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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Moshe declares that Abu al-Ala Mevorakh b. Avraham al-Safuri, owed him 1/3 and to his brother Aharon 2/3 of a sum of 230 dinars, but left for their payment only 100 dinars.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He has received the petition (ruqʿa) of the Alexandrian woman whose divorced husband is not providing enough alimony.

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العلامات

• communal
• malij

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Document date

888–987 CE

Primary language

Aramaic

Seleucid, which is 888–987 CE. Bride: Zahra bt. ʿAlī. The groom's name is missing. Witnessed by Shelomo b. [...], Ṣadoq b. Yiṣḥaq (signed also ENA 2556.12 (PGPID 15839) ca. late 10th century), Ḥabīb b.

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العلامات

• ketubba
• marriage

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Inferred date

1128–1164 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Siman Tov, known as Abu l-Ḥasan, states that if his wife permits him to marry another woman, if she should then desire a divorce, he will divorce her, and she will have access to her delayed settlement throughout the marriage. The document also states ‘Her mother is present and hears all this’.

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العلامات

• 12th c
• marital reconciliation
• marriage

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yosef al-Muṣallī to Yeshuʿa the Cantor. In Judaeo-Arabic, with 14 lines of biblical quotations at the top. […] In the next section, he greets the addressee's son Moshe, Peraḥya, the noble lady Mudallala, and ʿAlāʾal-[...]. He conveys greetings from Farajallāh.

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter from Abū Manṣūr to his 'father' (it seems father-in-law) al-Rayyis Hibatallāh the judge, representative of the Nagid David, in Alexandria: Dating: Based on the name of the Nagid, either 1237–1300 (if David I) or 1355–1410 (if David II).

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العلامات

• bialphabetic

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Primary language

Arabic

The document is witnessed and signed by ʿAbd al-Qawī b. ʿAbd al-Muʾṭī b. Hilāl al-Anṣārī. Dating: ca. 1250 CE.

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العلامات

• illness
• illness: cost
• illness: eye
• illness: physician
• illness: women's
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Document date

1124 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Names Isḥāq b. Makhlūf al-Nafūsī; a Lebdī; and [...] b. Abū ʿUmar al-Ṭabīb. […] Elʿazar ha-Ḥazzan, Sitt al-Kull bt. Yaḥyā." (Information from Goitein’s attached notes.)

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العلامات

• ib6
• india book

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Document date

Sivan 1529 Seleucid (17 May 1219–15 June 1219 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a leaf on which the accounting for the apartment of Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Shāʿir is presereved. The apartment is in the compound named after Menashshe (b. Yosef, the judge). Ibrahim b. al-Dayyan, mentioned in our documents of this period, is perhaps the son of the judge who lives in the apartment, half of which belongs to the qodesh. The compound is elsewhere described as sharikat al-Dayyan R. Menashshe. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 422 #125)

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العلامات

• account
• partnership
• qodesh

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Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

The Judaeo-Arabic jotting in the upper margin is in the hand of Avraham Maimonides, a draft for the beginning of an order or request addressed to al-Talmid Abū Saʿd. Also mentions Abū Manṣūr.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index cards. Joins by Mordechai Akiva Friedman (and the minute fragment T-S AS 207.216 — first and second images on FGP, bottom row, 2 boxes away from the yellow shelfmark label — identified by Alan Elbaum).

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العلامات

• avraham maimonides
• minyat ghamr

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ENA NS 2.24) and mandrake root (luʿāb) (cf. ENA 2739.2). Also mentions: 3 dinars; Yemeni "sinn" (= aromatic wood? […] ENA NS 21.7, r4 — interestingly, goods for Ibn al-Qatāʾif, probably Ḥalfon, are specifically mentioned in that letter).

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العلامات

• yefet b. menashshe

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Maḥāsin b. Abū ʿAlī, probably in Alexandria, to his mother Sitt Ghazāl bt.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Someone else took over his position, which was agreeable to the Jews of the area (aṣḥābnā) until the new administrator (ʿāmil) Abū l-Fakhr arrived, who began oppressing the Jews. A cantor known as al-Peʾer opposed him and was also fined or subjected to tarsīm.

العلامات

• 'amil
• hashshar
• petition
• tarsim
• tax

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Inferred date

1180–1180 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from an unknown sender in Aden to Abū Yaʿqūb b. Hibat Allah (?) in Lawāmanda (?), possibly an island off the west coast of Burma. […] The letter reports on the favorable political and economic conditions in Egypt and advises the recipient on the price of commodities such as pepper, two varieties of camphor, nutmeg, and cloves. It also mentions rhubarb, galangal, and aromatic wood.

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العلامات

• ib-partial translation-eng
• ib2
• india book

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Primary language

Arabic

Petition for charity from Bū Bakr b. al-Bābā al-Ṭūrī to an amīr with many titles (including al-isfahsalārī).

العلامات

• charity
• isfahsalar
• petition

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Refers to an "aforementioned" (al-madhkūra) someone or something. Almostall of the remaining text is a discussion of the punishment due "a wood gatherer" (מקושש עצים), i.e., someone who violates the sabbath.

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Document date

Adar 1446 Seleucid (16 February 1135–16 March 1135 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In which Maḥfūẓa bt. Yosef known as Zayn al-Tujjār (cf. T-S Ar.38.115) sells part of her compound in zuqāq al-ḥarrānī in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ (see Gil, Pious Foundations, 224).

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A teacher, Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-Riḍā al-ʿAṭṭār confirms that he has received 12 dirhams for teaching 3 children for the duration of the months Av and Elul. The pupils are the son of Hilāl the water carrier (al-saqqāʾ), the son of the daughter of Khalaf the rice miller (daqqāq al-ruzz), and the son of the daughter of Miska.

العلامات

• education
• teacher

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Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: The lower part of a letter of appeal signed by the cantor Yedutun ha-Levi who had fallen on hard times and needs money to support and feed himself. He alsoalludes to the pains of an illness. The upper half probably had a poem in praise of the recipient, a Levi.

العلامات

• yedutun ha-levi

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Folios from the Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (Epistles of the Brethren of Purity) on parchment. The folios are from the epistle on magic and talismans (Risāla fī siḥr wa al-ʿazāʾim).

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Primary language

Arabic

Six pages, Arabic script. See also Bodl. MS heb. c 13/3 (PGPID 6406). (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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Primary language

Arabic

Six pages, Arabic script. See also Bodl. MS heb. c 13/2 (PGPID 6405). (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

People mentioned: Bū l-Ḥasan. See also the description for the whole notebook Bodl.

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Document date

30 Muḥarram 1240 Hijrī (24 September 1824 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

The receipt was issued by the state silk monopoly administration in Alexandria.

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العلامات

• 19th c
• alexandria
• ben na'im
• late arabic script
• receipt
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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter, probably 14th century or later. greetings to shaykh al-Asʿad Abū [...] and shaykh al-Rashīd Hārūn. The sender or scribe is Hārūn.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Mysterious page with various jottings in Hebrew script in a late hand (possibly including ownership or purchase notes with names). There are also a few Latin characters (m, ma, mua).

العلامات

• latin script

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Verso: A table of Greek/Coptic numerals, including some less common ones. Also possibly written right to left? Needs examination.

العلامات

• arabic script

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Document with several lines of Arabic script. The fragment also contains a red grid with a calendrical table in Hebrew, listing years such as 5230–44 AM (=1469–84 CE).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Some names and numbers are faintly legible: Abū l-ʿAlāal-Ḥājj, Ramaḍān, 101; Shelomo Eliyya Maḥbūb.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Manuscript, well-preserved, of Taqwīm al-Adyān by Daniel ibn al-Māshiṭa, of the generation of Avraham Maimonides.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The word גאמכיה (jāmikiyya, government salary) also appears several times.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The word גאמכיה (jāmikiyya, government salary) also appears several times.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Aramaic

Written and signed by Shelomo b. [...] ha-Levi. Also signed by [...] b. Moshe and Tiqva b. ʿUlla ha-Levi.

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