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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a man in debt and unable to meet his commitments, petitioning for help collecting charity promised by the nagid but not received, specifically …

العلامات

• poverty

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter of appeal for charity from Abū Dāniyāl to Maṣliaḥ Gaon. The house where the writer lives with all his family is collapsing around them. …

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العلامات

• appeal
• poverty

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Monday, 18 Sivan 1486 Seleucid (9 June 1175 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Deposition. Location: Minyat Zifta. Dated: Monday, 18 Sivan 1486 Seleucid = 9 June 1175 CE. In which two persons testify to the poverty of a …

العلامات

• poverty
• prison

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter asking for charity in which the writer describes how “exacting” the upcoming holiday of Passover is in terms of expenses, noting that his "prayer …

العلامات

• petition
• poverty
• private

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Inferred date

1051–1062 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Note in the hand of Daniʾel b. ʿAzarya to ʿEli ha-Parnas, in Fustat, concerning aid for a poor man, Wahb of the city of Raqqa.

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• poverty

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Primary language

Arabic

Fiscal or para-fiscal document (i.e., prepared by state officials or by the Jewish community for the government). List of indigent people equally divided between natives …

العلامات

• capitation tax
• list
• poverty

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document mentioning the Nagid Yehuda b. Saʿadya and the witness’s son Abū l-Alā ‘at his mother’s’ (who is apparently penniless). (Information from CUDL)

العلامات

• head of the jews
• parents
• poverty

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of around sixty "houses" (bayt) and of eight male individuals, each followed by Coptic numerals. Includes an entry for "the house of the rayyis, …

العلامات

• alms
• avraham maimonides
• poverty

1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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 …

العلامات

• illness: eye
• poverty
• shame

1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto (secondary use): Informal note from Hillel b. ʿEli to ʿEli b. Yaḥyā ha-Kohen ("al-Parnas al-Neʾeman Raṣuy ha-Yeshiva"). In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking him to look after …

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العلامات

• charity
• poverty
• recommendation

1 مناقشة

Document date

last decade of Ḥeshvan 1465 Seleucid (10 November 1153–18 November 1153 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Court record. Location: Fustat. Dated: last decade of Ḥeshvan 1465 Seleucid = November 1153 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya. In …

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العلامات

• court record
• debt
• muslim court
• poverty

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Booklet of four pages, listing contributions in dinars or fractions of a dinar. About seventy-two numbers preserved. The list is headed by the Nagid, who …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List, extensive and valuable but damaged, of donors of wheat to the poor. Most give only 1 wayba (about 4 gallons, weighing about 25 pounds), …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Three columns of contributors, giving fidda, 'silver' (a late equivalent for 'dirham'). Characteristic names: Somekh (assistant cantor, Heb.) Furaykh ('Little Chick,' twice), Frjlh (also twice, …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List. An almost entirely 'egalitarian' list of contributors from the first half of the eleventh century' (Goitein) Forty-four persons pledge 1/2 (dirham), nine parties, of …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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List in monumental cursive, contemporary with ENA 2591.1, several names being identical. Six contributing two (dinars it seems); five contributing one; twelve contributing one-half; Total, …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of contributors, pledging 1, 2, or 3 dinars, mostly from the well known families Ibn Shay'a, Ibn Saghir, and Bahudi, or prominent notables such …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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Contributions to a collection of loaves of bread for the poor, ranging from 100 pounds (a qintar) down to 1/2 pound. Instead of bread, one …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of the Pesiqa, upper part of three pages containing the names of contributors, headed by Abu al-Mufaddal, who pledges 1/8 dinar. The others give …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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List of contributors, including several moneychanger/bankers, a Ben Netira, a ghulam (slave-boy or factor), 'two foreigners', a broker (dallal), a parnas, a Marwan.

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

List of recipients of charity, including the wife ('bayt') of a warraq (bookseller), and a khayyat (tailor).

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

1 نسخ

List of donors of wheat to charity. See also ENA NS 77.107.

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List. Fragment containing names of recipients of charity, including a blind woman, the widow of Shemuel the hazzan, and Mukhtār the doorkeeper. In the hand …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

1 نسخ

List of recipients of charity, mentioning "in the synagogue of the Palestinians," which probably refers to a person who lived there. Also two women with …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

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List of contributors to charity, no sums given.

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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A hastily written list of 37 contributors whose names are provided in abbreviated form. Perhaps a collection for a singer at a minor family event; …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

2 نسخين

List of about 95 prospective contributors, consisting of 4 columns on recto and one on verso. Col. I is superscribed Massasiyyin, the is, people living …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

2 نسخين

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of receivers of alms containing rare names, women and foreigners. The Hebrew alef evidently stands for ūqiyya, ounce. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

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A, b, and c of this folded piece of paper contain List. 'Distribution of money and clothing,' superscribed 'The rest through Abu'l-Bayan' (the parnas). Since …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Upper part of list, in the hand of judge Shemuel b. Saadya (see Bodl. f56.43c), on the reverse side of a document issued on the …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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Document date

25 Tishrei 4973 Anno Mundi (23 September 1212 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter dated 25 Tishrei 1212 (4973) from Yehuda b. al-Ammani, a cantor, schoolmaster, and clerk in Alexandria, to Abu l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, a senior …

العلامات

• meir b. yakhin
• personal
• poverty
• yehuda b. al-ammani

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Fragment of a list of beneficiaries of charity similar to T-S K15.93, App. B 6, and in the same hand. Much effaced. (Information from Mediterranean …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of donors to charity on the back of piece of vellum (fragment of an ancient marriage contract), headed by Avraham 'The Cherished,' al-sagul. This …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: List of beneficiaries of donations, similar to ENA 2713.26; T-S 20.112; T-S 24.76, on vellum, the majority of the names legible belonging to community …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: List, eleven names preserved, each donating the same amount (1 dinar), including a perfumer/druggist, a banker, a kātib, and two purveyors (mūrid) to the …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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List of contributors of wheat for the poor, ca. 1100. (Information from Goitein index cards)

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of contributors and payments in which some entries comprise both a name and a sum, whereas others have names only. Dating; probably 12th century. …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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Hastily written list of about 40 contributors, 18 of whom are called Rabbi. An indication of very late origin is that the father's name follows …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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Record of a collection containing 22 names with Coptic numerals. On verso 5 names are repeated with the same numerals, the beginning of a final …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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Fragment of a list of pledges to charity made at a wedding. The bridegroom, styled "the elder, the scholar Abu al-Baha" (written in larger letters, …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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Nine entries, names of recipients of alms, on vellum in huge calligraphic letters, such as 'two freed women, two persons from Hijaz, two from Sahrajt …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Much effaced list of donors to charity. With one exception all called by their first names. Nineteen pledges of at least twenty-two persons. (Information …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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Fragmentary list of contributions, it seems in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, details of about twenty-five preserved: five giving 1, eight giving 1/2, two …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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List of about 105 prospective contributors, headed by the judge Yehiel b. Eliakim (dated docs. 1213-1233). At least 15 names recur in Bodl. c28.47, ed. …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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List of donors to charity, in large characters, apparently destined for display, 6 persons under the heading 'Sunday' and another 10 under the heading 'Wednesday.' …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List, neatly written, of 26 people pledging gifts of 5 to 60. The ten most generous donors remain anonymous, the relevant entry being 'mattan,' which …

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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