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251LetterT-S 13J13.30
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Petition from a woman to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Location: Fustat. Dating: 1140–59 CE. "'I am a 'cut-off' (munqaṭiʿa) woman and I do not …
1. בש רח אלשער הנגידות תכון משרתו לנצח
2. ליקר הדרת יקרת הנגידות צפירת תפארת אדרת ועטרת
3. אדונינו וצניף תפארתנו מרינו ורבינו אדונינו שמואל הנגיד
4. הגד/ו/ל ⟦ו⟧…
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1. In Y(our name), O M(erciful). To the gate of the nagidate, may your rule last forever.
2. (2-7) To the honor of his excellency, dignity of the…
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252LetterT-S NS 288.179
Primary language
Arabic
Recto: A private petition/letter in Arabic script from ʿAbdallāh b. Ṣāʿid to the son of al-Shaykh al-Thiqa, in Minyat Ziftā Jawād. Most of the addressee's …
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253LetterT-S 8J26.2
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from the Karaite congregation of Alexandria to the leader of their community, complaining about the helplessness and dissolution of the community. (Information from Mediterranean …
1. ישמרם וינצרם ויעזרם אמן ואמן נצח [סלה
2. אלממלוך מתקבל אלארץ בין ידין סיידנא זאדה אללה ש[רפא
3. אן יא סיידנא לא תסאל מא נחן פיה ממאליכך אלקראין [
4. פי אסכנד…
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254LetterT-S 13J17.8
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Begging letter from Fuḍayl, the brother of Abū l-Ḥasan, and from Abū Saʿd, to his relative Abū l-Khayr Ṣedaqa b. Ṣammūh b. Sasson requesting help …
1. מתן בסתר יכפה אף וג לא יועיל הון ביום עברה
2. וצדקה תציל ממות
3. בשמ רחמ
4. חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה וכבת אעדאה וצאנה
5. ווקאה וחפצה וצאנה ומא אעל…
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255State documentT-S Ar.30.273
Document date
516/521 Hijrī (1123 – 1127 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Fatimid petition to al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh from a Jewish merchant, Mūsā b. Ṣadaqa, who was detained unlawfully after his return from India and Yemen with …
Recto
1. العبد المملوك
2. موسى بن صدقة التاجر اليهودي
3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
4. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحياته على مولانا
5. وسيد…
Recto
1. The servant and slave
2. Mūsā ibn Ṣadaqa, the Jewish merchant.
3. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
4. The benedictions of God a…
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256State documentENA 3700.1
Primary language
Arabic
Petition or report to the Fatimid chief qāḍī and chief dāʿī (القاضي الاجل المكين سيد الوزرا وتاج الاصفيـ[ـا قاضي القضـ]ـاة وداعي الدعاة علم المجد عمدة …
1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم توكلت على الله
2. كتب مملوك سيدنا القاضي الاجل المكين سيد الوزرا وتاج الاصفياء
3. قاضي القضـ]ـاة وداعي الدعاة علم المجد عمدة ا…
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257LetterENA 2738.3
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Petition in Judaeo-Arabic with a Hebrew beginning for financial assistance addressed to Rabbenu Avraham, can be dated by script to around the 13th century (i.e. …
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258State documentBodl. MS heb. b 18/23
Document date
Rajab 415 Hijrī (8 September, 1024 – 7 October, 1024 CE)
Primary languages
Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew
Petition to the Fatimid ruler Sitt al-Mulk. Dating (Rustow): 411–14/1021–24. In which an official of a congregational mosque, perhaps the chief khaṭīb, complains about delayed …
Verso
1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. لمولاتنا السيدة الكريمة خلد الله ملـ[ـكها وحرس عـ]ـزها وادام عـ[ـلاها]
3. وكبت اعداها في اصطناع المعروف وفعل الخير
4. عواىد …
verso
1. (Iftitāḥ: protokoll) In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
2. To our mistress, the noble lady, may God make her dominion eternal…
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259LetterT-S Ar.40.84
Primary language
Arabic
Verso (secondary use): Petition/letter of appeal for charity in Arabic script. From Manṣūr. The sender and his family have perished from illness (maraḍ, awjāʿ), poverty, …
Margin:
1. [المملوك]
2. منصور
Top:
1. يقصد الله تعالى ويقصد مولانا
Margin:
1. المملوك
2. منصور
Main text:
1. قد علم الله تعالى ان ما له وجه يتجه به اليه
2. الى باب…
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260LetterT-S 10J16.4
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from the widow of the cantor Ben Nahman to a Gaon concerning the difficulties she is having with the son of her late husband …
1. אלעבדה זוגה
2. אלחזאן בן נחמאן
3. אלעבדה תנהי אלי הדרת הגאונות תכן מ[שר]תה לנצח
4. ח]אל אלעבדה וולדהא וג/ו/עהם ועריהם לאן ללעבדה
5. משתתה הי וולדהא ען אלדאר ג ש…
Your slave, the wife (= widow) of
[the] cantor Ben Naḥman
[I(n the name of the)] M(erciful)
Your slave informs your excellency the Gaon, may you…
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261State documentENA 3974.3
Inferred date
1021 – 1024 CE
Primary languages
Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew
Petition to the Fatimid ruler Sitt al-Mulk. Dating (Rustow): 411–14/1021–24. In which the otherwise unknown Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥasan complains that a local amīr has confiscated …
Recto
1. عبدها يحيى بن الحسن من ناحية< >
2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
3. اعلم مولاتنا السيدة خلد الله ملكَها وثبت عزها ببقا مولانا وسيدنا
4. الامام الظاهر لاعزاز…
Recto
1. Her slave Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥasan from the district of :
2. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
3. I inform our mistress, the lady—may Go…
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262State documentF 1908.44S + Mainz MS 2
Primary language
Arabic
Report to an Ayyubid official mentioning the current ruler al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (the First, d. 1218) and his recently deceased son Shams al-Dīn Mamdūd (aka Mawdūd). …
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263LetterCUL Or.1081 J9
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from a Byzantine silk dyer to the elder al-Najib Ezra in Fustat, detailing that the writer is afflicted by severe agony (al-ʿadhāb al-shadīd) after …
1. בשמ רחמ
2. עבד חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלנגיב יעזרהו צור
3. ישראל ינהי אלי חצרתה אנה רגל כאן מתעיש פי
4. דיאר אלרום פי אלצבג פאגיב אליה תיאב חריר להא
5. קדר יצבג…
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264State documentENA 2917.1
Petition or report, Fatimid, fragment from near the beginning containing end of blessings, the taqbīl clause, and part of the qiṣṣa. Dating: 1100–71. Related to …
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265LetterENA NS 55.9 + ENA NS I.55
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from a widow in Safed regarding her property in Egypt, to a communal leader. In Hebrew, late and beautifully written. The writer seems to …
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266Legal documentT-S Misc.29.24
Document date
Shaʿbān 532 Hijrī (27 May, 1115 – 15 May, 1116 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Deed in which Abū Saʿd Efrayim b. ʿEli the Jew acquires the lease of a plot of land in Fusṭāṭ from Abū l-Futūḥ Ghālib b. …
Recto
1. بســــــــــــــــم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وصلواته على سيدنا محمد رسوله واله وسلامه
2. هذا ما استاجر افرایم بن عالي الاسرائيلي من أبي الفتو…
Recto
1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate, his blessings and peace be upon our lord Muḥammad, his prophet and his family.
2. Thi…
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267LetterT-S Misc.27.4.10
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter/report/petition addressed to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Concerns Ḥāzim the tax rallier (ḥashshār) who was placed under house arrest (tarsīm) and relieved of his …
recto
1. בשמ רחמ
2. כי שמש ומגן ייי אלהים חן כבוד
3. יתן ייי וג ומצא חן ושכל טוב בעיני אלהים ואדם
4. להדרת יקרת אדוננו נגידנו שמואל הנגיד
5. [הגדול] שר השרים ונגיד…
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268LetterT-S 13J22.9
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from the teacher Dāʾūd Ibn al-Ḥaver of Qalyub to the judge Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1225 CE. Complaining about his meager …
1. פרי צדיק עץ חיים
2. ינהי אלממלוך אלי מגלס אלולד
3. אלעזיז אלפרע אלנביל אלעאלם
4. אלעאמל מר ור ברכות התלמיד
5. החכם המלמד יהי שמו לעולם
6. ואעלמה אני כתיר אלשוק לסמ…
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269State documentT-S Ar.39.391
Document date
548/549 Hijrī (1153 – 1154 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Petition to the Fatimid vizier Al-ʿAbbās requesting an allowance in grain to be paid to the petitioner in yearly installments. Dating: 548–49/1153–54. (Information from CUDL.) …
Recto
1. الافضلى السيفى الناصرى ا[لــ]ـكافل لقضاة المسلميـ[ـن الهادى]
2. لدعاة المومنين عضد الله به الدين وامتع بطول بـ[ـقائه امير المومنين]
3. وادام ق…
Recto
1. al-Afḍal, sword of Islam, the defender, the protector of the judges of the Muslims [and the guide]
2. of the dāʿīs of the believers, may God…
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270State documentT-S NS 321.47
Primary language
Arabic
Fatimid-era petition. From Muʿammar [...] al-Tūnisī. In Arabic script. He is in trouble on account of the capitation tax and says he does not have …
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271State documentT-S Ar.41.49
Primary language
Arabic
Petition from a group of people to a chief vizier (Sayyid al-Wuzarāʾ) titled "al-Kāmilī." In Arabic script. Fragment (upper half only). The petitioners complain that …
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272State documentT-S Ar.38.113
Primary language
Arabic
Petition. In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Mamluk-era based on handwriting and format, but that is a guess. The addressee is Shams al-Dīn [...] b. Shams …
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273LetterT-S 13J8.19
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Hayfa, daughter of Sulayman Ibn al-Ariq, writes to the Ḥaver Eli b. Amram, the spiritual head of Jerusalem congregation of Fustat, during the third quarter …
1. אלמרוף (צ"ל: אלמערוף) באבן אלעריק עבדתה היפא בנת סלימאן ולדתמא מ....
2. בשמך רחמנא אלע.. ..
3. אעלם מולאי אלחבר אדאם אללה תאיידה ונעמאה וכבת
4. באלדל חסאדה ו…
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274LetterENA NS 16.30
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter/petition to a local dayyan (judge). A complaint against Sulaymān b. Hānī, the abusive husband of the sender's daughter. Including an episode where the husband …
ENA NS 16, f. 30 ed. Friedman, Jewish Polygyny, pp.262-263 N.H. 04-26-88, (P). Letter to a local dayyan (judge) concerning marital problems of the wr…
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803
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275LetterT-S 8J16.7
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter addressed to Abu Sahl b. Moshe, the cantor, in which the writer requests aid in a mixture of Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. In a post-scripted …
1. תו שלום וג'
2. שלום רב לאהבי תורותך
3. שלום שלום לירחוק (!) ולקרב
4. סבב הדה אלרקעה ולכבר מן מר' ור'
5. אלשיך אבו // סהל // החבר השר ה/א/דיר החכם
6. והניבון (!) ומ…
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"[Say] as follows: '[To life!] Greetings to [you],'" etc. (1 Samuel 25:6).
"Those who love Your teaching enjoy well-being" (Psalm 119:165).
"P…
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PGPID
1975
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276State documentENA NS 18.26
Primary language
Arabic
Response to a letter of complaint concerning taxation of the Jews of Tiberias. The letter refers to a sijill mukarram (noble decree) of the caliph …
Recto
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1. واصلنا الشكوى فيما نفعنا معه [
2. وورد السجل المكرم من الحضرة المجيدة يذكر فيه ما
3. انهاه سباع بن فرج اليهودي من حال اليهود الذمة
4. بطبرية وان في…
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277State documentT-S NS 306.48
Primary language
Arabic
Petition from the Jewish physician Sulaymān b. Mūsā. In Arabic script. He reports that he "was raised among the physicians of the hospital (māristān) in …
Recto
1. عبدها ومملوكها سليمان بن
2. موسى اليهودي المتطبب
3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
4. عبد حضرة مولـ[يين] الشيخين الاجلين حرس الله عزهما
5. وثبت سعدتهما وادام علوه…
1. The slave Sulaymān b.
2. Mūsā, the Jewish Physician
3. In the name of God, the merciful and beneficial
4. The slave, of two noble and eminent masters, may G…
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278State documentT-S H15.62
Document date
1200 – 1218 CE
Primary language
Arabic
Petition to the Ayyubid sultan al-ʿĀdil regarding the capitation tax. Dating: ca. 596–615 AH, which is 1200–18 CE. The petitioner asks that his tax rate …
Verso
1. العادلى المظفري [ ]ـي .[سلطان]
2. جيوش المسلمين وادام قدرته واعلا ابدا كـ[ـلمته] ...
3. المملوك يقبل الارض امامه وينهى الى
4. رافته واحسانه …
1. ... al-ʿĀdil, the victorious [ sultan]
2. of the armies of the Muslims, (may God) cause his power to endure and exalt his word for ever.
3. The slave…
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279LetterT-S 12.470
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter in Arabic to a certain Amīr [...] al-Dawla wa-[...]hā, perhaps reporting on business setbacks and the imposition of a new tax. The sender begins …
Recto
1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. عدل مولاي الامير الجليل رشيد(؟) الدولة وموصيها (؟) اطال الله بقاه وادام
3. تاييده وتمهيده وقدرته ورفعته وسلطانه وس…
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280State documentT-S AS 184.156
Primary language
Arabic
State document, Fatimid period. Petition or report to a vizier (beginning only), possibly under al-ʿAḍid (see line 4, where the blessing uses the verb ʿaḍada; …
1. مولانا وسيد[نا
2. وابنائه الاكرمين [
3. المجلس السامي السـيد[ي
4. الكاملي الهادي عضد [الله به الدين وامتع بطول بقاءه امير المؤمنين]
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281LetterT-S 10J14.25
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from a man who has been seized with unbearable chills to Mevorakh b. Yiṣḥaq, appealing for his help. The letter ends with extensive prayers …
1. בשם אל אלהי ישראל
2. שלום שלום ועוצם ברכות מיקט ושאנן מרגוע ומנוחה
3. ואורה ושמחה וצהלה והצלחה וגיל ורנן ותפלה זכה ומעטה
4. תהלה ואיימנעמים ושנים ארוכים וחבר…
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- communal
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
- illness: baradan
- illness: poverty
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282LetterT-S 8J37.10
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Petition from Yusuf requesting help from the addressee, Natan, for a woman who has weak vision and a blind daughter. The sender also enquires after …
1. ]יב נתן הזקן הקבה לא
2. ] פהמת תצמנה וקד עלמת
3. ] אכתר מן אלחאגה לאכן
4. ] אלדעא מני ואטיב אלמנא
5. ]נצף אלי דלך שכרי לכבד
6. ]כם והנ הירא שמים בר מר ור
7. ] . .ל וא…
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- disability
- disability: vision
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
- petition
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3822
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283State documentT-S NS 164.33
Primary language
Arabic
Draft report containing two taqbīl and narratio (inhāʾ) sections. The first section mentions local residents impeding access with stones. Reused for Targum Onqelos of Numbers …
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- dimme
- fustat
- handbook
- lost archive
- majlis al-harb
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30843
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284LetterCUL Or.1081 J61
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Petition in Judaeo-Arabic to help the cantor Thābit Ibn al-Munajjim, who was ill and had been imprisoned for two months for not paying his capitation …
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- capitation tax
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
- jaliya
- petition
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2017
PGPID
8959
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285LetterT-S 8J16.29
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter written by a Byzantine scribe in Egypt on behalf of an unnamed blind man, addressed to a charitable administrator called ‘Eli ha-Kohen b. Hayyim …
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1. לכבוד גדולת קדושת הדרת נזר ועטרת
2. אל מרנא ורבנא עלי הפרנס הנאמן החכם והנבון
3. הצדיק התם הישר שעשה עמי טובות הרבה
4. מיום בואי ואני עבדו הסגי נהור…
1. To the honourable, great, holy, glorious crown and diadem,
2. to our master and our teacher ‘Eli the Parnas, the Trustee, the wise and the discerning,…
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- byzantines
- communal
- disability
- disability: poverty
- disability: vision
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2017
PGPID
1969
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286State documentENA 4020.65
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Petition from Shelomo b. Yehuda to the caliph al-Ẓāhir (matn only) defending his position against Yūsuf al-Sijilmasi, the Iraqi leader in Palestine. Dating: original document …
1. ואלדי קצד אלדאעי בכניסתין וריאסתין ן
2. אלסגל מאסי לאנהו אדא גאז אן תכון ריאסתין גאז אן תכון
3. תלאתה ואכתר מן /דלך/ וודא דלך אלא מא לא (נ)האיה לה מן אלפת…
Recto
1. And as far as the argument in favor of the two synagogues and the two authorities is concerned, (it has already been refuted by) Ibn
2. Sijilm…
Tags
- copy
- dimme
- investiture
- lost archive
- petition
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4 Transcriptions 1 Translation
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1986
PGPID
646
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287LetterT-S AS 146.15
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter to the judge Eliyyahu b. Zekharya requesting he intervene with the Nagid on behalf of the bearer of the letter, who had spent six …
1. ורבצת ואין מחריד וג
2. אלי אלמגלס אלעאלי אלריסי אלאגלי [ . . . . . .
3. אלאגל כגק מרינו ורבינו אליהו הדיין
4. והנבון שצ . . . . אליה ירום הודו אן מוצל
5. הדה אל…
Tags
- appeal
- communal
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
- petition
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1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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2019
PGPID
4102
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288State documentT-S H10.299
Primary language
Arabic
Upper part of a petition (first 9 lines) addressed to "al-amīr... al-mujāhid al-muthāghir al-murābiṭ al-isfahsalār... Shihāb al-Dīn." Dating: 13th century, or possibly later. The petitioner …
1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. يقبل الارض بالمجلس السامي المولوي الاميري
3. الاوحدي الاعزي الاخصي المجاهد المثاغر
4. المرابط الاسفهسلار الكريم المخدومي شهاب الدين…
Tags
- ayyubid
- isfahsalar
- madrasa
- muezzin
- old age
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37783
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289State documentT-S 13J8.27
Primary language
Arabic
Report to a vizier of al-Ḥāfiẓ from a military official. The sender refers to previous petitions, and also makes a new request for a rescript. …
Verso
1. [ ] ولما وصل الارتفاع المتوج بالعلامة ا[لشريفة ]
2. [ ] على ظهر كتاب متولى الترت…
1. [ ] When the gross receipts headed with the [noble] motto arrived [ ]
2. [ ] on the verso of the document of the director of stipends, the footsoldi…
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Tags
- caliph
- internal memorandum
- officials
- petition
- report
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1 Transcription 1 Translation
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2022
PGPID
35266
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290State documentBodl. MS heb. b 18/21 + T-S Ar.30.278
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Eight rough drafts of a petition to the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustanṣir from the followers of Shelomo b. Yehuda, probably the end of 1041 (according to …
1. קד כאנו אלעביד אסתגארו אללה
2. סבחאנה ובאלחצרה אלטאהרה
3. פי אן תתצדק עליהם באלתצרף פי
4. אדיאנהם חסב [[אכתיארהם]] מא
5. יתסע להם ואן לא ימכן בעצהם
6. א [2]
7. قد كان…
Tags
- al-mustansir
- communal
- dimme
- petition
- shelomo b. yehuda
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2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 3 Discussions
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1988
PGPID
1256
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291LetterT-S 12.290
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Last page of a letter from Abū Naṣr b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to a public figure, in Fustat. Identification is based on handwriting and style. …
Recto
1. תתמה אלכתאב
2. ואמא בן פילן כאן פי [אבן אלכ]תוש ובלגהם אן מרכב אלצלטאן
3. פי טברק וכאנו הם פי אלמלאחה פסארו טאלבין מרכב
4. אלצלטאן ליטלעו פיה הו וגמאעה…
Tags
- debt
- markab al-sultan
- material culture
- petition
- state
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2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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2004
PGPID
3121
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292LetterHalper 358
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter to Eliyyahu concerning the thirty-dirham balance of the capitation tax (jizya) owed by Abu al-Makarim, who is in great need of it because he …
1. בשמ רחמ
2. כאן קד תקדם קולי ללמילי אלשיך אלאגל מר ור אליה שצ
3. פי מעני אלשיך בי אלמכארם באנה קד בקי עליה מן אלגזיה
4. ל דרהם והו פי שדה ואל גמעה ירסם עליה א…
Tags
- capitation tax
- communal
- jaliya
- jizya
- petition
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2017
PGPID
2585
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293LetterCUL Or.1080 J39 + BL OR 5566B.5
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. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 11th century …
Tags
- al-malik al-afdal
- decree
- fatimid decree
- mint
- petition
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1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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2017
PGPID
8855
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294State documentT-S K2.96
Inferred date
1169 – 1180 CE
Primary language
Arabic
Petition to Saladin from ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Yaḥyā, the Jew, a resident of Malīj, in the province of al-Gharbiyya, in the Delta. Dating: ca. 564–89 …
Verso, upper margin
1. ⟦ناصر⟧
2. ناصح الدين اسحق
Verso
1. المملوك
2. عبد الباقى بن يحيى اليهودى
3. المقيم بلمليج
4. …
Tags
- calendar
- coptic numerals
- petition
- saladin
- tawqi'
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1 Transcription 1 Translation
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2018
PGPID
18940
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295LetterCUL Add.3348
Primary language
Hebrew
Verso (original use) Letter of appeal for charity. The writer lost his wealth "in an instant" and had to wander in search of help. He …
1. יש מתעשר ואין כל מתרושש וג
2. יש הבל אשר נעשה על הארץ וג
3. את הכל ראיתי בימי הבלי יש צדיק וג
4. ואני אמרתי בשלוי בל אמוט לעולם וכמעט
5. הייתי בכל רע בתוך קהל ו…
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Tags
- appeal
- charity
- communal
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
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2017
PGPID
3966
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296State documentHalper 354
Primary language
Arabic
Testimony in Arabic script probably meant to accompany an investiture petition from the gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda to the newly appointed caliph al-Mustanṣir billāh, listing …
Recto
1. [ بعد ما التمسوا]جميعا وفرادا
2. [ ان يشهدوا هذه الشهاده قال كل]منهم من كتب شهادته بخطه
3. [ فى اخر هذا الكتاب ان ا]لذى عرفوه وعقلوه ويشهدوا
4. [ به فى…
1. (Having been requested,) we, all together and each separately,
2. (to deliver this testimony,) namely all those writing their witness and signing
  …
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Tags
- dimme
- investiture
- katb shahada
- petition
- state
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1 Transcription 1 Translation 2 Discussions
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1986
PGPID
4500
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297State documentT-S AS 124.135
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew
Fragment of a petition from a woman, in Arabic script. She complains about her poverty and the vicissitudes of fate, but it seems she has …
Tags
- appeal
- charity
- matbakh
- petition
- treasury
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No Scholarship Records
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2018
PGPID
18495
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298LetterT-S 10J18.17
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Petition of a pregnant woman describing herself as a 'lonely foreigner' (gharība qatīʿa). Ibrāhīm, the scribe, emphasizes the great reward and place in heaven the …
1. אן וצל כתאבך וכא[ן
2. חלפת מא אפכה אל[
3. תעאלי שוק . . [
4. אולהא ומא קדרת [
5. אללה ישאהדני . [
6. למן נסתנד אלא ל[
7. גריבה קטיעה חז[ינה
8. ולולא חבלי אלא וכ[
9. לך מא א…
Tags
- appeal
- inqita'
- musk
- petition
- pregnancy
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1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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2004
PGPID
2919
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299State documentENA 3901.5
Primary language
Arabic
State petition regarding a Maghribī Jewish trader caught drinking with a Muslim woman and imprisoned. Cuts off right before the request: there arrived from the …
Tags
- capitation tax
- drinking
- incarceration
- petition
- scandal
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1 Transcription 1 Translation
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2021
PGPID
32717
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300LetterDK 232.1 (alt: II)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Petition from the wife of Abu'l-Faraj the Silkweaver, to Shemuʾel ha-Nagid b. Ḥananya (in office 1140–59). She is an "unprotected woman" (marʾa munqaṭiʿa) whose father …
232a
1. הדרת אדונינו ואור עינינו ומחמד לבינו ועטרת
2. ראשינו ותפארת דורינו //אדונינו// שמואל הגיד (!) הגדול
3. שר השרים ונגיד הנגידים ועז כל בית ישראל
4. הקדוש …
Tags
- communal
- hujra
- marital dispute
- petition
- shemuel b. hananya
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1 Transcription
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1986
PGPID
628
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