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9651List or tableCUL Or.1080 J138
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic
In Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic script, and Greek/Coptic numerals. People mentioned: Abū l-Surūr Ibn al-ʿAnānī; Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-ʿAni; Abū Naṣr Ibn al-Bār[...]; Zayn; Abū l-Munā b. [...]; Abū l-Ḥasan b.
Recto - left side
1. בש רחמנא
2. אלדי ענד אלשיך אבו אלפרג אלטביב
3. ענד וצולה מן דמיאט ה דנאנ[יר
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- damietta
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9652List or tableT-S J1.52
"transcribed," show that the contens of such leaves used to be posted into notebooks. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 441 #132)
פתוח בן אלטוב ה
recto, left column
1. אלמקבוץ מן גמא<ד>י אלאול
2. מן חסין ז
3. ומן דרב אלחדיגי ד ותמן
Collected from Ibrahīm, the brother of al-Dayyān, 8.
Collected from Fakhr, 9
Collected from Maḥfūẓ, 15.
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9653List or tableT-S NS 312.82
Fragment of genealogical list of Geonim, ca. 1040.
TS NS Box 312,f. 82Gil, Palestine, pp. 8 Doc. #3Fragment of genealogical list of Gaonim ca. 1040SH [11-9-87] (P)
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9654Legal documentAIU VII.D.44
Document date
1482 Seleucid (12 September 1170–1 September 1171 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document. Dated: 1482 Seleucid = 1170/71 CE. Concerning the financial rights of the widow of a certain Ṣedaqa. Mentions Ḥārat Zuwayla in New Cairo; [Abū l-Ḥasan(?)]
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9655Legal documentAIU VII.E.55
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Verso: Legal testimony by Yosef b. Moshe [b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī] regarding events in Alexandria related to Khulayf b. Menaḥem al-Shaʿālī. Needs further examination, and should be read together with T-S 8J29.5, another testimony by Yosef al-Tāhartī on the same matter (dated 1047 CE).
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9656Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 11/12
Inferred date
1007–1055 CE
Legal document, mentions ziqnei ha-yishmaelim. Deed of authorization of son to represent mother before her two brothers concerning the collection of debt at Efrayim b.
....
1. [ועוד הרשי]תיו להשביע ולהחרים בפניהם ושלא בפניהם ולא ימחה [אדם]
2. [בידו כי במחשבה] טובה מניתיהו ובדעת נכונה שמתיהו ובלב ברור עשיתיהו וב[
3. [ ] אז ק…
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- ulama
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9657State documentBodl. MS Heb. d 74/19
Document date
Tishrei 1445 Seleucid (2 September 1133–1 October 1133 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Reused on recto for Hebrew piyyuṭ, the prayer for rain attributed to the teacher Abū Sulaymān, written by Yeshuʿa b. Mevorakh ha-Levi in Tishrei 445 (either 1053 CE if AH or 1133 CE if Seleucid).
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9658Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary, so difficult to figure out the details. Sets out provisions for the care of a minor boy until he comes of age. 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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- slave
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9659LetterCUL Add.3336
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter to Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel, the brother of Ḥalfon b. […] (Information from Mediterranean Society, V, p. 590, and from Goitein's index cards.)
1. ודינ[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. ולא תא[. . . . . . . . . .]. יאסת וסן ח.[.
3. לא .ס. עה לא כסארה ולא בטאלה
4. פי מא יובאע ויושתרא…
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9660LetterCUL Or.1080 J15
Inferred date
8 September 1060–8 September 1060 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Yisrael b. Natan from Jerusalem to Nahray b. […] Several financial issues between Israel and Nahray. Also mentions copying books and the writer asks for a shipment of cinnamon.
Recto
1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך מן אלקדס
2. עמרה אל[לה]
1. יום אלגמעה ליא כלון מן תשרי ערפך אללה ברכתה ומא יליה מן אלש…
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9661LetterCUL Or.1080 J86
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter (with Fatimid petition/report formulary) sent by the shammash (beadle) of Sunbāṭ in the center of the delta to Shemuel ha-Nagid (1140–59) describing a brawl and accusing the opponents of having arranged with the wali beforehand to look the other way. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, pp. 368, 369, and from Goitein's index cards)
1. בשמך רחמ
2. מגדל עוז שם ייי בו ירוץ צדיק ונשגב
3. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימליטהו יט
4. אלעבד אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ לפני הדרת יקרת צפירת
5. תפארת כבוד גדולת קדוש…
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9662Legal documentENA 1822a.80
Document date
742 Hijrī (17 June 1341–5 June 1342 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Very faded and barely legible. Mentions numerous people including Yosef b. [...], a woman, Nāṣir b. [...].
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9663Paraliterary textENA 2197.4
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Frontispiece of a book of Hebrew poetry and piyyutim, in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi, with his signature inside of a medallion on the cover.
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9664LetterENA 2540.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of petition to Saʿadya the great prince, probably the father of Mevorakh b.
Recto
1. [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
2. מידות השבח היא הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת
3. מרנא ורבנא סעדיה השר האדיר בישראת…
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- petition
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9665List or tableENA 3150.4
Document date
968 Hijrī (22 September 1560–10 September 1561 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The commodity "wine" (נביד) is mentioned at least twice on the verso. MCD.
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- cmp
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9666LetterENA NS 7.35
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Written in an elevated register. Damaged and faded. Mentions Damsīs; sending something before Rosh Hashana; Abū Saʿīd; Sammanūd and Jūjar; Namir; 10 dinars; greetings to a brother and to 'the father Netanʾel Sar ha-Bina'.
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9667Legal documentENA NS 13.27
Legal record (one large piece and 5 smaller pieces) mentioning a wālī and a girl.
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9668Legal documentENA NS 17.31
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal record of an adoption in which a man 'sells' his newborn daughter, 16 days old, whose mother had just died after childbirth, to a prominent lady for five dinars and promises that he will not interfere with the girl's upbringing. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 248, 249) Verso, right column.
1. כן הוה חצר אלינא מר אליה בר פל שממד[ינה] פלונית
2. והכדי קאל לנא ⟦קד תופית זוגתי ושבקת חיי⟧ ⟦//אנתם עלמין בופאה זוג. .\\⟧
3. לכל בת לכל בר ישר⟧ אנתם עלמין…
I have received 5 gold dinars from al-Sitt, the daughter of Abu ʿl-Barakat ⟦of Ramle⟧, son of Rawḥ ( "Blessings, son of Ease") of Ramle,s the wife of Abu ʾl-Maʿāli (“High Rank"), son of Levi, known as Son of Nuʿmān, and have sold her for this sum the above mentioned little girl, whose mother has died during this week.
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9669Legal documentENA NS 35.17
Document date
41[.] Hijrī (1019–1029 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Verso (original use): Legal document in Arabic script. Small fragment from near the bottom. […] AH, corresponding to the range 1019–29 CE. Mentions a power of attorney (wakāla) and that this document was drawn up in triplicate.
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- efrayim b. shemarya
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9670LetterENA NS 48.20
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably the same handwriting as ENA NS 48.13 (per the note photographed with the image), which Frenkel has been identified as the hand of Abū Naṣr b. Avraham. Mentions Abū l-Surūr; a Christian; 200 dinars; pepper; lac ʿAmīd al-Dawla; Abū Musā Hārūn.
Recto
1. ] . . קד . לב . . [
2. ] . ת חצרתה שי תאכד מן אי וגה [
3. ] . ן אלשיך אבו אלסרור ורפיקה מא ידפעו שי [
4. אלנצראני אלמאיתי דינאר וקד אכדת אלקנטאר
5. בקקעה…
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- trade
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9671Legal documentENA NS 54.18
Document date
Tammuz 5353 Anno Mundi (1 July 1593–29 July 1593 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal deed In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tammuz 5353 AM = Shawāl 1001 AH = July 1593 CE. […] Two other names are mentioned including Moshe Ajiman. There are accounts underneath, with western Arabic numerals.
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- cedid
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9672LetterENA NS 68.6
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports on receiving authorization (al-ʿalāma) to collect the kharāj tax from the official in charge of estates (ʿāmil al-mawārīth). The number 15 (dinars) is mentioned, as are Abū l-Mufaḍḍal and the tax farmer (al-Ḍāmin) Ibn Ḥabīb.
1. כ]אן פי אלכתאב אלמ[דכור
2. ]כרג לעאמל אלמוארית בכמסה ועשר[ין דינארא ברסם
3. אבו אלמפצ̇ל ואכדת אלעלאמה עליהם וסל[מת] אלבר[אה אלי אבו]
4. אלמפצ̇ל וקבצ̇…
because the tax farmer Ibn Ḥabīb [...]
Alexandr[ia]
in it
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9673List or tableJRL A 373
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
A wide array of items are referenced such as lemon, carrot, fish, pepper, ginger, soap, olive oil, and bread (or possibly meat because "לחם" is ambiguous between JA and Hebrew).
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9674List or tableJRL A 454
Document date
Dhū l-Ḥijja 1239 Hijrī (28 July 1824–25 August 1824 CE)
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
A list of names with Arabic numerals- probably an account of debts from a broader ledger. Dated 28, 29 D[hū] l-Ḥijja [11]39 or [12]39 AH (the accounts mention kurush, so they must be 18th- or 19th-century).
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- fgp stub
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9675LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1861/17
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment (lower part) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with two large words in Arabic remaining from an earlier document. The subject matter is difficult to discern; it mentions "going down to the sea/water" and the blessing "may God not make you needy" for someone whom you ask for money.
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9676LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 324
Primary language
Arabic
Letter in Arabic script. Only a few lines from near the beginning are preserved. Mentions "the son of my paternal uncle Jibrīl," who may have defamed the sender or harmed him in some other way (lit.
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33019
Historical shelfmark
John Rylands Library, Manchester, Gaster Collection, Arabic Series 324
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9677LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 329
Primary language
Arabic
Letter in Arabic script. The bottom 9 lines are preserved. Mentions Raḍiyy al-Dawla; sending things; possibly someone named ʿAbd al-Masīḥ; the intriguing line "Woe to the people of Aswān from [...]"
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John Rylands Library, Manchester, Gaster Collection, Arabic Series 329
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9678LetterMoss. II,193
Inferred date
1051–1051 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Ismāʿīl b. Salāma al-Ghazāl, al-Bahnasa, to Nahray b. […] Details about payments and business with local government officials in Upper Egypt. Mentions a stock of about 30 tons of grain. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #709.)
recto
1. על שמך
2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך
3. מן אלבהנסה ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק שדיד קרב אללה אלאגתמאע ע…
recto
1. (2−1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך,
3. מבהנסה, שלומי טוב ואני…
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9679LetterMoss. IX,130.2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment of a private letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions financial matters involving ʿUthmān and Ibn al-Sabʿ; al-ʿĀlima(?)
Recto:
1. בעד אלסלאם עליך [
2. מע עתמן יז ונצף ו . . . [
3. מנהא בנצף ורבע ורק ודרה[ם
4. . ימ . א . . עצא(?) לבן אלסבע [
5. דרהם מא פעל אכתרא [
6. תצרפנא פי אלדראהם ו…
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9680LetterMoss. V,328
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Opening of a letter written by Daniel b. Azarya, Jerusalem, to Aviram ha-Kohen b. […] Azarya writes that he is sorry for their parting and is hoping to meet him again soon. (Gil, Palestine, vol. 2, 671-672, Doc. #359).
1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאיי אלשיך אלגליל האדיר [שר העדה הוד]
2. הזקינים האביר והכביר הנכבד בעם ייי ואדאם ת[איידה וכבת באלדל]
3. אעדאה מן אלקדס אלמחרוס ליומ…
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9681Legal documentMoss. VII,161
Document date
Ramaḍān 452 Hijrī (29 September 1060–28 October 1060 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Verso (original use): Fragment of legal document(s) in Arabic script, though the hand resembles state documents. In the upper text block, mentions the end of Ramaḍān 452 AH = October 1060 CE.
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9682Legal documentT-S 8J4.2
Document date
Thursday, 7 Ṭevet 1338 Seleucid (19 December 1026 CE)
Lawsuit concerning a consignment of oil, which upon its arrival in Alexandria was left in the ship instead of being forwarded immediately to Fustat because the merchant in charge of it went directly to Palestine.
1. חצר אלי בית דין ומושב הזקינים פי יום
2. אלכמיס זי מצת מן טבת שנת אשלח במצר
3. מר צדקה בר יחיה ומר יוסף בר מוהוב
4. וטאלב מר צדקה הדא למר יוסף הדא במא דכר
5. אנה…
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9683Legal documentT-S 8J4.25
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Verso: Legalmemorandum submitted by Avraham b. Shemaʿya to Avraham (b.
1. ממא אעלם חצרה מרנו ורבנו אברהם
2. יסוד הישיבה נט רח מן שמיא אן חצרא
3. יוסף מע זוגתה אלי בית דין וכאן חאצר
4. אלשיך אבו סהל עטייה אלזקן אלנכבד
5. פקאל זוגתה יוס…
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9684LetterT-S 8J20.21
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Mevorakh b. Natan ha-haver containing congratulations to Passover for Shelomo ha-Rofe and "the sons of the generous Yeshua" (Hebrew: "Benei Yeshua Ha-Nadiv").
מבורך בן נתן בן שמואל החבר
1. ב יגדיל תור[
2. בדרכיו יו
3. השר הנכבד במפעלותיו
4. בטוב ימיהם וימלא בנעימים
5. שניהם הם ובניהם ואוהביהם ויודעיהם ומ
6. את חג יי' בירושל…
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9685LetterT-S 8J40.5
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Yefet b. Shemuel to Moshe ha-Sar b. Peraḥya. […] Regarding the affairs of scholars and inquiring about the needs of a little girl who has been sick (ll. 16–18). Mentions Rabbenu Yeḥiel and Abū l-Bayān b. Ṭoviya ha-Ḥaver ha-Kohen.
1. ממלוכה ואכוה
2. יפת ביר שמואל
3. . . . שומר מצוה לא ידע דבר רע ועת ומשפט ידע
4. . . . כל הנסתרים בש יעלם שדה אשתיאקה ללמולא אל[דיי]ן אלגליל
5. כגק מרינו ורבינו …
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9686Legal documentT-S 10J8.3
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal fragment (right side). Concerning a husband and his wife Rayyisa bt. […] Yiṣḥaq ha-Talmid, under the authority of Mevorakh b. Saʿadya (d. 1111). Later its signatories were confirmed in Fustat.
1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנחנא ש[
2. בשבה דה[וא] עשרין וארבעה יומין [
3. למנינא דרגיליננא ביה בעיר אלקא[הרה
4. מותבה כן הוה גא בבי דינא הקבוע [
5. [הנגי]דים אלוף הבינ…
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9687LetterT-S 10J10.1
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment addressed "to the esteemed members of the holy community who live in [...]."
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9688LetterT-S 10J13.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Asher Sefardi to the head Parnas Abū l-Faḍl Mevorakh b.
אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
Verso, address, left column:
1. מן יצחק בירבי אשר ננ
2. ספרדי
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9689LetterT-S 10J17.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from the judge Natan ha-Kohen b. Shelomo (in office ca. 1125-1150) to Abu al-Husayn Efrayim ha-Kohen b. Yosef the silk-merchant of Damietta. The writer wishes the sender a happy Jewish New Year and orders cloth from him.
1. כאן קד תקדם כתאבי אלי מולאי אל (!)
2. אלשיך אלגליל אבו אלחסין אדאם אללה
3. עזה [ . . . . . . ] עזא חצרתה בואלדתה
4. רצי אללה ענהא ומקתציה אעלאמי
5. טיב אכבארה ו…
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9690Legal documentT-S 10J28.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document. Concerning a betrothal (qiddushin). Mentions the witnesses Bū ʿAlī b. al-Faḍlī (or al-Faṣlī?)
Recto
1. [...] פתאמלתה
2. [... א]בו עלי בן אלפצלי ובחצרה
3. [... ובח]צרה טייב אלצירפי ואקנינא
4. [...] באלג בחצרה שני עדים
5. [...] ואשכשפת עלי חאלהא פקיל לי
6. [...…
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9691LetterT-S 12.15
Letter from an unknown merchant from Fustat to his partner Yahya in the Maghreb.
recto
1. [כתאבי יאסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם] עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך
2. מן א[למס]תקר אלנצף מ[ן שהר .... ען חאל סלאמה] פי אלנפס וסקם פי אלקלב ואלחמד
recto
1. אני כותב לך, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך,
2. מן הבית, במחצית חודש .... ; שלומי טוב בגופי,…
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- flax
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9692LetterT-S 12.125
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Verso, continuing onto recto: Letter from ʿAdiyya b. Peraḥya, in Sammanūd, to a judge, in Fustat. […] The addressee is called Nezer ha-Maskilim; he might be Zakkay, and the Nagid mentioned may be Shemuel b. Ḥananya. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
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9693LetterT-S 12.258
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter addressed to Sar Shalom, written by a man whose wife and son had been in captivity by Edom (Christians) and who had lost all his property and had no profession, asking for bread and clothing. […] (Information from Mediterranean Society, V, p. 595, and from Goitein's index cards}
1. שפא [ . . . . . ] . . . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. ראש לו . לי לתפא[רת . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. ורבנא …
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- communal
- petition
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9694LetterT-S 12.309
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Abū Manṣur to his 'brother' Abū Saʿd. […] The sender has sent 5 mezuzot and qinot for the 9th of Av. The sender then discusses the copying of books and the capitation tax.
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9695LetterT-S 12.339
Letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim and ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa, Fustat. Mentions details about shipments of flax, several ships, and several of Nahray’s business partners as Ibn Sumgar family.
recto
1. על שמ רח
2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך יום אלגמעה [ערובת אל]
3. עיד ען סלאמה ללה אלחמד ומא תחב עלמה אנא אוסקנא …
recto
1. (2−1) על שמך רחמנא; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך, ביום ו', ערב
3. החג, שלומי טוב, תודה לאל. אשר למה שרצו…
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- flax
- trade
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9696LetterT-S 12.513
Fragment of a letter from Alexandria, probably from Avraham b. Yosef al-Sabag, to Yosef b. […] Contains information about merchandises that have been sent from Egypt to the Maghreb, including silver, pepper, and linen.
Recto
1. ]בי ומגי
2. ]אלמהדיה וטלבו [
3. ] באלוזן לאן כ[ ] אלמהדיה [
4. אסאל] אללה עז וגל אן ילהמני …
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9697Legal documentT-S 13J7.11
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Yaakov appoints one Abun as his attorney to claim whatever his late father might have left him in Egypt. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 1:407, no. 45) VMR The deed was confirmed in Al-Mahdiyya, Tunisia, and again in Alexandria.
יפוי כוח ותוספת, שנכתבו בעיר דאניה שבספרד, אושרו בעיר אלמהדיה בתוניסיה
ואושרו שנית באלכסנדריה. (נשתמר רק צד שמאל)
1. ח]צר אלינא מ אפרים בר יעקב נע הידו…
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- register
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9698Legal documentT-S 20.116
Document date
Tammuz 1399 Seleucid (23 June 1088–21 July 1088 CE)
Recto: Fifty-two closely written lines of a legal verbiage written by Hillel b. Eli, dealing with the settlement of the debt of half a dinar owed after the purchase of one and one/half hundredweights of flax (worth about 14 dinars). […] (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, pp. 252, 463)
Recto
1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי ד[חתמ]ות ידנא לתחתא ב[............]
2. דהוא [............] יומי בירח תמוז דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין ותשע
3. שנין למניינא…
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9699State documentT-S Ar.38.138
Document date
495/524 Hijrī (1101–1130 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Report to the Fatimid caliph al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh regarding the arrival of five Christian (Rūm) merchants carrying timber: Sergius son of Constantine, [name partly illegible], Grasso son of Leo the Amalfitan, [name partly illegible] and Bon Senyon the Genoese.
Recto
1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. صلوات الله وبركانه ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحياته
3. مولانا وسيدنا الامام الامر باحكام الله امير المومنين
4. وعلى ابائه ال…
The benedictions of God and his blessings, his increasing benefactions and most excellent peace and greetings be upon
our master and lord, the imām al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh, commander of the faithful,
and upon his pure ancestors and most noble sons — enduring benedictions that last
until the day of judgment.
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- byzantines
- timber
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9700Legal documentT-S Ar.53.68
Primary language
Arabic
Legal deed for the purchase of a house by a descendant of the Ṭabāṭabā family. […] See also T-S Ar. 38127 (early 6th c AH), which mentions a house in Fustat in the khiṭṭa of Tujīb known as "the house of the Banī Ṭabāṭabā."
[Qāsim … ]
[ … l]lāh [testified] to the acknowledgement by the three of them of what is in this document [ … ]
[ … ] ʿAbdallāh ibn Saʿīd [testified] to the acknowledgement by Muḥammad ibn I[smaʿīl … ]
[ … ] al-Makhzūmī [testified] to the acknowledgement by the three of them of what is in this [document … ]
[ … ] ʿAlī ibn Rāziḥ ibn Raḥab al-... [ … testified … ]
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