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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions the arrival of the Yemeni merchants (v3). Also mentions R. Shemuel Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf and someone named Ibn ʿAddād: "I mentioned the matter of the dinar, and he went crazy and swore באלילו"—by his אליל?

العلامات

• ib7
• india book
• non-jewish partners

2 نسخين

Primary language

Arabic

Ibrahīm Ibn Sabra to Muʿtamid al-Dawla, who seems to be a Fatimid dignitary. The sender asks for (or heavily implies that he would like) a renewal of business relations. […] See T-S Ar.39.11 for another mention of a Muʿtamid al-Dawla. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card and Khan.)

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1 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Letter of plea from the wife of Abū l-Faraj to al-Shaykh al-Thiqa, in the Muṣāsa area of Fustat.

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العلامات

• women's letters

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer is appalled at "mawlāy al-meʿulle" and "al-dayyan" for how they handled the case and opposed his own authority.

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Reused on recto for popular literature in rhymed Judaeo-Arabic (-nī), mentioning purchasing a scrap, a shirt, possibly an undergarment (taḥtānī), being safe from the heat (min al-ḥarr fī l-amānī), being happy (wa-anā masrūr wa-farḥānī), sending something with Manṣūr al-Hānī, etc.

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The addressee is told to send a letter to Tinnīs. Mentions the boats (al-qawārib) which went to Abū Muḥammad, and news about what happened to the boats. […] Ends with a bialphabetic blessing: ורחמת אללה וبركات (wa-raḥmat Allāh wa-barakātuh). (Information in part from CUDL)

العلامات

• bialphabetic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

The context is difficult to make out, but the sender refers to a ḥadith, "al-jār bi al-jār ḥattā kād yūrithuhu", meaning the Prophet would advise taking care of the neighbors to such an extent that everyone thought he might give them a share in inheritance.

العلامات

• dimme

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Tam[īm] the elder and [Sitt] al-Sāda bat Ya[ḥyā] ha-Levi, known as 'son the Ḥijāziyya'. Mentions a ketubba and Abū l-ʿAlāʾ. Refers to the tearing up of the ketubba and the cancellation of the obligations in it.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: 16th-century based on the paleography, but the remnant of a date is visible along the edge of the upper left corner of the recto. […] Description from PGPID 22663: Late accounts, mostly entries mentioning first names (mostly Muslim), e.g., ʿUmar; ʿAbdallāh; Jaʿfar; Khaṭṭāb; Aḥmad; Muḥammad; Yūsuf; ʿUbayd. Join: Alan Elbaum.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Note that these are not actual joins, but they are all from the same genre of document and some may have been produced by the same scribe. […] Abū ʿImrān... Mufaḍḍal... Manṣūr... All need examination. Probably related to T-S AS 176.449, T-S AS 176.453, T-S AS 176.455, T-S AS 176.456.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Creditor: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Efrayim known as Ibn ʿUrs. Debtor: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b.

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1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

At the top the name Ṣedaqa peqid ha-soḥarim and his father's name also appear. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

1 مناقشة

Document date

Tishrei 444 Hijrī (29 August 1052–27 September 1052 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ʿEli Kohen Fasi, in Qayrawān, to his brother Yosef, in Alexandria. Dating: Tishrei [= Jumādā I 444 AH] = August/September 1052 CE.

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1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(The addressee is named Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūnal-Ḥaver b. Muʿammar in the letter; Gil identifies him as ʿEli b.

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Letter from Yosef b. Farah from Alexandria to Abu Ya’aqov Ishaq, Fustat. Around 1057.

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1

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

With the exception of Abū ʿAlī "the Pride" who donates 1.5 (dinars?) and Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Ḥalabī who gives 2 together with his workman (ṣāniʿ) and his partner, the others provide either 1 or 1.5 or have not yet decided.

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2

1 مناقشة

Document date

Monday, 15 Kislev 1446 Seleucid (3 December 1134 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This may suggest diversion from the commenda model, where the active partner is not liable for loss. But the partnership also diverges from the ‘eseq model, wherein only the active partner transacts. […] Abū Sa‘d is likely the senior partner: he is identified as al-Zajjāj, “the glazier” (i.e., a known personage in the field), while Abū Sahl is given no professional designation; as well, Abū Sa‘d invests all of the capital, suggesting that he may be short of liquid assets).

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العلامات

• 12th c
• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon
• natan b. avraham
• natan b. shelomo
• (+ 2 المزيد)

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Document date

11 Jumādā II 922 Hijrī (12 July 1516 CE)

Accounts in Hebrew, mentioning a khizana, treasury, seemingly a box in which all revenue was deposited and from which all expenditure was made. […] Written in the Hebrew language, and the writer, although using that Arabic word and dating according to Muslim months, apparently was a European, to judge from his spelling of Arabic names. […] (dirhams) (Information from Cohen) NB: An alternate reading of the term in question on the recto and verso is the honorific title כואגה (khawaja)– which follows the format of many other entries in the document referring to individual people rather than collective finances.

العلامات

• account
• communal
• foreigner
• khizana

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Document date

26 Kislev 1338 Seleucid (8 December 1026 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yusuf, that he could marry her daughter Sitt al-Dar bt. Yusuf ha-Kohen any time between now and Passover. […] Aaron ha-Shulhani (known as Ibn al-Qata’if) acknowledges the guarantee likewise that Mawhuba bt. […] Avtalyon and Efrayim b. Shemarya. See also T-S 8J6.18 (a, b and d). (Information from Goitein's index cards).

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العلامات

• court notebook
• yefet b. david

1 نسخ

Inferred date

25 August 1068–25 August 1068 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

It is rumored that ʿAbdallāh Ibn al-Baʿbāʿ, who became the (last) Muslim ruler of Sicily the following year, arrived in Alexandria in a ghurāb (river boat) and may have escaped. […] Gil understands Mevasser's sick family members to be not in Tinnīs with him but in al-Mahdiyya, which is currently under siege, with no ships coming and going (connecting recto, right margin, lines 4–5, with verso, lines 10–11).

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العلامات

• family
• ibn al-ba'ba'
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: household
• (+ 5 المزيد)

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

It seems that Abu Saʿid had to pay 50 Murābiṭī dinars due to the medical care and due to the delay in travel plans. The sea voyage was also ill-fated. The travelers were shipwrecked by a storm on an island known as Ghumūr, where they stayed for 20 days, living on wild nettles. […] Abū Saʿīd adds that he has not heard from Abū l-Barakāt in three years, and though he would like to relocate to Egypt, he hesitates because he does not even know if Abū l-Barakāt is still alive. Abū Saʿīd suggests, alternatively, that Abū l-Barakāt join him in Sicily.

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العلامات

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: children's
• illness: cost
• illness: mental
• (+ 5 المزيد)

2 نسخين ترجمات 3 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Hebrew

She returns to complaining about the sister-in-law and her friendship with Jawhara and "those witch friends of hers" (אלו החברות הכשפניות שלה), apparently including Jawhara and Sara the broker (al-Dallāla), who curse [...]. A little further down: "And the woman who was selling hashish..." […] She asks her brother to save her from this 'evil woman' and also urges him to take a different wife ("If a widow, she should be young; a virgin is better"). […] ʿImanuel and it is addressed to [...] Hārūn al-ʿŪdī. (Information in part from CUDL and mainly from Avraham David's edition.)

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العلامات

• hashish
• late heb

1 نسخ

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from the Jewish community of Palermo to the Jewish communities of Qayrawān and al-Mahdiyya, specifically addressing Elḥanan b. […] Thanks to their connections with the authorities, they saved many Jews from punishment after they did not pay taxes. They also saved merchants’ possessions after several ships sank in the water. […] Yaḥyā the Perfumer, and ʿAmmar b. Yehoshuaʿ al-Ḥalabī. Signed by Shemuʾel b. moshe, David b.

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Document date

5 Elul 5576 Anno Mundi (29 August 1816 CE)

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

" (2) "The debts owed by Büyük Hanım ("the Great Lady") the mother of Tursum Basha (טורסום באשא) who is in the harem palace of Muḥammad ʿAlī to Jamīla bt. Rivqa, will she repay them easily . . . ?" […] (of) the harem of Muḥammad ʿAlī who is in al-Azbakiyya to Jamīla bt. Rivqa, will she repay them easily . . . ?" […] The geomancy entries do not necessarily date to the same year as the engagement contract, however since they mention Muḥammad ʿAlī, they can't be any earlier than 1805 CE.

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العلامات

• 19th c
• geomancy

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

The line on fol. 19a has been outlined/copied in places and is surrounded by Arabic annotations that may be drafts of formulae. There is also one red line of Hebrew script, the beginning of a ketubba. […] It reads approximately as follows: "… execution of their affairs, facilitation of their needs, and zeal in all of their dealings, together with assuring them that they will continue in accordance with their habit with bestowing justice upon them and gazing at them with the eye of mercy, so they can be happy of spirit and increase in assurance and stability, for this is the period of their travel and their return to their land[s].

العلامات

• decree
• dimme
• reuse

2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He writes, "By the Covenant, I do not want to go to Gehennom, for most slaughterers are in Gehennom, as they (the rabbis) also said, 'The best of slaughterers go down to Gehennom.'" […] Goitein suggests that the writer is seeking a recommendation to be appointed as a slaughterer, although he hated the profession; Goitein may have succeeded in reading more of the text, but perhaps the writer is rather trying to avoid such an appointment.

العلامات

• shehita

1 مناقشة