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second half of Adar II 1366 Seleucid (18 March 1055–31 March 1055 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: second half of Adar II 1366 (= March 1055 CE), mentioning [...] b. Bahlūl and Yosef b. Yaʿaqov. Witnessed by the ḥaver ʿEli b. ʿAmram and Avraham b. Shelomob. ʿEzra. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Shelomob. Eliyyahu to an unidentified benefactor. Shelomo asks him to help him out with the payment of the capitation tax, as he had been ill and had to spend all the money he could save from school fees paid to him on medicine and chicken.

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• capitation tax
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: cost
• illness: treatment
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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Shelomob. Eliyyahu to Avraham ha-Talmid, rebuking him for not coming to the shop as he had promised. Shelomo did not open the shop, because he was waiting for Avraham.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Two songs with musical notation by Obadiah the Proselyte. See https://johannes-obadiah.org/, Obadiah Musical Compositions, Song 1.

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• music
• obadiah the proselyte

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Primary language

Hebrew

Two songs with musical notation by Obadiah the Proselyte. See https://johannes-obadiah.org/, Obadiah Musical Compositions, Songs 2 and 3.

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• music
• obadiah the proselyte

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Document date

1551 Seleucid (1 September 1239–17 September 1240 CE)

Ṣedaqa the elder. Witnessed by Saʿadya b. Shelomo ha-Levi. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index card.

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Document date

Kislev 1449 Seleucid (17 November 1137–16 December 1137 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document concerning the debt owed by Abū Saʿd b. Manṣūr to Maʿālī b. Natan ha-Levi. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe and signed by him and Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. Dated: Kislev 1449 of the Seleucid Era (= 1137 CE).

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Inferred date

1334–1334 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in the hand of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (d. 1355), or at least by the same person as PER H 129 (PGPID 9391), which Goitein identified …

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: threatening to die
• yehoshua maimonides autograph

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Inferred date

1041–1041 CE

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Eight rough drafts of a petition to the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustanṣir from the followers of Shelomob. Yehuda, probably the end of 1041 (according to Gil's estimate) and 1036, at the earliest, based on al-Mustanṣir's reign. […] The Rabbanite Jews write to al-Mustanṣir (r. 1036–1094) regarding a conflict that arose in the community because of two leaderships (riyāsatayn), this conflict was earlier addressed by the Caliph by appointing Dāwūd b. Isḥaq but he didn't do anything. The situation worsened to an extent that one schism of the community barred the other from entering their synagogue until the other faction forced themselves inside leading to violence between the two.

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• al-mustansir
• communal
• dimme
• petition
• shelomo b. yehuda
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2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 3 Discussions

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Two fragments constituting an indirect join. Natan/Hiba b. [...] al-Sīlqūnī (the red lead merchant) agrees to resolve a dispute (or simply settle accounts) with Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi a.k.a. Sayyid al-Kull b. Yeshuʿa, since one of them is sick, and "death and life are in the hand of the Creator."

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Hebrew

Dating: soon after 1111 CE (when Mevorakh b. Saʿadya died). This very long letter begins with many lines of poetry and greetings to the Constantinople community, after which the writer describes his fall from favor and how he has now been supplanted by a new Christian minister of finance. The recently deceased Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya's elevation by the Vizier al-Afḍal is described, and the very high regard in which he was held at court.

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• al-malik al-afdal (1094-1121)
• arrest
• byzantium
• constantinople
• greek
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Document date

4th Iyyar 1409 Seleucid (8 April 1098 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

India Book I, 4–5: Court proceedings dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader, and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' in Fustat. […] The document is written in the hand of Hillel b. Eli and signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el and Avraham b.

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• ib-partial translation-eng
• ib1
• india book

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Ṣedaqa b. Khalaf b. Fuhayd, in Tyre, to al-Shaykh al-jalīl Abū Isḥaq Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Sheviʿi.

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• al-malik al-afdal (1094-1121)
• decree
• fatimid decree
• mint
• petition
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Document date

Wednesday, 28 Tishrei 1406 Seleucid (11 October 1094 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Deed of quittance. The firstborn Barakāt b. Salmān b. Avraham releases his brother Faraj and stepbrother ʿAbdallāh and the latter's father Abū ʿAbdallāh from any claim after he, Barakāt, had received his share in his father's inheritance. […] Signed by: Yosef ha-Kohen b. Ḥal[fon] and Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Talmid; the teacher Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥayyim Nafūsī; Nissim b. Nahray; and ʿEli b. Yaḥyā ha-Kohen. (Information from Goitein's attached notes, Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 279, 280, 489, and the join seems to be Goitein's as well.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The witnesses are Menaḥem ha-Talmid ha-Yaqar b. [...] and the cantor Abū l-Faḍl b. [...] ha-Levi ha-Melammed. […] In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions [...] b. Shemuel and [...] b. Moshe. Either a will or concerning arrangements after someone has already died

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• halfon b. menashshe

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Qūṣ. Bride: Sitt al-Gharb bt. Yehuda. See description for MS 8254, fol. 15 (PGPID 32292) for the whole story.

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• ketubba

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Document date

7 Elul 4825 Anno Mundi (11 August 1065 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

From the court of the Gaʾon Eliyyahu b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. Location: Ramla. Dated: Sunday, 7 Elul 4825 AM = 11 August 1065 CE. In which the Egyptian Hiba b. Yisraʾel ‘the lame’ authorizes Avraham b. David al-Kafarmandī, to bring his wife al-Ḥasana b.

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• 11th c
• eliyyahu b. shelomo
• guardianship

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Bride: Sara bt. Sahl. Groom: Avraham b. Yaʿaqov. Signed by Saʿīd b. Naḥum ha-Kohen and Yosef ha-Melammed.

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• ketubba
• qaraite

1 Transcription 1 Translation

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter 2 of 4 of Letters Miscellany, a collection of letters representing both sides of the calendar controversy. Letter 2, of which only one folio …

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• calendar
• controversy

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter by a gaon (copy). The original letter was from the early 11th century. (Information from CUDL)

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Document date

First third of Shevat 1429 Seleucid (27 December 1117–7 January 1118 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. T-S 10J4.16: agreement granting Abū l-Riḍā Shelomob. Mevorakh power of attorney to collect from the assets of a partnership between three parties – Abū Sa‘īd Ḥalfōn b. Nissim Abū Ḥusayn al-Tinnīsī (the senior partner), Abū l-Faḍl Amram b. […] Shelomo releases Ḥalfon and ʿAmram separately from Yeshu‘a.

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• halfon b. menashshe
• ib7
• india book
• palestinian geonim
• partnership
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Inferred date

1039–1039 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: Probably spring or summer of 1039 CE, and in any case 1038–42 CE, during the period of conflict between Natan b. Avraham and Shelomob. Yehuda over the gaʾonate in Palestine. […] ʿAzarya served as gaʾon (beginning in 1051 CE after the death of Shelomob. Yehuda). It's also one of the key sources for Daniel b. […] ʿAmram, in Qayrawān, concerning the conflict between the Gaʾon Shelomob. Yehuda and his rival Natan b. Avraham, and asking the Nagid, who had previously petitioned the Muslim official Abū l-Qāsim Ibn al-Ukhuwwa on Natan’s behalf, to show his renewed support for the legitimate Gaʾon, Shelomo.

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• conflict
• daniel b. 'azarya
• gaonic conflict
• music
• nagid
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Inferred date

1025–1051 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter in the hand of Shelomob. Yehuda Gaon, confirming receipt of money, and two suftajas (payment orders), one if them which was shared by the Gaon, the av bet din, the 'Third' and a fourth person. Dating: 1033–37 CE and, more broadly, 1025–1051 CE based on the years when Shelomob. Yehuda served as Gaʾon. (Information from Goitein's index cards, CUDL, and Gil, Palestine, vol. 2, pp. 210-212, #116).

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Judaeo-Arabic

Text of the oath that Bū ʿImrān must swear to his brother Abū l-Maʿānī concerning his mercantile activities, the price of a house, and the payment of the capitation tax during the time when Abū l-Maʿānī was absent (in Yemen or India). In the hand of Shelomob. Eliyyahu. On verso there are also entries about the sale or exchange of books, perhaps in the hand of Shelomob.

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• book trade
• ib7
• india book

2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Jottings perhaps in the hand of a young Shelomob. Eliyyahu (on verso: "Berakhot wrote this"). […] See Amir Ashur, "A Memorial list of Elijah b. Zechariah’s family: T-S 10J18.2" (2020), for a fragment with similarly whimsical jottings by Shelomo.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Book of responsa. Joins by Amir Ashur. See FGP and Goitein's note card for bibliographical references.

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• responsum

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Hebrew

The bride is Karīma bt. Ḥasan b. Moshe. Mentions the names Ṣedaqa b. Naḥum ha-Kohen and Moshe b. […] Yehuda ha-Levi; Sahlawayh b. Ḥayyim; David b. Moshe; Saʿīd b. [...]; Efrayim b. Mevasser b. Shelomo; Muʿammar b. Ṣedaqa.

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• ketubba
• marriage

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Abū l-Faraj the father-in-law of Shelomob. Eliyyahu to his son-in-law Shelomob. Eliyyahu. […] The writer adds that if the Muslim divine Jamāl al-Din travels to Fustat, he (Shelomo?) should accompany him. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, p. 360, and from Goitein's index cards.) Previous description for CUL Or.1080 J125 (old PGPID 8895): A loss of 54 1/4 dirhems on house repairs reported to Shelomo by Abū l-Faraj of Alexandria-- see Goitein Nachlass material.

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• personal

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: a long list of names, in a different hand than recto, among them Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Yosef, ʿEli b. Shemarya; Shemarya and Ṣedaqa the sons of Ṣadoq; the kohanim the sons of Ḥaffāẓ (who appear also in T-S 10J15.31 (PGPID 2870)); Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn ʿĀdī; al-Segulat, Yehuda, Menaḥem, Khalaf al-Wakīl al-Najjār(?); the sons of al-Neʾeman; the sons of al-Wazzān; the ḥaver Ibn al-Sulamī and his son; Abū l-Faḍl Ibn al-Ḥunaykh(?); Yefet b. Ṭoviyya; Shelomob. Araḥ; Ibn Asad(?); Mevasser; the sons of the dyer (al-ṣabbāgh); Abū l-Munā(?) b. Menuḥa; Shelomo; Farajūn; Yeshuʿa. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Inferred date

1066–1108 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE) concerning an inheritance or guarantee for a debt, mentioning Abū l-Faraj and the honoured […] b. Rabīʿ. Signed by Ṣedaqa b. Muvḥar, Moshe b. Ibn al-M[...] (?), […] b. Shelomo Gaʾon, and Pinḥas b.

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Shelomo ha-Melammed (=Shelomob. Eliyyahu) to the teacher Abū l-ʿIzz.

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• shelomo b. eliyyahu

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter. Mentions Shelomob. Eliyyahu the judge (the writer?), who was a teacher and scribe in Fustat during the first half of the 13th Century.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Minute fragment from engagement deed written by Halfon b. Menashsh Halevi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The groom's name is Shelomo.

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• engagement
• halfon b. menashshe

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter in the hand of Daniel b. Azarya, ca. 1051-1062.

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• communal
• daniel b. azarya

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Primary language

Aramaic

Ketubba (marriage contract). Groom: Yehuda b. ʿAmram. Bride: Sutayt bt. Shemuel Gaʾon, virgin.

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• ketubba
• marriage

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Left side: See Friedman, Teuda, 3, 72 and SDG index card

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• ledger

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Inferred date

1237–1300 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter addressed to the Nasi Shelomob. Yishay from the town of Bilbays containing local news and sending greetings to the Nagid David b. Avraham b. Moshe Maimonides and members of his family.

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• david i maimonides
• mosul nasis
• personal

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Inferred date

1030–1055 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from a Kohen, possibly a family member of Shelomo ha-Kohen Gaon b. Yosef, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, consisting solely of praises and florid phrases. Dating: after 1030 CE, thus possibly 1030–1055 based on Efrayim b. Shemarya's lifespan. (Information from Bareket, Yehudei misrayim)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Names: Khiyār (the one who died); Yehuda b. Shemuel; Yona b. Yiṣḥaq; Yefet b. Shelomo Ibn al-Sukkarī; Moshe.

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• partnership

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