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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the cantor of Ṣahrajt, Malīj, and the son of the late Abū Yaʿqūb al-Kohen al-Ṭabīb.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter probably from Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat, to Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāhartī. Very damaged. Needs examination.

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• unedited 11th c

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a mother to her daughter. In Judaeo-Arabic. The mother expresses her longing and the fire in her heart, sends regards to Umm Khalaf …

العلامات

• nar
• women's letters

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Document date

4 Rajab 854 Hijrī (13 August 1450 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Arabic legal deed concerning a property – a house which includes a stable - outside the walls of Cairo, outside Bāb Zuwayla and Bāb al-Kharq. …

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3 Dhū al-Qaʿda 841 Hijrī (28 April 1438 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Arabic legal deed confirming the sale of half of a house from a father to his son, and the son's daughter. The sale was made …

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Document date

4 Dhu al-Hijja 769 Hijrī (21 July 1368 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Deed of sale in Arabic script. A Rabbanite Jew sells to a Qaraite Jew a house in Cairo in the Ḥārat Zuwayla neighborhood, in a …

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11 Dhu al-Qa'da 605 Hijrī (17 May 1209 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Deed of sale in Arabic script. Concerns a ruined house in Fustāt (Miṣr) in the neighborhood of Mamṣūṣa. The date, according to Richards, is 605 …

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1517–1700 CE

Primary language

Arabic

A petition to the wazīr al-dawla al-ʿuthmānīyya, to alleviate excess taxed and burdens from the Qaraite community, in relation to their cemetery. Signed by 6 …

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29 Ramaḍān 684 Hijrī (28 November 1285 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Deed of sale in Arabic script. Concerns a house named "Dār al-Nakhla" in Cairo, in the Ḥārat Zuwayla neighborhood, in a place called Raḥbat Surūr …

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Document date

7 Jumāda II 961 Hijrī (10 May 1554 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Deed of purchase of a house in Jerusalem, from the Muslim court of Jerusalem. The buyer is Yūsf b. ʿAbd al-Ghaffār b. ʿAbd al-Karīm, the …

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1319 Seleucid (1008 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

A complete manuscript of the Bible, known as "Leningrad Codex", copied and punctuated and added with Masorah notes by the scribe Shemuel b. Yaaqov, a …

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Primary language

Hebrew

A manuscript containing Yefet b. Eli's commentary on Deuteronomy. The colophon on the first page documents the dedication of this manuscript by a certain Yefet …

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Primary language

Hebrew

A manuscript which contains part of Yefet b. 'Eli's commentary on Numbers. A colophon details its dedication to the "courtyard of Yosef b. Bakhtawayh ha-Melamed", …

1 نسخ

Primary language

Hebrew

A manuscript which contains parts of Yefet b. 'Eli's commentary on Deuteronoy. Incomplete. On page 87a a dedicatory sentence: "dedicated to God, Lord of Israel, …

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Debt contract. Debtor: Ṣibyān b. Abū Ṣaʿd Efrayim b. Ṣibyān ha-Kohen. Creditor: Abū …

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

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Document date

14th Shawwal 925 Hijrī (9 October 1519 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Current location of the original document, or how or from where its photocopy arrived the NLI, are unknown at the moment. The document and its content were mentioned during a conflict over control of Qaraite endowments in Jerusalem during the 1930's, as is discussed in Yosef Algamil's book 'History of the Qaraites' [Hebrew], vol. […] The deed is dated 14th of Shawwāl 925 AH (9.10.1519 CE). The file at the NLI includes, besides the photocopy, a full translation to Hebrew, approved by an Israeli notary (in 1976 CE) and bears a stamp of "the Qaraite community of Israel". https://www.nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_CAHJP990044048420205171/NLI#$FL276082716

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

11th Shaʿbān 970 Hijrī (5 April 1563 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Current location of the original document, or how or from where its photocopy arrived the NLI, are unknown at the moment. The document and its content were mentioned during a conflict over control of Qaraite endowments in Jerusalem during the 1930's, as is discussed in Yosef Algamil's book 'History of the Qaraites' [Hebrew], vol. […] The document is signed and approved by the governor of Jerusalem, with additional signatures confirming the governor's one, and the date is 11th of Shaʿbān 970 AH (5.4.1563 CE). The file at the NLI includes, besides the photocopy, a full translation to Hebrew, approved by an Israeli notary (in 1976) and bears a stamp of "the Qaraite community of Israel". https://www.nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_CAHJP990044048430205171/NLI#$FL276083466

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

2nd Ramaḍān 970 Hijrī (25 April 1563 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Current location of the original document, or how or from where its photocopy arrived the NLI, are unknown at the moment. The document and its content were mentioned during a conflict over control of Qaraite endowments in Jerusalem during the 1930's, as is discussed in Yosef Algamil's book 'History of the Qaraites' [Hebrew], vol. II, pp. 337-365. The file at the NLI includes, besides the photocopy, a full translation to Hebrew, approved by an Israeli notary (in 1976) and bears a stamp of "the Qaraite community of Israel". nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_CAHJP990044048440205171/NLI

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

19TH Rabīʿ II 991 Hijrī (12 May 1583 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Current location of the original document, or how or from where its photocopy arrived the NLI, are unknown at the moment. It might be related to the circumstances detailed in the description of PGPID 40643 , PGPID 40644 , PGPID 40645. […] The two persons mentioned in this document are also mentioned in a document from the Jerusalem Muslim court Sijjil from 1584 CE, published by Amnon Cohen (no. 373 in his volume on the 16th century), where they are also in dispute over dwelling rights and compensations for investments in an endowed property, in a location close by, which also seems to be one of the endowed properties described in PGPID 40644. nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_CAHJP990044048450205171/NLI

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

17 Ṣafar 1228 Hijrī (19 February 1813 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

28 Dhū l-Qaʿda 1122 Hijrī (18 January 1711 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

8 Shaʿbān 1104 Hijrī (14 April 1693 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Salmūn al-Skandarī (the same as in NLI Ms. Ar. 276.15 (PGPID 40142)) purchases from the Rabbanite Jewish man Yūsuf b. […] Interestingly, the Judaeo-Arabic one refers to the property as a "synagogue" (kanīs) for the first time: - כניס דרב קציב - حجة بسطان(؟) بدرب قضيب بحارة اليهود باسم المعلم سلمون For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

19 Rabīʿ II 1056 Hijrī (4 June 1646 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Rethinking the Relationship of Islamic Law and Contextual Reality (Wāqiʿ). Die Welt des Islams, 63(2), 184–212. The document then describes the location of the shops. […] There are several filing notes on verso in both Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic, as follows: - حجة حبيبة وقف عبد القادر السماك - حجة بحانوتين بحارة اليهود بجوار الصهريج بالقرب من سوق السمك باسم حبيبة - חוגת מושתרא אל דוכאניין מן נשֿמה - משה כלפון (it's not clear what this is referring to) For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337. NLI Ms. Ar. 276.10 corresponds to images 1–2 at the link above.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

4 Rabīʿ II 1106 Hijrī (22 November 1694 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

On verso there are two filing notes in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script as follows: - חגת אל תבקתין בחוש נאיב אלשאם באל מושתרא - حجة بمنفعة الخلو والسكنى بالطائفة الربانية(؟) بحارة زويلة بحارة اليهود باسم يوسف ولد شالوم For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

17 Jumādā II 1104 Hijrī (23 February 1693 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Mūsā al-Iskandarī (the same as in NLI Ms. Ar. 276.5 (PGPID 40141)). The case involves two shops (ḥānutayn) located in Cairo, in ḥārat al-yahūd. […] وقف احمد افندي ابن شعبان For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

19 Jumādā II 1051 Hijrī (25 September 1641 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

For document images and information on provenance, see the 2009 NLI catalogue entry by Ephraim Wust: https://www.nli.org.il/ar/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990029250640205171/NLI#$FL188116337 NLI Ms.

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Primary language

Hebrew

A partial manuscript of the Latter Prophets, commissioned by Babshād b. David, a known qaraite dignitary in early 11th century Fusṭāṭ. His son David, also …

2 نسخين

A manuscript which contains the end of Deutronomy, and the haftarot (weekly readings from the Prophets) according to the old Palestinian rite. A dedication colophon …

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Primary language

Hebrew

A manuscript which contains the end of Deutronomy, and the haftarot (weekly readings from the Prophets) according to the old Palestinian rite. A dedication colophon …

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

June 1017–June 1017 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

A manuscript of the Five Books of Moses (incomplete), which was once continued in RNL Yevr. II B 42 (PGPID 38536). Three colophons, one at …

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Document date

Heshvan 1411 Seleucid (19 October 1099–16 November 1099 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

A (partial) manuscript of Prophets and Hagiographa. A dedicatory colophon in the first page dedicates it to the qaraite community of Egypt, "for reading in …

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Document date

4703 Anno Mundi (943 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Manuscripts were dedicated and kept in his courtyard/house also long after he died, as this was probably a qaraite library and study center.

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Document date

(4)818 Anno Mundi (1058 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

A manuscript of segments of Latter Prophets, with a colophon at the beginning of the book of Ezekiel, which mention its commissioner - Marwan b. …

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

(4)818 Anno Mundi (1058 CE)

A manuscript of segments of Latter Prophets, with a colophon at the beginning of the book of Ezekiel, which mention its commissioner - Marwān b. …

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Document date

28 Heshvan 1598 Seleucid (17 November 1286 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

An almost complete manuscript of the pentatueuch, with Sa'adya's Tafsīr and masoretic annotations, copied in the early years of the eleventh century. A series of …

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Document date

5 Tishrei 1328 Seleucid (10 September 1016 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

A manuscript of Earlier Prophets (extant from Kings to Isaiah). Dedicated by Ḥusn bnt. Ya'aqov b. Yosef [b. Kushnām "to the qaraite community of Jerusalem... …

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Document date

5 Tishrei 1328 Seleucid (10 September 1016 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

A manuscript of Later Prophets (partial). Dedicated by Ḥusn bnt. Ya'aqov b. Yosef [b. Kushnām "to the qaraite community of Jerusalem... to be kept in …

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Document date

14 Heshvan 1500 Seleucid (6 November 1188 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Birth record. On the final page of a copy of copy of Kitāb al-Tawriyyah, the Book of Covert Ambiguity, by the 11th-century Qaraite scholar Jeshuʿah …

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العلامات

• birth record
• calendar controversy
• qaraite

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Document date

4603 Anno Mundi (842–843 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Paraliterary text. Very early calendar calculation using the fixed rabbinic calendar. Dating: 842-843 CE, based on the example year given in the calculations. "This text …

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