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Letter addressed to Shimʿon and [...], in Ḥārat al-Yahūd, in Cairo. In Arabic script. Dated 22 Jumada I 1224 AH (July 1809 CE). Needs examination …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
IB III, 49. Letter by Yosef Yiju, in Mazara, to his sons Perahya and Moshe, in Fustat or Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: Fall …
3 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Recto and verso contain two different letters to "sayyidnā" from a certain Menaḥem. The one on recto is more legible. He says that he met …
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Letter of appeal for charity from Avraham b. Yitro of Damascus (al-Dimashqī). He opens with lengthy Hebrew blessings, then describes his sufferings (poverty, dependents, capitation …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
End of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely from Hilāl b. Yosef, as the handwriting appears identical to that of T-S NS J197 (PGPID 4296). …
Recto: Remnants of an Arabic-script document. Verso: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly asking the addressee to do something because the writer cannot. Begins "waṣala al-amr …
Copies of 2 letters, likely as writing practice. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 19th century, and ca. 1808–39 CE if the maḥmūdī mentioned is the gold …
Bottom part of a letter addressed to "Sayyidnā." In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions [...] al-Maḥallī; Bū l-ʿIzz Yūsuf; [...] b. Mūsā; Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm; and [...]b b. …
An appeal to the heads of the Karaite leaders in Lithuania
Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Small fragment. The sender urges his mother or one of his siblings to …
Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Bin[yamin] to the Nagid Maḍmūn b. Yefet (d. 1151). In Hebrew and Aramaic(!). Only the first few lines on recto and …
IB VI, 18. Letter to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī (d. ca. 1149). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions goods such as garments and soap. Contains …
2 نسخين
Business letter from Aḥmad Abū l-ʿAṭar, in Manṣūra, to Avraham Ḥaqīm, in Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 18th or 19th century. For another letter between the …
IB VI, 7. Letter from Dāwūd Fāsī to the cloth merchant Abū l-Afraḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein notes attached to …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic (less likely a legal document).
IB VII, 24. Letter concerning a girl who had been regarded as being a Muslim and when she appeared before the Qāḍī, declared she was …
Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1060 CE. A complaint about Avraham b. Ya’aqov who …
כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלחבר גדול הישיבה ואדאם עזה ותאידה
וסעאדתה ונעמאה מן אלאסכ<נ>דריה אעלמ[ה] מה גרם החטא ודלד אן
אלשיך רב אברהם בי…
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Family/business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a quantity of vessels for wine (ṭamāwiyya) and greetings to ʿImrān and Sitt al-Gharb. (Information in part from CUDL)
Verso: Petition from Muḥammad b. [...]. Small fragment (upper left corner). In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Mamluk-era based on the hand. Striking calligraphy.
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother or brothers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). He complains about separation and neglect. (Information …
Letter from Moshe b. Yaʿaqov, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, c. 1045-1096.
Letter from Saʿīd, probably in Alexandria, to his brother Bū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, probably in Fustat. Dating: early 13th century. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting …
1 نسخ
Fragment of a private letter. Verso is probably the opening. The sender expresses longing for the addressee; he or she has fasted and wept ever …
Letter from Avraham b. Menaḥem to (his brother?) Yosef Menaḥem. In Hebrew. Late. Also greeting Shemuel, Yosef, Binyamin, and others. The sender reports on his …
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to David b. Aharon, ca. 1040, concerning an inheritance that was left by a person from Ramla (Mevaser) who had …
Verso: Informal note addressed to 'my lord and master al-rayyis.' Unclear what the content is. Ends "waffaqahu allāh taʿālā in shāʾ allāh." On recto there …
Bottom part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: no earlier than 1425 CE based on the mention of the currency ashrafī. Describing at length a …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The subject matter is tricky to figure out. Probably a request for help ("I have no face and no tongue, by God. …
Letter from Yusha` b. Natan to Nahray b. Nissim.
תקדמת כתבי למולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה [ואדאם עזה וס]עאדתה
וסלאמתה ונעמתה עדה ואכ'רהא עלי יד[י וכנת מ]נתטר
לוצול כתאב…
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Note probably from one judge or court clerk to another. In Judaeo-Arabic. “I have checked everything with me, even the house of the rayyis. It …
Letter from an unknown sender, in Fustat, to his sororal nephew (ibn ukht) Mūsā, in Qalyūb. Dating: Unknown, but perhaps dateable on the basis of …
Letter from Mūsā, in Damīra, to Abū l-Faraj al-[...]. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender, an absent husband, reprimands his wifeʼs family for accusing him publicly of …
Letter in Hebrew and Aramaic addressed to someone with the title Rosh Yeshiva (Aramaic: ריש מתיבתא), whose full name is missing along the paper tear. …
Fragment of an 11th-century mercantile letter. On parchment. Might join with T-S AS 152.383. (Information in part from CUDL)
A letter to Avraham b. Shmuel Halevi
Letter addressed to Netanʾel b. Aharon and his son Shelomo. The letter consists entirely of blessings for the holidays. Mainly in Hebrew. The passages in …
Letter (possibly a halakhic question) by Shelomo b. Elijah, with jottings on verso. (Information from CUDL)
Probably a draft of a petition. In Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Dating: likely no earlier than 13th century based on handwriting. The text is written …
Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner). Addressed to a certain Fakhr al-Dawla (al-shaykh al-ajall, 'the esteemed elder'). The sender met with Muḥyī …
Small fragment of a letter addressed to a mother. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Yosef ha-Rav ha-Muvhaq
Three fragments of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, all in the same hand, probably all from the same letter. Mentions the sons of al-Baradānī; R. Natan he-Ḥaver …
Letter from the Alexandrian community to Shemuel ha-Levi, "the prince of Levites, the glory of doctors" b. Shelomo, requesting his help in countering a decree …
צד ימין
צד שמאל
Top four lines of an official-sounding letter in Arabic script. Might be a draft. Dating: Maybe 13th or 14th century. Begins: "Uṣdirat/aṣdartu hādhihi l-[...] ilā …
Fragment of a 16th-century letter from David Badūssī in Būlāq, who was a teacher in Jerusalem, to Abraham סורג, philanthropist in Egypt, seeking financial assistance. …