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101State 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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102State 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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103State 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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104State 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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105State 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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106LetterENA 4009.4
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Abū l-Ḥayy b. Ḥakīm, in Sicily, to Ḥananya ha-Kohen Av Bet Din. Dating: ca. 1025 (unclear on what basis; Gil says ca. 1020, …
1. [ ] לכל מודה
2. [ ] ואשרי
3. כל שומע [ ] חכמ[ ] מעוזנו יעזריהו צורם ינצריהו
4. נוצר חסדו בג[מר] טוב להתייסד בנוצל מא[ ] שדי שא שלום
5. גדול יקירי ואורי ונכבדי כ…
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107LetterENA 4020.30
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter by the scribe Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE) to his brother in law, with a long narrative about the difficulties he encountered procuring …
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1. בשמ רחמ
2. רקעתי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם חראסתה ונעמאה
3. וכבת באלדל חסדתה ואעדאה מן תופיקה אלחסן לא אכלאה וכאן לה
4. וליא וחאפטא פ…
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1. In your name, merciful one.
2. I am writing to you — my lord, the lofty elder, may God perpetuate your existence and make your protection and ben…
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108LetterENA NS 22.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Business letter from Avraham b. Farrāh, in Alexandria, to Yaʿaqov b. Avraham (and his sons Abū l-Ḥusayn Yūsuf and Abū Saʿīd Ibrāhīm), in Fustat. The …
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1. בסם אללה אלעטים
2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ועלאה וכבת אעדאה מן אל
3. אסכנדריה ליב' כלון מן רביע אלאול ואלחא…
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1. (2−1) בשם אלוהים הנורא; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת רוממותך וישמיד את אויביך,
3. מאלכסנדריה, בי"ב …
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109List or tableENA NS 50.33
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions people such as Muwaffaq and Ḥasan the ghulām, goods such as honey, and expenses including "the government duty in Giza" …
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110LetterENA NS 58.7
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Full of glimpses of interesting subjects. The writer complains about the heavy rain this winter; he mentions the customs tax (maks); the …
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111LetterENA NS 68.9
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called 'my brother.' The content is not clear; mentions someone fearing death and mentions the capitation tax (jizya).
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112LetterENA NS 71.23
Primary language
Arabic
Letter, probably a correspondence between two officials, in Arabic script, with the "inhāʾ" formula and tarjama. The sender reports (yunhī) on a man who owes …
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113List or tableF 1908.44M
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
List of several dozen donors to the public appeal (pesiqa) for the kharāj (here probably meaning capitation tax). Last line contains a reference to Abū …
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114LetterHalper 466
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Pledges for ransom of captives. A pledge-drive (pesiqa) for the man from Antioch for the ransom of his children. In four columns divided further into …
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1. בשמ`] רח` פדיון שבוים
2. ....]בש פסיקה אלאנטאכי לאולאדה
...]א
1. ...] ב` סלאמה א` בן סלימאן ב`
2. ...].ם ב` בן אלביאן ו` בן אלחזן ר`…
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115List 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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116List or tableJRL C 51
Document date
Av 5595 Anno Mundi (27 July 1835–25 August 1835 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Lists of contributions in Judaeo-Arabic related to the kosher meat tax known as "gabela". This fragment may have once been part of a larger register …
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117List or tableJRL C 163
Inferred date
1703–1850 CE
List of names and monetary figures in silver kuruş "גרשו" of which the dating is likely 18th/19th-century (post-1703). In the verso list's heading, the word …
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118LetterMoss. II,127.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Informal note addressed to Mukarram and Abū Manṣūr. In Judaeo-Arabic. They are requested to convey the dinar they had pledged for the first installment of …
1. אלשיך מכרם ואלשיך אבו מנצור
2. ישצ ינעמוא יוצלוא ללשיך
3. אלאגל אלמכין אבו אלעז אללוי
4. שצ דינאר עין אלדי אסמוה
5. פי גבאיה אלגואלי אלמעגלה
6. יזנה פי גאליה אלחזן…
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The shaykh Mukarram and the shaykh Abū Manṣūr, (may their) R(ock) p(rotect them), shall kindly deliver to the most illustrious shaykh al-Makīn …
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119LetterMoss. II,153.4 + T-S 6J7.26
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragment of a letter from Abū l-Thanāʾ to his "father," possibly named Abū Saʿd Ibn [...]. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script (note …
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120Legal documentMoss. IIIa,2
Document date
14 Kislev 143[9] Seleucid (20 November 1127 CE)
Two legal records in a court register. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Thursday, 14 Kislev 143[9] Seleucid, which is 1127 CE, under …
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121State documentMoss. Xa,363
Document date
21 Rabīʿ II 522 Hijrī (24 April 1128 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Government receipt attesting to payment of the government tax on the sale of an enslaved woman. Seller: Sitt al-Ahl bt. Yaʿqūb al-Yahūdī. Buyer: Sumra bt. …
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1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. ادت ست الاهل ابنة يعقوب اليهودي من واجب جارية
3. تدعى توفيق ابتاعتها سمرة ابنة بو سعيد اليهودي ثلثي دينار
4. . . . . . . . . …
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122LetterMS 8254, fol. 12
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Letter fragment, probably addressed to Moshe Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting on the arrival of Abū l-Mufaḍḍal and mentioning a letter to Abū l-Fakhr al-Ṣayrafī …
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123State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.20
Receipt for tax, possibly Mamluk
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124LetterT-S 8.29
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter sent to Alexandria, mentioning Abū Manṣūr al-Mashmiaʿ (אלמשמיע), Abū l-Munā (vocalised אלמֻנֵי), and Yaʿqūb/Yaʿaqov b. Banīn. Mentions the payment of the capitation tax. Addressed …
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125LetterT-S 8J18.17
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Letter of appeal from Mahfūẓ b. Mūsā and his brother Musallam/Muslim. In calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic. The writer describes the humiliation his family (or wife?) has …
1. ]אן תקדם פצלך וגמילך ואחסאנך אלהי
2. ]פצל ואעלמה אן וצל אלי כתאב באן .
3. ]קד גרי עלי אהלי מן אלהואן מן אלסלטאן
4. מן גהה] אלכראג לאן עלי סנתין תמאן ותסע והד…
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126LetterT-S 8Ja1.2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity from Abū l-Majd to the physician (ḥakīm) Yeshuʿa ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer needs help paying 20 silver dirhams (nuqra) …
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127LetterT-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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128LetterT-S 12.545
Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣedaqa, from Alexandria, to the Tāhartī family, Fustat. May 27, 1050. ʿAyyāsh returned from Busir where he bought a large amount …
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1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף
2. אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן אלאסכריה לג כלון מן סיון ערפך אללה ברכתה
3. וכתמה עלינא וע…
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1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק
2. ממך כל רע ברחמיו, מאלאסכריה, בג' בסיון, יודיעך אלוהים את …
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129LetterT-S 12.581
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter to Abū ʿImrān in which the writer, a perfumer and judge in Minyat Zifta, describes repairs to the local synagogue along with news of …
1. ממלוך חצרה מולאי ותאג ראסי וסיידי אלעזיז עליי וענדי
2. אלתלמיד אלגליל אלפאצל אלעאמל אלעאלם אלשיך בן עמראן שצ
3. יקבל ידיה אלכרימה ומואטי קדמיה וינהי שוקה …
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130LetterT-S 13J14.14
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Complaint of a ḍāmin (tax farmer) in al-Minya about competitors from Tyre, submitted to the Nagid Mevorakh around 1096–97 (Goitein, perhaps on the basis of …
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1. בשמך רחמנא
2. אללה תעלא ישמע מן אלעבד מא ידעי לחצרה אדנינו
3. כגק מר ור מבורך אלוף הבינות חכאם(!) השיבה(!)
4. סנהדרה רבא עוז בית ישראל שר השרים נגיד
5. הנ…
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1. In your name, merciful one.
2. May God the exalted listen to what his servant implores of his excellency our lord,
3. his honor, greatness and holin…
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131LetterT-S 13J16.10
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from a young man named Sibāʿ, in Alexandria, to his mother, in Fustat, but addressed to his brother Abū l-Najm. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly …
1. בשמ רחמ
2. כתאבי אליך יא ואלדתי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
3. עזך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאך וכבת באלדל חסדתך
4. ואעדאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה
5. פאנה ול…
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132LetterT-S 13J17.9
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Abū Naṣr David b. Yiṣḥaq. In Hebrew. The sender explains that he had been forced to flee from …
1. [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . וש]מחותיו
2. וטובותיו יגלמוהו גלום ויתברך מעתה ועד
3. עלמי עילום בזכות אתא ממזרח ובא
4. מאורח וחלם חלום…
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133LetterT-S 16.13
Document date
1069 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Hayyim b. 'Ammar (Gil) or Zakkar b. 'Ammar (Ben-Sasson), Palermo, to Yūsuf b. Mūsā Tāhartī in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1069 (Gil).The writer writes …
Verso
1. על ש'מ'ך'
2. [כתאבי] יא[סי]די ומולאי [אטא]ל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ונעמתך מן אלמדינה מסתהל כסליו
3. ואנא בחאל כמא שא אללה [ת]עאלי מן גאיחתי וגואיח א…
verso
1. (2−1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, מפלרמו, בא' בכסלו
3. כשאני במצב – שאל ירצה אותו אל…
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134State documentT-S Ar.34.253
Document date
Rajab 516 Hijrī (5 September 1122–4 October 1122 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Tax receipt. Fatimid-era. In Arabic script. A portion (ʿaraṣa) of a warehouse is leased to Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm. The sum is 7.5 (written at lower …
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135State documentT-S Ar.39.245
Document date
25 Rabīʿ II 630 Hijrī (8 February 1233 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Probably a state receipt, in Arabic script, for the purchase of a Nubian female slave named Tawfīq. It seems that the seller is Baqāʾ b. …
1. نزل(؟)
2. والمبلغ اثنين وعشرين
3. درهما
4. الحمد لله على نعمه
5. نزل(؟) ذلك
6. والمبلغ اثنين وعشرين
7. الحمد لله على احسانه
8. لے
9. اقام فرج الله ابن ابو الثنا ابن ابو سعي…
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136LetterT-S Ar.39.386
Document date
7 Rabīʿ I 644 Hijrī (23 July 1246 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Letter of appeal from a man, unknown location, to Musallam (or Musallama) Abū ʿAlī, the wakīl of Shams al-Dīn Ildakīz al-Birṭāsī, in Minyat Bāsik in …
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137LetterT-S AS 16.189
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the [Head of?] the Yeshiva, the countryside, and the capitation tax (al-jāliya). (Information from CUDL)
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138LetterT-S AS 145.89
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Avraham Baronito to a communal dignitary. Dating: Second half of the 16th century. The sender is known from ENA NS 49.20 (a legal …
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139LetterT-S AS 147.21
Primary language
Hebrew
Fragment of a letter of appeal for charity, from Jerusalem, complaining about the heavy taxation. Large and beautifully written; there are probably several joins to …
1. בלא חקר ולא תכל[ה
2. אדירנו ונדיבי עמ. [
3. הנטוי עליכם וח. [
4. כי שבחכם . .ת[
5. ביחידים ורבים . . [
6. בעדכם מלפני אלהי [
7. עלינו לכם ולכל עם . [
8. ולהשתטיח נוכח מק…
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140List or tableT-S AS 149.61
Primary languages
Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic
Bifolio of accounts, dealing with taxes related to sugar and communal matters. Dating: ca. 13th century. Headings include "the collection of Cairo" (jibāyat al-Qāhira) and …
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141LetterT-S AS 152.89
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Mentioning dirhams, the capitation tax, and names such as Binyamin, Yaʿaqov and Yaḥyā. Also mentions 'Rabbenu'; …
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142State documentT-S AS 183.28
Document date
Rajab 495 Hijrī (21 April 1102–20 May 1102 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Recto: very damaged text of a makhzuma (ledger of receipts). Verso: makhzūma (ledger of receipts) submitted in Rajab 495 AH (= April-May 1102 CE) by …
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143State documentT-S AS 184.45
Document date
30 Jumādā I 403 Hijrī (17 December 1012 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm and for the appointed treasurers. Dated: end of Jumādā I …
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144List or tableT-S K15.94
List, long, irregularly written, mostly effaced, of males. In many cases sums like 1/3, 1/4 (dinars) 5 qirats added; in other instances, a well-to-do person …
1. ............................]ה רבע דינר
2. .....].ים..ל.. חסן בן אברהים
3. [רב]ע דינר רבעי
4. ....]ב צדר[י] הבה בן בשר אבו לבוה
5. [ת]מן ד
6. ....]..לם אל..[..] [.…
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145List or tableT-S NS 226.8
Three much damaged columns, containing about 60 names of male persons, all of low professions. The list contains no numbers and was obviously drawn up …
1. . . . . . . .]ה[
2. [. . . . . . . .
3. . . .]שר. .[
4. . .]ק[.]. . . .[
5. אבו [
6. נתן [
7. אבו [גא]לב בן[
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149LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/6
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1. בשמ' רחמ'
2. חצ'רה מולאי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ומן חסן
3. אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וגודה
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