Documents

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Lower fragment: Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), whose partial name is visible in the address. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Yefet brings up the fūṭa which he had previously written about.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Letter(s) or official document(s) in Arabic script. Narrow space between the lines on one side (this part mentions a fortress/qalʿa), wide space between the lines on the other (this part addresses somebody as "al-jināb al-ʿāl" and mentions his iḥsān and ṣadaqāt). The document on verso is most likely a decree, probably 12-13th c based on paleographic grounds and the document on verso is a letter or petition. Needs further examination.

العلامات

• to edit

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

5 August 1084 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Musa b. Abi al-Hayy, from Busir, to Abu al-Afraḥ Avraham (ʿArūs) b. Yosef, Fustat. The letter contains details about the purchase of flax and mentions that a Christian from the delta is sending money to his wife in Fustat with Musa. In addition, mentions some goods such as rose extract, as well as money transfers.

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العلامات

• flax
• trade

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Document date

1127–1139 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document. Small fragment from a beginning of a legal document, probably bill of gift, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138), under the authority of Masliah Gaon (r. 1127-1139), whose name is not mentioned but his father and grandfathers are (b.

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2

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from "Sāsī" to R. D[...]. In Judaeo-Arabic. […] Mentions Avraham Castro; Ibrāhīm al-Kalaḥ; Mūsā Ḥaqqān. Mentions taxes incumbent on "all who arrive from Hind and Sind and the lands of the Arabs," more than the tithe (ʿushr).

العلامات

• avraham castro

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). […] For other Ḥalfon documents mentioning Cretans, see T-S NS 323.27 (PGPID 25606) and CUL Or.1081 J35 (PGPID 8954).

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العلامات

• crete
• halfon b. menashshe

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Mercantileletter from Nissim b. Ismāʿīl, unknown location, to an unknown addressee, in Jerusalem. […] which ends, "quickly, if God wills." The lettermentions Mūsā (or Nissi?) b. Qūqū al-Bahnasī (or rather al-Nafūsī).

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Binyām (druggist of Rashīd), probably in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd b. […] He has sent 20 pounds of סארנאן(?), white lead (isfīdāj), and mercury (zaybaq), and orders crushed saffron and 4 bags of large needles (אבר). Also mentions money owed to him by Abū l-Munā b. Daʾūd.

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Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Two fragments from a legal document. Location: Fustat. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138) and mentioning Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–1139), yielding a date range of 1127–38 CE.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions numerous items of clothing and textiles. […] The sender’s brother is in Maḥalla, and he is rumored to be sick. The sender mentions greetings from and to Abū l-Ḥasan, Natan and Shemuel al-Baghdādī, and asks for things to be sent either with the carrier of the letter or with ‘the rayyis’, whoever travels first.

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• epidemic
• illness letter 969-1517

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter concerning various business issues and the new agent Abū […]. Mentions a qāḍī, a widow, and a girl. Also mentions the Sar ha-Sarim and Abū l-Faḍl.

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter requesting to buy through “Ibrahim, the slave merchant” a female slave for the Nezer (Diadem [an honorifc]). (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 1:452; and Goiten’s index cards) EMS

العلامات

• business
• slave

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Short letter on vellum from Palermo by a Baghdadi, mentioning a trip to Sicily and referring to merchandise sent to Damascus by one Harun b. al-Saruji.

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العلامات

• trade

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Avraham to the sender's brother mentioning a bill and conveying greetings to the recipient from all his family members who are with the sender. 15th-16th century.

العلامات

• 15th or 16th c

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Legal document written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) dealing with an oath. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 601, and from Goitein's index cards)

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1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). […] The title "peʾer ha-qehilot" and the name yaʿaqov are mentioned. (Information from CUDL)

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document, probably a bill of release from a woman. Written by Mevorakh b, Nathan (Date: 1150-1181) and signed by [...] b. Ḥalfon ha-Melammed. Verso: Arabic jottings. AA

العلامات

• mevorakh b. natan

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Possibly the settlement of a dispute between two men, one of whom is Yaʿaqov. (Information in part from CUDL)

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal fragment (upper right corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning inheritance and mentioning Yeshuʿa (possibly the deceased).

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions, presumably sarcastically, that "I am grateful to him for how he insults me...

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Trousseau list from a ketubba, mentioning quantities of (Egyptian) dinars and trousseau items. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). (Information in part from CUDL)

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Lettermentioning a judge and Faraḥ b. Faḍāʾil. Seems to be addressed to Yaʿaqov, in Bilbays, though the address is in a different hand. The sender is a dyer and mentions his work. (Information in part from CUDL)

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions 5 dinars and alludes to a conflict between two people.

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment a bill of compromise (פשרה) written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Mentions two people and their brother; a house called Dār al-Jazīra; and a woman.

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• island

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yehuda (b. Ṭuviyyahu) Kohen, in Jūjar, to Rabbenu [Menaḥem?][…] The sender reports that he arrived in Jūjar at midday and found the messenger about to depart. He asks the addressee to send(?)

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from MeirMessina to his employer or business partner in Gaza.

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العلامات

• gaza
• late heb

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Salāma b. Yosef to his son Abū l-Makārim b. […] Dating: probably 12th century. Mentions goods such as costus (קסט) and gum senegal (קאקיא), saffron; giving various business instructions; mentioning small sums of dinars; mentions the addressee's mother.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Marriage contract written by the court clerk Mevorakh b. Natan (dated documents ca. 1150-1180) mentioning a brocade sadr with two 'sidepieces,' and preserving the groom's name, Yahya ha-Levi, and the bride was probably Sitt al-Baha. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, pp. 120, 382, and from Goitein's index cards)

العلامات

• ketubba
• marriage

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Letter fragment. Mainly in Arabic script, with one word in Hebrew script. May mention Bilbays. Refers to "the knowledge of medicine" and perhaps a youth who is both physician and astrologer (shābb ṭabīb munajjim). The sender orders acacia (aqāqiya) and mentions condensed walnut juice (rubb al-jawz) and the pressing of something.

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العلامات

• physicians

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The scribe often mixes up emphatic and non-emphatic consonants and omits the lamed of the definite article before sun letters. […] The hand is likely known. Mentions Barsime(o) Robaldo al-Janawī (=the Genoese). Sal ammoniac (nushādir) is mentioned a few times.

العلامات

• account
• genoese

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر