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2552LetterENA 2808.25

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Upper fragment: Letter in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya (court scribe, active ca. 1181–1209). He is describing a marital dispute: "...four sessions... in the last session, and that they... with them, and when that was said to me, I sent... with what was said to me, and I chastised him and restrained him in that, and he said... to him the duty that she should move from this place to another.... Some time later, he came to me screaming for help, saying, 'Divorce me from this woman lest I kill her and lose my life on her account,' and I said to him, 'What is the meaning of this?'

] . . . [
]ארבע מגאל[ס
אל]מגלס אלאכר ואנהם יש[
] מעהם פלמא קיל לי דלך ארסלת [
במא קיל לי וובכתה ורדעתה פי דלך פקאל [
לה אלואגב אן תנתקל מן הדא אלמכא…

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In PGP since: 2017
PGPID: 11942

2553Legal documentT-S Misc.28.241

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document(s). In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Efrayim b. […] Signed by Avraham b. Shemuel ha-Levi, Yosef b. MN[...] ha-Levi, and [...]. The entry underneath mentions the testimony of ʿEli b. […] The text on verso still concerns the estate of Menashshe. Mentions Khalaf; a cousin who is a business partner; Maḥfūẓ; Salama b.

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PGPID: 23418

2554LetterAIU VII.E.40

Primary language: Hebrew

Letter from ʿAzarya b. David to a notable, probably Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, based on the concluding blessing for "our teacher and rabbi Mevorakh the ḥaver in the great Sanhedrin and the lofty in understanding (ha-meʿulle ha-binot)." […] The last preserved word in the bottom line could be read [חמוד[ו ("his son"), meaning that the addressee is actually Mevorakh's father, but this is less likely, as we know from T-S 20.7 (PGPID 7500) that Mevorakh's father Saʿadya was already dead in 1050.

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PGPID: 30342

2555Legal documentT-S AS 170.30

Inferred date: 1100–1138 CE
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment (lower left corner) of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Little of the content is preserved; mentions someone having married (qad tazawwaja).

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In PGP since: 2023
PGPID: 38454

2556LetterJRL AF 23

Inferred date: 1100–1138 CE
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Fol. 6: Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (right side of recto). Regarding business in foods and drugs (e.g., pepper, wormwood) and mentioning Abū l-Surūr, a faqīh, and Ibn Qaṭṭūs. On verso there is also a list of names (in Ḥalfon's hand?)

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PGPID: 28382

2557Legal documentT-S NS 173.78

Document date: 525 Hijrī (4 December 1130–22 November 1131 CE)
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment from a legal deed in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: Mentions 525 AH and [144]2 Seleucid, corresponding to 1130/31 CE. Mentions a legal dispute in Muslim court with two Muslims named: Khalaf b.

halfon b. menashshe

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PGPID: 23778

2558Literary textT-S NS 140.21

Primary language: Hebrew

Dirges in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi. The poem on the lefthand page has a refrain beginning כהני and refers throughout to the prominent merchantMeshullam Kelil ha-Yofi Peqid ha-Soḥarim of the Ibn Ghulayb family.

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In PGP since: 2026
PGPID: 41568

2559LetterT-S AS 172.321

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū Saʿīd. May mention the messiah (אלמושיח).

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PGPID: 39351

2560Literary textAIU VIII.B.71

Primary language: Hebrew

Page from a Hebrew medical treatise: glossary of materia medica including the end of the letter מ and the beginning of the letter נ.

medical

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PGPID: 30815

2561Unknown typeJRL B 2838

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Possibly a halakhic discussion (notes on a lesson?). In Judaeo-Arabic, very messy handwriting, some Arabic script is present as well.

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In PGP since: 2020
PGPID: 28500

2562LetterMoss. VII,146.2

Primary language: Ladino

Letter in Ladino. Fragment from the end of the letter. Mentions Damietta, and includes well wishes for numerous contacts and family members.

ladino

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PGPID: 27029

2563List or tableT-S Misc.28.51 + T-S NS J296

Document date: Av 1470 Seleucid (July 1159 CE)
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

The right side of this document is TS Misc.28.51 and the left side is TS NS J296. NB: This was previous listed as "Responsum of a Babylonian Gaon" on PGP. (Seems to be written by Meir b. Hillel b. Zadoq. AA)

TS NS J 296, ed. S. D. Goitein, "The synagogue building and its furnishings according to the records of the Cairo Geniza", Eretz Israel, 7(1964), Sefer Meir, pp. 94-95, with corrections from his personal offprint, 12-25-89, N.T. (pp) A List of silver vessels and expensive fabrics belonging to the two Rabbinite synagogues in Fustat, which were given to the beadle of the Jerusalemite synagogues in 1159. The right side of this document is TS Misc. Box 28, fol. 51 and the left side is TS NS J 296.

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In PGP since: 1988
PGPID: 1427

2564LetterT-S AS 153.339

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic letter. Legible phrases: "... with Sayyidnā... other than with a full heart... the entire congregation...according to... their gratitude for me, and I... promised me benefaction... the difficulty of this..."

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PGPID: 34980

2565Legal documentT-S NS 338.45

Inferred date: 1100–1138 CE
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions jewelry changing hands and the court in Cairo, and legal formulae typical of wills or at least preparation for death (ואן דנתהם אלופאה).

jewelry

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PGPID: 25934

2566LetterT-S NS 297.74

Primary language: Arabic

Mercantileletter in Arabic script. Verso is the first page. Mentions 100,000(!) mithqāls; Bū l-Faraj; a ship; the sender has enclosed a second letter for his brother Bū ʿAlī; goes on to mention Bū l-Ḥasan and Bū l-Faḍl.

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PGPID: 24914

2567LetterT-S NS J210

Inferred date: 1100–1138 CE
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Refers to the arrival of two rubāʿīs(?). Mentions gum (ṣamgh). Not much else is preserved here.

yefet b. menashshe

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PGPID: 26369

2568LetterAIU IX.B.19

Inferred date: 1750–1850 CE
Primary language: Ladino

Meʾir de Segura, one of the leading rabbinic leaders in Cairo at the turn of the nineteenth century whose published work can be traced, for example: Nissim Ḥayyim Rafael Aharon b. Meʾir de Segura, Sefer Shaʿare Ḥayyim (Thessaloniki: 1807). […] Line 18 mentions "Egypt" or possibly Cairo/Fustat as "Miẓrayim".

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PGPID: 30729

2569LetterT-S 10J12.20

Letter from Mevasser b. David in Damsis to Nahray b. […] The main issue discussed in the letter is an argument between Mevasser and Nahray on the one side and a Christian on the other side. The Christian had financial claims which were not deemed acceptable by Mevasser. Mevasser b. David complains about financial difficulties, especially since he left Mahdiyya where his family remained and lost his property during travels.

וליס עליך פי ביעה אלשריעה אלוגידה

Verso - upside down, left

אנא ואתנין מעי וקד קאל לה עקבאן
אנא נתבל ביה אלא אבו ציר פקלנא לה

...I wanted

Recto - right margin

to arrive, not wound around (?). I wanted to arrive with everything I left from al-Mahdiyya with, furniture, clothes, moveables, accounts, letters,legal documents, so that the Christian would see what the situation was, and if his words were worth anything or the words of someone who was more honorable than he.

2 Transcriptions 2 Translations 1 Discussion

In PGP since: 2017
PGPID: 5809

2570LetterT-S 12.435

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Business letter by a young Spanish merchant writing from Fez to his father Yefet b. ʿUlla ha-Levi in Almeria, Spain, revealing that he preferred not to use his father's house in Fez but to stay with friends instead in order to be able to declare his merchandise as destined for a local merchant. […] Had I possessed here the same courage as I usually have in Almeria, I would have escaped with less than this. But I consoled myself with the solace of one who has no choice."

בשמ רחמ
אערף חצרה סידי ומולאי ועדתי ומעתמ[די . . . . . .
אטאל אללה בקאה וא[דאם עזה ונעמאה . . . . . . . . . . . .
וסנאה וכבת חסדתה [ . . . . . . . .…

I may be able to sell all the nisfiyyas in Fez.

Please take notice that indigo is very much in demand here in Fez.

1 Transcription 1 Translation 1 Discussion

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PGPID: 3164

2571LetterT-S Misc.20.153

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, no earlier than 1425 CE because it mentions gold ashrafī coins (first minted under Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in this year). […] The remainder of the letter is damaged and difficult to follow; the "masṭūr" of the decree is mentioned; 100 Ashrafīs; and a consultation of a qāḍī. Merits further examination.

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PGPID: 23298

2572LetterMoss. II,123.1.2

Inferred date: 1100–1138 CE
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (left side of recto). Yefet previously sent the receipt for the purse of needles (or lead? אבר, cf. DK 232.2) with Muḥammad. Mentions: Abū ʿImrān b. [...]; the cutting (?

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PGPID: 16856

2573Legal documentT-S NS 320.10

Document date: 5 Ṭevet 1[4]21 Seleucid (30 November 1109 CE)
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document(s). Location: Fustat. Dated: 5 Ṭevet 1[4]21 Seleucid, which is November 1109 CE. May have to do with a mercantile partnership. Mentions (at least) 50 dinars, then Rūmī dinars, then a separation. […] On verso there is an addendum, mentioning (at least) 500 of something—so maybe the case was about a sum of 550 dinars—with the same signatories.

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PGPID: 25369

2574Legal documentENA NS 85.1254

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Legal fragment in what looks like the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Mentions [...] b. Bishāra, Abū l-Ḥusayn, and [...] b. […] Menashshe. Mentions [...] ha-Qehilot b. Seʿadʾel Rosh [...] and Mevorakh b.

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PGPID: 14572

2575List or tableT-S NS J199

Private accounts written by Nahray b. Nissim. Around 1058. Regarding trades of gems. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #284) VMR

verso - left side

אשתרית קה קצב אלתמן ד> תקב ב
ווזנת למבארך דינ אלא א קיר

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PGPID: 6109

2576LetterT-S AS 153.163 + T-S AS 153.160 + JRL B 6028

Inferred date: 1066–1108 CE
Primary languages: Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

India Book I, 13a. Letter fragment from Yosef b. David Lebdi to Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan b. […] Eli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). The letter deals with the ongoing litigation between Yosef Lebdi and Yequtiʾel (named on recto). […] Friedman proposes that the statement in line 3, 'they sent with me,' suggests that Lebdi carried with him goods sent by at least one other merchants besides Yequtiʾel.

JRL SERIES B 6028 1 / 1 leaf recto (I, 13a)

[... אטאל א]ללה בקאה ו[אדאם עזה ...]
וכבת אעדאה [ע]רפתה אן כאן אלשיך אב[ו ... ואלשיך אבו יעקוב יקותיאל]

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PGPID: 5352

2577LetterJRL B 5996

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Rosh Yeshivat Geʾon Yaʿaqov (i.e., Maṣliaḥ?). Also mentions a legal transaction (qinyan).

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PGPID: 28816

2578Legal documentT-S 13J5.5

Document date: Tuesday, 12 Elul 1515 Seleucid (10 August 1204 CE)
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Saʿadya the widow of Mufaḍḍal aka Moshe b. Shemuʾel ha-Levi Beḥir ha Leviyyim acknowledges receipt of her dowry including compensation for wear and tear (belayot), valued at 186 dinars. She is still owed her delayed marriage gift of 60 dinars; if she takes the widow's oath then she will be able to collect it from the heirs. Witnessed by Meshullam b. Mevorakh and Berakhot b. Shelomo ha-Levi and validated by Yehuda b. […] Saʿadya, and Elʿazar b. Meshullam. On verso there are vocalized liturgical poems.

למא כאן יום אלתלאתא אלתאני עשר מן חדש אלול שנת
אתקיה לשטרות בעיר בלביס הסמוכה לארץ גשן מותבה
חצרת אלינא סת אלנעם ברת מ ור סעדיה הזקן נע' ארמלה
מר ור…

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

In PGP since: 1990
PGPID: 1160

2579LetterT-S AS 150.48 + Moss. IV,65.2

Inferred date: 1100–1138 CE
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brothers Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) and Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto).

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PGPID: 16930

2580LetterCUL Or.1080 4.60

Document date: Iyyar 5547 Anno Mundi (19 April 1787–17 May 1787 CE)
Primary language: Ladino

In the heading this letter is dated 1787 CE (Iyyar [5]547). A wide array of numerical figures are expressed in silver medin coinage, which appears here though the abbreviation " מאיי ". The author also mentions having received a letter from Shmuel Hanan ("חנן" l. 14r) via Izmir. The Mediterranean sea itself is also mentioned in the phrase "אי סוברי לה מאר" (l. 12r).

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PGPID: 19765

2581LetterT-S NS J453

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

The husband, a merchant who travels, complains “I have no one to hand me a cup of water” and states that the female slave “is better than you and your mother.” The letter also includes the expression “cut your hair and ransom yourself.” […] Mentions the name Abū Ibrāhīm.

]. . יחלפו עליה
].עט וזבדיה פצה
]. אלגאריה אכיר מנך ומן אמך
]. .מה ומצארהא ומן קאל
]אן תפתדי וינקצי שערך
].ונא טביב וקד מאתת
]א עשרין יום וכלאהא
]ן …

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

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PGPID: 3931

2582LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/25

Primary language: Hebrew

Letter from Ṣedaqa Nes, probably to Moshe b. Yehuda. Fragment: left half only. Reporting on business matters. Commodities include: cinnamon, nutmeg, indigo, materia medica, dār filfil, sandalwood. The sender asks for directives, reports that there are rumors of war by land, and prays for the coming of the Messiah.

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PGPID: 34178

2583LetterT-S 8.79

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Mevorakh, based on T-S 24.55 (PGPID 1806)). Fragment. Mentions conflict over the prerogative to circumcise. Mentions having sent a prior letter with Abū Saʿd b.

...............................................]ל.[..]הי
אל[ממ]לוך יקבל אלארץ לפני הדרת הנגידות תכון
משרתה לעולם המקבה יאריך ימיה בטוב ושנותיה
בנעימ…

circumcision

2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion

In PGP since: 1990
PGPID: 1842

2584Legal documentT-S 12.568

Inferred date: 1100–1138 CE
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). […] Involves [...] b. [...] ha-Levi ha-Meshorer known as Ibn Ḥamā[..]. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

Recto

[ ]מות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה למא קצא אל[ ]
[ ] דנתה אלופאה ומצא אלי אלמוצע אלחק אליקין ו[ ]
[ו]פאתה [ ] סאלתנא אלמצי [ ]א פאגבנא סואלהא ומצ[ ]
הזק…

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

In PGP since: 2017
PGPID: 7270

2585Legal documentT-S 20.151

Inferred date: 1100–1138 CE

Ketubba fragment (lower left corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). […] Grand total: 95. Witnessed by Meshullam b. […]. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

1 Discussion

In PGP since: 2017
PGPID: 7547

2586Legal documentT-S AS 153.343

Inferred date: 1100–1138 CE
Primary languages: Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). On parchment? Mentions 450 dinars, possibly with the term "Malikī" after, which would indicate a connection to trade in Yemen. No clear names or details are preserved. Mentions an agent. (Information in part from CUDL)

ib-addenda

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PGPID: 16608

2587Legal documentT-S AS 148.206

Primary languages: Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document mentioning two manns of cassia (dār ṣīnī) and parties including Mevorakh, Avraham b. […] Signed by ʿUlla b. Yosef ha-Levi, ʿAmram b. Avraham, Netanʾel b. ʿAmram and Meshullam b.

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PGPID: 16400

2588Legal documentT-S Ar.39.407

Primary language: Arabic

End of a legal document in Arabic script. Might be dated 29 Jumādā I 510 AH, but this is difficult to read and more or less a guess. Mentions a sum of 8 dinars. There are two witness signatures preserved. On verso there are records of receipt of money, some mentioning rent; might be related to the legal document on recto.

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PGPID: 20929

2589LetterCUL Or.1080 J92

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

India Book (IB) I, 32. Letter from Nahray b. Natan b. Nahray, in Alexandria, to a certain Abū Saʿīd. […] Nissim himself.) In this letter, Nahray b. Natan writes that he has received a letter with a list of merchandise sent to Fustat by Abū Sulaymān Dāʾūd Ibn al-Lebdī (cf. […] The sender says that he has sent two purses of 100 dinars each with two different messengers and asks the addressee to buy several items for him.

recto

בשמ' רחמ'
אטאל אללה בקא חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלא]גל ואדאם
תאיידה ועלאה ורפעתה וסנאה [ומן ח]סן תופיקה
לא אכלאה אעלמה אן כאן וצלני כתאב אלשיך
אבו…

Verso

[Of the name of the addressee only the kunya Abū Saʿīd is clearlyreadable.]

3 Transcriptions 1 Translation

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PGPID: 5390

2590LetterCUL Or.1081 J24

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mūsā b. Yiṣḥaq b. Nissim, in al-Mahdiyya, to Ismāʿīl b. […] I was ill for a full four months with fever and fits of cold, which attacked me day and night. But God, for the sake of his name, not because of my merits, decreed that the illness leaveme; I am now restored to complete health. The wakham has ceased, and all our friends [meaning the compatriots from Tunisia] are well." (Goitein, Med Soc V, 113.)

ערפתך דלך ואלסלאם

Verso, upside down ( left side)

לאכי וסידי אבי אברהם צאנה אללה ואבק[א]ה
אסמעיל בן ברהון נ'נ' אללה וליה וחאפצ'ה

2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion

In PGP since: 2020
PGPID: 4022

2591Legal documentMoss. II,121.3

Inferred date: 1100–1138 CE
Primary languages: Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Probably legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Mentions partial names including Rosh ha-Nedivim; Peraḥya Ibn al-ʿAmʿaṭ; someone's father; Yehuda ha-Ḥazzan ha-Meʿuttad "his brother."

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In PGP since: 2018
PGPID: 16853

2592LetterMoss. IV,90.2

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Saʿīd, probably in Alexandria, to his brother Bū l-Majd Meir b. […] The main purpose of the letter is for the writer to convey his distress when he heard that Meir was sick (tawajjaʿta). They eventually learned that he recovered and praised God. Mentions a girl or young woman (al-ṣughayyira) who [cries?]

Recto

אכוהא סעיד
כתאבי אלא אכי אלעזיז אטל אללה
ואדם עזהא ונעמה ומן חוסן אתופיק
לאכלה גמע אללה ביננא עלא אסר
חל ולדי נעלמו ביה אן מנ יום
אנ כר{ג}ת מא…

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PGPID: 26844

2593LetterT-S Misc.28.232

Primary languages: Arabic, Hebrew

Business letter from Khalaf b. Ḥammād(?) b. Hiba to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn (?) b. [...]. In Arabic script. Mentions various sums in the hundreds of dirhams. Most of the letter seems to consist of a commodity list with quantities and/or prices. Among the products mentioned are tropical almonds and sandalwood. There is also a cipher of "addā", meaning paid, at the top left corner indicating the payment of 67 dirhams, probably a later annotation.

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PGPID: 23415

2594Legal documentT-S NS 225.28

Inferred date: 1127–1138 CE
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE) under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–38). Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Menashshe ha-Levi al-Jubaylī Rosh ha-Qahal (the head of the congregation) passed away without leaving anything to his son Abū ʿAlī, who now demands his share. Also mentions the brother of the deceased. AA. ASE.

halfon b. menashshe

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PGPID: 24161

2595LetterCUL Or.1080 3.46

Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

One of a pair of letters written by Umm Sitt al-Nās to family members when she had been thrown out of her husband's and mother-in-law's house. […] The least she did was that she said to me: 'Go away and become like your notorious mother.'" […] For more, see T-S 10J9.13 and Goitein's translation and discussion of the other letter in Med Soc III:175f.

Recto

כתאבי אליך יא אכי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך [וצאנך ורעאך]
ומן תופיקה אלחסן לא אכלאך וכאן לך וליא וחאפ[טה פי גמיע
אמורך ואלדי נעלמך בה יאכי…

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PGPID: 19740

2596LetterT-S 18J4.4

Primary language: Hebrew

Letter from Natan Ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh, Ashkelon, to Eli Ha-Kohen b.

בשמך רחמנא
אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו יי אשרי איש חונן ומלוה רב לכל דבריו
במשפט מלוה יי חונן דל וגו הלא פרס לרעב לחמך ועניים מרודים תביא בית
כ…

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In your name, O Merciful
"Happy is he who is thoughtful of the wretched; in bad times may the Lord keep him (from harm)" (Psalm 41:2). "Happy is he who lends generously, who conducts his affairs
with equity" (Psalm 112:5).

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In PGP since: 1987
PGPID: 4455

2597LetterBodl. MS heb. d 76/59

Inferred date: May 1069–May 1069 CE
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Faraḥ b. Yַūsuf b. Faraḥ al-Qābisī in Alexandria to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Menashshe in Fustat. Gil dates the letter to May 1069. […] ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣāʾigh, known as Ibn al-Baʿbāʿ, a powerful shipowner who was the last Muslim ruler of Palermo, 1069–72. The lettermentions that had appointed as nagid of the Jews of Palermo Zakkār b.

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כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמתה וכבת א[עראה
מן אסכנדריה לי' כלאת מן איאר כתמה אללה עליך באחסן כאתמה ואלחאל סלאמה [א…

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אני כותב לך, ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך ויכה את אויביך,
מאלכסנדריה, בי' באייר, יחתום אותו …

ibn al-ba'ba'

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In PGP since: 2017
PGPID: 2573

2598LetterT-S Ar.29.105

Primary language: Ladino

Letter in Ladino. Dating: possibly 16th century. The letter seems to have been dictated by a blind man. […] And elsewhere he says: ,ke no tengo ojos y no tengo kien me mire*. He continues and says: ,tengo miedo ke me akontesca lo ke me akontesio' and ask his wife: ,venid a Misrayim ke una mujer kon ojos esmas mejor ke mire, por dos vezes adije a meterme en barko y no tope conpania . . .' […] Elazar Gutwirth, "The Family in Judeo-Spanish Genizah Letters," 214. There are also sketches of leafy plants.

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In PGP since: 2020
PGPID: 20229

2599LetterT-S 13J21.25

Document date: 23 Shevat 4968 Anno Mundi (12 February 1208 CE)
Primary language: Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Letter from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. […] ʿOvadya the cantor from Damascus was meant to deliver certain piyyutim, but he departed suddenly without warning, which is why Yehuda is sending them with the present letter (r6-12). […] He asks if ʿOvadya is planning to travel again (r23-24) and concludes with greetings. See Goitein, Med. Soc. II, 548 n. 59, for an explanation of the date in this letter and in T-S 16.287.

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בשמ' רחמ' כאדמה [. . .]יהודה המלמד
אלי מולאי וסיידי אלשיך בו אלמגד תפארת החזנים ועוזם
אדאם אללה עזה ונעמאה ורפעתה וסנאה ומן חסן אלתופיק
[לא א…

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In PGP since: 2017
PGPID: 3333

2600LetterT-S Misc.35.23

Primary language: Hebrew

Letter from a father to a son. In Hebrew. Sent from an unknown location to Fustat/Cairo. […] In the postscript there is a message for the writer's wife (he bought her a shuqqa). This is a long and well-preserved letter; needs further examination.

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In PGP since: 2019
PGPID: 23463

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