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Literary textAIU VII.C.16 + BL OR 5565G.27
Dialogue between the Misri (the man from Old Cairo) and the Rifi (the man from the countryside). Literary, probably late, very colloquial. The writer is …
AIU VII.C.16, recto:
- נבתדי בכתאבת קצת אלמצרי
- ואלריפי
- קאל אלמצרי ללריפי אוול אלמדינה היא
- ארגא פיהא אלרוכאם אשכאל ואלוואן
- וכל ביית פיהא בהגה ׳׳ ואן כ…
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Literary textBodl. MS heb. d 77/9
A story in Judaeo-Arabic, involving Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Meir and a woman who tries to sate her desire with the latter while he remains …
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Literary textAIU VII.E.164
Lower part of a fragment of rhymed lines in colloquial Judaeo-Arabic ("fī kull ḥāra... wa-kathura al-shaṭāra... laqad jā' khaḍāra...") The penultimate line mentions al-kanīs wa-bayt …
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Unknown typeBL OR 10578D.11
One side: Judaeo-Arabic retelling of the story of Joseph. The other side: remnants of an interesting design in black ink and ~6 extremely faded lines …
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Literary textENA 3184.2
Story in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably popular literature (mentions "the gate of the castle").
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Literary textMoss. I,82.1
Tale in the style of A Thousand and One Nights, told partly in the first person, mentioning a period of seven years, robbers who took …
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Literary textJRL SERIES B 2981
Fragment of a story in Judaeo-Arabic. Very late; on grid paper.
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Literary textT-S AS 160.388
Mysterious text, partially rhyming in -ar, which begins "I washed my clothes, may I be your ransom..." (Information in part from CUDL.)
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Literary textT-S K25.278
Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Humorous rhymed prose. Dating: Likely 13th or 14th century.
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Literary textT-S Misc.8.20
Story in Judaeo-Arabic. In part about a trip to Jerusalem and people who erected idols. Someone has identified this as Sefer Yosippon on FGP.
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Literary textYevr.-Arab. II 1475
Story in Judaeo-Arabic. Reminiscent of the 1001 Nights, in that they tell of a clever woman in the palace of the king, answering riddles, etc. …
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Literary textT-S Ar.50.213
Story of Hārūn al-Rashīd. (Information in part from Goitein's index card)
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Literary textT-S NS 264.47
The main block of writing is a folktale in Judaeo-Arabic about a very poor man ("who worked for two dirhams each day") who came home …
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Literary textT-S Ar.30.187
Literary. Some sort of narration in Judaeo-Arabic with each sentence introduced by ʿabartu ʿalā bāb so-and-so (the עֿ and עבֿ are abbreviations for עברת). On …
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Literary textT-S 8.281
Philosophical treatise. Stories of Alexander the Great and Aristotle in a calligraphic hand.
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Literary textT-S NS 306.165
Literary narrative in Arabic script. 1001 nights? Mentions a baker and a salesman, then the narrator stumbles on a hidden treasure with a magical sapphire, …
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Literary textT-S Ar.35.209
Popular literature. The tale of Abraham and Nimrod. In Judaeo-Arabic. See FGP for further information.
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Literary textT-S AS 204.184
Translation/paraphrase of the book of Job into Judaeo-Arabic. Probably 18th or 19th century.
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Literary textT-S Ar.39.190
Popular love poetry in Arabic script. ...سحر بابل... الظبي الاحور من الكوثر... قد سباني وسبا الاخوان. Some of the same stock images as appear in …
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Literary textT-S NS 322.35
Judaeo-Arabic poetry or songs, in a low/folk register. Some of the lines refer to lovesickness, another refers to "like what the Jews do... on Shavuʿot..." …
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Literary textT-S NS 285.81 + T-S NS 31.18
Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Tafsīr on the book of Daniel. Refers to the lions' den and to the king summoning "the viziers and patriarchs" (אלוזרא …
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Literary textAIU VI.B.103
Folktales of King Solomon and his wisdom and Ashmoday/Asmodeus.
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Literary textCUL Or.1080 J150
Literary. Rhymed maxims in Judaeo-Arabic, organized alphabetically. Cf. T-S Ar.13.13, discussed in the November 2019 Fragment of the Month by Mohamed A. H. Ahmed. Information …
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Literary textENA 3964.17
The tale of the brothers Zuʿayṭ and Muʿayṭ (or Zaʿīṭ and Maʿīṭ).
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Literary textJRL Gaster heb. ms 1764/9–10
Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Set in the time of Muḥammad. Involving ʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl, Zayd, and a female slave. Needs further examination.
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Literary textNLI 8 420
Story (ספר חסות) from Yemen about the relationships between the Jewish community and the Muslims. Describes the protection that the Jews received from Muhammad, concerning …
והאדה כתאב אלדמה אלדי אדם אלנבי מחמד עלא בני אסראיל ע"אל ורחמת אללה
וברכאתה.
- פלמא כאן פי אלזמאן אלקדים כאלפו אלכפאר עלא אלנבי מחמד ע"אל פנצרה אללה ע…
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Literary textYevr.-Arab. II 1546
Popular literature. Animal fable in rhyming Judaeo-Arabic. 9 folios.
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List or tableT-S Misc.8.21
Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. A story about a king, a crown, drinking wine, and Hind bt. al-Muhallab. This is followed by a brief book list, …
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Literary textT-S Ar.49.62
Popular literature. Small fragment in rhymed Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.
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Literary textYevr.-Arab. I 4027
The story of Esther in Judaeo-Arabic.
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Literary textYevr.-Arab. II 1081
Rendering of the book Esther into Judaeo-Arabic. Late.
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Literary textBodl. MS Heb. d 76/61
Literary. A theological discourse in Judaeo-Arabic, in the form of a dialogue with a Muslim ruler (amīr al-mu'minīn). Discusses the books of Esther and Maccabees.
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LetterENA 3788.3–4
Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Conveys the tale of a wise man who is continually amazing a king with his powers of deduction. For instance, he …
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Literary textENA 2808.56
Recto (secondary use): Satirical poem in Judaeo-Arabic, targeting the hypocrisy of religious authorities (mutafaqqihīn, fuqahāʾ). The target audience is Jewish (i.e., this isn't simply a …
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Literary textMoss. VIII,34.3 + T-S AS 154.18 + JRL Gaster heb. ms 1765/7 + AIU VII.B.1 + BL OR 5565G.28 + ENA 2713.27 + ENA 2713.44–45 + ENA 2852.34–35 + Halper 330 + T-S Ar.13.3 + T-S Ar.52.154 + T-S NS 90.31 + T-S NS 291.65 + JRL SERIES A 102 + JRL SERIES A 378 + JRL SERIES A 690 + JRL SERIES G 6–7
Sīrat ʿAntar. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are at least another 300 pages from the same book preserved in the Geniza. The largest chunks are in T-S …
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Literary textENA 3982.22–23
Arabic poetry. With a popular character: it has extremely short verses with dense rhymes: (1) wa-starhabūhā al-ruhbān. . . wa-staqsamū [..] al-ṣulbān. . . (2) …
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Paraliterary textT-S 10J28.6
Fragment in two different scripts of popular stories. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
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Literary textT-S Ar.39.180
Popular literature in Arabic script, on the theme of a medical prescription for a lovesick man. Similar to T-S NS 264.27 + T-S NS 224.181 …
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Literary textT-S Misc.22.250
Popular literature (nawādir) in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 19th century.
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Literary textENA 3668.15
A tale from Kalīla wa-Dimna in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder ha-Bavli (active late 12th and early 13th century). A …
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State documentT-S H10.166
Two unrelated Arabic script documents glued together for the sake of reuse. Lower document: State document. Only the first few words are preserved from ~12 …
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Legal documentT-S H10.166
Two unrelated Arabic script documents glued together for the sake of reuse. Upper document: Legal document. Parties mentioned include Abū l-Faḍāʾil Nāṣir b. Karam b. …
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Literary textMoss. III,200.1
Poem, of documentary interest. In Judaeo-Arabic. Exhorts everyone who wants their sins forgiven to make a pilgrimage to the shrine at Dammūh. Goes on to …
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Literary textT-S 12.47 + T-S K25.162 + T-S AS 159.195 + T-S NS 224.176
Story of illicit love involving a woman named Hind and her husband, a man named Bishr and an old woman. Cf. H. T. Norris, "The …
T-S 12.47, recto:
- פמתא מא ראך ואנתי שאבה לא יצבר קלבהו ען אלשהוא
- . . רי מנה מא תחבין ולאכן סלי זוגיך מתא יכרג אלא ציעתה
- פאכברני פטאבת נפס הנד בכלאם …
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Paraliterary textAIU VII.A.31
Bifolium, probably from a literary compendium. Dating: Late, possibly 18th or 19th century. Two of the pages are a story about a female slave and …
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Literary textT-S Misc.8.32
Arabic poem, transcribed into Hebrew script. At least some of the originally Islamic elements were kept ("fa-wa-lladhī anzala furqānahu ʿalā l-nabiyyi l-muṣṭafā l-muntajab"). There are …
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