Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• condolence
• fasting
• torture
• violence

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Shemuel to his cousin (ibn khāl) ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. Consists almost entirely of greetings and updates on the health of …

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Writer and addressee unknown. Dating: No earlier than 15th century, since it mentions the currency ashrafī. Deals mainly with business matters. Mentions …

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العلامات

• amir
• ashrafi
• rashid

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• popular literature

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a woman named Harja, somewhere in Syria, to her brother ʿAbd al-Dā'im Ibn Fayrūz, in Cairo. See tag for other letters by her.

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العلامات

• harja
• to edit
• women's letters

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Avraham Neḥmad to Moshe b. ʿAbd al-Waliyy. Writer and addressee are Qaraites.

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العلامات

• capitation tax
• hama
• jaliya
• recommendation
• tax

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from the Qaraite community of Jerusalem to the Qaraite community of Damascus. The scribe is Meir Rofe Tawrīzī, and the letter is also signed …

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العلامات

• 'ushr
• damascus
• ottoman
• persecution
• qaraite-rabbanite relations
• (+ 3 المزيد)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter of condolence from Yūsuf b. Shemuel to his 'partner' (sharīk) Naṣrallāh.

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العلامات

• condolence

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

None

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العلامات

• account
• arabic script

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• aviv
• qaraites

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he arrived safely in Jerusalem with his group on Thursday at the end of the day. …

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Ibrāhīm al-Ḥakīm, unknown location, to ʿAbd al-Karīm b. Maʿānī(?), in Cairo. The letter is in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script.

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العلامات

• arabic address

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• eviction
• marital dispute
• qaraites

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Document date

25 Tammuz 5341 Anno Mundi (26 June 1581 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from an unknown writer, in Damascus, to his parents. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Thursday, 25 Tammuz 5341 AM = 1581 CE (unless we are only …

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العلامات

• ashrafi
• damascus
• late ja

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions ʿAbd al-Laṭīf b. ʿAbd al-Waliyy; 60 dinars; a woman (Ḥājja Khātūn) who is the sister of Najm al-Dīn, and who mentioned that Umm ʿAfīf had told her that the writer would send her her money; it goes on in this vein.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The second block of text reads, "Naṣrallāh b. ʿAbdallāh Nafīs(?) witnessed regarding the aforementioned Abū l-Ḥasan and Abū l-Faḍl the brother of the aforementioned Naṣrallāh and his wife."

العلامات

• arabic script

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Release in the name of Naṣrallāh b. Salmān b. [...] al-Skandarī, in which he declares that he has no further claims on a long list of people, it seems following the death of somebody.

العلامات

• release

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• arabic script

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Document date

12 Shevat 5407 Anno Mundi (18 January 1647 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A woman named Khāṣṣ bt. Shelomo Levi Somekh, the widow of R. Eliyya Levi Hītī, declared in the house of R.

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العلامات

• 17th c
• inheritance

1 نسخ

Document date

24 Shevat 5499 Anno Mundi (2 February 1739 CE)

Loan contract, Qaraite. Dated: Sunday night, 24 Shevat 5499 AM, which is 1739 CE. Shemuel nin Yeshuʿa known as Berakha attests that he has received …

العلامات

• findikli
• zincirli

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• christian
• polemic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• fable
• popular literature

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

28 Heshvan 5506 Anno Mundi (23 November 1745 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The groom is listed solely as Yosef, therefore one of the witnesses' names may contain the rest of his nomenclature: Naḥūm b. Aharon Kohen aka Ḥatūm and Zakarīya b. Raṣon ha-Rofe. The bride's full name is listed, Neḥama bt. Efrayīm b. Ruben aka Ẓānī. The dowry and some trousseau items are mentioned such as a gown (qumṣān), embroidery (taṭrīz), and ṣadrīyāt (vest, waistcoat, or bodice - Wehr, 592).

العلامات

• 18th c
• karaite
• prenuptial

1 نسخ

Inferred date

1759–1759 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The husband is listed as Avraham b. Yaʿaqov b. Daniel Levi Rofe and the bride, Hana bt. Yeshūʿa b. Yosef. Fortunately, another marital document survives from this couple that is definitively dated (Yevr. […] The conditional divorce agreement was witnessed by Shelomob. Moshe Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr. MCD.

العلامات

• 18th c
• divorce
• karaite

1 نسخ

Document date

4 Iyyar 5421 Anno Mundi (3 May 1661 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Moshe Levi Qayyim acknowledges a debt of 40 abu kalb guruş to Eliya b. Aharon ha-Levi Rūmī. The debts are related to building expenses for a house.

العلامات

• karaite

1 نسخ

Document date

14 Adar I 5529 Anno Mundi (21 February 1769 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated on the night of Purim 14 Adar I, 5529 AM (1769 CE). Yiṣhaq b. Aharon Ḥakīm engages the previously unmarried Qamr bt. Nissīm b. Yosef Levi. Their engagement is set to last for two years and the groom contributes a mohar of 40 reales. The scribe Eliyahu b. Moshe Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr has signed on behalf of two other witnesses: Shelomo Levi Darwish and Shemuʾel Levi.

العلامات

• karaite
• prenuptial

1 نسخ

Document date

13 Tevet 5515 Anno Mundi (27 December 1754 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite engagement agreement between Yahūda b. Yeshūʿa Levi aka Hīti and ʿAzīza bt. Yahuda Levi. […] The payment will be provided by ʿAzīza's brother-in-law Shemuʾel b. Raḥamīm Feyruz aka אלשויך, who is serving as her legal representative because her father is deceased. […] Only the scribe Eliyahu Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr signs but two other witnesses are mentioned in the closing lines: Moshe b. Yeshuʿa Ḥazan aka Miʿmār, Barūkh b. Shelomo Levi aka Qayyim.

العلامات

• 18th c
• karaite
• prenuptial

1 نسخ

Document date

22 Nisan 5441 Anno Mundi (10 April 1681 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The two partners are Yaʿaqov b. Yiṣḥaq al-Qudsī and Avraham b. ʿOvadya Feyrūz.

العلامات

• 17th c
• karaite

1 نسخ

Document date

Sunday 21 Heshvan 5511 Anno Mundi (20 November 1750 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The prenuptial agreement also involves the prospective bride Qamr bt. Ḥesed b. Yiṣḥaq Levi known as Qudsī, who is represented by her brother Saʿdīya (even though their father is still alive.)

العلامات

• karaite
• prenuptial

1 نسخ

Document date

Monday 10 Adar 5513 Anno Mundi (14 February 1753 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite engagement deed between Avraham b. Eliyahu Fayruz and Zamorda d. 'Aziel/ 'Uziel.

العلامات

• karaite
• prenuptial

1 نسخ

Document date

Sunday 17 Kislev 5509 Anno Mundi (8 December 1748 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite prenuptial agreement executed at the time of the betrothal between Nissim Levi b. Moshe and Rahma d. Avraham. Dated Sunday 17th Kislev 5509 AM (1748 CE).

العلامات

• dar simha
• karaite
• prenuptial

1 نسخ

Document date

8 Tishrei 5515 Anno Mundi (24 September 1754 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite betrothal deed (qiddushin) between Yaʿaqov b. Avraham Barakha and Raḥel bt. Avraham b. Yosef Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr. […] Three witnesses are mentioned in the closing lines but their signatures do not appear as part of the document: the groom's uncle Yosef b. Yaʿaqov aka Barakha, Saʿadya b. Elaʿzar Levi, Aharon Kohen Ḥazan b.

العلامات

• 18th c
• karaite
• prenuptial

1 نسخ

Document date

Monday, 4 Shevat 5321 Anno Mundi (21 January 1561 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Written and signed by the scribe Avraham b. Yeshaʿya Tawrīzī (a rare example of an early modern bialphabetic signature in both Hebrew and Arabic script). […] The case involves ʿAbd al-Jawwād b. Farajallāh al-Kohen known as al-Khāzin. He asks the court why they have not allowed him the honor of going up with the Torah for the kohen blessings.

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العلامات

• dar simha
• ethiopia
• karaite
• torah

1 نسخ

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العلامات

• fgp stub

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Document date

15 Sivan 5513 Anno Mundi (17 June 1753 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite engagement agreement between Moshe b. Yosef Feyrūz aka Revaḥ and Esther bt. David b.

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العلامات

• karaite
• prenuptial

1 نسخ

Document date

30 Shevat 5494 Anno Mundi (3 February 1734 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In this transaction Avraham aka Shabbetay b. Eliyahu ha-Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr acknowledges that he has received payment from Eliyahu b.

العلامات

• 18th c
• karaite

1 نسخ

Document date

28 Tevet 5425 Anno Mundi (15 January 1665 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated 28 Tevet 5425 AM (1665 CE). Moshe b. Shemuʾel Ḥazan leases the shop to Yeshuʿa b.

العلامات

• karaite

1 نسخ

Document date

18 Adar 5579 Anno Mundi (15 March 1819 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Pre nuptial agreement between Nissim Halevi b. Eliyyahu b. Nissim and Rachel d. Mordechai b.

العلامات

• 19th c
• karaite
• prenuptial

1 نسخ

Document date

1 Heshvan 5510 Anno Mundi (13 October 1749 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The two parties discussed in the document are Ḥezeqīya b. Pinḥas known as Naqqāsh and ʿOvadya Fayruz aka Shāmī.

العلامات

• karaite

1 نسخ

Document date

Sunday 8 Adar II 5548 Anno Mundi (17 March 1788 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Location: Cairo. Avraham b. Nissīm b. Yaʿaqov aka Ḥīna is the groom, Badra bt. […] II A 1254 (PGPID 27473), it is clear that Badra's first marriage to Avraham b. Nissīm aka Ḥīna lasted less than two years.

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العلامات

• 18th c
• betrothal
• karaite
• remarriage

1 نسخ

Document date

23 Tevet 5529 Anno Mundi (2 January 1769 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated Monday 23rd Tevet, 5529 AM (1769 CE). Yosef b. Shelomo aka Maʿānī commits to issue a conditional bill of divorce to his future wife Venīsa/Vanesa d.

العلامات

• 18th c
• divorce
• karaite

1 نسخ

Document date

10 Shevat 5523 Anno Mundi (24 January 1763 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite conditional divorce document. Yaquti'el b. Nissim Fayruz is taking upon himself to give a conditional bill of divorce to his future wife Sitūta b. […] Dated Monday 10th Shevat, 5523 AM (1763 CE). The scribe Eliyahu b. Moshe Rofe issued the document in the home of Shemuel b.

العلامات

• 18th c
• conditional divorce
• karaite

1 نسخ

Document date

4 Nisan 5403 Anno Mundi (24 March 1643 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated Friday 4 Nisan 5403 AM (1643 CE). Nissim b. b. Shelomo Ḥakīm acknowledges a debt of 5 guruş riyyal to Yaʿaqov b.

العلامات

• 17th c
• karaite

1 نسخ