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  1. 4701LetterL-G Ar. I.77

    Letter from the Jewish community of Qafṣa (Gafsa), Tunisia, to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1016 CE, as it mentions Manṣūr b. Rashīq's …

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    1. אטאל אללה בקא שייכנא ורייסנא ואלעזיז עלינא בקאה ואדאם עיזיך(!) ועלוך ותאידך

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  2. 4702LetterT-S AS 178.223

    Mercantile and/or family letter in Arabic script. Seems to be an addendum or final page of a letter, since there are no opening greetings but …

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  3. 4703LetterMIAC 238

    Personal letter for Yeḥiʾel al-Qahlānī [from Yosef b. Shalom Siman] – 28 Kislev __96 [first two digits illegible on document] – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum …

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  4. 4704Unknown typeT-S AS 185.138

    Document(s) in Ladino. The verso is probably the primary document; the accounts on recto may be related. Dated: Ḥeshvan 5422 AM (Oct.-Nov. 1661 CE). The …

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  5. 4705LetterENA 2558.29

    Letter/petition from a certain Yiṣḥaq to the Nagid David I Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 10 Sivan [4]999 AM, which is 1239 CE. (Someone, perhaps Elkan …

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  6. 4706LetterT-S 13J16.6

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Moshe, the muqaddam of Sunbāṭ (see T-S 24.25v, dated 1149 CE), to the Nagid. Yiṣḥaq reports that the chief cantor died …

    ממלוך | יקבל אל | ארץ שכרה(!) | עלי כלאצהא | ואמא אמתן | הקדש ברוך | הוא ביה | עלינא | לשלום | הדרתה | הקדושה | וזיאדת

    Top margin, perpendicular lines.

    סעאדתהא | ואלממלוך | מנתצר כט | אן כרים ליושרך | ביה

    אלממלוך | ואין אומר | באלדכול דכל | ואנא נקבל | אלארץ וידאהא |

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  7. 4707LetterENA NS 48.2

    India Book II, 27: Copy of a letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yiju. Dating: 1136–39 or 1145–49. Written by one …

  8. עצימה בלגת אלמתאקיל אלמצרייה
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    1. אלספר ביומין [...]
    2. גריב עלי ידה וע[לי...]
    3. לצחאב דהלך פיה לשיך [...]
  10. ...Were the maṭiyya boats of I[bn]
  11. al-Sudā[n]ī to bring some of it, I would send it to him (i.e., to you).
  12. You should not believe that I have neglected your need
  13. and that which would produce something beneficial to you.
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  15. 4708LetterENA NS 29.28

    Letter from a woman, in Rashīd, to Yom Ṭov al-Buḥayrī (it seems her son-in-law) and his wife Esther (it seems her daughter), in Fustat/Cairo. In …

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  16. 4709Legal documentT-S 8J5.10

    Four (?) court records in the hand of Natan ha-Kohen b. Shelomo. Fustat September 1133 a: The court prohibits Yosef b. Avraham to enter a …

    1. חצר יוסף בן אברהים בן צטארה אקני
    2. מן רוחה אנה יכרג ינטף שגלה מן אלחרם
    3. וידכל ראש חודש כסליו אתמה ומתי לם
    4. ידכל בעד דלך כאן עליה י דנאניר ללעניים
    5. וכאן ד…

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  17. 4710LetterBL OR 5542.29

    Letter in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in Fustat, to his relative and in-law Abū l-Faraj, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with the usual …

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  18. 4711State documentENA 3287.5

    Petition from Naṣir b. Bū l-Faraj, who converted to Islam (ihtadā) under (ʿalā yad) Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn(?) (but perhaps different from the actual Saladin?) in the …

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  19. 4712Legal query or responsumAIU XI.258

    A draft version of the same legal query to a jurist (istiftāʾ) as in T-S Ar.41.105 (edited by Geoffrey Khan, Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents, …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. ما يقول الشيخ الامام العالم العامل الزاهد الورع الامين عماد الدين

    3. اقضا قضاة المسلمين مفتي دولة امير المؤمنين وفقه الله ل…

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  20. 4713LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/9

    Letter from a Qaraite to his community. In Hebrew. Seeking to clear his name against the accusation of Abū l-Munā and Abū l-Munā's mother-in-law that …

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    בשם אל עולם

    1. בר[כו]ת רבות כמימי א[רו]בות מדר ערבות
    2. אל הקהל הקדוש החכמים והנבונים בעלי מקרא

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  21. 4714Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 68/102

    Bill of divorce. Location: Cairo. Dated: 15[..] Seleucid, which is 1188–1288 CE. Probably in the second half of this range, to judge by handwriting (which …

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  22. 4715Legal documentJRL Archive GN 2111/30

    Legal document or possibly a letter. In Hebrew. Dating: late, ca. 16th–18th century. Mentions Shemuʾel Pali[...] (שמואל פאלי....); "the polisa, that is to say the …

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  23. 4716List or tableJRL C 53

    Lists related to communal contributions that are organized in a format according to the weeks of the liturgical calendar and their corresponding parshas as well …

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  24. 4717Legal documentT-S 12.580

    Legal document. One of three copies (T-S 13J1.13 is another). Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar 1368 Seleucid, which is February/March 1057 CE. In which Ṭoviyya b. …

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  25. 4718LetterT-S AS 151.160

    Recto and verso (secondary use): Letter or letter draft(s) to Bashrān/Mevasser b. Yishay the "head of communities" and "faithful of the yeshiva." This is the …

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  26. 4719LetterT-S K25.55

    Letter from a certain Nissim to his sister. In Judaeo-Arabic. In an unusual format, with the lines downslanting rather than upslanting, and the left margin …

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  27. 4720LetterT-S NS 297.57

    Copy of a letter addressed to "the ustādh." The titles ʿAḍud al-Dawla wa-Tāj al-[...] appear. Written in Arabic script, in eloquent style but lousy handwriting …

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  28. 4721Legal documentT-S NS J75

    Recto: Legal testimony. Stating that Yeshuʿa Peʾer ha-Qahal and Bunyām b. Sibāʿ and his mother and Ḥāzim appeared and fought over 1.5 dinars that Sibāʿ …

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  29. 4722Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#63) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 16v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 62-64) Folio 16v

    1. על כל מין תביעה וטענה שיש לו עליו הן מצד כל מה שהיה ביניהם בפרט הן מצד כל מה שהיה בין הר׳
    2. משה ואביו הר׳ יעקב והר׳…

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  30. 4723Legal documentMoss. VII,5

    Legal document draft in Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1 Sivan 5579 AM, which is 1819 CE. Involves partners Eliyyahu b. Ṣahal and Eliyahu Sūkkar; as …

    1. ..........] נחנא בי דינא דחתיחין לתתא ואתא קדמנא אליאו ן׳ צהל יצ׳׳ו ואייתו שטרא בידיה על הר׳ אליאו שווכר יצ׳׳ו
    2. .........] נ׳׳ע מתו׳ ארם צובה יע׳׳א ו…

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  31. 4724LetterT-S 13J28.10

    Letter of appeal for charity from Yeḥezqel b. Ibrāhīm (the writer) and the former judge Moshe b. Shemarya to Abū ʿImran Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy, …

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    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתך ואין למו מכשול
    2. סבב כתאבנא הדא אלי סידי הזקן היקר המכובד סגלת הישיבה

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  32. 4725LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/22

    Address of a letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. This fragment is only an address, probably belonging …

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  33. 4726LetterENA NS 7.62

    Letter fragment addressed to Abū l-Ḥajjāj. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is to send something the moment he reads this letter: אלשיך אבו אלחגאג חפצה אללה …

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  34. 4727LetterENA NS 62.27

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th–15th century, based on handwriting. Mentions al-Shaykh al-Rashīd, the brother of ʿAb[dallāh?] and someone planning to do something important …

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  35. 4728LetterT-S NS 224.202

    Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Beautiful handwriting. The sender is exhorting the addressee (an in-law?) to treat his wife well. Also …

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    1. ואיצא אלצביה צאחבה ביתך אלדי קד אלתגת אלי אללה ואליך פלא תקטע
    2. בהא פאנהא מא תבקי פי מא תעמלה מעהא מן אלגמיל ואלכיר ממא

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  36. 4729LetterT-S 8J17.5

    Note from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi probably to his brother Yedutun, in which he repeats five times that the recipient is urgently invited to a …

    1. ג
    2. שלום רב לאוהבי וג' אללה תעאלי יזכיכם שנים
    3. רבות ושנים נעימים מבורכים וטובות
    4. ואלדי תרידו עלמה אני מן [[צ]] פצל אללה תעאלי
    5. עלי גמלה אלסלאמה ואלעאפיה …

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  37. 4730LetterT-S Ar.34.286

    Letter addressed to Abū l-Faraj Yosef b. Yaʿaqov (Ibn ʿAwkal) and his two sons Hilāl/Hillel and Binyamin. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Rabīʿ I 407 AH, which …

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  38. 4731LetterT-S 16.42

    Letter fragment from the brothers Yosef and Nissim the sons of Berekhya, Qayrawan, to Yosef b. 'Awkal, Fustat (sent in 1007-1013). (pp)

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    1. ענא [            ] דכרת בה פי אגלב כמא עלאהא [
    2. כתב יאכינא וסידנא עלי טריק אלבר מד' [

    ע׳׳א:

    1. מאתנו …. כתבת בו בעיקר מכה כיבד אותה …. (הגיעו)
    2. מכתבים, אחינו ואדוננו, בדרך היבשה ….
    3. ואנחנו מאמינים בנימוסיך הטובים, אם הגיע וקראת אותו ….
    4. הי…

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  39. 4732Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 108/62

    May be related to ENA NS 2.20 (PGPID 2671). Needs further examination.

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  40. 4733LetterENA 1822a.32

    Half of a letter (left side of recto, right side of verso) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. He …

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    1. ]ים
    2. ] יהיו תמימים
    3. ] שוק אליכם ומן כוני

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  41. 4734LetterENA 3845.4 + ENA NS 16.2

    Two fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic comprising the lower right corner of recto. The handwriting is elegant and distinctive. Dating: likely 12th century. Various …

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  42. 4735LetterJRL B 2448

    Fragment of a letter from [Abū l-Ḥasan?] b. Abū l-Faḍl to [.........] al-Shāmī. The addressee's name is given both in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic but is …

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  43. 4736List or tableJRL L 16

    Bilingual writing exercises in Judaeo-Arabic and Ladino. Dating is likely late 18th to 19th-century based on the paleography. There are many early modern writing exercises …

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  44. 4737LetterT-S 10J10.1

    Letter fragment addressed "to the esteemed members of the holy community who live in [...]." The paper is almost entirely preserved, but the text is …

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  45. 4738Legal documentT-S 12.588

    Bill of divorce. Location: Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 7 Av 1559 Seleucid, which is 1248 CE. Husband: Avraham b. Yishmaʿel, from Cairo. Wife: Ḥana bt. Netanel, …

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  46. 4739LetterT-S 12.610

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, to an unknown person, Fustat. Around 1080. Information about a big tragedy that happened to the Nagid, Mevorakh …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אל[שיך ואדאם עזה וסלאמתה]

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיד את גדולתך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדיו לך, ויכה את אויביך, מן הבית ….

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  47. 4740List or tableT-S Ar.30.222

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. There is also one page of a medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic, discussing the factors to consider (temperament, strength, habitus, age) in deciding …

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  48. 4741List or tableT-S Ar.39.10

    Account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. It seems payment to workers (ʿummāl). On verso there is a note in Judaeo-Arabic documenting a debt (25 …

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  49. 4742LetterT-S Ar.48.293

    Letters in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. Dating: Probably Ayyubid or Mamluk-era, based on the hands and the layout. The letter on recto mentions a deep regret …

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  50. 4743Legal documentT-S NS 59.28

    One side: Order from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu addressed to Abū l-Ḥasan. In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū l-Ḥasan is to give the bearer 1/4 raṭl sour pomegranate rubb …

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  51. 4744Legal documentT-S NS 320.142

    Dating: Mentions the date Shevat 1437 Seleucid, which is 1125/26 CE. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. See also the description for T-S NS 320.57 + ENA 2386.4, which is related.

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    1. [ ]מנאהא בצחה אלאמר
    2. [ ] באן יכתב להא בדלך שטר
    3. [ ] אמתת לנא מרסומהא אלש[ר]יף

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  52. 4745LetterT-S NS 338.93

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a 'brother.' There are 4 lines of standard introductory material, then 3 lines of the sender's annoyance that the addressee …

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  53. 4746Legal documentMoss. VII,10.1

    A general prenuptial agreement in the hand of Natan ha-Kohen b. Shelomo. Goitein suggests that this document was written before 1134, the year that Ṣedaqa …

    1. במזל טוִב והצלחה
    2. אסתקר בין ̇ר אפרים התלמיד בן ̇כג̇ק
    3. מר̇נ ורב̇נ משולם החכם והנבון ̇זלֹ ובין
    4. ̇ר ישועה הלוי ב̇ר צדקה אלרמלי עלי ולדה
    5. אלכבירה סת אלפִכִר…

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  54. 4747List or tableBL OR 5549.7

    List of 20 persons receiving each a wax candle. On verso there is a note (an excerpt from a legal document?) to the effect that …

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  55. 4748Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 101/45

    Upper part of a legal document. Dated Thursday, 1 Adar II, but the year is not given. Sitt al-ʿAlāʾ, the wife of Abū l-Fakhr al-Kohen, …

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    1. למא כאן יום אלכמיס ראש חדש
    2. אדר שני חצרת סת אל[[אעלא]]/עלא/ זוגת
    3. אבי אלפכר אלכהן אכו אלשיך אבו
    4. אלבקא אלכהן שצ צחבה אלשיך
    5. מחאסן אלכהן אלעסקלאני לבית…

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  56. 4749LetterENA 3185.7

    Informal note from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu, presumably in Bilbays, to a certain Sheʾerit, who may also be called Ṣāliḥ, and who is probably a cantor, …

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  57. 4750List or tableENA 3585.2

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning primarily the trade in pepper (filfil). Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century. Each page is crossed out with a vertical line. …

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