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Saʿīd b. Ibrahīm pays ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Dated 14(?) Dhū l-Qaʿda 700(?). Needs examination.
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Printed page from the beginning of "Introduzione alla grammatica del Puoti" (1865). With inky fingerprints and writing exercises in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script written over it.
Dating: Possibly 11th century. The word ʿalā is abbreviated as an ʿayin with a dot over it (ע̇ אחסן חאל).
This portion contains mainly the closing greetings and a reference to "Moshe Rabbenu the father/ancestor of all the prophets."
Amount: ½ dīnār (the lowest rate). Jahbadh: Hibat Allāh. Merits conservation and digitization.
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Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the Ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. Concerning yarn. (Information from CUDL)
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Fiscal document referring to the amīr Sayf al-Dawla and mentioning the date 27 Jumādā II 527 AH = 2 May 1133 CE.
Bottom part of a begging letter asking for financial support, it seems reminding the collector (al-jābī) to collect the sums promised in a pesiqa.
Ibrāhīm; Ibn Nufayʿ; Muḥammad b. al-Asʿad;
Nafusi. Mentions Yaʿaqov al-Andalusi, the recipient's brother Avraham, and Abu Mansur and his father.
Yiṣḥaq b. Sabri to Abu al-Faraj Nissim complaining about a business issue and urging a prompt response to his letter.
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Mentions amounts 'with' (or owed by) various people such as Furayj the boy of al-Muhadhdhab b. Saʿīd and a certain fuqqāʿī.
Groom: Ḥesed (presumably Abū Naṣr al-Tustarī). (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Document of release concerning the estate of Berakhot ha-Levi’s deceased wife Ghāliya, mentioning Farjiyya the mother of Gh[āliya] and the daughter of her sister specifically.
Part of one page contains some accounts (naming ʿAmmī Avraham, R.Moshe, Sasson, Mordekhai, al-Yahūdi).
Recto: astrology, mentioning ṣāḥib al-ṭāliʿ several times. Verso: a continuation of recto, transitioning into a formulary for a spell of some kind that involves burying something.
A partial Hijrī date is visible in the upper left corner of the recto but the year is missing along the paper tear: Jumada I [...].
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and possibly another language. Late. The name Yosef al-Rumi appears at upper left. Currencies include גרושוש, פצה, and ראייל.
(Information from Khan, ALAD, p. 163). AA
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Involves [...] b. Yehuda al-Rāb and Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm, both Jews. Needs examination for content.
Fragment of a business letter in Arabic script (wa-innamā katabtu... al-ḥisāb...). Might mention "from Aswān" on verso (l. 3).
Some of the lines are copied a second time underneath. Mentions the word "al-silwān." On verso there is piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Mentions a community or group (al-jamāʿa) and the middle of Shawwāl. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ.
Part of a letter or document in Arabic script (might mention al-Ramla and a date). Reused for writing exercises in Hebrew and for piyyuṭ on recto.
Lower right corner. Mentions Sitt al-Ahl bt. [...] and a husband (Abū) l-Faraj Hibatallāh.
Text in Arabic, continued on verso, mentioning ʿUmar b. Saʿīd and ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmar. Verso: names of months, in Hebrew.
Verso: letter referring to a letter for ʿAmmār al-Sharābī and requesting a liturgical poem (rahaṭ).
Mentions the arrival in Damsīs of the representative (nā[ʾib]) of the amīr Muẓaffar(?) al-Dawla. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter to Efrayim (b. Shemarya?) al-Ḥaver, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script on verso.
Yosef), mentioning names such as Abū ʿImrān, al-Rūmī and Abū Saʿd. (Information in part from CUDL).
Mentions pepper; wool and robes; al-Sijilmāsī; fūṭas and other garment types; saqaṭ; marjoram (mardaqūsh); cinnamon.
Unidentified Hebrew; Arabic jottings in the margin, including one document draft mentioning Ibrāhīm b. Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Yahūdī. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Mūsā and a woman [...] known as Sitt al-Ḥusn. Maybe notes for a marriage document. (Information in part from CUDL)
Mentioning the death of someone's son Abū l-ʿAlā; the late Nagid; and an orphan, Saʿadya b. Saʿadya.
Recto: calendar; the ‘Head of the Yešiva’ (raʾs al-metīvā) is mentioned at the top. Verso refers to the ritual lighting of candles, במא מדליקין ובמא אין מדליקין.
Verso: small fragment of an Arabic state document in large script. There is an ʿalāma in the margin. Recto: possibly a maqāma, praising a ruler (or God).
Mentions Ismāʿīl b. Jabbār, al-Mahdiyya, and a barqalū (a mid-size bale).
Order of payment in Arabic script. The judge (al-dayyān) is asked to pay a sum to the bearer.
See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.
List in Arabic on verso with a column of Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. There is a second unrelated text in Arabic on the recto - unidentified, may be literary.
Might list names, e.g. [...] b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and [...] wāliduhū. Needs examination.
Official document of some kind. Abū Naṣr al-[...] may owe 6.25 dinars. There is a date (Dhū l-Ḥijja something), but the year seems to be written as a cipher.
Beginning with a basmala followed by the name Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Mughaṭṭī(?). Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Original use: Document in Arabic mentioning al-Maghrib, maybe a letter. Reused for Judaeo-Arabic accounts mentioning thawbs, in the hand of the scribe previously misidentified as ʿArūs.
On verso there is a list of items in Arabic with Coptic numerals, one is Socotran aloe (صبر سقطري). Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Items include three garments; twenty of something "with (or owed to) al-Saqqāq"; dates; hazelnut; shoes; and something new.
Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE because the ashrafi was minted first under Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in this year.
Damaged fragment from a memorial list 'The house of Umm al-Damyati' followed by the house of Rashid, and his two sons Hilal and Shilo, and the latter son Tahor.
Petition to an Ayyubid sultan, possibly Al-ʿĀdil I (13th century), opening only. On verso there is a piyyuṭ, possibly for Yom Kippur.
[ ا]لهمام ناصر الاسلام غياث الانام سيف المومنين سلطان جيوش المسلمين
خليل امير المومنين وادام قدرته واعلى ابدا كلمته وانفذ احكامه
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…..
[ ] the heroic, the helper of Islam, the succour of mankind, sword of the believers, sultan of the armies of the Muslims,
the friend of…
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Only the basmala and the opening line (ṣalawāt allāh wa-barakātuhū wa-nawāmī zakawātihī wa-afḍal taḥiyyatihī) are preserved.