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Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Abū l-Surūr and [M]anṣūr. Conveys condolences on the death of their mother. On verso are a few words in …
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Letter from the Master of the Shipmasts to a Nubian eparch in Ibrīm. The letter reports on the activities of Merki, a man who was …
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Letter. The hand and style resemble those of Abū Zikrī the son of Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic, high register, rhymed prose. The contents are …
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A long letter with a query regarding the laws of marriage, sent to Simha b. Shlomo. On the back of the page account in Arabic …
No Scholarship Records
Letter from Sahlān b. [...] to Abū Zakariyyā. Dating: mid-11th century. Regarding a silk binding that a Spanish person gave the addressee with instructions who …
Description for T-S 6J10.12: Fragment of a letter from Amram b. Yosef, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1075. The writer informs …
חצרה מולאי אלחבו אלגליל גדול הישיבה אטאל אללה בקאה
ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ותאיידה ונעמאה ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה
ושוק אליך קרב אללה אלאגתמאע בך…
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Letter from Yehuda b. Aharon Ibn al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin ("the Glory of the Cantors and their strength"), in Fustat. …
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Recto: Part of an Arabic letter very likely from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. He mentions Abu l-Surur and …
IB I, 33. Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) containing a commercial account and a record of court proceedings. On …
... dirham
Purchased with this:
lac sent in four pieces {alt. tr.: units}, price: 1,000 dirhems;
a small bale of spikenard: 300 di…
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Personal letter to Kẖawaja David al-Jalālī from a person named Elli Ġozlān in it asking for him to fetch some of books and discussing commercial …
Recto: Bottom part of a letter in Arabic script, from a man to his 'brother.' He spells والساعة as والسعا numerous times. He mentions jāliya …
Letter in Arabic script. Quite faded/damaged. Greetings to various people on the back (preserved as recto), including to ʿAdwān and Muḥammad.
IB V, 40a. Recto: part of a business letter. Conveying the prices of commodities such as pepper, cloves, and saffron and asking about their prices …
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports on receiving authorization (al-ʿalāma) to collect the kharāj tax from the official in charge of estates (ʿāmil al-mawārīth). …
כ]אן פי אלכתאב אלמ[דכור
]כרג לעאמל אלמוארית בכמסה ועשר[ין דינארא ברסם
אבו אלמפצ̇ל ואכדת אלעלאמה עליהם וסל[מת] אלבר[אה אלי אבו]
אלמפצ̇ל וקבצ̇…
[...] in the af[orementioned] document [...]
it came out to 25 [dīnārs] to the administrator of estates [for]
Abū l-Mufaḍḍal. I obtained the r…
Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355), to the Jewish community in Cairo. He is ordering them to pay back to …
שבת....
הנה אל ישועתי וכולי
Letter from Nissim, in Qaṭya, Sinai, to Shelomo Iskandarānī, in Fustat. In Hebrew. Dating: First half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. …
Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning 'the arrival of the pieces (? qiṭaʿ).' The writer takes a snippy tone: "Please have the good grace to send …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe Bibas, Rashid, to Karo y Frances & Company, dated 1807 CE (17 Heshvan 5568 AM).
Fragment possibly from a formal letter in Hebrew. Wide line spacing. No specifics preserved.
Letter fragment from Abū l-Faraj. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-Shām; 20 nuqra dirhams; dār sayyidinā in Fustat, and various people's names. Dating: probably late 12th or …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Same hand as Bodl. MS heb. c 13/13 (PGPID 19316). Addressed to a cousin (yā ibn ʿammī). Conveying various pieces of …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning a letter from "mawlāy al-rayyis Abū [...]" and maybe a synagogue dispute: קולנא . . . גמיע ונפצר אלשריעה . …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Medieval-era. The second line is the most legible from the opening lines of the letter: ו]צול אל אחמאל סלמה וכאן. Part …
Invitation from the association "ha-Fāmt Keter Torah" for the 7th of Adar for the commemoration of the death of Moses peace be upon him – …
F. 1r: Draft of letters, one to Abū l-Faḍl Sahl (maybe al-Tustarī?). Shelomo b. Aharon b. Abū […] and Shela b. Yehoshuaʿ are also mentioned. …
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Letter from Yosef b. Ya’aqov al-Itrabulusi from Gabes (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’akob b. Awkal, Fustat. The writer traveled to Qabes after visiting Barqa, Tripoli …
Recto: Letter/petition to Avraham b. Yaʿaqov ha-Ḥazzan. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is either intended for the eyes of Mevorakh or simply mentions previous petitions submitted to …
דלך באיאם תופי מר ור עלי הפרנס דנן . . . . . . . . .
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Letter from Ovadiah in the inn to Abu 'Amran in rhymed prose. On verso is an address in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from Goitein's index cards and …
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brothers. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentions business matters and a boat. (Information in part from CUDL)
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mostly asking for news including of R. Avraham, and wishing the recipient well.
Letter/petition from Bū Bakr to a notable named Burhān al-Dīn, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era based on hand, layout, and formulary. Asking …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called "my brother" (yā akhī). Mentions a little salt (qalīl milḥ) and an ounce of …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th–13th century. The sender says that even if his letters have lapsed, he has never stopped loving and praying for …
Letter of recommendation in German for Rabbi Barukh Löb Alpern, mid-19th-century. The place name appears to be Agram, which turns out to be the German …
Letter of appeal for assistance. In Hebrew. The addressee might be R. Shelomo ha-Ḥazzan. There is a lot of flattery and blessings. The sender used …
Fragment from the opening of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On this fragment there are mainly holiday greetings, but the Hebrew opening suggests that the writer …
Letter fragment mentioning David ha-Rav ha-Gadol, pearls (אלשוי אללולו), and prior correspondence. (Information in part from CUDL)
Recto: letter or note, possibly in the hand of Abraham Maimonides. Verso: Arabic jottings mentioning words such as حلقة and سكر.. (Information from CUDL)
Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Relatively large and well preserved, probably missing only the top few lines. Seems to be from a family member. The …
Upper fragment: Letter in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya (court scribe, active ca. 1181–1209). He is describing a marital dispute: "...four sessions... …
Letter (with Fatimid petition/report formulary) sent by the shammash (beadle) of Sunbāṭ in the center of the delta to Shemuel ha-Nagid (1140–59) describing a brawl …
Letter from Mūsā b. Yiṣḥaq b. Nissim, in al-Mahdiyya, to Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1030. The writer is looking forward to …
Letter to the Jewish community (qahal) of Fustat from a petitioner whose children were taken captive. The community has only redeemed some of them so …
Letter from an unknown writer, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Khayr (?) b. Yūsuf, in Fustat, care of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Yahūdī al-Ṣā'igh in the market …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.
Letter apparently from a woman (based on what appear to be 2 feminine adjectives, כפיפה and ראציא = ראציה) to her father (yā wālidī). Fragment …
Letter fragment. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. This portion contains only effusive praises for the addressee (e.g. ("the lamp of the umma, east and west") and …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to an notable; wide space between the lines. The handwriting is probably known. Describing a communal controversy, requesting that the …
Letter from Abū l-Barakat b. Abū l-Ḥasan to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is evidently a family member of Shelomo's wife Sitt Ghazāl …
The distinguished master's goodness…
and punishing her every Friday. However, your own words testify against you, and the proof is
that …
Late letter in Hebrew.