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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Testimony regarding an altercation between Shemuʾel b. Yaʿaqov and Mufaḍḍal al-Kohen al-Dhabbāḥ over ritual slaughter. […] Seʿadya and Binyamin b. Yefet. Join: Alan Elbaum.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Recto might be a collection of pen trials (tajrīb al-qalam ʿalāal-qirṭāsila(!)) and aphorisms. At the lower left there is a quotation from Galen about asking dead people (ahl al-maqābir) how they died.

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

One side: A prayer in Hebrew (each phrase begins תתברך) in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. The other side: Judaeo-Arabic poetry, also in Nāṣir's hand.

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• nasir
• recipe

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An Avraham Serano (שיראנו) is also mentioned in Bodl. MS Heb. c 27/87 (1740 CE PGPID 19319) but these accounts JRL L 56 may be significantly older based on the paleography– perhaps as early as 16th-century. The surname Griyanī is also visible on the verso. MCD.

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• 16th c or later

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The sender mentions that the community members do not fulfill their duties towards the yeshiva. Also discusses the problem of girls forced to marry against their will. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, p. 207. See also Goitein index card.)

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• babylonian academies
• babylonian geonim
• communal
• marriage
• shemuel b. eli
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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The addressee should send the response with "the fleet" (al-uṣṭūl). Regards to various people, including "(the friend of?) my wife (ṣāḥibat baytnā) Sitt al-Shām the daughter of the son of Hiba." Mentions a woman who is allalone; the addressee should urge her family to come visit her.

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6 Shevaṭ 156[.] Seleucid (21 January 1249–12 January 1258 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Seleucid, which is 1256 CE. (Might also be 1564 Seleucid = 1253 CE.) Drawn up under the authority of a leader with many titles including דגל הרבנים; this is presumably David b. […] One of the parties is Abū ʿAlā b. [...] and another is Amīn al-Dīn. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic informing the addressee of matters concerning Sitt Maqṣūra (NB: this is not a name but the word maqṣūdhā meaning 'her intention'), also mentioning her sister Sitt Māṭruṣa (מאטרצ֗ה) (this is also not a name but means "she is not content with X" (ما ترضى).

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• to edit

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25 August 1059 CE

Letter from Salama b. Musa ha-Safaqusi, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Date: August 25, 1059. […] The writer is about to sail from Alexandria, probably to Sicily. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #747) VMR

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Primary language

Hebrew

Information from Avraham David's transcription and notes on FGP, where he also provides detailed commentary on the figures named. ASE. See also Dotan Arad's edition from his dissertation (p. 353).

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• 16th c
• beirav
• damietta
• shanji

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a man, probably in Alexandria, to his 'brother,' probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. […] Much of it seems to be reported speech between the writer and a woman. The writer also complains of difficult economic circumstances and the high price of flax and yarn.

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• jariya
• slaves

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Coptic, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mūsā b. Yaʿqūb al-Miṣrī, in Malīj, to Abū l-ʿAlā' Yūsuf b. Dāwud b. […] The writer complains about the behavior of Malij's governor. He also mentions some commercial transactions and expresses worries about relatives in Damascus.

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• suftaja

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Document date

13 Muḥarram 424 Hijrī (19 December 1032 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Legal document concerning the lease of a house by ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Aḥmad the preacher, from Mūsā b. ʿAdī the Jew, in the district of al-Khawlān in Fustat. […] The transcription appears below along with the transcriptions for several unrelated documents, which were all glued together to form a large sheet.

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• lease

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Letter fragment from Barhūn b. Yiṣḥaq al-Tāhartī. The letter is addressed to someone who is younger than the writer (he calls him “my son”). Mentions a big loss in business because of goods that got wet. Also mentions his brother ʿAṭā, his cousin Yūsuf b. Mūsā, and the ship al-Laki. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #386) VMR

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• al-tahirti
• ship
• trade

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Document date

531 Hijrī (29 September 1136–18 September 1137 CE)

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Arabic

Dated: 531 AH, which is 1136/37 CE. ʿAlī b. Ḥassān b. Maʿālī al-Tarābulusī rents a small garden house on the Nile from the shaykh Abu l-Ḥusayn Saʿīd b. Manṣūr, one of the mutawallīn al-jawāmiʿ wa-l-masājid al-maʿmūra (superintendent of government mosques) for the duration of 4 years, 8 or 8 ¼ dinars per year.

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• government officials
• mosques

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter from an unidentified sender, in Fustat, to Abū l-Ḥasan Muslim al-Maqdisī al-Tājir b. Ḥasan, in Alexandria. In Arabic script.

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Document date

522–73 Hijrī (1128–1178 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Recto (the second page) is headed "[...] wa-l-Salāṭīn wa-Ibtidāʾ al-Dawla al-Nāṣiriyya" (referring to al-Malik al-Nāṣir a.k.a.

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• ayyubid

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Document date

1437 Seleucid (1125–1126 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Other names mentioned (many of them relating to the borders of the property): a house named after Muʾammal al-Kātib al-[...]; the daughter of Abū Malīḥ(?); and [...] b. Ṣadaqa. Also mentions the price of 155 [...]. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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Judaeo-Arabic

The original document is a Judaeo-Arabic letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat, from his "family" (ahl baytih, which can also mean "wife"), in Alexandria. Little of the content is preserved, but it mentions something belonging to a woman named Rivqa.

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Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Signed by Yefet b. Netanʾel ha-Mumḥe (also appears in T-S 10J5.9 (PGPID 3036) in 1102 CE and also signs T-S 6J1.6 (PGPID 3604) in 1101/02 CE).

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Dhū l-Qaʿda 525 Hijrī (25 September 1131–24 October 1131 CE)

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Arabic

The lessee is Ibrāhīm b. Khalaf al-[...]. Reference is made to the bureau of the mosques (Dīwān al-Jawāmiʿ wa-l-Masājid) and to New Cairo (al-Qāhira al-Maḥrūsa).

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions Sitt al-Nasab bt. Yefet/Ḥas[an] al-Qaysarānī, the wife of Abū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Khalaf al-Qaysarānī; 5 swords and a piece of [...]; Saʿadya b.

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1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Listing Abū l-Faraj b. Ṣedaqa, Maʿālī Ibn al-Ḥallāl (300+ of silver and two dinars), Abū l-Ḥasan al-Aʿraj (23 dirhams), Khalaf Ibn al-Fuqqāʿī (5 1/2), and Naṣr Ibn al-Maghāzilī (2 dirhams).

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• account

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Judaeo-Arabic

Contains a number of names and professions such as Joseph, Umm ʿAlī, al-Ḥazzān, al-baqqāl ‘vegetable trader, innkeeper’, al-ṣāniʿ ‘the craftsman’.

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• account

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Judaeo-Arabic

The main text talks about 25 nuqra coins being given to Najīb for the order of a proper Byzantine chest, with lock and key, measuring at the most 60 × 70 × 75. There is also mention of borrowing money for it from Ibn Ṣafī al-Dawla. At the side the words such as bed cover, table, and cutting of copper are listed; Verso: atbash alphabet. (Information mainly from CUDL.)

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1100–1138 CE

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

On parchment. Mentions [...]allāh Ibn Khudādār (possibly the same Abū ʿAbdallāh Ibn Khudādād from ENA NS 71.6 (PGPID 11170) and AIU VII.A.38.1 (PGPID 33701)). Also mentions the Nagid, a purse of money, al-Balnasī and David b.

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Arabic

.]; possibly a reference to the ʿalāma of the chief judge (qāḍī l-quḍāt), al-ḥamdu lil-lāhi kathīran; the chief judge granting somoene permission to have full disposal (al-taṣarruf) of something; and a deceased person (al-mutawaffā).

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Document date

96[.] Hijrī (18 December 1552–30 August 1562 CE)

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Arabic

Involves money - "māl min al-amwāl ʿalāal-ʿumūm". Needs further examination for content. Joins: Alan Elbaum.

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• dimme

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Arabic

The first line mentions a date in Rabīʿ I of a year that is mostly torn away; l. 4 mentions the 6th of Shaʿbān of a year that is also torn away, possibly preceded by "he owes" (wa-ʿalayhi). The bottom line may mention rent (wa-istaqarra... al-ujra...). Needs further examination.

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Document date

14 Shawwāl 635 Hijrī (30 May 1238 CE)

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Arabic

Deed of gift (ahdā...). No signatures. Al-Sadīd ʿUmar b. Yūsuf b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān gifts something to Makārim b. Isḥāq b. Makārim al-Yahūdī al-Mutaṭabbib (the Jewish physician, known from several other documents).

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• makarim b. ishaq

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Ṣafār 921 Hijrī (17 March 1515–14 April 1515 CE)

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Judaeo-Arabic, Western Arabic Numerals

Dated in the upper left corner of the verso: "Ṣafār sanat 921" AH (1515 CE). The verso heading also states that this is an account of the "chest" (סנדוק), possibly communal. A few names are also listed, such as: Moshe מלאן/מלאי(?), Avraham Levi, Shemuʾel Ḥazaq, Yiṣḥaq רודהכן(?)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. It could also be described as an informal note. Dating: 11th or 12th century. […] There is a request at the end that relates to "collecting from him the price/value of al-kātib al-mutʿārif" (meaning unclear).

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Hebrew

The addressees are asked to assist the bearer, a certain Yaʿaqov b. [...], who also has a letter from other dignitaries (including גאון הגולה) [sealed?] […] Yaʿaqov may be raising money to redeem captives. Also mentions an Exilarch (Rosh ha-Gola).

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Arabic

Referring to people fleeing from a battle, al-Shām, Egypt, ʿAsqalān, and potentially al-Afḍal. […] This document was identified and catalogued on PGP by Alan Elbaum in 2024. Pending publication by Paul Cobb and Alan Elbaum.

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• arabic crusades
• arabic military report
• crusades

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Document date

Shawwāl 654 Hijrī (22 October 1256–19 November 1256 CE)

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Arabic

Ismaʿīl is certified as a Khaybarī Jew originally from al-Jawf, and therefore entitled to privileges granted to this tribe by Muḥammad, including exemption from the capitation tax. Written and witnessed by Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Ḥusayn. See also ENA 3963.4 (PGPID 10591). (Information from Khan, ALAD, and Rustow)

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• capitation tax
• khaybari

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Yakhin, probably from Alexandria, to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Aaron, Fustat. Around 1050. Regarding money and payments, including a debt of 50 dinars. Also mentions purchases, shipments, and delivery of letters.

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, in two different hands (or at least pens/inks). There are also a handful of Arabic-script words and Greek/Coptic numerals. […] Numerous names are mentioned, including a Christian; Nūr al-Dawla Ibn Alkhīn (another notable with the same nasab appears in T-S 24.72); Umm ʿAzīza; Berakhot; Hillel; etc.

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Hebrew

Although it seems less likely as an alternative translation, it should also be noted that “blood” could hold metaphorical meaning in this context. […] MCD Translation of Ṭaybughā al-Ashrafī al-Baklamishī al-Yūnānī, Ghunyat al-ṭullāb fī maʿrifat al-ramy bi-al-nushshāb: Latham, J.D. […] - The verb kavuşturmak can also have the alternate meaning “to touch” or “to obtain.”

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• archery
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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

For the relationship between these terms, see Ali b. Isa's Tadhkirat al-Kaḥḥālīn, translated into English by Casey Wood as Memorandum Book of a Tenth-Century Oculist (1936). […] Recto 16 - Verso 5: The writer tells the recipient to pawn a table for 5 dirhams and to bring the money for a consultation with Abu l-Ma'ruf b. al-Taffal; the writer has also written Abu l-Ma'ruf a letter describing the wife's ophthalmia. The recipient is to obtain the ophthalmic medicines and send them urgently to Qus with a trustworthy messenger, to Abu l-Mansur b. al-Meshorer. Abu l-Ma'ruf should label each ophthalmic with its name, and he should also send dry kohl (antimony) for the wife and for the son.

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: children's
• illness: cost
• illness: eye
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Sunday, 13 Ṭevet 1416 Seleucid (1 January 1105 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

On a Sunday morning (l. 4) the word was spread that Yosef b. Ismāʿīl al-Bunnī of Alexandria was found dead in his home. […] The 8 and three-quarter dirhems were added to the funeral expenses (l. 27). All chattels such as mindīl (l. 24), handkerchief, salla (l. 24), a basket, with various items were also locked in the house until an heir came for them (l. 26). […] Perhaps related to T-S NS J184, an inventory of items found in the home of a certain Yosef after his sudden death, also in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. (Information from CUDL.)

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Arabic

The beginnings of two lines are preserved: "wa-lammā uṭliqat al-[...]... wa-ʿalā kāfat al-mamālīk...." Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ.

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• dimme

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter addressed to Abu al-Ḥasan Yedutun ha-Levi asking for help to collect money owed the writer by his brother so he can open a store in Alexandria.

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• yedutun ha-levi

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Judaeo-Arabic

Names mentioned: Abū l-Barakāt al-Ṭabīb, al-Dimashqi, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, Abū Ḥakīm.

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Arabic

On one side: ḥadara waliyy al-shaykh Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī...... b. al-Surūr...

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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: 12th century. Featuring Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel Al-Dimyāṭī, the brother of Ḥalfon b. Netanel, as well as Khalaf al-ʿAdanī.

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• arabic script
• ib-addenda
• ib4
• india book unedited
• list

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Primary language

Arabic

Petition to a lower official. "Mamlūk al-ḥaḍra al-sāmiyya al-ajalliya". Only beginning formula preserved.

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• dimme
• khafara
• petition

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Document date

17 Jumādā I 1246 Hijrī (3 November 1830 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Concerning the loom of textiles "anwāl al-qumāsh" in Alexandria. Mentions the dealings between Yeshūʿā the Jew and Ibrāhim Effendi.

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• 19th c
• alexandria
• dimme

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Judaeo-Arabic

Refers to an economic slump (al-kasād). The sender swears by the holy Law (al-sharīʿa al-muqaddasa).

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