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13851List or tableT-S AS 206.225
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Dozens of names are mentioned, including some with illness and/or disabilities (e.g., al-mabtūn, אלמבתלאיה).
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13852State documentT-S AS 206.289
Primary language
Arabic
On verso there is a difficult name (ʿAlī b. كمر(؟) الحوىل(؟) al-Khurāsāniyayn(?)).
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13853Legal query or responsumT-S G1.23
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Responsum or responsa. Naming specific people instead of the usual "Reʾuven" and "Shimʿon" or "fulān."
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13854Legal documentT-S J2.76
Primary language
Hebrew
Sahlān b. Yaʿaqov, whose name appears in the body of the text and upside down underneath together with 'and his son Sahlān b.
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13855List or tableT-S K8.50
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
List of valuable goods with prices in the tens of dinars. The name Shemuel b. Moshe appears twice. Evidently jottings of accounts (or part of a trousseau list?).
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13856List or tableT-S K15.28
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
With one exception all called by their first names. Nineteen pledges of at least twenty-two persons.
1. שלמה רבע
2. כ.אן אלבשקי? רבע
3. עמאר ושריכה רבע
4. ישוע[ה] רבע
5. אבו אלמכין רבע
6. אברהים ונחום רבע
7. אבו אלטיב רבע
8. מחסן רבע
9. אברהים בן חסן רבע
10. אבו ר.ור רבע
11. אברהים ת…
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13857LetterT-S Misc.29.50a + BL OR 10578S.7
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal signed by al-Naharwani the cantor. The remnants of 7 lines, mostly blessings for the recipient, but also mentioning "terrible illnesses" (pega'im ra'im) and how one ought to extend mercy to Torah scholars.
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13858LetterT-S Misc.34.45
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Asking him to disburse a sum of money to a woman, possibly Sitt al-Sāda who is named in the last preserved line.
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13859Legal documentT-S NS 31.23
Primary language
Hebrew
Draft of a legal record from the court of the Nagid. Location: Cairo. Concerning the dissolution of a partnership in Damietta, between Saʿīd and Khalaf.
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13860Unknown typeT-S NS 93.74
Document date
Friday, 16 Tammuz 1466 Seleucid (18 June 1155 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Perhaps a death notice? Gives the name Yefet b. [...]ṭ ha-Kohen (ZL) and then the date Friday, 16 Tammuz 1466 Seleucid, which is 1155 CE, then "salām ʿalā Yisrael."
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13861State documentT-S NS 207.57
Primary language
Arabic
Mentions a man from Tiberias by the name of Baysān, wicked people (fa-kathura fasāduhum), people who mentioned that they had entered Fustat, and the preoccupation of the hearts of the community (jamāʿa).
1. ………………………………………..ام………….
2. ىعـ[]...الله تعالى واستناد الله……….
3. الـ]ـدعا الصالح و[الـ]ـصلوة والطلبه قبل….بما ارجو من الله
4. غير خاف عن حضرته كيف ح…
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13862Legal documentT-S NS 225.21
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
and received from each of them (the sum due). Hand of Natan b. Shemuel?
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13863List or tableYevr. IV 217
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Ladino, Unidentified language and script
Dating: Catalogued as 16th century, but unclear on what basis. People named include: Georgi; Paulo Khouri; Dimitri; Michalis Pappas; and several more.
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13864Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16
Document date
25 Iyyar 5443 Anno Mundi (21 May 1683 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Legal record (#47) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 12r-v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
והשאיר אחריו אלמנתו היקרה מ׳ בואניא (Buena) ת׳׳מ בת הר׳ מרדכי יצחקי נ׳׳ע ושני בניו יצחק הנז׳ והבחור יעקב יצ׳׳ו
ונשארו חזקת הקאעה והעלייה שעל גבה הנז׳ בכלל קרקעות אחרים משועבדים לממותו בעד סכי כתובתה
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13865LetterT-S 13J16.2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter sent from Alexandria by Hayyim b. Eli ha-Kohen to his father in Fustat, asking him to complete a number of errands, in particular in …
לי מן עלי בן אלטבני מא וצא לי בה ויעלמני פי כתאבה פקד כאן לי ענדה פי אלדוכאן תוב דביקי
Top margin, diagonal lines written upside down.
מפצל | ומקטעין | עמל | עסקלאן | תסאלה לי ען | אלגמיע | וקד אנפדת | מע חסן | צאלחכם . | . . . . . |
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1. אני כותב לך, אבי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך
2. ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה, בכ"ח בטבת; שלו…
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13866List or tableT-S K15.96
List, eight columns, of more than 180 names receiving alms. Many payments of 1/8 dinar.
c, left, line 10: dot over first gimel
1. dot over name in right hant page,so perhaps a dhal, or kha
1. Khiyar stands surety for Nissi, so payment goes to him
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13867LetterAIU VII.E.74
Document date
20 Av 5560 Anno Mundi (11 August 1800 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Shelomo Barūkh to Meʾīr ben Naʿim. Dated: 20 Av 5560 AM (August 1800 CE). Locations: the letter was sent from Dimyat to Cairo.
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1. בע׳׳ה היום ב׳ כ׳ מנחם ש׳(ת)ק׳ס
2. הודינו והדרינו ועטרת תפארת לראשינו ה׳׳ה היקר
3. נבון וחכם כמה׳׳ר נר׳׳ו
4. אחדש׳׳ו בעד תקבל איאדיכם אלכוראם מעא…
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13868List or tableBL OR 5566D.10
List of names, each followed by a sum (mostly 1 or 1/2, some 2).
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13869List or tableBL OR 10118.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Ends with a note regarding a deceased man named Ezra b. Meir.
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13870Unknown typeBL OR 10590.11
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Describes the various chapters of a treatise on shekhitah, then says "it is completed with the help of God" and then there is the name Abu ... Ibn Hibat Allāh the son of our rabbi Yosef ha-Zaqen.
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13871LetterCUL Add.3347
Primary language
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Gaon Shelomo to Efrayim he-Ḥaver, in the name of a widow, asking for details about the inheritance of her husband Mevasser b.
1. שלו]ם מאדון השלום
2. ]שעון שקט גבול גודל רפוד רווח
3. ]צנוף צדק וועוד וותק פקוד פאר
4. ] אפוף טוהר נכון נוהר ימון ישע
5. ]קח לשוב להט לבוב למד<
6. מ]שפט להתמד לחיי…
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13872Literary textCUL Or.1080 4.10
Primary language
Arabic
Opening page of a commentary on the Kulliyyāt of Avicenna (شرح تعاليق على الكليات لابن سينا رحمه الله تعالى). The owner's name appears after the basmala: mulk Makārim b. Isḥāq al-Isrāʾīlī (active mid-13th century).
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13873LetterCUL Or.1080 4.17
Primary language
Hebrew
קול קורא . . .) and at least one name (Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen).
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13874Literary textCUL Or.1080 J147
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Perhaps al-Faraj baʿd al-Shidda of Rabbenu Nissim. This page discusses Naḥum of Gamzu and Rabbenu ha-Qodesh when he was afflicted by illness (and toothache?).
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13875Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J243
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document mentioning [...] b. Ḥayyim Nafūsī. Scribed and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE).
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13876Legal documentDK 223.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The witnesses include Hiba b. Naṭira and ʿAllūn b. Khalaf.
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13877List or tableHUC 1005
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals
Original use (both sides): Accounts in Arabic script, with very wide line spacing, headed by the glyph and mentioning the names ʿAbd al-Masīḥ (unless this is ʿinda al-shaykh); Bū l-Faraj b. [...
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13878LetterJRL B 3409
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The hand is reminiscent of that of Maimonides but is not his. Mentions the name Farajallāh. Contains a request for the addressee to send a pan (ṭājin).
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13879LetterJRL B 6999
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Mentions a girl who has been 'delivered for herself' (al-ṣabiyya mukhallaṣa li-nafsiha).
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13880Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 1
Document date
1231 Hijrī (3 December 1815–20 November 1816 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
It is filled out in the name of a certain Khwaja Eliyyahu. Needs further examination.
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13881LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 601
Primary language
Arabic
The sender is making a request concerning some books, perhaps the tractates Berakhot and Shabbat and a book of Halakhot. The name Shelomo appears.
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13882State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 709
Primary language
Arabic
The first line contains a name which is not very legible but is followed by "al-Yahūdī".
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13883LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 715
Primary language
Arabic
It seems addressed to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllān al-Ḥibr (the ḥaver), whose name appears both at upper left and in the first line of the text, telling him what items have been sent with the bearer.
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13884Legal documentJRL L 29
Document date
Tishrei 5583 Anno Mundi (16 September 1822–15 October 1822 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Dated Tishrei 5583 AM (1822 CE). Verso: lists of names organized alphabetically with corresponding payments toward the communal kashrut tax (gabela) for the months of Nisan, Iyyar, Sivan, 5582 AM.
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13885LetterMoss. V,343.4
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The addressee (רבאנו) is flattered and there is mention of his ancestors, including the name Yaʿaqov. The sender appears to be describing his distress in a foreign land and need for help.
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13886LetterMoss. VII,186.2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Probably from the office of one of the 13th or 14th century Maimonidean Nagids, based on the motto and the hand. It orders ʿAbd al-Karīm to do something involving the qāḍī Shams al-Dīn and reporting to somebody.
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13887LetterNLI 577.9/7
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter to Nahray b. Nissim. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Almost complete.
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13888LetterT-S 8J39.6
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Containing remarks about business transactions including the delivery of a consignment of glass. [ʿAmrīṣ is not a name; this probably reads Abū l-Faḍl b. ʿImrān.]
1. מולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך
2. . . ] לח מצת מן אב יהפך לשמחה (!) ען סלאמה ושוק אליך קלב אללה
3. . . . . . . ] אפצל אלאחואל ו…
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13889LetterT-S 10J18.16
Primary language
Arabic
Reused for a letter from ʿIwaḍ/ʿAwaḍ b. Ḥananʾel to Nahray b. Nissim (see separate entry).
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13890LetterT-S 10J20.7
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Ismail asking whether Nahray b. Nissim had gone to the Egyptian country-side and sold the writer's goods.
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1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה וחראסתה וכבת
2. אעדאה מן אלמסתקר לה' בקין מן כסליו בלגה אללה אמתאלה וסעאדה מא יליה
3. ואלחאל סלאמה וע…
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1. אני כותב לך, ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת הגנתך וישמיד את
2. אויביך, מהבית, בכ"ה (או כ"ד) בכסלו, יודיעך אלוהי…
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13891Legal documentT-S 10J28.5
Document date
First decade of Elul 1447 Seleucid (31 July 1136–9 August 1136 CE)
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Dated: First decade of Elul 1447 of the Seleucid Era (= July/August 1136 CE). Also signed by Natan(?) b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. (Information mainly from CUDL)
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1. אלתי [ ]
2. א[ ]
3. אלי דלך [ ]
4. אמ[ ] קד [ ]נה אצחבהא לואלדה מ [ ]
5. בכל בית דין
6. ויבארי ויפעל [ ] מא אכתאר ויקרץ מא [ ]
7. לדאתה וגעל ידה כידה וקבצה כקבצ…
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13892LetterT-S 12.121
Primary language
Arabic
Seems to be addressed to Ibrāhīm al-Firnās, asking for assistance with something. Mentions several names including Farrūj, Rabbi Mūsā, Rabbi Ibrāhīm, and Rabbi Dāʾūd (referring to the Maimonides dynasty?).
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13893Legal documentT-S 12.130
Bottom of a ketubba. The groom is named Efrayim ha-Levi. Several witness signatures are preserved, including Menashshe(?)
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13894Legal documentT-S 12.720
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Landmarks listed include Masjid al-Qubba and the dwelling of the Nagid. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
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13895LetterT-S 13J15.24
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter sent by a ḥaver to "al-Ḥemdat" Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. Natan ha-Sheviʿi, complaining that he has been snubbed and persecuted by the latter's son-in-law.
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1. שלומות מוחשות לא זזות ולא משות לבקרים חדשות לא זחות
2. ולא פורשות ופרודות לא עובשות וברכות מכל מגרשות באות
3. ומתחדשות לזקן ושר פחה וטפסר איש מוסר ל…
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13896LetterT-S 13J22.10
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Long letter to the judge Avraham b. Natan of Ramla, Palestine, from the late 11th century; probably sent from Tyre.
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1. יוי עוזי ומגיני
2. שלום עד לאין קץ. ושלוה עד לאין תכלית.
3. והצלחת מעשים. והכנעת קמים : והשפלת
4. צרים ואויבים: ומילאוי שאלה. ועילוי
5. נתיבה: והרמת יד. ו…
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13897LetterT-S 13J23.9
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Request for help sent by Ya'ish b. Sahl of Nahrawan the cantor to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Haggai Hasid, mentioning the addressee's son (Abu 'Ali Ḥasan), grandson (Efrayim) and brother (Yiṣḥaq).
1. אגירת ברכות ואסיפת שלומות והקשבת תפילות והצלחת
2. מפעלות והעדפת ט[ו]בות והשג ישועות והנחת רוחות ונטיעת
3. אהבות ותענוג ועושר ושם טוב בעולם הזה ולעולם הבא …
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13898LetterT-S 16.318
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
The community refer to their synagogue in Fustat as ‘one that bears the name of your Yeshiva’. (Information from CUDL)
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1. [ ג]דולה רב האדר גדול הממשלה אשר אדרהו נורא עלילה
2. [ ] מהוללה מסודרה בשפר ובנואי מכוללה ובבינה חדה
3. [ ]ה וב…
ע׳׳א [Translation begins in line 15 of recto.]
1. כתבנו לפני כן אל הדבת גאוננו,
2. יחי לעד, על ידי מר׳ עטאף הלוי ש׳׳צ בר טוב נ׳׳ע, והתנצלנו על האיחור בחי…
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- jewish community
- yeshiva
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13899List or tableT-S 18J2.4
Remains of 28 lines of a list of beneficiaries of charity, each containing the names of 3 or 4 households in receipt of 2, 4, 6, 8 or more (loaves).
1. גריב ר.[..................]קה ו` ..[.]. ב` בני ס[
2. אלמעלם ח` מרת עבאס בן דראהם ב` יעקב [
3. אל.[..]ם מרתה ד` אלמעלם מוהב ד` מנצור אבו [
4. סעאדה [...]ה ד` …
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13900Legal documentT-S Ar.34.185
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In Judaeo-Arabic. On verso the name Sar Shalom b. Ḥiyya appears. It is not immediately clear whether (a) and (b) are related.
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