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Document date

Adar 1528 Seleucid (February 1217–March 1217 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

See PGPID 5286

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العلامات

• alexandria
• communal
• epidemic
• epidemic: dever
• fasting
• (+ 6 المزيد)

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a family/business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th century. Mentions: a wālī; business dealings and losses; small sums of money between 3–10 dirhams; …

العلامات

• akhlaq
• business
• childbirth
• crying
• fasting

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Letter written in a mixture of Hebrew and Arabic script. Various blessings and Bible citations are rendered in Hebrew script, whereas the main part is …

العلامات

• bialphabetic
• to examine

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Inferred date

October 1154–November 1154 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

IB II, 63. Letter in rhymed Hebrew prose from Ḥalfon b. Madmun to Saadya b. Avraham, an Egyptian teacher. Aden, 1154.

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العلامات

• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib2
• india book

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Arabic

Letter. Damaged and faded.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

None

العلامات

• arabic script

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter to the community of Qalyūb. Written and signed by Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim (active 1213–38 CE). The whole paper is preserved, but the text is …

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العلامات

• qalyub

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Salmān b. [...] to [Abū Sa]ʿīd Khallūf b. Zikrī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Dating: Probably first half of the …

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Moshe b. Binyamin Ashkenazi, probably in Fustat/Cairo, to Avraham Castro, probably in Alexandria or Jerusalem. Dating: 16th century. The sender describes how "from …

العلامات

• 16th c
• castro
• epidemic

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter addressed to a certain Seʿadya or the son of Seʿadya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, based on the mention of the …

العلامات

• numismatic dating

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

None

العلامات

• appeal

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (right lower part only). Dating: Late 11th century. Describing communal strife and what appears to be an uprising of common people …

العلامات

• unrest

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Persian

Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Needs examination.

العلامات

• judaeo-persian

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Ibrāhīm, unknown location, to Ḥayya ha-Kohen the teacher, in Palermo ("al-madīna"), Sicily. The addressee is asked to deliver two tailored woolen mayzar covers, …

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العلامات

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: marad
• illness: winter
• mayzar
• (+ 2 المزيد)

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably an appeal for charity. בעץ מן תצדק... ואנא ואללה האלך צאיע... לי מא יקום בי למא... וקלה חילה...

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Document date

Tuesday, 25 Ḥeshvan 5569 Anno Mundi (15 November 1808 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Avraham ha-Levi, in Damietta (קפוטקיא), to Karo y Frances & Company, in Cairo/Fustat. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tuesday, 25 Ḥeshvan 5569 AM, which …

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العلامات

• 19th c
• avraham ha-levi
• karo y frances
• late ja

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Document date

Shevat 5567 Anno Mundi (10 January 1807–8 February 1807 CE)

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Business letter from Moses Ḥadād to Shim'on Frances in Cairo, with European numerals. Dated Shevat 5567 AM (1807 CE). (Information from CUDL)

العلامات

• 19th c
• karo y frances

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment (right half of recto, left half of verso) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. It is primarily …

العلامات

• moshe b. levi
• saffron
• trade

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Document date

End of Teveṭ (no year) Anno Mundi

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

IB ח100. Letter from Maʿālī b. Abū l-Khayr al-Dimashqī, in Fez, to his father Abū l-Khayr b. Maʿālī al-Dimashqī, in Almeria. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the …

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العلامات

• al-andalus
• almeria
• hinge
• ib4
• india book
• (+ 2 المزيد)

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter of appeal for assistance. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to the elder Sāʿid (sic, probably intending Ṣāʿid = the parnas ʿUlla b. Yosef ha-Levi, …

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العلامات

• captives
• ghuzz
• ransom

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso (original use): Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Reused on recto for a text discussing the calendar and liturgical additions.

العلامات

• calendar
• liturgy

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Recto: Letter of appeal for assistance in Hebrew. Related to the lepers of Tiberias? Describing grief and weeping and distress in vivid phrases.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Addressed to "my father," possibly Nissim b. Ḥalfon b. Benaya.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1025–1051 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Segment of a letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham b. Mevaser. Dating: ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on Shelomo b. Yehuda's years of service as …

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2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Five unrelated fragments. F1: List of names: [...] b. ʿAmram ha-Kohen; Tāj al-Dawla; Elʿazar ha-Kohen. Written in both Hebrew and Arabic script. F2: Letter fragment …

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter sent to Cairo to the house of a ḥaver from the Ibn Qaṭāʾif family, dated Friday, middle of Shevat, describing the writer’s anger over …

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العلامات

• to edit

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment from the beginning of a letter with wide line-spacing, possibly official. Mentions prior correspondence; "al-Manṣūr"; and not much else.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Most of the paper is preserved, but the text is too faded and damaged to read much.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Note from Efrayim to al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab Abū l-Thanāʾ. In Judaeo-Arabic with a Hebrew superscription and ending with a ه (for انتهى). Dating: Probably late …

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Formal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Dated Tuesday, 18 Ḥeshvan. Portions of 6 lines are preserved from near the beginning. Some of …

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Inferred date

1007–1055 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from the first half of the eleventh century which contains an appeal for help in ransoming captives. The letter is from the community of …

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العلامات

• communal

3 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter sent from Alexandria by Shemuel b. Aharon to Abu Ishaq Avraham b. Moshe in Fustat, explaining why he could not send the silk which …

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العلامات

• trade

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter addressed to a certain Yehuda. In Judaeo-Arabic. Nearly complete, albeit faded. Begins, "The messenger for our congregation from our master the Nagid arrived with …

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Mentions the faqīh Abū l-Ḥasan al-Maghribī al-Anṣārī; mentions a funduq. Seems to be discussing a legal issue. Needs further examination.

العلامات

• dimme

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Verso: Three lines of faded Arabic script including the basmala and possibly the beginning of a letter (ḥaḍrat. . . . al-sāmī. . .). Reused …

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Draft of the opening of a deferential letter to someone addressed as 'al-mawlā [...] al-jalīl al-aṣīl al-ḥakīm al-fahīm al-wadīd al-sadīd..." On verso there are similar …

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mūsā b. Yūsuf b. Nissim, possibly to Isḥaq al-Nafūsī (line 8), who had written regarding the wife of his son Abū Zikrī, apparently …

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العلامات

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: women's

1 نسخ

Inferred date

1420–1420 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter written by [Joseph b.] Elʿazar in Palestine, mentioning various individuals including Abū l-Faraji, Elʿazar the doctor, Joseph the doctor, ʿAbd al-Karam, Sulayman b. ʿAbd …

العلامات

• 15th c

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called 'my brother.' The content is not clear; mentions someone fearing death and mentions the capitation tax (jizya).

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العلامات

• arabic script
• capitation tax
• jizya
• tax

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Moshe b. Yefet to Avraham referring to a visit of the addressee to the sender and mentioning lodging for travelers on the top …

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Arabic document with list of names such as Ibn Sulaymān, Ismāʾīl, at least one woman, and people such as al-Baysānī and al-Ṭabarānī. Possibly a …

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر