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Fragment of a letter from Mardūk b. Musa from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. March 8, 1048.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Most of the text on verso, and the marginal text on recto, are in a different hand which is reminiscent of the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

bayt māl); being prostrated (inṭaraḥt) and "cut-off / isolated" (munqaṭiʿa) on account of an illness (marḍa); the sea or the Nile (al-baḥr); the sender's father; and [Abū S]aʿīd al-Ḥazzān.

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: inqita'
• illness: marad
• illness: matruh
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13 Rabīʿ I 591 Hijrī (25 February 1195 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Made by two brothers, ʿAlī and Nāṣir b. طلو(؟) b. Nāṣir. The document concerns a Muslim female slave named Wafāʾ, who was born into slavery (muwalladat al-jins).

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• slave

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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

The writer excuses himself for not coming to Qalyūb, for he thought the addressee would not be there, but now a certain Abū Saʿd has informed him that the addressee had returned. Also mentions business matters relating to a shop, and the names Barakāt and Ibrāhīm.

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• arabic script

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Inferred date

1237–1300 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Touching on various issues such as copying of books and composition of religious poetry, renting out of a house, and alimony. Mentions the sender's paternal aunt’s son Ismāʿīl. Join: Alan Elbaum.

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• account

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28th Elul 1409 Seleucid (28 August 1098 CE)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Two contrary depositions in court concerning a sum of 47 dinars, a female slave, and an apartment. Mentions Abū al-Munajja Thiqat al-Mulk Sulaymān b. Sahl and dated 28 Elul 1098.

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1564 Seleucid (1252–1253 CE)

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Aramaic

This document was not completed. See also ENA 2559.15 (PGPID 11080) for another unsigned geṭ between the same couple from the preceding year.

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• divorce
• get

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Judaeo-Arabic

Ibrāhīm, the scribe, emphasizes the great reward and place in heaven the recipient will obtain if he helps the woman. He also adds various business matters of his own, including, apparently, something to do with the 'milking' of musk.

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• appeal
• inqita'
• musk
• petition
• pregnancy
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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter written by a man on behalf of his wife to her brother, inviting him to come out to the countryside for a full month to find relief from his stress and also to bring his boys with him, who would be better off in the countryside than in bible school.

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• personal

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1135–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In the available space, Ibn Yiju also wrote drafts of two halakhic queries (PGPID 4718).

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• ib3
• ibn yiju
• india book
• trade

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter of recommendation from Yehuda to Avraham ha-Zaqen about a righteous silk weaver named Tahor al-Talmid from the pupils of Avraham Maimonides (min jumlat aṣḥāb sayyidinā), who has "left the world from his heart" and sought the service of the Creator. The letter discusses Tahor's altruistic intention to marry an orphan girl.

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• al-mahalla
• capitation tax
• jizya
• lor
• orphan girl
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Avraham ha-Levi (these two also signed T-S 20.23 in 1049 CE). (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

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4805 Anno Mundi (1044–1045 CE)

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Hebrew

The releasing parties: Mevasser b. Shela al-'Amtani and his wife Ghāliya bt. Ashlimon al-Dalātī.

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• quittance

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Judaeo-Arabic

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

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• nahray b. nissim
• trade

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Letter from an unknown merchant from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim. April 20, 1064. The writer informs Nahray about the loading of their goods on ships.

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• flax

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Amram from a junior colleague, as court scribe, specifying the fees received for writing documents (marriage contracts, divorce documents, a power of attorney) during Eli's absence; also mentioning a power of attorney made out on behalf of an agunah to a welfare official who was going to Spain, where her husband was located.

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• communal
• power of attorney

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Primary language

Arabic

Saʿadya ha-Levi (active 1165–1203), though the alefs seem different).

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Primary language

Hebrew

(Information from CUDL.) See also Moss. VII,143.1 (PGPID 27024), which appears to be in the same handwriting.

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• natan ha-kohen ha-haver
• tiberias
• tiberias lepers

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7 Tevet 1541 Seleucid (December 1229–January 1230 CE)

Legal document dealing with a debt of Hiba/Natan the dyer b.'Ulla to al-Sheikh Abu 'Ali Yefet b. David for two qintar of indigo he bought from him for 1000 dirhams and which he agrees to repay by the month of Nisan of the same year.

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• indigo

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Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Letter from a Karaite in Alexandria to the Karaite Nasi David b. Hasdai, concerning support for the Nasi from the Karaite communities in the Maghreb.

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• 12th c
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: public figure
• illness: recovered
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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions 200 dinars, a wālī and the territory of al-Muʿaẓẓam (ʿĪsā?), who is in conflict with his brother (al-Kāmil?).

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• mastara

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Trousseau list and wedding outfit for a poor woman, perhaps an orphan. The man is also very poor. The list is to be understood thus: ll. 1–10: what should be expended. ll. 11–13: what actually came in.

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Document date

Shevat 5312 Anno Mundi (28 December 1551–26 January 1552 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The main heading on the recto states that the accounts are in the name of a certain Moshe Ibn Abī Darham is also mentioned. Two of the entries are labeled: "before traveling to צ'מייט", which may be an erratic spelling of the port city Dimyāṭ.

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• account
• late

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Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions other goods, mainly camphor, which was bought in a price that is about a third of the regular price. Also mentions expenses for packages, shipments, taxes, and bribe.

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• al-tahirti
• bribe
• commodities
• flax

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Document date

Thursday, 8 Rajab 627 Hijrī (23 May 1230 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Report of the death of a Jewish woman named Sitt al-Dār bt. Yaʿqūb on Thursday, 8 Rajab 627 AH = 23 May 1230 CE. […] For similar documents see Khan, ALAD, docs. 125 to 131.

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• report of death

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Arabic

Upper part of a letter addressed to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Ḥasan al-ʿAsqalānī, in Fustat. In Arabic script.

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Arabic

Many sections are headed "tawqīʿ ʿālī," perhaps summarizing the content of various rescripts. One entry refers to [...] al-maʿmūra, a term typically used for state institutions.

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

The two columns on verso mention various Dārs, e.g. Dār [...] al-Yahūdī, and Dār al-Ṣabāḥ is mentioned multiple times, once in the context of construction (ʿimāra).

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Spanish

The date is not 14 May 1517 as the Baker/Polliack catalogue has it: this entry is referring to 14 maidis (muayyadis = medins = nuṣf fiḍḍa). There is also mention of hungaros/ungaros, sequinos, and "as menudensias del magazen."

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Arabic

Letter from Kathīr b. Abū Naṣr al-Ḥazzān, unknown location, to his son Bū l-Ḥasan b. […] C/o the shop of ʿAmmār al-Yahūdī. In Arabic script. Only the opening greetings, the concluding greetings, and the address are preserved.

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Arabic

Mentions the police "raqqāṣīn" and "shurṭa", Aswan(?), and "diyār al-Miṣriyya wa al-Shāmiyya". Needs further examination.

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• dimme

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Arabic

ʿUthmān," possibly then referring to the court of the Jāmiʿ al-Ṣāliḥ. Underneath there is an almond-shaped seal imprint featuring names such as [...] b.

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• ottoman state

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Arabic

Fragment (upper right piece). Lessee: al-sharīf Muslim b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā b. Ṭabāṭabā al-[...].

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Arabic

The last object of sale is a donkey. A ninth entry was also begun, with only the word "ishtarā" preserved, which tells that the document is a draft.

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Document date

1233–1236 CE

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Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Bifolio from the account book of a real estate broker who also kept some agricultural property. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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• to edit

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