly to excommunicating certain people; also mentions a fatwā related to the excommunication. […] Mentions people such as Barakāt, Shemuel, Abū l-Ḥasan al-ʿAṭṭar, and [...] b. Bū ʿUmar. Needs further examination.

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  41. 341LetterENA 3700.2

    Most of the commodities mentioned are materia medica, including balm seed (ḥabb al-balasān), chebulic myrobalan, rhubarb, and kohl. Very faded. There are also remnants of a few words in very large Arabic script, perhaps from a state document.

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  42. 342LetterENA 4045.8

    Informal note from Abū l-Majd and Abū l-Faraj to 'the kind brother' (al-akh al-shafīq) Abū ʿAlī and to Abū Manṣūr. In rudimentary hand and spelling. They ask the addressees to provide for the needs of the bearer, Abū l-Faḍl. On recto there is the address in Arabic script and what looks like a Hebrew poem attributed to a certain Yefet.

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  43. 343Legal documentENA NS 17.27

    Legal document. Damaged and faded. Location: the city of פלודס or פלורס(??). […] Power of attorney, appointing Abū Sahl as an agent. Also mentions the names Abū ʿAlī and [... bt. ...] b.

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  44. 344Legal documentMoss. VII,116.1

    Meshullam/Muslim/Musallam. Also involves [Abū l-]Faḍlal-ʿAsqalānī, a son named Ḥalfon, and a sum of dinars.

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  45. 345LetterT-S NS 255.22

    This may have been appended to a letter written on a separate sheet. "After I had already written this letter, your letter arrived... with Abū Isḥāq.... As for what you mentioned that [...] is surprised that I hate living in Alexandria...." The sender then explains his or her reasons for hating Alexandria, which are sadly faded. […] On verso, "The only reason I have tarried in Alexandria is because of Sitt [...]."

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  46. 346LetterT-S 13J13.26

    Letter to Judge Elijah from his brother-in-law(?) Abu-l-Fadl of Alexandria (13th century). Mentions R. Ḥananel and the Fayyūm and greetings to numerous people. […] The address is partially in Arabic script. There are also accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals on verso.

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  47. 347List or tableT-S AS 146.402

    Ḥasan/Yefet ha-Levi known as al-Ṭabarānī and her daughter Sitt al-Ahl bt. Abū l-Faḍl Mevorakh [...] Qashqūsh. Also: "her brother Khalaf" and "the wife of the elder Abū Naṣr Elʿazar b.

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  48. 348Legal documentENA NS 10.34

    There is a remnant of a name in l. 6 ([...] al-Kohen b. Yaḥyā(?)). There is further text on verso, too faded to read.

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  49. 349State documentT-S Ar.35.187

    Strings of titles. There are alternating lines of light ink (bigger letters) and dark ink (smaller letters). The text in the bigger script is mostly faded and blotted.

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحـ[ـيم
    2. حضر الى المجلس العالي العدلي ا[
    3. المولوي الافضلي الـ[ـجيوشي
    4. الاحمالي الاجمالي الاعزي الاميني ا[
    5. الامير العدل خاصة الما[

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  50. 350List or tableT-S Ar.35.367

    Mentions names including Abu l-Faḍl and Ibn al-Kāmukhī; mentions goods such as grapes, qand, silver, and wine.

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