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Mentions Cairo in line 6 and may also mention zakāt earlier in the same line. Needs examination.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
Several names appear in the right column: al-muaʿllam Muwwafaq, Saʿīd Qa...(?), ʿAbd al-Daʾīm Nīṣī...(?)
Ezekiel, Jerusalem, in Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic. See also Bodl. MS heb. c 28/36 and T-S Misc.28.107.
Shtiwi, who has since moved to Alexandria, has been examined and is an expert in kosher slaughter and the checking of the lung.
In which the addressee (mawlāy al-shaykh al-jalīl) is asked to provide something for a ghulām "for him to cover himself with."
Asking the addressee to arrange for one of the writer's representatives or colleagues in Alexandria or Tripoli (Libya) to purchase something Shirazi either instead of or in exchange for flax.
Contains the glyph which might mean "addā" here. Also has a beginning of a date 12 Dhū l-Qaʿda, but the rest is ripped off.
Mentioning Candia (Crete) and a fattoria several times in connection with different names, possibly merchants and/or ship captains: Ḥasan al-Ṣawī, Muḥammad al-Ḥilāl, and several more individuals.
Small fragment from the end of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, sending regards to the boy al-Shaykh al-Mufaḍḍal and Abū l-Faraj b. Wafā' and Abū ʿImrān.
The address on verso is in Arabic. Also on verso is the name "Yosef b. Ḥalfon ha-Kohen."
Mentions the cantor of Ṣahrajt, Malīj, and the son of the late Abū Yaʿqūb al-Kohen al-Ṭabīb. Hand of Nahray b. Nissim or someone from his circle?
Mentions Ṣedaqa ha-Levi, Abū ʿImrān, Yeshuʿa, and [...] bt. Yefet. Also mentions trade in rose preserve (ward murabbā).
Fragment of a legal document concerning the ketubba of Karīma and her husband Nadiv. Also mentions a certain Shelomo. In the hand of Natan b.
Technical instructions in Arabic script, possibly medical prescriptions. There are also jottings in Hebrew script such as ‘this booklet is for Ḥalfon b. [...]’.
Ḥalfon to Eliyyahu the judge, requesting him to obtain a legal decision (fatwa) from the Nagid Avraham and to pass it on to Yefet; he also sends greeting to Yehi'el the judge. EMS
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The testator is Abū Yaʿqūb Yequtiel (b. Moshe) known as al-Ḥakīm, the well-known representative of the merchants. He gifts two houses in Fustat to his mature (al-ʿātiqa) daughter.
Record of release granted by Yefet b. ʿEli al-Tinnīsī to his wife Turfa bt. Ṭoviyya whom he releases from all obligations.
Letter from Shelomo (Abu l-Barakat) in Alexandria to to his brother, the physician Abu Zikri son of Abu l-Faraj (Eliyyahu the Judge), in Fustat.
In Arabic script. 6 lines well preserved, with portions of 2 more lines. Mentions ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and the arrival of Sayyidnā al-Ajall (l. 5).
(Information from CUDL. See also Goitein's index card.)
Letter possibly sent from Alexandria by a merchant to his relative, including details about accounts and mentioning orders of perfumes and spices.
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Mentions names such as ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and Abū Isḥāq Ibn al-Qābila ("Son of the Midwife," a family name).
Muslim/Musallam sends his regards. Almostall the content preserved is formulaic.
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May refer to black silk (al-ḥarīr al-aswad). Reused on verso for probably a liturgical text with Judaeo-Arabic instruction יקול.
A long set of amulets for Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Rayyisa, including that he will find favor in the eyes of Jaʿfar known as Sayf al-Dawla, who will only be able to speak well of him.
Mentions testimonies and a "father" (ḥaḍrat al-ab al-muḥtaram). Dated: 26 April 1791 CE (٢٦ شهر ابريلس ١٧٩١).
The parties are Ṣedaqa ha-Kohen and Elʿazar. Also mentions a Manṣūr and may involve a staircase or ladder (sullam).
Describing an unfortunate man. "... in this city... in all places, because... his condition... he was robbed (nuhiba) of all that he owned... there followed the matter of Ibn Rabbi [...]... the coast and the islands(?)..."
Accounts, mentioning several purses, sums in dinars and names such as al-Anṣārī. Including an entry for the faqīh al-Muʿtamid and mentioning Umm Ghālib.
Concerning the Babylonian synagogue, also mentions the hafṭara (ifṭāra). The addressee may be a cantor or communal leader.
The boy is given the name Moshe; the names Abū Saʿd and Maḥfūẓ are also mentioned. (Information in part from CUDL.)
The sender congratulates the addressee on the occasion of the marriage of a young woman. Mentions Alexandria and various business matters. (Information in part from CUDL.)
The writer is owed money by the wife of Zakkay, Salmān, and Ibrāhīm. There is also mention of items of jewelry like rings (khātim) and anklets (khalākhil) accompanied by names such as Abū ʿAbdallāh.
Small fragment of a legal document in Arabic script involving [...] b. Hārūn al-Yahūdī (and?) a supplier to the mint ([mū]rid bi-dār al-ḍarb).
Numerous greetings to various people are preserved (e.g., to "ahl bayt mawlānā" and the sender's paternal uncle Makārim), also a mention of 'the bearer of this letter.' Needs further examination for content.