Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Maghribī mercantileletter. Dating: Probably 11th century. From Ibrāhīm b. [...], likely in Tripoli (Libya), to an unidentified addressee, likely in Fustat. […] The addressee is asked to go to Mukhtār and frighten him over the 2.75 dinars, since the sender has had to pay this sum to Ibn al-Tāhartī. He mentions appointing an agent and the name Ibn Ṭalyūn and "to collect it from him, a little bit every week."

العلامات

• unedited 11th c

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. […] Two lines are crossed out, mentioning an item worth approximately 10 dirhams. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card)

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1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Document date

1150–1181 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (active 1150–81 CE). […] In addition, "I have rented myself to him to work . . . every day for 3 dirhams for a period of 4 years starting with the date of this contract . . . ." Also mentions Zayn al-Kohen the son of the sister of al-Kohen al-Dhabbāḥ (the slaughterer), who may be the guarantor.

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العلامات

• apprenticeship

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Ladino

Letter from a parent, unknown location, to a son, in Fustat/Cairo. […] The writer asks if he received the 10 reals that she sent him with Yehuda Canbiador (קאנבייאדור, the money changer). The writer mentions the daughters of their baʿal ha-bayit (לאש מוגאגאש די מי בעל הבית)—perhaps meaning her husband, but this is not completely clear.

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العلامات

• ladino

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a woman to a female family member. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: Ibn al-Rayyis Abū l-B[arakāt] (=Shelomo b.

العلامات

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: eye
• syrup

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Memorandum by Khalfa b. Ishaq b. Menahem from Alexandria, to Nahray b. […] One of Nahray’s assistants added several details about the shipment in the bottom of the letter. Nahray wrote on the other side account details regarding Khalfa b.

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العلامات

• informal note
• memorandum

2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Barhūn b. Isḥāq al-Tāhartī, from al-Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. […] They both also buy goods. The writer mentions a business collaboration with Abū Naṣr Ḥesed al-Tustarī and a partnership with Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥman in trading gems. Mentions goods being transported on a war ship, "markab ḥarbī".

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2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Dāʾūd, the muqaddam of Bilbays, to Eliyyahu the Judge. […] He describes how he saved an estate of an Alexandrian woman (who died in Bilbays) from confiscation by the government. He also mentions the arrival of Ibn al-Maqdisī from Gaza together with a convert, and he hopes to study Qiddushin with Ibn al-Maqdisī. […] Eliyyahu for writing exercises in which he praises and blesses himself; see See Amir Ashur, "A Memorial list of Elijah b. Zechariah’s family: T-S 10J18.2" (Fragment of the Month, December 2020).

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العلامات

• report of death

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Document date

1129 CE

(Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 259) Recto: Legal document recording that Sitt al-Husn, daughter of Saadya, sought a gold tiara ('isaba) that she had pawned to the recently-deceased physician Abu al-Murajja b. […] (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, 487)

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العلامات

• family
• real estate

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List of receivers of loaves of bread, similar to T-S 24.76 (PGPID 4578) (S.D Goitein, Mediterranean Society, II, App. B 1) and ENA 2713.26 (PGPID 4532), in the same hand having many names and figures in common with it. […] It represents partly the left and partly the lower part of App. B, 52 (T-S 18J2.4). […] (Information from Goitein's index cards and Mediterranean Society, 2:439, 453, App. B 2a and B 52) EMS

العلامات

• bread
• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

F. 1r: Draft of letters, one to Abū l-Faḍl Sahl (maybe al-Tustarī?). […] Abū […] and Shela b. Yehoshuaʿ are also mentioned. F. 1v: catena of biblical verses, such as Proverbs 9:10, 22:29 and 24:5, probably for epistolary purposes. […] “To my master the Great (Gadol [ha-Yeshiva]), from his slave Natan: Hey man, why did you forget about me and not talk to your parents on my behalf? May your peace increase.”

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Fol. 2: Private letter in Arabic script, chancery-esque script. Dating: Probably late Ayyubid or Mamlūk based on paleographical grounds. […] Addressed to 'the dear boy Naṣr al-Dawla' and mentions another person with an official-sounding title, Wafiyy al-Dawla. […] appears again in l. 6 of the main text). Probably mentions something in relation to the market, "من اجود ما يامر في السوق".

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العلامات

• dimme
• poetry
• to examine

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

P7 + P11: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). […] Tamīm ha-Kohen will be the active partner, traveling to Yemen and importing merchandise to Egypt. Someone titled Rosh ha-Qehillot will invest money into the shared capital (khulṭa).

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• ib-addenda

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Business accounts, mentioning goods from India, myrobalan, and pepper, among many other things. On recto: Letter from Khalfūn b. Benaya(?) to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b.

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العلامات

• ib-addenda
• unedited 11th c
• vellum

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter of condolence from Saʿadya b. Ṣadaqa ha-Ḥazzan, probably in Minyat Zifta. […] The addressee's son may be named Fayyāḍ. Also mentions Abū Faraj b. Avraham.

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العلامات

• condolence

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yeshu'a b. Ismāʿīl al-Mahmuri, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Mentions the safe arrival of (probably) relatives to Fustat; a female slave who was sold in Alexandria, and instructions for the coming winter dealing mostly with wheat and oil.

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3

العلامات

• nahray b. nissim
• trade

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and western Arabic numerals. Late, at least 16th-century given the Ottoman Turkish titles that are listed. A variety of of names are mentioned throughout the accounts such as: (recto) Aḥmad al-Mīʿmār (the architect), Muṣtafa[?]

العلامات

• 16th c or later
• janissary
• list
• turkish words

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Business letter addressed to Abū l-Khayr b. Mufaḍḍal al-Yahūdī al-Bilbaysī(?)[…] Consists almost entirely of detailed business instructions, mentioning many commodities and their prices.

العلامات

• arabic address

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1 Tammuz 5499 Anno Mundi (7 July 1739 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1 Tammuz 5499 AM, which is 1739 CE. This shelfmark was previously listed with the date 1 Tammuz 5439, but the third alphanumeral is clearly צ rather than ל in התצט. Mentions several people, including Yaʿaqov b. Ḥabīb.

العلامات

• 18th c

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). A date in the month of Nisan is given but the year is missing in the lower entry.

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العلامات

• cmp

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

17[..] Seleucid (1388–1488 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Bookbinding with several mirror-image imprints of Hebrew text, including one legal document issued in the city of DM[...] (=Damascus? […] Seleucid, corresponding to the range 1388–1488 CE. Mentions Seʿadel b. Avraham, [Mo?]she b. Mukhliṣ, and David b.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Starts with a basmala and ḥamdala and mentions al-Najm al-Yahūdī. " بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله كثيرا ..للنجم اليهودي" . Recto has one line of not very legible Arabic script, reused for Hebrew script.

العلامات

• dimme

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment from a collection of legal formularies in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a father to his daughter. In Judaeo-Arabic. […] who will use it to buy wheat for the family. Mentions an old woman (the daughter's mother) twice.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Rabbenu Ḥananel. […] On verso is another note in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning ha-Zaqen ha-Yaqar, but too faded to read much else.

العلامات

• appeal
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: falij
• illness: paralysis

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1459 Seleucid (28 August 1147–15 September 1148 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document. Hand of Natan b. Shemuel? Location: Fustat. […] ʿAdiyya ha-Zaqen and a debt of 3.5 dinars. Dating: Mentions the start of some period in Heshvan 1459 Seleucid, which is 1147/1148 CE.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document, probably a transfer of property, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Sitt al-Dār has appointed her husband Ṣedaqa as her agent.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Letter from Yeshua b. Isma’il al-Makhmuri from Alexandria to Nahray b. […] Regarding silk and flax. Mentions that his brother’ son (his nephew) had great damage.

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العلامات

• flax

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1213–1237 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter to Avraham Maimuni (ha-Nagid) from Yehuda Melammed b.

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العلامات

• avraham maimonides
• nagid

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Letter from Avraham b. Faraḥ from Alexandria, to ʿAyyāsh b. […] Regarding shipping fabrics and sending dinars to Fustat for exchange. Also mentions other shipments of goods, including of crocus.

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Document date

27 Av 5599 Anno Mundi (7 August 1839 CE)

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yaḥyā Mizraḥī in Alexandria to Binyamin de Curiel. Dated 27 Av [55]99 AM = 1838 CE, this nineteenth-century dating is confirmed by the paleography. Mentioning people including Nissim, Salmūn, Umm Avraham, Yaʿaqov M[...], Shelomo and תנתן (?).

العلامات

• 19th c

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Upper part of a legal document. Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū Mansur al-Kohen, known as Ibn Qasāsa, receives from Avraham b. Masliah and Elʿazar b. Menaḥem one dinar each and releases them from claims.

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Saʿadya b. Berakhot ha-Melammed to Berakhot ha-Nadiv.

العلامات

• interview
• rhyme

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Letter from Mūsā (or Musallaḥ?) b. Ṣāliḥ to an unknown addressee. […] Geoffrey Khan, “The Historical Development of the Structure of Medieval Arabic Petitions,” BSOAS, 53:1 (1990), 21).

العلامات

• appeal
• arabic & hebrew
• arabic script
• communal
• petition

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Document date

Tevet 1397 Seleucid (21 December 1085–18 January 1086 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Pen trials in various hands, including signatures, biblical phrases and a note dated Tevet 1397 (= 1085 CE) with the names Mevorakh b. Mufarrij ha-Kohen (vocalised) and Ṣedaqa b. […] (Information from CUDL) Interestingly, this note was written a century after the legal document on recto.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

28 Nisan 5518 Anno Mundi (6 May 1758 CE)

Primary languages

Hebrew, Ladino

Letter in Ladino from Sidon from Joseph b. Joyya and Masʿūd Bunan to Abraham Monson and Judah Aseo in Cairo concerning community financial matters. Dated 28 Nisan 5518 AM (= 1758 CE). Mentions Abraham del Bedere and Abraham Sagri. (Information from CUDL)

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العلامات

• 18th c
• ladino

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter of appeal for charity from Ḥasday b. Mevorakh b.

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: Hillel b. Abū [...], the mint (dār al-ḍarb), Damascus, Alexandria, reaching the city/fortress (thaghr) of the sulṭān Sayf [...]; Abū l-Munā Ibn al-Dumyāṭī.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE).

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document mentioning the late [Abū] Manṣūr, someones late father Thanāʾ, Abū l-Maḥāsin al-Naqlī b.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر