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1 نسخ
Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Kohen b. Simha, asking for help. In Hebrew. The writer was hit by a crisis that forced him into poverty and …
Letter from Moshe b. Shemuel Ibn Jamia from Gabes/Qabis (Ifriqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. Around 1030. The letter deals with shipments of …
Short and torn note written by David b. Avraham Maimuni to the Nasi, asking him to attend in person for an urgent matter that came …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Letter in Arabic script. Beginning with taqbīl, formal addresses/blessings, and a report ("anhā al-mamlūk..."). Dating: Probably Ayyubid or early Mamluk era. The sender reports that …
Letter referring to finances. (Information from CUDL.) Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script on verso. Fragments of the first ~7 lines are preserved. Dating: probably 12th or 13th …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (right lower piece). Mentions paying someone 10 dinars; [Abū] l-Ḥasan and Qalyūb; the sender being weary of something (קד קלת נהצתי …
Informal note addressed to Mukarram and Abū Manṣūr. In Judaeo-Arabic. They are requested to convey the dinar they had pledged for the first installment of …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 2 مناقشتان
Business letter in Arabic script. The sender complains that his previous letters were unanswered and wonders if the addressee has heard anything detrimental. He orders …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Letter addressed to the Nagid Yehuda b. Saʿadya, expressing a declaration of fellowship. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) For the Arabic document on verso, see …
Letter addressed to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: Likely 11th century. Mentions a caravan; meeting with Ibn al-Ghardīs (there was a judge by this …
Letter from Mūsā b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī to Yosef Ibn ʿAwkal and to his sons Hillel and Benyamin.
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Recto: Bottom part of a letter in Arabic script, from a man to his 'brother.' He spells والساعة as والسعا numerous times. He mentions jāliya …
Business letter mentioning Ismāʿīl and conveying greetings to him (on recto). The writer informs the addressee that he has sent him some wares and instructs …
Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 17th or early 18th century. Mention is made (ll. 17, 21, 25) of The Nazir Joseph ha-Levi (d. …
Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions "his turban" and 20 dirhams. Might be related to the cluster of letters around T-S NS …
Probably a letter. Faded, almost nothing legible preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter addressed to Makārim b. Ṭayyib in 'the land of Egypt' (diyār Miṣr), indicating that it was sent from outside of Egypt. In Hebrew (for …
Non-Geniza. A letter the the community of Luzk from Mordechai b. Shmuel
Letter from Fustat/Cairo to the communal leaders of Damietta, Yiṣḥaq Beirav and Ṣedaqa ha-Kohen. First half of the 16th century. Mentions Avraham b. Shānjī and …
Letter to a dignitary. Concerning travel and business transactions, including in military gear and enslaved people. Alternate readings (ASE): - instead of الحتة in r10 …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Three letters from Se’adya b. Yosef to his students in Fustat in the course of the 921-922 calendar controversy between Palestinians and Babylonians. Original letter …
Letter. Business letter from Yisrael b. Natan, addressed to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fusṭāṭ, sent from al-Gūsh (Jīsh, al-Jashsh, Gush Halab). Arabic script on verso. …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Fol. 6: Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (right side of recto). …
Note on parchment. Addressed to al-Shaykh al-Makīn. Making a request about obtaining silver for the sender, and passing on a message to Abū Saʿd al-Ḥazzān(?) …
Likely a letter fragment. Mentions someone who "dispersed" a group of people; Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥalabī and Ibn [...]; a prayer for God's vengeance; the phrase …
Mercantile letter in Arabic script. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. The sender mentions requesting the 'marsūm' and something which came out to 700 dirhams; …
The upper part of a short Judaeo-Arabic letter in the handwriting of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Written shortly before Hannuka. Moshe asks the recipient, probably …
יוריכם סו למען שמו ומי
שעשה נסים לאבותינו בימים
ההם יעשה עמכם נסים ונפלאות
לטובה כענין שנ עשה עמי
אות לטובה …
IB II, 11a. Letter from Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138) to Avraham b. Bundār. Location: Fustat. Dating: Early 12th century. Ornate thank you letter and …
1 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Recto: Upper part of a letter from Shelomo (b. Eliyyahu?) to "my honored father." In Hebrew (which is unusual for him). He reports that he …
Probably a draft of a letter in Hebrew in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212) containing praises and blessings for a notable …
Beginning of a letter with rhymed prose introduction. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic text, list?
Letter from Yehuda to […] b. Natan. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Only the opening greetings and part of the address are …
Beginning of a polite but strong letter to a certain Shelomo concerning communcal matters. Mentions the breaking up of property belonging to the legal cases …
1 مناقشة
Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a qāḍī and camel drivers. The sender is preparing for the winter. They ask ʿAbd …
Letter from a tax farmer in the Fayyum who was cheated of his share by his partners, was unable to pay his debts, and was …
Letter from a man in Minyat Ghamr to his brother Maḥfūẓ in Fustat. In Arabic script. The writer has been ill, and people tell him …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner). Reporting on the widow of Tamīm and how she learned of his death. Possibly concerning his possessions/inheritance. On …
Letter sent to Sitt al-Ghazal, wife of the judge Eliyyahu b. Zechariah (?), by her elder son (?), Abu Zikri, asking her to put up …