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Letter by Yosef b. Musa Tāhartī from Alexandria containing details about shipments of flax including. List of expenditures. (Information from M. Gil, Kingdom, Vol. III, …
כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך
ואתם נעמתה עליך מן אלאסכנדריה נצף מן איר ען סלאמה ונעמה
ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמ…
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 444, probably 444 AH = 1052/53 CE, but could theoretically be [1]444 Seleucid = 1132/33 CE. Approximately three lines on …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand may be known (India trade related?). May refer to owing somebody a rose-colored cooking vessel (? ṭājin warda); something …
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1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions lāsīn silk and Fustat and someone who has spent 2 years somewhere. Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe?
Letter in Arabic script. A lot of text is preserved, but it is very smudged.
Still un-conserved, and the pages stick together. Contains at list two letters, one in Arabic and one in Judeo-Arabic. According to the catalogue it is …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to a certain Abū Ṭāhir containing interesting technical details of the capitation tax administration. The writer heard from Manṣūr al-Dimashqī "may God …
1 نسخ
Recto: part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Letter of appeal for charity. The sender has been in difficult straits for three years. Verso: unidentified text …
The cantor Abu al-Majd (Meir b. Yakhin) asks a father when he wants to celebrate his son's circumcision. Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 475. …
Letter from Alexandria expressing the deep gratitude of the community after the appointment of an inspired teacher and judge. The letter was sent to Fustat …
IB 99ח. Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel, al-Andalus, to Yosef ha-Levi b. Meʾir Ibn Migash. Dating: probably Tammuz or Av 1138. Written on the fragment …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to "mawlāy al-Rayyis Yosef." It is unclear how much of the content is preserved. There might be someone named Abū …
Small fragment from the beginning of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 14th–16th century.
Fragment of a 13th-century letter, probably from the family of the judge Eliyyahu, mentioning Abū l-Barakāt, Sitt Rayḥān and Sitt Jawhar. There is a request …
Copy of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Literary format.
Recto: letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (from the upper left corner). Verso: an order from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. He asks Abū l-Ḥasan to send 2 ounces …
Probably two fragments from the same document, but too dark to read. Seems like a letter. AA
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a return from somewhere; Purim; the capitation tax (al-jāliya); a severe illness (marḍa shadīda); entering Fustat; Sammanūd; "my hand and …
Bottom part of a letter from the cantor Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham ha-Levi. In Hebrew. Dating: 12th century? Conveying gratitude to many people by name. See …
Petition from Abū l-Manṣūr b. Abū l-Faraj al-Qubaybiyya to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. He reports that he has opened a shop in Suwayqat [...] near the shop …
Letter of recommendation, or maybe conveying the arrival of a certain Najīb al-Dawla. The writer introduces Najīb al-Dawla to the addressee and conveys his desire …
Beginning of a letter to Yaʿaqov b. Aharon ha-Kohen. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter from the office of the Gaʾon Sar Shalom b. Moshe ha-Levi (in office ca. 1170/71 and 1173–95) to a certain community. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. …
Letter from Hillel to Yaʿaqov, delivered by Mansur b. Furayj, concerning the buying of silk and a turban. VMR
אלממלוך
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic in a crude hand. Addressed to a community or group of elders (שיוככם שצ). The sender reports that he …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, written in wide spacing. Torn and damaged. Legible phrases: ואנהא לדאת אללה תע ואלאחד . . . . ענהם . . …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite damaged. Some excerpts: "By the Law! ... From the day that he traveled until now... he married a woman in ʿAkkā... …
Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning Abū l-Surūr b. Sughmār, who is traveling to Dimyāṭ (Damietta). The sender will send another letter to the judge (al-shofeṭ).
IB VII, 42a. Letter from an unidentified merchant, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. He complains about the difficulties of getting pepper through customs. The qāḍī in …
2 نسخين
On recto, possibly a draft of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-ʿAlāʾ the brother(?) of Saniyy al-Dawla. In the margins of recto, the …
Recto and verso: Letter addressed to R. Nissim. In Judaeo-Arabic. He is to ask Ibrāhīm al-Ḥaver al-Kohen b. al-Ḥaver to appear before the court in …
1 مناقشة
Letter in Ladino. Quite faded. Mentions Egypt or Fustat/Cairo (מצרים). Currency mentioned: probably grossi (גורוש, pl. גורושוש). The writer says "for the love of God" …
Letter of thanks. In Judaeo-Arabic. Praising a scholar who had spent a certain amount of time, it seems during the High Holidays, in a provincial …
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1028 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Letter from Shemuel Skandari. In Hebrew. Dating: No earlier than 14th century. Preceded by a decorated ב״ה. The writer addresses his older brother (אל אחי …
Letter from Thābit(?) b. Ibrāhīm, in Fustat, to Abū Isḥāq Ibāhīm al-Kohen b. Yūsuf, in Alexandria. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Written in Judaeo-Arabic with …
Minute fragment from a letter mentioning Our great Rabbi
Letter from Abū l-Ḥayy b. Ṣāliḥ al-Ṣabbāgh, in Palermo, to Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1050 CE. The sender came to Palermo …
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
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 possibly sent to an aunt named Sitt al-Jamāl. The writer complains about not hearing from the addressee for a long time and expresses yearnings. …
Letter from Masliaḥ Gaʾon. Dating: ca. 1120 CE (unclear on what basis). Containing his genealogy at the beginning.
Letter addressed to "my son," in Fustat. In Arabic script. Probably from his mother, since "your father" is mentioned in the third person several times. …
Business letter in Hebrew. Dating: likely 16th century. On verso there is a note reading "copy of the letters which I wrote to Venice to …
The main block of Judaeo-Arabic text is a portion of a letter. The writer reports that he arrived safely in Fustat and yearns for a …