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Judaeo-Arabic

Small legal fragment, probably a contract of debt. Mentions al-ʿAlāqma, a town in the area of Bilbays.

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from David to the Nasi Shelomo (probably the 13th-century Nasi Shelomo b. Yishay), informing him of an oath a certain Makīn had to take in connection with an unpaid debt of over 80 dirhams, and recommending his excommunication. Also mentions selling cheese. (Information in part from CUDL)

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• mosul nasis

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Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document concerning business matters, particularly the price of wax (thaman al-sham’), and citing various sums of money. […] Ishaq al-Muqaddas, and Yusuf b. ‘Ali are all mentioned. EMS

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• business
• wax

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Letter from Ṣāliḥ b. Bahlūl, probably from Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. December 18, 1061. Mentions Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī that is in the Maghreb and his brother Yosef is in Susa (in the Maghreb as well).

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1100–1138 CE

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter/petition from a woman to Yakhin Rosh ha-Qehillot. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). She asks for help for her son, who suffers in prison due to cold weather and mistreatment.

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• prison

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter addressed to 'the dear son' Mūsā Ibn Sabrā. The beginning (on verso) mentions a certain Yosef. In the upper margin, complains about somebody (ווחק אלשריעה...

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Fragment of a letter from a merchant, might be to Natan b. Nahray.

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• flax

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 11th century. Mentions something which Rabbi Yosef brought with him; 100 dinars; 22 dinars for Isḥāq; a purse or something distressing (אלצרה); the elder Abū l-Aʿlā Is[ḥaq?]

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yosef b. ʿEzra to 'my brother' Avraham b. […] Few details are preserved; mentions various small transactions and asks for news.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). Abū l-Faraj Natan b.

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• halfon b. menashshe
• prenuptial

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Aden, probably to Ibn Yijū, in India. Fragment, preserving the margins only. Mentions the customs tax (maks), various items that are being sent, and the news of Aden (peaceful now, but there was recent military activity).

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• ib5
• india book

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment. Mentions the brother of the Rayyis Abu l-Najm, Ibn Munajja, Zayn al-Din b. al-Sawwaf.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a Yehuda. Beginning only. The writer acknowledges receiving a letter from the majlis of 'our lord and crown of the heads' the 'Nagid' and Nasi Shelomo (b.

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• mosul nasis

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Document date

20 Tishrei 1469 Seleucid (26 September 1157 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal testimony. Location: Damietta (אי כפתור). Dated: 20 Tishrei 1469 Seleucid, which is 1157 CE, under the reshut of the Nagid Shemuel b. […] Denouncing a man named Yūsuf al-Rūmī (the Byzantine) who arrived in Damietta late in the afternoon one Friday, the eve of the first day of Sukkot, bearing a letter (of recommendation for charity) from the Nagid. […] Shemuel; Shemuel b. Mevasser ha-Kohen

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly addressed to 'the dear brother al-Kohen Hadar ha-Soḥerim." Dating: Early 13th century. The writer mentions things that were lost during this travel (the ḥalīb/milk? […] Regards to Samḥūn and his siblings and father; to Eliyyahu and his son; to Abū l-Faraj and Bū Mubārak and their wives. The letter ends: "Do not tell anyone our secret."

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• education
• secret

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Abū Manṣūr, perhaps in Alexandria, to his 'brother' Abū Saʿd, probably in Fustat. […] The writer has sent 1 2/3 raṭls of flax/linen with this letter. Both he and the addressee are in the garment-making trade. […] T-S 12.309 is another letter with the same writer and addressee. ASE

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• garments
• textiles

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List of accounts in Judeo-Arabic in which each heading is marked by elongated ligatures either as extensions of final letters or as independent lines drawn to indicate a new section of itemized entries. The figures for entries are alphanumerical and on the recto the first heading is labeled "אלמביע" indicating a sale perhaps to various individuals, among them "Yehuda al-Qara / יהודה אלקרה" is mentioned (l.2r). Similar to this fragments join, we also find a heading on the recto where "masruf/משרופ" (l.10r) appears in indicating expenses (though it's important to note that this is a less common spelling given that the word is often rendered "מצרופ" in Judeo-Arabic).

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Two fragments comprising the bottom part of the letter. Refers to the qāḍī Amīn al-Dawla Abū ʿAlī; a request that the addressee put in a good word for the bearer of this letter, Abū ʿAlī Ibn Qaṭāʾīf, who has never purchased goods from government bureaus (dīwān) or public auctions (ḥalqa) (והו מא ישתרי שי מן אלדיואן ולא מן חלקה ולא לה אסם בשרא חואיג מן דיואן) but who is being persecuted by the police (al-rajjāla) on account of his unemployment.

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• diwan
• police
• yefet b. menashshe

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter from Faḍāʾil to his father. In Arabic script. He has sent prior letters but received no response. He mentions several individuals such as Ṣadaqa, Abū l-Maʿālī, Abū Naṣr and news that has spread across the town (wa-qad wallahi shāʿa l-balad) and the ʿĀmil who possibly ruined his/their plan (kharab l-ʿĀmil). Towards the end of the letter he describes that he would rather die “mittu wa-lā ʿishtu” as no one could enter the building(?)

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• damin
• dimme

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Document date

Wednesday, 27 Rajab 1256 Hijrī (24 September 1840 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Legal document. In Arabic script. Yaʿqūb Balūl al-Khayyāṭ ("the tailor") b. […] Ibrāhīm al-Yahūdī a sum of 122 Rūmī qirsh (piasters), 1 qirsh equaling 40 medins (niṣf fiḍḍa). Yaʿqūb must make repayments of 4 qirsh/week. […] On verso there are records of payments totaling 45 qirsh over a period of about 4 months (significantly lower and less frequent than 4 qirsh/week). (Information mainly from the JRL catalogue.)

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Upper part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic written in a scribal hand to ha-Nasi ha-Gadol, reporting on the writer's troubles while traveling with Rabbi Avraham. […] Verso: The address of the letter on recto, to Sayyidnā al-Nasi ha-Gadol Yarum Hodo. And, in a different ink and different hand, a formulary of a Hebrew letter of appeal ("I am so-and-so the lowly and despised.").

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• al-mahalla
• appeal
• circumcision
• circumcision(letter)
• formulary
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Inferred date

1122–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Two legal documents in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38 CE), per Weiss' paleographical assessment. Recto: legal document concerning an agreement reached between a husband and wife, dated Kislev 14[..] […] A condition had been imposed on the wife, and failure to fulfill it would lead to divorce, without the right to collect what was due to her in her ketubba.

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1051–1051 CE

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Daniel b. Azarya (in his handwriting). […] Alternate description: Letter from Daniel b. ʿAzarya informing one of his supporters in Cairo that an unnamed prominent person had received a friend of his opponent in Dagun (a suburb of Ramla) and on top of that had not answered his letters. He urges his supporters to have the vizier write to the aforementioned man. Mentions the amīr Ḥusām al-Dawla. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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• gaon
• leadership struggle
• petition
• state
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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a Maghribi silversmith named Efrayim b. […] He asks the addressee, also of Maghribi origins, for charity. Ca. 1181. The letter is preceded by a poem (lines 3-8). English translation in Med Soc V, 77. T-S 8J20.24 (PGPID 2063) is a sequel to this letter. On verso: an eulogy in Hebrew.

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• appeal
• disability
• disability: vision
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yosef, a provincial muqaddam, to Avraham b. […] Dating: ca. 1100 CE. In this poignant letter Yosef complains of being neglected by the authorities, and feels that he has limited knowledge and is not competent to deal with any but the most basic and routine cases that come before him. […] He has tried to implement excommunications but the community has little respect for his pronouncements. The letter also mentions Abū Saʿd Ibn al-Malījī. Address in Arabic script on verso.

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• to edit

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Legal document, probably a deed of sale for an enslaved person. […] The parties are Efrayim ha-Levi, Abū l-Ṭ[āhir?], and [...] b. Naḥman ha-Kohen the cantor, the father of Yakhin the agent (al-wakīl). […] On verso there is a commentary or learned discussion of the biblical prophets and kings of Israel, mentioning Iraq, Esther and the book of Daniel, and including Hebrew citations.

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