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  1. 351LetterT-S 13J20.7

    Letter from Moshe Yiju, [after leaving] Tyre, to his brother Perahya, in Fustat. Dating: 14 April 1155 CE. When Moshe sent his previous letters from …

    III, 46

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. שוש אשיש בי' תגל נפשי באי כי הלבישני בגדי ישע מעיל צדקה וג'
    3. אים מושיב יחידים ביתה מוציא אסירים בכושרות [[ו ]]
    4. אים לנו מחסה ועוז עזרה…

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    1. This is to inform you, my brother, that
    2. I intend, God willing to come. I have taken out a (passpo…

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  2. 352Credit instrument or private receiptL-G Ar. II.140

    Money order. In Arabic script with a Hebrew 'emet' at the top. Abū l-Faraj is asked to pay 2.5 dirhams to the bearer Sayyid Muḥammad …

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  3. 353List or tableT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 19: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. This is the sole fragment under this shelfmark that does not include an Abū Zikrī Kohen …

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  4. 354LetterT-S 8J18.2

    Maybe Alexandria; End of 1139 - middle of 1140 Ḥalfon writes to Yūsuf Ibn al-Khāzin, one of the dignitaries of Almeria, Spain, and asks for …

    1. יא מולאי וסידי ואעלי עדדי ודכירתי לאבדי בעד כתב אלכתאב
    2. אתפקת חסבה וארדת תכמילהא עלי ידך ודלך אמר רסאלה
    3. וצלת מן אלדיין אלאגל רבי אלעזר בן אלקצבי מן מ…

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  5. 355Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3971.5

    Receipt in the hand of Abu Zikri Kohen: saḥḥa lil-shaykh Abū l-Surūr dirham wa-niṣf la-ghayr. Old IB: 229f. There is a line or two in …

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  6. 356Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 5v: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy …

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  7. 357LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/5

    Letter from Yosef b. Ya’aqov al-Itrabulusi from Gabes (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’akob b. Awkal, Fustat. The writer traveled to Qabes after visiting Barqa, Tripoli …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך וחאטך ווקאך ומן תופיקה [לא אכלאך] מן קאבס מסתהל שהר שבט 
    2. ערפנא אללה ואיאך ברכתה וכל ישראל ען שוק שדיד אליך ו…

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    1. אני כותב, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויגן וישמור עליך ואל ימנע ממך הצלחה, מקאבס, בראש חודש שבט,
    2. יראה אלהים לנו ולך ולכל ישראל את ב…

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  8. 358LetterENA 4020.8

    Letter from Makārim b. Mūsā Ibn Nufayʿ, in ʿAydhāb, to (his son-in-law?) the ḥaver Yeshuʿa b. Yoshiyya(?) the descendant of Shemaʿya Gaʾon, in Fustat. In …

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  9. 359LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/22

    Letter from Maḥrūz b. Yaʿaqov, Mangalore, to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, Bharuch, Gujarat, ca. 1145–48. Abū Zikrī was a representative of the merchants …

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    1. בשמ רח
    2. תרום ידך על צריך וכל אויביך יכרתו
    3. כתאבי אלי מולאי וסיידי ורייסי אלשיך
    4. אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    5. וכאן לה ומעה ולי וחאפט פי גמיע אמ…

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    1. IN (YOUR) NAME, O MERCI(FUL)!
    2. "Your hand shall be lifted upon your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off."
    3. I am writing to you, m…

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  10. 360Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 9: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 3 ounces of lemon and …

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  11. 361LetterT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 5r: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Related to the India trade; mentions the Kārim fleet, worrying news, and someone named Abū l-Saddād.

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  12. 362Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 1: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod should give the bearer 3 ounces of apple syrup.

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  13. 363Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 2: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1/2 raṭl of oxymel.

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  14. 364Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 13: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy …

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  15. 365LetterT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 10r: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The first few lines and the upper margin are preserved. Muslim/Musallam sends his regards. Almost all the content preserved …

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  16. 366Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 10v: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer lemon and rose [syrup].

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  17. 367Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 11: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy …

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  18. 368Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 12: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy …

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  19. 369Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 15v: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of pomegranate oxymel.

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  20. 370Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 16: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 raṭl of oxymel.

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  21. 371LetterT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 14r: Lower part of a petition in Arabic script: "...to your slave my son Faḍāʾil, and please bestow favor on me with this great …

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  22. 372Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 18: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of chewy candy …

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  23. 373Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 17: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of oxymel syrup.

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  24. 374Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 14v: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1/2 raṭl of oxymel.

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  25. 375Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 21: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of some kind …

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  26. 376Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 20v: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy …

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  27. 377Legal documentT-S AS 172.68

    Copied in the handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel, a very small section of a gaonic responsum in Hebrew and Aramaic containing a discussion of Babylonian …

    TS AS 172.68

    1. אין מִצטרפין [עד שיראו שניהם כאחד ̇ר יהושע בן קרחה]
    2. או̇מ אפילו בזהִ [אחר זה ...]
    3. במטלטלין דאמרי [נהרדעי בין הודאה אחר הודאה ובין הודאה …

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  28. 378LetterT-S 10J24.4

    Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter contains information about trade in silk …

    1. בש̇מ רח̇מ
    2. לו דהבת אצף לחצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלסייד אלנביל
    3. אלפאצל אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם תא[יי]דהא ועלאהא
    4. וסמוהא וארתקאהא וכבת באלדל חסדתהא ואעדאהא

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  29. 379LetterT-S NS J212

    Letter of Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av Bet Din, Fustat, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel. Dating: probably 1132. Although only a small section from the beginning and …

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    1. בש̇̇מ רח̇̇מ
    2. קד עלם אללה מא נאלני מן אלשוק ואלוחשה ואלתאסף לפראק ח̇̇צרה
    3. מולאי אלשיך [... ח]ל[פון] השר2
    4. ה[...]

    Recto, right margin

    1. פאידה פינע[…

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  30. 380LetterT-S 8J18.3

    Letter previously thought to be from Abū Yaʿqūb Ibn al-Najera, somewhere in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel, likely in Lucena. Dating: likely August 1138 CE. …

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    1. עמאדי אלאע̇צם אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך מא ביננא אעזך אללה
    2. <<גנאני>> מן אלאדלאל יו̇גב אלאסתרסאל ואנא אדאם אללה עזך ענת לי
    3. אליך חא̇גה אגב3 מן פ̇צלך ק̇צא…

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  31. 381List or tableT-S J1.53

    Account of Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, Aden, written for Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel in Bharuch, and the only account that survived in the Geniza that a merchant …

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    1. חסאב מולאי אלשיך אבו סעיד חלפון בר נתנאל ̇נ̇ע
    2. לה קימה ̇ח כוארג ו̇ח אתואב מקצור ̇ק̇צ̇ח דינאר ו̇י̇ד קיראט
    3. ולה קימה  〚מחאבס זיאדִ〛 עשרה כוארג מחא…

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    1. An account for my lord the elder Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon bar Netanʾel, may his resting place be Eden.
    2. To his credit: the value of 8 kawārigh and 8 at…

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  32. 382LetterAIU V.A.70

    Letter from Ṣemah from Palermo, to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Around 1055. Mentions import of flax from Egypt to Palermo and exports of silk and …

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    1. [ ] ונעמאנה
    2. [ ] אליך שד[יד] קרב [אללה אלאגתמאע בך
    3. [ ] וצל כתאבך יאמולאי תדכור קכץ אלרזמה וביע [ ]
    4. [     ]י ומגי כהדא יאמולאי כתבת למולאי אלשיך…

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  33. 383LetterENA 2805.26

    Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy Khalila in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, ca. 1060-1075 (Udovitch) or ca. 1050 (Gil). Mūsā b. Abī …

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף

    3. אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן אלאסכנדריה ליד בקין מן תמוז ען חאל סלאמה

    4. ונעמה…

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  34. 384LetterT-S 20.173

    Long letter from Yaʿaqov b. Salīm, in al-Juwwa (near Aden, Yemen), to the judge and parnas Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, in Fustat. Quoting Deuteronomy 32:43 …

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  35. 385Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. VII,9.1

    Order of payment for 5 dinars signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen, dated Nisan 1455 (= 1144 CE). The banker’s name is Abū l-Faraj al-Kohen and …

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  36. 386Credit instrument or private receiptENA NS 17.1

    Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Abū l-Surūr is to give the bearer 1/4 pound pulverized olibanum (lubān) and 1/4 pound …

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  37. 387Credit instrument or private receiptJRL SERIES A 866

    Order of payment to Abu al-Surur Kohen, probably Abu al-Surur Farah b. Yeshua ha-Kohen, from Abu Zikri (Yehuda b. Yosef ha-) Kohen of 13 and …

    1. ב ר
    2. צח ללשיך אבו אלסרור כהן
    3. תמן לוז יג דרהם //ונצף לא גיר//
    4. אבו זכרי כהן

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  38. 388LetterMoss. II,125.2

    Recto: part of a business letter. Conveying the prices of commodities such as pepper, cloves, and saffron and asking about their prices in Egypt/Fustat. (Information …

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  39. 389Credit instrument or private receiptCUL Or.1081 J44

    Verso: Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod should give the bearer 3 ounces of lemon-rose syrup and an ounce of chewy …

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  40. 390Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS J243

    Unusual order of payment of Abū Zikrī Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a Hebrew 'emet' and Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals in the upper margin. Moshe b. …

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  41. 391Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. II,158.3

    Verso: order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen for one half raṭl of soap and the same of perfume. Information from CUDL.

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  42. 392Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 6: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: The addressee is to give the bearer lemon syrup (the left side of …

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  43. 393LetterCUL Or.1080 J180

    Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen in Fustat, to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Sulaymān b. al-Shāmī, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Ṭevet 1452 Seleucid = December …

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    1. ב
    2. תקדמת כתבי אלי מולאי אלשיך
    3. אלאגל אטאל אללה פי אלכיר בקאהא ואדאם
    4. תאיידהא וסעאדתהא וסלאמתהא ונעמתהא
    5. ורפעתהא ותמכינהא וסנאהא וכבת באלדל
    6. אלמהין…

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    1. I(n your name)
    2. I previously sent letters to my lord, the most glorious
    3. elder — may God prolong his existence in health and make eternal
    4. his su…

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  44. 394LetterAIU VII.E.130

    Letter from Musa b. Yiṣḥaq b. Hisdai, Mahdiyya, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. The writer describes his difficulties with shipping flax. He is …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאשיכי ורייסי וגלילי וכבירי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך ותאידך ורעאך ומן תופיקה 
    2. לא אכלאך ען סלאמה וללה אלחמד עלי ד'אלך תקדמת מני אל…

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  45. 395LetterAIU VII.E.131

    Letter to one of the Ibn ʿAwkals (unclear which one due to state of preservation of the address) mentioning a female slave (telling the addressee …

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  46. 396LetterBodl. MS heb. a 2/11

    Gigantic and calligraphically written account by Abū l-Bishr regarding the sale of merchandise in Ifrīqiya from the beginning of the 11th century, probably for Ya’aqov …

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    1. מערפה חסאב אבי אלבשר מן ד'לך עדל לך אלוזן 
    2. וסך קנטרין פט' רטל ידהב ללט'רף ואלטרח י'ד 
    3. רטל אלכאלץ קנטרין ע'ה' רטל מן סער י'ו דינר אל
    4. קנטר אלתמן…

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    1. הודעת חשבון של אבו אלבשר, כלהלן: משאוי לכה משקלו
    2. ברוטו שני קנטארים ופ"ט רטל, בניכוי המכלים והטרה, י"ד
    3. רטל. נקי שני קנטארים וע"ה רטל, במחיר י"ו…

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  47. 397LetterDK 327 + DK 327 (alt: 13)

    Letter from Samḥūn b. Dāwūd ibn al-Siqillī (Qayrawān) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿAwkal (Fustat). The letter deals with a conflict between the sender and …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וריסי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם א[יא]ם סלאמתך רציאנתך 
    2. לז' בקין מן אלול ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ו[א]ל[חמד] לל[ה] כתירא [ו…

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    1. מכתבי, אדוני ורבי וראשי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את ימי שלומך והגנתו לך (נכתב)
    2. בכ"ג באלול. שלומי טוב ואני בריא, תודה רבה לאל…

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  48. 398List or tableT-S NS 321.7a

    Abū Zikrī Kohen, representative of merchants in Fustat, settles accounts with his banker Khiyār b. Nissim. Dating: 1134 CE. The two had concluded a partnership …

    Column 1 (verso, left): Payments to the banker in cash

    1. The Elder Khiyār b. Nissīm
    2. Balance to his debit after all
    3. accounts
    4. to 10
    5. Shaʿbān
    6.             …

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  49. 399LetterENA 2560.5

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef to a certain [son of] Natan he-haver. The letter mourns the passing of Madmun (the Nagid of Yemen) and is …

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  50. 400LetterT-S 13J25.13

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Makhlūf al-Nafūsī, in Broach, northwest India, probably to Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan/Yefet, in Aden. Dating: 1134 CE. The addressee is a dignitary …

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    1. ב̇שר̇ח
    2. קד עלם אלקדיס ̇גל ̇תَנَאَה מא י̇גדה עבד אלח̇צרה אלסאמיה אלריّיסיה אלא̇גליّה אלעאליה
    3. אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם עלוהא ועזהא ורפעתהא וסמוהא וס…

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