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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
Verso, and possibly also the Arabic script on recto: Elaborate medical prescription(s) in Arabic script.
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Legal document: bill of sale for a slave. See also Perry's annotated edition of T-S18J1.17.
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Recipes in Judaeo-Arabic attributed to Sayyidnā Dā'ūd al-Faqīh, possibly alchemical. Needs examination.
Mentioning an 'Istanbuli' good. There are also several geomancy castings.
Psalms 34:14-23 with a חזק at the end. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.
Letter from Efrayim b. Sulaymān to [Abū] ʿAlīal-Kohen. (Information from CUDL)
Small fragment of a state document mentioning the amīr Abū ʿAlīal-Ḥusayn b. ʿUmar.
Letter to [...] al-Kohen al-Ḥaver. Only conventional content is preserved.
Small fragment with a few lines in Judaeo-Arabic (al-kubarā'... tilmīdhuhu... al-khayr kulluhu).
Lots of minute fragments from different manuscripts, almostall are from legal documents or letters.
(Information from CUDL.) Might also be a literary discussion, maybe calendrical.
Small fragment containing Judaeo-Arabic poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.
Mentions many names, including Sitt al-Bayt and 'the house of al-Fāris.'
Accounts, Mamluk-era? Mentions al-ṭ[...]khāna and "al-isṭabla" (the stable). Needs examination.
Fiscal account, probably. One header reads "al-aʿmāl al-Fayyūmiyya." Needs examination.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic, and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions al-Naṣrānī and al-Dalāṣī.
Small fragment from a late family letter, sending regards to some people and mentioning Alexandria.
Accounts in Arabic script, arranged in columns. Also some Hebrew pen trials. Needs examination.
Letter fragment from Abū Manṣūr, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the closing greetings are preserved.
Ayyubid-era, probably addressed to al-Malik al-ʿĀdil.
خرجت الاوامر المطاعة بعملها من المتاخرين
ورجال الاوامر الخـ[ـدمـ]ـة(؟) فقد(؟) عملت(؟)
الى الباب العالي المولوي الملكي العادلي
خلد الله سلطان…
1 نسخ
(At another point in the letter he mentions a place called Wādī al-ʿUlayqāt and a traveling companion named Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUlayqī.) The same group had come in the night and killed the kāshif, and 15 Turks had fled, "and they plundered all of the documents." The next part of the letter deals with 3 gold coins that the addressees are supposed to collect in Fustat/Cairo, and also various commodities, some of which the sender sent with Muḥammad al-Babarī. […] He mentions someone named al-rayyis/al-amir Samāʿīn. He wants Suʿūd and ʿAbd al-Karīm to come see visit him in Zarnīkh, quickly.
Letter of complaint, calling on the harassment of Abū l-Najm the filthy "al-Khabīth". Abū l-Najm broke the writer's trust, disobeyed their friendship (lit. sold off their friendship/companionship "abāʿ l-ṣuḥba wa-thiqatahu"), and will be traveling to Damascus. Also mentions Abū l-Faraj the owner of the shop.
الى حضرة اخي وسيدي الشيخ ا[….
اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه ونعماه [وجمع الشمل به عن
قريب وانهي للمولى ما لحقني من الشيخ ابي النجم
الخبيث اب…
Three fragmentary lines from the end of a chancery decree, probably addressed to a provincial official, mentions majlis al-naẓar (refer al-Qalqashandī, Ṣubḥ al-Āʿshā VIII, 331).
Fragment of a petition or report probably to the vizier (ḥaḍrat al-wizāra... al-wazīr al-ajall... ). From the upper left corner; the ends of 9 lines are preserved.
Legal document. The body is almost entirely missing. The phrase "wa-hādhā rasm al-sheṭar/al-qiyyum" appears above the two sections at the bottom respectively.
The items include safflower (ʿuṣfur) and indigo (nīl). Also mentions ʿAmīd al-Dawla. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)
The only current shelfmark that might be documentary is M53 (alt: 19), which does not have images on FGP. (But M53 is literary text of הלכות הרי"ף according to DK catalogue prepared by Dr. […] AA) If XIX is intended, see instead DK 230.3 (alt: XIX) or DK 228.3 (alt: 228/B, XIX).
Account book of Yeshuaʿ b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī containing payment orders. Dating: ca. 1048 (Gil). (Information from Gil) NB: in l. 11 below, it is probably better to read "ilā l-Qāḍī al-Qulzum" (the qāḍī of the Red Sea) instead of al-Qalūs (information from Oded Zinger).
שרח חסאב אלשיך אבו [ ]
קבץ ש דינ כה דינ [ ]
דלך שכה [ ]
וקיר [ ]
לה מן דלך צו דינ תנקץ [ ]
ולהא צרף תולתי תכון אלגמלה [ד]ינר [ ]
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2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Letter from Mūsā b. Abī al-Ḥayy, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat.
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة
Letter to Eliyyahu concerning the thirty-dirham balance of the capitation tax (jizya) owed by Abu al-Makarim, who is in great need of it because he is under house arrest, guarded by the hashir (rallier). The addressee is asked to arrange to collect money at the congratulation reception (wedding) of either Ibn al-Muzaghlil ('The Dazzler') or that of Bu al-Barakat.
כאן קד תקדם קולי ללמולי אלשיך אלאגל מר' ור' אליה ש'צ'
פי מעני אלשיך בו אלמכארם באנה קד בקי עליה מן אלגזיה
ל' דרהם והו פי שדה וכ…
In your n(ame), Oh Merci(ful)!
I have previously written to the august elder and patron our mas(ter) and tea(cher) Elijah (may his) R(ock) …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic dated as [Dhu] al-Qa'da 1013 AH which is 1605 CE: "אל קעדה ס[נת] יג ואלפ", further down the recto the year [5]364 AM is also mentioned (1603/1604 CE).
Receipt mainly in Arabic script issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen (وكتب يهودا بن يوسف). The name ʿAlī b. Khālid appears in Hebrew characters in the upper left corner, and the name Yehuda in Hebrew characters appears in the middle of the Arabic text of the document. […] On verso the names Yehuda and Abū l-Ṭāhir ("ṣāḥib . . .") also appear. Compare ENA NS 83.338 (PGPID 35567).
Ruling in absentia against the blacksmith Jawhar Maḥmūd of al-Sakākīnī Street where he runs a blacksmith workshop without a permit and he is fined 50 pounds and to be shut down – August 24 1934CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 201) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 65).
Personal letter to Kẖawaja David al-Jalālī from a person named Elli Ġozlān in it asking for him to fetch some of books and discussing commercial matters and family salutations – July 2 1944CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 260) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 72).
Invitation from a charitable institution and the Jewish union in Egypt for attending a course of the educational committee and the institute at al-Ẓāhir Square in Cairo – undated, yet it is noticeable that it was written after 1923CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 293) – in French and the title is in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed. Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 30).
Confirms the receipt of various good: al-shuqqa al-maqṣūr for a woman, which arrived with ʿImrān [...] al-Tilimsānī; something for Abū l-Munā, perhaps the biqyār and the dinar mentioned in the next line; something which was lost, but there is nothing that can be done about that.
Small fragment, probably from a legal document, mentioning Sanīy al-Dawla. Someone of the same title is mentioned in several other mid-12-century documents. […] The present document may also be in the hand of Abū Naṣr.
Decrees that the rituals be carried out according to the tradition 'wa-an yakūn al-ʿamal bi l-rusūm' and mentions 'al-dawla al-sharīfa'.
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 in Alexandria for nine dinars.
the second ten days of the month of Sivan 1552 (21-31 M…
“You have received from Muhammad al-Shami 1-1/6 for the price (‘an qimat) of the 40 dirhams that he borrowed from me.” Also mentions a clay vessel (barniyya) with melted butter; Egypt, twelfth century.
Instruction by Avraham Maimonides (ha-Nagid, l. 4v) to a scribe to make out a declaration that the court of Fustat had acceded to a ban pronounced against Evyatar al-Kohen al-Amidi in another country. Avraham Maimonides' years of service with the title "Nagid" support an inferred date range estimate of 1213–1237 CE (he bore the title Rayyis al-Yahūd from 1205–1237 CE).
Blessings and greetings are also bestowed on El'azar and Shelomo. It is dated תשרי [...]ז and closes with the 'alama ישע רב.
Mikhaʾel sells a little house in Fustat, one half of which belonged to him and the other to his daughter, the wife of Hiba al-Shammash (the beadle) to the water carrier (al-saqqāʾ) Ibrāhīm b. […] On verso there are Arabic alphabet writing exercises.
בנוע אלמלך
Abu Nasr had been travelling, alongside others on a ship belonging to Abū Zikrī. The writer calls himself ʿabd, which probably denotes an actual slave. The letter also conveys business requests and greetings. (Information from Goitein's index cards and CUDL)
Ṭoviyyahu), a recently appointed judge in al-Mahalla and Sammanūd, to Shemuel the cantor, praising the community for their regular attendance at the synagogue service and for coming to him rather than going to the Muslim court to solve their legal problems. (See also Mediterranean Society, II, 193, 203, 401, 563, 401, and V, 603, and Goitein's index cards)
Letter to Abū ʿImrān in which the writer, a perfumer and judge in Minyat Zifta, describes repairs to the local synagogue along with news of other matters. The writer also notes payment of capitation tax at the rate of 2 dinars.
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Mevasser b. Naḥum, a judge of Alexandria, to Abū al-Ḥasan Surūr b. Ḥayyim in Fustat, dealing with family and public matters.
List of the names of the masters of wind, rain, and fire who have dominion in the four seasons of the year, presumably useful for magic or astrology. It says you must also know how to invoke the master of the sky, of hidden things, of treasures, and of seeds, and of Mars, and of the other stars. […] In the margin in a different hand is written 'Abd 'Alī b. Gharb Sittī wa-ahl bint Sitt [. ASE.
Some of the items listed include: ḥallūmī cheese, almonds, sulfur, Alexandrian wax, carob, dining plates, soap, silk, pepper, cinnamon, olive oil, among many others.
Twice mentions the Berbers (البربر) who are in the area of Abshīsh (ابشيش) in the Delta, the Berber town Marmājanna in Ifrīqiya, and possibly Nuqayṭa (mentioned in the document is Minyat Abī Nuqayṭa. Also mentions "the villages/estates of the tax officials" (ḍiyāʿ al-ʿāmilīn).