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Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Possbly addressed to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The sender is from a distant land. He set out …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Verso: Writing exercises in Arabic script including the phrases "ṣalawāt allāh wa-barakātuhū wa-nawāmī zakawātuhū" and "anā uqabbil yad ḥaḍrat mawlāy al-shaykh al-ajall." Recto contains Hebrew …
Letter in the hand of Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Abū Zikrī b. ʿAṭiyya. Dated: Kislev 1497 Seleucid, which is 1185 CE. With a …
1 مناقشة
Letter, probably. In Arabic script. On verso there is Hebrew piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)
A letter from Avraham to Shlomo b. Aharon
Note addressed to a judge called Nezer ha-Maskilim (Natan b. Shemuel?). Asking him to summon Ibn al-Bahja, the half brother of Ibn Samʿān (same mother), …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Brief note in Arabic script addressed to Abū l-Ṭāhir, asking him to 'go down with [...]' and do something as a favor. Reused on verso …
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Mentions Mūsā al-Ṣay[rafī?], Sayyidnā, "not sleeping at night," and Cairo. (Information in part from …
Bottom of a letter in Arabic script. With conventional greetings (قرات عليه السلام وعلى جميع من تحوطه عنايته السلام). The two lines in Hebrew underneath …
A much damaged letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, probably writing from Qalyub, to a family member, probably his father in Fustat. He has sent …
1 نسخ
Letter to Abū Saʿd Yaḥyā b. ʿEzra from his cousin (ibn ʿamm). In Judaeo-Arabic. Reminding the addressee that al-Ḥemdat had sent with him אלדרקה (probably …
Letter of condolence from Mawhūb b. Aharon ha-Ḥazzan, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat (?). Dating: ca. 1070. This is a draft. The …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Blessings in Hebrew, likely from the top of a letter of appeal for assistance.
Strip from the right side of a letter regarding business. Mentions wool. From Yefet b. Menashshe (Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif, early 12th century). The addressee's name seems …
Letter from a mother, in Fustat, to her son Abū Saʿīd b. Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-Abzārī, in al-Mahdiyya. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe …
Letter from Mūsā b. Abī al-Ḥayy, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: around 1057. Regarding sending goods in leather sacks. Musa returned from …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة
Recto: beginning of a letter. Mentions Rabbenu Ḥananʾel, blessings for a recovery from an illness, and "there are only a few left." Verso: unidentified. (Information …
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Business letter from Avraham b. Farrāh, in Alexandria, to Yaʿaqov b. Avraham (and his sons Abū l-Ḥusayn Yūsuf and Abū Saʿīd Ibrāhīm), in Fustat. The …
Minute fragment of a letter. On recto a few words from the beginning (prefaced כי רם ייי) and in the margin. On verso part of …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Some space between the lines. The sender expresses his great distress upon hearing bad news; even "packages of paper" would not …
Fragment of a business letter, probably 11th-century, as it mentions Barhūn and Nahray. Difficult to read due to ink smudging; needs further examination.
Letter from Muẓaffar to his cousins (awlād al-ʿamm). In Arabic script. Dated: beginning of Rabīʿ I 648 AH, which is June 1250 CE. The letter …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably sent by Abū l-Surūr. Damaged and quite wrinkled. Dating: Looks like 12th or 13th century, based on hand and layout. (Information …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Portions of ~14 lines are preserved, but too damaged to understand much of the content.
Letter from Moshe ha-Levi to a group of unknown individuals. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Thursday, 8 Elul 1743 (אתרקמג) Seleucid = 6 August 1432 CE. The …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Yūsuf Yaʿīsh Ḥadād in Alexandria, it seems to be from his mother Simḥa. Dated 7 Kislev [5]604 AM which is …
Recto: Letter fragment in Arabic script. Too fragmentary to understand the context, but in the margin it says, "Do not delay... a single one of …
Letter from Eliyyahu b. Zekharya, possibly in Bet Guvrin (verso, l. 16), to a certain Shemuel, in Jerusalem. The letter is in Hebrew for the …
Lower fragment: Letter fragment from a certain Ṣadoq to an unknown addressee.
Letter apparently sent to Qayrawan. Hemdat ha-Yeshiva is mentioned. Handwriting of Efrayim b. Shemarya? There is an "al-Ghazzī" in the address.
Mercantile letter. Dating: 11th century. Addressed to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov [Ibn ʿAwkal?]. Mentions people including Mūsā b. Barhūn, Ibn Jashmard (a Persian? בן גשמרד), and …
Letter in Arabic script. Related to the 12th-century India trade. Mentions Abū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Abū Naṣr al-Isrāʾīlī al-Tājir (the trader) who arrived from Egypt this …
Draft of a formal letter or petition in Arabic to 'al-rayyis al-jalīl.' This side was reused for a document or composition that appears to be …
Letter from an unknown sender to Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: around 1065. The sender asks Nahray to send him money, as he and the people …
Letter or letters. In Ladino. Dated: 29 Tishrei 5548 AM, which is 11 October 1787 CE. There are two blocks of text in two different …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Ṭāhir. Deals with business matters and mentions an exchange rate. Possibly in the same handwriting: CUL Or.1080 J158 (PGPID …
Letter from Daniʾel b. ʿAzarya (according to Gil, on the basis of handwriting) to Avraham b. Furāt mentioning Abū Naṣr b. Ya'aqov, Ramla, the copying …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Letter of condolences to Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE) on the death of his wife (?), wishing him to find consolation in the marriage …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Verso: Document in Arabic script. Perhaps a letter. Remnants of four lines.
Letter from Mūsā to his maternal uncle Eliyyahu the Judge. Conveying flowery greetings for the New Year.
Business letter sent from Tripoli, Lebanon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions terrible economic depression in the Levant and asks the addressee to send …
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Mentions dirhams and the phrase "fa-lam yataḥaṣṣal."