Documents

Primary language

Arabic

Receipt for the capitation tax of Bū l-ʿAlāʾ b. [...] in Fustat.

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Primary language

Arabic

Informal note from Munajjā to Abū l-Riḍā. In Arabic script, in a crude hand. Written on verso of a page of accounts in Arabic script …

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Primary language

Arabic

Commercial receipt. In Arabic script. In the upper left corner: "min dār al-[...]." Then mentions ʿArūs (b. Yūsuf?), a date in Jumādā II, and a …

العلامات

• commercial receipt

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter fragment in Arabic script. Very faded. The sender reports that he is sick.

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Primary language

Arabic

Arabic poetry. Starts with a basmala, two verses, probably love poetry.

العلامات

• dimme

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Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment in Arabic. A few words in a chancery hand.

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Primary language

Arabic

Brief order or note in Arabic script addressed to Abū l-Faḍl requesting a favor regarding the price of the yarn (عن ثمن غزل). May mention …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, unique scribal hand compared to many of the other documents from this genre in nearby shelfmarks/archival series. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.

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Primary languages

Hebrew numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Ottoman-era. Mentions an agha and ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Hilālī. Needs further examination.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Monthly accounting in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating:16th–19th century. Mentions goods such as soap, apricots, wool, and honey. Currencies include גדיד, קורונה, and פלוס. People mentioned are mainly …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Bottom part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 18th or 19th century. Mentions a certain Mūsā. Signed [...] Aghion (אגייון); the same surname appears …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning various types of garments (e.g. thawb dustarī) and possibly chickens (firākh).

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Minute fragment containing part of a signature (Natan ha-Kohen).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Document date

Tammuz 5627 Anno Mundi (4 July 1867–1 August 1867 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Bifolio of accounts. Dated on the verso Adar II-Tammuz 5627 AM (March-July 1867 CE). Many of the names are abbreviated beyond direct recognition but a …

العلامات

• 19th c

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Very colloquial, with constructions like minshān/מיןשן ("so that") and הוני (for "here"). The sender has purchased some …

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Document date

1 Shevaṭ 5313 Anno Mundi (16 January 1553 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document. Dated: 1 Shevaṭ 5313 AM = 16 January 1553 CE. Reconciliation agreement between Yiṣḥaq and his wife, in which she agrees to not …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Minute fragment from a legal deed mentioning al-Maḥalla and Shelomo ha-Levi. Might connect with T-S AS 214.254. AA

Related Places

1

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary language

Hebrew

None

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Primary language

Arabic

Petition, in Arabic script. Apparently from a Muslim sender (there are the standard prayers for Muḥammad in the last line) to a Jewish addressee (something …

Related Places

1

العلامات

• castle
• dimme
• petition

1 نسخ

Inferred date

1700–1900 CE

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts with Arabic numerals, highly detailed and well-preserved. All of the columns list sums in Ottoman kurush (ق symbol) which helps to date this document …

العلامات

• 18th or 19th c
• late ja
• numismatic dating

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Primary language

Hebrew

A flattering letter from an unidentified community of Jews (קהילת היה[ודים]) to a dignitary named [...] b. Aharon. In Hebrew. Dating: 11th or 12th century. …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary language

Arabic

Accounts in Arabic script, written in the margin of a Hebrew dirge.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Table of names with numbers underneath. Names include Nāṣir, Abū l-Riḍā, Ibrāhīm, "a Jew" (yahūdī), ʿAlam(?), Hiba, …

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Primary language

Arabic

Legal document in Arabic script. Might be about a marital dispute. Large and relatively well-preserved. Needs examination. On verso there is piyyut.

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Primary language

Arabic

List in Arabic script. Many of the entries are sums of money (e.g., dīnār wāḥid wa-[...]). There are elongated strokes within words so that each …

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Primary language

Arabic

Brief letter from Abū l-Surūr to a faqīh. Dating: ca. 12th century. Letter of appeal for charity. The sender is in hiding from the capitation …

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Primary language

Arabic

Legal document in Arabic script. The beginnings of 6 lines are preserved. Mentions a qāḍī, a Christian, and possibly 16 dinars. Quite damaged. Reused for …

العلامات

• dimme
• petition

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None

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. The sender refers to being consoled from a state of grief (...al-marḥūm wa-qalbī yatasallā min jihat aveli. On …

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Primary language

Arabic

Fragment of an Arabic (official?) document reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ on both sides.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Medical recipes in Judaeo-Arabic, including one attributed to Galen. On parchment. Dating: looks old, likely 11th century if not earlier.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Meir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Fakhr b. Ibrāhīm, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Meir signs only his first name …

العلامات

• alexandria

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Business accounts. For the sale of an unspecified good (the unit is qiṭʿa). Names: Ibn al-Fawāris al-ʿArīf; Sālim al-Ḥajj; Abū ʿAbdallāh; his brother Ibn Yāsīn; …

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