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Inferred date

1131–1132 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He refers to the troubles he has faced during his stay in Aydhab and writes that he is delayed because pack animals were costly and he had little money after spending large portions of his capital on import fees in Yemen (on his way east). He also describes in detail an event that happened in Yemen when he was a part of an argument between members of the Jewish community there, about the Gaon's authority (Masliah Gaon from the yeshiva of Palestine), which led to Ḥalfon's humiliation.

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العلامات

• aydhab
• business
• halfon b. netanel
• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• (+ 4 المزيد)

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in the hand of the cantor Abū Sahl Levi b. al-Ahuv, to one of his sons, probably Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi in Qalyūb. […] He writes that there is no havdala at all on Saturday night, but only Maʿariv and qinnot.

العلامات

• abu sahl levi
• havdala

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions Abū l-Faraj Ibn al-Rayyis (=Eliyyahu the Judge, early 13th century). […] There are brief greetings at the end, and a request to meet with al-Muhadhdhab and pass on a rebuke from the sender.

العلامات

• army

1 نسخ

Inferred date

1025–1051 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

It seemed at first that the newborn would survive (kānat ʿalāmatuhu khayr), but he died soon afterward (r4–6). […] Shelomo had sent two previous letters with the same content: he had sent one copy to Tyre, to be forwarded to Damascus, and he had given the other copy to a Damascene Muslim in Abu Musa's caravanserai in Ramleh, who was to pass it on to R. Moshe al-Ḥaver (r6–10). Information in part from Goitein's note card and in part from Gil ASE

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العلامات

• childbirth
• funduq
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: fever
• (+ 5 المزيد)

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

The works going on are financed from huge sums of rent deposited with the banker al-As'ad in the course of two years. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 453 #136)

العلامات

• 13th c
• account
• communal
• coptic numerals
• qodesh
• (+ 1 المزيد)

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(a) Marriage portion of Munā the freedwoman of Ibn Futayḥ marrying Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Avraham al-Tinnīsī. 10 + 30 dinars. Total value of dowry: 130 dinars.

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العلامات

• register

1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter to Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel, the brother of Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel complaining in strong terms about Ibn Khulayf and Buraykh, but praying Bushayr.

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Document date

968 Hijrī (22 September 1560–10 September 1561 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated in several locations according to the Islamic calendar, probably in the year 968 AH (חסץ) but this alphanumerical designation is backwards compared to other contemporary usage in which ץ appears as 900 (see for example ENA 3720.2v PGPID 39645).

العلامات

• cmp

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

There are no full words to work with because of damage that was sustained after the paper was reused for hilkhōt of al-Fāsī (FGP). The neighboring shelfmark ENA 3408.5 is a join to the same medieval-era halakhic manuscript and it retains even less Arabic text (yet it may be related to that which appears on 3408.4).

العلامات

• arabic reused

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Only the last two lines before the ending are preserved. Mentions Ibn al-Anbārī and excuses for why a group of people were prevented from arriving somewhere (possibly tempests—anwāʾ).

العلامات

• dimme
• lost archive
• report

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Some contain the mystery mark (backwards ط). All are dated after the formula kutiba. ENA 3971 13–24, 31 and 34.

العلامات

• dimme
• tax
• tax receipt

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Some contain the mystery mark (backwards ط). All are dated after the formula kutiba. ENA 3971 13–24, 31 and 34.

العلامات

• dimme
• tax
• tax receipt

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1474 Seleucid (11 September 1162–30 August 1163 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Saadya ha-Levi wrote and signed an order to pay 9.5 dirhams to the children of a certain Hiba, the brother of Abu Ishaq al-Mukari, said to be thier share in the revenue of the "Estate of the Jerusalemites."

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العلامات

• 12th c
• account
• estate of the jerusalemites
• heqdesh
• qodesh
• (+ 2 المزيد)

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Document date

Sivan 1411 Seleucid (February 1100 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Legal agreement in which Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Ḥalabī the banker agrees to pay Ḥalfon b. Efrayim 8.5 dinars every month on a debt of 15 dinars.

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1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Someone was sick. Mentions Ibn al-Layth (cf. Bodl. MS heb. b 12/4 (PGPID 6354)).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions Abū l-Surūr; a Christian; 200 dinars; pepper; lac ʿAmīd al-Dawla; Abū Musā Hārūn.

العلامات

• trade

1 نسخ

Document date

28 Elul 1594 Seleucid (21 September 1283 CE)

Primary languages

Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: not long before 28 Elul 1594 Seleucid = 21 September 1283 CE, which is set as the date of the wedding (al-dukhūl). She retains the right to determine where she lives in Fustat or Egypt.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Tammuz 5353 Anno Mundi (1 July 1593–29 July 1593 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

It seems to be the copy of a reconciliation agreement between al-Faqīr (the writer?) and Shemuel the son of the late Ḥayyim Turiya(?).

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العلامات

• 16th c
• cedid

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment addressed to [...] b. Ṣadaqa al-Maghribī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script.

العلامات

• arabic address

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The account mentions that the "Basha," perhaps an Ottoman provincial governor, "came from al-Shām." Requires further examination.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: pen trials in Hebrew and Arabic script as well as a list of names in Judaeo-Arabic, including Bū l-Bahāʾ (בלבהא) and Ibn al-Kāmukhī. AA/ASE

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ʿAdiyya Ibn Maṭrūḥ, who had sold his daughter, Sitt al-Sāda, and her son two-thirds of two shops with the apartment located above theirs.

العلامات

• deathbed will

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The addressee will receive "the book of dreams" (kitāb al-manāmāt) soon. Greetings to various people including Sitt Baghdād.

العلامات

• dreams

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

On verso there is a poem about Sarah the wife of Abraham. All in the hand of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Damietta to the Fustat community (קהלת מצר) to collect money for alimony and travel expenses, it seems, to Palestine, for two individuals.

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• petition

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Letter from Zekharya b. Ya’aqov b. al-Shama, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat.

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العلامات

• coin
• nahray b. nissim

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions people such as al-Najīb, the sender's paternal uncles Hiba and Abū l-Majd, and his paternal aunt and her son Abū l-Ḥasan.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter mentioning Reuben the apostate. In a late hand. Alternate description: Letter, mentioning Reuben ‘the proselyte’ and greetings to many family members, including the writer’s paternal uncle Zigdon and his maternal aunt Ḡarība.

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

IB IV, 45 (ח2). Letter from Mūsā b. al-Lukhtūsh, probably in Granada, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel.

العلامات

• 12th c
• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Verso (original use): Letter in Arabic script conveying a request not to hold back a man who is 'one of the peasants of my brother' (wa-huwa min fallāḥīn akhī), is dāmin al-dukkān, and wants to travel to his town, Kalabshā (in Nubia, near Aswān).

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العلامات

• damin

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

The writer complains about his partner and his work in the Maghreb, al-Qayrawān, and Sicily. The writer writes instructions regarding shipment of flax and use of money.

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العلامات

• flax

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter addressed to Sar Shalom, written by a man whose wife and son had been in captivity by Edom (Christians) and who had lost all his property and had no profession, asking for bread and clothing.

العلامات

• communal
• petition

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Groom: Yosef b. Yefet. Bride: Sitt al-Ahl. Mentions an apartment (ṭabaqa) that is over the cross-street bridge (sābāṭ).

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Natan ha-Sheviʿi. Writing that although he has not heard from him in a while, he understands that a disaster has befallen him, and sending him good wishes for Passover.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter sent by Abu al-Barakat to Abu Nasr, asking him for 3 dirhams to hire a riding beast and asking another 3 dirhams from the recipient's friends for provisions, so he could try his luck in one of the congregations of the Rif.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from the teacher Dāʾūd Ibn al-Ḥaver of Qalyub to the judge Shelomo b. Eliyyahu.

العلامات

• al-shaykh al-rashid
• communal
• jaliya
• petition
• shelomo b. eliyyahu

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Document date

24 Tammuz 5252 Anno Mundi (19 July 1492 CE)

Location: נקאוץ "on the water springs," likely Naqāwūs or N'Gaous (نقاوس) in Algeria—a town that is still known to this day for its natural springs.

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العلامات

• ketubba
• marriage

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from ʿAbd al-Raʾīs b. Makīn to a certain Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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Document date

8 Tammuz 1391 Seleucid (28 June 1080 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Ṭoviyya ha-Levi sues Mubārak the freedman and Yosef b. Yoshiyya known as Ibn al-Dhahabī regarding a debt. Mentions sums of 62 dinars, 19 dinars, and 43 dinars.

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2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة

Document date

Elul 4846 Anno Mundi (14 August 1086–11 September 1086 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Muvḥar and Hibatallāh a.k.a. Netanʾel b. Yeshuʿa al-Muqaddasī. Ṣedaqa contributes 15 dinars and Netanʾel contributes 50.

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العلامات

• partnership

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

From a work on pharmacopoeia and materia medica, including religious invocations and a non-medical recipe for the preparation of a particular kind of plant-based ink called ḥibr al-ʿutrush. Per Wissem Gueddich, the ingredients include: gallnuts, gum arabic, and wine of Tabas.

العلامات

• ink
• recipe

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

A short pious poem (attributed to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib in the literature) in large Arabic script: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رَضيتُ بِما قَسَّمَ اللَهُ وَفَوَّضتُ أَمري إِلى خالِقي لقد أَحسَنَ اللَهُ في ما مَضى كَذَلِكَ يُحسنُ فيما بَقي Reused for Hebrew piyyutim and lists of piyyutim.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Mevorakh ha-Kohen) to the well-known parnas ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh (a.k.a. ʿEli b. Ḥayyim ha-Kohen) in Fustat.

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