Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.

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Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment of a state document in Arabic script. Mentions an amīr Nāhiḍ al-Dawla Abū ʿAlī (this is a rare laqab, likely identical with the …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mūsā b. Yiṣḥaq in Sfax to Yehuda b. Moshe Ibn Sughmar in Fustat. Contains details about shipments of coins, oil and soap from …

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العلامات

• coin
• flax
• ibn sughmar
• nasir al-dawla
• trade

3 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة

None

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Farah b. Yosef Qabisi in Alexandria to Abu al-'Ala Sa'id b. Naja al-Dimashqi ('Ulla ha-Levi b. Yosef). Dating: ca. 1065. Concerns the dispatch …

العلامات

• 11th c
• alexandria
• commodities

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Accounts and calculations in Arabic with Indo-Arabic numerals. Early modern. The verso has an entry "in the hand of al-Sayyid Aḥmad". Requires further examination.

العلامات

• 16th c or later
• early modern

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Primary language

Arabic

None

العلامات

• arabic script

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Yeshu'a ha-Kohen ha-Ḥaver, an official in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim. Yeshu'a writes to raise money to free three Jews held by Italian …

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العلامات

• byzantines
• byzantium
• captives
• italy
• merchants
• (+ 4 المزيد)

3 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة

Document date

Rabīʿ II 534 Hijrī (25 November 1139–23 December 1139 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter from [Abū l-Ḥasan?] b. Abū l-Faḍl to [.........] al-Shāmī. The addressee's name is given both in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic but is …

العلامات

• arabic address
• dated

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Document in Arabic script. Only a few faint lines are preserved. Reused for Hebrew literary text.

العلامات

• arabic script

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Primary language

Arabic

Unidentified document in Arabic script. Contains some typically legal phrases (mā yaswā shayʾ... mustawiya jamīʿ mā.... baʿd yamīnihī aʿnī... ʿalā... wa-jarā baynī wa-baynahū...)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Unidentified document in Arabic script. Maybe a letter. Approximately 6 lines are preserved.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Small vertical strip from the left side. On parchment. Possibly concerning the manumission and …

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العلامات

• jariya

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Primary language

Arabic

Legal document, probably, in Arabic script. Fragmentary name at the bottom [....] b. ʿImrān and a date Dhū l-Qaʿda [x]26. The last line might read …

العلامات

• dimme

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Document date

1 Shevat 5579 Anno Mundi (27 January 1819 CE)

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document concerning financial matters, signed by Yosef Benyamin, and mentioning Yehuda Bunan and Yosef’s son Nissim. Dated 1 Shevat 5579 AM (= 1819 CE). …

العلامات

• 19th c
• apprenticeship

1 نسخ

Primary language

Arabic

Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Small fragment. There is writing on both sides. There is also a red splotch or drawing in the margin on …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• late ja

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Primary language

Arabic

Fragment from a therapeutical work, dealing here with the treatment of the sort of convulsion known as Umm al-Ṣibyān, dysuria and alopecia. Rue cooked in …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document concerning business matters, particularly the price of wax (thaman al-sham’), and citing various sums of money. Abu Yaqub Yusuf al-Fasi, Ibn Ishaq al-Andalusi, …

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العلامات

• business
• wax

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Bifolio of mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. Large and well-preserved. Dating: 11th century. Merits further examination.

العلامات

• bialphabetic

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Document date

1416 Seleucid (1105 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

In a short note, a letter brought by Tiqva b. 'Amram from Farah b. 'Ayyash is presented to the court in Cairo. The letter was …

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العلامات

• informal note

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Primary language

Hebrew

Unidentified text, in Hebrew script.

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter(s) in Arabic script. Addressed to 'our son Sulaymān' in 'al-Maḥrūsa' (Cairo), Ḥārat al-Yahud. Dating: Late, probably 18th or 19th century. The last line of …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, probably in Qalyūb, to a family member, in Fustat. Fragment: left side of recto, right side of verso, tapering …

العلامات

• moshe b. levi

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None

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Primary language

Arabic

Accounts. Needs examination.

العلامات

• dimme

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Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions "the community" (al-jamāʿa).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Letter addressed to ha-Kohen ha-Parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a recommendation letter or a request to help the bearer, a young man from Damascus. …

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العلامات

• damascus
• recommendation
• reuse

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None

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Deed of release. Yaʿaqov b. [...] releases a woman from all claims. Fragment (the beginnings of 9 lines are preserved).

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Minute fragment from a list of court procedures written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138). Hardly any text survived. AA

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

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Document date

27 Shevaṭ 1282 Seleucid (26 January 971 CE)

Ketubba. Fragment (first few lines only). Dated: 27 Shevat 1282 Seleucid, which is January 971 CE. (Information from Moshe Yagur.)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a son to his father Mubārak b. [...], in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. With rudimentary handwriting and spellings. …

العلامات

• marital conflict

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Probably a liturgical piece with a few words of Arabic (probably not a document).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Contains mostly blessings for family members. The margin of recto contains some business instructions ("do not sell it for that price …

العلامات

• sicily

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document. The elders of the community orchestrate a settlement concerning the companies of grave diggers (aḥzāb al-ḥaffārīn). One is led by Wusayd b. ʿUqayb …

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Document date

Jumada I 1054 Hijrī (6 July 1644–4 August 1644 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Records/receipts of rent payments for months Jumada I to Shaʿaban 1054 AH = 1644/45 CE. There is a seal imprint twice, and the scribe signs …

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Primary language

Arabic

None

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Primary language

Arabic

Fragment from the top of an iqrār made by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUbayd known as [...] al-Fakkāh. The document continues وهو يومىذ which would have …

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Primary language

Aramaic

Middle part of a marriage contract. Bride: ʿAzza bt. Shemarya. It is not her first marriage. Dating: Probably 11th century, based on handwriting. One of …

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Accounts in Arabic script. Mentions many materia medica.

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Document date

1446-12-03 Seleucid (14 August 1135 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 3 Elul 1446 Seleucid, which is 14 August 1135 CE. Husband: Shelomo b. Yiṣḥaq. Wife: Ḥasana bt. Shelomo. …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal documents in Judaeo-Arabic related to real estate transactions that are dated 1784/85CE according to FGP (although it is unclear where exactly this year corresponds …

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العلامات

• fgp stub
• late ja

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Primary language

Judaeo-Persian

None

العلامات

• judaeo-persian

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged & faded. Dating: Probably 11th century. The sender is writing from Damsīs. Mentions trade in indigo and business in the …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto (secondary use): Note probably in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Trying to pawn some books for 20 dirhams so that he can buy …

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2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Large bifolio of Judaeo-Arabic accounts. Late.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 11th century. Mentions something which Rabbi Yosef brought with him; 100 dinars; 22 dinars for Isḥāq; …

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