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51LetterNLI 577.3/10
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Shelomo b. Aharon to Natan ha-Kohen b. Yosef. Opens with a cryptic mention of the writer's departure for the sake of paying the …
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52Legal documentT-S NS J297b
Document date
December 1289 CE
Legal document: dissolution of a partnership, concerning a tax farm in al-Maṭariyya.
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- damin
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53State documentT-S Misc.22.14
Document date
3 Dhū l-Ḥijja 403 Hijrī (June 1013 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb written by Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, the cashier, and registered by the Office of …
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54State documentT-S AS 181.226
Document date
Beginning of Dhū l-Ḥijja 403 Hijrī (June 1013 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb written by Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, the cashier, and registered by the Office of …
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55State documentJRL Gaster ar. 262
Primary language
Arabic
Fiscal (or other?) receipt. Arabic writing, Coptic numbers.
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56State documentENA 2747.16
Primary language
Arabic
Field-guide to taxation. Parts of two paragraphs. Written in a large, calligraphic hand. Collesis joint, suggesting it was once a longer rotulus, but also holes …
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1. [... الوقـ]ـت الذي جرى الرسم باستفتاح الخراج فيه قدم استخراج
2. …[نجـ]ـم من نجوم هذه السنة وما لعلّه يتاخر من مال الابواب في وقته وجمـ[ـيع الـ …
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1. [ …(if ... at the tim]e when the levying comes at the beginning of the kharāj (cycle, i.e., the fiscal year), the collection is moved forward …
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57Literary textBodl. MS heb. f 56/13–19
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Copy of a story about the edicts against the Jews in Baghdad and how they were saved. Dating: ca. 1120 CE. The scribe reused numerous …
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1. פראית אלצביה עלי אפעאל אבוהא (!)
2. אלצום ואלצלוה ואלצדקה פאעתרץ'
3. עליהא אלזיגה פאמתנעת וקאלת
4. מא אגיר מא אנא פיה לאן אלזיגה
5. תשגלני ען הדה אלאשיא…
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58LetterBL OR 5566C.5
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Ṣadaqa to the Abū l-Najm the Parnas, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender announces his intention to travel to Sicily (in "Bilād al-Rūm") …
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59State documentL-G Ar. II.79
Document date
24 Dhū l-Ḥijja 524 Hijrī (1130 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Capitation tax receipt for Sulaymān al-yahūdī b. Mūsā al-yahūdī al-Mutaṭabbib (?). Dated 24 Dhū l-Ḥijja 524 AH (1130 CE). Not authenticated at the top by …
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60State documentT-S Ar.40.161
Primary language
Arabic
Recto: Arabic-script document containing several sections. The lower part may be a tax receipt for a sum received from Zuhayr b. [...] from the ḍamān …
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61LetterT-S 13J21.10
Primary language
Hebrew
Recto (secondary use): Late letter in Hebrew to R. Shelomo ha-Sofer from "your wife Dona Soro (=Sara?) and your daughters Reina and Raḥel and your …
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1. שלום רב וישע יקרב למורי ואדוני אור עיני ועטרת
2. ראשי אדוני אישי כבוד ר שלמה הסופר יל קבל
3. רוב שלום מאדון השלום ומני דונה סורו זוגתך
4. ובנותיך ריינה…
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62LetterT-S 13J6.30
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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 …
1. בשם אל עולם יתברך נצח סלה
2. שארע מן כאדמהא יוסף לכ גד קד מר ורב השר הגדול
3. בעם ייי צבאות הנדיב והשוע שהוא עשה כמה חסדים
4. וטובות בסתר ובגל[וי מ]ולאי אלאג…
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63List or tableT-S 8J41.13
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Census for the capitation tax. List of male persons with consecutive numbers over the names. First complete no. visible is 19, but some names are …
1. בו סעד בן [
2. אולאד נביקה אבו ע.[
יט ך
1. יחזקאל זהרה אסחק כהן כרים בן [
כג כד
1. וסרור בן גוית אבו [[עמר צבאג]] אבו אלכיר טיב? אם ב..
כה כו כז
1. תנא לו…
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64Legal documentENA NS 77.254
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Notes for the drawing up of a deed of sale for a slave. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? One of the parties is …
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65LetterMoss. VII,159.1
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from a retired old Alexandrian merchant to a friend in Fustat. One side is a letter in Arabic script and the other side is …
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66Legal documentAIU VII.E.232
Document date
first decade of Kislev 5454 Anno Mundi (29 November 1693–8 December 1693 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Rashīd (Rosetta). Dated: first decade of Kislev 5454 AM = November/December 1693 CE. Apparently concerning the acquisition of a tax …
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67LetterCUL Or.1080 J88
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter at one point thought to have been sent from Cairo to Bilbays containing a request to contribute to the capitation tax of a poor …
1. . . .] כגק מר ור אלישע [. . . . . . . .
2. הלויים הירא שמים הנדיב יברכו צורו
3. ויעזרו ויגן בעדו ויזכהו לראות
4. שמחת חמודו ותורתו ואריכות ימיו
5. אמן סלה מ…
1. [To the honorable Abū] Naṣr, son of his honor,] greatness and holiness. our master and teacher Elisha, Pride
2. of the Levites, the pious and noble, m…
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68Legal documentT-S 8J10.17
Husband who intends to travel abroad allocates 20 dirhams per month, namely, five per week, for his wife, plus some wheat, the 20 dirhams to …
1. חצר אבו אלפרג בן גזאל אל
2. קיסראני אקני מן רוחה טאיע
3. גיר מגבר אנה יקום ל[זוגתה
4. אם אולאדה פי כל שהר בכ
5. דרהם כל אס //ביע// ה דראהם וובתין(!)
6. קמח טייב וח…
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1. Abual-Faḍl, son of Ghazal the Alexandrian, came
2. And obligated himself with a qinyan of his own free will
3. And not under duress, (so) that…
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69State documentT-S NS 306.137
Primary language
Arabic
Recto: Bottom of a letter (official letter?) in Arabic script. Verso: Tax receipt issued by ʿArafāt(?) b. al-Naqīb the silk tax farmer (ḍāmin al-ḥarīr) to …
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70LetterMoss. Ia,12.1
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (in the hand of his son Avraham) to Egypt. Mentions oppressive laws and heavy taxes and punishments and requests …
....
1. ומו[
2. זוכרי[ם
3. עם ב[
4. שכינת עו[לם
5. ישמרו צורנ[ו
6. אשר עלינו וטוב [
7. אוכלים אותנו ח[יים
8. עליהם חוקים חקו[קים
9. תחלה המס הכבד אש[ר
10. והעונש אשר לשום ל[
11. העיר …
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71State documentT-S AS 184.45
Document date
30 Jumādā I 403 Hijrī (17 December 1012 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb written by Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, the cashier, and registered by the Office of …
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72LetterENA NS 68.6
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports on receiving authorization (al-ʿalāma) to collect the kharāj tax from the official in charge of estates (ʿāmil al-mawārīth). …
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73State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.17
Document date
701 Hijrī (6 September 1301–25 August 1302 CE)
Receipt for tax dated 701 (1302)
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74State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.10
Tax receipt, Fatimid, possibly for the year 414? 11.5 x 10.5. NB: There is a discrepancy between the numbering of the manuscripts and the photos; …
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75List or tableBL OR 5549.8
List of prisoners imprisoned for nonpayment of the capitation tax. Fragmentary. twenty-four names preserved, with sums representing the amounts still due, to be provided by …
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76LetterDK 123f
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Avraham b. Shelomo b. Yehuda perhaps to Efrayim b. Shemarya. In Hebrew. Complains about a Coptic kātib (הסופר הערל, lit. "the uncircumcised scribe") …
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77LetterT-S AS 132.237
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
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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78LetterMoss. IV,14.3
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Interesting format: the opening praises are written in large blocky Hebrew, with the remaining content in …
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79LetterENA NS 52.13
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Yosef ha-Levi to Yosef Bagilyer. In Hebrew. Dating: First half of the 16th century. Concerning tax farming. Mentions two rich and famous figures …
Recto
1. [.........................] אדונ[י....................] ב׳׳ה
2. [...] בשמו יתעלה אחר אשר יגמר הענין לטובה ב׳׳ה
3. [...]ן ביאת אדוני למצרים צריך היות…
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80State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.1
Document date
Dhū l-Qaʿda 403 Hijrī (14 May 1013–12 June 1013 CE)
Possibly a tax receipt or an order of payment. Two endorsements, end of Dhū l-Qaʿda of the year 403 (?) 6x8 cm, verso blank. Item …
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81LetterT-S Misc.25.22
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. After many nice phrases, the body …
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82LetterJRL Series B 4089
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
India Book, II,21a (JRL Series B 4089) and II,21b (T-S AS 151.222). Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yiju. Dating: ca. …
JRL Series B 4089 verso
1. .....[....................
2. אלתמן גפד וצח וזן אלגוניה אלאכרא
3. בהארין גיר סבעה ארטאל סער ה מ
4. אלתמן ט פ דינ ולה מן תסלים יאקות א…
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83LetterAIU VII.E.165
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment to a certain ḥaver ("... ba-sanhedrin gedolah...") describing the writer's financial distress. He also provides a recommendation for the bearer of the letter, …
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1. ] תורה בר הדרת יקרת
2. החבר] בסנהדרין גדולה החכם והנבון
3. ] זלהה אנה לה אליום פי אלבלאד
4. ] פסיקה ולא פי רסם מן אלציבור
5. ] . ה אלפנא ואלגלא כאן ודין י…
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84LetterENA 2805.14
Document date
Friday, [25] Nisan [4810] Anno Mundi (20 April 1050 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Upper fragment: Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Alexandria to his uncle Abū l-Khayr Mūsā b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī in Fustat. Dating: Friday, [probably 25] Nisan …
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1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלפאצל ואדאם עזה וסלאמתה וכבת
2. חסדתה ועדוה מן אלאסכנדריה יום אלגמעה ל.... בקין מן ניסן [כת]מה אללה
3. עליה ועלינא …
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85LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/135
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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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86LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/40
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Avraham b. Abī l-Ḥayy, in Alexandria, to his brother Mūsā, presumably in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1075 CE, several months after the death of …
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1. כתאבי יאכי וסידי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך
2. וסעאדתך ומא תחב עלמה אן תקדם כתאבי אליך מע חסון וערפתך פיה
3. וצול כתאבך מן קבל אלעיד…
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87State documentENA 3971.13
Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …
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88LetterBodl. MS heb. f 107/53
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer needs help paying the capitation tax (jāliya). The addressee had previously said something about talking to …
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89LetterT-S 10J12.4
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
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 …
1. רננו צדיקים בייי שמחו בגודלו צדיקים ות . . . . . . . . שמעו
2. יברך אל שמואל ראש הנדיבים בחיר האל תפארת המבינים יגדל אל לע . . ו
3. מעלתו יזכהו ראות שמחת …
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90State documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/10
Document date
437 Kharājī (1046 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Fiscal document, top and bottom missing. Refers to kharāj payments for the year 437 kharājī (about five lines up from the bottom of the page); …
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91List or tableF 1908.44M
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
List of several dozen donors to the public appeal (pesiqa) for the kharāj (here probably meaning capitation tax). Last line contains a reference to Abū …
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92LetterT-S 16.13
Document date
1069 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Hayyim b. 'Ammar (Gil) or Zakkar b. 'Ammar (Ben-Sasson), Palermo, to Yūsuf b. Mūsā Tāhartī in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1069 (Gil).The writer writes …
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1. על ש'מ'ך'
2. [כתאבי] יא[סי]די ומולאי [אטא]ל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ונעמתך מן אלמדינה מסתהל כסליו
3. ואנא בחאל כמא שא אללה [ת]עאלי מן גאיחתי וגואיח א…
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93Legal documentENA 2559.12
Document date
17 Adar II 1597 Seleucid (15 March 1286 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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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1. כאן בתאריך אלסאבע עשר מן שהר [אדר] שני שנת
2. אלפא וחמש מאיה ותשעין ושבע שנין לשטרות במצר
3. חצרו אלכאדאם אלדי יגבו אלגואל במצר והם הבה אבן
4. אבו אלפר…
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94List 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 …
1. ............................]ה רבע דינר
2. .....].ים..ל.. חסן בן אברהים
3. [רב]ע דינר רבעי
4. ....]ב צדר[י] הבה בן בשר אבו לבוה
5. [ת]מן ד
6. ....]..לם אל..[..] [.…
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95List or tableENA NS 50.33
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions people such as Muwaffaq and Ḥasan the ghulām, goods such as honey, and expenses including "the government duty in Giza" …
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96Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/8
Document date
Monday, 8 Shevaṭ 4866 Anno Mundi (15 January 1106 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Sub-leasing agreement. Location: Damietta (אי כפתור). Dated: Monday, 8 Shevaṭ 4866 = 15 January 1106 CE. In which Musāfir b. ʿEli, the tax farmer of …
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1. שהדותא דהוה באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתימ[י]ן חתמות ידנא ל[תחת
2. שטרא דא כן הוה חצר אלינא מסאפר בר עלי סט צאמן אלחריר ואלצבג
3. בדמיאט וקאל לנא אשהדו עלי ו…
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1. Testimony of what transpired before us, we the witnesses whose signatures are at the bottom of
2. this document. Thus it was: Musāfir b. ʿAlī,…
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- damin
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- silk
- tax
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97LetterENA 4020.30
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter by the scribe Ḥalfon b. Menashshe to his brother in law, with a long narrative about the difficulties he encountered procuring a tax receipt …
1. בשמ רחמ
2. רקעתי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם חראסתה ונעמאה
3. וכבת באלדל חסדתה ואעדאה מן תופיקה אלחסן לא אכלאה וכאן לה
4. . . . ] וחאפטא פי ו…
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1. In your name, merciful one.
2. I am writing to you — my lord, the lofty elder, may God perpetuate your existence and make your protection and ben…
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98LetterHalper 466
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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 …
recto, right-hand side
1. בשמ`] רח` פדיון שבוים
2. ....]בש פסיקה אלאנטאכי לאולאדה
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1. ...] ב` סלאמה א` בן סלימאן ב`
2. ...].ם ב` בן אלביאן ו` בן אלחזן ר`…
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PGPID
4063
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99LetterENA NS 71.23
Primary language
Arabic
Letter, probably a correspondence between two officials, in Arabic script, with the "inhāʾ" formula and tarjama. The sender reports (yunhī) on a man who owes …
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PGPID
12016
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100LetterENA 2176.14
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
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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2017
PGPID
10092
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