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Letter from a woman named Harja, somewhere in Syria, to her brother' Hārūn Fayrūz in Cairo. This letter contains an update on her stomach illness …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
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.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Writer and addressee unknown, but both are Qaraites. The letter describes the great solidarity of the Qaraites and how they protect each …
Letter from a woman named Harja, in Jerusalem, to her brother ʿAbd al-Dā'im Ibn Firrouz, in Cairo. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. See tag for other letters …
Legal testimony about the customs of the merchants of Fustat regarding partnerships. The testimony describes how partnerships are established. Dated: middle decade of Iyyar 1452 …
נקול אנן שה[די] דחתמות ידנא לתחתא אלדי נעלמה ונשהד בה
אלשהאדה אלקאטעה במא גראת בה אלעאדה במצר בין אל
תגאר פי אלשרכה ודלך אדא דכלוא מנהם גמא...
We, the undersigned witnesses, say what we know and testify to, an
irrefutable testimony about what is the custom in Miṣr between
merchants ...
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Recto: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script, possibly a petition. Contains blessings for the addressee: "li-ʿālim(?) khallaṣahu(?) li-ʿālamīn(?) adāma Allāhu saʿdahū wa waṭṭada(?)... majdahu …
Portion of a legal document in Arabic script. Someone acknowledges a debt to someone (... wa-dhimmatī wa-khāliṣ [mālī]...) and mentions crops (al-ghullāt).
State document, in Arabic script. Petition to a lower official. "Mamlūk al-ḥaḍra al-sāmiyya al-ajalliya". Only beginning formula preserved.
1 نسخ
Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Narrating a dispute apparently between a man named Sahl and a Kurdish man who both claim ownership over a ship (ghurāb). …
1 مناقشة
Letter possibly to a negligent landlord, written (satirically?) in the style of an ornate petition. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. After approximately 10 lines …
Letter in Arabic, possibly from 'your father Futūḥ,' to an unidentified addressee, it seems asking him to obtain a specific prescription for one dinar and …
Letter describing a sea voyage from Tripoli to Sicily (CUDL). “Of another Jew we read in a Hebrew letter that in a large ship, in …
Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 15th century (no earlier thah 1415 CE), as it mentions the currency niṣṣ/nuṣṣ/half (i.e., the muʾayyadī). Also mentions the …
Legal testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi (active late 12th and first part of the 13th century). Gives a very detailed report …
Letter/petition of appeal for assistance written in a combination of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic. (The Arabic is notable for the use of an ihmāl sign …
Medical prescriptions for "the little one" (al-ṣaghīra) Sitt al-Bayt(?) and for her son. In Arabic script. There is a section at the top for what …
Original use: Letter or petition in Arabic script, mentioning the caliph, witnesses, a document (wathīqa), and a legal or political conflict. The Arabic hand also …
Letter from Ḥasan b. Isḥāq, in ʿAsqalān, to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh al-Parnas, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and …
Legal document, in Arabic script. Fatimid-era. Begins with blessings upon the reigning Caliph who is al-Ẓāhir due to the year mentioned. May relate to an …
Letter in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (ca. 1100–38 CE). Almost complete. Unclear if Ḥalfon himself is the sender; could be written on …
Petition mentioning the names of Ismāʻīl and ʻUmar al-Kutāmī. [Described on the paper wrapper as: "Complainte contre un homme de la tribu de Kutawa [...] …
Fragment of a letter, probably from a son to his father in Fusṭāṭ. He mainly discusses the flax business and sends regards to numerous people. …
Recto: Petition. The endings of 5 lines are preserved, with a raʾy clause at the bottom. The nature of the request is unclear, but requests …
Petition. In Arabic script, in a beautiful chancery hand. Portions of 4 lines are preserved. Includes the raʾy clause (fī hādha l-bābi ʿālī l-raʾyi in …
Recto: Letter/petition in Arabic script to a qāḍī (al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-qaḍāʾī al-shamsī). The sender's name is given at the top but is tricky to …
Petition in Arabic script. The sender's name may appear between lines 2 and 3 (ʿabduhu Khalaf....?). May mention Qalyūb (l. 3) and mentions merchandise and …
Recto (original use): Bottom of a formal petition, or most likely a report due to state related affairs discussed, in Arabic script, mentioning "al-thaghr" (=Alexandria?) …
Petition addressed to a lower official: وقد عطفت هده الرسالة على . . . ولمولاي السيد الاجل ادام الله علوه . . . الراي العالي …
Original use: State report or petition. In Arabic script. Nearly four lines are preserved, wide space between the lines. Refers to the arrival of a …
Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. Invokes the trope of a bad person "taking people's property" (akhdh amwālihim) and refers to the caliph (al-ḥaḍra …
] ازهر
] عليهم وباخذ اموالهم ولا احد
]ـه وىحوى الناس ويحلفون بالله
]صلوات الله عليه وبراس مولاي
]ـراه ويقال لي كان (دار؟) الترتيب //في//
Petition, Fatimid(?). In Arabic script. Last 9 lines. With hamdala and hasbala at end. Not a lot of context can be gleaned from the preserved …
Verso (original use): Lower left corner of a petition in Arabic script, apparently asking for charity or assistance for a woman: . . . . …
Legal document in Arabic script. Agreement between Ḥasan b. Hārūn and his father-in-law Ḥasan b. Isḥāq b. Mūsā concerning Ḥasan's fiancee Maḥfūẓa bt. Ḥasan b. …
2 نسخين
Letter from Aharon b. Naḥum ha-Tinnisi the scribe. The writer is in need. He lost his job and prices are high, so he left Tinnis …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Long letter from one government official to another. In Arabic script. The name Abū l-Ṭāhir appears in the address (likely the addressee). It seems that …
Notebook of a merchant and/or druggist. Bifolium from what was probably a larger notebook. Dating: Unknown. Catalogued as 16th century. A date is given at …
Recto: Letter draft in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing his trademark phrase "when I had turned toward health." He says many …
Letter of appeal for assistance from a dignitary. Begins in Hebrew, including a Hebrew taqbīl (העבד מנשק . . . . ידיו ורגליו), and ends …
Letter from Berakhot b. Shemarya, in Damietta, to his parents or at least elder relatives or in-laws (ואלדיה). The address is made out to his …
Jewish communal letter in Arabic script. Mostly in Arabic language, with at least one word in Hebrew (اليشوعا, v8). Opens with blessings for the caliph …
Mercantile letter. On parchment. Dating: Early 11th century. The address is only partially legible and written in a confusing way. The sender appears to be …
Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Aharon ha-Kohen to Moshe b. Maṣliaḥ. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that he has arrived safely after a terrible Nile voyage when …
Original use: Two lines from a petition or report about property rights, mentioning an alley (zuqāq) in Fustat and something under the name of al-qāḍī …
فـ[ـسطاط مصر بزقاق بني نكير بحافة جلنار يعرف بالقاضي السد[يد
]ـها …. في موضعها ومن حقوق كلية العبد كوم كان منها قديما صفية(؟) مرقل(؟)
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Letter from a certain Yosef to Yiṣḥaq he-Ḥaver, in Valencia (בלנסיה). In Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is Egyptian rather than Spanish (per Amir Ashur) though the …
Letter from a woman requesting help in receiving her share from her late husband’s inheritance(?), with various signatures of support. Mentions government interference as well …
Letter addressed to Sitt Shaʿl, in Dār al-Nāqa, Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting is distinctive, with stylized loops at the end of all the descenders. …
Letter in Arabic script from a father to his son Abū l-Majd. "The fire was in our hearts because of you, how you spent shabbat …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Describing the horrific tortures inflicted on the writer and his colleagues in the citadel at the hands of four jailers and …
Letters in Arabic script. Recto and verso are in two different letters in two different hands. Verso seems to be about a hunting dog which …
State document in Arabic, an order of payment from the bureau of silk looms (dīwān anwāl al-ḥarīr), a branch of the state silk monopoly. Dated …