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Recto: Letter of the Na'ib of Malij to the judge Efrayim b. Meshulam regarding a case of an orphan girl.

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• orphan

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter of request, in which a silk-weaver who owed money to his employer, but wanted to quit his job, asks the Nagid to instruct his judges to permit him to pay in installments.

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• communal
• petition

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Inferred date

1122–1150 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ʿEli, in a provincial town, to his cousin Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. Dating: 1122–50, based on the dated documents of the addressee. The writer sends thanks for the forwarding of a prescription from one physician, Abū l-Bahā', and reminds Natan to obtain a second prescription from another physician, al-Amīn, both for his sick wife. […] Owing to the high fever (min ʿuẓm al-nār) she has a feeling that her neck first burns (iḥtaraqat) and then becomes cold (yabrud).

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: etiology
• illness: mental effects
• illness: physician
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1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Inferred date

1232–1237 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The letter is mainly about the controversy over the prayer reforms of the Nagid Avraham Maimonides. The sons of the Sixth (the family members of the previous dynasty of Nagids) submitted a petition against Avraham to the Sultan al-Malik al-ʿĀdil, to which Avraham responded with a counter-petition signed by almost 200 people from the community, testifying that he had not forced his prayer reforms on anybody. […] There were two sultans named al-Malik al-ʿĀdil. The first was the brother of Saladin and reigned 1200–18. […] The present letter is dated Sunday 5 Tammuz. This narrows the window to 1232–37 CE. The trouble is that the 5th of Tammuz can never fall on a Sunday.... so either the scribe was off by a day or meant to write 15th of Tammuz.

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• 13th c
• avraham maimonides
• death
• excommunication
• petition
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1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Yaʿish. The husband may be named Ḥal[fon]. There is no note that the geṭ was delivered, unless that note was written on the corner that has been torn away.

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• get

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

More of the date might be deduced from the titles of the Nagid. The document involves Abū l-Munajjā b. Seʿadya and Hiba b.

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• 12th or 13th c

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Beginning of a letter of appeal for charity by an individual named Makīn who addresses his plea to an elder. Mentions the topoi of hunger and the addressee's beneficence.

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• petition
• private

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Here in C 61 th recto lists a variety of names and accompanying numerical figures, such as: Mansur, Mustafa, Yosef, Nesim Kelifa, Gabriyan[?]

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• list

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5590 Anno Mundi (28 September 1829–17 September 1830 CE)

Dated [5]590 AM in the heading (ש׳ תקץ) which is 1829/30 CE. A few names are visible such as: Avraham ʿAfīf, Ḥayyīm Bialobos, Mordūkh Romano, Eliyahu Levi Skandarī.

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• 19th c

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List of alphabetized names and monetary figures that probably represent communal contributions.

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• 18th or 19th c
• communal

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Document date

10 Jumāda II 1237 Hijrī (4 March 1822 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Dated 10 Jumāda II 1237 AH (1822 CE). The name of the notary is al-Ḥāj ʿUmar Agha who was the overseer of dīwān anwāl al-ḥarīr in Alexandria.

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• 19th c
• dimme
• late arabic script

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter fragment in Arabic script. The name Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. M[...] appears at the top of recto.

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Primary language

Arabic

Legal document, in Arabic script. Mentions two names "al-Adab al-madhkura bt...." and "... b. Abī l-Ḥūsayn al-madhkūr".

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• dimme

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15 Tammuz 5520 Anno Mundi (29 June 1760 CE)

Avraham ha-Levi Caraso is engaged to Mlīḥa bt. Yosef Najjār. 100 arayōt (groom's payments). Signed by Yiṣḥaq Shelomo al__[?]

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• 18th c
• engagement

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Document date

146[.] Seleucid (1148–1158 CE)

Mentions something or someone small (הקטנה) and possibly a name. Hard to discern any specific details of the case.

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Document date

Tammuz 1350 Seleucid (26 June 1039–24 July 1039 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Natan b. Avraham to ʿAmram b. Yefet, in Fustat. Dated: Tammuz [1]350 Seleucid = June/July 1039 CE.

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Ḥeshvan 13[..] Seleucid (989–1088 CE)

Seleucid, which is 989–1088 CE. The bride's name appears in l. 3 but is difficult to read. The document was torn up and covered with other jottings in Hebrew script and Arabic script.

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Inferred date

1213–1237 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Avraham Maimonides is referenced here with the title "ha-Nagid," which he bore after 1213 CE, specifically.

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• 13th c
• avraham maimonides
• shelomo b. eliyyahu

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This is written on the back of a torn fragment of a legal document from the time of the Nagid Avraham Maimonides. (Information from Cohen.)

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• informal note
• shelomo b. eliyyahu

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Document date

14[..] Seleucid (19 September 1088–23 September 1188 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dated 14[..] (12th century CE) in Fusṭāṭ, invoking the authority of the Nagid [Sam]uel (b. Ḥananya, 1140-59 CE). (Information from CUDL)

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• ketubba
• marriage

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15 Kislev 5562 Anno Mundi (20 November 1801 CE)

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Hebrew

Yiṣḥaq Mizraḥi acknowledges an investment of 900 medins from Meʾir Ben-Naʿim and pledges a "silver belt" (חיאצה פצה) as collateral for the debt.

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• 19th c

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This is a draft, as some of the names have placeholders (פל). EMS/ASE

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• inheritance
• testimony

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Abū l-Manṣūr is also mentioned. Signed by 'the nazir' Yehoṣadaq b. Yosef ha-Kohen. EMS

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• inventory
• jewels

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Ishaq al-Andalusi, Aleppo, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: mid-11th century.

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Document date

9 Elul 1533 Seleucid (18 August 1222 CE)

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Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: 9 Elul 1533 Seleucid = 18 August 1222 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Avraham Maimonides (1205–37). A certain Abū l-Bayān makes a declaration

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• 13th c

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Document date

Adar 1455 Seleucid (7 February 1144–6 March 1144 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Adar 1455 Seleucid = February/March 1144 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Declaration given on request stating that someone had been under tarsim (house arrest) for a period of time.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from the judge Natan b. Eliyya ha-Kohen. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic (often rhymed), with biblical verses at the top.

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Primary language

Hebrew

The opening of a circular letter for "all the cities of the Rīf" in the name of Moses Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides was active in Egypt.

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• circular
• maimonides

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Document date

1546 Seleucid (1234–1235 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Document containing a few names: Abu al-Faraj b. Asad, Shemuʾel b. Surur. Also mentioned are representatives of the Sultan, the destruction of houses, and the sum of 500 dinars.

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• 13th c
• tyre

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Musa ha-Tāhartī, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1060. Mentions trade business with Sicily, an event with the authorities and different shipments.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Saʿadya Gaon was the head of the yeshiva of Sura, and concerning the strengthening of the status of Avraham b. Natan (ʿAṭāʾ), the amir's doctor in Adis, August 1015.

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• yeshiva

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Ismail al-Andalusi, in Sicily, to Yoshua b. Natan al-Andalusi, in Fustat. Dealing with business matters and listing prices of goods in Sicily.

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• trade

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Dated: Thursday, 13 Ḥeshvan 1[3.]2 (ca. 11th century). Location: Fustat. Names of witnesses not preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

Part of a large ketubba. The names of the bride and groom, date, location and witnesses are not preserved, but it was written under the authority of the gaʾon Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen (active 1127–39 CE), and it is in the hand of the court scribe Ḥalfon b.

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