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Primary language

Arabic

Legal document (iqrār) in Arabic script. Ḥayyān(?) b. Jamāl al-Tājir makes a declaration. The Fātimid caliph al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh (r. 495–525 AH = 1101–1130 CE) is mentioned.

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions a small qāʿa and a large qāʿa, perhaps also a ṭabaqa. For primary document, see alternate listing.

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Arabic

Order of payment or receipt in Arabic script: li-yatasallam al-muʿallim ʿAlī.... It is not clear what is being paid or handed over. 11 qadaḥs of something? The glyph appears at the top and an elaborate but crude ʿalāma appears in the middle (compare AIU XII.51 for a similar format).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: possibly a poem, in Hebrew with some Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-Quds (Jerusalem). Might also be related to dream interpretation or astrology.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Addressed to Fustat, [Dar?]b al-Ḥadīd, to be delivered to Yosef al-Ḥazzan al-[...]bī.

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Shelomo ha-Mashmiaʿ (probably the equivalent of Arabic munādī, "crier") and [...] b. Yehuda al-Ḥarīrī. Also mentions the term tafwīḍ, "delegating."

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Concerning a financial settlement, mentioning various sums of money: 26 Malikī dinars (used in Yemen) and smaller sums of 4 and 5 dinars. Also mentions Socotran aloe. (Information in part from CUDL)

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• ib-addenda

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Arabic

Description from CUDL: Medical recipes with ingredients such as andarani salt, pepper, pellitory, acacia, Yemenite alum, sumac, gallnut, and pomegranate rind. Also a recipe for mouth wash.

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Arabic

Mentions Manṣūr; Dāʾūd b. Mūsā; ʿAlī b. Musāfir; Abū ʿAlī b. Salāma; Dāʾūd b. al-Muʿallim.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Judaeo-Arabic poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. Many or all of the verses begin "Yā Nafs," followed by various exhortations.

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• nasir

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Arabic

Wide space between the lines. Mentions a masjid in al-aʿmāl al-gharbiyya (the districts of al-Gharbiyya) which is known for fulfillment of wishes.

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• dimme

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Likely a sermon about repentance, in Judaeo-Arabic. "... aʿmāluh wa-yuṣliḥ mā yarā fīhā min al-fasād... wa-ilā qubūl amrih wa-nahyih fa-innahu moḥel ʿavonot... wa-yantabah qabla ḥulūl al-umūr al-ʿaẓāʾim."

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Judaeo-Arabic

A letter explaining what happened in the synagogue t the writer and Munajjā b. Ṭāhir and Barakāt Ibn al-ʿAṭṭār. He also sends regards to David ha-Nagid (unclear if David I or David II).

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• david maimonides

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Document date

1101–1130 CE

Primary language

Arabic

Approximately 5 fragmentary lines are preserved both on recto and on verso. Recto refers to Dīwān al-Mufrad al-Khāṣṣ, possibly a ḍamān, and a kharājī year. Verso is a petition to the Fatimid caliph al-ʿĀmir, for which see different entry.

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Primary language

Arabic

Dating: likely Mamluk-era (13th–15th century). Mentions al-Ṣāliḥiyya; the army (al-ʿaskar); the justice of the sulṭān (ومولانا السلطان عادل); purchase of fodder (ʿalīq); and a request for a favor from the addressee (والمسول من احسان سيدي . . . ).

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Inferred date

1205–1237 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Opening of a letter from Yaʿaqov b. Elʿazar al-Dijwār (דגואר) to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). The same person also appears in T-S 8J23.2 (PGPID 7699), a letter from Peraḥya b.

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Judaeo-Arabic

He begs for a small loan in preparation for the upcoming holiday. See also ENA NS 2.8 addressed to the same recipient who is given the title al-Mansuri in each letter.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yaʿaqov the physician (known as 'the effective'), in Shamṭūniyya, near Kūfa, Iraq, to his pupil and perhaps son-in-law Yūsuf, in Jūma Mazīdat (unidentified location; Gil suggests that it is also in Iraq, near Sūra). Dating: Probably beginning of the 11th century. […] He looked for Mājid but was told that he had already come and gone before Shavuot, and he looked for Abū l-Riḍā b. al-Ṣadr al-Tājir al-Baghdādī but was told that he had traveled to Hamadān. […] The geography of Shamṭūniyya/Shamṭūnya is also described by Golb as follows: "[T]his locality is now a ruin known as Tell el-Shamṭūnī, located to the south of Baghdad on the western side of the Tigris near Ctesiphon (al-Madāʾin)."

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• epidemic
• hajj
• hamadan
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
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Primary language

Arabic

Interestingly, most of the BL fragments (other than BL OR 5557O.45) are written on pages containing only the ascenders of alifs and lāms from the original Arabic script, minimally interfering with the Hebrew text. […] The word عظيم or عطية also appears. Needs further examination. Joins: Alan Elbaum and Amir Ashur.

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• dimme

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Judaeo-Arabic

Yosef ha-Bavli, in Alexandria, to his relative Yehuda the schoolteacher in the Iraqi synagogue of Fustat. Musāfir writes he had left Alexandria, where the family had fought with each other over a piece of bread and had lived in Fuwwa for a year.

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15 Sivan 1494 Seleucid (7 June 1183 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Tuesday, 15 Sivan 1494 Seleucid, which is 1183 CE, under the reshut of Sar Shalom ha-Levi. Ghulayb b. Ṣadaqa al-Bilbaysī claims that Abū ʿImrān b. Abū Saʿīd al-Kohen still owes him 105 dinars out of the 345 dinars that he had deposited with him. Abū ʿImrān claims that he already gave all the money back. Signed: Shemuel ha-Levi b.

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Arabic

Bottom part of a decree of a Fatimid Amīr titled Surūr al-Malikī to a provincial governor or fiscal official, dated 2 Jumāda II, no year. […] The men of a high official (amīr muntakhab) titled Dhukhr al-Mulk wa-Sadīduhā (Treasure and Bulwark of the Realm) should be allowed to collect tax as the latter sees fit, while allowing the iqṭāʿ holders their income.

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• decree
• dimme
• handbook
• internal memorandum
• kharaj
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Primary language

Aramaic

Ketubba (marriage contract), formulary, found inside of a Palestinian prayerbook. The booklet also contains formularies for a bill of divorce and the husband's instructions to the scribe and witnesses for issuing that deed. For the location, the bill of divorce gives "City X, adjacent to Ẓoʿan Miẓrayim (=Fustat), which is situated on the river Nile." There is also a poem dedicated to "our lord Evyatar (b. Eliyyahu)," who was the Gaon during the last two decades of the elevent century.

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• formulary
• ketubba
• marriage

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He is credited with various sums which he has paid in the meantime and which are to be deducted from the sum owed by him. Mention is also made of his father, who also took part in the operations.

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• account

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Inferred date

1213–1237 CE

Fragment of a double query, presented to Avraham Maimonides (Nagid) about (1) a man who keeps a female slave—not for service—although he was married and a father of children. (2) a man who had a Christian female slave accept Judaism but lived with her out of wedlock. […] Avraham Maimonides served as Rayyis al-Yahūd between 1205–1237 CE and also with the title Nagid after 1213 CE.

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• avraham maimonides
• christians
• legal query
• responsum
• slaves

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Nissim and his relatives Isaac b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī and Moses b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī. The writer also mentions rice, olives, and honey.

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• flax
• nahray b. nissim
• suftaja
• trade

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There is an 'emet' motto at the top, with the tail cutting through the first lines of the text. The sender tells al-Shaykh al-Makīn to tell the congregation that he misses them and urges them to be diligent in the matter of the lavish siyyum(?) for the poor(?). He also reminds them to pay the sums pledged from specific collections (Purim and another day?).

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Document date

1243 Hijrī (25 July 1827–13 July 1828 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

1243 AH (1827/1828 CE), with the month indicated by a sole ligature or letter (ل؟)– possibly Shawwal. The signature of ʿAlī ___[?] Agha Kapūdān Būlāq is present– which highlights the Nile port of Būlāq as the location where this document was likely issued. Another name with the title Kapūdān appears in line 1 and al-rayyis Abū al-Saʿūd al-Makkawī is mentioned in line 2.

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Document date

29 Av 5574 Anno Mundi (15 August 1814 CE)

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

In Hebrew and Aramaic. Also mentions a R. Navon. The writer mentions wishing to copy a manuscript from a 'ktav yad hedyot.' […] At the bottom of the page are some accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning currencies such as gurush, maḥbūb (both "ṣuḥāḥ"/true and "Istanbuli") and perhaps a French denomination (פראנסאי?). There is also a note mentioning a Krispin that is dated: Sunday, 29 Av 5574 AM, which is 1814 CE.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions: a certain ʿAfīf; a Qaraite banker (al-Ṣayrafī al-Qaraʾ); Shelomo; a settling of accounts that came up short by one ashrafī; the Nagid; David Sofer; a mat (naṭʿ); Moshe Maʿānī; sending a sum of money to "al-makān al-sharīf" (Jerusalem?

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Judaeo-Arabic

ṭājin warda); something else, one big and one small (ṣaghīra is written with a samekh, סגירה); someone named Ḥassūn; on verso there are greetings to "her children" followed by the intriguing phrase "at the time I went up to the fleet (al-jihāz; the word also looks like "al-jihād" but this seems much less plausible); other travelers; and reference to witnessing a legal transaction in the margin.

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Some of the names mentioned include: Moshe Al-Yamār (Alyamar), Moshe Griyanī, Avraham Levi Garbūʿa Yaʿaqov Rolo, Bekhor Al-Yāqīm (Elyaqim), Shelomo Sonina, Yiṣḥaq Zamero, Av[raham] Benāwī, David Gedalya, Moshe Shtiwī, Av[raham] Albanda, Mordekhay Bialobos, Eliyyahu Palombo, Eliyyahu Shalom, among many others on the recto and verso.

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• arikha
• late donations
• late prosopography

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25 Muḥarram 1238 Hijrī (12 October 1822 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Kethüda) recorded at the Dīwān Anwāl al-Ḥarīr in Alexandria (the Bureau of Silk Looms). […] The document was written, signed and stamped by the overseer of the Bureau of Silk Looms, al-Ḥājj ʿUmar Agha. The Judaeo-Arabic filing note mentions Yeshūʿa's nickname Shaʿyā and surname as well as a brief overview of the recto's contents.

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• silk

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24 Dhū l-Ḥijja 524 Hijrī (1130 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Capitation tax receipt for Sulaymān al-yahūdī b. Mūsā al-yahūdī al-Mutaṭabbib (?). Dated 24 Dhū l-Ḥijja 524 AH (1130 CE). Not authenticated at the top by officials of the dīwān al-ʿamal and ishrāf, as was the usual practice.

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• state
• tax
• tax receipt

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Thursday, 21 Elul 1421 Seleucid (8 September 1110 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fol. 2v: Entry in a court notebook detailing that Sitt al-Milāḥ bt. Efrayim ha-Levi Rosh ha-Qahal ("the fairest of the fair"), the (ex-?)[…] Yefet, sells part of her trousseau, each item specified, to pay for repairs on a house belonging to her in the al-Khandaq quarter. Dated: Thursday, 21 Elul 1421 Seleucid = 8 September 1110 CE. Written and signed by Avraham b. Natan Av. Also signed by Ḥalfon b. Yosef. (Information from Goitein's index cards.)

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Tammuz 1441 Seleucid (1130 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Court record concerning evidence of possession of a compound in Fustat, mentioning lanes and buildings in the city including two kanīsa, the zuqāq al-laban. Dated Tammuz 1441/July 1130. The witnesses (al-shuhūd al-muthbitīn) declare that they inspected the house of R. Sabtī together with a warrāq kabīr fī l-wirāqa (a well-respected notary?). The notary (al-waththāq) read to them what was written in R.

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• register

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Document date

7 Tishri 1461 Seleucid (11 September 1149 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter written by the India trader Avraham Ibn Yiju after his arrival in Aden, to his brothers and sisters in al-Mahdiyya or anywhere else in Ifriqiya. This letter, from September 11, 1149, is primarily addressed to Avraham’s elder brother Yosef, although he also speaks to another brother Mevasser.

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• 12th c
• ib3
• india book

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Document date

1236 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Postscript to a letter addressed to the Nasi Shelomo by the scion of the house of David in Mosul who also wrote Bodl. MS Heb. a 3/24. Mentions that he acquired for his son a permit to practice a profession and travel to Bilbays in Egypt. […] The writer mentions that he intended to travel that week, but his son fell ill; he also mentions that the rayyis is ill and cannot read or write letters, but that the sons of Rabbenu Menaḥem have been helping.

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• 13th c
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• mosul nasis

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from the sister of Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, in al-Mahdiyya, to her brother Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1020. The sister describes her extravagant grief—stripping off her clothes and fasting for two months—when she heard that her brother planned to continue traveling this winter, it seems specifically to Spain. She writes about the security that has worsened in al-Mahdiyya and about the rising taxes there. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #159) VMR

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• fasting

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from the thirteenth century. An Alexandrian cantor named Berakhot writes to a physician and poet named Yedutun (Psalms 39:1) in Fustat. […] (Information from Frenkel; see also Goitein, Med. Soc. vol. 5, pp.285-6)

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• yedutun ha-levi

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Hakhmon, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Around 1060. The letter contains details about goods that arrived from Fustat. […] He asks Nahray to send the flax he bought for him through Sicily if there is no ship that sails from Alexandria to Tripoli. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #691) VMR

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• flax

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Document date

10 Elul 444 Hijrī (9 August 1052 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ʿEli Kohen Fāsī, in Alexandria. Dated: 10 Elul = Rabīʿ II [4]44 AH = 9 August 1052 CE. The sender defends himself against his brother’s accusation and describes the difficult situation in the Maghreb, which prevents him from sending goods, especially because of the attacks in the sea (probably by the Byzantines). Also mentions that the goods are getting more expensive.

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• byzantine pirates
• byzantines

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Primary language

Hebrew

Yosef ha-Kohen, on behalf of the Jerusalemite and Babylonian Rabbanite communities in Alexandria, to the leader of the Jewish community in Fusṭāṭ (name not preserved but titled ‘the distinguished scholar’), perhaps Elḥanan b. […] The ransom had been raised at great cost to every member of the Alexandrian Jewish community. (Information from CUDL.)

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Document date

Adar II 1432 Seleucid (21 February 1121–21 March 1121 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: agreement regarding a three-storey house. Location: al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā. Dated: Adar II 1432 Seleucid = February/March 1121 CE. […] Yeshuʿa the Byzantine (from Bilād al-Rūm) and 'the convert' (ha-Ger) Avraham b. Moshe. […] Yeshuʿa, and Nissim b. Shela. Verso: alphabetic pen trials, atbash, and jottings of names.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Conveying a report of a communal conflict which took place in the beginning of the thirteenth century, during the tenure of the judge (dayyan) R. Eliʿezer in Alexandria. A visiting preacher ([...] b. ʿOvadyahu) came to the community and won great popularity to the point that the judge Eliʿezer tried to interrupt his sermon and stormed out with a portion of the congregation. Rabbenu Efrayim came to the side of the visiting preacher. The Alexandrians are writing in support of the visitor, and complaining about the local dayyan's behaviour.

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• communal controversy

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Dated: Tuesday (date not preserved) 13[..] (ca. 10[40] CE). Also signed by Avraham b. David and and [...] ha-Kohen b. […] The verso has the name Ibn al-Fuqqāʿī (בן אלפקאעי). An adaptation of the biblical verse Proverbs 18:22 is used, known to be a favored and distinctive choice of the scribe Yefet b. […] (Information in part from CUDL.) Join: Alan Elbaum

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Shemuel writes that after searching the book dealers of Egypt for rare titles, he learned in Alexandria that the Greeks had many schools with fine scholars, and so he has made up his mind to go on to Thebes and Salonika in Greece after Passover. […] Dating: ca. 1130s CE. See also T-S 13J11.8 (PGPID 940). (Information in part from CUDL.)

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• 12th c
• book trade

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