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Legal record (#14). Deposition in court. Dated: Thursday, 25 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Faḍl al-Mustaʿmal b. Natan testifies that Hilāl al-Mustaʿmal b. al-Raṣṣāṣ said to …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (bottom part only). Part of the address is preserved, but it is probably illegible. The sender complains about receiving no news …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably late.
Responsum by HARID (R. Yish'aya di-Tirani 1165-1240), end of no. 93 in the printed edition (info by Simcha Emanuel, FGP)
Recto: Narrative in a mixture of Arabic script and Hebrew script. Unclear how literary it is. FGP says that it is a Karaite work that …
Poetical letter addressed to a certain Yiṣḥaq. Recto consists of a Hebrew poem in his praise, and on verso the conclusion of the letter is …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter of appeal for charity, in a mixture of Arabic script, Judaeo-Arabic, and Hebrew. The addressee may be asked to write to 'al-ḥaḍra al-nafīsa' on …
Crumbled fragment. Needs examination.
Recto (secondary use): Business accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions names such as: al-ʿAfṣī, the Jewish woman (al-yahūdiyya), Ibn al-ʿIrāqī, …
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Fragments of an astronomical text, in Arabic script.
Letter from Yosef al-Muṣallī to Yeshuʿa the Cantor. In Judaeo-Arabic, with 14 lines of biblical quotations at the top. In between, the body of the …
Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (lower left corner). Sends regards to various people. Mentions that someone's son has "become a man" (l. 3). On verso …
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Mentions Alexandria; business negotiations with Abū Naṣr, concluding with a purchase for only 30 dinars; refers to …
Table with some sort of accounts in Coptic numerals, red and black margins. An ʿalāma "al-ḥamd li-llah waḥduhu" towards the end.
Small fragment of a state document in Arabic script, maybe a decree. Three words are preserved.
Fragment of an agreement for a planned engagement. Location: Cairo. Dated: Nisan 1502 Seleucid = 1191 CE, or perhaps 15[4]2 Seleucid = 1231 CE. The …
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Formularies for curses.
Verso: Document in Arabic script, possibly a petition or report. Refers to government property (amwāl al-sultān) and contains a request to investigate something (bi-an yakshif …
Informal note from Manṣūr b. [...] the Jew to Jamāl al-Dīn. In Arabic script. Dating: No earlier than 1225 CE, based on the currency kāmilī …
Legal record (#122) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 40r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated: 27 Sivan 5329 …
Few words from the bottom of a legal deed.
Possibly a letter (needs examination)
Bifolio filled with accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: Likely ~13th century. Many names are mentioned, including many Muslim-sounding ones.
Letter from Ṣāliḥ b. Mūsā to Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1045 CE. The sender says that Ṣāʿid b. Shuʿayb ordered mats(?) from him, so …
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Letter from a certain Barakāt. In Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner of recto, left side of the address on verso). Very little of the …
Bifolio (subsequently folded into thirds) of an eclectic selection of incomplete state-related documents. Perhaps the writing exercises or drafting of a chancery scribe, or else …
Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). The address (to Fustat, market of the perfumers) is partially preserved. Needs further examination.
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions something that passed 'between the two of them'; the court in Fustat; a sum of dinars; Natan b. Shelomo. It …
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Refers to the bearer.
Legal fragment in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Damaged. Mentions Tamīm ha-Kohen and the sale of pepper. (See description for …
Minute fragment from an account
Letter in Arabic script. Opens with greetings to "sayyidī" (my master) followed by greetings to "sittī" (my lady). Most of the remaining text is in …
Accounts; with Hebrew numerals. On parchment. Probably 11th century. Each entry is for a shuqqa (type of garment). Join: Alan Elbaum. (Information in part from …
Fol. 4v bears 33 lines of a legal formulary for a bill of release (barā’a), drawn up in Fustat, but with date and names replaced …
See PGPID 15831
Appeal from a charitable organization for the marriage of poor women to the people of the community – 21 January 1943CE – Museum of Islamic …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: Late. Mentions names such as ʿImrān, ʿĪsā, Muḥammad, Yūsuf, Ibrāhīm. The numbers are large (some in the …
Letter from Ḥalfon and Yosef, probably from Ascalon, to Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen the fourth (Ha-Revi'i) b. Evyatar, Tyre, approximately 1094.
שובע שמחות //ישפיעהו// נעימות ירויהו בספר הח[יים]
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Probably a legal query and responsum mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Deals with business matters. Almost all the names are anonymized ("fulān"). Mentions counterfeit promissory notes (wa-l-ḥujaj …
Fragment of a letter, probably 14th century or later. greetings to shaykh al-Asʿad Abū [...] and shaykh al-Rashīd Hārūn. The sender or scribe is Hārūn. …
Late letter in Hebrew from a certain Yahuda b. Shimʿon addressed to Yaḥya and "the people of his house." Needs examination.
Subsequent use: Draft of a formal letter containing polite phrases and blessings written out multiple times (e.g., ḥaḍrat mawlāyya al-shaykh al-jalīl). 'Addressed' to Abū Naṣr …
Portion of an Arabic letter from Alexandria to Fusṭāṭ, probably to a family member. Most of what remains consists of greetings to people in the …
Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dated (ll. 4–5): 20 Shaʿbān 441 AH = 17 January 1050 CE.The muqirr is the sharīf Abū l-Ḥasan …
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom name is Ya'aqov Helevi and the bride is Esther. Faded and damged.
Letter to the Nubian eparch Uruwī (اروي) in Ibrīm from the amīr and head of the Banū Kanz, Kanz al-Dawla Abū Manṣūr Mutawwaj al-ʿĀḍidī. Dating: …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
كشيل وصاحب الخيل ووزير الملك اطال الله بقاه
وادام حراسته ونعمته توجه القائد سعادة على المركب
المتوجه عليه والذى …
Small fragment (upper left corner) of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Dating: 11th or 12th century. None of the substance is preserved.