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Arabic

Letter fragment in Arabic script. Seems to be a landlord to a property manager: "... 10 days, and if not, he must get out of the house. Only those who pay you the rent shall stay in the house. Once 10 days of the month pass, go and tell him, 'They'll appoint an agent....'"

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Asher Sefardi to the head Parnas Abū l-Faḍl Mevorakh b. Avraham, instructing him to make payments to needy people, ranging from one eighth of a dinar to half a dinar. The sender appears also in T-S AS 200.124 (PGPID 22587). (Information in part from CUDL)

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• 12th c

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Gzar-dina de-Yeshu (Toledot Yeshu, JA2 in Bohak's edition, Judaeo–Arabic translation, "Pilate" recension), containing passages 5.9–6.6 and 8.1–8.7 (with a lacuna between them; fourth pageleft blank).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal notes notarized by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Dating: Early 13th century. (1) Location: Cairo. Shelomo b. Yiṣḥaq had paid 30 dinars and Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. Abū l-Barakāt 52 dirhams into a partnership. It was agreed that Shelomo, who was also the agent, would take 23 parts and Abū l-Faḍāʾil only 1/24. Shelomo had left the whole sum in Qūṣ and takes responsibility for the whole sum of the money or its equivalent. (2) Yaḥyā ("ha-Sar ha-Yaqar") receives from Shela b.

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• shelomo b. eliyyahu

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Binyamin Castro to a business partner. […] He asks the addressee to assist him in taking possession of merchandise belonging to the late Moshe and thereby getting his debt repaid (ll. 11–12, 14–15). "For now the partnership between us is annulled" (ll. 15–16). But he is prepared to renew the partnership with the apotropos Yaʿaqov ha-Levi. […] (ll. 16–18, 23–25) in partnership with Yehuda al-Ashqar. Mentions financial trouble with the çavuş and the basha and the defterdar and asks for the addressee's help.

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• castro

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Primary language

Hebrew

Fragments of legal queries, possibly sent together as a single letter. […] Moshe Sabrigo (שאבריגו) and Shemuʾel ha-Kohen on behalf of the city's Portuguese congregation. The legal query bears both their autographs. Another portion of the fragment contains a letter signed by a certain Yiṣḥaq ʿOvadya, who writes about several other legal queries that do not appear on T-S Misc.28.255 but possibly once comprised additional pages to the letter. […] A map of this mint's location in Şevket Pamuk's work supports the latter locations as possible candidates: Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, 91.

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Primary language

Arabic

Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Two pieces of paper were glued together. […] Then the substance of the letter begins two lines from the bottom. Needs examination.

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• to edit

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Late, 17th-century or later based on the paleography. […] The name Rafael Tarjuman appears in the closing lines of the marginal section of the letter.

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• late heb

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Primary language

Hebrew

Small fragment of a text in Hebrew, probably 17th-century or later based on the paleography. Much of the text appears to be honorifics, מרביץ ת׳ כמה׳׳ר נר׳׳ו, but no specific names are visible. The text might be documentary, a legal document or letter.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen, advising the elder Munajjā to give out two ūqiyyas of lemon and one ūqiyya (of lemon) extra.

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• 12th c
• coptic alphanumeral
• ib-addenda
• ib5
• lemon

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Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Recto: part of a Hebrew letter mentioning Shimʿon and [Maṣ]liaḥ ha-Kohen, and referring to bringing a letter of appointment (המינוי).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Bifolio of literary text (אלו הן הקרובין from Mishna Sanhedrin 3:4). On a blank page there is a draft of a legal summons: Abū l-Faḍl is summoned to the court with his legal opponent immediately.

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Document date

Iyyar 1535 Seleucid (22 April 1224–20 May 1224 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic Verso: Upper part of a legal testimony.

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• testimony

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal fragment, probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. […] Contains phrases typical of bills of divorce. mentions [...]. ha-Levi. Possibly a signature, along with jottings, on verso. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Power of attorney in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). A husband, [...] b. Yefet ha-Levi, appoints his wife Sitt [...] as his agent. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter(s) in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic mentioning [David] ha-Sar, [...] ha-Kohen the cantor, and R. […] May be a copy, as there appears to be the end of one letter and the beginning of another one. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Primary language

Arabic

Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (last couple lines and part of a witness statement). […] On verso there is the beginning (or a draft) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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Inferred date

1066–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal documentin the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE), or maybe Hillel b. […] Yiṣḥaq and a gift. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner). Opens with a complaint about the difficulty of life. Then, "I leased her qāʿa and I lived..." On verso probably writing exercises. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Primary language

Hebrew

Hebrew letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Zeraḥya known as Faryol (?), a physician, to Avraham Talmid (known from other letters, fl. ca.1600). The first part of the letter deals with business matters. The writer mentions that he wished to examine some books, but the bookseller refused to untie them. […] David ha-Kohen who is visiting Damascus with 200 gold pieces to exchange them for other gold and silver. The second part of the letter conveys information for al-Shaykh Ghāzī who left his wife in the hands of the writer to cure her from her illness.

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• 16th c
• baalbek
• damascus
• illness
• illness: cost
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Inferred date

1094–1097 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

India Book (IB) II, 4: Letter from Amram b. Yosef to Nahray b. Nissim requesting to forward a letter to Hassan b. […] He mentions that his brother-in-law Abu ‫ʾl-Faraj had arrived in Mirbāṭ (on the southeastern part of the Arabian peninsula), and intended to make his return journey from there via ʿAydhāb, meaning he would bypass Aden As such, ʿAmram encloses a letter to Ḥasan b. Bundār, which he asks Nahray to forward to Aden in the hands of any Jews who might be passing through, or alternatively in the hands of a trustworthy Muslim.

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• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib2
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: recovered
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Inferred date

1172–1204 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, the muqaddam of Bilbays (ca. 1170s–1218) to Pinḥas b. […] This is the only Hebrew letter so far identified in the hand of Yehuda; this is likely because Pinḥas was of French origin and most likely knew Hebrew better than Arabic. […] Shemarya the cantor arrived with a letter from Pinḥas for the sender. The bottom of the letter is torn off here.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Ḥiyya b. Yiṣḥaq to Shelomo b. Yehuda ha-Kohen (also called ha-Talmid ha-Navon Segan ha-Kohanim). In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter begins with condolences upon the death of the addressee's cousin (ibn ʿamm) Abū Isḥāq. […] The Nagid intervened to help resolve the situation. The lower part of the letter is missing.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The names of the sender and the addressee and the date are all covered up by a sheet of paper, along with some additional text on verso, so the physical manuscript will need to be checked. There is a [...] ha-Levi ha-Ḥaver and a [...] b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi in the address. […] (the adjacent text is covered by the sheet of paper). He sends a message to Abū Saʿd al-ʿAkkawī al-ʿAṭṭār who lives in Cairo, namely that he has sent a certain judge two copies of something, one with Abū l-Mufaḍḍal the in-law of Ibn Ḥajar.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Letter from a father, unknown location, to his son Baqāʾ, in Fustat. The letter was sent to the shop of Meshullam/Musallam to be held for the addressee. […] Written on the back of an Arabic petition to a high Fatimid official; Goitein suggests that the sender of the Judaeo-Arabic letter could have been an official in the same office (hence with access to this scrap paper).

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• capitation tax
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• jaliya
• tax

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Fol. 1 (1–2) + Fol. 4 (7–8): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning [...] al-Amshāṭī. […] Mentions India twice, a Kohen, and partial names such as [May]mūn or [Maḍ]mūn b. [...]. Fol. 2 and Fol. 6 join directly; it is not clear how the other two fragments are connected. Fol. 3 (5–6): Letter in Arabic script. Part of the address is preserved on verso.

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• ib-addenda

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Document date

Monday 29 Av 4898 Anno Mundi (8 August 1138 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

India Book IV, 23 (ח31). Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Barukh, Almeria, to Ḥalfon b. […] Dated: Monday 29 Av 4898 (August 8, 1138). The subject of the letter, hinted at, is Abū l-Rabīʿ al-Lusānī. The writer has sent 60 of the 100 mithqāl that had been received from Tilimsān, which Ibn Giyat was supposed to deliver to Yehuda ha-Levi (see doc. […] ה30) had arrived in Almeria. One of the passengers was Abū l-Barakāt b. Harith, who sends greetings to Ḥalfon’s brother ʿEli the Judge.

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• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a woman to her brother in Fustat expressing her loneliness. […] The recipient's ʿamma (in general paternal aunt, but Goitein interprets it as mother in this case) wants to see him before she dies. At the end of the letter, either the writer or the aunt/mother asks him to send two (ounces?

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: eye
• illness: threatening to die
• illness: treatment
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Document date

Sunday, 13 Ḥeshvan 1529 Seleucid (16 October 1217 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a man to his brother. In Judaeo-Arabic. […] Might be in the handwriting of the cantor Meʾir b. Yakhin. Mentions: letters sent with Abū l-Majd b. Bū Manṣūr b. Dāʾūd; greetings to Bū l-Surūr the sender's cousin (ibn khāl), who should be informed that Munajjā al-ʿAṭṭār is doing terrible things (aʿmāl ʿaẓīma) with the money which he took for the sake of making him a turban; someone from Alexandria who said that he (Munajjā?) […] At the bottom of the second page (recto) there are jottings (at leastpartly pen trials / تجربة قلم) in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script.

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that he approached [Abū] Nāṣr Kātib al-Jaysh (=Ḥesed b. […] Abū Naṣr told the sender to be patient until he receives a letter from his brother. […] The same hand continues on verso, "..... and the rest is combed flax"; maybe this is the brother's laconic response. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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Inferred date

1168–1204 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter describing two meetings with physicians. At leastpart of the letter is addressed to the sender's mother. […] It also mentions several distinguished physicians apart from Maimonides. (Information in part from CUDL)

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• barley
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: fever
• illness: nursing
• illness: physicians
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Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa, in Būṣīr, to Nahray b. […] ʿAyyāsh is about to finish the phase of buying flax in Būṣīr. The letter contains details about market difficulties (extremely high prices for flax, problems with suppliers, quality issues); business operations (partnership arrangements with Burhān and Yūsuf; weight measurements and accounting); types of textiles (type and quality distinctions for flax and finished cloth). […] Verso: Account by ʿAyyāsh for business with his partners. Also mentions a Christian named Yuhannis.

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• flax
• trade

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Document date

11 Sivan 4959 Anno Mundi (7 June 1199 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ha-Kohen ʿAyn ha-ʿEda Paqid ha-Soḥarim etc., in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. […] Sasson or the judge Shemuel ha-Levi b. Seʿadya. The congregation offers a hefty initial payment of 50 dinars. […] Anatoli.) The second part of the letter conveys ̣Ṣadoq's request for Moshe ha-Kohen to intercede with Maimonides so that the new muqaddam will not deprive Ṣadoq of his profession of wirāqa (i.e., his appointment as a warrāq, a copyist and notary of legal deeds).

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• 4800
• anatoli
• byzantium
• dating tricks
• maimonides
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Document date

Monday, 8 Shevaṭ 4866 Anno Mundi (15 January 1106 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Sub-leasing agreement. Location: Damietta (אי כפתור). […] ʿEli, the tax farmer of the dues from dyeing and selling silk in the district of Damietta, sub-leases his rights regarding a small town named Ibwān to three partners (the judge Yosef b. […] ʿAmram. (Information in part from Mediterranean Society, II, pp. 361, 362, 606.)

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• damin
• lease
• silk
• tax

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a teacher to the father of a pupil. In Judaeo-Arabic, fully vocalized. On parchment. The boy has finished studying the Prophets. […] Needs further examination. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card)

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