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Primary language

Arabic

Petition from the wife of Ṭayyib b. Musallam al-ʿIblānī, a Khaybarī Jew, to the caliph al-Mustanṣir (r. 1036–94), seeking the restitution of money taken from her or from her husband, who is missing (?) […] T-S K6.98, T-S Ar. 42.129, T-S NS 306.70, T-S AS 124.135, T-S AS 182.251, T-S AS 202.396”); Khan, “Historical Development,” 20, 24–25 (reading of raʾy clause); Khan, ALAD, 311n27, 314n39. Ed. Marina Rustow, with suggestions from Alan Elbaum and Luke Yarbrough.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Most of the text on these fragments is scribal practice of biblical verses in a beautiful square hand. There are also two earlier uses: (1) on recto, several lines and text blocks of Arabic text on recto. […] Sahl" (i.e., Avraham b. Yashar al-Tustarī, who died in 1047). (2) several lines of Hebrew poetry with wide line spacing containing praises and blessings for a dignitary who is "the son of a Rosh Kalla, and Nasi." Join: Alan Elbaum. There are good prospects for further joins.

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العلامات

• arabic reused

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions the letter (or epistle) of Rabbenu ha-Dayyan, sent with R. Shemuel al-Qazwīnī; something which the sender previously sent last year; the arrival of Abū Saʿd; and a shipment of 100 mithqāls of musk. […] (later mentions that it should be spent on renovations); and 2 mithqāls each to the four elders (al-mashāʾikh) Ibn al-ʿAkkāwī, [...], Ibn Alqāsh, and the judge Menashshe.

العلامات

• ib-addenda
• musk
• to examine

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1205–1237 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

is to give 5 dirhams to the relative of the rabbi from Toledo (al-Rav al-Ṭulayṭulī). Cf. T-S K25.240.19. T-S K25.240 consists of small written orders, partly in Hebrew and partly in Arabic script, for monthly payments, made out of the rent-revenue from the pious foundation (waqf) 'Compound of the Poor' or from the pious foundation made by the physician al-Muhadhdhab. All dated orders are from spring and summer, 1218.

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العلامات

• account
• heqdesh
• qodesh
• waqf

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Inferred date

1205–1237 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer, Seʿadya al-Nazir, who is sick, 5 dirhams from the waqf of al-Muhadhdhab. T-S K25.240 consists of small written orders, partly in Hebrew and partly in Arabic script, for monthly payments, made out of the rent-revenue from the pious foundation (waqf) 'Compound of the Poor' or from the pious foundation made by the physician al-Muhadhdhab. All dated orders are from spring and summer, 1218.

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العلامات

• account
• heqdesh
• medical charity
• qodesh
• tax
• (+ 1 المزيد)

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Inferred date

1205–1237 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Abū l-Majd is to give 2 dirhams to Seʿadya al-Nazir from the waqf of al-Muhadhdhab. T-S K25.240 consists of small written orders, partly in Hebrew and partly in Arabic script, for monthly payments, made out of the rent-revenue from the pious foundation (waqf) 'Compound of the Poor' or from the pious foundation made by the physician al-Muhadhdhab. All dated orders are from spring and summer, 1218.

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العلامات

• account
• heqdesh
• qodesh
• tax
• waqf

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Inferred date

1205–1237 CE

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Abu l-Majd is to give the bearer, al-Shaykh al-Rashīd, some sum. T-S K25.240 consists of small written orders, partly in Hebrew and partly in Arabic script, for monthly payments, made out of the rent-revenue from the pious foundation (waqf) 'Compound of the Poor' or from the pious foundation made by the physician al-Muhadhdhab. All dated orders are from spring and summer, 1218.

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العلامات

• account
• heqdesh
• qodesh
• tax
• waqf

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Inferred date

1164–1197 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Can they recoup the early marriage payment that was already paid? On verso is the full responsum in the hand of Shemuel b. ʿEli, answering that whatever was already paid is like a deposit and does not belong to the bride until the wedding, so she must return it. […] Information from Ashur dissertation and FGP description. See also Goitein's note card.

العلامات

• babylonian geonim
• marriage payment
• responsum
• shemuel b. eli

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Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

At the bottom is another note mentioning a payment to dīwān al-majlis al-[...]. Needs further examination. There is also one line of Hebrew, added later.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Addressed to Fuḍayla (פוצילא), in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, probably ca. 15th–17th century. Includes greetings at the beginning from Umm Ḥaṣriyya (אום חצרייא) and Ḥaṣriyya; also the addressee's brother-in-law, Yūsuf, and Umm Yūsuf, and Ḥanna, and Yehuda.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Abū l-Khayr b. ʿAwāḍ, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. […] Furthermore, “the tax-gatherers (ḥushshār, “ralliers”) and the director of the jaliya (ṣāḥib al-jawālī) are not to be blamed; all this is entirely the work of the Jews.”

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العلامات

• capitation tax
• jaliya
• jizya
• nahray b. nissim
• tax
• (+ 1 المزيد)

2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين

Primary language

Hebrew

The handwriting of T-S NS 108.78 was identified by Amir Ashur and the joins were identified by Alan Elbaum. T-S NS 108.78: The first poem at the top of verso is a panegyric for Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan. All of the poems on this page contain the acrostic אברהמ or אברהמ חזק, indicating that that Avraham Ibn Yijū was the poet and not only the scribe. […] T-S H11.37: On both recto and verso the first letters of the verses spell out the same acrostic with the name אברהמ. See also T-S H11.4 (PGPID 41718).

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العلامات

• ib-addenda
• ib3

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38) to 'my master the diadem' (al-nezer). There were a few people bearing this title, including Natan b. […] Ḥalfon is asking the addressee to provide him the name (ism) of Abū ʿAlīAl-Baʿalbakī the cousin of [...]. Mentions 'his father the paternal uncle of Salmān.' Ḥalfon is apparently trying to draw up a legal document but is lacking the name of this Abū ʿAlī "with which he absolved him" (אלדי פטרה פיה).

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Marḥab, in Aden, to Abū l-ʿAlā b. Abū Naṣr ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). Dating: mid-12th century. Abū l-ʿAlā’s father is dead, indicated not only by the usual post-mortem blessing after his name (זכ׳׳ל) but also the Hebrew חיי before his name.

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العلامات

• ib6
• india book

2 نسخين

Primary language

Hebrew

Ḥananya (l. 1) "when he was in a ship [awaiting a favorable wind in Alexan]dria" (חין כאן פי מרכב, l. 1). The portion preserved here consists of poetic blessings and praises in Hebrew. He reports that upon the arrival of Shemuʾel's letter, "it quieted the storm and soothed the waves of the sea," which is metaphorical but also fits with the idea that he wrote this letter while in a ship (about to set sail?).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yehuda," but this appears to be erroneous. Recto also contains a letter draft in the hand of Avraham b. […] Mentions several names: Tiqva; Shibl; [...] b. Abū Naṣr [...]; Ibn al-Abzāriyya; Ibn al-Qābila; Sālim; [...] ha-Kohen b.

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العلامات

• 12th c
• account
• hikr
• qodesh

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The sender adds that he examined "the documents" (al-masāṭīr) and found them "nice and effective" (milāḥ nāfiʿa). […] The sender plans to take al-Muhadhdhab Abu Saʿīd with him, which he hopes will appease the Rayyis. The sender mentions the addressee's letter to the Rayyis and also assures him that the Rayyis thinks well of him.

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions Aḥmad Ibn Ṭūlūn and the mosque named after him; also Ptolemy and astronomy.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Mentions Abū l-Maʿālī, al-Qāḍī al-Rashīd. Needs further examination.

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Document date

537 Hijrī (27 July 1142–15 July 1143 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

One registration mark; al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-rāʾfa.

العلامات

• capitation tax
• dimme
• fiscal
• tax receipt

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Bifolium, containing many letter samples. There are also two lines in Arabic script.

العلامات

• arabic script
• formulary

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment, containing only a few words. Mentions Cairo (al-Qāhira al-Maḥrūsa).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Eliyyahu, ordering a medicinal syrup (sharāb) from al-Shaykh al-Nafīs.

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العلامات

• sharab

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Moshe Tāhartī of Qayrawan in Alexandria. Dating: 11th century.

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2 نسخين 1 ترجمة

(Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index card.

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Eliyyahu, from a family member in Alexandria. Reporting on a problem about revenue from a slaughterhouse.

العلامات

• slaughterhouse

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions the jinns, the shayāṭīn, al-waswās al-khannās (from Quran 114:4).

العلامات

• arabic script
• jinn
• magic
• waswas

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

569 Hijrī (12 August 1173–1 August 1174 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Lease contract involving al-Khazzān al-Yahūdī, dated A.H. 569 (= 1173-74 C.E.). - needs examination.

العلامات

• arabic script
• fgp stub

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

The basmala is visible at the top. Might mention al-Amīr al-Muʾayyad. Needs further examination.

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Primary language

Arabic

Original use: Arabic document(s), likely official. Mentions [al-dīwā]n al-maʿmūr. Needs examination.

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العلامات

• to examine

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a list of names: [...] al-Laḥḥām, Bū Naṣr, Faraj(?) al-Mashmiaʿ, etc. Maybe a distribution list.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of Items might be a dowry list, but not necessary. Also contains a book scroll, which is not so common in dowry lists.

العلامات

• dowry
• list

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a half-mould of cheese; purchasing; Alexandria; and slander (tashnīʿ).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Note addressed to Manṣūr b. Thanāʾ al-[...]. In Arabic script. Mentions ʿIzz al-Dīn.

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Primary language

Arabic

Torn and reused for a different document on verso, also unidentified.

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Primary language

Arabic

Recto mentions the words "wa-aṣḥāb. .. in shāʾ allāh. . . al-salām(?). . . ithnatay ʿashara. . .

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions Hibatallāh b. Ṣadaqa. Also refers to a period of time ending on the 10th of [...].

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Shemuel stating that he owes al-Shaykh al-Makīn 80 dirhams for books.

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

The beginnings of 4 lines are preserved. Mentions: "...ʿan al-mulaṭṭaf al-karīm..."

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions ʿAlīal-Qāhirī. Most of the text on this fragment is Hebrew piyyuṭ.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر