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LetterENA NS 39.5
Fragment of an official letter from Fustat addressed to a certain town in the Rīf (or perhaps a circular), exhorting them to be generous and …
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LetterT-S 6J9.7
Letter of recommendation for charity, addressed to Mishaʾel ha-Sar. Written on behalf of Hiba Ibn Zaʿfarān (the word before "saffron" isn't entirely clear, it could …
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LetterT-S 13J6.30
Letter from Yosef to Abū l-Fakhr asking him to help contest his obligation to pay the capitation tax of his brother, who was missing in …
- בשם אל עולם יתברך נצח סלה
- שארע מן כאדמהא יוסף לכ גד קד מר ורב השר הגדול
- בעם ייי צבאות הנדיב והשוע שהוא עשה כמה חסדים
- וטובות בסתר ובגל[וי מ]ולאי אלאג…
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LetterStras. 4038/9
Complete calligraphic letter of appeal to Yefet ha-Sar, a Levi, begging for money to help pay the capitation tax for the writer and his two …
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"Salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord, He is their stronghold in time of trouble" (Psalm 37:39).
"Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, y…
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LetterMoss. II,183.2
Short note from Abū l-ʿAlā' al-Muʿallim to Abū Saʿīd urging him to send the money quickly because the writer urgently needs to pay the capitation …
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LetterT-S AS 132.237
Letter fragment (lower right of recto, lower left of verso) in lovely handwriting. Mentions the capitation tax, hunger, and charity. On verso a woman seems …
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LetterT-S NS J351
Verso: Letter to a family member who had inquired about distant relatives. The writer states that his wife, son, and sister-in-law had died, while his …
- דיאר מצר מן אלתגמל ואלכלף ואשיאפאת ואכחאל ומראהם(?)[...
- למא כאן יכפאה אלבארי עאלם ואלדתי ביננא צאיעה מא יתטול יזא[...
- קד גרי רסמהא תתפצל פי כל וקת ת…
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LetterT-S 12.581
Letter to Abū ʿImrān in which the writer, a perfumer and judge in Minyat Zifta, describes repairs to the local synagogue along with news of …
- ממלוך חצרה מולאי ותאג ראסי וסיידי אלעזיז עליי וענדי
- אלתלמיד אלגליל אלפאצל אלעאמל אלעאלם אלשיך בן עמראן שצ
- יקבל ידיה אלכרימה ומואטי קדמיה וינהי שוקה …
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Unknown typeT-S 8.29
Letter regarding the payment of the capitation tax.
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/135
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Makārim al-Kohen, possibly in Qalyūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Urging him to collect money to pay the capitation tax of …
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LetterENA 3927.1
Recto: Letter from Barakāt b. Abū l-Faraj al-Dayyān (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to Abū l-Ḥasan. In Arabic script. Pleading for a loan of 20 dirhams against …
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LetterT-S 10J12.4
Recto: Letter from Futūḥ the cantor to Shemuel and Hayyim and Nasir and their cousins Sadaqa and Yiṣḥaq, congratulating them on their safe return and …
- רננו צדיקים בייי שמחו בגודלו צדיקים ות . . . . . . . . שמעו
- יברך אל שמואל ראש הנדיבים בחיר האל תפארת המבינים יגדל אל לע . . ו
- מעלתו יזכהו ראות שמחת …
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Legal documentENA 2559.12
Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: 17 Adar II 1597 Seleucid = 15 March 1286 CE. The communal officials (khuddām) who collect the capitation taxes in …
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- כאן בתאריך אלסאבע עשר מן שהר [אדר] שני שנת
- אלפא וחמש מאיה ותשעין ושבע שנין לשטרות במצר
- חצרו אלכאדאם אלדי יגבו אלגואל במצר והם הבה אבן
- אבו אלפר…
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LetterENA 2176.14
Letter fragment from an unknown writer in Syria to 'Rabbenu' in Bilbays. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the capitation tax (... al-jawālī) in al-Shām and specifically mentions …
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List or tableHalper 468
List of persons for whom the capitation tax was to be paid. Late eleventh century. (Information from Halper, Catalogue and Goitein, Med. Soc. II:467)
הרון אכי אלאכרס ולה רבאעי
סלאמה בן הרון בצמאן כלף בן קבה
הבה בן מוסי צבי חנין
הבה בן //אברהים//
יוסף בן כלף צבאג //תפליסי//
סעד בן פרג אלמג
ברכאת בן …
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LetterT-S 8Ja1.2
Letter of appeal for charity from Abū l-Majd to the physician (ḥakīm) Yeshuʿa ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer needs help paying 20 silver dirhams (nuqra) …
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LetterT-S AS 152.89
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Mentioning dirhams, the capitation tax, and names such as Binyamin, Yaʿaqov and Yaḥyā. Also mentions 'Rabbenu'; …
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List or tableT-S K15.94
List, long, irregularly written, mostly effaced, of males. In many cases sums like 1/3, 1/4 (dinars) 5 qirats added; in other instances, a well-to-do person …
- ............................]ה רבע דינר
- .....].ים..ל.. חסן בן אברהים
- [רב]ע דינר רבעי
- ....]ב צדר[י] הבה בן בשר אבו לבוה
- [ת]מן ד
- ....]..לם אל..[..] [.…
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LetterT-S AS 177.599
Informal note from Abū l-Faraj. In Arabic script. He complains about his illness and inability to go out (on account of the jāliya?). He asks …
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List or tableT-S NS 226.8
Three much damaged columns, containing about 60 names of male persons, all of low professions. The list contains no numbers and was obviously drawn up …
- . . . . . . .]ה[
- [. . . . . . . .
- . . .]שר. .[
- . .]ק[.]. . . .[
- אבו [
- נתן [
- אבו [גא]לב בן[
- אהרן ושלמה ו[
- לוי ואבנה [
- מנחם הזקן [
- יצחק בן אליה [
- ישוע…
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LetterT-S AS 16.189
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the [Head of?] the Yeshiva, the countryside, and the capitation tax (al-jāliya). (Information from CUDL)
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LetterMoss. II,127.1
Informal note addressed to Mukarram and Abū Manṣūr. In Judaeo-Arabic. They are requested to convey the dinar they had pledged for the first installment of …
- אלשיך מכרם ואלשיך אבו מנצור
- ישצ ינעמוא יוצלוא ללשיך
- אלאגל אלמכין אבו אלעז אללוי
- שצ דינאר עין אלדי אסמוה
- פי גבאיה אלגואלי אלמעגלה
- יזנה פי גאליה אלחזן…
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The shaykh Mukarram and the shaykh Abū Manṣūr, (may their) R(ock) p(rotect them), shall kindly deliver to the most illustrious shaykh al-Makīn …
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LetterCUL Or.1080 J87
Letter sent by the community of Fustat to a place in the Egyptian Rif, asking to help a Palestinian, as the local people had just …
- וחית וצל דניאל דנן אלי מחרוסה מצר והו //ועיאלה// כאנו
- כאנו אלגמאעה ברוכים יהיו משגולין ענה בגואלי אלעניים
- נייף עלי תסעין עני //אלי אלאן// וזנו גואלי…
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LetterT-S NS J308
Letter from Menaḥem to the judge Yehosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. A letter of recommendation poor man who has debts and must pay the capitation tax. Menaḥem …
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LetterT-S 13J16.10
Letter from a young man named Sibāʿ, in Alexandria, to his mother, in Fustat, but addressed to his brother Abū l-Najm. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly …
- בשמ רחמ
- כתאבי אליך יא ואלדתי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
- עזך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאך וכבת באלדל חסדתך
- ואעדאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה
- פאנה ול…
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LetterT-S NS 264.11
Letter of appeal for charity. From Abū l-Majd to al-Shaykh al-Rashīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th or 14th century. The sender is in difficult straits …
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LetterT-S 13J22.9
Letter from the teacher Dāʾūd Ibn al-Ḥaver of Qalyub to the judge Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1225 CE. Complaining about his meager …
- פרי צדיק עץ חיים
- ינהי אלממלוך אלי מגלס אלולד
- אלעזיז אלפרע אלנביל אלעאלם
- אלעאמל מר ור ברכות התלמיד
- החכם המלמד יהי שמו לעולם
- ואעלמה אני כתיר אלשוק לסמ…
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/6
Family letter from the end of the 12th century to Abu al-Faraj b. Abu al-Barakāt, a doctor in Fustat, from his brother in Alexandria. The …
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- בשמ' רחמ'
- חצ'רה מולאי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ומן חסן
- אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וגודה
- אן שא אללה אלדי תריד עלמה …
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List or tableENA 2591.6
Collection for the capitation tax - jibayat al-jawali (verso) (for the 6th week of the liturgical year, usually falling in November). As the very small …
- גבאיה אלגואלי ש׳ ואלה תלדת יצا
- אבי אלפכר לוי עטאר ורק
- ולדה אבי אלפצל ורק ⅓ ½
- //אולאד אלעודי// ⅓ ½
- אבו עמראן לוי עטאר
- אבו עמראן כהן עטאר 1/3
- אל]מבין …
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State documentT-S H15.62
Petition to the Ayyubid sultan al-ʿĀdil regarding the capitation tax. Dating: ca. 596–615 AH, which is 1200–18 CE. The petitioner asks that his tax rate …
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العادلى المظفري [ ]ـي .[سلطان]
جيوش المسلمين وادام قدرته واعلا ابدا كـ[ـلمته] ...
المملوك يقبل الارض امامه وينهى الى
رافته واحسانه …
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State documentENA 3945.5
Tax reciept for jizya in the name of [..] b. Ghālib with two registrations marks; 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh al-muʿīn al-dāʾim', praise be to God who is …
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LetterL-G Ar. I.77
Letter from the Jewish community of Qafṣa (Gafsa), Tunisia, to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1016 CE, as it mentions Manṣūr b. Rashīq's …
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State documentT-S NS 321.47
Fatimid-era petition. From Muʿammar [...] al-Tūnisī. In Arabic script. He is in trouble on account of the capitation tax and says he does not have …
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LetterENA NS 29.7
Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century, as Eliyyahu the Judge is mentioned. The writer greets the addressee as 'brother' and gives him a report …
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LetterENA NS 42.8
Letter of appeal. The writer states, "The illness was enough for me, and then the capitation tax assailed me." The tone is aggrieved; he complains …
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LetterENA 2738.3
Petition in Judaeo-Arabic with a Hebrew beginning for financial assistance addressed to Rabbenu Avraham, can be dated by script to around the 13th century (i.e. …
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LetterCUL Or.1080 J80
Verso: Letter from a father, unknown location, to his son Baqāʾ, in Fustat. The letter was sent to the shop of Meshullam/Musallam to be held …
- בר
- אעלם ולדי ואעז אלכלק עלי וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך
- ואדאם עזך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך ען חאל סלאמה
- ועאפייה ושוק אליך שדיד גמע אללה בינני(!) עלי
- אסר חאל ואנעם ב…
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LetterT-S AS 145.195 + CUL Or.1081 J14
Recto and part of verso: Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to his father in Fustat. He is concerned about how they will pay …
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LetterNLI 577.6/26
Letter or letter draft from Muʿammar ha-Kohen ("the teacher of Qalyūb") to ʿAmram ha-Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Recto consists entirely of pleasantries and flattery …
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LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/10
Letter from an unknown man, in Damietta, to his mother, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 13th–15th century. …
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LetterMoss. VII,194.1
Letter of appeal from a blind (maḍrūr) man Moshe who is unable to work and distressed on account of the capitation tax. Rather than asking …
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LetterT-S AS 181.219
Petition/letter of appeal for charity, in Arabic script, addressed to the qāḍī ʿImād al-Mulk. The writer mentions his distress (al-shidda wa-l-ḍīqa wa-l-khawf). Later (three lines …
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LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1479
Letter from Avraham Neḥmad to Moshe b. ʿAbd al-Waliyy. Writer and addressee are Qaraites. Written in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The letter begins with a recommendation …
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LetterENA NS 21.12
Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides dealing with the capitation tax and with the kashrut of meat, first half of the 14th c.
- כק ונוגשיך צדקה וכאצה אלגאליה אנהא
- ען דם אלאנסאן ובהא יעמל אלישראלי
- דינה שבת ומועדים וכפור וגמיע מא
- יכתאר פי דינה ולא לאחד ישוש עליה השם
- למען שמו יפ…
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LetterENA NS 2.4
Letter from Abū l-Bahāʾ, in Ashmūm, to his father al-Mashmiaʿ al-Melamed (the crier/herald, the teacher), in Minyat Zifta. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that his …
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- בש רח
- קד עלם כאלק אלמוגודאת מא עלי קלבי
- מן אלשוק ואלוחשה אלי חצרה אלואלד אלעזיז שצ
- חפצה אללה תעאלי וכפאני פיה כל מחדור
- וסואה אני משתאק אלי אל…
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LetterENA 2808.17
Recto: Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his father Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Recommending the bearer, Dā'ūd of Banhā, who is chronically in arrears …
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LetterCUL Or.1081 2.4
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to a certain Abū Ṭāhir containing interesting technical details of the capitation tax administration. The writer heard from Manṣūr al-Dimashqī "may God …
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LetterBL OR 5545.4
Letter from Moshe b. ʿOvadya, in Aleppo, to a Nagid, in New Cairo, who receives 20 lines of eloquent Hebrew praises but does not appear …
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State documentAIU XII.15
Official account mentioning the transfer of sums to the fisc (bayt al-māl) from the bureau of the capitation tax (bayt al-jawālī): "mablagh al-maḥmūl ilā bayt …
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LetterHalper 358
Letter to Eliyyahu concerning the thirty-dirham balance of the capitation tax (jizya) owed by Abu al-Makarim, who is in great need of it because he …
- בשמ רחמ
- כאן קד תקדם קולי ללמילי אלשיך אלאגל מר ור אליה שצ
- פי מעני אלשיך בי אלמכארם באנה קד בקי עליה מן אלגזיה
- ל דרהם והו פי שדה ואל גמעה ירסם עליה א…
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