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  1. 51State documentENA 3944.14

    Tax receipt for Abū l-Surūr b. Faraj. Trigger: addā. Registration mark - 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh bihi athiq', praise be to God in whom I trust.

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  2. 52State documentENA 3967.25

    Tax receipt, Fatimid.

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  3. 53LetterENA NS 68.9

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called 'my brother.' The content is not clear; mentions someone fearing death and mentions the capitation tax (jizya).

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  4. 54List or tableF 1908.44M

    List of several dozen donors to the public appeal (pesiqa) for the kharāj (here probably meaning capitation tax). Last line contains a reference to Abū …

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  5. 55List or tableHalper 468

    List of persons for whom the capitation tax was to be paid. Late eleventh century. (Information from Halper, Catalogue and Goitein, Med. Soc. II:467)

    הרון אכי אלאכרס ולה רבאעי

    סלאמה בן הרון בצמאן כלף בן קבה

    הבה בן מוסי צבי חנין

    הבה בן //אברהים//

    יוסף בן כלף צבאג //תפליסי//

    סעד בן פרג אלמג

    ברכאת בן …

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  6. 56LetterMoss. II,127.1

    Informal note addressed to Mukarram and Abū Manṣūr. In Judaeo-Arabic. They are requested to convey the dinar they had pledged for the first installment of …

    1. אלשיך מכרם ואלשיך אבו מנצור
    2. ישצ ינעמוא יוצלוא ללשיך
    3. אלאגל אלמכין אבו אלעז אללוי
    4. שצ דינאר עין אלדי אסמוה
    5. פי גבאיה אלגואלי אלמעגלה
    6. יזנה פי גאליה אלחזן…

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    1. The shaykh Mukarram and the shaykh Abū Manṣūr, 
    2. (may their) R(ock) p(rotect them), shall kindly deliver to the most illustrious shaykh
    3. al-Makī…

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  7. 57State documentMoss. IV,21.3

    Recto: Petition draft in Judaeo-Arabic. Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-[ʿIzz al-Yahūdī] kisses the ground before al-maqām al-ʿālī al-sulṭānī al-malikī al-sayfī al-ʿādilī, and reports that he …

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    1. אלממלוך אבו עלי אבן אבי אלעז
    2. יקבל אלארץ באלמקאם אלעאלי אלסלטאני
    3. אלמלכי אלסיפי אלעאדלי כלד אללה מלכה
    4. וינהי אנה רגל פקיר לא יקדר עלי אלקיאם
    5. בגאל…
    1. The slave Abū ʿAlī b. Abī l-ʿIzz
    2. Kisses the ground in the elated, mighty,
    3. powerful, brave, and just presence [of al-ʿĀdil] may God perpetuate his re…

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  8. 58State documentMoss. IXa,2.68

    Tax receipt for the capitation of Ibrāhīm b. Ṣadaqa in Fustat for the year 526 AH. Amount: ½ dīnār (the lowest rate). Jahbadh: Hibat Allāh. …

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    1. المبلغ نصف
    2. الحمد لله حمد الشاكرين

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    1. الحمد لله حمد الشاكرين

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. ادى ابراهيم بن…

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  9. 59State documentMoss. IXa,2.73

    Jizya receipt, in Arabic script. Faḍāʾil b. Bū l-Faraj the Jew pays one dirham towards his capitation tax in Fusṭāṭ for the year 584 H.

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  10. 60LetterMoss. VII,205

    Enigmatic fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic describing what happened to the writer in front of the addressee's house; how people were appealing for help …

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  11. 61State documentNLI 577.1/59

    Upper left fragment: Official correspondence in Arabic script. The document is probably written for a recent convert to Islam from Samṭā (on the Nile delta). …

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  12. 62LetterT-S 8.29

    Letter sent to Alexandria, mentioning Abū Manṣūr al-Mashmiaʿ (אלמשמיע), Abū l-Munā (vocalised אלמֻנֵי), and Yaʿqūb/Yaʿaqov b. Banīn. Mentions the payment of the capitation tax. Addressed …

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  13. 63LetterT-S 8J18.17

    Recto: Letter of appeal from Mahfūẓ b. Mūsā and his brother Musallam/Muslim. In calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic. The writer describes the humiliation his family (or wife?) has …

    1. ]אן תקדם פצלך וגמילך ואחסאנך אלהי
    2. ]פצל ואעלמה אן וצל אלי כתאב באן .
    3. ]קד גרי עלי אהלי מן אלהואן מן אלסלטאן
    4. מן גהה] אלכראג לאן עלי סנתין תמאן ותסע והד…

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  14. 64LetterT-S 8Ja1.2

    Letter of appeal for charity from Abū l-Majd to the physician (ḥakīm) Yeshuʿa ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer needs help paying 20 silver dirhams (nuqra) …

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  15. 65LetterT-S 10J12.4

    Recto: Letter from Futūḥ the cantor to Shemuel and Hayyim and Nasir and their cousins Sadaqa and Yiṣḥaq, congratulating them on their safe return and …

    1. רננו צדיקים בייי שמחו בגודלו צדיקים ות . . . . . . . . שמעו
    2. יברך אל שמואל ראש הנדיבים בחיר האל תפארת המבינים יגדל אל לע . . ו
    3. מעלתו יזכהו ראות שמחת …

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  16. 66LetterT-S 12.581

    Letter to Abū ʿImrān in which the writer, a perfumer and judge in Minyat Zifta, describes repairs to the local synagogue along with news of …

    1. ממלוך חצרה מולאי ותאג ראסי וסיידי אלעזיז עליי וענדי
    2. אלתלמיד אלגליל אלפאצל אלעאמל אלעאלם אלשיך בן עמראן שצ
    3. יקבל ידיה אלכרימה ומואטי קדמיה וינהי שוקה …

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  17. 67Legal documentT-S 13J4.7

    Legal document in which Aharon b. Abū al-Riḍāʾ and his wife, Labwa (“Lioness”) bt. Abū Ghālib, release each other from all claims. Labwa releases Aharon …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתימין לתתא למא כאן פי אלעשר
    2. אלאוסט מן חודש תמוז שנת אלפא וחמש מאה וחמשין וחמש שנין
    3. למנין שטרות למנינא דרגילנא לממני בי…

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    1. The testimony which took place before us, we, the undersigned witnesses: On the middle ten days 

    2. of the month of Tammūz 1555AG (June 1244) 

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  18. 68LetterT-S 13J16.10

    Letter from a young man named Sibāʿ, in Alexandria, to his mother, in Fustat, but addressed to his brother Abū l-Najm. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יא ואלדתי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    3. עזך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאך וכבת באלדל חסדתך
    4. ואעדאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה
    5. פאנה ול…

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  19. 69LetterT-S 13J17.9

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Abū Naṣr David b. Yiṣḥaq. In Hebrew. The sender explains that he had been forced to flee from …

    1. [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . וש]מחותיו
    2. וטובותיו יגלמוהו גלום ויתברך מעתה ועד
    3. עלמי עילום בזכות אתא ממזרח ובא
    4. מאורח וחלם חלום…

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  20. 70LetterT-S AS 16.189

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the [Head of?] the Yeshiva, the countryside, and the capitation tax (al-jāliya). (Information from CUDL)

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  21. 71LetterT-S AS 152.89

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Mentioning dirhams, the capitation tax, and names such as Binyamin, Yaʿaqov and Yaḥyā. Also mentions 'Rabbenu'; …

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  22. 72LetterT-S AS 177.599

    Informal note from Abū l-Faraj. In Arabic script. He complains about his illness and inability to go out (on account of the jāliya?). He asks …

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  23. 73List or tableT-S K15.94

    List, long, irregularly written, mostly effaced, of males. In many cases sums like 1/3, 1/4 (dinars) 5 qirats added; in other instances, a well-to-do person …

    1. ............................]ה רבע דינר
    2. .....].ים..ל.. חסן בן אברהים
    3. [רב]ע דינר רבעי
    4. ....]ב צדר[י] הבה בן בשר אבו לבוה
    5. [ת]מן ד
    6. ....]..לם אל..[..] [.…

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  24. 74List or tableT-S NS 226.8

    Three much damaged columns, containing about 60 names of male persons, all of low professions. The list contains no numbers and was obviously drawn up …

    1. . . . . . . .]ה[
    2. [. . . . . . . .
    3. . . .]שר. .[
    4. . .]ק[.]. . . .[
    5. אבו [
    6. נתן [
    7. אבו [גא]לב בן[
    8. אהרן ושלמה ו[
    9. לוי ואבנה [
    10. מנחם הזקן [
    11. יצחק בן אליה [
    12. ישוע…

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  25. 75LetterT-S NS 264.11

    Letter of appeal for charity. From Abū l-Majd to al-Shaykh al-Rashīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th or 14th century. The sender is in difficult straits …

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  26. 76LetterT-S NS J308

    Letter from Menaḥem to the judge Yehosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. A letter of recommendation poor man who has debts and must pay the capitation tax. Menaḥem …

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  27. 77LetterAIU VII.A.43

    Letter fragment (bottom half) in Judaeo-Arabic, addressed to an important person (perhaps Avraham Maimonides). Dated: Middle decade of Elul 1541 Seleucid = August 1230 CE. …

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  28. 78LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/6

    Family letter from the end of the 12th century to Abu al-Faraj b. Abu al-Barakāt, a doctor in Fustat, from his brother in Alexandria. The …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. חצ'רה מולאי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ומן חסן
    3. אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וגודה
    4. אן שא אללה אלדי תריד עלמה …

    Translated by Benjamin Notis

    In the name of the Merciful.

    Honored man, my master and sir, may God lengthen your life and prolong your strength.

    May H…

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  29. 79LetterCUL Or.1080 J80

    Verso: Letter from a father, unknown location, to his son Baqāʾ, in Fustat. The letter was sent to the shop of Meshullam/Musallam to be held …

    1. בר
    2. אעלם ולדי ואעז אלכלק עלי וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך
    3. ואדאם עזך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך ען חאל סלאמה
    4. ועאפייה ושוק אליך שדיד גמע אללה בינני(!) עלי
    5. אסר חאל ואנעם ב…

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  30. 80LetterENA 2176.14

    Letter fragment from an unknown writer in Syria to 'Rabbenu' in Bilbays. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the capitation tax (... al-jawālī) in al-Shām and specifically mentions …

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  31. 81List or tableENA 2591.6

    Collection for the capitation tax - jibayat al-jawali (verso) (for the 6th week of the liturgical year, usually falling in November). As the very small …

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    1. מנצור [..[..٠٠..ל ורק 1/3
    2. עזיז? א ½
    3. אבו אלמנאשר אבו אלהדב
    4. אבו עמראן בן אלע...
    5. אכוה אב[ו] ס[...] ½
    6. אברהים [..]מ[.] 1/3
    7. מחפוט בן אל..ב. 1…

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    1. Collection for the poll tax, w[eek of] “This is the story of Yiṣ[ḥaq]” [Genesis 25:19]

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    1. Abuʾl-Fakhr Levi the druggist on…

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  32. 82List or tableENA 2591.18

    List of weekly emoluments, preceded by the collection made for the purpose. Superscription: 'Statement about the revenue from the collection for the weekly payments, jibayat …

    אלשיך הבה אללה אלתקה ב

    אלגמלה קכד ובקיה לא

    אנצרף מן דלך

    ר' אנטולי ח

    ר' יפתח ו

    אלחזן בו סהל ו

    אלחזן בו סחק ד?

    בן ר' דניאל [

    כאדם דמוה

    גאליה בן ברכאת א…

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  33. 83LetterENA 2738.3

    Petition in Judaeo-Arabic with a Hebrew beginning for financial assistance addressed to Rabbenu Avraham, can be dated by script to around the 13th century (i.e. …

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  34. 84LetterENA 2743.4

    Letter from Farajūn b. Hilāl, in a provincial town, to an unidentified addressee, in Fustat. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The sender may be Abū …

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  35. 85State documentENA 3936.3

    Tax receipt, Fatimid. One registration mark; 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh al-wāḥid al-ḥaqq'. Blank verso. Perforated for binding.

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  36. 86State documentENA 3944.3

    Tax receipt, sixth century AH. Trigger: addā. Written by and for the same people as ENA 3944.4 (PGPID 10466), but registered and authenticated by different …

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  37. 87State documentENA 3945.8

    Tax receipt, late Fatimid, for the jizya payment of a Jewish person (name difficult to read), with registration mark - 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh al-wāḥid al-ḥaqq', praise …

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  38. 88LetterENA NS 22.19 + ENA NS 21.13

    Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355), regarding evasion of the capitation tax in the community. The previous year they had …

    1. אלתגליק פמא חאגה ללמראסל לאן מא
    2. לכם אלצרב חתי לא תכסרו ואדא . . .
    3. אלחקאיק מא פי אליד. .לה . . . אלחאל
    4. מני ומנכם ומן גירי ותנדמו ולא יבקא
    5. ינפעכם אלנד…

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  39. 89LetterENA NS 29.7

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century, as Eliyyahu the Judge is mentioned. The writer greets the addressee as 'brother' and gives him a report …

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  40. 90LetterENA NS 42.8

    Letter of appeal. The writer states, "The illness was enough for me, and then the capitation tax assailed me." The tone is aggrieved; he complains …

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  41. 91LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/10

    Letter from an unknown man, in Damietta, to his mother, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 13th–15th century. …

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  42. 92LetterJTS MS 8254.12

    Verso: Letter from Moshe Maimonides. Autograph. Giving instructions to al-Dayyan al-Maskil (i.e., Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi) to go to the dyehouse (maṭbakh, maṣbagh) where Abū …

    1. [הדר]ת אלדיין אלמשכיל [אח]יאה אללה פי אל[כיר] אל[כלי]
    2. [           ] אל[אמ]ל[א]ך לליתו[ם] וכדלך ת[תפצל] אן
    3. [           ] . . . אעתראף [. . . .] אבו א…
    1.  הדרת הדיין המשכיל [יח]יהו ה' בטוב [מושלם]
    2. [. . .] הנכסים ליתום וכן תואיל ל. . .
    3. [. . .] הודאה [. . .] אבו אסחק בחצי
    4. בית המלאכה לעשיית צבע ליתום ואח…

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  43. 93LetterL-G Ar. I.77

    Letter from the Jewish community of Qafṣa (Gafsa), Tunisia, to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1016 CE, as it mentions Manṣūr b. Rashīq's …

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    1. אטאל אללה בקא שייכנא ורייסנא ואלעזיז עלינא בקאה ואדאם עיזיך(!) ועלוך ותאידך
    2. וציאנתך ורעאייתך ועלוך ולא אכלא מכאנך וכאן לך ומעאך וליין וחאפץ פי…

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  44. 94LetterMoss. VII,194.1

    Letter of appeal from a blind (maḍrūr) man Moshe who is unable to work and distressed on account of the capitation tax. Rather than asking …

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  45. 95LetterNLI 577.6/26

    Letter or letter draft from Muʿammar ha-Kohen ("the teacher of Qalyūb") to ʿAmram ha-Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Recto consists entirely of pleasantries and flattery …

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  46. 96Legal documentT-S 13J34.8

    Letter/petition from a cantor apparently addressed to Moshe Maimonides. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides was active in …

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  47. 97LetterT-S Ar.30.163

    Letter in Arabic script. The sender is a man from Alexandria who was forced to flee from that city because he was unable to pay …

    1. ] سيدنا حفضه الله تعالا ان رجل من اهال
    2. اسكندرية ان له عشرة ايام بلمشي هو وابنه
    3. ضلموه في ابنه طلبو يوزنوه وما جله(؟) واحتجت احدنا
    4. وهربت ولم املك خروب…

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  48. 98LetterT-S AS 145.195 + CUL Or.1081 J14

    Recto and part of verso: Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to his father in Fustat. He is concerned about how they will pay …

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    1. . מנדיל וחא . . . . . . מ [   ]

    2. ואן כונתו דפעתו אלדרהמ[ין]

    3. לבנת עמי ואיש ביקולו ענ . [   ]

    4. ע . י אחתמלוהם וקולו להם אני [   ]

    5. [[אנשאל…

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  49. 99LetterT-S AS 181.219

    Petition/letter of appeal for charity, in Arabic script, addressed to the qāḍī ʿImād al-Mulk. The writer mentions his distress (al-shidda wa-l-ḍīqa wa-l-khawf). Later (three lines …

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  50. 100State documentT-S H15.62

    Petition to the Ayyubid sultan al-ʿĀdil regarding the capitation tax. Dating: ca. 596–615 AH, which is 1200–18 CE. The petitioner asks that his tax rate …

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    1. العادلى المظفري [     ]ـي .[سلطان]

    2. جيوش المسلمين وادام قدرته واعلا ابدا كـ[ـلمته] ...

    3. المملوك يقبل الارض امامه وينهى الى

    4. رافته واحسانه …

    1. ... al-ʿĀdil, the victorious [ sultan]

    2. of the armies of the Muslims, (may God) cause his power to endure and exalt his word for ever.

    3. The slave…

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