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Thursday, 25 Adar 1408 Seleucid (12 March 1097 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Elʿazar, who clarifies details regarding the will of Abū Kathīr the doctor (such as the use of abbreviations ‘5’ for ‘500’) after visiting him in his house a day before his death.

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• disability

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[Genizah Research Unit, Fragment of the Month, July 2018]. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.34050. Note that Goitein treats Bodl.

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• illumination
• ketubba
• micrography

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Primary language

Arabic

The author of the letter, who appears to work for this merchant, mentions his visit to Ṭanṭa in Egypt, where he offered prayers at the shrine of a local Ṣūfī saint Aḥmad al-Badawī (d.1276). […] He expresses his intention of traveling to the mediterranean sea and embarking on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Sayyīd Ibrāhim al-Desūqī (d. 1296) to observe his birth anniversary. Towards the end, he requests a letter from Muḥammad Effendī in the name of ʿUmar Aghā, the superintendent of the freights (al-Anwāl) of al-Maḥalla.

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• al-anwal
• dimme
• fatiha
• offerings
• pinholes
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1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Giving instructions concerning a visit(?) of Eliyyahu the Judge. Needs further examination.

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• avraham maimonides
• avraham maimonides autograph
• unedited judge eliyyahu

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter conveying greetings and relating that the community is expecting word from or about Yiṣḥaq who was obviously expected to come and visit. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

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Inferred date

1310–1355 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The first part of the letter (r1–17) includes lengthy apologies for failing to visit when he heard that his mother was sick. He was unable to come because of the expense of renting an animal, the danger of the journey, and because he was suffering from ophthalmia ('but now, thank God, I am better'). […] His wife is distressed on behalf of her mother-in-law's illness and wishes to come to visit. Goitein suggests that the key to why Surūr neglected to tell his mother or ask her permission prior to the marriage lies in his neglect to mention his wife's name or that she comes from a good family. […] He then gives "signs" to remind the Nagid of his case: how, when he visited Bilbays, he spoke with Surūr about the copy of a Bible belonging to Yaʿqūb the brother of the teacher; how the Nagid was involved in Surūr's divorce from his first wife; and how the Nagid went to see the head of police (wālī) of Bilbays, who directed him to the Qadi, who was not available.

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• 14th c
• bilbays
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: du'f
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2 Transcriptions 2 Translations 1 Discussion

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Requesting a Nagid to intervene with the government officers (ʿummāl) in Shaṭnūf during his forthcoming visit to the place. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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Document date

September 1140 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The letter deals almost entirely with the troubles that befell Ḥalfon in Egypt upon his return the previous year from Spain. […] Because of the troubles that have overwhelmed him in Egypt, Ḥalfon regrets having left Spain at all where he had enjoyed the company of Yehuda ha-Levi; he wishes he had remained in Spain and then accompanied Yehuda ha-Levi on his journey eastward (verso, ll. 37–38; recto, l. 7). […] Additionally, the burden of the capitation tax on the Jews was increased, and benefits they had previously enjoyed were canceled (recto, l. 28). The Jews found comfort in the appointment of the Nagid Shemuʾel b.

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• ib4
• india book

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

After the holiday, certain people will decide whether or not they will visit the recipient. Verso: Shabbat zemirot?

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• 18th or 19th c
• late ja

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Primary language

Hebrew

Upper half of a letter in which the writer expresses his gratitude to his father-in-law, the 'sar' Yehoshuaʿ, for treating him well, and mentions his visit to Ṣoʿan (Fustat). (Information from Goitein's index cards)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Their mother is going to pay a visit to Sitt 'Abid, Sitt Aqran, while their father is going to pay a visit to Abu ‘Ali and al-As‘ad (family members of ‘Imrān’s wife?)

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• circumcision
• yedutun ha-levi

2 Transcriptions

Primary language

Hebrew

This letter describes a difficult and very brief visit to Jerusalem involving a controversy about some Jewish captives.

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• 11th c
• captives
• communal
• shelomo b. yehuda

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Hilāl had recently departed from a brief visit after a prolonged absence ("being away for 10 years and visiting Fustat for 3 days—a person would not believe it").

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: copy of a legal document, concerned with marital arrangements (for example the husband will not forbid his wife to visit her mother and brother). Verso: list of names such as Abū l-Khayr, Ibn Saʿd and Abū [...].

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Arabic

The text in the center is a tradition related by Prophet Muḥammad on the Mahdī, parts of the text match a text from "Biḥār al-Anwār (http://surl.li/zlpcqk)". YU/AE.

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• dimme

1 Transcription

Primary language

Arabic

Verso: list of household expenses in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, mentioning types of oil, soap, camphor, and green lemon; payments to a laborer; and a visit to the bathhouse. For other lists of this type see Med.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Miṣbāḥ, who reported that Abū Zikrī and his wife plan to visit. Shelomo heard that their paternal aunt's husband Manṣūr traveled to Barqa.

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• abu zikri al-rayyis
• shelomo b. eliyyahu

2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

Document date

22 Ṭevet Anno Mundi

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yeḥezqel updates Ḥalfon about what has happened since his visit to him in Alexandria. The trip on the Nile was difficult and took a long time. […] His younger son, Abū l-Fakhr, stayed with Ḥalfon in Alexandria, and the writer asks his brother to repay him a favor. Towards the end of the letter, there is news about the imprisonment of vizier Riḍwān.

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• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are further descriptions of other places and sites he visited with his companions (including the tomb of Joseph in Bal[āṭa]), but the paper is torn and the names are mostly missing.

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• pilgrimage

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Document date

Jumād[a] II 965 Hijrī (21 March 1558–18 April 1558 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew alphanumerals. A variety of the entries list quantities of unnamed male and female enslaved people (עבד עביד גארייה). Dated in the upper left corner of the verso: Jumād[a] II 965 AH (1558 CE). The accountentries also mention a variety of names in connection with the enslaved people, some bearing Ottoman titles/ranks: ʿOṭmān [sic] al-Maḥlāwī, Manṣūr al-Shāmī, Sinān Raʾīs, Maḥ[mūd]/Muḥ[ammad] Odabā[şa], Bā..(?)

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• early modern enslaved people

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Document date

Monday, 4 Av 1758 Seleucid (17 July 1447 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

"Mubaḥtara" derives from standard Arabic "mubaʿthara," i.e., scrambled eggs mixed with other items (source: Aklat Beirut on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig54N_FTu_g). Witnesses: Shemuel b.

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• food
• wine

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Primary language

Ladino

Accounts in Ladino, possibly mentioning two transactions related to enslaved people. […] It is also possible that these are transactions in "Moorish" and "Turkish" goods but the nouns/items themselves are not mentioned. The penultimate entryentry mentions receipt of a "tersyo(?) grande de Fransya" (from France). Requires further examination. For accounts that are clearly related to the sale of enslaved people from a similar timespan, see: T-S AS 203.165 (PGPID 22694).

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• early modern enslaved people

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Hebrew, Ladino

He wanted his mother-in-law to come visit her daughter and sick grandson, so Shem Ṭov told her that he had beaten her daughter. […] Shem Ṭov made a fist and threatened her in order to end the argument. The husband concludes by reporting the words of his vow to refrain from wine and, it seems, not to leave his wife alone on Sabbath (meaning that he would fulfill his conjugal obligations), "Yo recibo nezirut Shimshon bar Manoaḥ baʿal Delilah con todos sus tena'im de non dexarla עלא דומתי (?) […] Weiss has full transcription and translation of the document to English (JQR 68 [1977]:99-103). ASE.

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• illness
• illness: eye
• ladino
• late heb
• marital dispute

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter to Nathan, asking him visit and to stay with the writer over the Sabbath should he arrive by then.

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Judaeo-Arabic

"The troubles caused by agnates—but endured with resignation—are vividly brought home in a letter from Alexandria, addressed to the sons of a dead sister in the capital. […] As though that were not enough: two sisters of those nephews lived in a house belonging to their family in Alexandria. The house was ill-omened (mayshūm), probably because someone had been killed there, or had died an unnatural or premature death. No one came to visit the girls, and they lived in complete solitude, "the most miserable creatures in the entire city with no one to care for them."

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• capitation tax
• grief
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: cost
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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The first section of accounts on the recto lists "people" collectively in specific entries– for example as "בני בחרייא" might be residents from Bahariya, a location or cardinal direction[?]. […] The entries again list various individuals and collective groups (בני).

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• 16th c or later
• manfalut

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Unidentified (Latin script)

Accounts in a cursive Italian or Castilian Spanish shorthand. […] Merits further examination. For accounts in a similar scribal hand, compare with ENA NS 56.12 with the following: ENA 3766.3-6 (PGPID 34326).

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• latin script

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Arabic

Accounts in a medieval-era scribal hand on recto. Although the verso was not reused in this case, the shelfmarks ENA 3264.1-6 are recycled pages of Arabic accounts that were cut into small sections for a student's notebook of alphabetical practice. […] Of the six consecutive shelfmarks, ENA 3264.3 is the only one that does not contain any Arabic text. The clearest evidence of sewing marks from the booklet's binding are visible along the right border of ENA 3264.3r. MCD.

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• arabic reused
• learning

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Ladino

Accounts (and pen trials) in Ladino and western Arabic numerals. The shelfmarks ENA 3077.8–13 all appear to be related, including pen trials, accounts, and poetry in Ladino. On ENA 3077.13, there is an ownership note by Eliyya Toko (?

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Document date

15 Shevat 5450 Anno Mundi (25 January 1690 CE)

Primary language

Ladino

List of accounts in Ladino and western Arabic numerals dated at the opening of each entry, for example, 15 Shevat 5450 or 25 January 1690CE. In the second entry on the recto, the phrase "es de corto" may be referring to characteristics of goods (l. 9r). At the bottom of the recto, it appears the author ceased completing an entry that had already been designated a date. On the verso, a fragment of an accountentry is visible with the name Akiva mentioned in the last line.

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• 17th c
• ladino

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Hebrew

Shemuel Glick identifies Yiṣḥaq ʿOvadya as potentially the same individual who published אגרת דופי הזמן in Venice in 1598– full text available at: https://hebrewbooks.org/52557 (Information from Shmuel Glick's description/edition in FGP) NB: Minna Rozen lists the location of Siderokapısı as "some eight kilometers southeast of Thessaloniki," but this geographical association does not seem possible (Rozen, The Corvée of Operating the Mines in Siderokapısı, 37).

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Arabic

Accounts in a medieval-era scribal hand on recto. The verso was used for a student's writing exercises in Hebrew script. The shelfmarks ENA 3264.1-6 are recycled pages of Arabic accounts that were cut into small sections for a student's notebook of alphabetical practice. […] Of the six consecutive shelfmarks, ENA 3264.3 is the only one that does not contain any Arabic text.

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• arabic reused
• learning

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