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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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Dated: 1440 Seleucid = 1128/29 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon.
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Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE), and written under the jurisdiction of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–1139 CE). T-S 20.86 and T-S AS 152.386 may be two pieces from the same ketubba.
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).
Invokes the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). [...] b. Yehuda and Shelomo ha-Kohen appear before the court and attest concerning the sister of Zakkay, Sitt al-Ahl.
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Dated: Adar [...], under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). One of the parties is Abū Naṣr.
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").
Petition from a woman to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39 CE). Only the top part is preserved.
Dated: Elul 1446 Seleucid = August/September 1135 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Witnesses: Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, Natan b.
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.
Dating: written under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, and dated 10 Elul 14[.]9 Seleucid = 1128 or 1138 CE.
Dated: First decade of either Adar I or Adar II [14]35 Seleucid, which is 1134 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. A declaration is made in favor of a certain Abū l-Ḥasan.
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).
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.
Recto: Petition addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, beautifully written but with rudimentary spelling.
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Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE) under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–38). Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Menashshe ha-Levi al-Jubaylī Rosh ha-Qahal (the head of the congregation) passed away without leaving anything to his son Abū ʿAlī, who now demands his share.
Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138), under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–1139) in which a man on his deathbed, after having distributed his possessions, orders the sale of his riding beast and his wasif (servant) in order to pay the burial expenses.
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Dated: middle decade of Elul 1440 Seleucid = August/September 1129 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Involves Yehuda ha-Zaqen. Signed by [...] b.
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.
Part of the phrase שער הישיבה יכון לעד is also preserved, typically used in reference to the court of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. MCD/ASE
Letter from the wife of Khalaf b. Harūn to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39 CE), seeking help against her cruel husband, written in the hand of Ḥalfon b.
The servant, the daughter of Abraham the cantor, m(ay he rest in) E(den),
the wife of Khalaf b. Hārūn known as
tāj al-maʿālī (the Crown o…
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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.
Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38) under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). There are mirror imprints of another legal document in Aramaic on both verso and recto, also in the hand of Ḥalfon b.
Formal letter from the office of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, whose name and genealogy appear at the top, in addition to משער הישיבה in the address on verso.
Recto: Copy of a letter of condolence for Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39 CE) upon the death of a son.
Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE) under the authority of Masliah Gaon (r. 1127–1139). Dating: 1127–38 CE.
Written under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (several words from his titles are preserved), dating the document to 1127–38 CE.
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.
See NLI 577.3/5 for another attestation of a document by Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon.
ד ב …
Dated: last third of Ḥeshvan 1441 Seleucid = November 1129 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Yeshuʿa b. Yaʿaqov now owes money to Abū l-Ḥusayn Ibn al-Sharābī.
Recto and verso (reuse): Letter addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon containing a report on the conflict between Ṣedaqa and his wife.
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.)
Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138), under the authority of Masliah Gaon (r. 1127-1139), whose name is not mentioned but his father and grandfathers are (b.
Dating: 1127–38 CE, in light of the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon mentioned, which is dated only from the summer of 1127 onward.
Dated: 1438 Seleucid, which is 1126/27 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (at the very beginning of his tenure).
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.
Dated: last 10 days (21-30) of the month of Shevat 1445 Seleucid, which is 1134 CE, under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon. A woman named Ḥisān bt. Yakhin/Thābit acknowledges receipt of something (probably a substantial sum of money) from Yehuda/Shibl b.
Verso: Hebrew praises, including a reference to the 'throne of the gaonate', probably in honour of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. (Information from CUDL.) Likely all related: T-S Misc.34.67 + T-S AS 155.224 (PGPID 33582), T-S AS 145.231 + T-S AS 145.240 (PGPID 16288), T-S Misc.34.59 (PGPID 41572).
Menashshe Halevi from 1127–1138, based on his years of scribal activity (fl. 1100-1138 CE) and the remnant of a reshut clause in the closing lines for Maṣliaḥ Gaon (r. 1127–1139). The parties are Abū l-Faḍl Yosef and Elʿazar ha-Levi.
Dating: Under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (1127–39), so 1127–38 CE. Elʿazar b. Shemarya remarries his divorcee Ḥasana bt.
The catalog also says that this letter is in the name of Maṣliaḥ Gaon.
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.
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.
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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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.
Letter from a woman to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon containing an update on a lawsuit between her and a male family member (possibly her son).
The manuscript was later owned by Maṣliaḥ gaon b. Shelomo (Eliyyahu's cousin), later by Shemuel ha-Levi b.
Dated: Adar 1443 Seleucid = February/March 1132 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (here only the word Yaʿaqov is preserved, part of his title Geʾon Yeshivat Yaʿaqov).
Dating: 1127–38 CE, due to the fact that we find part of the reshut formula (for Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, 1127–39 CE). The parties are Abū Saʿīd b.
Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38), under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Written on one page of a bifolio.