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  1. 1LetterBL OR 5535.2

    IB VI, 30. Letter from Avraham b. Mu'ti Tilimsānī, upon arriving safely in Aydhab, to Abu Saʿd b. Azhar, in Fustat. He provides an update …

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  2. 2Legal 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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  3. 3LetterBL OR 5542.17

    India Book II, 57. Part of a copy of the same letter that is preserved in full in IB II, 56 (T-S 16.345, PGPID 5447), …

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  4. 4LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/19

    India Book II, 32: Letter from Maḍmūn b. Yefet, Aden, to his brother-in-law Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen settling the estate of Jewish traders …

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    1. [...] יגי מעה [..................]
    2. ומא דכר{ה} מולאי מן סבב זכרי בן אבו אלפרג אלטראבלסי
    3. וקד וצל (!) עלא גמלה אלסלאמה ובאע ואשתרא ותכלץ
    4. וכרג פי …

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    1. [...] will come with him [...]
    2. My lord inquired about Zikrī b. Abu ʾl-Faraj of Tripoli.
    3. He arrived in complete safety, sold, bought, finished …

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  5. 5LetterBodl. MS heb. b 3/26

    India Book VII, 36. Letter from Alexandria to a merchant in Fustat (Gil) or from Fusṭāṭ to Aden (Goitein). Dating: 1065 (Gil) or c. 1100 …

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  6. 6LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/22

    Letter from Abu Zikri Kohen, representative of the Merchants in Fustat, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Aden. Dated: Adar I 1448 Seleucid = January/February …

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    1. ̇ב
    2. כתאבי אלי ח̇צר̈ה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אטאל אללה פי אלכיר
    3. בקאה ואדאם תאיידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה
    4. ורפעתה וסנאה וכבת באלדל חסדתה ואעדאה ומן חסן

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  7. 7List or tableBodl. MS heb. c 28/47

    India Book I, 42. List of contributors for bread for the poor. Location: Fustat. Dating: ca. 1230–40 CE. Abū l-Riḍā (Yosef III) Ibn al-Lebdī pledged …

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  8. 8LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/60

    Letter from Avraham b. Ḥabīb, in Alexandria, to Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein's attached notes include discussions of how this letter was …

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    1. תובלנה בשמחות וגיל תבואינה בהיכל מלך
    2. וממא אעלם בה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלסאמי אלמחל אטאל
    3. אללה בקאהא ואדאם נעמאהא אן אתצל בי באלאגתמאע
    4. באלבית אלשר…

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  9. 9Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/64–65

    India Book (IB) I, 6–7. Court proceedings dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader, and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' …

    Bodl MS heb. d 66/64 64 Recto

    1. בתרין בשבה דהוא תמניה יומי בירח אייר שנת את''ט לשטרו[ת]

    2. חצר אלי בית דין מ' יקותיאל הנזכר כלף הדה אלורקה וטאלב מ' יו…

    Bodl. MS heb. d 66/64 64 Recto

    1. On Monday, the eighth day of the month of Iyyar, 1409 E.D.,

    2. Mr. Jekuthiel, who is mentioned on the reverse side of…

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  10. 10LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/108

    Letter from Shemuʾel b. Avraham Ibn al-Majjānī, probably in Aden, to (Abū Zikrī) Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer has sent …

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  11. 11LetterBodl. Ms Heb. d 66/137

    Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī (aka Abū Zikrī Kohen). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: first half of the 12th …

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  12. 12Legal documentCUL Add.3420.1

    India Book I, 3: Court proceedings dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader, and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' in …

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    1. בתרין בשבה דהוא תמני סר יומין בירח אדר
    2. דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה ותשע שנין למניאנא
    3. דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס
    4. נהרא מותבה כן הוה חצר אלי בי…

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    1. but they were the price of indigo which he had bought from the House of Raisins

    2. in addition to [indigo bought for] the aforementioned 40 …

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  13. 13LetterCUL Or.1080 J30

    Letter. Letter concerning a girl who had been regarded as being a Muslim and when she appeared before the Qāḍī, declared she was Jewish, whereupon …

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  14. 14Legal query or responsumCUL Or.1080 J32

    Legal query to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) regarding a man who takes a 200 dinar loan and appoints his parents as guarantors, providing them …

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  15. 15LetterCUL Or.1080 J91

    Business letter addressed to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Barakāt Ibn al-Lebdī; Hārūn b. Rajā; Efrayim b. Ismāʿīl. (Goitein's attached …

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  16. 16LetterCUL Or.1080 J171

    IB V, 9. Letter from Yosef b. Avraham b. Bundār to Abū Zikrī Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. The first few lines of …

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  17. 17LetterCUL Or.1080 J180

    IB V, 5. Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen in Fustat, to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Sulaymān b. al-Shāmī, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Ṭevet 1452 …

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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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  18. 18LetterCUL Or.1081 J6

    India Book (IB), II, 67a. Top half of a letter from Maḍmūn b. David (here referred to by his Hebrew name Shemarya b. David) to …

    II, 67a

    1. בשם רחמן
    2. אלממלוך שמריה בן דויד רית
    3. יכץ אלחצרה אלעאליה אלסאמיה אלשיכיה
    4. אלאגליה אלמאלכה אלמנעמה אלמתפצלה
    5. אלמופקה אלסעידה אדאם אללה עזהא
    6. וגדד ס…
    1. In the name of the Merciful.
    2. The servant Shemaryā b. David—may the spirit of the Lord give him rest!—

    3. greets his high and lofty excellency, the m…

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  19. 19Credit instrument or private receiptCUL Or.1081 J44

    Recto: Receipt dated 19 Shawwāl 517 AH (December 1123 CE) for 350 irdabbs of wheat from ʿAlī b. Saʿīd from al-Gharbiyya. Needs further examination.

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  20. 20Credit 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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  21. 21LetterDK 353

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is probably Maḥrūz b. Yaʿaqov, an India trader and shipowner (nākhudā) known from documents dating from 1131/32 to c.1150 CE. …

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    1. מ . []
    2. וארגע . . . . . []

    3. לאן אלממלוך יעאזי חואיג . . []

    4. כנת מסתריח אלסר בעץ שי []

    5. אלעטר יחתאג אלמכנה אן אלדורה ונרגו מן אל[לה]

    6. חמיד …

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  22. 22LetterENA 1822a.8

    Letter, IB VII, 66 (unpublished). Letter from South Arabia to Egypt giving order on a large gift to Maimonides (l. 14r). On verso an Arabic …

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    1. ] . . . ונפדתה צחבה אבו
    2. סעד וקד דפע אבו סעד אלגוזה ואלענבר אלי אל
    3. שיך מצמון פבאללה עליך לא תשגל אמה קלבהא
    4. חית לם יצל מנה כתאב וחק אלתורה מא הו…

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  23. 23List or tableENA 1822a.72

    Account or list written by Abū Zikrī Kohen, mentioning names and amounts of money, probably debts or payments. On verso a list in Arabic script.

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  24. 24LetterENA 1822A.75

    India Book III, 31: Letter from Yeshua ha-Kohen b. Yaʿaqov in Dhu Jibla, Yemen, to Avraham Ibn Yiju, then in Aden, 1150.

    III, 31

    1. וסרנ[י עלם סלאמתה וצלאח]
    2. חאלתה וסאלת אללה סבחא[נה אלמזיד]
    3. לחצרתה מן כל כיר ו[שכרתה]
    4. וחמדתה עלי סלאמתה וסלאמ[ה]
    5. אלעיאל חפצהם אללה ורעאהם וגעל…

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    1. [. . . Reading your letter] brought me joy, [because of the news of your well-being and the success] 
    2. of your affairs. I asked God—may He be p…

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  25. 25LetterENA 2558.2

    Recto: Letter likely sent from Aden to Fustat. (The locations are not specified in the document; this is Goitein's assessment.) In Judaeo-Arabic, written in a …

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  26. 26Legal documentENA 2727.15c

    Recto: Quittance given to the carriers of goods sent from Yemen by a husband, Abū Yaʿqūb [...] b. Efrayim to his wife (or rather seems …

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  27. 27LetterENA 2739.17

    India Book VII, 60. Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a husband to his wife. Note that Goitein calls this manuscript ENA 2739.16 in Letters of Medieval …

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    In (Your name!)

    A. DEATH OF THE JUDGE

    Just is the Lord in all his ways, etc. (Psalm 145:17)

    The righteous man has gone, etc. (Isaiah 51:1)

    Co…

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  28. 28LetterENA 2741.4

    IB VI, 53. Letter from Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Abū Zikrī b. ʿAṭiyya. Dating: mid-12th century. Apart from the introduction and address, only …

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  29. 29List or tableENA 3030.8

    Small piece of an account written by Abū Zikrī Kohen. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  30. 30LetterENA 3616.19 + CUL Or.1081 J3

    India Book II, 25 and II, 26: Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: two fragments. Aden, 1134. See also T-S AS 173.380 …

    IB II,25 (ENA 3616.19) recto

    1. שלום עד אין קץ וברכה עד אין
    2. מספר ליקר אדוני מר ור אברהם
    3. בר כגק מר ור יגו נעג אהבך מצמון
    4. בר חסן נעג וצל כתאב מולאי
    5. וקראת…

    IB II,25 recto

    1. Peace without limit and blessings without 
    2. number, to my esteemed lord, our master and teacher Abraham 
    3. the son of his honor, great a…

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  31. 31LetterENA 3788.7

    Business letter from Yūsuf b. Ibrahim b. Bundār to Abū Zikrī Kohen (aka Yehuda b. Yosef Sijilmāsī). In Judaeo-Arabic and some Hebrew, with the address …

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  32. 32Legal documentENA 4011.16

    ENA 4011.16b (lower fragment): A cheque of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Abū l-Khayr Khiyār is to pay the bearer Dār Rayḥān (the wife of Rayḥān?) 2 …

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  33. 33LetterENA 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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  34. 34LetterENA 4045.9

    India Book II, 45a. Letter in the hand of Yosef b. Avraham b. Bundār, probably in Aden, probably to Abū Zikrī Kohen or his son …

    IB II, 45a recto

    1. ראס [א]לספט [...]
    2. כטי ופיה מכתוב וגדת אלשדה מא ערפת מן
    3. אודעהא ענדי תבקא אלי //אן\\ יצלני טאלבהא פלדלך
    4. ערפו אלגמאעה אנהא אלדי לחצרתה…

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    1. [...on the package at] the top of the container [there was a note]

    2. in my handwriting, on which was written: “I found this packag…

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  35. 35LetterENA NS 4.13

    India Book III, 50: Letter from Perahya Yiju, in Egypt, to the Nagid complaining about Avraham Ibn Yiju, probably around 1156.

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    1. אעלם סיידנא צאנה אלל[ה ... אן כאן לי]
    2. עם פי אל הנד יסמא אברהם בר [פרחיה בן יגו ... וגא]
    3. אלי מצר ווצלת אליה כתב מן אלן[ימן ...] 
    4. והו יקול לה פי…

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    1. I inform our lord—may God protect you!—[. . . that I have]
    2. an uncle [who had been] in India, named Abraham b. [Peraḥyā Ben Yijū, . . . who cam…

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  36. 36LetterENA NS 7.1

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. ʿEzra to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. Dating: ca. 1128 CE. (Information from CUDL) Sefaradi-influenced hand. See Hebrew description below. Another letter in …

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  37. 37Credit 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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  38. 38LetterENA NS 18.33

    India Book (IB) IV,68a (ח75). Letter from Yehuda ha-Levi, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: after mid-September 1140 CE. In which ha-Levi …

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    1. [יא מולאי] ו[סי]דִי ועמאדי וסנדי אדאם אללה עזך ואטאל עמרך
    2. [ו]קדרך [יע]לי אִלמ[...] ב[.] וִדי תקדם לי אלי חצרה מולאי סחאה ען
    3. גאיה אנחפאז אדכר ל…

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    1. [אדוני] ו[מ]רי וסומכי ומשענתי, יתמיד ה' את יקרך ויאריך את חייך
    2. [ואת] מעלתך [ירו]מם, ה[...] ב[...] אהבתי (?). כבר שלחתי אל הדרת אדוני פתק 
    3. (3–4…

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  39. 39LetterENA NS 48.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abu Zikri ha-Kohen, reperesentative of the merchants in Fustat, ca. 1135. Mentions wheat; the government; being unable to obtain camels(?).

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  40. 40LetterENA NS 48.8

    India Book II, 51. Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq about turmoil in Yemen and measures taken by Abu Zikri Kohen for ensuring Khalaf’s rights after …

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    1. ואנ[...] 

    2. יצל עבדה [... אדאם]

    3. אללה עזה מן [...] 

    4. חואיגה וסאנח מה[מאתה ...]

    5. טרא עלי עבד חצרת[ה מן מרץ ואלדה (?) פי חדש ... אלי] 

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    1. 1-4: I [hope]

    2. to receive [from you, my lord—may]

    3. God [make permanent] your honored position!—[a letter, in…

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  41. 41LetterENA NS 48.12

    Letter fragment in Arabic script.

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  42. 42Credit instrument or private receiptENA NS 48.12

    Recto (secondary use): An Abū Zikrī Kohen promissory note: "Abū l-Surūr is owed 3/4 dirhams."

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  43. 43LetterENA NS 48.22

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. "1200 Malikī dinars. . . I was distressed by (the state of) those poor children. . . " These were Yemeni …

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  44. 44LetterF 1908.44U

    India Book (IB) IV,40 (ח54). Letter from Yiṣḥaq Ibn Ezra, in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: before Nisan, probably of 1139 CE …

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    1. יאמולאי וסידי אדאם אללה עזّך ואטאל מדתך כתבתה לילה אלאחד
    2. ען שוק לא יעלמה גיר אללה תעלי וחצרתני סכאפה פי דלך אלשכץ
    3. אלדי פי עלמך איצא ולעמרך פקד…

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    1. אדוני ומרי, יתמיד ה' את יקרך ויאריך את חייך. הריני כותב מכתב זה בליל יום ראשון
    2. מתוך געגועים שאין יודעם אלא ה' יתעלה. ובאו אליי דברי הבל עם/בדב…

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  45. 45LetterHalper 384

    India Book VII, 46. Business letter relating to the India trade. In Judaeo-Arabic. The names of the sender and addressee are not preserved. Goitein initially …

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  46. 46List or tableHalper 405

    Account in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.

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  47. 47Legal documentJRL B 7223 + T-S NS J335 + T-S 10J5.2

    Legal document. Record of release; partnership renewal. Written in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Amat al-Qādir, widow of Shela, and her son Yefet (possibly …

    1. [............] ... גמיעה ודפ[ע ...............................]

    2. [...]א צחאחא מנהא מאית [...........] . מר יפת .. מאיה דינאר ....

    3. אנ. אמה אלקאדר…

    1. […] … in total and pa[id…]

    2. […] good … from which one hundred […] Mr. Japheth .. hundred dinars …

    3. … Amat al-Qādir concerning the judgment of tha…

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  48. 48Unknown typeL-G Ar. I.21

    Literary (siddur of Seʿadya Gaon). But listed in the India Book as an Abū Zikrī Kohen order of payment—another shelfmark must be intended.

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  49. 49Unknown typeL-G Ar. I.54–63

    Awaiting description

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  50. 50LetterL-G Misc. 13

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Aharon al-Sijilmāsī, in Dahlak, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. Dated: 8 Tammuz, apparently of 1140 CE. Yiṣḥaq continues to report to Ḥalfon …

    1. כתאבי אלי ח̇צר̈ה מולאי אלשיך אלא̇גל אטאל אללה
    2. פי אלכיר בקאהא ואדאם תאיידהא ותבת
    3. סעאדתהא וסלאמתהא ונעמתהא ורפעתהא
    4. ואחיאהא ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאהא ו…

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