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Circular on behalf of a notable from 'Arqa, northern Syria, whose wife and child were held in captivity. On verso blessings on food.
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Pledges for ransom of captives. A pledge-drive (pesiqa) for the man from Antioch for the ransom of his children. In four columns divided further into …
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Letter sent from Acre shortly after it was taken by the Crusaders in 1104, in which a merchant describes to his parents the terrors of …
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Recto: Letter of appeal from a woman who "is among the captives from Palestine." Dating: both Goitein and Gil date this document to the early …
Thus says the Lord: Do justice and deeds of charity, for my salvation is near to come and my charity to be revealed (Isaiah 56:1).
Blessed are thos…
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Letter from Alexandria from the 21st of October 1219, a short time before the crusaders' assault on Damietta. A man who had to flee Cairo …
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Letter from Abū Yūsuf, unknown location, to Rabbi Elʿazar (body of the letter) who is likely identical with Abū l-Manṣūr b. al-Muʿallima (address), presumably in …
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Letter from Alexandria to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The hand of the letter resembles that of T-S 16.272, written by an Alexandrian judge. Fragment: Bottom half …