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פי בית אן מגלק . . .) in a town called Balaqṭar (בלקאטר) near Al[exandria]. Merits further examination.
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
A variety of individuals are referenced along the right border of the page: Amato (אמאטו), Meyuḥas (מיוחס), and "the Judge" (אלחכים) in Judaeo-Arabic.
There are neatly spaced holes along the margin (like the other fragments in this folder), so this document was once bound together with other documents in a (presumably modern) folder.
Abū l-Khayr with the parnas Abū ʿAlī against the promise to bury her in specified clothing.
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. All that is preserved here is formulaic blessings and the standard complaint about lack of responses to prior letters.
1 مناقشة
Mentions dirhams, gold, "sending something little by little," and a sum of dinars. Joins: Alan Elbaum.
Handwriting, too, suggests this is a late list (16th century?), and unlike the alms lists, donor lists, and accounts from the classical period.Similar lists occur in ENA NS 77.54, ENA NS 77.51, and ENA NS 77.388.
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Someone (name not preserved) releases Abū l-Fakhr b. Sayyid al-Ahl from any claim regarding a partnership (muʿāmala) they had involving wine and other products.
Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and pen trials of the Arabic alphabet that can be dated on the recto to the night of Simchat Torah of [5]586 AM which is October 5, 1825 CE.
Involves Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi known as Sayyid al-Kull. Mutual release or settlement of a dispute.
David and on the verso the scribe alternated between the names Yosef b. Rafaʾel ʿUziʾel and Rafaʾel b.
The writer reveals his zeal to perform service "God knows the slave's intent in performing service for the ḥāḍra al-jalīla". Contains a raʾy clause "wa li-ḥaḍratihi l-jalīla raʾyyuhā l-muwaffaq".
ا]لسعيد مما كان مصادرته في كل [
] له دينار لا يوصل منه في هـ[ـذه
] كل(؟) نجم بالغرض ان تجري هذه الـنو[احـ]ـي(؟) [
] فلولا خوفي من سخطه لكنت …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Bill of divorce. Probably a draft: although it is signed, there are interlinear corrections for the date and for the husband's name, and there is no statement attesting that it was delivered.
Verso: Halakhic discussion of a man who deposited something with somebody, who then died. Possibly from Kitāb al-Wadīʿa of Saʿadya Gaʾon. In the hand of Ḥalfon b.
Contains a Fatimid official's cipher-signature (ʿalāma) at the top, الحمد لله على نعمه (l. 2). Verso: 7–8 notations written at various angles relative to the writing on recto.
Order of payment, instructing al-Raṣuy to give 5 nuqra dirhams and 15 wariq dirhams to Eliyyahu the Judge which he had loaned for [...], and 12 dirhams for the lighting, and 3 dirhams for "jarīd" (=lulavs?).
In particular he mentions his longing for his children and wishes to know in detail what happened to 'the master' (al-sayyid). Greetings to Abū Saʿd and his brother and Abū l-ʿIzz.
The sender blames something on a youth/servant (al-ghulām).
Nothing is preserved from the body of the document except for the name of one of the parties: Abū Naṣr al-Levi. On verso there are two poems in Hebrew, one attributed to Shelomo the younger (הקטן) and one to Yehuda ha-Levi.
The writer sends greetings from his cousin Zakkai and from ‘all the sages of the two Yešivot’. There is a quote from Psalms 59:17, marked with supralinear dots.
The text is almost completely vocalised and rhymes in -akh. It seems to be more of a poem than a letter; it breaks off mid-sentence, but there is no continuation on verso.
ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108) to his son Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli b. Hillel al-Baghdādī. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic.
The scribe is the cantor Ibn al-Jāzfīnī, who adds messages of his own. The letter discusses the happy outcome of Naḥum's daughter's marital dispute.
In Your name, Oh Merciful,
Peace and peace again from the Lord of Peace and from Him who makes in heaven peace. The Creator of All knows
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Letter of condolence to Abu al-Faraj Yeshua b. Shabbatay on the death of his father.
If the identifications are correct, the sick woman is probably his sister (Ḥalfon's wife) Sitt al-Fakhr. VMR. ASE.
Deed of manumission written and signed by Mevorakh b. Natan in which Sitt al-Hasab bt. Shela ha-Levi ha-Sar manumits an enslaved woman, named Salaf, who was probably given to another lady as a marriage gift.
Letter from al-Mubārak b. Yosef b. Yazdād, Yosef b. Binyamin, and Ḥasan b.
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
In which David ha-Kohen gives to his daughter Sitt al-Dār, wife of Sason ha-Levi, 2 1/3 qirats (i.e., 1/9) of a mushāʿ (undivided) house.
She was prepared to renew their common life, or else demand a divorce, with all the payments involved, including the cost of maintenance for two years.
In which Ḥusnā bt. Yeḥezqel b. Masʿūd al-ʿAqrabānī, appoints the cantor Meʾir b. Mevorakh, to act on her behalf in order to recover her share of an estate from the daughters of Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen the butcher.
Deposition in which denunciation is alleged. Dated: Thursday, first decade of Tishrei 1581 Seleucid, which is August/September 1269 CE.
There is an interlinear draft in Arabic script between lines 2 and 3 which reads as "min maṭbakh al-maʾmūr". In the margin is a draft of Bible commentary in Judaeo-Arabic, with biblical citations including Deuteronomy 33:2 and 18:18.
He plans to return to Minyat al-Qāʾid. In the margin he adds a request (in Judaeo-Arabic) for a riding animal with a saddle, so that he can enter (Fustat?)
....
Perahya says that Muʿāfā has given the bearer of the letter 30 dirhams, 2 'from the last time' and 28 for the rent payments of an unspecified group of people, which will take them through Nisan. Regards to Abū Zikrī al-Rayyis. (Information from Goitein's index cards) EMS
Bride: Malika/Milka (מלכה). Groom: ʿAllūn b. Ṣeda[qa]. The dowry includes a house in Cairo.
Recto: letter of recommendation from Jerusalem to all cities on behalf of Shabbetay Karira b. Raphael (שבתי כרירא בן רפאל).
Yosef receives 72 dinars and 2 qirats from this money, for what Mūsā b. ʿAllūsh owed Yosef’s brother Barhūn. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #822.)
[זכרו]ן עדות שהיתה לפנינו אנו העדים החותמים עדותינו מטה בשטר הזה איך מרב יוסף ב[ר מ]שה בר בר[הון]
[תאהר]תי אתא קדמנא וכן אמר [ד]עו רבותי כי…
Groom: Yefet b. Nissim. Bride: Sitt al-Dār bt. Yiṣḥaq. Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday, 21 Adar 1374 Seleucid, which is 1063 CE.
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Reused for a copy of Mujādalat al-Usquf ("The Disputation of the Priest").
Informal note from ʿAbd al-Karīm to R. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: perhaps Mamluk-era; Yemeni hand?
לא תכליהא תקעד וכתבה
עבד אלכרים
Simḥa; Abū l-Khayr; Ibn Bishr; al-Talmid; and. Abū Naṣr. Most of the text is crossed out.
Avraham) as well as with Abu ʿAlī ha-Kohen. Mentions different amounts of money, including dirhams of the expensive type which contain a large amount of silver called 'nuqra.'
make his honored position permanent
1 نسخ ترجمات 3 1 مناقشة
(Information mainly from Khan, ALAD pp. 20, 45, however he reads the date as 648 H) Join: Geoffrey Khan.
Apart from that, he says that he has already sent previous letters and mentions a friend/colleague of his (ṣāḥib lī) and maybe some merchandise (...bi-l-mutāʿ...).
Written by the jahbadh Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Measurements: 10.5 × 8.2 cm. The verso is blank.
2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Ṭoviyya extends congratulations on "the great happiness" that God has granted; he asks for advice on something; and he sends regards to "al-Segulat."
He refers to himself as "the slave" (al-mamlūk), in the tarjama. Most of the letter is occupied with accounts, which seem like a calculation of the religious tax (zakāt) as the writer refers to the sum as "sunna".
On taṣāduq, see Munther al-Sabbagh, "Before Banks: Credit, Society, and Law in Sixteenth-Century Palestine and Syria" (PhD diss.), p. 156.
On the righthand page there are various phrases in Judaeo-Arabic and pen trials, including "Allāh" written with up to 8 lāms. See Amir Ashur, "A Memorial list of Elijah b.
Testimony of the indigo trader (al-tājir fī l-nīl) Abū l-Baqaʾ b. Hillel the elder.