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Informal business note addressed to Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 11th century. The sender is on board a boat and fears that it …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
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Letter addressed to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, from a family member in Alexandria. Reporting on a problem about revenue from a slaughterhouse.
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Verso: opening lines of an Hebrew letter addressed to a dignitary written in a different hand from recto. There is also one line of Arabic …
Beginning of a letter to a Rayyis: [...] b. ʿAzarya (ZL) the head of the yeshiva (raʾs al-mathība). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic …
1 نسخ
Letter of recommendation concerning one of the chief people in Sunbat, who had to flee because he could not afford to pay his own and …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 2 مناقشتان
Short letter from the judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen to his cousin and brother-in-law Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mainly concerning the purchasing of …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Letter from a wretched Abū l-Ḥasan b. Yūsuf begging for charity from a dignitary, probably Avraham Maimonides or his father. The handwriting appears to be …
Small and damaged fragment from the top of a letter. Quotes Isaiah 43 כִּי תֵלֵךְ בְּמוֹ אֵשׁ לֹא תִכָּוֶה. AA/ASE
Letter from [...] b. Ghālib to the teacher Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef ha-Sefaradi, "may he slaughter his enemies". Only the address and a fairly formulaic opening …
Letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Ramla. Very faded. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Letter from Ṣāliḥ b. Dā'ūd, in Tinnīs, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1055 CE. Regarding the debt and goods belonging to the …
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי ורייסי אטאל אללה בקאך וא[דאם] עזך
ותאיידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך מן תניס ל[ ] כלון [מן]
אדר ערפך אללה ברכתה וימנה וער…
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة
Letter from Sulaymān b. Samhūn b. al-Sahl, in Tilimsān, to Abū Sahl Menashshe b. David Ibn Labrāṭ, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. The sender …
Letter from the physician Ibrahim to the physician Ya‘qub in Bilbays, whom he addresses as “my brother.” Ibrahim rebukes Ya‘qub for his failure to send …
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe, in Alexandria, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (upper left corner of recto). The writer asks …
Minute fragment of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi.
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances & Company, from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez. Dated 29 Elul [5]569 AM Information from Wagner, Linguistic …
Letter fragment. Refers to the arrival of a raqqāṣ (runner/courier) in search of the sender (ʿabduhā).
Recto: The lower part of a letter mostly in Arabic (concluding blessings in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic) from a parent to a son. The addressee is …
Mercantile letter. Dating: Probably 11th century. The sender's hand may be known. His relationship with the addressee is very strained. He complains of his bad …
Letter/report in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in a formal layout, with slightly widened space between the lines. This is the lower left corner of what must have …
Letter conveying holiday greetings to Elazar, who is given five titles. Other side (PGPID 1937): Prescription for pills against coughing.
Letter from Ya’aqov b. Nahum b. Hakhmon, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Around 1060. The letter contains details about goods that arrived …
עלי אללה וחדה תוכלת
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך וסעאדתך וכפאיתך
ורע[איתך מ]ן אלמסתקר טר[א]בלס לי איאם בקין…
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic text. Possibly a letter, but everything preserved consists of ethical exhortations, so might also be from a literary text.
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner). Handwriting of Yefet b. Menashshe. Refers to ships coming and going.
Letter from Ibn al-Naj[era] to [Ḥalfon b.] Netanʾel ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1138 CE, as it seems to belong with documents 32ח to 34ח …
Letter from the physician Abū Zikrī, in Alexandria, to his father Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. Dating: Shortly before 1227 CE. Abū Zikrī tries to …
3 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Left part of a letter from Nahray b. Nissim, who also wrote the letter enquiring about commercial matters and conveying greetings. Ca. 1055. Description from …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Small fragment from a letter, probably. The hand looks like that of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Mentions the purchase of a censer with …
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary. Dating: 11th century. The sender has sent a purse containing 8 dinars to be given to his family members; mentions …
Letter fragment addressed to the Nagid [Mevorakh] b. Saʿadya. Very faded. Refer to illnesses (amrāḍ. . . maraḍan. . .). Needs further examination. Reused on …
Letter of friendship (and appeal for financial support) sent by Yiṣḥaq Villareal. Dating: 16th century. The addressee is asked to speak with the sender's brother …
Letter from the sons of Berekhya concerning the matters of the yeshivot of Baghdad when Dosa b. Saʿadya Gaon was the head of the yeshiva …
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Autograph letter by Avraham Maimonides to Moshe b. Peraḥya. Dating to 1205–1237 CE, based on Avraham Maimonides years of service as Rayyis al-Yahūd. It is …
1 مناقشة
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Complaining about the lack of response or decision concerning something, asking for the addressee's opinion and the opinion of "my noble …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Recto: commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "That man... to you, you said to me several times... I don't know what he needs, and if he asks …
Recto: part of a rhymed letter mentioning Yehoshuaʿ (אדוני אבי ריוח והחבר יהושוע). (Information from CUDL)
Letter sent from Damascus to ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh al-Firnās al-Hārūnī (aka the parnas ʿEli b. Yaḥyā ha-Kohen), in Fustat. Reporting among many other matters that …
Minute fragment from a letter. Mentions a ship.
Verso: Drafts of phrases from a letter in Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic, including one addressed to Rabbenu Tamīm ha-Kohen.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. Quite long. Mentions the wife of a certain Meʾir the scribe. Needs examination.
Letter of condolence in Judaeo-Arabic, containing lines typical of dirges in Hebrew.
Recto: Possibly an account Verso: Possibly a letter- needs examination.
Series of (copies of) letters sent from Hebron to Egypt, mainly asking for financial assistance. First half of the 17th century. Information from FGP.
Letter/petition of appeal for assistance written in a combination of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic. (The Arabic is notable for the use of an ihmāl sign …