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  1. 1Legal documentT-S 8J9.17

    Bifolio from a court ledger in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (compare Yevr.-Arab. I 1700). Dated: Tishrei-Ḥeshvan 1472 Seleucid = 1160 CE. Fol. 2r: …

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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. 3LetterBodl. 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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  4. 4LetterCUL 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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  5. 5Legal query or responsumCUL Or.1080 J32

    Legal query to Avraham Maimonides regarding a man who takes a 200 dinar loan and appoints his parents as guarantors, providing them with a house …

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  6. 6LetterENA 1822a.8

    Letter, India book VII66 (unpublished). Letter from South Arabia to Egypt giving order on a large gift to Maimonides. On verso an Arabic account of …

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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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  7. 7LetterENA 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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  8. 8Legal 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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  9. 9LetterENA 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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  10. 10LetterENA 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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  11. 11LetterHalper 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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  12. 12LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 2111/4

    Business letter. Small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Mentions pepper and lac.

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  13. 13Legal documentT-S 8J5.14

    Court ledger. Fol. 2v: First page of a document concerning pursuing and finding a debtor "beyond Qūṣ," i.e., in ʿAydhāb. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 27 …

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  14. 14LetterT-S 8J9.14 + T-S NS J136

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Yemeni hand, according to Goitein. Wide space between the lines. Dealing with various commodities related to the India trade, including ambergris, ʿūd, …

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  15. 15LetterT-S 10J29.3

    Letter, written by a trader before leaving Aden for Nahrawāra, mentioning Abū l-Waḥš, Abū Saʿd, Abū Naṣr, Abū Yaʿqūb and the family of Bayt al-Baḥr …

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  16. 16Legal documentT-S 13J14.4

    IB VII, 5. A note (ruqʿa) with a merchant's disposition for his property in contemplation of death. He specifies that his daughter should not marry …

    1. אלדי יעמל בעד ופאתי אן זוגתי לא תטאלב בשי מן [גמיע] מא פי אלבית
    2. מן אלמאעון וגירה לא אלדהב אלמצאג פאנה ללצגירה תחת יד אמהא
    3. ולא תזוג אלצביה אלא אן תופ…

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  17. 17LetterT-S 16.215

    Commercial letter related to the India trade. Dating: 1154–61. Mentions sprinkler bottles (qumqum) for rose water brought by the qāḍī Najm al-Dīn, and ‘pure’ (ṭahor) …

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  18. 18LetterT-S 20.173

    Long letter from Yaʿaqov b. Salīm, in al-Juwwa (near Aden, Yemen), to the judge and parnas Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, in Fustat. Quoting Deuteronomy 32:43 …

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  19. 19LetterT-S Ar.30.145

    Letter (memo) from an unnamed India trader, probably in Aden, to Mufaḍḍal Ibn Abī Saʿd, in Qūṣ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: First third of the 13th …

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    1. אללה חסבי
    2. אלדי סירה אלממלוך אלא ענד אלמולא //אלסיד מפצל אבן אבו סעד//
    3. אדאם אללה עזה
    4. צחבה אלשיך יחיה בן אבי אלקאסם
    5. אלסכאוי פי מטיה…

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    1. (To) M. Mufaḍḍal Ibn Abī Saʿd ("Excellent, son of Fortunate"). God is sufficient for me.
    2. These items have been sent by your serva…

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  20. 20LetterT-S AS 130.76 + T-S AS 130.77 + T-S AS 130.78

    Letter referring to finances. (Information from CUDL.) Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi.

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  21. 21LetterT-S AS 156.237 + T-S AS 156.238

    IB VII, 70. Letter from ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn, Aden, after his return from a difficult voyage to the southern coast of India, to ʿArūs b. …

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    1. [Your servant took notice of... and your yearning] for him, a feeling shared by me. [May God ordain that]

    2. prosperity and he…

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  22. 22Legal documentT-S AS 167.178

    Top of a legal deed. In which Abū l-Fakhr [Saʿadya] b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī acknowledges receipt of a sum from a certain Abū l-Ḥasan.

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  23. 23Legal documentT-S Misc.24.137.2

    A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat and Iyyar 1410 Sel. …

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  24. 24Legal documentT-S Misc.24.137.2

    A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat and Iyyar 1410 Sel. …

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  25. 25Legal documentT-S Misc.24.137.2

    A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat and Iyyar 1410 Sel. …

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  26. 26Legal documentT-S Misc.24.137.2

    A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat and Iyyar 1410 Sel. …

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  27. 27Legal documentT-S Misc.24.137.2

    A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat and Iyyar 1410 Sel. …

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  28. 28Legal documentT-S NS 292.10

    Document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (left side). Concerning business in pepper in Yemen. Involves Seʿadya ha-Kohen, Abū l-Khayr, Yeshuʿa ha-Levi b. …

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  29. 29Legal documentT-S NS J46

    Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Certifying that Abū l-Faraj al-Jubaylī (Yeshuʿa b. Menashshe ha-Levi) delivered goods from Yemen belonging to a …

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  30. 30LetterT-S NS J117

    Letter from an unidentified merchant, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. He complains about the difficulties of getting pepper through customs. The qāḍī in Qūṣ apparently issued …

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  31. 31LetterT-S NS J180

    Letter fragment from an India trader, in Aden. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that all is well and that the first ships have arrived India, …

    1. לא עדמתהא ולא כלות מנהא
    2. ואמא אכבאר אלבלאד פאכבאר
    3. סארה ללה אלחמד ואלשכר עלי דלך
    4. כתירא כתירא וסטר אלממלוך הדה
    5. אלכדמה וקד וצל אול מראכב אלהנד
    6. ווצל מרכב…

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  32. 32LetterT-S NS J182

    Fragment of a mercantile letter, probably from Aden, concerning shipments of textiles, books, spices, and gems. (Information from Goitein notes linked below.) Same hand as …

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    1. אגתהאד אלממלוך פי ביעהם וקד תעוצת מן ק[ימתהם
    2. מא תצמנתה אלתדכרה וצדר פי אלכארם אלמבארך
    3. וכאן חי אלשיך אלמולא אבו אלפצאיל נפד לממלוכהא
    4. עאם אול ת…

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  33. 33LetterT-S NS J298

    Letter sent from an unidentified man, in Alexandria, to his brother, possibly in Shayzar (Syria). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender has recently returned from a long …

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  34. 34LetterT-S NS J426

    Mercantile letter, possibly sent from Aden to India. Reports that Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Ḥalābū (?) was in a shipwreck at Dahlak, and that a …

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    1. ] . . . . אלבראה אן שא אללה . . . . אקי צחבה . . . .
    2. ] ולא תאכד עלי עבדהא פי תאכרהם פוחק דין ישראל אן
    3. אד וצלני אלכתאב לם אלבת בל תאני יום וצול…

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  35. 35Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/17

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. David b. Yiṣḥaq Ibn al-Ṣafaṭ (? אלצפט) acknowledges receipt of a sum of money from Abū …

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  36. 36LetterBodl. MS heb. f 103/39

    Letter of recommendation for charity for the judge Avraham b. Yosef. The addressee is on a boat and about to set out for a voyage. …

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  37. 37Legal documentENA 4020.14

    Bifolium from a court notebook. Dating: One entry is dated Shevat 1411 Seleucid, which is January 1100 CE. The four pages have four different cases …

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  38. 38Legal documentENA 4020.26

    Legal testimony about the customs of the merchants of Fustat regarding partnerships. The testimony describes how partnerships are established. Dated: middle decade of Iyyar 1452 …

    1. נקול אנן שה[די] דחתמות ידנא לתחתא אלדי נעלמה ונשהד בה

    2. אלשהאדה אלקאטעה במא גראת בה אלעאדה במצר בין אל

    3. תגאר פי אלשרכה ודלך אדא דכלוא מנהם גמאעה…

    1. We, the undersigned witnesses, say what we know and testify to, an

    2. irrefutable testimony about what is the custom in Miṣr between 

    3. merchants (a…

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  39. 39Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 2

    Fol. 2: Deed of sale, probably an Iqrār in Arabic script. The text on verso seems to be in a different hand and it is …

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  40. 40LetterJRL Gaster ar. 571

    One side: four fragments of a letter, in an official looking hand, in Arabic script. Mentions 300 dīnārs. Needs examination.

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  41. 41LetterJRL SERIES B 6427

    Small fragment of a business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā (cf. T-S 8.69 (PGPID 9265)). Dating: 12th century. Mentions [...] …

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  42. 42Legal documentL-G Misc. 48

    Legal deed. On parchment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In which Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Tinnīsī (aka Yefet b. Shemarya) appoints Makārim b. Shelomo …

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  43. 43List or tableMoss. VII,55

    Inventory of what was found in the house of a certain Yiṣḥaq. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on textile (cotton?). Scribed by Avraham b. Ismāʿīl al-Maghribī. …

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  44. 44Legal documentMoss. VII,77

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involving Abū l-Baqā' and the late Abū l-Riḍā, who had business dealings in Yemen. Needs further …

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  45. 45LetterT-S 8J13.6

    Letter from a certain Maḥāsin, in ʿAydhāb, to his "brother" the cantor Abū Isḥāq b. al-Mumḥe, in Fustat. Sent to the shop of Abū l-Munajjā …

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  46. 46Legal documentT-S 10J7.11 + T-S NS J81

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Two fragments from the right side. Concerning a release granted by a creditor to Abū …

    T-S 10J7.11 recto

    1. [ ]לך א[ ]
    2. דנן בקנין גמ[ור ]
    3. ותנאין אן אלת[ ]
    4. עליה אלסלטאן לל[ ]
    5. אלשרוט אלמשרוח[ה ]
    6. טלב עלי אלשיך אבו אל[ ]
    7. מסתכלאצהא לא גיר בח[ ]…

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  47. 47List or tableT-S 10J30.12

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Payment for customs in the Red Sea ports of ʿAydhāb, Bāḍiʿ, and Sawākin. Commodities include: lac; boxthorn; myrobalan; …

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  48. 48LetterT-S 16.255

    Enthusiastic letter by Yaʿaqov b. Yeshaʿyahu ha-Kohen, a leader of the Jews of Yemen, to Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, congratulating him on his appointment as Head …

    1. נז[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. מרע אדונינו ומ[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  49. 49Legal documentT-S 24.20

    Legal document. Record of release. Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar I, 1426 Seleucid. One of two copies of …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן חתמי מטה כן הוה חצרא עלינא אלשיך אבו אלכרם מר ור נדיב הלוי בר מר ור
    2. סעדיה הלוי נע ואלשיך אבו אלסרור מר ור פרחיה בר מר ו…

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    1. Testimony which took place before us—we, the undersigned. Thus: the Elder Abū al-Karam (our) tea(cher) and m(aster) Nadiv ha-Levi b. (our) tea(…

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  50. 50LetterT-S Ar.30.178

    Business letter. Introduction in Hebrew, body in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the arrival of the Yemeni merchants (v3). Also mentions R. Shemuel Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf and someone …

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