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Primary language

Arabic

Recto: poetry or rhymed prose probably by Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī (active ca. 1300). In Arabic script. The content of recto is difficult to figure out but mentions economic crisis (shidda, ghalāʾ) in Egypt, people running away to Anṭākiya, and also a vignette about people who prosper during difficult times, this section mentions purchasing slaves in دنقلا (Dongola, Sudan).

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• nasir

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Primary language

Arabic

Dating: ca. 1135 CE, based on the appearance of Maḥfūẓa bt. Yosef Zayn al-Tujjār. Abū Zikrī b. Yūsuf al-Hārūnī al-Yahūdī rents a house from three individuals: Salāma b. Yūsuf, his wife Maḥfūẓa bt. Yūsuf Zayn al-Tujjār (see T-S NS 225.25j), and a third whose name is not preserved.

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter fragment in Arabic script, could also be a state document given that there are large line spacing and the script is chancery-esque. Parts of five lines are preserved along with some of the margin and some mirror-text imprinted by the lines that used to be below. The addressee is told to send his next letter to Tyre or to Damascus (ilā Ṣūr aw ilā Dimashq, l. 2). Mentions Jerusalem (al-Quds) at the end of l. 3, then a quire of Damascene paper (kurrās waraq Dimashqī).

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• al-sham
• paper

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Primary language

Hebrew

Dating: Second half of the 16th century. Ṣemaḥ Alanj (? אלנג׳) sells Shemuel Cordoba 19 pounds of a particular kind of coral (מרגאל גשים קצף) for 17 peraḥim and 2 coronas. […] There is an addendum written in between the lines at 180 degrees, mentioning the wife of Makhlūf. Ṣemaḥ Alanj is also mentioned in T-S AS 145.87, a deed of release from the year 5329 AM (1568/69 CE).

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• early modern

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The addressee is to send things to the shop of Hilāl b. Bunyām (also mentioned in T-S 13J27.9, which is dated ca. 1080 CE). Also mentions Barakāt b. Khulayf, a name familiar from other mercantile documents of the period.

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Primary language

Arabic

He knows that the addressee is only keeping them "for their benefit with you," however, "we also need to make progress in Arabic." The sender added "apologies for the (poor appearance of the) paper" in the top margin. On verso there is a pious aphorism, also in Arabic script.

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• education

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Probably concerning payments to a divorcee made or owed by her ex-husband Abū ʿImrān ha-Kohen. There is also someone named [...] b. Menashshe. A few additional lines, also in the hand of Ḥalfon b.

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• hikr

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

People mentioned include the wife of Abū l-Ṭāhir; al-Sharīf; al-Khwārazmī; Hārūn; the daughter of Abū l-[...]; the wife (bayt) of al-Qarqūbī; [...] al-Ṣabbāgh; Mudallal; Sitt Saʿāda; a female slave (jāriya); Ibn Abū Dhirāʿ; Abū l-Surūr.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He notes that he constantly inquires after them from travelers arriving from Fustat, that he is always telling ʿIwāḍ to include greetings from him in his letters, and that he is only silent in order not to burden Nahray with having to respond. Concludeswith assurances that all matters on his side are proceeding properly, due to the sound leadership of “al-Rayyis al-Jalīl" and with prayers for the welfare of the whole community of Israel.

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• nahray b. nissim
• trade

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

T-S NS 190.2 mentions several more works on paper, one book whose title includes al-Alfāẓ, and one "in his handwriting." There are probably more fragments of this list to be found in the Geniza. See also ENA 2687.2 (PGPID 11115).

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• booklist

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Ṣalḥūn to Abū l-Bayān(?) Moshe b. Yishmaʿel al-Kātib fī Dīwān al-Jaysh (i.e., a military administrator). In Hebrew (for the long opening and one address), Judaeo-Arabic (for the body of the letter), and also Arabic script (for the other address). There was probably once a lower portion of the letter that was glued on but which subsequently got torn off.

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• army

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Document date

[49]49 Anno Mundi (24 September 1188–13 September 1189 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Tiqva known as Abū l-Thanāʾ. The date could also be 4849 AM, but a man named Shemuel ha-Levi "Beḥir ha-Leviim" also appears in T-S 13J5.5 (1204 CE), and the name Abū l-Thanāʾ is more common in the 12th century than in the 11th century.

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• ketubba

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: ca. 1229/30 CE. Declaration made by al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab Abū l-Thanāʾ Netanʾel b. Berakhot known as Ibn ʿAmmār al-Sukkarī. None of the details of the case are preserved. […] The following shelfmarks are all related, and some subset of them may join: T-S NS 320.130b (PGPID 25402), T-S AS 153.31 (PGPID 16605), and Bodl.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The substance is unclear and the prose is elevated. "... may God help... which... all of our colleagues (aṣḥābnā) the great [and small]... good fortune, O my lord and master... the [no]blest of my treasures and the benefit of eternity... drape the curtain over (tusbil al-sitr ʿalā)... [indulge me] for any lapse (min al-zalal), for were it not for [...]. Presumably a letter of appeal for charity or other assistance.

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions: "... his arrival... every day in a gathering of the Jews on the small fast day (yawm ṣawm al-ṣaghīr)." Mentions the government (al-sulṭān) several times. Mentions "aṣḥābnā al-ḥāḍirīn" (our friends/colleagues who are present). Might mention "the palace" (al-qaṣr, v4), and coming down from it, then "no one should blame me...."

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Inferred date

1122–1150 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Owing to her grave sufferings (min ʿuẓm al-alam) her menses (al-ṭamth) have stopped. Finally, because of her great anxiety (min kuthrat al-takarrub), she is affected by mild palpitation (rajīf yasīr) of the heart." The same illness is also described in an earlier letter (T-S 12.234). […] It is possible that no fever is described, only a sensation of burning (nār). It is also possible that the phrase "knee pain" (wajaʿ rukab) should be read "pelvic pain" (wajaʿ rakab), especially as the next sentence describes the menstrual changes brought on by excessive pain.

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: etiology
• illness: mental effects
• illness: physician
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Document date

16 Rabīʿ I 911 Hijrī (17 August 1505 CE)

Primary language

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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Primary language

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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Primary language

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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Primary language

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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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto contains instructions for reciting a spell (ʿazīma) seven times on Friday and Sunday nights; also involves using a new lamp with olive oil and burning incense of olibanum and frankincense. Verso cites the Quran (idhā zalzalat al-arḍ zilzālahā).

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Primary language

Arabic

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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• dimme

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Primary languages

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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• dimme

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Primary language

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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• alchemy

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Primary language

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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Document date

571 Hijrī (22 July 1175–9 July 1176 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Rental contract in Arabic script. Lessee: Sālim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abū l-Ḥasan the baker (? al-khabbāz). […] The property is located in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. Dated: 571 AH = 1175/76 CE.

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Primary language

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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Primary language

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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Primary language

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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Primary language

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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Primary language

Arabic

Receipt for the capitation tax of Mūsā b. Futūḥ, in Alexandria (bi-thaghr al-Is[kandariyya?]).Same cluster: T-S AS 178.69 (PGPID 36898) T-S AS 180.22 (PGPID 37373) T-S AS 182.312 (PGPID 38982) T-S NS 327.43 (PGPID 25835)

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Primary language

Arabic

The creditor is Abū l-Baqāʾ b. Bū l-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ al-Yahūdī al-ʿAṭṭār al-Maghribī. Needs examination.

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Primary language

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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• ramla

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic regarding sums of money owed by Umm Waḥsh. There are also jottings of accounts in Arabic script, probably the earlier use of this fragment. These mention names such as Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl, ʿAlī b. [...], Abū Bakr, and ʿĪsā. The top entry on verso refers to Sūq Barbar.

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Document date

487[.] (1110–1119 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Bottom part of a legal deed from Alexandria dated 487[.] to the creation = 1110-1119. […] Ya'aqov (who might well be Avraham b. Ya'aqov al-Der'i, see Frenkel, The Compassionate and Benevolent, pp. 86-91) , [...]

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• alexandria

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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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• madmun

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Probably a bill of gift of property in Qaṣr al-Rūm granted to a daughter named Ḥusn; could be a marriage gift. Also mentions a sister of hers. Join: Moshe Yagur.

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• halfon b. menashshe

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Describing features of a house (al-dār... al-bāb... al-qāʿa...) and "the total: 20 pairs" (אלגמלה כ זוג).

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• halfon b. menashshe

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment (lower left corner of recto). Mentions Abū l-Wafāʾ al-Simsār (the broker); Ibn al-Mū (?? בן אלמו) who arrived from Upper Egypt (al-Ṣaʿīd); and various greetings.

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• yefet b. menashshe

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are many learned allusions and some citations of biblical verses, including Proverbs 27:19. The substance/purpose is not clear. Mentions Alexandria and Abū Naṣr Segan [ha-Ke]huna. Needs further examination.

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• alexandria
• saj'

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

On his way to India, Abū Barakāt al-Labdī met Yiṣḥaq al-Nafūsī in Aden, who gave him some merchandise to sell for him. […] The final section is a copy of the legal proceedings in which Abū Barakāt declares that he had spent the rest of al-Nafūsī's money on the latter's recently purchased house in Fustat, an action he took on the instruction of Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Netanʾel, al-Nafūsī's appointed representative.

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• halfon b. menashshe
• ib1
• india book

2 Transcriptions 1 Translation

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: The physician responds that if he is being invited to a drinking party, he cannot come today because the Christians prevent him (? li-ajli moqesh al-'arelim). If he is being summoned to treat (mudāwā) somebody, probably al-Sadīd, it can be postponed to another day. Rashīd should tell al-Sadīd that the writer already came looking for him several times but could not find him. He was worried on his account ("the first was in my heart"), and he wondered if perhaps al-Sadīd no longer needed his services. Changing the topic, he concludes, "As for the the [Ar?]

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• 'arelim
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: physician
• illness: treatment
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1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In Judaeo-Arabic, with some interesting spellings (e.g., many extraneous alefs, some missing alefs, יתפע for ידפע, and תקתע for תקטע, and אלאלה for God). […] On verso, greetings to 'his son Yaʿqūb'; Muʿammar; Abū ʿAlī Muḥsin; Abū l-Ghayth Mufarraj; Hillel; and Yaḥyā.

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• interesting shape

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