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Document date

644 Hijrī (19 May 1246–7 May 1247 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

The same Hebrew scribe reused all three fragments for Hebrew piyyuṭ; T-S H3.96 + T-S NS 130.87 have the same piyyuṭ and T-S 10H8.10 is a different one. The Arabic portion on T-S H3.96 reads "the decree (manshūr) of Sayf al-Dīn Sunqur al-Kurdī and his son regarding that which was indicated to the two of them in it, from the iqṭāʿ. […] This must be a different Sayf al-Dīn Sunqur than the one who appears as Atabek in Yemen in T-S 28.11 (PGPID 5459), as that one died in 1212/13.

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• iqta'
• manshur
• mongols

1 Transcription

Document date

7 Tishrei 4750 Anno Mundi (9 September 989 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Sahl and Ḥusayn, the sons of the late Yehuda, complain about Neṭira b. Toviyya ha-Kohen, also from Nisibis, with whom their late father had left 1,320 silver pieces. […] To this deed from Tinnis is attached another Hebrew legal deed from an Egyptian town on the Mediterranean, perhaps also from Tinnis (PGPID 38748). (Information from Goitein’s attached notes and translation.)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Al-Mubārak b. Yiṣḥaq Ibn Sabra to his "father" (paternal uncle?) […] He has been worrying so much about his goods in Tinnīs that he suffered an attack of yellow bile and broke out in pustules (fa-min kuthrat mā ḥamaltu ʿalā qalbī laḥaqanī khulṭ ṣafrāwī wa-ṭalaʿa ʿalayya bathr). […] Mubārak had sent a letter with Maymūn al-Maghribī concerning garments that the addressee is supposed to send, because he hasn't even been able to afford a שראשי(?)

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• clothing
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: emotion
• illness: etiology
• illness: skin
• (+ 2 more)

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

"When I heard that your condition had worsened (takhallufhā), I became very distressed and forgot my own illnesses and condition, until God had mercy and the news of your health arrived, and I thanked God for that, yodu l-adonay ḥasdo, and may God avert all evil from you and your brothers and all in your care and protect me from all bad news. […] But I forgive you because of all of your cares." ASE.

Tags

• heartsickness
• iftiqad
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: letter norms
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1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

I attributed it to his honor's (al-ḥaḍra) preoccupation with the illness of the master (al-mawlā) and the distraction of his mind and his distance from his country. . . ." […] What I received from the jāmikiyya only lasted through the end of the day today, Thursday, the 2nd of Dhū l-Qaʿda." Someone titled ʿAlamal-Dīn gave the writer 9 1/2 (dirhams?). The writer emphasizes the urgency of his request, "for I am among the dead/perishing."

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• account
• appeal
• coptic alphanumeral
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
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1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Document date

Iyyar 1390 Seleucid (1079 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are interspersed comments about people who have taken specific items, e.g., the wife of Sulaymān, Ṣemaḥ b. Yosef (although he denied this in court), and Abū l-Ṭāhir. On the other side, there is the end of what is probably a second record (#2), two more complete records (#3 and #4), and the beginning of a fifth (#5). Records #3–#5 are all dated Iyyar 1390 Seleucid , which is 1079 CE. […] Some of the assets are in al-Mahdiyya. Mentions the names Moshe b. Aharon ha-Kohen and al-Talmid.

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Inferred date

1703–1850 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The monetary figures are expressed throughout in silver kuruş which is frequent referenced by the shorthand symbol "ق" and the gold maḥbūb is also mentioned at least once on the verso. The usage of both these coinage types helps to date the fragment as post-1703CE (when kuruş began to appear in wide circulation: Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, 160). […] Some of the individuals mentioned include: Yaʿaqov Reʾuven, Yosef Ḥasōn, Saʿad Pinṭo, al-Ḥajj Ḥuseyn al-Ābī[?], and Ḥayyīm Ḥanān. On the verso, the lists are more scattered yet follow a format similar to the recto where more names can be found among the accounts: Ḥayyīm Zagdun.

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• 18th or 19th c

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Inferred date

1800–1830 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

in Judaeo-Arabic from Ya'aqov Bibas in Cairo (פה מצרים) to Shimʿon Frances in Alexandria (נאאמון). Undated, perhaps because this letter was bundled with other correspondence. […] family (אל זינאתי), Yaʿ[aqov]/Ya[ʿīsh] Abzaradel, Mordekhay Qāzīz, Se[nyor] Bilobos (Bialobos), Se[nyor] Fermon, among others. Ya'aqov Bibas also sends salutations from the scribe of the letter, without naming them.

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• 19th c
• bibas
• late ja
• ya'aqov bibas

1 Transcription

Document date

1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

If he violates the agreement, Yosef must pay twenty mithqāls 'to the poor of Almeria and the captives.' The deed was written by a professional scribe, but the addition on verso is by Ḥalfon himself. Just as document ח26 (PGPID 9068) opens with the statement of the active partner, Yosef b. Shuʿayb Ibn al-Najera, who received money from Ḥalfon to trade in, so here Ḥalfon gave money to Yosef to trade in. […] Since it was agreed that if Yosef broke the agreement, he will give twenty mithqāls 'to the poor of Almeria and to the captives', this document was presumably written in Spain, at the time when Ibn Al-Najera visited Ḥalfon, in Lucena, at the beginning of July 1138.

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• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book

2 Transcriptions 1 Translation

Document date

Second third of Av 1414 Seleucid (July 1103 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This fragment concerns ownership interest in a partnership between Mōda‘ and Avraham al-‘Assāl. In the document, Mōda‘ calls upon Abū al-Faraj al-Bazzāz to testify that Mōda‘ has an interest in the partnership, while Avraham seems to claim that he or he and his wife are the sole owners of the capital. […] Subsequently, Mōda‘ seems to have called two individuals – one (perhaps a scholar) identified only as Head of the Congregations ("Rosh ha-Qehillot"), and Abū al-Faraj – to the shop to clarify the nature of his relationship with Avraham.

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• autograph
• hillel b. eli
• isaac b. samuel ha-sefaradi
• partnership

2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A communal enactment (taqqana) passed by the Jewish community of al-Maḥalla, in which they pledge their loyalty to their judge Peraḥya [b. […] Peraḥya Ibn Yijū’s nephew (his brother’s son), and was married to his daughter Sitt al-Dar. He served as the muqaddam of al-Maḥalla. […] To prevent Zūṭa from appointing a different judge who would be loyal to him, the community of al-Maḥalla pledged their loyalty to Peraḥya in this enactment.

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• al-mahalla
• communal
• communal strife
• decree
• ib-addenda
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2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

Document date

1094–1111 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(CUDL dates the document to 1066 CE, but this cannot be correct, since Meshullam b. Hiba Ibn al-Shuwaykiyya was still alive in 1091 CE per ENA 4020.47.) […] Meshullam and his brother Ṣedaqa b. Meshullam, along with their mother Bahiyya bt. Ḥalfon, from any debts incurred by their deceased father Abū l-ʿAlā Meshullam b.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The ones who warned them about this were their family and the 'father' and master Waliyy al-Dawla, who warned them not to go down, fearing lest.... When this occurred (=the invitation from Sitt Ḍiyāʾ), the master Waliyy al-Dawla sent and cautioned them against the words (=gossip) of people about them, and they refrained for that reason." It seems that "the women" (al-nisāʾ) are the same as the "children" (al-ṣighār) who were invited by Sitt Ḍiyāʾ.

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In this account and those in T-S Misc.8.100, T-S K15.63, and T-S NS J105 the total spent on the distribution of loaves of bread is also listed every week. These important drafts are in the hand of Shelomo, the son of judge Eliyyahu, presumably in preparation of fuller reports. […] The name of the collector who handed over the money is often also named, plus a balance from the previous week, or arrears due on its account.

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• communal

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

After she left, Musallam al-Muṭarriz (the embroiderer) had a wedding. A collection (ṣīniyya, lit. […] Since Netanel was not present the money was handed over to the "Pride of the Cantors" (al-Peʾer) who was supposed to deliver it to the addressee. […] The letter ends rather abruptly just as he begins to say what happened when Abū l-Faraj al-Jazarī arrived. (Information in part from Goitein's index card and Goitein, Med Soc II, p. 499.)

Tags

• pesiqa
• wedding

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a female slave (al-jāriya al-kabīra) twice, once in the context of someone being granted ownership (תצרפת פי גאריתהא תצרף אלמלאך).

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• jariya
• slave

No Scholarship Records

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Groom: Abū Naṣr Elʿazar ha-Kohen b. Yaḥyā. Bride: Sitt al-Maʿālī bt. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Simsār. Real value: 57 dinars.

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• jariya
• prices
• slave
• trousseau

1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(a) Record of marriage conditions. Groom: Abū Zikrī al-Kattanānī b. Aharon. Bride: Sitt al-Nās bt. Isḥāq.

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• register

1 Discussion

MS heb. f 102/38–39 may be in Moshe's handwriting as well (and Bodl. MS heb. f 102/32–35, also calendrical, is in the hand of his brother Yedutun).

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• calendar
• moshe b. levi

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Inferred date

8 September 1060–8 September 1060 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Several financial issues between Israel and Nahray. Also mentions copying books and the writer asks for a shipment of cinnamon.

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• 11th c

2 Transcriptions

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This shelfmark's full ENA 1984 series are folios from a broader booklet of medicinal recipes and perhaps inventories of ingredients. There are also signs of geomancy castings in a few places throughout ENA 1984.1-7.

Tags

• early modern
• geomancy
• list
• medical

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer complains that he and his family are hungry. In the margin also brings up communal politics — his community is being inclined toward a man who is "powerful in honor and money" (qawiyy bi-l-jāh wa-l-dirham).

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• petition

1 Transcription

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Fragment from a left side of ketubah de'irkasa כתובה דארכסא, that is a ketubah written as a replacement for a lost ketubah (see also ENA NS 3.3). This we learn from the term כתובתא קדמתא [= her former ketubah] in l. 6.

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• ketubba
• marriage

No Scholarship Records

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yosef. Concerning Abū Manṣūr al-Baṣrī and bales of lac. Mentions various fees (muʾan, ʿamāla), porters (ḥammālīn), Dār al-Zabīb, two chests (qafaṣayn), boys (ṣibyān), and a warehouse for two years (makhzan sanatayn).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ʿAmram, who was the head of the Palestinian congregation in Fustat 1055–66, but apparently already active as a judge from 1026 onward. The last dated document mentioning ʿEli b. ʿAmram as still alive is from 1075 CE. (Information from Amir Ashur via FGP.)

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Primary language

Arabic

There is a filing note in Judaeo-Arabic at the top: "zuqāq al-Turmus al-Maʿmūra ḥikr the year '59", so probably the reciept is for payment of the ḥikr, land tax for conquered lands.

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• hikr

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter/petition concerning a legal affair involving the allocation of the estate of the late Bayān. (Same hand as Moss. […] Repeatedly mentions a sum of 40 dinars; provisions for the maintenance of the orphan and his (female) guarantor (kafīla); property or money that had been stored in Sindsīs (near al-Maḥalla); and wine.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He describes the details of a case in Alexandria, in which a man evidently lost a lot of money, and now he is crying (bākī) for help and reliant on charity.

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List of recipients of charity, mentioning "in the synagogue of the Palestinians," which probably refers to a person who lived there. Also two women with the notation "she should be checked out" (yukshaf ʿanha), meaning her deservedness should be verified.

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• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

1 Transcription 1 Translation

Document date

3 Tishrei 5370 Anno Mundi (1 October 1609 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Signed and scribed by Yaʿaqov Griyani. Also witnessed by Yiṣḥaq b. Binyamin b. Shoshin.

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• 17th c
• late heb

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Bu tthis is not clear. On verso there are also jottings in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps accounts.

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Document date

14 Shawwal 1239 Hijrī (12 June 1824 CE)

Receipt issued by the silk monopoly administration in Alexandria that was signed and stamped by the overseer ʿUmr Agha.

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• 19th c
• alexandria
• silk

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Document date

1247 Hijrī (12 June 1831–30 May 1832 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

State receipt in Arabic script, issued by "al-qism al-awwal Qalyūbiyya," one of the 24 administrative sections of Egypt that were established in the 1820s.

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• dimme

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Document date

123[.] Hijrī (1814–1824 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

The letter is torn at the top and the right margins. Alexandria and Rashīd are mentioned. There may have been some misunderstanding between the two parties regarding the merchandise (there are at least two references to irreligion—qillat dīn).

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• 19th c

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