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401 Kharājī (1011–1012 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Sisinne, a Copt, the overseer (al-khawlī) in Badsā (in the province of al-Giza), for the year 401 kharājī (= 1011/12 CE) and the following year, detailing the amount of produce (ghalla) paid as kharāj, the amount of produce remaining in the hands of the cultivators, the amount of seed-advance (taqāwī) used, what was given in by Ismāʿīl b. al-Qāsim al-Jaʿfarī and what was transferred to the surveyor (al-dalīl) ʿAbdallāh b.

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• copts
• ghalla
• kharaj
• khawli
• taqawi
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Primary language

Arabic

The petition is written in a chancery hand, but also continued on the verso, which makes it atypical for Fatimid-era petitions. Also mentions inheritance on verso. Dating: Unknown. Mentions names such as ʿAbdallāh b. Jaʿfar al-Dhabbāḥ and Aḥmad b. Muḥammad and records testimonies that were given before the court.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: early 13th century (Allony speculated 11th century, since none of the books are later than that). […] (Information from CUDL.) NB: Allony et al. edited this manuscript under the name "T-S K23.27," which was either a mistake or the shelfmarks have changed. Also, there is no fragment at T-S K3.25.

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Document date

Monday 12 Nisan Seleucid

Quittance by the rabbinical court of Fustat for the sum of 173 and 7/24 mithqāl dinars, sent by Maḍmūn II at the hands of a Muslim Qadi named al-Sadīd ʿAlī b. Maḥmūd (Ibn al-Muḥtasib). The sum of money represents the assets of the deceased man Petaḥya. In his capacity as Nagīd of Yemen, Maḍmūn II evidently salvaged Petaḥya's assets and sent them to the deceased man's son Abu ʾl-Ḥasan in Alexandria. Fustat, probably 1214. This Petaḥya is probably to be identified with the deceased India trader Futūḥ who died on a ship on the India route (PGPID 5405).

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• ib2
• india book
• quittance

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Avraham b. Ḥabīb, in Alexandria, to Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. […] It continues with the news that a Byzantine (Rūmī) ship arrived from al-Mahdiyya. The sender reports that all is well with the ship of Nājī. […] The victims who made it to Alexandria wish to receive a letter (or document? kitāb) from 'sayyidnā al-qāḍī' and go up with it to Cairo (seeking redress against the Byzantines?).

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Primary language

Arabic

Cuts off right before the request: there arrived from the official who imprisoned them three sealed documents (khawātim khātim min qabl Munajjat al-Dawla) ... possibly to do with the jizya, a pretext for imprisoning them for moral offenses (?), suggesting that the trader was conspicuous and respectable, or his moral infractions might not have drawn attention. See also T-S NS J286, in which a man travels from Ceuta to Bijāya, Algeria, where the sāḥib al-Bijāya asks him how is related to a woman who is with him. (There is a ṣāḥib al-shūrṭa in ENA 3901.5, too.) The traveler (never described as a Maghribi trader, but a man from the Maghrib) claims she is his wife, but he has no kitāb to prove this.

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• capitation tax
• drinking
• incarceration
• petition
• scandal
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Document date

25 Nisan 1443 Seleucid (12 April 1132 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: 25 Nisan 1443 Seleucid = 12 April 1132 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen. The Alexandrian ʿIwāḍ b. Menashshe brings to the court a document in the hand of the cantor Ṣadaqa ha-Levi Ibn Nufayʿ concerning his divorce from Hilāla bt. Yeshuʿa. He also brings as witnesses Shabbat b. Maḥfūẓ al-Bannāʾ (the builder) and Abū l-Khayr Ibn al-Iskandarānī who testify to the authenticity of the signatures on the document and the fact that Hilāla has received her geṭ from ʿIwāḍ. ʿIwāḍ then engages Sitt al-Khawāt bt. Eliyya the divorcee of Yehuda b. Menashshe ha-Levi.

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• engagement

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Document date

5 Tammuz 1415 Seleucid (30 June 1104 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Court proceedings in the case of al-Wuhsha (or al-Wahsha) against Yosef al-Lebdī. Wuhsha's representative, Moshe b. Yeshuaʿ, sues al-Lebdī for her share of 300 dīnārs ("more or less") realized from the investment of Wuhsha's brother, Abū Naṣr, in al-Lebdī's merchandise, sold or unsold. […] The total value of the investment was 800 dīnārs. Al-Lebdī argued that the 300 dīnārs had nothing to do with that partnership, but he was prepared to include them if al-Wuḥsha would do the same, reciprocally, with the 22 bales of lac that her representative claimed were part of a separate deal.

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• 12th c
• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib1
• india book

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Inferred date

1138–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Natanʾel, probably in Algeria. Contains a long Hebrew preface with Aramaic quotations from the Talmud Yerushalmi. […] Ṣiqillī was supposed to send to him the money, and also find out from him if he had heard anything about ordering the Arukh of Natan b. Yeḥiʾel of Rome, a dictionary of the Talmud (also discussed in ח34, PGPID 9076). The letter was written on isru ḥag, the day after a festival, possibly Sukkot 1138.

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• ib-partial translation-heb
• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book

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Document date

Iyyar 1540 Seleucid (26 April 1229–24 May 1229 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

In a document written in Hebrew emerging from the court of Abraham Maimonides, Abū al-‘Alā b. Joseph and his father enter into a partnership with Mufaḍḍal in a sugar factory, splitting profits and losses evenly. […] The purpose of this document is to bring Mufaḍḍal into the relationship between Abū al-‘Alā and his father; no qinyan between the father and son is recorded here. […] The document may have been written for Mufaḍḍal and to record his investment (100 dinars) and the split of profits or losses due to him.The sole preserved signatory, the judge Yehiel b. Eliakim of Aleppo, is known to have signed other documents with Abraham Maimonides.

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• autograph
• partnership
• sugar
• yehiel b. elyaqim

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Document date

Rabīʿ I 434 Hijrī (19 October 1042–17 November 1042 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

He states that the judge (al-dayyān) Yūṣuf b. Sulaymān (Yosef b. Shelomo) and the cantor (al-ḥazzān) Sahl b. […] Moshe) testified before him that the prior betrothal of Sitt al-Dār to Khulayf b. Yeshuʿa Nārūz had been conditional and that her marriage to a different man is licit. […] Yeshuʿa, active in Alexandria during this period. However, there was also a judge Yosef b.

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Document date

1065 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Detailed account of monthly sales of products from the east in Sicily, especially spices and flax, covering the period from August 1064 to October 1065, written in late 1065 (Gil). Also contains the draft of a letter, in which Ibn al-Shāma requests from his business partner a similar account for the years 454–57/1062–65 of the goods and gold that had been sent in exchange from Sicily to Egypt. […] According to Gil, the account and the letter were sent by Zakharya b. Yaʿqūb b. al-Shāma in Tripoli, Libya. Also mentions Abū Zikrī Ḥayyim b. […] Ibrāhīm the dayyān transported by Abū ʿAbdallah (b. al-Baʿbāʿ). (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, pp. 185, 207; Gil, Kingdom, vol. 4, p. 222; Ben-Sasson, Yehudei Sitzilya, p. 330)

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• commodities
• flax
• ibn al-ba'ba'
• trade

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yaḥyā, in Ṣahrajt: 25 dinars; his signature for this is with ʿAllūn - Isḥāq b. [...], in al-Maḥalla, 36 dinars "and change"; his signature for this is with Murajjā - Shemuel, in al-Maḥalla: 36 dinars; his signature for this is with Murajjā - Menashshe al-Kohen, in Nimra (near al-Maḥalla), (for?) […] The contemporary placename for Nimra is now, possibly, Nimrat al-Baṣal, a few miles northwest of al-Maḥalla. This connection requires further research.

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• account
• flax

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yeshuʿa he-ʿAni and Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Efrayim b. Yefet appear before the court. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ has heard that Mevasser plans to temporarily close his moneychanging shop in the perfumers' square in Fustat, next to the shop of Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Ḥalabī al-Ṣayrafī, for a period of time in order to take care of other affairs. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ asked to rent it from him, but Mevasser feared that Abū l-ʿAlāʾ would refuse to vacate the shop and return it to him upon his return. Therefore Abū l-ʿAlāʾ here declares that he will vacate the shop at the appropriate time and not exceed his lease and takes an oath to this effect.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

aksarū al-ḥāl jamīʿah), outside and inside, and all by the desire of 'our friend' (ṣāḥibnā), and how he does not turn a blind eye but rather demands that everything be as it should be. […] Further down, mentions the mint (Dār al-Ḍarb) and gold. Verso mentions a young woman (al-ṣabiyya). […] Goitien summarizes recto, "A group of merchants connived with the (Jewish) Rūm, so that only the latter and the government made great profits." There is also Goitein's partial handwritten transcription and notes in the attached documents.

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• to edit
• trade

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Primary language

Ottoman Turkish

These provisions were shipped to Istanbul from Alexandria and Damietta, and this petition underlines the customs director’s role in assembling and dispatching them. […] However, this petition deals specifically with a tax farm, or muqāṭaʿa, that Salmūn controls: that of Ḫażra, possibly al-Khaḍra (‘green’ in Arabic), a village southeast of Alexandria in Buḥayra sub-province. […] The kāshif of Buḥayra sub-province, immediately south of Alexandria, was responsible for the port city’s fresh water supply: once a year, he entered the city with 300 oxen, which over the course of a month, usually coinciding with September, turned the water wheels that filled the city’s 130 cisterns with water from the Naṣiriyya Canal, which formed Alexandria’s sole link to the Nile....

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Primary language

Hebrew

Mentions various names of respected people along with blessings for them including Daniel and Avraham Alexandri (אלכסנדרי).

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Primary language

Arabic

One registration mark; 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh al-wāḥid al-ḥaqq'. Blank verso.

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• capitation tax
• dimme
• fiscal
• pinholes
• tax receipt

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Primary language

Arabic

Tax receipt, Fatimid. Registration marks - al-ḥamdu lil-lāh waḥdahu (recto), al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ʿalā nuʿamāʾih (verso).

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• dimme
• fatimid
• tax receipt

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions 5 arṭāl; pepper; Abū ʿAlī; and al-Shaykh al-Raʾīs. Recto: Unidentified, maybe piyyuṭ.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Almost certainly the address of the letter in the previous shelfmark: from Alexandria (מנאמון) to Cairo (למצרים), to Fratelli Najjar.

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• 16th c
• castro
• feliz
• italian
• late ja
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Document date

10 Rabīʿ II 603 Hijrī (14 November 1206 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Al-Shaykh Abū Sahl pays his dues to ʿAlīal-Rīfāʿ on 10 Rabīʿ II 603 H.

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• dimme

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Primary language

Arabic

Document in Arabic script. The name al-Mu'ayyad fī l-Dīn may appear. Also: "Inform me who. . . in the neighborhood. . . or if he is in the house."

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter written by Efrayim b. Ishaq b. al-Zulafi in Sicily to Yaʿaqov in Alexandria concerning books.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: writing exercises in Hebrew characters, featuring a lot of alephs, the words shalom and al-hamdu, and the first verse of Psalms.

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Arabic

The top reads as "ṭāʾifa Najrān al-qadīm". Also contains a cipher, probably related to archiving, on the top left.

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Arabic

Maybe a letter based on the presence of diagonal text in the margin. "... al-ʿālī wa-in alladhī shahadahū annahū..."

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Judaeo-Arabic

List of 36 names, all beginning with al-Shaykh Abū […]. Written on three vertical strips of paper. Goitein estimates the date to be from the time of the Nagid David I Maimonides, since it mentions "Rabbenu David" (crossed out) and the name מחרז (Muḥarraz?) appears also in T-S K15.25 from 1241 CE. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Aharon ha-Kohen from Alexandria to Yosef b. Eli ha-Kohen Fasi. The writer apologizes for not having accompanied the recipient on his way out of Alexandria; he thought that the ship would not sail in the stormy weather.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE), in which the donor, an old man being in good health, specifies the legacies made by him, especially in favor of his wife, emphasizing that they were irrevocable. Also he gives a bible codex, bible commentaries, and other books to synagogue in Alexandria.

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• will

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions having sent with Aharon ('al-shaykh al-jalīl') something containing two linen cloths. Also contains various greetings and blessings. Dating: likely late 12th or 13th century based on the typical formulary.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Hilāl al-Baghdādī (=Ḥalfon's brother-in-law ʿEli b. […] Fragment (left side of recto). Al-Maghribī arrived from the addressee's location. There are references to various family and business matters, but all are quite vague without the join.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Refers to "our master the noble judge, the judge of judges (sayyidnā al-qāḍī al-ajall qāḍī al-quḍāh); a fight (munāzaʿa) between two men; Abū ʿAlī; and someone who brought four policemen (rajjāla, pl. of rājil).

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Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions an illness and Manṣūr al-Ḥarīrī. Also mentions Shimʿon and "fulān" suggesting it could be a draft or something legal. On verso mentions a gentile and that "they brought the Jew. . . all that he owned and threw. . . naked (f.) in prison. . . ."

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• arabic script
• illness
• prison
• responsa

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Judaeo-Arabic

The sender details the garments and/or textiles which he has sent with Abū Yaḥyā. Also mentions Abū Saʿīd and the addressee's brother. Mentions sums of 12 and 15 dirhams, and also the price of the lapis lazuli (lazuward).Appears to be in the hand of Yefet b.

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Fragment of a betrothal agreement between Bayan and Sitt al-Nasab. Among the provisions included is the groom's assurance that he will not prevent the bride from traveling from Fustat nor will he force her to travel against her will. (A similar set of arrangements, also pertaining to a woman named Sitt al-Nasab, is reflected in T-S 16.35.).

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Inferred date

1168–1204 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Autograph note from Moshe Maimonides to al-Shaykh al-Wathīq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides was active in Egypt. The note's purpose is to inform al-Shaykh al-Wathīq that there will be a gathering of the elders on Shabbat and warning him not to be late.

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• autograph
• maimonides

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Addressed to someone titled al-Amīniyya. Probably from a cantor, although theoretically al-Ḥazzān could be part of the addressee's name. […] He sends regards to Abū l-Ṭāhir Amīn al-Dawla.

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• appeal

1 Transcription

Acknowledgment of debt (iqrār) by three persons to their master Kashqadām ibn ʻAbd Allāhal-Malikī al-ʻAzīzī, dated 11 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 842 H. [1438].

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• arabic

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Yaḥyā ha-Kohen and Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuʾel. Also mentions Abū Saʿīd al-Ṣayrafī and retrieving 300 new dinars from where they were buried and paying them to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanel, in Alexandria, to his brother Yeḥezqel b. Netanel, probably in Qalyūb. […] Mentioning Qalyūb, "the Sicilian Kohen," Ibn al-Amshāṭī, Sulaymān al-Qalʿī, and Ḥabīb. (Information from Goitein and Friedman, India Book IV.)

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• ib-partial translation-heb
• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book
• qalyub

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dealing with various commodities related to the India trade, including ambergris, ʿūd, unpierced pearls, camphor, pepper. Mentions ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. Join: Oded Zinger. See also Goitein notes linked below.

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• ib7
• india book

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from 'Amram b. Moshe al-Barqi, sent via Alexandria, to Mevorakh b. Saadya (1094-1111) asking for assistance, which the recipient had already granted in the past to the writer's uncle and father, and congratulating him on the birth of a son (late in Mevorakh's life).

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• 11th c
• mevorakh b. saadya

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Judaeo-Arabic

Yaʿaqov (or rather Yaʿīsh?), in Alexandria, to Yiṣḥaq b. Yehuda ha-Kohen al-Dimashqī in Fustat. The writer requests that the recipient convey his greeting to his former student, Saʿd al-Mulk and to the teacher Suhayl, who are both in the building where Suhayl teaches boys.

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• alexandria

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Hassun b. Yiṣḥaq in Alexandria to Yahya b. Ismail in Fustat. The sender inquires about a shipment of tin sent to the addressee. Hassun also announces that he is anticipating a shipment of leather for which he specifies requirements concerning the shipment, expenses and the required documents.

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