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Poem in honour of Masliah Gaon.
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Circular letter from Maṣliaḥ Gaon to all the communities of the Rīf.
Bottom part of a legal deed written under the reshut of Masliah Gaon (Date: 1127-1139)
Letter from Masliaḥ Gaʾon. Dating: ca. 1120 CE (unclear on what basis).
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Upper right corner. Mentions Maṣliaḥ Gaon. A man makes a declaration beginning with "Eight _____ ago...."
Letter fragment, perhaps addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaon ('rosh yeshivat Ga'on Yaʿaqov'). In Judaeo-Arabic.
Shlomo Head of the Yeshiva. Maybe Masliah Gaon is intended. AA
Menashshe Halevi under the authority of Masliah Gaon (date: 1127-1138)
Confirmation of a compromise agreement made before Masliah Gaʾon. Dated: Wednesday, 3 Shevaṭ 1444 Seleucid, which is January 1133 CE. […] Toviyya attest that 5 days prior, in the court of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon in New Cairo, Shemuel b. Yehuda Ibn Asad and Shemuel b. […] See T-S 10J5.20 for another validation signed by Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. (Information from Goitein's edition.)
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Possibly a fragment from a circular letter from Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, with the genealogy at the top of recto and part of the address (משער הישיבה) on verso.
Upper part of a damaged court record, from the court of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Involves Yeshuʿa and someone's sister Milāḥ bt.
Menashshe Halevi under the reshut of Masliah Gaon (1127-1138). Might belong with T-S NS 225.39
Recto: legal document written under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi.
Dating: 1127–38 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Involves Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa and Nissim.
Menashshe Halevi under the reshut of Masliah Gaon (1127-1138). Might be connected with T-S NS 225.41
Dating: 1127–38 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39 CE). Very faded. Involves Abū Naṣr Mevorakh.
Letter addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaon with fourteen lines of poetry in the hand of Natan b.
מכתב למצליח גאון
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Menashshe Halevi under the authority of Masliah Gaon/ Only part of the year is preserved 144[.] = 1130-1138.
Mentioning Alexandria (possibly drawn up there) and the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Dating: 1127–38. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Small fragment from the bottom of a legal deed from the year [144]5 Seleucid = 1133/34 CE, under the authority of Masliah Gaon, and written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi.
Menashshe Halevi contains greetings for Masliah Gaon, probably for his appointment as Head of the Jews (ca. 1127).
Bottom part from a legal document written under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon (although his name does not appear) by Halfon b.
Dated: 1130 CE, under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon. Groom: Yehuda ha-Rofeʾ. Bride: Sitt al-Nās.
Legal document written in Damietta Tishrei 1448 (late September 1136) and validated in Fustat in the court of the synagogue of the Palestinians, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ gaon. Nissan 1448/March 1137.
Dated: 1442 Seleucid, which is 1130/31 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. (Information from CUDL)
Circular letter from the office of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. This fragment preserves the last few lines of his genealogy and the first three lines of the letter, with huge spacing between the lines.
Regarding events that happened in the court of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (1127-38) and perhaps some dispute over the distribution of 20 dinars.
Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE), under the jurisdiction of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (1127–39 CE). (Information from CUDL.)
Drawn up under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Dating: 1127–38 CE. Abū l-Makārim Ṣedaqa ha-Kohen releases Berakhot ha-Levi from claims.
Menashshe (1100–38), written under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (1127–39). Involves Abū Zikrī Yehuda. No other details of the case are preserved.
Letter, poetic, contains mostly blessings, ending 'to our fourth (= fourth of the yeshiva) rabbi son [of ...],' that is, Masliah Gaon. ENA 2806.5–7 are copies of letters to Shelomo Gaʾon and his son Maṣliaḥ.
Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38), under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Fragment (bottom part). Involves Yaḥyā al-Kohen, Abū l-Maʿālī, Abū l-Karam b.
Menashshe (1100–38), from the period of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Bride: [...] bt. Natan. On verso, there are jottings in Arabic script (basmala, then ...
Letter of appeal for charity from Abū Dāniyāl to Maṣliaḥ Gaon. The house where the writer lives with all his family is collapsing around them.
Dated 1127-1138. under the authority of Masliah Gaon.
Dated: Middle third of Sivan 4895 AM, which is 1135 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. No details preserved. There is a fragment of a signature [...] ha-Levi.
Dating: 1127–38 CE, as the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon is mentioned.
Petition addressed to Masliah Gaʾon, requesting that he allow Abū l-Riḍā b.
Dated: 1441 Seleucid, which is 1129/30 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. The case involves a gift, Sitt al-Karam, Abū l-Munajjā, and a female slave named Rasm.
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(NB: This dating seems erroneous, as the list includes Maṣliaḥ Gaon, who was in office 1127–39.)
Menashshe ha-Levi and under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, yielding a date range of 1127–38 CE. Somebody receives a formal warning (התראה).
Menashshe and the years of Maṣliaḥ Gaon.
Drawn up under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (dates: 1127–39). Fiancée: Malka, a divorcee.
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Dated: First decade of Elul 1447 Seleucid, which is 1136 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. One of the parties is Hiba. Also signed by Natan b.
Abū l-Faraj al-Qubaybiyya to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. He reports that he has opened a shop in Suwayqat [...] near the shop of Ibn [...].
Calligraphic letter from (thecantor Thabit Ibn al-Munajjim to Maṣliaḥ Gaon begging for charity, complaining about poverty and his dependents.
Dating: 1127–39 CE, as this was drawn up in the court of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. Signed: Yosef b. Ḥalfon b. Yosef ha-Kohen.
Invokes the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). [...] b. Yehuda and Shelomo ha-Kohen appear before the court and attest concerning the sister of Zakkay, Sitt al-Ahl.
Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE), and written under the jurisdiction of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–1139 CE). T-S 20.86 and T-S AS 152.386 may be two pieces from the same ketubba.
Dated: Adar II and under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, so the corresponding years can be 1129, 1131, 1134, or 1137.