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Petition to the Fatimid vizier Al-ʿAbbās requesting an allowance in grain to be paid to the petitioner in yearly installments. Dating: 548–49/1153–54. (Information from CUDL.) …
الافضلى السيفى الناصرى ا[لــ]ـكافل لقضاة المسلميـ[ـن الهادى]
لدعاة المومنين عضد الله به الدين وامتع بطول بـ[ـقائه امير المومنين]
وادام ق…
al-Afḍal, sword of Islam, the defender, the protector of the judges of the Muslims [and the guide]
of the dāʿīs of the believers, may God…
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Very important legal document consisting of two depositions held in the synagogue of Syracuse, dealing with a lawsuit against Eliyyahu b. al-Harrar, who was accused …
4 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender seems to be imploring the addressee to resume his correspondence, for "I used to be like a son to …
1 نسخ
Letter to Simha from Eliyyahu in which he notes that he left from Fustat and arrived in Alexandria on Friday, and further states that “our …
Legal record (#68) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 23r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dating: Tishrei–Ḥeshvan 5325 AM, …
Literary text in rhymed Judaeo-Arabic, narrating the mutual seduction between a Jewish man and a Christian (enslaved?) woman. There are a few lines in Arabic …
IB VII, 58. Letter from a woman, in Aden, to her son Moshe b. Elʿazar (aka Mūsā b. ʿAyzūr), in Egypt. Dating: 1226–28, according to …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Recto (secondary use): Letter containing a poem addressed a dignitary. In Hebrew. Possibly a token of gratitude for help that the sender received. The letter's …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 2 مناقشتان
Verso: Fragment of a petition in Arabic, Fatimid-era, possibly from a woman (l. 2: وسوالها), or this could just be referring to a preceding mamālīk/ʿabīd, …
Letter from Ḥiyya b. Yiṣḥaq to Shelomo b. Yehuda ha-Kohen (also called ha-Talmid ha-Navon Segan ha-Kohanim). In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter begins with condolences upon the …
Bill of sale dated December 481/1088 (original document), in which Khulayf b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAlī sells a house to Hārūn b. Khulayf b. Hārūn, the …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
IB IV, 17 (ח66). Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi, in Alexandria, to Yiṣḥaq Ibn ʿEzra, in Spain. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter deals with the …
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Verso: Draft of a letter apparently written in Edessa (al-Ruhā). In Judaeo-Arabic. In a different hand from the letter on recto (one of the Mosul …
Three court records dealing with the same conflict over bay windows of two confronting houses which were touching. Dated: Tuesday, last decade of Shevaṭ, 1419 …
Letter sent by a physician from Qalyub, who had opened an office in Fustat, inviting his wife (who is his paternal cousin) to join him …
Agreement to pay back a debt. Dated: Friday, 9 Nisan 1576 Seleucid = 27 March 1265 CE. Hanāʾ, the wife of Khuḍayr al-Qalyūbī, promises to …
Karaite betrothal deed. Location: Cairo. Dated 4 Sivan 5516 (1756 CE). Groom: Moshe b. Yahūda b. Aharon. Bride: Qamr bt. Israel b. Raṣon ha-Rofe. The …
Letter from Faraḥ b. Yַūsuf b. Faraḥ al-Qābisī in Alexandria to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Menashshe in Fustat. Gil dates the letter to May 1069. …
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Recto: Letter fragment. Very narrow. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides? Verso: memorial list of the family of Sheʾerit b. Yefet. (Information in part from CUDL and …
ס . ד . פי | מ שלמ…
Court record issued by a Qaraite beit din at the Dar Simḥa Synagogue in Cairo. Dated: Monday, 4 Shevaṭ 5321 AM = 21 January 1561 …
Letter to the Gaon Sar Shalom ha-Levi, head of the Palestinian yeshiva (in office ca. 1170–71 and 1173–95), in which the muqaddam of Qalyub (the …
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (aka Barakāt b. Abū l-Faraj al-Dayyān) to a physician named Abū l-Maḥāsin (titled al-Shaykh al-Sadīd). In Arabic script with one …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
شهد من ثبت شهادته في هذا الكتاب [
المسمين فيه جميعا وفرادى فمنهم من كتب بخطه [ومنهم من كُتب
عنه بامره ومحضره واشهدوا ا…
Letter of invitation from David b. Daniel probably to a personality in Fustat, late 11th century.
Formulary for a Karaite marriage document, edited by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger.
Fragment of an effaced court record. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Ṭevet 1417 Seleucid, which is December 1105 CE. Among other matters, Ḥalfon b. …
Letter from Yosef b. Yefet al-Shaʿrānī(?) to his relative Abū Naṣr Elʿazar b. Abū l-Khayr al-Kohen, congratulating him on the birth of a son. (Information …
Notification by the court concerning a legal decision. Dated: first decade of Av [1]549 Seleucid = July 1238 CE. Announcing that the collector of the …
Verso: Informal note, instructing the scribe of the court to write a promissory note on 96 dirhams—obviously the outcome of former litigation. Writtnen in Judaeo-Arabic …
Legal document. In Hebrew. Fragment: upper left corner. Dating: Probably 15th–17th century, based on the handwriting. Contract of a debt between Yehuda Ṭali, Yiṣḥaq b. …
Letter from a certain Saʿadya to the Nagid Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya. Conveying information about a legal case. The case has to do with a warehouse …
Legal testimony. In the hand of Avraham b. Natan Av. No witness signatures. Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday, 27 Adar I 1415 Seleucid, which is 1104 …
Accounting of building expenditures ca. 1230. Fragment of a leaf, of which the bottom left part is missing; it includes three columns of items on …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Monday, 4 Elul 142[.] Seleucid, corresponding to 1109–1118 CE; viable options are 1109, 1110, …
Letter to a Nubian eparch in Ibrīm from Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad, son of the sincere commander Crescent of the Dynasty (Hilāl al-Dawla), the elder Treasure …
Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Elʿazar Shammāʿ (candle maker or seller) to Abū l-Fakhr b. Abū l-Maʿālī. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Only the opening and the …
Also, collected by me from the rent of Rabīʿ al-awwal:
From the room of Jacob, 4 1⁄2 dir. From the khuṣṣ of al-Rūmīya, 2 3/4 dir.
From t…
Avraham Maimonides (in office as head of the Jews 1205-1237) is asked about the procedure in which a party appears in court together with an …
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dating: ca. 1210s. Location: Fustat. This fragment preserves the right side of a partnership agreement between Ibrahīm b. Mūsā al-Māyurkī ("from …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Legal document. Location: al-Maḥalla. Dated: 1528 Seleucid = 1216/17 CE. Al-Nuṣayr b. al-Ḥakīm, a Muslim, declares before Yosef b. Yefet the teacher (who wrote the …
Qaraite partnership agreement in cheese production. Dated: Friday, 12 Tishrei 5350 AM (1901 Seleucid) = 22 September 1589 CE. There are five parties: (1) ʿAbd …
Letter of a refugee from Acre, who lives in Alexandria and who is experiencing problems with the community there, to Yosef b. Yahya, Fustat. Approximately …
Incomplete letter to a physician asking him to intervene with the Nagid concerning a complaint about a teacher from Tiberias who is accused of influencing …
Recto: legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38 CE), per Weiss' paleographical assessment. Concerns an agreement reached between a husband and …
Letter probably from Shemuel b. Eli. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter (fragment) referring inter alia to a Nile voyage in the entourage of 'the king,' probably al-Malik al-Afḍal (r. 1095–1121). Excerpts from recto: "... send …
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[I will] send it with whomever you come to an agreement with and I will give him
the price of fodder for two nights. I told him
it w…