Documents

Document date

Elul 1460 Seleucid (7 August 1149–4 September 1149 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Contract between Abū l-Ḥasan al-Kohen and Abū l-Maʿālī regarding tax-farming in the town of Būsh and its environs. Dated Elul 1460 Seleucid = August/September 1149 CE, under the authority of Shemuel b.

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2

Tags

• damin
• tax

1 Transcription 1 Translation 1 Discussion

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Italian

From Dudley and Elbaum's, "Coins of the Cairo Geniza" digital exhibition: "The folder known as ENA 1066 contains ten folios from the account ledger of an Italian Jewish merchant of Ashkenazi extraction who most likely lived in the fifteenth and/or sixteenth centuries. […] His (or her) location was probably somewhere in Italy, as the preponderance of names in the entries are Italian. Within Italy, Venice seems the best candidate, as it had a well-established community of Ashkenazi Jews who had strong mercantile ties with Egypt. It is written entirely in Hebrew script in an Ashkenazi hand. The orthography also points to Ashkenazi extraction, such as the use of the Hebrew letter ʿayin for the Italian vowel “e” as in the name Tommaso di Bernardo (טומאזו דבערנרדו) (fol. 9v).

Tags

• venice

No Scholarship Records

B 2b, dated 1020-1040) In the same script and arrangement: ENA NS 13.22 (PGPID 12708) ENA NS 19.27a + ENA NS 19.27b (PGPID 12594) Stras. 5138/24 (PGPID 28982) T-S 20.112 (PGPID 4576) T-S 24.76 (PGPID 4578) T-S AS 153.213 (PGPID 35324))

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2

Tags

• charity
• communal
• gift of money
• poverty
• recipients

2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion

Document date

Marḥeshvan 4818 Anno Mundi (October 1056 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He conveys the distress he felt upon hearing of the epidemic (wabā') and unrest (tashwīsh) in the environs of Toledo. One theme of the letter is their father's health. "Our father is in a state that one would wish only for one's enemies. He has become paralyzed (mabṭūl), blind (aʿmā), and feeble-minded (madkhūl al-dhihn), and suffers much (mumtaḥin).

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4

Tags

• byzantium
• captives
• disability
• disability: vision
• epidemic
• (+ 10 more)

2 Transcriptions 2 Translations 1 Discussion

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

The other side: Letter in Hebrew. Consisting almost entirely of devout blessings, together with greetings to women in the family of the addressee, including his mother and sister.

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions bearing witness about something; probably the tail end of a raʾy clause (...al-ʿālī fī dhālika in shāʾa llāh); and concludes with prayers for Muḥammad and a ḥasbala.

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2

Tags

• dimme

1 Transcription

Primary language

Arabic

There is Arabic script in another not-so-elegant hand and a few words in Hebrew script toward the end. There are pinholes in the margin where it was bound probably into a book cover.

Tags

• arabic script
• decree
• dimme
• pinholes

No Scholarship Records

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: ca. 1032 CE (based on the date on recto). Interesting entries include: 'the philosopher' (=a doctor? cf. elsewhere in the lists), professions clustered together, 'the deceased' (al-marḥūm), the abundance of 'bankers' (ṣayrafī, spelled srfi), 'son of the kushit ' (Ethiopian woman), 'sons of the man'.

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1

Tags

• account
• charity
• communal

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Also mentions Fustat. Probably related: ENA NS 63.12 (PGPID 12209) and T-S AS 152.70 (PGPID 17785).

No Scholarship Records

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

It is about the book al-Faraj baʿd al-Shidda ("Relief after Adversity") and emotional distress and entertainment/distraction. Also includes the phrase "outside of our religion" (al-khārija ʿan madhhabinā").

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Possibly from the same document as the neighboring shelfmark ENA NS 77.214 (PGPID 13539). There may be other related fragments in nearby shelfmarks.

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1

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Document date

1248 Hijrī (31 May 1832–20 May 1833 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

The document from the beginning seems like an itemized calculation and towards the end is the acknowledgment of payment, or the due of 822 Kuruş and 30 silvers.

Tags

• dimme

No Scholarship Records

Primary language

Arabic

The bottom is damaged, and the end may be missing. Verso is blank. (Information in part from JRL catalogue.)

Tags

• appeal
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Shemuʾel ha-Shelishi ba-Ḥavura to Maymūn b. David. Consisting entirely of greetings and blessings for the addressee and his son Abū l-Ḥusayn (possibly on the occasion of the latter's birth).

No Scholarship Records

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He reports that he has previously tried to enter the service of the addressee, and he has now come to Cairo.

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1

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: end of a Judaeo-Arabic legal document, signed by Eliyyahu b.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A family member has replied on verso, encouraging the teacher to continue writing, as perhaps the notes will scare the boy into behaving well; the teacher has complied with the request and written a second note.

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1

Tags

• informal note

1 Transcription 1 Translation

Primary language

Hebrew

The writer of the letter sends his apology and emphasizes he did not intend to offend the addressee. The writer ends (lines 18-22) with conveying his greetings to different people in Judaeo-Arabic.

Tags

• personal

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Arabic

The left halves of 7 lines are preserved (which seem to comprise the entire document). Opens with formulaic praises (ونعماه وكبت اعداه اكمل مروة واعلا ).

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1

Tags

• dimme

No Scholarship Records

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Another letter in a different hand, from a husband to his wife. He encourages her to send their two sons to school in the morning and in the evening, and sends along with the letter payment for their teacher.

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1

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Netanʾel ha-Levi, and it parallels ENA NS 18.30 (PGPID 9100). (Information from CUDL and Friedman, Dictionary, p. 202.)

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1

Tags

• ib-addenda
• ib4

No Scholarship Records

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter ending written from Fustat to Alexandria about a dispute between Yehuda (al-'Ammani?)

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1

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: note in Hebrew from a certain Evyatar, who says he followed the order to come to a certain place, and he came this morning but he could not wait around all day. Verso: End of a Judaeo-Arabic note or letter, mentioning the elder Abū l-Faḍāʾil.

1 Transcription

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Brief account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Entries include the shop (dukkān), Abū l-Khayr, Ibn al-Khayyāṭ, and Abū l-Ḥusayn.

Tags

• broker

No Scholarship Records

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts, probably for charitable purposes, with entries such as "widows"; "the niece of Ṭāhir the beadle"; "the wife of Abū Isḥāq the cantor"; "the children of Sulaymān ha-Kohen"; Abū Saʿīd; and Abū l-ʿIzz al-Jabbān.

Tags

• account

No Scholarship Records

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

The next three lines are in Judaeo-Arabic but it's unclear if any of the substance can be understood. Ends "ve-shalom."

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1

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Information from Goitein, typed texts) See also ENA 3901.5.

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2

Tags

• addendum

1 Transcription 1 Translation

Document date

last decade of Tishrei 1438 Seleucid (10 October 1126–19 October 1126 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The fact that the document refers to the bride as 'mumallaka' (betrothed or his fiancee; fiancee is more probable) shows that the agreement was made after the engagement took place. It is possible that during the engagement no agreement was written or that the agreement was not comprehensive and therefore this agreement was written.

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1

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1

Tags

• contract
• halfon b. menashshe
• prenuptial

1 Transcription

Document date

5 Kislev 1458 Seleucid (11 November 1146 CE)

IB I, 36. The engagement contract of Abu Mansur, Semah b. Yefet, to Sitt al-Khassa in Fustat, 1146. […] Previous description: Engagement of Sitt al-Khāṣa bt. Abū l-Barakāt al-Lebdī and Ṣemaḥ al-ʿAṭṭār.

Related People

2

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1

Tags

• engagement
• ib1
• india book

1 Transcription 2 Translations 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

I attributed it to his honor's (al-ḥaḍra) preoccupation with the illness of the master (al-mawlā) and the distraction of his mind and his distance from his country. . . ." It is not entirely clear whether the ḥaḍra and the mawlā are different people or not. […] What I received from the jāmikiyya only lasted through the end of the day today, Thursday, the 2nd of Dhū l-Qaʿda."

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1

Tags

• account
• appeal
• coptic alphanumeral
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• (+ 4 more)

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Distribution list? Several entries are marked with an enlarged ץ (meaning completion of payment?

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Saadya urges his addressees to uphold the dates of the Babylonians, and ensure that Jews do not eat leaven on Passover and desecrate the Day of Atonement.

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1

Tags

• calendar controversy

2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

Inferred date

1168–1204 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

However, still better in this case is to put an end to the gossip and avoid any kind of public discussion or excommunication. […] Levi ha-Levi (see also ENA 2808.16 in which Moshe b. Levi asks the recipient to obtain an answer to a fatwa that he had previously sent to Fustat).

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2

Tags

• accusation
• maimonides
• maimonides autograph
• metoo
• moshe b. levi
• (+ 3 more)

1 Transcription

Inferred date

1134–1134 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Damaged and missing the ends of the lines. The letter mainly deals with business, much of it in pepper and textiles. It mentions that a ship capsized at the entrance to the city [in fact, the join clarifies that it was a man named Yarbaḥ who drowned] (r15); that Maḍmūn b.

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5

Related Places

3

Tags

• halfon-addenda
• ib-addenda
• ib2
• ib4
• illness
• (+ 2 more)

3 Transcriptions 3 Translations 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Based on the handwriting, reasonable candidates for the year are 970, 1070, or 1170 AH (corresponding to 1563, 1660, or 1757 CE). There are 5 entries. The currencies are not named, and the financial accounting is not entirely clear. (1) Buyer: al-Ḥajj Yāqūt.

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1

Tags

• slavery

No Scholarship Records

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are brief greetings at the end, and a request to meet with al-Muhadhdhab and pass on a rebuke from the sender. […] Sālim's son Abū l-Najm running off to the army (see ENA NS I.2 (PGPID 11955) and the shelfmarks cited there), however there is no proof and the details do not quite match.

Tags

• army

1 Transcription