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From Safed to Egypt (Cairo) and from there, the wise, exalted, honored and renowned Rabbi Yehuda Kastilas is to send it on to Alexandria." (Information in part from http://www.investigacion.cchs.csic.es/judeo-arabe/sites/investigacion.cchs.csic.es.judeo-arabe/files/Genizah-Al-Andalus.pdf.)
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List of honors purchased for the services on various Shabbatot along with how much money paid or to be paid. Probably early 19th century, since Yāqūtī Yuʿbaṣ does not seem a very common name, and he is mentioned here and in AIU VII.D.85 dated 1817 CE.
No Scholarship Records
The names Elʿazar ha-Zaqen and Sitt al-Kirām appear in the first two lines, followed by an itemized list of valuable objects.
Mevasser Segol ha-Qahal and Yoshiyyahu al-Ḥaver.
The sender has been sick for two months, and "all the elders of the patriarchs' graves have despaired of me," but his spirit was restored to him when he received Evyatar's letter.
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To make matters worse, ʿIwāḍ al-Bazzāz (the clothier) died owing the sender 60 dirhams.
The scribe is the judge Elʿazar ha-Levi known as al-Rajānī: אני הצעיר מכל בני העיר החכם השלם הדיין המצויין הרב המובהק הפטיש החזק כהר אלעזר הלוי ידיע רג̇אני
Groom: Shela. Bride: Sitt al-Ḥusn. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. RR
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A certain Yaʿaqov appoints Abū Saʿd b. Zandabūr(?) ... al-ʿAmmānī as his agent. On verso there is a document in Arabic script (see separate record).
People mentioned include the rayyis Abū l-Makārim and al-Jubaylī.
The payment is made (min jihat) by a government employee (al-mustakhdam); the name Fakhr b. Yūsuf appears at the end of the line.)
Some contain the mystery mark (backwards ط). All are dated after the formula kutiba. ENA 3971 13–24, 31 and 34.
The case involves a gift, Sitt al-Karam, Abū l-Munajjā, and an enslaved woman named Rasm.
Only portions of the last few lines are preserved. The name Abū ʿAlī may appear. Location: Fustat. Signed: Yosef b.
The document has to do with an upcoming marriage, a sum of 10 dinars, and a gift to the girl. The name Sitt al-Sirr bt. Netanʾel appears on verso.
List of names and books that mentions Rabbi Yiṣḥaq Berab (החכם יצחק בירב), Avraham Ashkenazi, Avraham b. Alashqar. The paleography of this source helps to estimate its dating as 16th/17th-century but it may be calculated more directly by tracing the lifetimes of the individuals mentioned.
It belonged to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-Maʿālī al-Mutaṭabbib (the physician). Above, there is a note documenting the transfer of ownership by sale (the names here still need to be deciphered).
A woman named Jamīla has an eye disease and contracts Hibatallāh b. Ibrāhīm b. Yaʿqūb al-Yahūdī to treat her. Needs further examination.
List of names with corresponding quantities expressed in Hebrew alphanumerals, possibly communal. Organized by parshiyot.
List of alphabetized names and monetary figures that probably represent communal contributions.
Letter to Masliah ha-Kohen Gaon from a woman, the daughter of Abraham the cantor and the wife of Abu 'l-Ma`ali Khalaf b. Harun, describing her husband's mistreatment of her and petitioning the Gaon to look into her plight.
The document on recto deals with the sale of a dār in the 'alley of lupine (turmus).' The document on verso involves a woman named [...] b.
Legal document issued under the Nagid Shemuel in which Sitt al-Baha, after having received ten dirhams and her promised monthly payment of five dirhams, releases a certain individual (name cut off).
The letter consists essentially entirely of formulaic phrases, and it may even be a formulary or draft based on the appearance of "fulān" twice at the bottom of verso. However, Abū l-ʿAlā' is greeted in the margin of verso.
The letter was written when Nissim, Nahray's father, was still alive. The letter is about a deal that was made to sell beads.
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Beginning of a solemn letter addressed to the community, apparently of al-Mahalla, probably by Mevorakh ha-Nagid b. Saadya (1094-1111).
Berekhya, in Qayrawān, to Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāhartī, in Fustat. Mentions shipments of goods from Egypt to the Maghreb.
Letter from Mūsā b. Labrāṭ, in al-Mahdiyya, to his nephew Efrayim b. Dā'ūd, probably in Fustat.
Letter of greetings from Sedaqa he-haver to Yehuda or to Mevorak Nagid (1095-1112). Alternative description: the title "prince of princes" (שר השרים) is obviously meant for Mevorakh, and accodring to Mark Cohen (Jewish Self-Government, p. 264) is only attested after 1094.
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Maimonides (1205-1237), regarding Siba al-Faqusi who had interrupted the synagogue service.
Letter sent from Qayrawān by Yosef b. Labraṭ al-Fāsī to Yaʿaqov b. Yosef b. ʿAwkal in Fustat, inquiring about merchandise sent to the Maghrib and mentioning Yaʿaqov b.
The sender and addressee are Jewish, based on the phrase "wa-ḥaqq al-tawrā" (l. 4 and l. 10 of the first page). Needs further examination.
(Information mainly from Allony, the Jewish Library, p. 279 where it is erroneously referred to as T-S 10K131).
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Verso: Jottings, including a legal note: "the witnesses of the document (ḥujja): the brother of the qāḍī of Bilbays known as Baraka(?) ʿAbd al-Kāfī. With Muhadhdhab, starting the month of Dhū l-Qaʿda.
Mentions people such as Abū l-Faraj and Abū Zikrī, places such as al-Mahdiyya, and goods such as kohl. On parchment, with stitching still preserved where two pieces were tied together.
The name Muḥammad appears in line 2 and the profession al-Ṣayrafī appears in line 3. Line 4 mentions a partial date 13 Dhū l-Qaʿda.
Greetings to Abū l-Riḍā al-Naḥḥās(?) and Abū l-Manṣūr. The sender does not want to come into Fustat these days.
Dated: 642 AH (as read by Khan, ALAD, p. 46). (Information from Goitein’s index card and from Khan)
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An iqrāq document: "aqarr al-Muslim hujjatuhu min Abī Bakr". Includes signatures and dates: Ramaḍān x62 H, the year is not extremely clear.
Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 3 ounces of lemon and rose syrup ("none other").
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.] (= ~12th century CE), mentioning Fusṭāṭ; Moshe; al-Kātib; an oath; and a sum of dinars. Handwriting of Mevorakh b.
The ink was corrosive so almost nothing left. On top of the page Halfon b.
Mentions sending money and goods, and mentions books including al-Ḥibbur (usually the Mishneh Torah) and 'the four copies' of something.
Verso: Arabic document headed "revenue" (al-ḥāṣil), dated Rabīʿ I 620 AH = 1223/24 CE. Or possibly 610.
Asking the addressee to bring this letter to Tāj al-Dīn and obtain employment for the sender, so that he can support his children.
Apparently a declaration made by Ḥisday ha-Sar. Mentioning Ibn al-Kāzarūnī and 50 or [.]50 dinars. T-S NS 310.77 (PGPID 25298) and T-S AS 151.108 (PGPID 17649) are probably related.
On recto there may be a fragment of an earlier letter, along with a student's notes on Talmudic discussions.
Refers to an excommunication; "our friends the traders"; "they shook out their garments (נפצו תיאבהם) and got up and...."; "all that he did..."; "I have collected...." (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif. Fragment (piece from the left side of recto).
Probably a business letter (...al-taṣarruf fī l-mawḍiʿ...), but with quite a deferential tone (...fa-yatafaḍḍal ka-mā huwa ahluh fī dhālika...).