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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
Recto: Letter fragment from Khalaf b. Mubārak al-Ḥazzān or al-Jazzār. In Arabic script. Only the basmala, tarjama, and part of the first line are preserved.
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Dated in the upper right corner, 2 Shawwal [year damaged]. The year is also damaged in the sub-heading on the lower left corner of the recto.
No Scholarship Records
Repeatedly refers to ʿUmayr (or ʿAmid?) and Dāʾūd. Also mentions a qāḍī. Dating: 11th or 12th century. 3 bifolios.
Note in Arabic script. The addressee al-Muʿallim Shams(?) is to give to the bearer a specified sum of silver. Dated, but the year is difficult to read. The name Isḥāq al-M[...] appears at the bottom. Needs examination.
The price includes the transfer tax and the broker's commission (fīhā al-naql wa-l-jaʿāla, l. 3). (Information from Khan, ALAD, p. 23.)
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Only a few words and partial signatures preserved: Yaʿaqov, Nusayr, Yefet. Also possibly Jawhara (a woman's name). AA/ASE
The writer seems to be a woman: "When I remained a widow (tarammaltu). . ." Also mentions "the ruin of the daughter (or house?).
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List of piyyuṭim? On verso there are also formulae typical of a petition. Dating: probably ca. 13th century.
Mentions: "...the brothers... in a great rage on account of... because the judge (shofeṭ)... all of the capitation taxes... prayers from the old woman... [greetings] to all under your care."
Headed by the basmala and perhaps continuing “sijillāt rafaʿahā X b. Y al-Wakīl… bi-l-nāḥiya al-… min aʿmāl…." Needs examination.
Mentions the names [...] al-Ṣiqillī and Isḥāq al-Maghribī. Verso: List of names with numbers, headed "Tuesday."
Mercantile letter sent from Alexandria to ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. In Arabic script. The lines of Judaeo-Arabic on verso may be jotted accounts in the hand of ʿArūs.
The columns are headed "al-mustakhraj" and "al-maṣrūf." Same format as JRL Genizah Ar. 322 (PGPID 33017).
Dated Elul 1459 Seleucid. Mentions al-Ḥazan al-Maghribī, Bu-Saʿīd, and many others.
to treat his wife well. Also refers to "the other orphan girl under your care."
Minute fragment, contains only the the names of Sitt al-Thanāʾ and Berakhot b. Sayyid [...] ha-Kohen, probably to be married. (There is a Barakāt b. Sayyid al-Ahl in T-S NS 339.61.)
Some names partially preserved: [...] known as Ibn al-Shofeṭ, and [...] al-Ṣiqillī. In the hand of Halfon b.
A list of names and expenses (cloths, food). On the verso also list of income. Mentions Efrayim; Abū Saʿd; Abū Naṣr; Abū l-Surūr; the landlady; Abū Naṣr; Yosef b.
The sender is calling in a loan of 8.5 dirhams and also tells the addressee to pay the messenger. There are pen trials in the upper margin and accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals on verso.
"I read your [letter] and understood all you mentioned. . . As for what you mentioned about the Qaraite (? al-qara) with you. . . " Nothing more remains.
Rent receipt? Mentions someone al-Ḥanafī and someone al-Yahūdī, and rent for a house for Muḥarram and Ṣafar 1057 AH = February/March and March/April 1647 CE.
Detailed, mentioning many specific names and commodities (manly textile goods: maqṭaʿ, miʿjar, maʿraqa; also mentions candles and cotton). Needs further examination.
came to the court complaining about a matter of 100 silver pieces. Also mentions a woman named Muʾnisa.
Commercial receipt (min dār al-[...]). See tag. Dated: 484 AH? Appears to be for al-Saʿd or Abū Saʿd.
In several different hands. There is also the draft of the beginning of a legal document, in Fustat, dated 24 Nisan '54 Seleucid.
Letter from Ibrāhīm al-Ḥakīm, unknown location, to ʿAbd al-Karīm b.
Written and signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya he-Ḥaver. Also signed by Ḥalfon b. Mevorakh ha-Levi ha-Hazzan.
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from David ben Naʿim, who also wrote JRL Series L 205. Dated 10 Heshvan [55]80 AM which is 1819 CE.
List of names and money received, accounts for the state silk monopoly in Alexandria (which is confirmed by the term "Khazīna" in the fourth scan of this shelfmark).
The muqirr is Mūsā b. Yehuda al-Yahūdī(?) al-Ḥarīrī(?). Much of what remains is his physical description (ḥilya).
Verso: Addendum of a letter from a judge in Fustat to his wife in Alexandria, encouraging her to buy a robe and advising her about the travel back and other matters.
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Letter from Musa b Ya'qub, Tyre, to Abu al-'Ala Yusuf b. Daud b. Sha'ya, Fustat. NB shelfmark was incorrect in old PGP (Or. 1082 J42 instead of Or. 1080 J42)
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Mentions the arrival of a certain Salmān, mentions al-Ashmunayn, Abū Yaʿqūb al-Ḥarīrī. Fragmentary and difficult to read.
كتابي الى حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل اطال الله بقاك وادام
عزك وتاييدك وسعادتك وسلامتك ونعمتك وكبت
بالذل حسدتك واعداك م…
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Dating: 11th century. Mentions Ibn ʿAlī b. Raḥmūn al-Bazzāz, Abū Yiṣḥaq b. Sughmār, the brokers (dallālīn), and many other matters.
Mentions Cairo in line 6 and may also mention zakāt earlier in the same line. Needs examination.
The text is parallel to Otzar ha-Ge’onim, Pesahim, p. 51, 10 lines from the bottom of the page. See also Halper 164.
Recto: Legal fragment probably in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (whose name also appears three lines from the bottom). Needs examination.
Letter probably sent from Alexandria to Fustat in the early 13th century. Flattering greetings are sent to Eliyyahu the Judge and his son Abū Zikrī.
Instructing the addressee to send a ream (dast) of 25 pieces of paper, and also to sell some quires (dafātir) on behalf of the sender.
Mentions a state official by the name Shaykh Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Ḥadīd, a partnership, and some financial liabilities "juʿl", "qīmat", "mudraka".
On recto, possibly a draft of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-ʿAlāʾ the brother(?) of Saniyy al-Dawla. In the margins of recto, the name Elʿazar b.
Describing an issue/conflict associated with merchants (li dhālik(?) al-amr(?) maʿahu min al-tujjār, l. 2). Needs examination.
Quittance (bottom part only) written and signed by Eliyyahu b. Zekharya, also signed by Elʿazar b. Avraham. Reused on verso for accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, mentioning people such as Samḥūn.
Upper fragment: Bifolio of accounts. Listing names (e.g., ʿAlīal-Tinnīsī and the Andalusī cantor), precious items, and amounts.
Repeatedly mentioning "our master the Nagid"; may also mention Tripoli on verso (כתבים מן טרא[ב]לס).
Refers to a request from al-Shaykh al-Jalīl to hasten something... someone's honor... someone's safe arrival... and not much else is preserved.
May mention the neighborhood al-Mamṣūṣa. The scribe is ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAbdallāh.
Written on the verso of a torn petition or formal letter in Arabic script which reads as "ʿabd Mawlānā wa-Sayyidunā", then second line "ṣalawāt Allahʿalayhī". Needs examination.
Verso: Dowry list. Bride: Sitt al-Banāt bt. Yusuf. Groom: Mevorakh b. Abū ʿAlī.
Yosef Karo was involved (he is mentioned twice in this letter). Damascus is also mentioned.