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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

It describes a house known as the house of ʿAlī b. Karīm; something leading to a certain plaza (maslūka ilā bisāṭ a[..]). […] It mentions three shops; the market known as Sūq al-Jizya(?); a compound containing an upper-storey apartment; and windows or balconies (rawāshin).

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Inferred date

1808–1900 CE

The former helps date this fragment as no earlier than 1808 CE when Sultan Mahmud II ascended to the Ottoman throne. This dating can also be confirmed through research on the names of those mentioned in various headings: Yaʿacōv ʿAkūbas (recto) and Shemuʾel Najjār (the scribe seems to have misspelled the latter name).

Tags

• 19th c
• numismatic dating

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Document date

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

Primary language

Arabic

The first line states that the receipt is an account of the "ṣarrāf khazīnat dīwān al-qism al-awwal Qalyūbiyya." For another receipt issued by the same administrative qism, see: JRL Gaster ar. 48 (PGPID 32828).

Tags

• dimme

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

"For I have no one to sit with me, and I am alone and my chest is tight. . . and I am all the day by myself."

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Document date

5305 Anno Mundi (18 September 1544–6 September 1545 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Conceivably the same people as in T-S 13J7.30, a 16th-century letter in Ladino from Avraham Mayo, also involving a Raḥamim and the raisin trade. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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Tags

• raisins

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

One of them left (apparently drunk) and a gentile brought him before the ruler of the city (mutawallī al-madīna; later called al-wālī) and he was fined for drunkenness.

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Dhū l-Ḥijja 1157 Hijrī (5 January 1745–2 February 1745 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Probably a waqf document, describing the specifications of the entire property along with size dimensions. Mentions several amounts in dīnārs and names like Ibrahīm al-Yahūdī.

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• dimme

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from an unidentified sender who uses the ʿalāma/motto "yeshaʿ rav" to a certain Yisraʾel. In Hebrew. […] Dāʾūd, in Fustat, Qaysāriyyat al-ʿAṭṭārīn"; so the addressee could be Yisraʾel b.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: Perhaps ca. 13th century. Mentions [Kāti]b al-ʿArab; a matter that was only resolved by bribing one of the eunuchs; the Nagid's owing 20 dirhams to al-ʿAmīd; business in various garments including a turban; Muwaffaq the Qaraite; a shipment that came with a detailed account written down on its 'qirtās'; R.

Tags

• bribe
• eunuch
• interesting shape

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Primary language

Hebrew

It politely addresses a friend, Yaʿaqov al-Tilimsānī, (from Tlamcen, Algeria), asking him to come for Shavuʿot.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A board of arbitration, consisting of four prominent citizens, decided that the brother of the bride, Tarib (Avraham, known as Abu Tarib) had to pay the groom nine of the fifteen dinars paid as a first installment of the marriage gift. Tarib also renounces any future claims of himself, his mother and sister might raise against the groom and his brother.

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Primary language

Hebrew

'Azariah the cantor, concerning someone from Damascus whose name is only partially preserved as ‘known as the son of the hod-carrier' (אלטיאן, though possibly to be read אלעיאן). Although not much of the document is preserved, it was probably all in Hebrew, suggesting a date early in the 11th century.

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• testimony

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a former official and representative of the Nagid (na’ib) of the Alexandrian community to the Nagid, requesting that he intervene on the writer’s behalf so that he may obtain the pesiqa money and fees that the community leaders still owe him.

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• alexandria

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Information in part from CUDL; see also Goitein's index card.)

Tags

• numismatic dating

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Statement of payments to a tenant of the Qodesh, ca. 1160. A certain al-Nadiv, otherwise known as the perfume maker, tenant of a compound partly owned by the qodesh known as al-Burj, receives several sums from the funds of the qodesh.

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• 12th c
• account
• heqdesh
• qodesh
• waqf

1 Transcription 1 Translation 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Edited, translated, and analyzed at length in Oded Zinger's dissertation, chapter 5 and document #10; see also Zinger's article "Narrating Masculine Failure.")

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Tags

• 12th c
• grief
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: chronic
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2 Transcriptions 2 Translations 2 Discussions

Primary language

Hebrew

(Information from CUDL). There is also a note from the letter writer in the lower left corner mentioning Ḥayyīm Shababo[?].

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Tags

• 16th c or later
• business
• damietta
• dimyat
• rashid

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Yefet ha-Kohen ("Glory of the Community"), and the recipient, his wife, Zayn known as Sitt al-Ḥusn bt. Moshe ha-Kohen ha-Sar (her father is titled Saniyy al-Dawla).

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Document date

Wednesday, 13 Ṭevet 1374 Seleucid (18 December 1062 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Reused for literary text (also in ʿEli's hand?) on verso.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions the Nagid and Abū l-Munā al-ʿAṭṭār. Seems to be the dissolution of a partnership (the same partnership as in T-S 10J4.10, which involves Abū l-Munā al-ʿAṭṭār Yaʿaqov b.

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• partnership

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Document date

Tevet 1361 Seleucid (December 1049 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yosef (represented by Yaʿaqov b. Avraham al-Qābisī) and Salmān b. ʿAlī / Shelomo b. ʿEli.

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Tags

• divorce
• get

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Ṭoviyya he-Ḥaver (the muqaddam of Bilbays, ca. 1170s–1220) to a notable named Yehosef, titled 'the diadem' (al-nezer) and 'trusted servant of the realm' (amīn al-mulk).

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Document date

Wednesday, 23 Tammuz 1545 Seleucid (21 June 1234 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions Egypt, Abū l-Riḍā, Ibn Ibrahim al-ʿArīf, Abū l-ʿAlā b. Ḥassūn, Abū l-Ḥasan and Abū l-Khayr.

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Tags

• convert
• debt
• excommunication
• fugitive
• polygyny
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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Business letter sent from Alexandria by Yiṣḥaq b. Simḥa ha-Levi, a wholesale silk-dealer, to Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b.

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• trade

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Asking for urgent help with "ghathth al-bayt" (a problem of his wife? or actual house?). On verso he adds that he only wrote this letter while 'sick in the brain' (muta'allim al-dimāgh). Information in part from Goitein's notes.

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: brain

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Document date

1028–1036 CE

Primary language

Arabic

Dating: 1028–36 CE, based on the mention of the judge ʿAbd al-Ḥākim b. Saʿīd (b. Mālik) b. Saʿīd. Groom: ʿAlī b.

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• muslim marriage contract

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Witnessed by Levi b. Avraham ha-Levi (also a known cantor in this period, the father of Moshe and Yedutun).

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• abu sahl levi
• ketubba
• marriage

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Document date

8 Dhū l-Ḥijja 5[.]7 Hijrī (16 May 1114–9 September 1201 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Recto: (secondary use): Promissory note or a similar genre, specifying the amount of money owed by Abū l-Najm Hilāl (alladhī ʿind al-shaykh Abū l-Najm Hilāl...). Needs further examination.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

State correspondence, probably from a lower state official to a higher subordinate because a rescript (tawqīʿ) is mentioned in the last line, but it could also be a fiscal document based on the layout. Mentions 306 aqfiza, plural of the unit qafīza is used for measuring cereal (See Goitein, Med.

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• tawqi'

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Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Underneath there is a new text in Arabic script, likely also poetry. Verso, lefthand page (fol. 2r): Continuation of previous page.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dealing with court procedure, including the court notebook (shimmush) and its halakhic implications. Probably from Adab al-Quḍāh by Hayya b. Sherira Gaon or "Lawāzim al-Ḥukkām" by Shemuel b.

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• shimmush

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Primary language

Hebrew

The carrier of the letter is regarded as 'one of those who give, not take (והיה מן הנותנים לא מן הלוקחים)- usually found in letters of appeal for community assistance. Also a reference to the Christians - ערלים, but the text is missing here.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Might be late (ca. 14th–16th century). Might also be an account written in a narrative form. Phrases: מה שנשאר....

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Others of your age are already married. All that I ask of you is to look after your siblings...."

Tags

• education
• wasiyya

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Document date

Tuesday, 9 Tammuz 5422 Anno Mundi (26 June 1662 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Bill of authorization is given to Yaʿaqov al-Khallāf in connection with the ketubba of Raḥma the widow of Raḥamīm Arūkh. Signed twice by Yaʿaqov al-Khallāf and once Yahuda Levi(?) ha-Ḥazan. The middle signature appears to have been aborted by Yaʿaqov before he completed it.

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• widow

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Note to a certain Nāsir (al-muʿallim is likely an honorific rather than meaning an actual teacher). […] Mentions a number of goods in pounds (raṭl) sent with the bearer, including from a certain Ibn [ʿAbd] al-Raḥmān. Possibly sent by Abū Mūsā, or else the sender is mentioning other goods from him.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Some of the text on verso has the layout of an account, but the rest reads like a letter. Mentions the winds" (al-aryāḥ), the stores of the workers (dakākin al-ʿammālīn), a register, shipping sums of money (fa-ḥamalū hādhihi l-amwāl), and the sea or the Nile (kull shayʾ fī l-baḥr).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment (piece from the left side of recto). Mentions Ibn al-Dajājī(?). Orders אבר (needles? lead?); gum (ṣamgh); two or three manns of ground sandalwood; plantain (lisān al-ḥamal, lit.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions Rāmisht (misspelled here ראשמת) and ʿUmar al-Bundārī. Same handwriting as T-S AS 146.366 (PGPID 17411) and T-S AS 146.109 (PGPID 17345). ASE. Join: Alan Elbaum

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Tags

• ib-addenda
• ib2
• india book unedited

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Document date

Middle of Dhū l-Qaʿda 403 Hijrī (May 1013 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: Middle of Dhū l-Qaʿda 403. Measurements: 13 × 8 cm. […] Written by the jahbadh Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Amount: one-half plus one-quarter dīnār (Khan read two, one-half, one-quarter and one-sixth).

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• abu l-hasan b. wahb
• daman
• damin
• tax

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Document date

1 Dhū l-Ḥijja 403 Hijrī (13 June 1013 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: Beginning of Dhū l-Ḥijja 403. […] Written by the jahbadh Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Measurements: 12.5 × 8.4 cm. The verso is blank.

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• abu l-hasan b. wahb
• daman
• damin
• tax

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(it looks like it says "I will send al-Muʿallim Mūsā after it/him"). Dating: Likely 17th–19th century. The portion preserved here (likely from the margin, since the text is diagonal) is about whether anybody is going to come, the sender's preoccupation, and some goods (al-ḥawāʾij).

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The entry for Nissim Mosseri also mentions "pomegranates" in Hebrew perhaps a reference to fruit or Torah rimonim.

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• 18th or 19th c

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Document date

449/450 Hijrī (10 March 1057–27 February 1058 CE)

Some of the lines are erased with a line through and a signature, probably after checking them. Also contains signs in Arabic that seem like “I informed him”.

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• nahray b. nissim

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

or possibly אלמנשייה المنشية, which could refer to a specific part of Alexandria or a variety of small towns near Acre, Safed, Tulkarm, and Jenin.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

According to the colophon (P2 f. 1v), the copy was prepared in Alexandria and the scribe wrote it for himself. The name of the scribe is deleted and the name of a new owner, Avraham b.

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Primary language

Arabic

States that something arrived from the addressee (qad kāna waṣalanī al-murr(?) bi-mawlāya al-sharīf. . .) and that the sender was too worried to sleep فاست . . .

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• arabic reused

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: mid-11th century. Almost completely unmentioned in the literature (the exception is Golb, "The Topography of the Jews of Medieval Egypt," p. 138). […] Gil, Kingdom of Ishmael, vol. 3, #585–#601. The letter is almost completely preserved; should be edited.

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• unedited 11th c

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer reports that he obtained from Abū l-Faraj 20 dirhams nuqra and discusses several further transactions, including payments to al-Shaykh al-Thiqa. Abū l-Faraj has vowed to repay the 7 dinars without delay.

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