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Might involve a woman named Sitt al-Nās.
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Fiscal document. There is an ʿalāma at the top and underneath registration of various sums of money.
Pen trial of legal deed(s) mentioning the names Abū ʿAlī, Avraham b. Ṣadoq, Mubārak, and Barakāt.
Unclear if any details are preserved or if it is all boilerplate. Needs further examination.
The Arabic reads as "bāb aqṭaʿ al-riʿā[.
Probably belongs with BL OR 5565G.23–26 (a treasure-hunting/alchemical manual).
Alchemical instructions in Judaeo-Arabic (mentioning e.g.
VII,59, T-S 8.98, T-S NS 320.92, T-S NS 338.109, T-S AS 147.41, T-S AS 147.42. There are also larger fragments a hand that resembles his (e.g., T-S 12.141 and T-S 12.602).
Yiṣḥaq is referring to the letter that he sent to Molkho seeking assistance roughly a week earlier on the 9th of the Omer of 5562 AM (CUL Or.1081 2.49 -PGPID 31284). He also mentions a sum of 1,000 fiḍḍa that Me'ir sent to Safed via Shelomo Barūkh in Damietta, on behalf of Yiṣḥaq/Me'ir's unnamed maternal cousin (בנת כ'אלתי).
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This new ketubba lays out the conditions upon him both from the first ketubba and from the remarriage (the specific sums for the payments have also been left blank). The name Raḥamim Talmīd appears in a fragment of a communal kashrut tax (gabela) list from Cairo, dated 1822 CE (JRL Series L 29 – PGPID 40135).
In Judaeo-Arabic, with ~7 lines of possibly unrelated Arabic script on verso (some of this might be part of the address, though there is also an address in Judaeo-Arabic). Dating: Probably 11th century.
Mentions people such as Ḥayyān, the nākhudā ʿAlī (whose name is preceded by the mysterious phrase דאוה פאיך), and Yaʿqūb b. […] The sender has sent the qārūras of musk and musk pods with Yaʿqūb al-Bā[...] to the addressee, who is to give them to Yaʿqūb and Ibrāhīm, who should bring it with them to Aden.
He bought this quarter for a price of two and half dīnārs. It is also the only document from the collection that has writings on its verso.
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Groom: Abū l-Wafāʾ b. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ. Bride: Sitt al-Thanāʾ bt. Yosef the cantor.
On Tuesday, 27th of Nisan 1468 Era of Documents [1157 CE] in Fustat, Egypt, situated on the Nile river, under the jurisdiction of our Master Samuel, …
Stating that the perfumer Abū l-Fakhr Seʿadya b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī ("son of the comb-maker"), had acted as collector of mezonot, or money for bread for the poor, on the same date. […] See BL OR 5542.23 for a letter addressed to the same Abū l-Fakhr Seʿadya Ibn al-Amshāṭī. (Information from Goitein's index card and Med Soc II, Appendix C, #81.)
They inform the addressee that David left impoverished orphans, so they ask him to send the money with a trustworthy merchant of Salonica in the form of a polisa (פוליסה) as soon as possible. They have also heard that Avraham Barukh and a certain Sarsūr owed money to the deceased (the latter because he was selling garments (?
Abū l-Faraj Menahem ha-Levi al-Shammāʿ b. Shemarya ha-Levi, who is the widow of the clothier (bazzāz) Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf b. Munajjā, acknowledges that she has received in full the 40 dinars of her delayed marriage gift (muʾakhkhar) from the ʿAsqalānī perfumer Abū ʿAlī Yefet b. Tiqva, "Beḥīr ha-yeshīva". Witnesses: Berakhot b.
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wa-li-yastaẓhir) in whatever way is appropriate for the dīwān al-istiẓhār. Some of the phrases in this document (iṣlāḥ aḥwālihimā, al-shadd min…) are similar to phrases in T-S 8J38.11, a note from the Jewish court ca. 1100 instructing a delegate to try to resolve a marital conflict.
The verso features a different hand, however, that is listing similar goods such as pepper, almond, and wax albeit without the organized column structure of units and numerical quantities.
It is an approximate equivalent of an Arabic poem that can be found in literary anthologies. According to al-Abshīhī in Al-Mustaṭraf Fī Kull Fann Mustaẓraf, a certain Naṣr b.
There is a full translation and detailed analysis in Sharf, "An Unknown Messiah of 1096 and the Emperor Alexius." ASE
(Information from Olszowy-Schlanger, Karaite Marriage Documents, p. 41. See also Goitein notes and index card linked below.)
It was thus before us witnesses, whose signatures are written below this record: In Hormshīr [Ahwāz] town, which [is] among th…
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Letter from Shelomo, a ritual slaughterer in al-Maḥalla, to the judge Zakkay (probably the father of Shelomo b. […] The sender feared losing his job for having only memorized a handbook on his profession, instead of studying the sources, when a new judge, Menaḥem, arrived in al-Maḥalla. Verso is covered with various jottings, including the possible date of arrival of the letter: 12 Ḥeshvan 1462 Seleucid, which is 3 October 1150 CE.
Location: Possibly Alexandria: it appears to be spelled מדינת אכסנדריה, but in the very next line there is someone named אלאסכנדראני with the letters in the correct (Arabic) order.
Nissim inquiring about a letter sent to Aden Alexandria. Dating: 1094–97. The first 27 lines consist mainly of greetings and expressions of admiration for Nahray and Mevorākh, the Rayyis.
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The wife of ʿAṭā' gave them only a couple measly garments, and when they put them on their bodies, they felt chills. She and her children all have an ear illness. The addressee evidently left 5 dinars for her with Farḥūn, although she has not yet been able to get her hands on it.
From several people, probably addressed to Sayyidnā al-Rayyis. The senders are currently being held in prison and it sounds like they are making their case to the addressee to exert himself to help them. […] When this didn't get him anywhere, he went to some government office (Dār al-Sulṭān) and cried out for help, "O Muslims! I do not say... the religion of Islam."
In which Abū l-Faraj "the physician of the fleet" (ṭabīb al-uṣṭūl) sues his debtor Abū l-Ḥassan b. Muʿammar Ibn al-Baṭṭ for 22 dinars and 70 dirhams, documented in an Arabic debt contract.
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Seʿadya known as Abū l-Yumn Ibn al-Baṣal, release each other from all claims. She initiated the divorce by agreeing to forego the delayed payment from her marriage contract (this is known as "ransom" or iftidāʾ), and the court obligated him to give her the bill of divorce.
Letter from an unknown writer in al-Maḥalla to Sar ha-Sarim (Nagid Mevorakh b. Saadya) in Fustat. […] Goitein suggests that the writer is the muqaddam of al-Maḥalla. The name Shemuel b. ʿOvadya b. Saʿadya ha-Levi on verso may be the name of the writer, but this is not clear (the name is prefaced with ל = "to" or "belonging to").
from Avraham to preside over this marriage between the groom Abū l-Munā and 'the girl,' who has appointed her father as her agent. He also asks if it is permissible to use the text of the ketubba drafted on the other side.
He humorously complains that the pepper won't fetch any money for him to be able to eat or drink. He also did not want the 15 עיטוריה(?) dinars that the addressee sent with Mūsā b.
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Eliyyahu b. Shelomo (thus far all are titled Rosh Yeshivat Ge'on Yaʿaqov) b. Yehosef ha-Kohen Bayt Din Kohen Ṣedeq b. […] The FGP transcription is for a circular letter by Maṣliaḥ Gaon sent to all the cities of the Rīf. This text may have come from part of the letter that was not digitized.
II B 1535 (PGPID 41769). There are also remnants of accounts in Greek/Coptic numerals probably from an earlier document on verso.
Reused for Hebrew jottings (though it's also possible that these came first, since they are partially cut off on recto).
An old woman, the widow of Abū ʿAlī Yefet Ibn al-Ṣabbāgh (she is probably the same as Ḥusna bt.
Ulla - his name appears in both options) to Saadia and his wife Sitt al-Husn. Signed by [Yeshuʿa?] ha-Melammed b. Avraham and the physician (ha-Rofeʾ) Yaʿaqov b. […] ʿUlla; 1.5 "shares" in something; Saʿadya's wife Sitt al-Ḥusn; [..] b. Shelomo ha-Kohen.
Brill: Leiden, 2013. See also Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, p. 17 and Goitein notes linked below, and the Penn Catalog.)
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Dated in multiple locations to the early 18th century, for example שנת הנה ישעך בא (=463=1703). There may also be dates as early as the 1640s but this portion of the UPenn-CAJS catalogue metadata is unclear.
Yosef have found no buyers for the (ostrich) feather or for the ginger, but he has managed to sell some of the addressee's indigo (אנייר = añir = añil, originally from Arabic al-nīl). If there is a difficult epidemic in Fustat/Cairo, the addressee should put all the goods of Yaʿaqov לוחמית and Yiṣḥaq פורדוניל in storage (?
Goitein: "Cakes, called kaʿk in Arabic (a word that seems, however, not to be connected with its English equivalent), also were normally bought in the bazaar, and the name or designation ka'ki, or cake master, is rather frequent.
Letter, probably from a son to father inferred from the expression "وما اعلمك به يا والدي". The name ʿAbd al-Wahhāb appears on verso in what appears to be the remnant of the address. […] Mentions irdabbs of barley (shaʿīr) several times, wheat (qamḥ) and vetch (jullabān), and a horse which arrived safely (wa-qad waṣala lanā al-ḥiṣān sālim). The letter overall seems to report on usual commercial transactions and prices of goods but merits further examination.
Letter from Isma’il b. Barhun al-Taharti to Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055), Fustat. […] Shemarya and Rav Hayya Gaon– though this range might be narrowed further based on the years when Isma’il b. Barhun al-Taharti was active. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #124) VMR
Sugmar, from Susa, to his brother, Yehuda, probably in Alexandria. Summer 1056. The writer expresses his greetings and several advices to his brother’s marriage.
[ ] ממן הם אשפק עס[א]ה אכתר מנא [
[ ] כיאר אלנאס ואגלאהם אסל אללה יגעלהא אימן סאע[ה]
[ …
Letter from a son to his father, concerned with traveling issues, sending greetings to many family members, and mentioning the sender’s uncle Abū l-Faraj Ibn al-Tawwazī (cf. T-S NS 225.102 (PGPID 24100)). Likely the handwriting of Shelomo b. […] By God, her prayers are like arrows that never miss, and may God not punish you and us all with their fire" (ועלי ואלדתך אלסלאם ובאללה יא אבי לא תתכסב מנהא דעא פאן ואללה דעאהא כאלסהאם אלדי מא תכיב פאללה לא יואכדך ולא יואכדנא מן נארהם).
Verso: Additional legal notes regarding monthly payments, likely unrelated to recto. Also in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Mentioning Abū l-Riḍā b.
Aharon ha-Kohen, with greetings to sons Abū ʿAlī and Abū l-Surūr. Mentions: being insulted; a dispute involving 30 dinars and a plan to write a letter to the Rayyis; "he said to Abū Naṣr and Abū l-Faraj, that he only wished to obtain the signatures and send them to the Rayyis, because you are ordering (good) and forbidding (bad) […] "; a government official (ḥājib) named ʿIzz al-Mulk; and "Rabbenu Sayyidnā Moshe" (probably Maimonides).
Ashur tends to favor the earlier date since the hand which wrote the document is similar to the hand of the scribe who wrote the al-Yusanah documents of the eleventh century (published by Joseph Rivlin). […] Verso: one line in Arabic script, probably from a letter, containing a name: [...] b. Abū Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-[...] ادام الله عزه. (Information in part from CUDL and Amir Ashur's dissertation)
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The remainder of the fragment is also filled with text. Apart from difficult Arabic text on verso, there is what Goitein calls an Arabic/medieval Greek/Romanesque (laʿaz) glossary, partially in Arabic script on recto and partially in Hebrew script on verso.
"Whenever I beat him, I do so excessively; but as soon as I begin, the mistress rushes along and, after having hit him four or five times, releases him. Had it not been for his illness, I would have killed him with beating, although as a poorly clothed newcomer, he is entitled to some consideration."
What I have to inform my lord is that I have been defeated in educating this young man, Abū Manṣū…
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