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  1. 4901Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 177.36

    Order of payment in Arabic script. The judge (al-dayyān) is asked to pay 5 dinars to the bearer. Dated Monday the 27th of Shaʿbān. See …

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  2. 4902LetterYevr. II A 1769

    An appeal to the Karaite community of 'New City' (עיר חדשה) which is likely "Nowe Miasto" in modern-day Poland. This fragment's provenance ties back to …

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  3. 4903LetterPER H 86

    Informal note from Ibn al-Ḥarizi (apparently the famous Spanish Hebrew-language poet Yehuda al-Ḥarizi) to Eliyyahu the Judge. Dating: Before 1225 CE and probably after ca. …

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  4. 4904Literary textT-S K14.47

    (Information from http://www.investigacion.cchs.csic.es/judeo-arabe/sites/investigacion.cchs.csic.es.judeo-arabe/files/Genizah-Al-Andalus.pdf.)

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  5. 4905LetterENA NS 68.11

    Recto: Part of an Arabic letter very likely from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. He mentions Abu l-Surur and …

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    1. [] . . . [ ]
    2. [] . . . الشيخ ابو السرور وان . . . . . . . []

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  6. 4906LetterT-S Ar.39.370

    Letter from Meḥmed Çavuş (Muḥammad Jāwīsh) to an unidentified Jewish tax farmer (ʿāmil) in Old Cairo. In Arabic script. Dating: late sixteenth or early seventeenth …

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    1. الذي يعلم به المعلم العامل بمصر القديمة انك توصل [؟] الذي اخذتها
    2. من عطية لانه من جماعتنا ومن اتباعنا وان الامير علي ارسل لنا سربت [؟]
  7. ...that you took
  8. from ʿAṭīya because he is from our division and from among our clients. Indeed, the amīr ʿAlī sent to us a flock [?]
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  10. 4907Literary textMoss. Xa, 3.43 + Moss. IXa,2.24

    A folio from a fiqh manual entitled "kitāb al-iqtiṣār" by the 10th-century Fatimid chief jurist, al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān. The folio is from the book of sales …

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    1. الَىْ اَهْلِهَا مُكَذّباً بِفَرْضِها اَوْ مُدَافِعاً لِهاْ وَجَبَ قتالهُ وَقتلَه
    It isdisliked (yukrahu) to sell fresh dates (ruṭab) for dried dates (thamar).

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  11. 4908LetterT-S 8J16.20

    Verso: Communal letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, referring to the distress and wars of the prior year. Refers to our rabbi Yosef the Ḥaver in …

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  12. 4909LetterT-S Ar.35.96

    Brief letter ("ruqʿa") from Ibrāhīm to Abū l-{A}frāḥ Yūsuf (probably ʿArūs b. Yosef). In Arabic script. There does not seem to be much substance to …

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  13. 4910LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1391

    Letter from Moshe ha-Levi to a group of unknown individuals. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Thursday, 8 Elul 1743 (אתרקמג) Seleucid = 6 August 1432 CE. The …

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  14. 4911LetterENA 4100.24a

    Memorandum by the merchant Faraḥ b. ʿAyyāsh, it seems addressed to his agent "my master the Parnas," explaining the details of a lawsuit which the …

  15. באנה קאל לה [[תפ]] תקר במצר אלדינאר ורבע ותמן אלמדכור
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    1. בין ידי אלשיך אל(!) אבו אלכיר צדקה ידכר לה אנא
    2. ביני ובין פרח חסאב אנא אחאסבה ולם יחאסבני

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  17. 4912LetterBL OR 10578C.49

    Recto: Letter from Bū Manṣūr b. Abī Saʿd to Abū Isḥāq al-Talmid al-Muʿallim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Conveying good wishes for the high holidays. The content of …

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  18. 4913Unknown typeBodl. MS heb. f 56/3

    A few words in Arabic script. Reused for bible in shorthand, continuous with Bodl. MS heb. f 56/2 (PGPID 19595). Unless the Arabic script is …

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  19. 4914Paraliterary textENA 3901.4

    Writing exercises in Arabic on recto and verso. The recto is dated 2 November (نوڤمبر) 1856 CE and the verso, 3 November 1856 CE. It …

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  20. 4915Unknown typeENA NS 32.23

    Document in Arabic script. Only a few words are preserved, and it is not clear they all belong to the same original document. Includes phrases …

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  21. 4916Credit instrument or private receiptENA NS 33.30

    Rental document, in Arabic script, possibly a receipt of transportation of unspecified goods, dated to the month of Rabīʿ al-Awwal 1259/April 1843. The name of …

    1. وعـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــلى/وعمـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ…

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  22. 4917Legal documentMoss. VII,114

    Ketubba fragment (upper left corner). Location: Fustat. Dated: Ḥeshvan 13[..] Seleucid, which is 989–1088 CE. The bride's name appears in l. 3 but is difficult …

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  23. 4918Legal documentT-S 10J5.5

    Fragment of a document preserving the beginning of an appeal by a plaintiff who feeling himself unjustly treated is exercising his right to interrupt public …

    1. מעאשר ישראל אנתם תעלמו מא קד אמרכם אללה תעאלא בה
    2. מן אקאמה אחכאמה אלדי אוגבהא ואפתרטהא עליכם
    3. פי כתאבה אלצא[ד]ק וקד ועד גל תנאה ותואעד
    4. אלוהי ישראל . .…

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  24. 4919LetterT-S 12.723

    Copy of a letter addressed to the Gaon R. Saadyah by a pupil of one of his disciples (only the concluding lengthy poem is preserved) …

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  25. 4920Legal documentT-S 12.766

    Legal document, probably a form or copy, as there is no room for signatures. The parties are Yeḥezqel b. Avraham ha-Bavli and David b. Shaʿya. …

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  26. 4921LetterT-S Ar.30.311

    Rhymed invitation to a festive event on the 29th of the month at 3:00 at the home of Nissim Lumbroso (נסים לומברוזו). Dating: 19th century. …

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  27. 4922Legal documentT-S Ar.35.338

    Bifolio with accounts, and a legal or administrative document written on one of the four pages. Dating: Probably late Mamluk or early Ottoman era (the …

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  28. 4923LetterT-S Ar.41.19

    Letter in Arabic. Dated 5 Shawwal 1214 AH (March 1800 CE). Verso is blank apart from a jotting which may be an acknowledgement of receipt. …

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  29. 4924LetterT-S AS 152.71

    Dated: 41st of the Omer (Iyyar 26), 5454 AM, which is 1694 CE. Mentions the surnames Aripol and de Curiel.

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  30. 4925LetterT-S AS 178.201

    Letter to Abū l-Faḍl. In Arabic script. The sender's name may appear at upper left. The sender mentions his meeting with somebody (Abū l-[...]), then …

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  31. 4926LetterT-S AS 184.40

    Letter from Abū ʿAlī b. Barakāt al-Isrāʾīlī to Abū Saʿīd b. Abū Sahl, in the perfumers' market in Fustat. On recto only the upper left …

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  32. 4927LetterAIU VII.E.143

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Hefez, presumably to Karo y Frances & Company. However, the upper part is missing.

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  33. 4928LetterBL OR 10656.2

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (right side). Addressed to 'my father' (yā wālidī, l. 7). Unclear if any of the substance is preserved.

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  34. 4929LetterBodl. MS heb. f 102/51

    Letter in which the recipient is asked to collect funds, even if only 5 dirhams, for the holiday. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. אלשיך אלתלמיד שצ אללה תעל
    2. יזידך מן כל כיר ויזכיך שנים
    3. רבות נעימות וטובות וישתהי
    4. כאדמך מנך אן תסבב לי פי
    5. שי אסתעין בה פי הדא אלעיד
    6. ולו אנהא כמס דראהם…

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  35. 4930LetterENA 4020.10

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to the Gaʾon Netanʾel ha-Levi (1160s CE). On the back there is a draft of a piyyut.

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  36. 4931LetterENA NS 65.5

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is the end of the letter. Greetings to Abū l-Faraj b. al-Daqqāq (or possibly al-Raqqāq). Very squiggly descenders.

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  37. 4932Legal documentENA NS 83.376

    Brief note in Arabic script. Beginning with the glyph. Likely an order of payment, but it is difficult to read a single word.

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  38. 4933Literary textENA NS 85.1121.1

    Minute printed fragment, in square Hebrew script. Refers to the Lekh Lekha parsha on the verso, and the following line is "ותדבר ישרא[ל."

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  39. 4934Credit instrument or private receiptJRL B 6479

    Order of payment. In Arabic script (one line) and Judaeo-Arabic (three lines). The addressee is to give the bearer a sum of money.

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  40. 4935List or tableMoss. VII,64.1

    Verso: Accounts for the year 1427 Seleucid, which is 1115/16 CE. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. May be related to recto.

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  41. 4936LetterMoss. VII,172.1

    Fragment of a letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū Sahl al-Ṣāyigh. Very little of the subject matter is discernible without a join.

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  42. 4937LetterT-S Ar.34.245

    Order. In Arabic script. Abū l-Faraj is asked to send a bottle (qinnīna) of something with the bearer. Ends with a ḥamdala. AA/ASE

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  43. 4938LetterT-S AS 150.210

    Letter/petition for assistance in Judaeo-Arabic. Moderately wide line spacing. The addressee ([al-ḥaḍra] al-ajalliyya) is asked to investigate the sender's situation (yanẓur fī umūrī...).

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  44. 4939LetterT-S AS 166.222

    Letter fragment addressed to a son. In Arabic script. Only formulaic content is preserved on recto. Reused for Hebrew literary text on verso.

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  45. 4940LetterT-S K25.240.38

    Recto: Letter fragment from Yehuda b. Ṭoviyya ha-Kohen, in Bilbays, to Avraham Maimonides, in Fustat. Only the tarjama with Yehuda's name is preserved.

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  46. 4941Legal documentT-S NS 99.2

    Fragment from the top of a Qaraite ketubba. Apparently uncited in the literature. The bride is referred to as Amat al-Qādir. Location: Egypt.

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  47. 4942LetterT-S NS 183.86

    Very damaged fragment from a letter. There is probably a fragment from another letter attached to it. Might connected with T-S NS 183.87

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  48. 4943LetterT-S NS 224.105

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Refers to al-Wazzān, money that is owed, Abū Naṣr, and wine or a medicinal syrup (sharāb).

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  49. 4944Legal documentT-S NS 338.20

    An order from Abū Zikrī Kohen. Khalīl is to give the bearer 1 raṭl of linseed oil (zayt ḥār). Cf. T-S NS 31.11.

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  50. 4945LetterT-S NS J536

    Family letter addressed to Sulaymān Abū l-Faḍl. in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 14th century or later. Most of what is preserved consists of greetings.

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  51. 4946LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1077

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Dealing with business matters. Neither writer nor addressee appear to be named; the latter is addressed as 'my brother.'

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  52. 4947LetterT-S Ar.16.64

    Draft of a letter or petition. In the hand of Shelomo b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi (active until c.1231). The first page is missing. Verso …

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  53. 4948Legal documentJRL L 128

    End of a legal document from Cairo dated in the first third of Adar 5502 AM which is 1742 CE. From what little can be …

    1. בש[... ...]וכן [... ...] בעולם וק... על[. ..]..שה הר׳ אב[רהם?] הננז׳ ל..ה מעל הר׳ י.י[..] הנז׳ כל מין ערעור ונזק שיבא לו ח׳׳ו מאיזה נברא
    2. שבעולם ובפר…

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  54. 4949Legal documentBL OR 5542.4

    Legal document. Dated: Monday, 2 Iyyar 1398 Seleucid, which is 1087 CE. Location: Fustat. Moshe b. Elḥanan comes before the court and declares that he …

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  55. 4950Legal documentBL OR 5566B.9

    Dated: 1401 Seleucid, which is 1089/90 CE (recto, line 26). Concerning a woman named Mansūba bt. Nahray and her ketubba payment, which was to be paid in installments.

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