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Letter fragment in Hebrew addressed to ʿEli ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver. Little of the content remains. Refers to seafarers (עולי ים).
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Letter from Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen, in the Rīf, to his cousin and brother-in-law Natan b. Shelomoha-Kohen. Mainly to ask him to settle a debt …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
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Short note in Judaeo-Arabic. Asking to be sent an explanation of a Talmudic passage (אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא כִּי הֲוֵינַן בֵּי רַב נַחְמָן הֲוָה מְטַלְטְלִינַן כָּנוּנָא, …
Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, in Bilbays to Berakhot ha-Sar, presumably in Fustat. The subject matter is cryptic; Yehuda assures the addressee that he …
Jottings and drafts of phrases both from a petition (yuqabbil al-arḍ) and an order of payment (yadfaʿ li-muwaṣṣilhā) addressed to al-Shaykh al-Makīn Abū l-Faraj (early …
Family and/or business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a woman (e.g., lā tadhkurīh lī wa-lā tasʾalīnī [ʿanhu]...). Mentions prayer; "al-Shāmiyyīn" (probably referring to the synagogue); …
Upper fragment: Letter in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya (court scribe, active ca. 1181–1209). He is describing a marital dispute: "...four sessions... …
1 نسخ
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Dating: likely 13th century. Verso: פי הדא אלאסבוע . . . . חתי יגי אכוה . . …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner). Rudimentary spellings. The sender expresses concern about the addressee's illness and the capitation tax (kharāj); also mentions describe …
IB IV, 35 (ח44). Letter from the physician Yaʿaqov, in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: between summer 1138 CE and March …
3 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1040 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a rescript (tawqīʿ). Probably in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely early 13th century. Mentions a shop and grapes.
Letter from Alexandria to a man from Jerusalem, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1060 CE. Concerning a communal dispute in Fustat. At the center …
1 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Fragment of a letter in Arabic. May describe transactions involving a female slave belonging to a noble woman ("al-sharīfa al-kabīra") who may still be owed …
Letter from Shela b. Mevasser to the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya. Dating: 1094–1111 CE. Shela reports that the local community was happy to hear that …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The whole folio is preserved, but the text is too faded to read.
Informal note related to business matters. Probably sent from Fustat. In Arabic script. The sender instructs the addressee to acquire a blue Dustarī (=Tustarī) fabric …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Munā complaining about something, perhaps his isolation or a lack of letters (inqiṭāʿ). Abū l-Munā may be the sender's son …
Long letter/epistle in Judaeo-Arabic, either in rhymed prose or in poetry. There are many learned allusions and some citations of biblical verses, including Proverbs 27:19. …
Letter from Simḥa Kohen, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Manṣūr. Dating: ca. 1205 CE. The writer complains about the extortions of a tax farmer who …
Verso: Letter fragment in Arabic script. The addressees are urged to come for the circumcision. Mentions Abū Naṣr and his brother.
Letter in Hebrew. Fragmentary (upper left corner). Late.
On recto there is a letter draft addressed to a certain Shemuel ha-Sar. In Hebrew. Quite florid: "your letter wafted fragrant odors... I placed it …
Letter from Lāmiʿ b. Ḥasan al-Kanzī to the Nubian eparch Uruwī ibn Khiyākh in Ibrīm, the Ikshīl and Master of the Horses. The letter shows …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Letter fragment in Arabic script, maybe official. Dating: looks Mamluk-era. Approximately 5 lines are preserved from the middle of a long rotulus. Needs examination.
Unidentified text in Arabic, probably a letter or state document. On verso there is piyyut. (Information from CUDL)
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Writer and addressee unknown, but both are Qaraites. The letter describes the great solidarity of the Qaraites and how they protect each …
Letter in Arabic script. Large fragment, missing the beginning and the address (though there is some writing in Arabic script on verso). May be an …
Recto: Top of a letter in poetic Hebrew addressed to a dignitary, perhaps the Nagid: ויודע דעת עליון שר הזמן ונסיכו . . . ייי …
Letter of condolence from Eli ha-Mumhe b. Avraham, Jerusalem, to Hesed ha-Tustari, Fustat, end of 1045 or beginning of 1046.
Letter possibly in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (per Goitein) to an unidentified person. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's mother and sister were involved in …
Letter fragment (opening lines on recto, address on verso). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Probably 11th century. There are no names …
Letter (draft?), or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Contains the taqbīl clause and mentions "al-mamlūk" twice. The text on verso reads as "min ahl hādihi …
Nearly complete letter from Muḥammad al-Jamāʿī(?) to Muḥammad ʿĀbidīn. Late. Needs examination.
Business letter in Arabic script from Yushāʿ (Yehoshuaʿ) b. Natan to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat discussing commercial information that had come to Nahray via …
Letter in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu probably addressed to Moshe Maimonides (active ca. 1168–1204 CE), based on the importance of the addressee and …
On recto, possibly a draft of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-ʿAlāʾ the brother(?) of Saniyy al-Dawla. In the margins of recto, the …
Report of the general association of the Ashkenazi Community in Cairo – 1943CE and concerning the accounts of income and expenses in 1942CE and the …
A letter of recommendation from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE), for a poor man Shelomo to be read in …
Letter from Malkiel Ashkenazi to his brother Moses in Egypt. Family letter from Malkiel Ashkenazai fro Hebron (mid. 16th century) to his brother Moshe in …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the [Head of?] the Yeshiva, the countryside, and the capitation tax (al-jāliya). (Information from CUDL)
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning several ships and bundles of letters. Related to the India trade based on the reference to a nākhudhā; …