Documents

Primary language

Arabic

Fragment of a letter mainly in Arabic script, with the name Abū l-Ḥasan Sar Shalom partially written in Hebrew script. Mentions Abū Sahl Mukhtār in the margin. Reused on verso for a note in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

العلامات

• bialphabetic

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None

العلامات

• arabic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

None

العلامات

• arabic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

None

العلامات

• arabic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

None

العلامات

• arabic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

العلامات

• arabic literary
• medical

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Document date

1356 Seleucid (27 August 1044–13 September 1045 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Dating: one of the stipulations mentions a period of 3 years beginning in 1356 Seleucid = 1044/45 CE. One of the parties (the mother according to Y. David in his dissertation) agrees to support her son Abū Naṣr and not to ask for for support from the father.

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Hebrew

Asking him to send something, and not too late.

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Document date

middle decade of Iyyar 1452 Seleucid (20 April 1141–29 April 1141 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal testimony about the customs of the merchants of Fustat regarding partnerships. The testimony describes how partnerships are established.

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1

العلامات

• ib7
• india book
• to edit

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 17th or early 18th century. Mention is made (ll. 17, 21, 25) of The Nazir Joseph ha-Levi (d. 1713), an emissary from Hebron who settled in Cairo and served as the head of its court. […] Jerusalem : Mosad ha-Rav Ḳuḳ, 1977, p. 932). Also mentioned is an agent collecting for Safed named Ḥayim Ravuaḥ (l. 13).

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1

العلامات

• late heb
• late ja

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE).

Related People

1

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Document date

1 Heshvan 5561 Anno Mundi (20 October 1800 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document dated 20 October 1800 (1 Heshvan 5561 AM), Cairo, in which Me'ir ben Naʿim acknowledges an investment of 60 reales, each equivalent to 90 silver muayyadis, from Sulṭāna the widow of Yosef Mizraḥī.

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1

العلامات

• 19th c
• ben na'im
• investment

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The Judaeo-Arabic text on verso is difficult to read but appears to mention Jujar. The Arabic text on verso is also faded.

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1

العلامات

• arabic script
• boat
• jujar

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Primary language

Hebrew

Late betrothal document between Esther [...] bt. […] The word "contante" indicates what is "counted" or the "cash" valuation of dowry items. The mention of sums in Ottoman silver guruş suggest that the dating of this document is 18th- or 19th-century (no earlier than 1690 CE when this coinage first entered production).

العلامات

• 'adda
• betrothal
• contante
• late heb
• numismatic dating

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a late document in Judaeo-Arabic, probably a letter. Mentions sesame and the price of 110 gurush per ardab. The mention of the Ottoman silver coin, minted post-1690, supports a dating estimate of 18th- or 19th-century.

العلامات

• late ja

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mainly notable for including the rare word "al-hirjās" (אלהרגאס), which apparently means either jasīm (corpulent) or jirhās (lion).

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Account of some sort in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning valuable textile goods including a brocade (dībāj), Sitt al-Ahl, and the house of al-Qāḍī al-Muwaffaq. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE).

Related People

1

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Elul 5584 Anno Mundi (25 August 1824–22 September 1824 CE)

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to ha-Dayyan ha-Meẓuyan, Me'ir ben Naʿim, dated Aug/Sept 1824 CE (Elul 5584).

العلامات

• 19th c
• ben na'im
• late ja

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Very small fragment probably from a state document: الدولة النبوية . . . الارادة وكمال البيعة. Reused for Hebrew jottings.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

capsized and the casualties included 5 Muslims and the brother-in-law of Ibn al-ʿIrāqī "one of the boys of Fustat." Also mentions Abū l-Barakāt. On the back describes how the sender left Fusṭāṭ preoccupied on behalf of something to do with his maternal aunt's house in New Cairo, and a divorce or release. Mentions [...] b. Hiba.

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3

1 نسخ

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Someone releases multiple people from claims.

Related People

1

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

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Primary language

Arabic

State document, two fragmentary lines in Arabic script. Not much is preserved but what remains reads as prayers and invocations.

العلامات

• dimme

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Possibly accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Isḥāq al-Yahūdī.

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"The three fragments known as JRL SERIES A 1053, JRL SERIES B 2699, and JRL SERIES B 2977 are from three copies of another invitation, printed in French, to the wedding of Mr. […] The Mosseris were a famous Cairene banking family,[2] which may give a sense of who could afford to have invitations professionally printed in the late nineteenth century. French documents are also rare in the Genizah,[3] but someone – a young Mosseri being the likely culprit – has re-used the back of these invitations to practice the Hebrew alphabet."

العلامات

• 19th c
• french
• mosseri
• printed

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Document date

8 Iyar 5558 Anno Mundi (24 April 1798 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document from Cairo dated 24 April 1798 (8 Iyar 5558), stating that Me'ir ben Naʿim has invested 5500 muayyadis with the Karaites ("bnei miqra") Moshe Kagicha (?)

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1

العلامات

• 18th c
• ben na'im
• investment
• late heb
• late karaites

1 نسخ

Primary language

Arabic

None

العلامات

• arabic script

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Late account of sorts, using western Arabic numerals: "What was collected from the mother: first, ashrafiyya coins: 3; second. . . . " The mention of ashrafi coinage makes it possible to estimate the dating of this fragment as 1425 CE or later– the year in which it was first minted by Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay.

العلامات

• numismatic dating

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Late account for a certain Tuesday, listing names and numbers.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Late fragment with scattered recipes in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, mostly medical, but one is also titled "for banishing mice."

العلامات

• medical

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Thin strip from the middle. Mentions a ḥaver, and perhaps a wedding on a shabbat. Also mentions Mubārak and washing something.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions an illness (maraḍ) and aṣḥābunā.

العلامات

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Shemuel, probably identical with the well-known judge of the early 13th century (and son-in-law of Moses Maimonides). None of the substance remains except that the writer asks for guidance regarding a certain matter.

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Document date

Monday, 14 Tammuz 1454 Seleucid (28 June 1143 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Also signed by Yeshuʿa b. Shemuel ha-Melammed. The attestation on verso that she received the get is signed by Yosef b.

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1

العلامات

• get

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Looks like the same document as JRL SERIES B 7663 (PGPID 40386) and JRL SERIES B 7274 (PGPID 40458).

العلامات

• ottoman shipping

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

None

العلامات

• arabic script

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر