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Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE), and written under the jurisdiction of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–1139 CE). T-S 20.86 and T-S AS 152.386 may be two pieces from the same ketubba.

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Document date

Middle third of Av 4889 Anno Mundi (29 July 1129–7 August 1129 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Middle third of Av 4889 AM, which is July/August 1129 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. The case concerns half of a ground floor apartment (qāʿa).

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Invokes the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). [...] b. Yehuda and Shelomo ha-Kohen appear before the court and attest concerning the sister of Zakkay, Sitt al-Ahl.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Adar [...], under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). One of the parties is Abū Naṣr.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Petition from Avraham al-Qushāshī to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. He says that he used to work and earn a living like everyone else [but now he is unable to and needs charity]. […] The sender informs the addressee that he went in to visit (aftaqid) Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, and "the noble council" (al-majlis al-karīm) was just saying their goodbyes and leaving, so he remained alone with Maṣliaḥ ("Sayyidnā").

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Elul 1446 Seleucid (12 August 1135–9 September 1135 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Elul 1446 Seleucid = August/September 1135 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Witnesses: Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, Natan b.

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

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Document date

1137 CE

Primary language

Aramaic

On verso probably the qiyyum (legal establishment of this deed) under the authority of Masliah Gaon. Only part of the date survived: Ad[ar … 14]48 (only תמ remains) = 1137.

العلامات

• fgp stub
• ketubba
• marriage
• masliah gaon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: written under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, and dated 10 Elul 14[.]9 Seleucid = 1128 or 1138 CE.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1445 Seleucid (1134 CE)

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: First decade of either Adar I or Adar II [14]35 Seleucid, which is 1134 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. A declaration is made in favor of a certain Abū l-Ḥasan.

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Addressed to someone important, possibly the Nagid, and possibly specifically Maṣliaḥ Gaon (based on some flattering phrases that also appear in other letters to Maṣliaḥ).

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• prison
• recommendation

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

A large damaged piece from a ketubah, from the 12th century, 1127 onward, based on the title יהי שמו לעולם כירח יכון עולם, which started to appear during the tenure of Maṣliaḥ Gaon as the Head of the Jews. The groom’s name is Nisin b.

العلامات

• ketubba
• marriage

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Petition addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, beautifully written but with rudimentary spelling.

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العلامات

• communal
• masliah gaon
• petition

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE) under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–38). Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Menashshe ha-Levi al-Jubaylī Rosh ha-Qahal (the head of the congregation) passed away without leaving anything to his son Abū ʿAlī, who now demands his share.

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138), under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–1139) in which a man on his deathbed, after having distributed his possessions, orders the sale of his riding beast and his wasif (servant) in order to pay the burial expenses.

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• will

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Document date

Middle ten days of Elul 1440 Seleucid (28 August 1129–7 September 1129 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: middle decade of Elul 1440 Seleucid = August/September 1129 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Involves Yehuda ha-Zaqen. Signed by [...] b.

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Primary language

Aramaic

Dating: 1127–38 CE, based on Ḥalfon's years of activity and the fragmentary reference to Maṣliaḥ Gaon. The widow is named Mufaddā bt. Menashshe ha-Levi.

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العلامات

• halisa

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Part of the phrase שער הישיבה יכון לעד is also preserved, typically used in reference to the court of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. MCD/ASE

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from the wife of Khalaf b. Harūn to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39 CE), seeking help against her cruel husband, written in the hand of Ḥalfon b.

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العلامات

• communal
• marital dispute
• petition

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Document date

1127–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe (1100–38) under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Dated: Either [143]8 or [144]8 Seleucid, so either 1127 CE or 1136/37 CE.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38) under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). There are mirror imprints of another legal document in Aramaic on both verso and recto, also in the hand of Ḥalfon b.

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE) under the authority of Masliah Gaon (r. 1127–1139). Dating: 1127–38 CE.

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Written under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (several words from his titles are preserved), dating the document to 1127–38 CE.

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1145–1146 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Regarding the will of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. The addressee is not known from other sources. […] Ḥalfon asks the addressee to look for the will of Maṣliaḥ Gaon among the two witnesses who wrote and signed in (R.

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العلامات

• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib-untranslated-heb
• ib4
• india

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See NLI 577.3/5 for another attestation of a document by Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon.

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Document date

last third of Ḥeshvan 1441 Seleucid (5 November 1129–14 November 1129 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: last third of Ḥeshvan 1441 Seleucid = November 1129 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Yeshuʿa b. Yaʿaqov now owes money to Abū l-Ḥusayn Ibn al-Sharābī.

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Document date

Shevaṭ 1450 Seleucid (4 January 1139–2 February 1139 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated Shevat 1450 Seleucid = January/February 1139 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. (This is the latest known document to invoke the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon before his death.)

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العلامات

• bill of sale
• real estate

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Document date

1127–1139 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138), under the authority of Masliah Gaon (r. 1127-1139), whose name is not mentioned but his father and grandfathers are (b.

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: 1127–38 CE, in light of the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon mentioned, which is dated only from the summer of 1127 onward.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

[14]38 Seleucid (20 September 1126–7 September 1127 CE)

Dated: 1438 Seleucid, which is 1126/27 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (at the very beginning of his tenure).

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38) written during the period of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). The case involves three brothers including Abū l-Faraj and Dāʾūd the sons of Yosef and a sum of 71 dinars.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Final decade Shevaṭ 1445 Seleucid (17 January 1134–26 January 1134 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: last 10 days (21-30) of the month of Shevat 1445 Seleucid, which is 1134 CE, under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon. A woman named Ḥisān bt. Yakhin/Thābit acknowledges receipt of something (probably a substantial sum of money) from Yehuda/Shibl b.

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe Halevi from 1127–1138, based on his years of scribal activity (fl. 1100-1138 CE) and the remnant of a reshut clause in the closing lines for Maṣliaḥ Gaon (r. 1127–1139). The parties are Abū l-Faḍl Yosef and Elʿazar ha-Levi.

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

Dating: Under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (1127–39), so 1127–38 CE. Elʿazar b. Shemarya remarries his divorcee Ḥasana bt.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentioning part of the formulaic blessings for Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39 CE), תכון משרתו לנצח. At least part of it concerns an expenditure given to Abū l-Ḥasan to be delivered to the widow of Abū l-Munā mentioning dirhams and dinars.

العلامات

• account

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Document date

1448 Seleucid (29 August 1136–17 September 1137 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: 1448 Seleucid, which is 1136/37 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Involves Abū l-Munā Tiqva (probably identical with Abū l-Munā Tiqva b.

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Document date

Adar 1450 Seleucid (1139 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This Shelomo was evidently from Damascus and briefly served the head of the Jews after the death of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (last seen alive in T-S 12.694, January 1139 CE).

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Document date

Monday, 1 Ḥeshvan 1445 Seleucid (2 October 1133 CE)

Dated: Monday, 1 Ḥeshvan 1445 Seleucid, which is 2 October 1133 Seleucid, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Avraham b. Shelomo remarries his divorcee Rafīʿa bt.

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العلامات

• remarriage

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a woman to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon containing an update on a lawsuit between her and a male family member (possibly her son).

العلامات

• masliah gaon
• petition
• women's letters

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: 1127–38 CE, due to the fact that we find part of the reshut formula (for Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, 1127–39 CE). The parties are Abū Saʿīd b.

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العلامات

• ib-addenda
• ib4

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38), under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Written on one page of a bifolio.

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Efrayim, probably between 1100-1127, because the reshut formula for Masliah Gaon is not included. AA

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• isaac b. samuel ha-sefaradi

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

27 Sivan 1439 Seleucid (1128 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Monday, 27 Sivan 1439 Seleucid, which is 27 May 1128 CE, under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

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