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Kislev 1442 Seleucid (4 November, 1130 – 2 December, 1130 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Official letter to 'the gate of the yeshiva,' that is, the yeshiva of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Dated: Kislev 1442 Seleucid = November/December 1130 CE.

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Document date

Middle third of Av 4889 Anno Mundi (29 July, 1129 – 7 August, 1129 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Middle third of Av 4889 AM, which is July/August 1129 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. The case concerns half of a ground floor apartment (qāʿa).

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Adar [...], under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). One of the parties is Abū Naṣr.

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Document date

Sunday, 5 Elul 1449 Seleucid (1138 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Sunday, 5 Elul 1449 Seleucid, which is 1138 CE, under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Fiancé: Hillel b. Elʿazar. Fiancee: Sitt al-Karam [bt.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Addressed to someone important, possibly the Nagid, and possibly specifically Maṣliaḥ Gaon (based on some flattering phrases that also appear in other letters to Maṣliaḥ).

Tags

• halfon b. menashshe
• prison
• recommendation

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Petition from Avraham al-Qushāshī to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. He says that he used to work and earn a living like everyone else [but now he is unable to and needs charity]. […] The sender informs the addressee that he went in to visit (aftaqid) Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, and "the noble council" (al-majlis al-karīm) was just saying their goodbyes and leaving, so he remained alone with Maṣliaḥ ("Sayyidnā").

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from the wife of Khalaf b. Harūn to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, seeking help against her cruel husband, written in the hand of Ḥalfon b.

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Tags

• communal
• marital dispute
• petition

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Document date

Elul 1446 Seleucid (12 August, 1135 – 9 September, 1135 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Elul 1446 Seleucid = August/September 1135 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Witnesses: Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, Natan b.

Tags

• halfon b. menashshe

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Document date

1137 CE

Primary language

Aramaic

On verso probably the qiyyum (legal establishment of this deed) under the authority of Masliah Gaon. Only part of the date survived: Ad[ar … 14]48 (only תמ remains) = 1137.

Tags

• fgp stub
• ketubba
• marriage
• masliah gaon

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: written under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, and dated 10 Elul 14[.]9 Seleucid = 1128 or 1138 CE.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Petition addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, beautifully written but with rudimentary spelling.

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Tags

• communal
• masliah gaon
• petition

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

A large damaged piece from a ketubah, from the 12th century, 1127 onward, based on the title יהי שמו לעולם כירח יכון עולם, which started to appear during the tenure of Maṣliaḥ Gaon as the Head of the Jews. The groom’s name is Nisin b.

Tags

• ketubba
• marriage

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Document date

Middle ten days of Elul 1440 Seleucid (28 August, 1129 – 7 September, 1129 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: middle decade of Elul 1440 Seleucid = August/September 1129 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Involves Yehuda ha-Zaqen. Signed by [...] b.

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Document date

1127 – 1138 CE

Primary language

Aramaic

Dating: 1127–38 CE, based on Ḥalfon's years of activity and the fragmentary reference to Maṣliaḥ Gaon. The widow is named Mufaddā bt. Menashshe ha-Levi.

Tags

• halisa

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Document date

1127 – 1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe (1100–38) under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Dated: Either [143]8 or [144]8 Seleucid, so either 1127 CE or 1136/37 CE.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: 1127–38 CE, in light of the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon mentioned, which is dated only from the summer of 1127 onward.

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See NLI 577.3/5 for another attestation of a document by Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon.

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Document date

1127 – 1139 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe Halevi, under the authority of Masliah Gaon, whose name is not mentioned but his father and grandfathers are (b.

Tags

• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon

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Document date

1145 – 1146 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Regarding the will of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. The addressee is not known from other sources. […] Ḥalfon asks the addressee to look for the will of Maṣliaḥ Gaon among the two witnesses who wrote and signed in (R.

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Tags

• ib4
• india

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38) written during the period of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). The case involves three brothers including Abū l-Faraj and Dāʾūd the sons of Yosef and a sum of 71 dinars.

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Dated: 1438 Seleucid, which is 1126/27 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (at the very beginning of his tenure).

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Document date

Shevaṭ 1450 Seleucid (4 January, 1139 – 2 February, 1139 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated Shevat 1450 Seleucid = January/February 1139 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. (This is the latest known document to invoke the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon before his death.)

Tags

• bill of sale
• real estate

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Document date

Adar 1450 Seleucid (1139 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This Shelomo was evidently from Damascus and briefly served the head of the Jews after the death of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (last seen alive in T-S 12.694, January 1139 CE).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentioning part of the formulaic blessings for Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39 CE), תכון משרתו לנצח. At least part of it concerns an expenditure given to Abū l-Ḥasan to be delivered to the widow of Abū l-Munā mentioning dirhams and dinars.

Tags

• account

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Inferred date

1127 – 1138 CE

Dating: Under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (1127–39), so 1127–38 CE. Elʿazar b. Shemarya remarries his divorcee Ḥasana bt.

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Document date

1448 Seleucid (1136 – 1137 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: 1448 Seleucid, which is 1136/37 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Involves Abū l-Munā Tiqva (probably identical with Abū l-Munā Tiqva b.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a woman to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon containing an update on a lawsuit between her and a male family member (possibly her son).

Tags

• masliah gaon
• petition
• women's letters

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Document date

Monday, 1 Ḥeshvan 1445 Seleucid (2 October, 1133 CE)

Dated: Monday, 1 Ḥeshvan 1445 Seleucid, which is 2 October 1133 Seleucid, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Avraham b. Shelomo remarries his divorcee Rafīʿa bt.

Tags

• remarriage

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Document date

first decade of Ḥeshvan 1445 Seleucid (2 October, 1133 – 11 October, 1133 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: first decade of Ḥeshvan 1445 Seleucid = October 1133 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Abū l-Hasan Shelomo b. Menashshe ha-Kohen gifts a new enslaved woman, Rahaj, to his wife Sitt al-Nasab bt.

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Document date

1 Ḥeshvan 1450 Seleucid (1138 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: 1 Ḥeshvan 1450 Seleucid, which is 1138 CE, under the authority of Maṣlīaḥ Gaon. A court record for a release given by Sitt al-Nasab bt.

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Document date

27 Sivan 1439 Seleucid (1128 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Monday, 27 Sivan 1439 Seleucid, which is 27 May 1128 CE, under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

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