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Letter from a former official and representative of the Nagid (na’ib) of the Alexandrian community to the Nagid, requesting that he intervene on the writer’s …
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Recto: Letter from Daniel b. Yaʿaqov (or rather Yaʿīsh?), in Alexandria, to Yiṣḥaq b. Yehuda ha-Kohen al-Dimashqī in Fustat. The writer requests that the recipient …
Verso: Remnants of an official Arabic document with wide line spacing. Mentions witnesses and an agent. Legible words: وقال . . . الشاهدين شهادته انه …
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Deed of sale for a property. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Tuesday, 17 Nisan 5338 AM, which is 1578 CE. Seller: Yosef מושודו. Buyer: Binyamin אלרייאש. Price: …
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Bottom part of a legal deed from Alexandria dated 487[.] to the creation = 1110-1119. Signed by Avraham b. Ya'aqov (who might well be Avraham …
Small and faded fragment of a legal deed regarding a lawsuit by the 'great elder, the haver' Dosa b. [Yehoshuaʿ(?)] of a shipment of musk …
Letter from Meir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Fakhr b. Ibrāhīm, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Meir signs only his first name …
Bifolio from an accounts ledger of a merchant. Mentions Alexandria, Abū Yūsuf al-Ṣayrafī, Yosef b. Yeshuʿa. Sums in the tens and hundreds of dinars. AA
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Letter from Natan b. Nahray from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. The writer reports that a Jew coming on a boat from Tyre …
עלקת אליך הדה אלרקעה יאסידי ומול[אי] ען סרעה אע[ל]מך פיהא אן וצל אלינא מן
צור מרכב ופיה אנסאן יהודי ערפנא אן רב נעים בן עמראן כרג לתניס והו
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Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Requires further examination for dating estimate and full catalogue description. Line 4 on the verso states "pepper …
Legal testimony. In Hebrew, with one signature in both Hebrew and Latin script. Location: Alexandria. Dating: 5624 AM in the month of Shevat which is …
Announcement regarding the program of ceremonies for the Ibn Yuḥay Institute for Culture and Righteousness in which the Minister of Social Affairs, the Chief Rabbi …
Legal record describing a husband trying to seize property, and declaring that his father-in-law’s accusations are false, even though the latter presented the court with …
Letter from Abu ‘Ali Ḥasan b. Imran in Alexandria to his nephew Abu Musa Harun b. al-Mu‘allim Yaqub, admonishing him for having vowed to maintain …
Letter from Shela b. Mevasser b. Naḥum, a judge of Alexandria, to Abū al-Ḥasan Surūr b. Ḥayyim in Fustat, dealing with family and public matters. …
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Letter from Abū l-Barakāt b. Abū l-Ḥasan, in Alexandria, to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. The letter informs Shelomo …
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Letter from Yeshua ha-Kohen b. Yosef in Alexandria to the community of Fustat. The handwriting is Yeshua's and the letter is written in rhymed prose. …
Two fragments from a letter in Hebrew. Mentions being in Tyre for 17 years; a book purchased in Egypt or Fustat years ago (the book …
Verso: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Discusses at length a family in distress on account of poverty and the capitation tax; the specific details are not …
Rental deed. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Thursday, 22 Tammuz [5]355 AM = 29 June 1595 CE. Yaʿaqov Castro is renting to Yosef Loḥamit. Signed by Moshe …
Small fragment from a late family letter, sending regards to some people and mentioning Alexandria.
Letter written by the assistant of the Nagid Ishaq Sholal to Alexandria. Dating: early 16th century. Written during a period when the Nagid was "in …
Long letter/epistle in Judaeo-Arabic, either in rhymed prose or in poetry. There are many learned allusions and some citations of biblical verses, including Proverbs 27:19. …
Legal document in Hebrew. Partnership agreement. The partners are Zikrī b. Khalaf, Moshe, and Reʾuven. They were merchants in jewels (הביעה של הכרזה חבשייה...) together …
Court record(s) in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Written on a bifolio. It's not immediately clear if all are the same record, or if …
Page 2 is a calligraphic letter in Hebrew to the elders of Alexandria, dated 5458 AM = 1697/98 CE, signed by three men, on behalf …
Legal document mostly in Ladino, with some Hebrew and Aramaic that affirms a transaction for a sum of 100 "pataqas" ("סומה די פטקאס") from Shemuel …
Letter from Efrayim b. Ismaʿīl al-Jawharī (Alexandria) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿAwkal (Fustat). Provides information about goods, mainly textiles, that came from the Maghrib …
Letter from Ṣadoq, a prominent public figure in Alexandria, to Fustat. Dated: ḥol ha-moʿed of Sukkot 4800 + 161 = 4961 AM = September/October 1200 …
Legal document of release in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. A certain Avraham b. Shelomo Tilimsānī, acting as a custodian (apotropos) releases a certain …
Bill of divorce, badly damaged. Dating, 16th-century or later based on the paleography. A small remnant of the date is visible in line two "[ה]עשרים …
Receipt issued by the silk monopoly administration in Alexandria that was signed and stamped by the overseer ʿUmr Agha. Dated 14 Shawwal 1239 AH which …
Account written in Alexandria on 3 Jumada I 1236 AH/February 1821CE. The basis of the transaction in silver kuruş is explained in the heading and …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic detailing income for the "Treasury of Silk Looms" in Alexandria, a branch of the state monopoly administration. Dated Shawwal 1239 AH which …
Order of payment issued for the ṣarrāf Mūsā Naʿīm (Moshe ben Naʿim) involving the Dīwān Anwāl al-Ḥarīr in Alexandria and a certain al-Ḥajj Muḥammad Kh..iyya. …
Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Concerning the loom of textiles "anwāl al-qumāsh" in Alexandria. Mentions the dealings between Yeshūʿā the Jew and Ibrāhim Effendi. …
Verso: Deed of sale in which Sitt al-Ikhwa bt. Futūḥ known as Ibn Zabqala sells to her brother 1/8 of a house belonging to her …
the second ten days of the month of Sivan 1552 (21-31 M…
Letter fragment in the hand of Avraham b. Farah al-Iskandarani, in Alexandria, to one of the merchants in Fustat, regarding shipments being forwarded to the …
Letter from Alexandria to Abū l-Maʿānī. Business letter fragment concerning various transactions, some of which are taking place in Alexandria, and mentioning the purchase of …
Letter from Farah b. Yosef Qabisi in Alexandria to Abu al-'Ala Sa'id b. Naja al-Dimashqi ('Ulla ha-Levi b. Yosef). Dating: ca. 1065. Concerns the dispatch …
Letter from Shelomo (Abu l-Barakat) in Alexandria to to his brother, the physician Abu Zikri son of Abu l-Faraj (Eliyyahu the Judge), in Fustat. Only …
Fragment of a letter sent from Alexandria to the Head of the Congregations, perhaps R. Eliyyahu the Dayyan, describing a meeting of about fifty elders …
Legal document. Record of release. Dated: August 9, 1077. Location: Alexandria. This release document, written in the Alexandria rabbinical court, concerns a partnership between Yosef …
שהדותא דהות באנפ[נא] אנן שהדי דח | תמות ידנא לתחתא בכתבא דנן כן הוה חצרא אלינא
מ יוסף ביר יאשיה נ[ע אל]מערוף בן אל | דהבי ומ כלף בן עזרון ו…
Letter from the judge R. Hanan'el b. Shemuel to notable in Alexandria. AA
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Legal document. Location: Alexandria. Dated: 4 Ḥeshvan 4975 AM = 9 October 1214 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Avraham Maimonides. A Sicilian trader, …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, at two different scribal hands appear on the recto and verso of the bifolio. Dating is 16th-century based on the paleography and …