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Judaeo-Arabic

Excerpts from T-S AS 153.68: "...the boy was not yet mature, and also this Ṭāhir... traveled to some of the lands, and the letters and the letter of the [...] were deposited... al-Mahdiyya... the letters... and he went to the authorities (al-sulṭān) and com[plained]... the land, and the leader (qāʾid) [...] ...." […] (Information in part from CUDL.) Join: Alan Elbaum

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537 Hijrī (27 July 1142–15 July 1143 CE)

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Arabic

Reminiscent of state accounts, but likely private. E.g., "Owed by Ibn al-Kaʿkī...." Various dates are mentioned, including 537 AH = 1142/43 CE. Also refers to the rent paid by a deceased man. The second row of T-S AS 132.176 mentions ambergris; the third row begins "wa-ayḍan," and the fifth row looks like it mentions "the shroud of the mother" (fī kafan al-wālida), but this is probably wrong. […] (Information in part from CUDL.) Joins: Alan Elbaum

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Hebrew

Genealogical list of the family of Avraham Maimonides' mother (the wife of Moshe Maimonides), a family in which nearly every member is described as "he-Ḥasid" ("the pious"). Her father was al-Shaykh al-Thiqa Mishaʾel b. Yeshaʿyahu ha-Levi. The heading of the list is damaged but appears to refer to Abū Naṣr (b.) al-Shaykh al-Thiqa, i.e., Maimonides' brother-in-law Yeshaʿyahu b. […] In general, genealogical lists in the Geniza are not always accurate or consistent to every generation.

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• avraham maimonides
• genealogy
• pietism

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First third of Tammuz 5453 Anno Mundi (5 July 1693–14 July 1693 CE)

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Hebrew

(Document #23) Complex real estate transaction explaining multiple phases of shifting ownership over shares in a residential qāʿa on Darb al-Naṣūr (presumably in Cairo). A wide variety of names and the qodesh of the Mustaʿrab congregation are mentioned, such as: Avraham al-Eytī (אליתי) aka Skandarī, Avraham Kohen, Marḥaba [surname missing], Klara (Clara) bt. Moshe ha-Levi the widow of Shemuʾel al-Eytī, and the scribe of the document itself Nissim De Aragon. The entry also mentions a hujja in connection with the property that was issued on 18 Shawwāl 1088 AH (1677 CE).

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Hebrew

Letter from Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-Mānī, in Constantinople, to his father-in-law Yosef al-Baghdādī, in Egypt. Dating: Probably first half of the 12th century, based on the probable mention of the same writer in T-S 13J21.17 (there referred to as Abū ʿAlī the son-in-law of the Ḥaver al-Baghdādī, the pancake-maker). In this letter, Abū ʿAlī recounts how he met his wife, Yosef's daughter, when they were both in captivity.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Cohen, Poverty and Charity, 42-43. See also Goitein's note card. The writer has been hiding in the house for 55 days. Only Abu l-Fakhr the son of the judge and Ibn [...] al-Amshati have come to his aid, each one giving him 5 dirhems. He bribed the capitation tax collectors with 5 dirhems and already spent the other 5. He needs food. ASE.

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• appeal
• capitation tax
• communal
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
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Judaeo-Arabic

Especially noteworthy is his statement 'an evil woman is leprosy for her husband' (אלדי קאל פיהא אלכתאב אשה ראעה צאראעת לבעלה), quoting a proverb attributed to Ben Sira in BT Yevamot 63b and Sanhedrin 100b. He also reports that he has been fasting for three days. […] Refers to the addressee coming to Fustat. Verso also contains several rows of Greek/Coptic numerals. (Information mainly from Oded Zinger and CUDL.) Join: Alan Elbaum

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• marital conflict

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16 Rabīʿ I 911 Hijrī (17 August 1505 CE)

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Arabic

Starts with a basmala, authorizing a trade (bayʿ) of some sort (al-bayʿ ... al-mushtamil ʿalā l-ījāb wa l-qubūl wa l-taslīm).

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Arabic

State report in Arabic mentioning the arrival and reception of the amīr Shams al-Dīn ʿAlīal-[...]ī, at whom "we looked with an eye of respect" (wa-naẓarnā ilayhi bi-ʿayni l-iḥtirām).

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Hebrew

The dating is 11th-century or earlier based on the usage of Hebrew "zehuvīm" for dinars. The document also mentions the first name Moshe and a quantity of something with the unit rizma. […] (MCD with information from Amir Ashur and Alan Elbaum)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Ibrāhīm, unknown location, to his father David Ibn al-Ḥaver, in Bilbays. Deals with various transactions and family matters. Mentions Hārūn, Ṭayyiba, Saʿdūn, Yūsuf, the sender's son Yiṣḥaq, and Salmān. Also mentions 15 dirhams for the jawālī (capitation taxes).

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Beginning four pages from the 8th/14th century medical text by Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Akfānī entitled "Ghunyat al-Labīb ʿind Ghaybat al-Ṭabīb".

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

The columns are headed "al-mustakhraj" and "al-maṣrūf" (the former is replaced by "al-hāṣil" on one of the pages).

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Judaeo-Arabic

In Judaeo-Arabic. Headed "al-qalʿī." For אקאמה אלפלקי (this may not be the 'celestial sphere,' as that would be פלכי). Mentioning substances such as ammonia, white alum and zubd al-baḥr (possibly mercury). (Information in part from Goitein's note card and CUDL.)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter by Ḥalfon to the Dayyan Yosef explaining that the Nagid told him that the daughter of the late Mufaddal b. al-Dimyati al-Kohen was otherwise engaged and should not have married Nissim Abu al-Ma‘ani, the writer’s business partner.

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• communal
• marriage

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Arabic

"When I found the districts in the aforementioned state..." (wa-lammā alfaytu l-nawāḥī ʿalā l-ḥāl al-madhkūr...). On verso there is either a literary text or a letter in Hebrew.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Business letter to Zikrī, mentioning Ibrahim Ibn al-Fawsalī (אלפוסלי) (?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 14th or 15th century. Asks the addressee to obtain something for Esther from Ghāliya. Also to send 20 cubits of "raw" (cloth). (Information in part from CUDL)

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Judaeo-Arabic

An unusually long bill of lading sent from Fustat to al-Mahdiyya, listing the goods of at least eight merchants. In Arabic script at the bottom, "wa-ḥasbī allāh wa-ʿalayhi tawakkaltu." (Information from Mediterranean Society, V, p. 599, and from Goitein's index cards)

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• account
• ship

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Judaeo-Arabic

Refers to 40 parchments; a group of merchants from Barqa (qawm Barqiyyīn); the arrival from the addressee's location of "the dogs" (al-kilāb) and "the India" (al-hind). The sender concludes by saying that "the community" (al-jamāʿa) is in distress.

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Arabic

It concerns a settlement between two people and lists all the categories of goods that are apparently no longer a matter of dispute (e.g. anything of iron or copper). Also mentions siqlāṭūn (a heavy fabric of damask silk).

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Arabic

= "the one who adores him") to Isḥāq al-Ḥazzān(?), in al-Ramla, Sūq al-Yahūd. Mentions someone had wheat, but denied that he had any of it.

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Ḥasan in Aden. There are also several legal fragments in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe including those mentioning Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Nuʿmān, Yefet (and an heir)

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Judaeo-Arabic

IB VII, 36. Letter from Alexandria to a merchant in Fustat (Gil) or from Fusṭāṭ to Aden (Goitein). […] Gil's description: the letter contains a list of the prices of different goods and mentions collecting debt in Aden and persecution of merchants from Genoa in Alexandria. Goitein's partial translation: "The Sultan [al-Malik al-Afqal] imprisoned the Genoese, which caused great consternation among the Rum [here: Europeans in general] and no goods can be sold because of this.

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

He has purchased garments and sent them with Saadya Kohen and Yaʿaqov b. Hīnī (also mentioned in ENA NS 50.25) to try to sell. Recto is damaged, but deals almost entirely with business matters. […] In his will, he left 200 peraḥim for the study of Torah and for the visiting of the ill and for the poor. The writer also mentions the addressee's brother Khubayr, his own nephew Yosef, and Shelomo Abulafia. […] He mentions Yaʿaqov Bū Saʿda and David al-Ashqar. ASE.

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• 16th c
• abulafia
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Account and agreement between the Qodesh and a partner, ca. 1156. A certain al-Nadiv, otherwise known as the perfume maker, tenant of a compound partly owned by the qodesh known as al-Burj, carried out repairs (probably in that compound) for which the qodesh owes him 19.5 dinars. […] As the qodesh will pay half of this, its total debt will come to 12 dinars. Also, some minor improvements in the compound will be made jointly. […] For this purpose, a deed of lease will be written in a Muslim court also. This arrangement is made toward the end of January 1156, one month before the former lease expires on the 24th of February.

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• 12th c
• account
• badhanj
• coptic numerals
• qodesh

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Arabic, Hebrew

Letter from Yehuda b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Faraj, possibly in Ṣahrajt, to Abū l-Ḥusayn ʿAllūn b. […] The sender reports that the addressee's letter arrived, and the community send their gratitude to him. Also the letter of a high notable named Abū l-Ḥusayn arrived (it's unclear who this is, probably not the same as the addressee); his name is followed by a blessing for his "rule" (adāma Allāh ʿizz sulṭānih). […] The letter is followed on verso by a formulary for circumcision blessings in Hebrew for the boy Moshe. (Join: Alan Elbaum, 02/25.)

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a calligraphic letter with wide line spacing addressed to “our master” (sayydinā) and referring to a letter addressed to 'all the congregations pertaining to the city of the king (=Cairo)... to all the congregations of the land of Israel and Canaan, and all the exiles beyond the river...." […] The purpose of this letter is to "raise our oppression" to his "court" (majlis al-ḥukm). The case concerns what happened after the death of [...]el Ibn al-Makhmūrī. […] Seems to be a letter of condolence on the death of a dignitary, possibly Ibn al-Makhmūrī from verso, or possibly unrelated. Cites Proverbs 31:29 (רבות בנות עשו חיל) (l. 6), but oddly this appears to be in reference to a man.

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