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51Legal documentT-S 13J3.12
Document date
9 Kislev 1477 Seleucid (15 November 1165 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Settlement of a complicated dispute in Fustat recording that Abu l-Ḥasan b. Numayla had rented from Abu al-Ma'ali Shemuel b. Yehuda a house in Alexandria …
1. למא כאן יום אלאתנין אלתאסע מחדש כסליו שנת אלפא וארבע מאה ושבעין ושבע שנין לשטרות
2. בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה רשותיה דהדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרי…
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- damin
- tax
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52State documentT-S Ar.39.26
Document date
27 Ṣafar 405 Hijrī (27 August 1014 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb written by Yūḥannā b. Mīkhāʾīl on behalf of his father Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, …
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53LetterT-S Ar.41.109
Primary language
Arabic
Letter from Abū l-Ḥusayn b. al-Rayyis b. Nāḥūm, in the Rīf, to his brother Abū Thābit, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Concerning the capitation tax …
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1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. كتابي الي اخي ومولاي وتاجي واعتمادي اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه
3. ونعماه ومن حسن توفيقه لا اخلاه وعن حال سلامة وعافية
4. وشوق …
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- aodeh
- tax
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54State documentJRL Gaster ar. 262
Primary language
Arabic
Fiscal (or other?) receipt. Arabic writing, Coptic numbers.
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55State documentENA 2747.16
Primary language
Arabic
Field-guide to taxation. Parts of two paragraphs. Written in a large, calligraphic hand. Collesis joint, suggesting it was once a longer rotulus, but also holes …
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1. [... الوقـ]ـت الذي جرى الرسم باستفتاح الخراج فيه قدم استخراج
2. …[نجـ]ـم من نجوم هذه السنة وما لعلّه يتاخر من مال الابواب في وقته وجمـ[ـيع الـ …
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1. [ …(if ... at the tim]e when the levying comes at the beginning of the kharāj (cycle, i.e., the fiscal year), the collection is moved forward …
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56LetterBL OR 5566C.5
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Ṣadaqa to the Abū l-Najm the Parnas, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender announces his intention to travel to Sicily (in "Bilād al-Rūm") …
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57Literary textBodl. MS heb. f 56/13–19
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Copy of a story about the edicts against the Jews in Baghdad and how they were saved. Dating: ca. 1120 CE. The scribe reused numerous …
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1. פראית אלצביה עלי אפעאל אבוהא (!)
2. אלצום ואלצלוה ואלצדקה פאעתרץ'
3. עליהא אלזיגה פאמתנעת וקאלת
4. מא אגיר מא אנא פיה לאן אלזיגה
5. תשגלני ען הדה אלאשיא…
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58LetterENA NS 52.13
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Yosef ha-Levi to Yosef Bagilyer. In Hebrew. Dating: First half of the 16th century. Concerning tax farming. Mentions two rich and famous figures …
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1. [.........................] אדונ[י....................] ב׳׳ה
2. [...] בשמו יתעלה אחר אשר יגמר הענין לטובה ב׳׳ה
3. [...]ן ביאת אדוני למצרים צריך היות…
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59LetterMoss. IV,14.3
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Interesting format: the opening praises are written in large blocky Hebrew, with the remaining content in …
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60State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.1
Document date
Dhū l-Qaʿda 403 Hijrī (14 May 1013–12 June 1013 CE)
Possibly a tax receipt or an order of payment. Two endorsements, end of Dhū l-Qaʿda of the year 403 (?) 6x8 cm, verso blank. Item …
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61State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.17
Document date
701 Hijrī (6 September 1301–25 August 1302 CE)
Receipt for tax dated 701 (1302)
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62State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.10
Tax receipt, Fatimid, possibly for the year 414? 11.5 x 10.5. NB: There is a discrepancy between the numbering of the manuscripts and the photos; …
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63LetterT-S AS 132.237
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment (lower right of recto, lower left of verso) in lovely handwriting. Mentions the capitation tax, hunger, and charity. On verso a woman seems …
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64LetterT-S Misc.25.22
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. After many nice phrases, the body …
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65List or tableBL OR 5549.8
List of prisoners imprisoned for nonpayment of the capitation tax. Fragmentary. twenty-four names preserved, with sums representing the amounts still due, to be provided by …
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66LetterMoss. VII,159.1
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from a retired old Alexandrian merchant to a friend in Fustat. One side is a letter in Arabic script and the other side is …
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67Legal documentAIU VII.E.232
Document date
first decade of Kislev 5454 Anno Mundi (29 November 1693–8 December 1693 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Rashīd (Rosetta). Dated: first decade of Kislev 5454 AM = November/December 1693 CE. Apparently concerning the acquisition of a tax …
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68LetterMoss. Ia,12.1
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (in the hand of his son Avraham) to Egypt. Mentions oppressive laws and heavy taxes and punishments and requests …
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1. ומו[
2. זוכרי[ם
3. עם ב[
4. שכינת עו[לם
5. ישמרו צורנ[ו
6. אשר עלינו וטוב [
7. אוכלים אותנו ח[יים
8. עליהם חוקים חקו[קים
9. תחלה המס הכבד אש[ר
10. והעונש אשר לשום ל[
11. העיר …
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69State documentT-S AS 184.45
Document date
30 Jumādā I 403 Hijrī (17 December 1012 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb written by Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, the cashier, and registered by the Office of …
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70Legal documentT-S 8J10.17
Husband who intends to travel abroad allocates 20 dirhams per month, namely, five per week, for his wife, plus some wheat, the 20 dirhams to …
1. חצר אבו אלפרג בן גזאל אל
2. קיסראני אקני מן רוחה טאיע
3. גיר מגבר אנה יקום ל[זוגתה
4. אם אולאדה פי כל שהר בכ
5. דרהם כל אס //ביע// ה דראהם וובתין(!)
6. קמח טייב וח…
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1. Abual-Faḍl, son of Ghazal the Alexandrian, came
2. And obligated himself with a qinyan of his own free will
3. And not under duress, (so) that…
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71LetterENA 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). …
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72State documentT-S NS 306.137
Primary language
Arabic
Recto: Bottom of a letter (official letter?) in Arabic script. Verso: Tax receipt issued by ʿArafāt(?) b. al-Naqīb the silk tax farmer (ḍāmin al-ḥarīr) to …
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73Legal documentENA NS 77.254
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Notes for the drawing up of a deed of sale for a slave. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? One of the parties is …
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74LetterT-S 13J21.10
Primary language
Hebrew
Recto (secondary use): Late letter in Hebrew to R. Shelomo ha-Sofer from "your wife Dona Soro (=Sara?) and your daughters Reina and Raḥel and your …
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1. שלום רב וישע יקרב למורי ואדוני אור עיני ועטרת
2. ראשי אדוני אישי כבוד ר שלמה הסופר יל קבל
3. רוב שלום מאדון השלום ומני דונה סורו זוגתך
4. ובנותיך ריינה…
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75State documentL-G Ar. II.79
Document date
24 Dhū l-Ḥijja 524 Hijrī (1130 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Capitation tax receipt for Sulaymān al-yahūdī b. Mūsā al-yahūdī al-Mutaṭabbib (?). Dated 24 Dhū l-Ḥijja 524 AH (1130 CE). Not authenticated at the top by …
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76LetterDK 123f
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Avraham b. Shelomo b. Yehuda perhaps to Efrayim b. Shemarya. In Hebrew. Complains about a Coptic kātib (הסופר הערל, lit. "the uncircumcised scribe") …
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77List or tableT-S 8J41.13
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Census for the capitation tax. List of male persons with consecutive numbers over the names. First complete no. visible is 19, but some names are …
1. בו סעד בן [
2. אולאד נביקה אבו ע.[
יט ך
1. יחזקאל זהרה אסחק כהן כרים בן [
כג כד
1. וסרור בן גוית אבו [[עמר צבאג]] אבו אלכיר טיב? אם ב..
כה כו כז
1. תנא לו…
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78State documentT-S Ar.40.161
Primary language
Arabic
Recto: Arabic-script document containing several sections. The lower part may be a tax receipt for a sum received from Zuhayr b. [...] from the ḍamān …
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79LetterT-S 13J6.30
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Yosef to Abū l-Fakhr asking him to help contest his obligation to pay the capitation tax of his brother, who was missing in …
1. בשם אל עולם יתברך נצח סלה
2. שארע מן כאדמהא יוסף לכ גד קד מר ורב השר הגדול
3. בעם ייי צבאות הנדיב והשוע שהוא עשה כמה חסדים
4. וטובות בסתר ובגל[וי מ]ולאי אלאג…
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80LetterCUL Or.1080 J88
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter at one point thought to have been sent from Cairo to Bilbays containing a request to contribute to the capitation tax of a poor …
1. . . .] כגק מר ור אלישע [. . . . . . . .
2. הלויים הירא שמים הנדיב יברכו צורו
3. ויעזרו ויגן בעדו ויזכהו לראות
4. שמחת חמודו ותורתו ואריכות ימיו
5. אמן סלה מ…
1. [To the honorable Abū] Naṣr, son of his honor,] greatness and holiness. our master and teacher Elisha, Pride
2. of the Levites, the pious and noble, m…
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81LetterAIU VII.E.165
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment to a certain ḥaver ("... ba-sanhedrin gedolah...") describing the writer's financial distress. He also provides a recommendation for the bearer of the letter, …
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1. ] תורה בר הדרת יקרת
2. החבר] בסנהדרין גדולה החכם והנבון
3. ] זלהה אנה לה אליום פי אלבלאד
4. ] פסיקה ולא פי רסם מן אלציבור
5. ] . ה אלפנא ואלגלא כאן ודין י…
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82LetterT-S 10J12.4
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
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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83LetterBodl. MS heb. f 107/53
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer needs help paying the capitation tax (jāliya). The addressee had previously said something about talking to …
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84LetterENA 2805.14
Document date
Friday, [25] Nisan [4810] Anno Mundi (20 April 1050 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Upper fragment: Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Alexandria to his uncle Abū l-Khayr Mūsā b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī in Fustat. Dating: Friday, [probably 25] Nisan …
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1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלפאצל ואדאם עזה וסלאמתה וכבת
2. חסדתה ועדוה מן אלאסכנדריה יום אלגמעה ל.... בקין מן ניסן [כת]מה אללה
3. עליה ועלינא …
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85LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/135
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Makārim al-Kohen, possibly in Qalyūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Urging him to collect money to pay the capitation tax of …
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86State documentENA 3971.13
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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87State documentENA 3945.8
Document date
562 Hijrī (28 October 1166–16 October 1167 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
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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88State documentENA 3971.14
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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89State documentENA 3971.15
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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90State documentENA 3971.16
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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91State documentENA 3971.17
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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92State documentENA 3971.18
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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93State documentENA 3971.19
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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94State documentENA 3971.20
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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95State documentENA 3971.21
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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96State documentENA 3971.22
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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97State documentENA 3971.24
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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98State documentENA 3971.31
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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99State documentENA 3971.34
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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100List 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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