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Small fragment from a letter in Arabic (ونعماه وتمكينه . . . )
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Recto: Letter in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Faraj al-Shaykh al-Makīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper part only). He orders myrtle for Sukkot.
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic beginning is preserved. Written on a reused page that already had a few words in Arabic script written …
Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or possibly 12th century. Informing the addressee about the arrival of the sender's uncle at Fustat …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Letter fragment (bottom) in a neat, distinctive hand. Mentions a courier (raqqas) several times. Also refers to a distressing case involving excommunication and a man …
Fragment of a literary text, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning different family relations.
Petition of a widow whose only remaining son had been killed by the Ghuzz (Seljuks), while her four other grown-up sons had died as well, …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic with many biblical quotations. Asks the addressee to 'kiss the head of Rabbenu.'
1 مناقشة
Letter written by a sick man who asks the recipient to buy him a female slave, for "I have no one to give me medicine," …
Note in which a scribe asks "Sayyidnā al-Rayyis" to be permitted to copy an Arabic translation of the tractate 'Hullin.' (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter written and sent probably from Alexandria by Yaʿaqov b. Salman al-Hariri perhaps to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. Ca. 1052 (Gil). Discusses business matters, …
2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Letter draft in Judaeo-Arabic. Almost no details preserved.
2 مناقشتان
Recto: Letter from Yefet b. David, Tyre, to his father, David b. Shekhanya, Fustat, informing him of his arrival in Tyre and expressing his disappointment …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Verso: Poetic letter in Hebrew wih slightly widened line spacing addressed to a dignitary. Consisting entirely of praises and blessings. The addressee is referred to …
Letter from Yehuda b. Yosef b. Simha, Alexandria, to the Taharti brothers (Ismāʿīl and Ṣāliḥ b. Barhun), Fustat. The writer is aboard a ship in …
Letter fragment in Hebrew. Mentions writing a deed of release (shover): והתאזרו במדת דין ומשפט . . . תכתבו להם שובר עד אשר . . …
Two fragments in Judaeo-Arabic, both mercantile, either accidentally stuck together or intentionally folded together. Both hands look familiar from the 12th-century India Books documents. The …
Legal document or account in Arabic script, referring to "every month in the name ʿAbd al-Raḥīm" and payments. On verso there is piyyut. (Information in …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in a striking purple ink. Dating: Probably 19th century. Joins: Oded Zinger (the first five pieces) and Alan Elbaum (T-S AS …
Verso: Letter probably from Binyām the druggist of Rashīd, in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd al-ʿAfṣī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century. (This sender, who …
Two letters in Judaeo-Arabic; recto and verso are in different hands. Dating: likely second half of the 11th century. Recto: Lower part of a letter …
Fragment of a letter from Nāshī b. Thābit ha-Kohen to the ḥaver Yosef b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi (Fustat). Dating: ca. 1084-1090 CE. Nāshī b. Thābit sends …
Letter from ʿImrān b. Yehuda to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm/Avraham b. Natan he-ḥaver. The sender had heard that the addressee had had a child (mawlūd) and …
Letter addressed to Abu al-Ḥasan Yedutun ha-Levi asking for help to collect money owed the writer by his brother so he can open a store …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Letter from a certain Bū l-Fatḥ "al-Malikī al-Kāmilī" to a distinguished physician. No details are preserved beyond the grand titles of the addressee. The sender …
1 نسخ
Letter from Eliyya b. Yehuda b. Yahya from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1050. The writer is on a ship that is about …
תקדם כתאבי למולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ולם נרא לך גואב ארגו שגל כיר
אן שא אללה ואללה אלעאלם מא אנא פיה ומא עלי קלבי מן…
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة
Probably a continuation of the letter on recto, referring to 'the medium board' (al-lawḥ al-wasṭānī) of the boy Yiṣḥaq. The writer wants to be informed …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (last 6 lines). Names: Mūsā Ibn al-Sofer; Yosef Ibn al-ʿŪdī; Abū l-Surūr; Yiṣḥaq. Then a warning: "beware of delay..." (the same …
Fragment from the beginning of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic.
Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen to his father-in-law Eliyyahu the Judge. He asks for a letter to be forwarded to Bilbays to Yosef b. Makārim; instructing …
A letter from one of the leaders of Aleppo to 'our master the Nagid', probably Yiṣḥaq Sholal. He explains that he is trying to raise …
Letter from a Kohen, possibly a family member of Shelomo ha-Kohen Gaon b. Yosef, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, consisting solely of praises and florid phrases. …
3 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Recto: letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "our master" (sayyidnā/adonenu). Probably a letter of appeal for charity or help. Verso: Arabic jottings. (Information in part from CUDL)
Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: 11th century. Mentions Abū l-Ḥasan; Salāma b. Mūsā (al-Ṣafāqusī?); Farrāḥ al-Iskandarānī. Very faded; uncited in the literature.
Letter to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov called 'zaqen ha-gola' and rosh kalla. The sender may be Mufarrij b. Ṣāliḥ al-Baghdādī the tax farmer for the capitation …
Letter address, in Arabic script. From the head of the Yeshiva (رأس المثيبة) to Ramla. "الرملة يصل ان شا الله". Name of the addressee to …
Possibly part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, or a philosophical or linguistic composition (discussing metaphor). (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter from Asad to Yoel. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely ca. 13th century. Asking him relay a message and greetings to ‘the wonderful and …
Letter or official report in Arabic script. The upper ~8 lines are preserved. Refers multiple times to a district (nāḥiya) called ىىىان (Baysān?) and refers …
Letter probably from a cantor named Sayyid al-Ahl, in Alexandria, to his son Faḍāʾil and other family members, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Well preserved. …
Fragment of a letter from Sherira Gaʾon to two brothers, probably al-Ḥasan and Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. Yūsuf. Dated: Elul 1282 Sel. = September 971. …
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Conveying a report about something. Mentions the house of ʿAzīz al-Dawla and the house of al-Ṣāḥib. Reused on verso for …