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  1. 1LetterT-S AS 167.26

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "When he arrived in al-Maḥalla, I inquired from him, and he said that he went to you many …

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  2. 2LetterT-S AS 153.229

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    Hebrew

    Bottom part from a letter or a draft, or just a pen trial - the page is empty besides this address. The phrase המצב הגדול …

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  3. 3LetterJRL SERIES B 2539

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic business letter, probably 11th century. Mentions Avraham b. Farrāḥ, Yūsuf b. Bishr, and a purchase that the writer made in al-Maḥalla.

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  4. 4Legal documentT-S AS 147.76

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    A fragment of a dowry list. Location: al-Maḥalla. Bride: Milāḥ (מלאח). On verso a colophon: a collection of Biblical verses for 9th Av, by Zakkāy …

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  5. 5Legal documentT-S AS 148.50 + T-S NS 292.84

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    Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38 CE). Two fragments from a bill of release regarding a shipment of tamarind to …

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  6. 6LetterMoss. V,335.3 + Moss. V,335.1

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Two un-conserved letters, with no folio shelf mark allocated yet. One is a tiny note written on vellum, on which is a short note of …

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  7. 7Legal documentT-S 13J3.22

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Document of a full-fledged barāʾa (release of spouse from obligations upon divorce) in which a husband (Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-Faraj) and wife (Maʿālī bt. …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא בתלתה בשבא דהוא עשרין וחמשה
    2. יומין לירח אב יהפך לשמחה דשנת ארבעת אלפין ותשע מאה ושבעין ותלת שנין ליצירה
      3. …

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  8. 8LetterT-S NS 324.126

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Barakāt b. Sason to ʿImrān b. Benaya, in al-Maḥalla (אלמחללא). In Judaeo-Arabic, with some unusual orthography (including ש for ס and ת for …

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    1. בשמך
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקא[ך ואדאם עזך ומן
    3. אלחסן לאכלא ען חאל סלאמא ועאפיא [
    4. אגתמע במאנו וכרמו ואלדי אעלמך בו [
    5. ימרו אלי …

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  9. 9Legal documentT-S NS 264.7

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Legal document. Location: al-Mahalla al-Kubra. Dated: Monday, 13 Ḥeshvan 1686 = 19 October 1374 CE, under the authority of David II Maimonides (r. ca. …

    TS NS Box 264, f. 7, ed. Ashtor, Mamluks, Vol.3, pp.87 (Doc. #50), Anagreement between a person and his divorcee, al-Mahalla al-Kubra,1374Z.F. 12-14-…

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  10. 10LetterMIAC 246

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    Arabic, French

    Invitation from the Jewish community of Maḥallah al-Kubra for a visit to the synagogue of "Ḥayyim al-Amshaṭī" – 5 April 1950 – Museum of Islamic …

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  11. 11LetterT-S Misc.23.5

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Aharon b. Yeshuʿa ha-Rofe to Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi. The sender received the addressee's letter with concern about the whereabouts of Abū l-Ḥasan …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצל כתאב הדרת כבוד גדלת קדושת מרינו ורבינו נזרינו
    3. וכתרינו יצחק הרב המובהק בן כגק מרנא ורבנא שמואל
    4. החסיד הספרדי זצל אלי כאדמה ותלמידו ו…
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  12. 12LetterT-S 10J13.3

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter sent to al-Mahalla concerning various business matters and dealing with the sale of sugar, chewing gum (mastaka) and rice. Dated 1165. Mentions a …

    1. . . . . . . ] ואפקה פי אל[ . . . . ] גרץ משתרי
    2. אלעדד . . ל גייד מכבור וצבגה ודפעה
    3. לשכץ יעמלה עשרין דראע והו יצל אליה
    4. עאגל ענד רגוע אלעבד אלי אלמחלה …
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  13. 13Legal documentT-S 13J25.16 + T-S 16.135

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    A communal enactment (taqqana) passed by the Jewish community of al-Maḥalla, in which they pledge their loyalty to their judge Peraḥya [b. Yosef], to retain …

    1. ...אלתקנה אל]די כתבוהא אהל אלמחלה אלבעץ מנהם פי מא יכץ ר פרחיה בן
    2. ר יוסף ?...] בקהל אלמחלה ש"צ ומא אפתי פיהא רבנו משה ש"צ מלה במלה:
    3. מא יקול כבוד גדו…

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  14. 14Legal documentT-S 13J6.26

    Legal document (actually two different documents concerning the same persons) concerning the poor treatment afforded to R. Moshe, a new hazzan, by R. Nissim, the …

    עדות שר' משה מאז בואו אל אלמחלה לא נכנס מעולם בגבולו של ר' נסים המוקדם,

    וערך קידושים בהיעדרו רק ברשותו. חתמו שלושה. בעמוד ב' עדות דומה חתומה על

    ידי ע…

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  15. 15Legal documentT-S 13J3.6

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document. Dated: First decade of Elul 1458 Seleucid (July/August 1147 CE). In which Abū l-Riḍā Yaʿaqov b. Yosef, "the noble and generous," takes over …

    "נדיב ושוע" אחד מקבל מידם של חוכרי מסים, שפשטו את הרגל את חכירת אלמחלה

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא
    2. לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא אלשיך אבי אלרצ…

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    1. A testimony that there appeared before us, we the undersigned witnesses,
    2. the elder Abī l-Riḍā, (his) h(onor), g(reatness …

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  16. 16Legal documentENA NS 17.31

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    Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document. Court record. Dated: 1084. Location: Fustat. This document contains a partial court record of a partnership between Yefet b. Wad‘a and Abū Zikrī. …

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    1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא עשרין ושיתה יומין בירח  
    2. ניסן דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין וחמש שנין למנינא  
    3. דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה  
    4. ח…

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    1. On Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of the month
    2. of Nisan of the year one thousand three hundred and ninety-five years according to the count
    3. to …
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  17. 17LetterMoss. Ia,13.1

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Upper part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic written in a scribal hand to ha-Nasi ha-Gadol, reporting on the writer's troubles while traveling with Rabbi …

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    1. בשמך
    2. קד עלם אללה גלה קדרתה שדה
    3. שוקי אלי חצרה סיידנא אלאגל [[הנש]]
    4. הנשיא הגדול ירום הודו ויגבה מזלו
    5. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם נעמאה
    6. ותאיידה ותמכינה…

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  18. 18LetterT-S 12.289

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of recommendation from Yehuda to Avraham ha-Zaqen about a righteous silk weaver named Tahor al-Talmid from the pupils of Avraham Maimonides (min jumlat aṣḥāb …

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    1. עבדו ומודה חסדו
    2. יהודה
    3. וכהניה אלביש ישע וג
    4. תקדמת כתבי אלי חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלחבר כגק' מר ור
    5. אברהם הזקן היקר השר הנכבד החכם והנבון תפארת ה…

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  19. 19Legal documentT-S NS 309.12

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Document that tells the story of Aharon ha-Levi and Ḥalfon, who collected money on behalf of the Rambam (Maimonides) for ransom of captives. They sent …

    TS NS Box 309, f. 12, Goitein, Palestinian Jewry, pp.317-318, C.B. 05-09-88 (p)

    1. ]הדיין המ[ופלא נתתי לו ד אמות שלי
    2. שבארץ ישראל ואגבן [הרשיתיו וכו'
    3. בת…

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  20. 20LetterT-S Ar.18(1).130

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from an unknown writer, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Khayr (?) b. Yūsuf, in Fustat, care of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Yahūdī al-Ṣā'igh in the market …

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