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  1. 1LetterMoss. IV,42

    Letter of greetings written and signed by Abraham Maimonides, to Anatoli b. Joseph. (Information from CUDL)

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  2. 2Legal documentT-S 12.205

    Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, with his autograph responsum (signed). After a man had given an oath of bankruptcy in Jewish court, he was …

    [Concerning Reube]n [who holds Simeo]n['s IOU for the sum of 500 dirhems] payable in instalments of twenty dirhems per month, some of which has becom…

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  3. 3Legal documentT-S 12.206

    Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides with his autograph responsum. Two Jews were travelling together, and one had confided to the other some goods (qumāsh) …

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  4. 4LetterENA NS 18.36

    Letter from Avraham Maimonides to Ḥayyim b. Ḥananel. An autograph. A previous description called this "Three drafts of a letter sent by Shelomo to Hayyim." …

    1. עזרי מעם ייי עשה שמים ו[ארץ
    2. אלדי יחיט בה עלם סידי רבנו ח[יים
    3. אללה סעאדתה אן אלממ עלי [. . . אל]שוק [. . .
    4. למשאהדתה . .יגאנה אל[. . . . .] בלגני שי מ…

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  5. 5Legal documentT-S AS 152.218

    Announcement of a threat of excommunication (ḥerem stam) against anyone in Fustat or Cairo or their environs who knows the whereabouts of Abū l-ʿAlā b. …

    1. יחרם חרם סתם בא[סם] מן יעלם מוצע אבי אלעלא
    2. בן יוסף אלטביב פי מצר או אלקאהרה או חואליהמא ולא
    3. יערף בית דין בדלך

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  6. 6LetterMoss. VII,54.2

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Five lines, well preserved. Written in an elevated register. May begin with a reference to the Torah …

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  7. 7Legal documentMS 8254, fol. 17a

    Recto: Legal document. Dated: 4976 AM, which is 1215/16 CE. Under the reshut of Avraham Maimonides. Involving a certain Abū l-Rabīʿ Sulaymān and Shelomo ha-Levi …

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  8. 8LetterT-S NS 324.35

    On recto beginning of a letter to Avraham Maimuni from Abu Sa'id (identification according to BL 5542.14. He also wrote T-S 8 j 21.12). On …

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  9. 9Legal documentHalper 159

    Legal query with Avraham Maimonides' autograph responsum and signature. Description from Penn Catalog: "The recto contains three related inquiries, in three separate paragraphs. Each of …

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  10. 10Legal documentT-S 6J2.15 + T-S 10K8.13

    Responsum of Avraham b. Maimonides, concerning a man from Alexandria, married with children, who took an enslaved woman and lives with her in the Fayyūm. …

    1. פי בר ישראל לה זוגה ואולאד לה מנהא פי אלתגר
    2. ורמאהא וכרג וגא אשתרי גאריה וליס הי גאריה
    3. כדמה בל אמא סריה או צאחבה אלמנזל ואקאם מעהא
    4. מדה פלמא ראם אלספר…

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  11. 11LetterT-S Ar.7.23

    Letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides in which he instructs Fakhr al-Dawla regarding a sum of money, nine dinars, still owed, and what to …

    1. אלכהן אלאגל פכר אלדולה
    2. שצ יעלם חצרה אלשיך
    3. אבו אלעלא וקד תכרר
    4. טלבה פאמא אן תחצר
    5. לה אלתסעה דנאניר אלבאקיה
    6. או תחצר תחאקקה
    7. או אן כנת תקול אנך
    8. מא תסלמת […

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  12. 12LetterT-S Ar.30.146

    Letter from Avraham Maimonides (autograph) addressed to three people, including al-Mevin and Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Dealing with hospitality (ḍiyāfa) for needy people. The …

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  13. 13LetterMoss. II,143.2

    An autograph letter by Abraham b. Maimonides to the community of Bilbays. (Information from CUDL)

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  14. 14Legal documentJRL SERIES B 5610

    Responsum of Avraham Maimonides. Autograph. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioned in India Book I, p. 276.

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  15. 15LetterT-S AS 204.111

    Letter from Avraham Maimonides, autograph. In Judaeo-Arabic. Begins with the motto הנה אל ישועתי. Addressed to the ḥaver, morenu ve-rabbenu, Yosef. This is a letter …

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  16. 16LetterT-S AS 180.118

    Note/order in the handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. He tells Eliyyahu the Judge to go together with Abū l-Faḍl al-jābī (the collector) and the …

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  17. 17Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 183.320

    Order of payment. In Arabic script. Bū l-Najm al-Firnās (the parnas) is to pay the bearer a sum of money (10 nuqra dirhams?). Ends with …

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  18. 18Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 184.56

    Recto: Order of payment. Written mainly in Arabic script with Hebrew characters for the "emet" at the top, שצ after the name, and "ve-shalom" and …

    1. . . .      𐋥     אמת
    2. الشيخ ابي النجم الفرناس שצ
    3. يوصل لموصلها //خمسة// دراهم سوه
    4. برسم عن دار البرج من كل بد
    5. ושלום

    Margin:

    1. בתאריך ח
    2. סיון
    3. ישע יקרב

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  19. 19Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.17

    Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. The cantor Abū l-Majd is to give 5 dirhams to a certain Kohen, apparently as reimbursement …

    1. ב
    2. אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ`
    3. יוצל ללכהן שצ` [[ען]] כמסה דרהם
    4. דפעה ללחזן עלאעמי תספיר
    5. ושלום

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  20. 20Paraliterary textT-S AS 128.176

    Jottings in Judaeo-Arabic, at least partially in the hand of Avraham Maimonides, as he signs his name twice. The portion at the top is a …

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  21. 21LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/15

    Autograph letter by Avraham Maimonides to the muqaddam of Minyat Ghamr and Minyat Zifta. Dated: 20th day of the Omer (5 Iyyar) 1545 Sel. (1234). …

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    1. הנה אל ישועתי
    2. תקדם כתאב לחצרה אלחבר אלאגל
    3. כגק מר ור משה החכם הנבון ש׳צ׳
    4. פי מעני אלשיך אלחכים אלגליל
    5. אלמהדב ש׳צ׳ ילד עמה אלמלמד
    6. אלגליל מר ור שמ…

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  22. 22LetterMoss. VII,139.2

    Short note instructing the addressee to investigate the inheritance left by Abu Nasr b. Banin, who died in Minya. In the hand of Avraham Maimonides.

    1. הנה אל ישועתי וכול
    2. חצרה אלחבר אלגליל מר ור משה החבר
    3. הנכבד החכם הנבון שצ תכשף חאל
    4. תרכה אלשיך אבו נצר בן בנין אלמתופי במניה

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  23. 23LetterENA 2558.31c

    Autograph note from Avraham Maimonides to al-Shaykh al-Talmid al-Ajall al-Raṣuy(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to mention somebody in need (...wa-ḍururātuh...) and Rabbi Menaḥem. The third line …

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  24. 24LetterT-S 10J30.11

    Letter in which Avraham Maimonides (1205-1237) recommeds to the judge Perahia and his sons a man who wishes to marry the judge's daughter.

    1. הנה אל ישועתי וכול'
    2. מוביל זאת האגרת לכבוד
    3. הדיין רבנו פרחיה היב'
    4. ולהדרת בניו החכמים ישצ'
    5. לא קיבל ולא נתפייס והוא
    6. עומד באהבתו מוסיף בבקשתו
    7. ואמר בחסדך …

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  25. 25Legal documentMS 8254, fol. 17

    Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, with the latter's autograph responsum. NB: There is an extensive bibliography on this fragment, but it is often erroneously …

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  26. 26LetterBL OR 5545.2

    Letter of appeal to Avraham Maimonides, begging for financial assistance, mentioning an old man who is sick and the plight of at least two daughters. …

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  27. 27LetterENA NS 55.27

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Addressed to al-Kohen al-Peqid(?). Giving instructions concerning a visit(?) of Eliyyahu the Judge. Needs further examination.

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  28. 28LetterENA NS 57.8

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Addressed to al-Shaykh al-Melammed Tamīm(?). Telling him to ask (yataqaḍḍā ilā) Maḥāsin al-Ṭabīb to attend the court …

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  29. 29LetterENA NS 58.14

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to al-Ḥedvat. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Letter of recommendation for the poor man al-Shaykh al-Kohen al-Talmid Abū l-Riḍā.

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  30. 30Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 153.164

    Order of payment or receipt for Eliyya concerning bread. In the hand of Avraham Maimonides. On verso (original use) there is a piece of a …

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  31. 31List or tableT-S Ar.30.163

    Instructions in Avraham Maimonides' hand to R. Eliyyahu to give them bread for Sabbath. Also: List of contributors (in the judge's hand) and names of …

    1. אלדיין ר אליה שצ
    2. יוצל להם מן כבז
    3. אלמזונות מא יסבתו
    4. עליה
    5. ושלום
    6. האולא אצר מן אלכתאב

    at 90’ to the first 6 lines

    1. בן בו אל זכאר .
    2. בו סעיד אלאשקר
    3. מכארם…

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  32. 32LetterT-S 10J14.5

    Autograph letter from Avraham Maimonides to his "dear son" (i.e., congenial pupil) Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Avraham excuses his absence from a student's recent wedding, saying, …

    1. [עבד?]הא אלדאעי ל[הא]
    2. אברהם
    3. הדה אלאחרף צאדרה אלי אלחצרה ע[לי סב, ro שאן]
    4. אלולד אלעזיז אלתלמיד מ יוסף הנבון ש'צ'
    5. מצמנה עדה אגראץ אולהא אלוציה עליה
    6. וע…

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  33. 33Legal documentJRL Series B 3819 + T-S AS 152.22

    Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides concerning a husband's financial obligations towards his wife. The text mentions several objects including the wife's household effects and …

    1. ..........[
    2. לחמהם דפעה להא מע קמאשהא אל
    3. מכתוב עליה מע כון הדא אלזאיד לם יכתבה
    4. להא פי אלכתובה אם לא
    5. והל ללמצאג אלפצה ואלדהב חכם ואלמ[.....
    6. חכם אם לא …

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  34. 34LetterT-S Misc.8.18

    Public letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (d. 1237 CE). The cantors of Fustat are instructed to read it aloud in the synagogue on …

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    1. אמת
    2. אלחזנים במצר ינדרו אלגמאעה
    3. בר יה אלנסא ואלרגאל שני
    4. וחמישי ושני ויום אלשבת
    5. בשחרית אן לא יתערץ אחד
    6. לצבאג אלחריר פי אלביות
    7. לאגל אן אלצאמן שכ…

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  35. 35Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.40

    Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer, a builder, 3.5 (dirhams?) for work on …

    1. ב
    2. אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד
    3. שצ` ידפע למוצלהא
    4. אלבנא מא יכץ דרב
    5. אלמקאדסה פי עמל
    6. אלדרב והו תלתה ונצף
    7. עלי מא ת..ה
    1. ושל[ום]

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  36. 36Legal documentT-S Ar.30.42

    Draft of a court record dated 623 (1226) written on a very small piece of paper (4 x 2.5 in) regarding the testimony of Abū …

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    1. חצר אלינא אנו בית דין
    2. החתומים למטה פי
    3. מושב בית דין במצר
    4. יום אלתלתא עאשר
    5. תמוז אתקלז לשטרות
    6. אלמואפק לעאשר רגב
    7. סנה תלת ועשרין וסת
    8. מאיה 〚אבו אלחסי…

    recto

    1. There came before us, we, the members of the court
    2. who have signed below, 
    3. (in) a session of the court in Fustat
    4. on Tuesday, 10
    5. Tammuz 1537 of…

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  37. 37LetterT-S 10J18.15

    Petition from Yefet ha-Melammed the schoolmaster to Avraham Maimonides; the latter's answer is on verso, lines 18–26. Yefet writes that he is ill and losing …

    1. لے
    2. צדיקים יירשו ארץ וג
    3. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ באלמקאם
    4. אלעאל אעלאה אללה ואסנאה
    5. וזאדה נפאדא ואבקאה סידנא
    6. ירום הודו מא יכפא ענה חאל
    7. ממלוכה מן שדה אלמרץ וקל…

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