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Accounts.
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Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), concerning a property in Fustat.
Legal fragment. Very faded. Involves various sums/transfers of money.
Fragment from a ketubah, probably a replacement for a lost one. Contains the immersion clause so can be dated to 1176 onwards. AA
Literary text, in Arabic script. Folios from an interesting theological text on the classification of knowledge (ʿilm), and some points on creation. Needs examination for …
Recto: Letter of appeal for assistance in Hebrew. Related to the lepers of Tiberias? Describing grief and weeping and distress in vivid phrases.
Letter fragment. Only the basmala and first line on recto are preserved. Reused for other jottings.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Legal record (#33) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 8v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 32-33) Folio 8v
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Private accounts of Abu Zikri Tabib in the hand of Nahray b. Nissim (Goitein) or Yehuda b. Saadya (Gil). Dating: ca. 1065 (Gil). Draft. Mentions …
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Large folio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly a communal list. Some entries include first names others rely on surnames. 16th- or 17th-century based on the …
Personal letter in which the writer asks the addressee for assistance. The top portion is missing; lines 10 to 15 contain biblical verses. (Information from …
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Legal document in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Settlement of a dispute over a husband's support for his wife during …
Request for a fatwā (or possibly a petition or official report, or simply a letter). In Arabic script. Dating: Likely Mamluk-era. Begins with a taqbīl …
Original document (both sides): Several names in Arabic script, e.g. al-Shaykh Abū Manṣūr . . . Hilāl). Verso (around the original text): Greetings or address …
Booklist?
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Accounts in Hebrew and perhaps another language and western Arabic numerals in the margins of a literary work. The remainder of the folios under this …
Two petitions to a Fatimid judge. The first concerns the incarceration of the family breadwinner, a certain Ḥabīb. An endorsement fixed to the end of …
العبيد المماليك
عاىلة حبيب الجارى
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
مماليك الحضرة السامية الاجلية الشيخية اطال الله بقاها وادام ت…
The servants and slaves,
the family of Ḥabīb, the servant
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
The slaves of the lofty a…
Templates of letters, apparently from a booklet of templates, containing various typical epistolary formulae. (Information from CUDL)
Ledger, probably account - needs examination. No image
Letter in Hebrew. The writer of the letter sends his apology and emphasizes he did not intend to offend the addressee. The writer ends (lines …
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Legal record (#18). Loan contract. Dated: Monday, 29 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Khayr b. Nājī owes 2.25 dinars to Abū l-Murajjā Sālim al-Ṣayrafī b. Abū …
Legal document(s) in Arabic involving a ḍamān (tax guarantee) and ḍumanāʾ (tax guarantors). Dating: 1101–21 CE, based on the invocation of the caliph al-Āmir (r. …
حضرت الكشف المذكور والامر على ما ذكر ووصف فيه
وشهدت على اقرار الضمنا المذكورين [فيه بما يضمنه] هذا
العمل بالموجود المذكور وكتب يحيى بن اس…
Small fragment from the beginning of a ketubah, 16th century. The groom name is Ishaq. AA
Letter from Musa b. Abi al-Hayy, from Alexandria, to Yosef b. Musa al-Tāhartī. Around 1045. The situation in Alexandria is very complicated. The writer mentions …
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First-person narrative in Arabic script, probably literary. Describing a lavish 'majlis.'
Legal record (#49) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 17v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 13 Elul, but …
Verso (original use): ḥamdala, ṣalwala, and ḥabala from the bottom of a state document in Arabic script.
A damaged leaf from a book of legal documents or monograph.
Letter from Natan b. Nahray, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1065 CE. It appears that Nahray and his …
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Recto: End of a legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Iyyar 1451 Seleucid, which is 1140 CE. Written and signed by Natan b. Shemuel. Also signed …
Recto (secondary use): Partnership agreement. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged. The partners are Abū l-Faḍl and Avraham. On top of the Judaeo-Arabic text there are also …
State correspondence (petition?) addressed to a higher official. In Arabic script. Very wide line spacing. 4 short lines are preserved. Phrases such as: التهاني(؟) اليه …
Document overwritten with notes and other jottings - needs examination.
Two fragments of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Dated 20 Av. Concerning a divorce, mentioning [...] the doctor b. …
Poetry, probably. Mostly in Arabic script; one section in Judaeo-Arabic.
Letter in Arabic script. Dealing with family and small business matters. Dating: Perhaps 12th–14th century, based on handwriting and language, but that is a guess. …
Literary text, rabbinic.
Recto (secondary use): Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic naming people such as Barhūn and Abū l-Khayr and Yūsuf. Dating: shortly after 1047/48 CE. The hand may be …
Recto: business accounts in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic (على مولاي اخي اجرة حمولة وبرطيل . . . . )
Late accounts in an erratic scribal hand. Possibly dated on the recto, with the middle subheading ending in ٧٢٣/723(?) AH, which would be 1323 CE– …
Unidentified document or text in Arabic. There are also two lines of calendrical calculations in Hebrew script.
Fragment, 4 lines, very faded, only a few letters legible.
Literary text, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Small bifolium. On each side there is one page in Arabic and one page in Judaeo-Arabic. The Judaeo-Arabic is an account or a list, including …
Letter from a certain Esther to her son. In Hebrew. Dating: Likely 16th century. Regards to and from various people, including Doña Miryam. Mentions wine …
no image available. According to Mosseri Catalogue a memory list for the Palestinian and Babylonian Gaons. AA