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Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Kohen b. Simha, asking for help. In Hebrew. The writer was hit by a crisis that forced him into poverty and …
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Letter fragment, written in poetical phrases, in which the writer asks Yehuda and his brother Meshullam for help. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom part). Asking for help from the addressee. Mentions R. Avraham; being in great distress (wa-l-sāʿa al-shidda ʿaẓīma); lack of clothing …
Letter addressed to a 'Sar ha-Leviim,' asking him to help his son, who is imprisoned in Cairo for a debt. Fifteen dirhams had been pledged, …
Letter from Ibrāhīm, Yosef b. Hillel, and Moshe to Yehuda ha-Rav. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 13th century. Asking to have some produce sent …
Letter of request for help, probably sent to Abu al-Wahsh. The letter begins with words of praise.
Recto: Beginning of a letter of appeal for charity by an individual named Makīn who addresses his plea to an elder. Mentions the topoi of …
Petition from Yaʿaqov b. Aharon, a man of some learning. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Unknown. The sender petitions the addressee for financial help and for an …
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Petition. Calligraphic letter with wide line-spacing in which the writer asks the recipient, whom he addresses as 'my father,' for support, emphasizing that his poor …
Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Kohen Segan ha-Kohanim. In Hebrew. Containing greetings and an apparent request for charity. The letter is written in the same hand …
Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Kohen. Contains initial greetings, a request for assistance, a congratulations on recovering from an illness, and wishes for the forthcoming high …
Letter sent from Alexandria to Fustat regarding an inheritance of a widow and her orphans. Dating: ca. 1080 CE. The local Jewish judge (Heb. dayyan) …
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Calligraphic letter requesting help for a man who is out of work and has a large family which would be satisfied with getting a mere …
Poetic epistle addressed to the poet and man of letters Yehuda ha-Levi, who was also a well-to-do physician and devoted time to public welfare and …
Enormous letter from Yoel ha-Melammed to Avraham the pious and to his brother Yosef, containing a request for help. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter from Abū l-Faraj to the scholar (al-talmid) Avraham al-Nafīs. Written in an elevated register. Dating: probably late 12th or early 13th century. The substance …
Petition addressed to four brothers (?), the elders Abu al-Baqa, Abu al-Baha, Abu al-Faraj and Abu al-Karam, requesting charity. The supplicant, Harun, writes that he …
Letter (petition) addressed to a certain notable named Perhaya. AA
Letter asking for charity in which the writer describes how “exacting” the upcoming holiday of Passover is in terms of expenses, noting that his "prayer …
Unusual document containing meeting minutes relating to the business dealings of someone whose name is too faded to read (r2). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 13th …
Letter from Aharon b. Naḥum ha-Tinnisi the scribe. The writer is in need. He lost his job and prices are high, so he left Tinnis …
Letter. Petition in Hebrew of which only the first 20 lines, containing introductory wishes, have been preserved. The letter contained a request for help. The …
Account for burial expenses. Goitein (Med. Soc., 4:160) interprets the deceased as belonging to the lower middle class, but he may have been affluent: in …
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Begging letter from Fuḍayl, the brother of Abū l-Ḥasan, and from Abū Saʿd, to his relative Abū l-Khayr Ṣedaqa b. Ṣammūh b. Sasson requesting help …
Private accounts of Abu Zikri Tabib in the hand of Nahray b. Nissim (Goitein) or Yehuda b. Saadya (Gil). Dating: ca. 1065 (Gil). Draft. Mentions …
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Petition from Yusuf requesting help from the addressee, Natan, for a woman who has weak vision and a blind daughter. The sender also enquires after …
Petition of a pregnant woman describing herself as a 'lonely foreigner' (gharība qatīʿa). Ibrāhīm, the scribe, emphasizes the great reward and place in heaven the …
Communal petition. Petition from a man claiming to be without shelter and saying he was living in a donkey's stable without anything to eat. He …
Secondary use: Two fragments from a list of male persons, mostly craftsmen or foreigners (Goitein surmises that they are people for whom the capitation tax …
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Recto: Letter from the teacher Abū Yaʿqūb to an unknown recipient. Written in a good hand and pleasant style. This letter implores the addressee to …