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(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 54).
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(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 57).
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 35).
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 74).
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 33).
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 38).
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 75).
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 60).
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 55).
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 62).
Verso mentions ha-Sar ʿOvadya, "your relative," and that he should be told something to do with Aleppo (צובה). Good candidate for a join. (Information in part from CUDL)
Verso: Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-ʿAlā'. In Judaeo-Arabic. He asks Abū l-ʿAla' him to come together with Abū l-Barakāt in order to cut and tailor a piece of fabric for him.
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Verso: Two lines of Arabic script mentioning al-shaykh al-ajall Abū l-Ṭāhir. Needs examination
Written on a reused Arabic legal document (upper right corner only). There are also pen trials on recto and verso, including the word קומוס written numerous times.
The address in Arabic states the destination as Alexandria, but this may have been corrected given that Cairo is listed instead in Judaeo-Arabic.
Sahl, probably from Alexandria, to Yeshua b. Isma’il, Fustat. Around 1050.
] כלון מן טבת ערפך אללה ברכתה [
וצל כתאב מול]אי ידכר חאל אלצרר וקד כאן את[
] קבלך ואגתה[ד ] פי חמל אל[
] לי אכי אבי אלסרור אכדהא לם יפע…
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They plan to spend Passover in Alexandria. (Information mainly from Goitein's index card.)
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Mentions people such as ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Abū l-Faraj al-Ṣayyād, Sulaymān the brother of Aḥmad, Ibrāhīm, and Aḥmad the brother of Sulalymān.
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Yakhin) to the ḥaver Abu al-Ghayth, apologizing for not being able to come to Minyat Zifta because he has been detained in al-Maḥalla.
Letter from Yosef b. Yefet al-Shaʿrānī(?) to his relative Abū Naṣr Elʿazar b. Abū l-Khayr al-Kohen, congratulating him on the birth of a son.
Seleucid, meaning 1118–28 CE. Also signed by Nissim b. Shemuel.
Provides updates on receipt of prior letters; mentions 'al-dār al-saʿīda' and a qāḍī. Greetings to various people.
The receipt was issued by the state's silk monopoly administration in Alexandria. MCD.
Recto: Legal document in Arabic script. Ishāq b. Saʿīd al-Yahūdī al-ʿAṭṭār rents a house from 1 Muḥarram for four dinars, “pays in advance.”
This is what Isḥāq ibn Saʿīd the Jew leased [ ]
all the house that belongs to her, in her ownership and possession [ ]
its boundary…
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Legible phrases include "I ask my master for help. . . . al-jalīl adām allāh 'izzahu. . . .). The phrase האדא אלשי is repeated twice.
Note addressed to Abu al-Faraj, saying that Abu al-Makarim is to receive payment from the bearer, in the amount of two qirats (of a dirham) and a half fals, and apologizing for the delay in conveying the payment.
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Opens with blessings for the addressee, then a request to al-Rashīd to "preserve the capital" and the something to do with [Ibn] al-Jabbār and wool (ṣūf).
Recto: letter by a certain Shelomo to his father Yeshuʿa, also mentioning ‘the brother’ Yaʿaqov ha-Talmid and the arrival of the addressee’s brother in law in Fusṭāṭ.
Mentioning names such as Ibn al-Ghaniyy (?) and Yosef b. Yehuda al-Levi. Lists a number of dates, weights, numbers and commodities, such as honey, wine and sugar.
, and verso seems to be from the father to the son (in Alexandria). Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. Recto mentions Yosef, Shūʿa and the currency dirham.
The sender places an order worth 16 dirhams, including for 1/2 ounce of Iraqi copper sulfate (zinjār). There are also inquiries about prices. (Information in part from CUDL)
Legal document mentioning ʿImrān al-Nafūsī and Moshe the elder and a partnership (commenda) contract (sheṭar al-muḍāraba).
Mentions a bill of divorce (or manumission? גט) and a woman [...] al-kāmil al-musammāh Saʿdūn(?) bt. ʿ[...].
ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Also signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel and Avraham b. Sh[emaʿya?].
Mentions an inheritance and involves a woman (possibly Siwār, but this could also be read siwā[hā]). In the hand of Ḥalfon b.
Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic (לי ענד . . .) Also in a rudimentary hand. Mentions "one round one" and "five small ones" and a shuqqa (a type of garment).
Written in a mix of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. (It is also possible that these are legal entries concerning dowries.)
Small, official receipt for ʿImrān Ibn al-Riṣāfī(?). Landscape format. Trigger: afrada... […] T-S AS 176.437, T-S AS 176.438, and T-S AS 176.439 all belong together.
Mercantile accounts. Mentions Sayyid al-Mahdiyya (verso, l. 2); Dār al-Wakāla (verso, penultimate line); 4 manns of nutmeg (verso, last line); 7.5 raṭls of galangal (recto, bottom text block).
The sender seems to be complaining that someone has opposed him or will oppose him in conducting his business (...al-mamlūk min al-[...] taṣarrufuh fīh taṣarruf... min dhālika aw iʿtaraḍah...)
Symbols and/or letters from other languages may also be present. This fragment may have served as a learning aid but the arrangement of letters and symbols seems too complex for that to be the case.
A draft of a letter to the community of Alexandria headed by Avraham b. Zur, first half of 16th century.
On verso there is a difficult name (ʿAlī b. كمر(؟) الحوىل(؟) al-Khurāsāniyayn(?)). Needs examination.
At least on verso, the case has to do with the claims of the wife of Ṣāʿid against the wife of al-Rayyis al-ʿAjamī and an orphan. Awaiting fuller description.
Recipes for פתיחת לב, to quell a storm at sea, to heal scorpion-bites, for a headache, to send a fever upon your enemy, and for charm and grace (including before a governor). See also T-S K1.91. (Information from CUDL.)
There are two lines of Judaeo-Arabic poetry about "ahl al-hawā." There follows the Hebrew alphabet. There follow three lists of different types of textile (kamkhā, misḥ, and mukhmal) in different colors.