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Letter from Yosef ha-Kohen, in Alexandria, to the well-known merchant Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: early to mid-12th …
1 نسخ
Recto (secondary use): An Abū Zikrī Kohen promissory note: "Abū l-Surūr is owed 3/4 dirhams."
Small piece of an account written by Abū Zikrī Kohen. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
2 نسخين
Letter fragment, preserving only the opening line, seven lines from the top margin and, on verso, the address. The letter is addressed to Abū Zikrī …
Letter from Bū Naṣr to Abū Zikrī Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef. Fragment: only the upper margin and the address are preserved. Mentions Abū Saʿd b. …
Order of one raṭl of olive oil (zayt ṭayyib) by Abū Zikrī Kohen. (Information from Goitein’s index card.)
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Testimony of Abū Zikrī Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yehosef ha-Kohen releasing Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. Yaʿaqov ha-Zaken in the hand of Natan b. Shemuʾel ha-Kohen, signed …
Recto: Letter in poetic Hebrew, addressed to Rabbenu Yehuda (=Abū Zikrī Kohen) asking for help, because "bread has run out."
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Legal record (#65). Inheritance settlement. Dated: Middle of Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. "One of a series of documents from 1156 about an inheritance dispute between Abū …
Legal record (#46). Discharge of debt. The court ordered Abū l-Rabīʿ Sulaymān al-Kohen to purchase 1/8 of a house for 50 dinars for the unmarried …
Legal record (#60). Deposition in court. Dated: Av 1467 Seleucid. Concerning repairs of a dilapidated wall belonging to two houses. Sitt al-Khāṣṣa and Sitt al-Riḍā, …
Legal record (#4). Inheritance settlement. Dated: Thursday, 11 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. "In one of a series of documents resolving an argument over the inheritance of …
Letter from Yosef b. Avraham to Abū Zikrī Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Apart from the address, only …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. See Goitein's attached notes for further information.
20 orders of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen. See individual PGPIDs (18979 through 18998). See also Goitein's attached notes.
Accounts in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. See Goitein's notes for further information andt ranscription.
Three orders of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen.
An Abū Zikrī Kohen cheque. 15 dirhams are credited to Abū l-Surūr.
Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen to Sulaymān. In Judaeo-Arabic. Less a letter—there are no opening or closing pleasantries—and more an order of various items with …
Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, to Musa b. Abi al-Hayy, Fustat. Around the spring of 1080. Musa is traveling and asks the writer …
כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה
וסעאדתה ונעמתה [ען] שוק אליה קרב אללה אלאגתמאע [בה] עלי אפצל
חאל בעד וצול כת...
Awaiting description
List written by Abu Zikri Kohen, metioning names and amount of money, probably debts or payments. On verso a list in Arabic script.
Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Aden, probably to Ibn Yijū, in India. Fragment, preserving the margins only. Mentions the customs tax (maks), various items …
Order of delivery for one raṭl of olive oil (zayt ṭayyib). From Abū Zikrī Kohen to al-Shaykh Khalīl (or Khalaf?).
Verso: order of payment for half a raṭl of honey, issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to Sibāʿ. (Information in part from CUDL)
Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1 Kislev 1456 Seleucid = 30 October 1144 CE. Mentions that tefillin had been sent, people who feel …
An Abū Zikrī Kohen cheque. Khalīl is to give the bearer one raṭl of linseed oil.
Order of payment to Abu al-Surur Kohen, probably Abu al-Surur Farah b. Yeshua ha-Kohen, from Abu Zikri (Yehuda b. Yosef ha-) Kohen of 13 and …
Fol. 7r: Note in Arabic script. "Send us. . . lemon. . . ḥalāwa. . . obtain for me pomegranate syrup." Fol. 7v: Order of …
Fol. 5r: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Related to the India trade; mentions the Kārim fleet, worrying news, and someone named Abū l-Saddād.
An Abū Zikrī Kohen order of payment.
Legal record (#7). Alimony received. Dated: End of Iyyar 1456 Seleucid (or shortly thereafter). Concerning the maintenance/alimony (mezonot) that the late Abū Zikrī al-Kohen willed …
Business letter in Arabic script to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, representative of the merchants, from an anonymous correspondent in Alexandria. Mentions the gaʾon …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
كتابي اطال الله بقا حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل وادام تاىىدها وعلاها وسموها وسنا[ها]
وتمكينها وارتقاها وكبت بالذل حس...
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Verso: Cheque by Abū Zikrī Kohen. The banker Abū l-Khayr Khiyār is to pay the bearer 25 dinars. Dated: Tishrei 1447 Seleucid, which is 1135 …
An order from Abū Zikrī Kohen. Khalīl is to give the bearer 1 raṭl of linseed oil (zayt ḥār). On the other side, there are …
Tiny fragment containing an order for an ounce of ʿaqīd (a dense sugar syrup). In Judaeo-Arabic. From Abū Zikrī Kohen? There is one line in …
Order of payment for 5 dinars signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen, dated Nisan 1455 (= 1144 CE). The banker’s name is Abū l-Faraj al-Kohen and …
Letter fragment. In the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen (according to Goitein's notes). Mentions Sayyidnā, al-Shaykh Maḍmūn, Ismāʿīl al-Majjānī; the kārim fleet (which travelled between …
Cheque in the hand of Abu Zikri ha-Kohen. See Goitein Nachlass material linked below.
Legal document. Commenda. Dated: November 1132. Abū Zikrī Yehudah b. Yosef ha-Kohen and Ḥananel b. Nissim partner in a shop. The active partner performs a …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة
Order of payment signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen. (Information from CUDL)
Verso: order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen for one half raṭl of soap and the same of perfume. Information from CUDL.
Receipt in the hand of Abu Zikri Kohen: saḥḥa lil-shaykh Abū l-Surūr dirham wa-niṣf la-ghayr. Old IB: 229f. There is a line or two in …
Verso: Cheque written and signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Dated: Tishrei 1454 Seleucid, which is 1142 CE. Abū l-Khayr Khiyār is to pay the price …
Money order. In Arabic script with a Hebrew 'emet' at the top. Abū l-Faraj is asked to pay 2.5 dirhams to the bearer Sayyid Muḥammad …
Letter from Shelomo Kohen b. Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Sijilmasi, in Fustat, to his father, most likely in Aden while on his return journey …
Letter apparently from Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Fusṭāṭ, to an unidentified addressee, apparently in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing news about Aden. Commodities include: pearl (luʾlūʾ), …
Letter. The sender, a newcomer in Fustat from Yemen, describes himself as 'a pigeon whose wings have been clipped' (line 1), writes to his brother …
Letter from an unknown writer to Abu Zikri Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef. The main purpose of the letter is to ask Abū Zikrī to send …