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State document, in Arabic script. Petition fragment containing the "rayy" clause.
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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Responsum in the hand of Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when he was active in Egypt. See Ben Outhwaite, "Two New …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Letter from X b. Ya’qub from Qayrawan, to Yusuf b. Ya’aqub b. Awkal, Fustat. Describes a dangerous situation in Fustat. Also informs about the passing …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Fragment of a legal record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). Concerning a family dispute. A woman, Maḥfūẓa from the Ḥātimiyya(?) family, …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Karaite marriage agreement between Hananya b. Ya'aqov Halevi and Esther known as 'Aziza d. Eliyyahu b. Sa'adya. Date: 2 Nisan 5576 AM (1816 CE). As …
Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Mentioning silk, mercury, and names such as Nahray (b. Nissim) and Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn Sughmār. (Information in part …
Bifolio of accounting for the purchase of wax (sharḥ shary al-shamʿ). Mentions Nuʿmān; pepper; the word אכדת is spelled אכת; selling a turban to Salāma; …
Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Yehuda to the Rosh Kalla ʿEli b. Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen. Reused on verso for poetic praises in a different hand. (Information in …
Letter from Abū l-Riḍā, it seems in Fustat, to his wife's brother Meʾir, perhaps in Damīra or at least nearby in the Rīf. In Judaeo-Arabic. …
Small fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe? Very little of the substance is preserved.
Legal fragment mentioning a certain Shelomo and 21 dinars. On parchment. (Information from CUDL)
Mercantile letter addressed to Abū ʿUmar al-Arjawānī, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Mentions purple (arjawān) textiles. Reused for Hebrew writing exercises. Needs further examination.
IB VII, 43. Letter from an India trader, in ʿAydhāb, to his family or colleagues, presumably in Fustat. Goitein comments that "al-Asʿad is the tax …
العجوز وتفتقدها في كل وقت وانني وصلت
الى عيذاب ولقيت من الفارسي كل خير في
الدنيا والاسعد فعل معنا خير بلا كتب ولمن
ودينا الكتاب اخذ حقه…
2 نسخين
Recto: Legal document in Arabic script. Ishāq b. Saʿīd al-Yahūdī al-ʿAṭṭār rents a house from 1 Muḥarram for four dinars, “pays in advance.” (Information in …
This is what Isḥāq ibn Saʿīd the Jew leased [ ]
all the house that belongs to her, in her ownership and possession [ ]
its boundary…
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Letter from the widow of the cantor Ben Nahman to a Head of the Jews (entitled Gaon) concerning the difficulties she is having with her …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 2 مناقشتان
Letter from an unidentified Babylonian gaʾon. Fragment (top and bottom missing). On parchment. Containing a recommendation for the bearer Nuʿmān b. Moshe b. Shalmon, who …
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda (or Avraham son of the Gaon?) to Efrayim b. Shemarya. In Hebrew. Asking Efrayim to organize the Jewish community in …
Letter from Yoshiyyahu Gaon. Dating: probably 1024 CE. Describing the imposition by the Muslim authorities of a special, heavy tax on the Jews of Jerusalem. …
Legal document, draft. Settlement concerning a house in which a man, a woman, and the government had shares. Dating: ca. 1230 CE. (Information from Goitein's …
Large, calligraphic alms list. Dating: first half of the twelfth century. According to Goitein, written for the purpose of allocating communal assistance. Cohen: "What kind …
1 ترجمة 2 مناقشتان
Likely a contributors list. In Judaeo-Arabic. Listing names (e.g., al-Ṭabīb, al-Ḥakīm, Abū l-Riḍā (אב אלרטא), Ibn ʿAqbān, Ibn al-Shuwaykiyya, Abū l-Wafāʾ, and Ibn Nuṣayr). Sums …
Letter or legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning Abū l-Faḍl and [Abū] l-Barakāt, and garments such as a thawb and ʿamāma (turban), "wrapped" (malfūfīn). (Information in …
Note addressed to Yaʿaqov Abū l-Munā. The sender, a scribe, already sent with Abū Manṣūr the cantor what he needed to send, and asks the …
1 مناقشة
End of a decree with ḥamdala and ḥasbala in large letters (2 cm alif), recycled into a Jewish prayerbook with five bifolios. At least three …
Bifolio of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Each section lists the expenses for a specified day, or maybe the allowances disbursed to the …
Letter probably from Sahlan b. Avraham instructing his uncle, Aharon 'the appointed', to make peace between a husband and a wife, or to bring her …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic probably from Ibrahim to Hayya ha-Kohen the teacher in Palermo (i.e. same writer and addressee as T-S 8J16.25). Nothing of substance …
Elaborate accounts. Names and amounts expressed in Hebrew alphanumerals. Ottoman-era.
Family letter. In Arabic script. Addressed to the mother of Abū l-ʿIzz (Sitt Abū l-ʿIzz), in Fustat. Reports on something to do with ʿAbd al-Salām; …
Legal document, in Arabic script. Mentions iqṭāʿ lands (maqāṭiʿ). Dated: 684 H = 1285/86 CE. Needs examination.
Small letter fragment in Arabic. Excerpts: معهم واخرج جملة . . . ها الف و . . . . بذلك حتى كانه حاصل . . …
Account including names and other jottings - needs examination.
Upper fragment: Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to one of his brothers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentions business matters, including dealings …
Jottings in Arabic script, including "... al-mawlawī..."
Legal document from Cairo, dated September 1829 (end of Elul 5589). Missing a large chunk from the upper left, but the remnant details an investment …