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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mid-11th-century letter from Umm Faḍā'il, a widow in Fustat, to a family friend, Abū Zikrī b. […] She mentions a power of attorney document that she gave to her son, so that he will dispose of their remaining property in Sicily. She also mentions an ongoing divorce of her daughter.

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• divorce
• sicily
• women's letters

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Document date

14[..] Seleucid (19 September 1088–23 September 1188 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

The next two lines are faded but appears to mention Naṣr, the city of ʿAkkā, and the daughter of the amīr Dirghām or Ḍirghām. At upper right, mentions [...] b. al-Ghuṣn(?) al-Ḥashshāk(?), rent, and declaring that someone is considered 'faithful' (neʾeman).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The entries on recto are quite faded and need examination. On verso, the first record involves Mivḥar b. […] The second seems to involve the stake of Moshe b. Ḥalfon known as al-Nīlī (the indigo merchant) in the inheritance of the late Abū Saʿīd Khalaf b. Hiba known as Ibn al-Dajājī. Berakhot b. Seʿadya testified regarding this issue.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

.]; a half qinṭār of myrrh; Abū l-Faḍl and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān the sons of ʿUmar al-[...] b.

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• account
• bialphabetic

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Ibn al-Naj[era] to [Ḥalfon b.] Netanʾel ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1138 CE, as it seems to belong with documents 32ח to 34ח (T-S 12.285, T-S 8J18.3, and T-S 13J14.21). It is very faded. The address appears at the top of recto. This scribe represents ط as צ, sometimes with a dot over it. […] I encountered Abū Ibrāhīm... mithqāl(s) from Tilimsān... Almeria, and the silk... I entered Granada...." Belongs in the addendum to India Book IV.

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• ib-addenda
• ib4

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The last line of the letter is written upside down in the upper margin, and there is a (sadly faded) address on verso. Also on verso there is a Hebrew literary text.

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Primary language

Arabic

Original document: Petition from a woman (al-mamlūka), probably in Tinnīs (المقيمة بمدينة تنيس حماها الله تعالى) to a dignitary with the title al-Juyūshī. The addressee might be Badr al-Jamālī (d. 1094; the first in Egypt to hold the title Amir al-Juyūsh). […] The text on verso may be related but is quite faded.

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• dimme
• to edit

1 Transcription 1 Translation

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The writer reports that the bearer of this ruqʿa is a stranger from the people of al-Maḥalla. [It seems the letter here switches to the voice of the bearer]. He had generously opened his house to all, and among those who have stayed with him are Yiṣḥaq al-Sofer al-Siqillī (the Sicilian) and Mikha'el al-Rav. […] He never burdened anyone, but now he has been ill for a month and a half, and nobody look after him except Abū l-Faḍl Sar ha-Leviim. . . [the remainder is lost].

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• appeal
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517

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Primary language

Arabic

Fragment (lower half). "... he will/should sell it for him in Tyre and send him the value in the ṣalībī together with the fleet (al-usṭūl). He has appointed him to collect the value of his money/property with [...] Abu l-Faḍl Ibn al-Baṣrī: the value of sugar, the value of tamarind, ]...] and gold, a total of 3 dinars... and to also collect all the dirhams owed by Mukhtār and to send them with his merchandise in the fleet... with Yūsuf."

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• al-ustul
• dimme
• tyre

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Document date

Monday, 18 Adar II 1436 Seleucid (24 March 1125 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Tamīm the physician (ha-Rofeʾ), Abū l-Faḍāʾil ʿOvadya b. Shemuel known as Ibn Baqāʾ, and [...] Ibn al-Baghdādī. The kunyas of Netanʾel and Ibn al-Baghdādī may be Abū l-ʿAlāʾ and Abū ʿUmar respectively. […] (Information in part from CUDL.) Join: Alan Elbaum

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He writes (possibly in frustration), "I met with Ibn al-ʿAmīd, and he prescribed me herb water (? mā' baql) and chicory syrup. Every doctor prescribes herb water for me." The rest is quite faded.

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: physicians
• illness: treatment
• prescription
• (+ 1 more)

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Quotes Jeremiah 15:2. The name Faḍl appears in l. 1, [Abū l-Ḥa]san b. Abū Sahl (ZL) in l. 6, and Abū Yaʿaqov (perhaps the recently deceased) in l. 11. All of these are names found in the Tustarī family; needs further examination to pinpoint the specific context and dating.

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• al-tustari
• condolence

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Primary language

Arabic

The script is difficult and the text is quite faded, though the address at the top should be legible (to Abū l-Ḥasan the Jew in al-[...]?).

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Much faded and damaged letter to R. Hananel (b. Shemuel), Abraham Maimuni's father-in-law. It might be a copy of a letter from Abraham Maimuni himself, but the text is too faded to make a conclusion. AA

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Document date

Iyyar 1542 Seleucid (5 April 1231–3 May 1231 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Concerning the lease of two properties owned by Sitt al-Nabaʾ bt. Abū Isḥāq Ibn al-Amshāṭī, the wife of Abū l-Baqāʾ Elʿazar b. Abū l-Faḍāʾil. She leases a bustān with a house and a qāʿa (also referred to as a half-house) to Abū l-Riḍā for 7 years against 52.5 dirhams (i.e., 7.5 per year), which will be used for renovation of these properties. Abū l-Riḍā may also use the fruits of the bustān for himself. (Information from Goitein's index card and Mediterranean Society, 3:327, 328, 500, 501.)

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• shelomo b. eliyyahu

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

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. F. 1v: catena of biblical verses, such as Proverbs 9:10, 22:29 and 24:5, probably for epistolary purposes.

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Document date

Tishrei 5583 Anno Mundi (16 September 1822–15 October 1822 CE)

In the lower entry of payments, there is also mention of Moshe Aghion (l. 19r). The verso contains another list that is mostly faded and illegible although there appear to be itemized entries with corresponding eastern Arabic numerals.

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• 19th c
• aghion
• late ja
• rosano

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Document date

21 Kislev 1355 Seleucid (26 November 1043 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Shelomo ha-Rofeʾ to Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham al-Qābisī. In the margin mentions someone's possession in Qayrawān and someone of the family Ibn al-Jāsūs. […] Saʿadya ha-Kohen who libeled his kinsman Abū l-Faḍl Yosef b. Peraḥya as being a descendant of slaves.

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• arrest
• excommunication

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The handwriting seems familiar. ". . . betroth her and take her, and let him not be absent for a week or. . . tell me what should be done, for I am perplexed. . ." Regards to: mawlāy al-levi and his brother-in-law beḥir ha-kohanim; Abū Isḥāq and his brothers; Abū l-Makārim; Abū l-Faḍl Rosh ha-Medabbrim; Abū l-Makārim b. […] There is a postscript regarding the son of the faqīh Abū Ṭālib, who came and asked the writer to pass on his gratitude to al-Fakhr.

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• to edit

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Judaeo-Arabic

At least two of the other people greeted in this letter are called "shaykh al-yahūd"; other names are Shemuel; Manṣūr(?) al-Ḥinnāwī, Yosef, Abū l-Saʿd, Fāḍil, Muwaffaq, Avraham, Sulaymān.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yaḥyā b. Saʿāda the physician (al-ṭabīb), in Ashqelon, to Abū Naṣr Yehuda b. Mūsā al-Dimashqi, in Tyre. Informing him about payments he had made and regretting that he could not do much for Abū l-Faḍl, whom Yehuda had sent to him. Yehuda's shipments were being withheld by claims of a third party, Abū l-Ṭayyib Mukhtār b.

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• ashqelon
• tyre

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Document date

Middle decade of Ṭevet 1441 Seleucid (25 December 1129–3 January 1130 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Written on a small piece of parchment. Testator: Abū al-Faraj b. Maʿrūf the perfumer. (His son Faḍāʾil appears in Yevr.[…] Abū l-Faraj gives to his wife her ketubba, trust, and control of the household goods (specifically mentioning the house in Zuqāq al-Turmus) and her children's inheritance. Written and signed by Natan b.

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Document date

29 Adar 5571 Anno Mundi (25 March 1811 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Ketubba, faded, from Cairo, dated 25 March 1811 CE (29 Adar 5571 AM). […] Much of the dowry list is still legible, mentioning items such as: a cotton robe ([ענת[רי]את קוטנ[י), an Aleppo-style fabric basket (בוק[ג]ה קומאש חלבי), Yemenī blanket (לחאפ ימני), among many other goods.

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• 19th c
• ketubba
• late

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso contains an extremely faded text block in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly documentary. At 180 degrees to this there are some names, including the phrase "from Ṣāliḥ b. Yosef b. Khalfa al-Maghribī"; the line underneath has the name of one of his brothers (" . . b. Yosef al-Maghribī b. Khalfa"); the line underneath that begins "May God in His mercy. . ."

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Concerning the son of the late Abū l-Faḍl. Shela b. Yefet and possibly the inheritance of a house. Also mentions somebody's wife named Turfa bt. Yefet, who is probably the sister of Shela.

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• halfon b. menashshe

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Judaeo-Arabic

Relatively large and complete, but faded, and there is no address on verso. The sender has sent 8 dinars and 15 nutmegs (jawza) with Abū l-Faraj. […] Encourages the sender to work on "emptying the shop" (takhliyat al-dukkān, a common phrase in Geniza documents whose meaning is not entirely clear). […] Greetings to the elder 'al-Mumḥe.' Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ on verso.

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Hebrew

Very faded fragment from the beginning of a letter in to ha-Dayyan ha-Maskil (who is named, but the name is very faded - Zekharya?).

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a certain Yaʿqūb to Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. Abū Saʿīd known as al-Yatīm. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• trade

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Outline of a deed of sale for an enslaved woman named Ibtidāʾ. Seller: Sitt al-Banīn bt. [...] the wife of [...]. Buyer: Sālim b. [...]. Enslaved person: Ibtidāʾ. The price is too faded to read. A manumitted women by the name of Ibtidāʾ is listed in Appendix II of Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides? In Judaeo-Arabic. Al-Shaykh al-Makīn is to give the beadle some sum. Very faded. T-S K25.240 consists of small written orders, partly in Hebrew and partly in Arabic script, for monthly payments, made out of the rent-revenue from the pious foundation (waqf) 'Compound of the Poor' or from the pious foundation made by the physician al-Muhadhdhab. All dated orders are from spring and summer, 1218.

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• account
• heqdesh
• qodesh
• tax
• waqf

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Document date

Adar I 1445 Seleucid (27 January 1134–25 February 1134 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

One of the partners is named Ḥalfon and one may be [Ibn] al-Ṭawwāf. Involves a sum of 100 dinars, 50 dinars for each partner. For the phrase "bāb al-ḥarīr" see also T-S AS 153.299 (PGPID 16602). Verso: Probably too faded to read, but mentions a ketubba and the city of Minyat al-Qāʾid.

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• damin
• dyeing
• silk

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Natan ha-Sheviʿi who was also known as Ḥemdat ha-Yeshiva. Very faded. Recto is entirely in Hebrew and mentions Yeshuʿa ha-Levi and a certain Ṣedaqa. Also mentions danger on the roads (l. 20). Verso switches to Judaeo-Arabic. The sender states that he heard that the addressee is in possession of a document from the caliph (kitāb min amīr al-muʾminīn). He asks for a favor from the addressee, Ḥemdat ha-Yeshiva, including sending something with the same Yeshuʿa ha-Levi mentioned on recto.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Also mentions the sons of Sahl b. Abraham b. Ezekiel and Abraham the orphan b. […] The upper lines mention two more enslaved people: Ẓarf and her son Muwaffaq. A faded note on verso mentions Yehoshuaʿ ha-Kohen, and does not appear to be related to the text on recto. (Information from Craig Perry and CUDL) NB: An earlier description in the PGP identified the enslaved person sold by Michal as Bidʿa ‘Innovation’, also called ‘Gazelle’.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment from Yosef to Abū l-Faḍl b. ʿAmrīṣ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing remarks about business transactions including the delivery of a consignment of glass. [ʿAmrīṣ is not a name; this probably reads Abū l-Faḍl b. ʿImrān.]

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• glass
• material culture
• trade

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Araḥ b. Natan, also known as Musāfir b. Wahb, in Fuwwa, to his brother Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. […] He is now in Fuwwa and intends to return soon to Alexandria. The main issue in the letter is an urgent request to convey a letter from Ḥusām al-Mulk to the Qāḍī of Alexandria, Makīn al-Dawla, regarding the protection of the Jewish community from the 'hatreds' (sin'ot) of the Muslim population. Both the addressee and their cousin Abū l-Faḍl have been ill, based on the wishes for recovery.

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• alexandria
• arah b. natan
• communal strife
• fuwwa
• illness
• (+ 3 more)

2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Levi ha-Levi, and Abū l-Faḍl Ibn Bayān who appears in line 2 *may* be his son. Other people mentioned are Ibn al-Dayyān, Abū l-Thanā', Ibn al-Mashmiaʿ(?), Abū Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb, and Abū l-Faraj b.

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• booklist
• colic
• moshe b. levi

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from ʿIwāḍ b. Isḥāq b. al-Zayyāt to the family of Abū l-Khayr b. Isḥāq b. al-Zayyāt (presumably his brother). […] He sends regards to Abū l-Faḍlal-Ḥaver. There are several unrelated lines in a different hand on verso, including one formulaic phrase from a legal document.

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Inferred date

1066–1108 CE

Names: ʿImrān; Ḥalfon (the agent - אפטרופא); and [...] b. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ. Verso: Drafts of other legal documents. […] Might mention the names Faḍl and/or Yosef (in the margin). Underneath there is a first-person note "ומא אעלם הל כתב עלי תאניא אם לא. . ."

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Document date

20-29 Tammuz 1540 Seleucid (13 July 1229–22 July 1229 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Eliyyahu purchases from Abū l-Faḍl b. Maḥāsn Ibn al-Kāmukhī ("preparer of vinegar sauce") a codex of the Prophets for 65 dirhams.

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• book trade

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Document date

1024 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

ʿAbdūn (who spoke on his behalf to the governor); Ibn Garmān (possibly a Christian); Yosef the Av; Yosef's son-in-law Ibn al-ʿAkkī; Abū Naṣr Furqān; and the Qaraite elders, the brother of Abū Isḥaq and Abū Faḍl Sahl b. […].

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• nar

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Arabic

Begins like a state document with the taqbīl clause. Nearly complete, but faded in places. Perhaps addressed to a 'paternal uncle' (yā ʿamm[ī], recto, l. 7). Mentions that someone "arrived and traveled to al-Shām." Mentions a cousin of the sender (ibn ʿammatī) (last line of recto).

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• al-sham

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In which four people — the writer, Bū Surūr Ibn al-Ṣabbāgh, Faḍāʾilal-Ḥazzān, and Maʿālī Ibn al-Irbilī — testify that Sitt Riyāḍ the wailing woman (al-nāʾiḥa), who owns seven qirats of a compound, donates a third of her part to the Qaraites and a little less than that (7.5 qirats) to the Rabbanites. […] (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 294 #63.) See also Goitein, Med Soc II, Appendix A, #164. Verso: Further accounts of the bookseller, for Ibn al-Ṣabbāgh and Ibn Sibāʿ

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• 12th c
• qaraite
• rabbanite
• testimony

2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

Primary language

Arabic

Letter from Abū Naṣr, in Alexandria, to his 'brother' al-shaykh al-ajall al-thiqa [...] al-Sharābī, in Fustat. In Arabic, with the address in Judaeo-Arabic. There are also postscripts in Arabic including greetings to Abū l-Ṭāhir Ismāʿīl and his son Sharaf(?). The sender reports that he arrived safely from Fustat to Alexandria and found the children well. He stayed with his son Sulaymān.

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