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  1. 51Legal documentT-S 10J4.11

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Lease of land belonging to the Qodesh, ca. 1180. Written on the surviving upper part of a leaf, this is a draft of a deed …

    verso

    1. בשרח
    2. נקול אנו הזקנים הישרים הכשרים החתומים למטה אננא קד אמצינא
    3. ורצינא באן נחכר אלסאחה אלתי פיהא אלביר אלמעין אלדי בדמוה אלדי
    4. עלי אלטריק אלמגאו…

    Verso

    1. In thy Name, oh Merciful! 

    2.  We, the undersigned honest and able elders, declare: We had once decided 

    3.  and agreed to lease the parcel in …

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    1987
    PGPID
    1555
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  2. 52Legal documentT-S 10J27.4

    Document date

    India Book I, 9: Draft of court proceedings from Fustat dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the …

    recto

    1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא תמניה יומי בירח תמוז דשנת 
    2. אלפא וארבע מאה ותשע שנין למניינא דרגיליננא ביה 
    3. בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה כן הוה 
    4. חצר אלי ב…

    7. …When I arrived from the Land of Yemen, I stored [alt. tr.: unloaded],

    8. my goods, in the {add: dār} wakāla of Mr. Jekuthiel.

    9. Much ti…

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    5354
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  3. 53LetterT-S 12.16

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Draft of a letter of recommendation by Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon, on behalf of the scribe of the Yeshiva, Shemuel b. Semah the cantor …

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    1. ]בעריה ובבנותיה וכל
    2. סביבותיה חזניהם והמומחים שלהם
    3. (!)והפרנסים והעומדים בצריכיהם
    4. וסוחריהם יועדפו ברכותיהם וחן וחסד ימציאם
    5. יקומם ויבנה ביתו בימיהם…
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    1987
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    1621
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  4. 54Legal documentT-S 12.684

    Document date
    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Draft of deed of attorney written in Tyre, which includes an accounting between partners after the death of one of them, Menashshe b. Yiṣḥaq, and …

    ....

    1. [ ]בם אל המערב ומכר
    2. [ ]ם ונטלתי ממנו רובה
    3. [ רו]בה והאמנתיו בכללו והותיר על
    4. [ ]הם בחשבונו וכן היה עליו למנשה
    5. [ננ בר יצחק] הזה לטלם לו ועוד אמר מ…
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  5. 55LetterT-S Misc.25.146

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Draft of a letter from Yefet b. Shekhanya, from Fustat, to Daniel b. Azarya, around 1053. Daniel did not reply to Yefet's requests to supervise …

    Recto

    1. כתב עבד סידנא הנשיא הגדול וראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יכונניהא אל
    2. עד עולם סלה אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עלאה ותאיידה וסעאדתה ונעמאה
    3. וכבת אעדאה ואחיא סאדתי…

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  6. 56Legal documentAIU VII.D.7

    Document date

    India Book I, 23. Draft or notes of court proceedings (legal document) regarding a sale of half a house for 300 dinars. Abu Sahl, Menashshe …

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    1. ירא אלראי אלצאיב לה ולי
    2. שהדותא וג' כן ה[ו]ה ⟦כאן ...⟧ חצר אלי בית דין אלשיך
    3. אבו סהל מר' ור' מנשה בר מר' ור' יהודה הזקן היקר
    4. החכם והנבון נ''ע ו…
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  7. 57Legal documentMoss. VII,17

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Draft of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. Dating: 1133–36 CE (see PGPID 9140 for rationale). Partnership agreement. In …

    Recto

    1. אלמסתקר ביני ובין אלשיך סבאע פימא סלמה לי מן אלעין והו 
    2. מאיתין דינ עלי סביל אלמעאמלה בשרוט יאתי דכרהא ודלך
    3. אן יכון ללשיך סבאע מן גמלה מא יסהלה…

    Recto

    1. The established (relationship) between me and between the Elder Sibā‘ in that which he gave me in terms of specie, which was
    2. two hundred din(ars…
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  8. 58State documentT-S 13J20.5

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Petition, draft, addressed to al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (aka the vizier Ibn al-Salār), in the handwriting of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, asking that he release the estate …

    Recto

    1. ינהון אן ואלדהם סק[ט באלופאה ]

    2. צגאר ואן מתולי אלמע[ונה ]

    3. ואלדהם וואלדתהם ולמ יבקי אלמאל [ ]

    4. בה וכלף להם דוירה יסתקרון פיהא [ ]

    5. מן אלמ…

    Recto

    1. They report that their father has died [ leaving three] .

    2. small [children] and that the head of the police [ ]

    3. their father and their mo…

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    3320
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  9. 59List or tableBodl. MS heb. b 11/5

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Account draft of the Qodesh, written in Arabic characters apparently by Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya on the verso, probably after the recto had been …

    1.              ]على موجب المشروح من
    2.           اثن]ين وثلثين واربعماية
    3.             ا]لعين تسعه عشر دينار ونصف قيراط
    4. ومن الورق الف واحده وماتين واحدى عش…

    1. …. in accordance with the (aforesaid) explanation ….
    2. 432 ….
    3. In gold: 19 dinars and ½ qīrāṭ ….
    4. and in the waraq: 1211½ dir.
    5. The total amount of rent…
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  10. 60State documentT-S AS 150.3

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Petition, Mamluk period, 1442. Draft of a petition from the Jewish community of Fustat to the Mamluk government concerning the malpractices of ‘Abd al-Latif the …

    recto

    1. אלממאליך גמאעה אליהוד רע[ייה
    2. אלמקאם אלשריף ואלאסלאם אל[כרים
    3. יקבלו אלארץ וינהו אנהם [פי] בל[א
    4. עטים מן יום תולא [[עליהם]] עבד לטיף
    5. אלמתטבב רייס …

    Recto

    (1)Your slaves, the Jewish community, the su[bjects] of your noble highness and of [gracious] Islam 

    (3-5) kiss the earth and report that they…

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  11. 61State documentCUL Or.1080 J7

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Hebrew

    Petition to the caliph al-Mustansir concerning the schism of 1038–42 between Shelomo b. Yehuda, the gaʾon of Palestine, and a pretender to the gaonate, Natan …

    Verso, upside-down relative to Hebrew text

    1. بِسْم الله الرحمن الرحيم العبيد ينهوا الى الموقف الشريف  زاد الله شرف حالهم وذلك ان لما

    2. جرى على ريسهم …

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