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Mentions Sar ha-Sarim; a burniyya (a kind of vessel); 'our master' (adonenu); a paste (maʿjūn); Ibrāhīm al-[...]; and a small amount of ambergris (ʿanbar).
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Verso: Elaborate geometrical designs. Joins: Alan Elbaum
In the upper left corner: "min dār al-[...]." Then mentions ʿArūs (b. Yūsuf?), a date in Jumādā II, and a bale of lac.
On verso, a record of the income on a certain Shabbat, including an entry for "the sick" (al-marḍā). Another entry on the verso reads "תולידו" (Toledo?)
The month Ṣafar is mention in the upper left corner of the recto but it does not appear alongside a specific year. Further examination required.
The accounts may be related to pigments or dyes given the mention of a few colors and the title al-awlānī (אלאולאני). MCD.
List of names and Hebrew alphanumerical values, extensive and well-preserved. Dating: 15th- or 16th-century based on the paleography.
From one who boasts to have belonged to ‘the owners of money’ (aṣḥāb al-amwāl) and became one of those who lost their riches (מיורדים מנכסיהם).
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The expenditure section lists several ordinary items, but in the main gives details of sums spent on repairs in Dar al-Nagid. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 339 #85)
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There is a long addendum in Hebrew explaining ketubba-related payments that is signed by R. Yosef b. ___ al-Gazi. Requires further examination. MCD.
List, eight columns, of more than 180 names receiving alms. Many payments of 1/8 dinar. Many foreigners, designated as such: Palestine 13; Iraq 12; Syria-Lebanon 7; Rum 3; Sicily 2; Qayrawan 1; Barqa 1; Spain 1.
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הבה בן .... אל[...]
יוסף בן ן......ע
אסחק בן .........
טיב בן [ס]לימן נצף
מוהוב בן אל... תמן
דאוד בן ם[ב]ארך מגארבה נצף
פרג בן …
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He reports that he fulfilled the order concerning the ḥaver R. Barukh despite what all the other people said—they don't understand the issue inside and out.
First two, including again the representative of the merchants al-Hakim, give 1/8 dinar, approx 5 dirhams. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 477, App.
אלדמיאטי ב'
א…
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The scribe is named Ibn al-Miṣrī: הבאה בירושלים . . . ומולאי אלרייס אל . . .
Only isolated phrases are preserved (wa-ayḍan... an yubādira bi-stiʿmālihi... wa-ghayruhā min al-nawāḥī... wa-in iḥtajta ilā..) May be literary or paraliterary, e.g., instructions for something.
In any case, the contextual clues all point to late-nineteenth-century dating.
A list of revenue for two months is partly preserved. All names given here have been encountered in previous documents.
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The bride's name is Sitt al-Furs. Only the groom's father's name is preserved ([...] b.
Involving the will of a deceased man; a woman, probably his widow Sitt al-Ahl (her name appears four lines from the bottom); construction expenses and a buyer; 16.5 dinars, possibly a fine to be paid for the poor of Fustat; and a man named Abū l-Khayr.
David appears to have recently arrived from the Maghreb (al-Mahdiya). The letter is largely about sending and receiving correspondence.
The ends of 8 lines are preserved. Mentions obedience (al-samʿ wa-l-ṭāʿa li-l-amr), and it seems the sender is asking for orders.
The beginning formula following the taqbīl resembles petition openings during the time of the Fatimid caliph al-ʾĀmir. (For parallels see - T-S Ar. 30.273, T-S Ar. 38.138, T-S Ar. 34.88).
"If it were not for the cold weather, I would have already sent it. May God make everything good and prosperous.
Refers to having sent a prior letter with Ṣāfī and requesting 'the two poems' (al-qawlayn) חיצים ביד גיבורים and חבצלת שרוניך from his brother Abū l-Ḥasan (Yedutun).
Identified by Paul Fenton as al-Qushayrī's epistle on Sufism (he cites T-S NS 297.8, T-S NS 297.188, T-S NS 297.288, and T-S NS 306.132).
, relating to the catastrophic events under the caliph al-Ḥākim in 1012 CE or, perhaps, those that took place under the separatist Ottoman governor Ahmad Pasha in 1524 CE.
The sender provides an update about money owed to the addressee; mentions Raʾs al-Seder; previous letters sent to Tinnīs; an order for an unidentified item described in some detail (ll. 9–13); an order for a large vessel (?
The formula "ضاعف الله انواره واعلى مناره" is very similar to the formula in petitions addressed to the Fatimid caliph al-ʾĀmir. (For parallels see - T-S Ar. 30.273, T-S Ar. 38.138, T-S Ar. 34.88).
Mentions a qāḍī twice; the government; greetings to Abū Saʿīd (probably Ḥalfon, so this letter could be to their other brother Peraḥya); greetings from their mother and sisters. Greetings to Zayn Ibn al-Ger ("the convert/stranger") and a message to Zayn regarding some merchandise.
; a request to convey information from Ḥassūn b. ʿAllūn. Yefet has sent something for Yehuda b. [...] with this letter.
With three exceptions (including two names written on the margin), all names are preceded by a stroke, indicating perhaps that the task of soliciting the persons concerned had been assigned.
Netanel getting involved in the empty silk and dyeing workshop of al-Barqānīyya.
Karaite betrothal deed, torn along the right margin. Dated 17 Adar I 5502 AM (1752 CE).
This document is cited by Roni Shweka as an example of the potential of the Joins Suggestion algorithm to identify unrecognized documents (in the article 'וקרב אותם אחד אל אחד': זיהוי כתיבות יד וצירוף קטעי גניזה באמצעות מחשב).
Someone denounced him (ghammaza/yughammiz ʿalayhi), possibly to the government, on account of his debts, and he has spent two months under house arrest or for fear that he will be placed under arrest.
Account in Judaeo-Arabic listing many materia medica and foods. including banana leaf (waraq mawz), "white leaf"; ʿaqīd; frankincense; ointment; chebulic myrobalan; emblic; mastic; something hindī; pepper; ṭaḥīna; sesame oil; olive oil; linseed oil; honey; garlic; (continuing onto verso) pepper; almond; raisin; apricot (barqūq); banana leaf; coriander; henna.
Note in the hand of Nissim b. Iṣḥaq al-Tāhartī, ca. 1050, written for himself and for Nahray b.
רב סלם ובלג ברחמתך וארחם אל
ראחמין(!) לנסים בן יצחק ונהראי בן
נסים ששכ ביעה מלונה וד ביעאת
עקוד תברורי [ובעץ גנדלו] ופיהא
ברסם יוסף ב…
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Ṣadoq, and a delayed marriage payment of 40 dinars. The name Muhadhdhab al-Ṣayrafī then appears. Then perhaps a new testimony that somebody acknowledges that he owes 100 dirhams to his wife and will pay it by the end of Sivan.
Homeowners mentioned are Ibn Qumayla and Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Malik the broker. Possibly an indirect join: Friedberg MSS 9-004/22 (PGPID 33737) and BL OR 13153.4/6 (PGPID 19174).
Fragment of Ibn Sīnā's Kitāb al-Qānūn fī l-ṭibb written on a narrow strip of paper and probably dated to the 7th/13th century.
the druggist to Abū Saʿīd the druggist, ordering materia medica, including, fine Iraqi saffron; aloe wood (ʿūd); aged camphor (kāfūr); Iraqi turpeth (turbid); Iraqi sulfur (kibrīt); and red cotton (?
Petition in Judaeo-Arabic to help the cantor Thābit Ibn al-Munajjim, who was ill and had been imprisoned for two months for not paying his capitation tax.
The witnesses include Hiba b. Naṭira and ʿAllūn b. Khalaf.
The Italian portion reads in part: "Dia Sempre Gloria e Vittoria al Nostro Sovrano Imperator Francesco Secondo D'Astria Con Tutta la sua Real Famiglia astriacha(?)."
The writer addresses his friends and lords, declares his love and loyalty to his friends who wished him to be married and beget children. "Take this poem, albeit short, and your love will cover my sin."
List of Jewish and Muslim names in Hebrew script followed by what are likely alphanumerical figures connected to accounts. The dating for this fragment is likely from the 16th-18th centuries.
The poem on the other side alternates between Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic from one hemistich to the next, inverting the order of the languages from verse to verse: ABBAABBAABBA, where A = Hebrew hemistich and B = Judaeo-Arabic hemistich.
The four partners are Avraham Talmid, David Alfandre(?), Shelomo Aguilar, and Yosef (de) Sevilla (שביליה, שויליא, די שויליא).
Yosef and Hillel b. Yiṣḥaq known as Ibn al-ʿAmm. Potentially related to PGPID 2917. Opens with reference to a group of people "complaining and shouting" (קובלים צועקים) and the court's actions upon hearing their cries.
Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī to Nahray b. Nissim, ca. 1045-1096.
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