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IB II, 63. Letter in rhymed Hebrew prose from Ḥalfon b. Madmun to Saadya b. Avraham, an Egyptian teacher. Aden, 1154.
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة
IB ח101. Legal document written in A[den] or A[ydhāb], last third of Tishrei, 1441 Sel. (October 6–15, 1129). Concerns a business partnership with Ḥalfon b. …
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IB I, 29. Court proceedings in which the two brothers, Abū l-Faḍl Shela (for this identification, see T-S 10J21.11 | PGPID 2956) and Maʿālī, the …
Fragment of a bill of acknowledgement of a debt by Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel ha-Levi to Abu l-ʿAlā. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138). …
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Secondary use (probably): Calendar in the hand of Avraham Ibn Yijū for the years 1463–68 Seleucid (=1151–57 CE). Resembling Ibn Yijū's other calendars but with …
Primary use (probably): Business accounts in the hand of Avraham Ibn Yijū. Concerning transactions conducted in Jurbattan in betel nut, cardamom, coins, and copper and …
IB III, 8. Letter from Yosef b. Avraham to Avraham Ibn Yiju. The whereabouts of Yosef and Ibn Yiju are unclear. Goitein thought that Ibn …
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة
IB III, 24. Avraham Ibn Yiju's inventory of baggage for journey from India to the west. Written in India, probably in 1140 or 1149. Elizabeth …
Talmudic Commentaries: Might be by the hand of Halfon b. Netan'el Halevi. Needs further examination
Letter in the hand of Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Abū Zikrī b. ʿAṭiyya. Dated: Kislev 1497 Seleucid, which is 1185 CE. With a …
1 مناقشة
Business letter in Arabic script, 11th century, to do with the India trade, including pepper and lac. Name of sender and recipient missing. Aodeh: "difficult …
Business letter in Arabic script containing an order for lac and pepper. Mentions Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Naṣr al-Ṣārifī, Masʿūd, and ʿAbd al-Karīm. Also requests …
Order of payment signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen, ordering al-Shaykh Khalīl to pay half a raṭl of soap to the bearer. AA/ASE. Join: Alan Elbaum.
Cheque signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen (to be added to the list of checks in India Book 5). Khalīl is to give the bearer 3 …
IB II, 24. Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yiju. Dating: ca. 1135 CE. There are fragments of four or five …
Letter from Yūsuf, in Alexandria, to family members, probably in Fustat. The letter is addressed to the shop of Abū [...] al-ʿAṭṭār. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
IB II, 17 + 18 + 19. Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ben Yiju. Dating: 1133–40 CE. This is the original …
2 نسخين ترجمات 3 2 مناقشتان
IB IV, 60 (ח70). Letter from Yeḥezqel, probably in Qalyūb, to his brother Ḥalfon in Alexandria. Dated/dating: Iyar 1140. Yeḥezqel complains rather winningly and at …
1 نسخ 2 ترجمتين
IB III, 23. Detailed accounts written by Avraham Ibn Yiju in India. Dating: 1132–39, 1145–49.
IB VII, 10a + 10b + 10c + 10d. Legal document. Agency agreement. Location: Fustat. Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. T-S 10J4.16: …
6 نسخ 1 ترجمة 2 مناقشتان
Liturgical poem (piyyūṭ) by the Andalusī Jewish poet Yiṣḥaq b. Ghiyāth (1038–89), copied by Avraham Ibn Yijū on the back of a letter sent to …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
IB III, 13 + 14. Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, Aden, to Avraham b. Yiju, India, mainly about shipwrecked goods. Dating: almost certainly 1146. This …
IB V, 3 (ח24). Deed of release. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle third of Shevaṭ 1447 Seleucid, which is …
2 نسخين
IB VII, 56. Letter from an India trader, probably in Yemen. In Judaeo-Arabic. He recently came from Kullam in Malabar (recto margin l. 15) and …
IB V, 7. Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Aden, probably to Ibn Yijū, in India. Fragment, preserving the margins only. Mentions the customs tax …
IB VII, 10e. Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-138 CE). Certifying that Abū l-Faraj al-Jubaylī (Yeshuʿa b. Menashshe ha-Levi) delivered …
IB VII, 49. Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning persons connected with the India trade, including Maḍmūn [b. Ḥasan]. Opens with a report and condolences about …
IB V, 34e. Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyār, instructing him to pay the bearer, Abū l-Ṭayyib, …
IB IV, 71 (ח87). Letter from ʿAmram b. Yiṣḥaq to Ḥalfon. Alexandria; probably about 1143-1145. ʿAmram b. Yiṣḥaq sends Ḥalfon a short greeting for Purim. …
IB VII, 42a. Letter from an unidentified merchant, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. He complains about the difficulties of getting pepper through customs. The qāḍī in …
IB IV, 66 (ח1). Betrothal (erusin) contract. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-138 CE). Location: Fustat. Dating: Probably before 1120 CE. Groom: …
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
IB V, 39b (previously V, 34f). An Abū Zikrī Kohen cheque. Khalīl is to give the bearer one raṭl of linseed oil.
IB V, 39c (previously V, 39b). An Abū Zikrī Kohen cheque. Khalīl is to give the bearer one raṭl of linseed oil.
IB V, 39d (previously V, 39c). Order of payment in which the merchant Abū Zikrī Kohen instructs Abū l-Khayr Ḵiyyār to pay the Rayyis half …
IB VII, 51. Fragment of a mercantile letter, probably from Aden, concerning shipments of textiles, books, spices, and gems. (Information from Goitein notes linked below.) …
IB ח14. Letter of Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av Bet Din, Fustat, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel. Dating: probably 1132. Although only a small section from the …
India Book (IB), II, 73. Quittance by the rabbinical court of Fustat for the sum of 173 and 7/24 mithqāl dinars, sent by Maḍmūn II …
למא כאן יום אלאתנין תאני ע[שר] חדש ניסן ש[נת ...]
בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה [רשותיה ראדוננו אברהם ...]
הפטיש החזק נר המערבי דגל הרבנים…
On Monday, 12 Nisan [...]
in Fustat Egypt, situated on the Nile river, [in the jurisdiction of our lord Abraham . . .]
the strong hammer, the w…
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IB V, 35. Unusual order of payment of Abū Zikrī Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a Hebrew 'emet' and Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals in the upper …
Legal document. Partnership agreement (copy). Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Tishrei 1424 Seleucid = September/October 1112 CE. Same case as T-S …
IB VII, 40. Letter sent from an unidentified man, in Alexandria, to his brother, possibly in Shayzar (Syria). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender has recently returned …
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Mentions Alexandria; business negotiations with Abū Naṣr, concluding with a purchase for only 30 dinars; refers to …
Recto: Legal document dated 1089–1188 CE, describing a son whose father, before traveling to Yemen, had given him, as ṣedaqa, two houses in the neighborhood …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). The handwriting and the layout resemble those of Ḥalfon b. Netanel's Spanish correspondents (see India Book IV)—but none …
IB VII, 54. Mercantile letter, possibly sent from Aden to India. Reports that Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Ḥalābū (?) was in a shipwreck at Dahlak, …
3 نسخ
Legal document(s). In the hand of Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Netanel (identification provided by Amir Ashur). It looks like there are portions of at least three …
IB IV, 33 (ח41). Letter from the trader Salmān, in Spain, to Abū Saʿīd (likely Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi). Dating: fall 1138 (Goitein and Friedman). …
IB V, 44. Legal record (#4). Inheritance settlement. Dated: Thursday, 11 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. "In one of a series of documents resolving an argument over …
IB V, 45. Legal record (#7). Alimony received. Dated: End of Iyyar 1456 Seleucid (or shortly thereafter). Concerning the maintenance/alimony (mezonot) that the late Abū …
IB I, 37. Legal record (#9). Deposition in court. Bū Naṣr al-Kohen Ibn Mukhtār, Yūsuf al-ʿAṭṭār ('the perfumer in the alley of the candles'), Abū …
IB V, 46. Legal record (#46). Discharge of debt. The court ordered Abū l-Rabīʿ Sulaymān al-Kohen to purchase 1/8 of a house for 50 dinars …