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151
LetterMS 8254, fol. 12
Recto: Letter fragment, probably addressed to Moshe Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting on the arrival of Abū l-Mufaḍḍal and mentioning a letter to Abū l-Fakhr al-Ṣayrafī …
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152
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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153
LetterMoss. Ia,14
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from [Yosef?] ha-Kohen b. Yiftaḥ ha-Kohen, in Tinnīs, to Abū l-ʿAlā' Ṣāʿid b. al-Munajja al-Dimashqi (perhaps the same as Abū l-ʿAlā' Ṣāʿid …
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154
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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155
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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156
Legal documentT-S K25.240.25
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic with some Arabic script. Abū l-Majd is to give 11 dirhams to Yeshuʿa as maintenance …
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157
Legal documentT-S K25.240.37
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Abū l-Majd is to give 2 dirhams to Seʿadya al-Nazir from the waqf of al-Muhadhdhab. T-S K25.240 …
- אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ`
- מן גהה וקף אלמהדב לסעדיה אלנזיר
- דרהמין ושלום
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158
Legal documentT-S K25.240.39
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides? In Judaeo-Arabic. Al-Shaykh al-Makīn is to give the beadle some sum. Very faded. T-S K25.240 consists of …
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Legal documentT-S K25.240.47
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Mainly in Arabic script with some Hebrew script. Abu l-Majd is to give the bearer, al-Shaykh al-Rashīd, …
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160
LetterT-S 18J2.6
Letter from Simḥa Kohen, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Manṣūr. Dating: ca. 1205 CE. The writer complains about the extortions of a tax farmer who …
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- ואמרתם לחי ואתה שלום וביתך שלום
- וכל אשר לך שלום
- ממלוכהא אלדאעי להא שמחה כהן
- ינהי תקדמה כתבה לחצרת אלמולא
- אלסייד אלאגל אלוגיה אלשיך אלאגל
- אבי …
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161
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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162
List or tableENA 2591.18
List of weekly emoluments, preceded by the collection made for the purpose. Superscription: 'Statement about the revenue from the collection for the weekly payments, jibayat …
אלשיך הבה אללה אלתקה ב
אלגמלה קכד ובקיה לא
אנצרף מן דלך
ר' אנטולי ח
ר' יפתח ו
אלחזן בו סהל ו
אלחזן בו סחק ד?
בן ר' דניאל [
כאדם דמוה
גאליה בן ברכאת א…
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163
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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State documentYevr.-Arab. I 1986
Letter from an unnamed Fatimid official in Alexandria to Najīb al-Dawla. Dating: second half of the eleventh century. 36 lines preserved, written in an elegant …
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165
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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167
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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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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State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.2
Receipt for payment of a tax farmer (dāmin, line 2) in Fustat. The month of Ramadan al-Muʿaẓẓam of the year 701. Alama: al-ḥamdu lillāh sallama …
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170
LetterENA NS 22.19 + ENA NS 21.13
Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355), regarding evasion of the capitation tax in the community. The previous year they had …
- אלתגליק פמא חאגה ללמראסל לאן מא
- לכם אלצרב חתי לא תכסרו ואדא . . .
- אלחקאיק מא פי אליד. .לה . . . אלחאל
- מני ומנכם ומן גירי ותנדמו ולא יבקא
- ינפעכם אלנד…
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171
LetterT-S Misc.27.4.10
Letter/report/petition addressed to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Concerns Ḥāzim the tax rallier (ḥashshār) who was placed under house arrest (tarsīm) and relieved of his …
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172
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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173
Legal documentT-S K25.240.55
Autograph order from Avraham Maimonides. Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer (also named Abū l-Majd?) two dirhams for baking matza (khabīz faṭīr) for Passover. …
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- אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד
- שצ' יוצל ללשיך
- אבי אלפרג שצ' מן
- אגרה אלרבע עשרה
- דרהם ען אלמתאכר לה
- פי אלמזונות אלי אכר
- שבת ויקח קרח עשרה …
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174
Legal documentT-S K25.240.42
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. It seems that somebody submitted an account of liabilities (ḥujaj), apparently to be paid to the supervisor …
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Legal documentT-S K25.240.41
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū l-Majd is to give 1 dirham to the messenger who went up to New …
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- אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד
- שצ` למוצלהא אלרסול
- אלדי טלע אלקאהרה
- פי חאגה ינטר
- אלמוארית מן גהה
- אלרבע דרהם
- ואחד
- ושלום
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Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.45
Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Mainly in Arabic script with some Hebrew script. Abū l-Majd is to give 2.5 dirhams to …
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Legal documentT-S K25.240.31
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Abū l-Majd is to give R. Yiftaḥ 10 dirhams to cover his support (mezonot) for a period …
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- אלשיך אלחזן אלגליל אבו אלמגד שצ` יוצל
- לר' יפתח ען רסמה לארבא גמע אכרהא
- אלה מסעי בסבב עגז אלמזונות עשרה דרהם
- ושלום
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Legal documentT-S K25.240.49
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Mainly in Arabic script with some Hebrew script. Al-Ḥazzan al-Makīn (=Abū l-Majd?) is to give the bearer …
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Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3971.5
Receipt in the hand of Abu Zikri Kohen: saḥḥa lil-shaykh Abū l-Surūr dirham wa-niṣf la-ghayr. Old IB: 229f. There is a line or two in …
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180
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 …
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- 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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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/25
Letter from a son to a father. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer thanks the addressee for the wuṣūl (official receipt), since the tax (mas) was threatening. …
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State documentENA NS 18.26
Response to a letter of complaint concerning taxation of the Jews of Tiberias. The letter refers to a sijill mukarram (noble decree) of the caliph …
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- واصلنا الشكوى فيما نفعنا معه [
- وورد السجل المكرم من الحضرة المجيدة يذكر فيه ما
- انهاه سباع بن فرج اليهودي من حال اليهود الذمة
- بطبرية وان في…
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183
State documentENA 3971.23
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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184
LetterAIU VII.A.43
Letter fragment (bottom half) in Judaeo-Arabic, addressed to an important person (perhaps Avraham Maimonides). Dated: Middle decade of Elul 1541 Seleucid = August 1230 CE. …
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185
State documentT-S K2.96
Petition to Saladin from ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Yaḥyā, the Jew, a resident of Malīj, in the province of al-Gharbiyya, in the Delta. Dating: ca. 564–89 …
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- ⟦ناصر⟧
- ناصح الدين اسحق
Verso
المملوك
عبد الباقى بن يحيى اليهودى
المقيم بلمليج
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186
Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.29
Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides.Abū l-Majd is to give 15 dirhams to R. Yiftaḥ as 6 weeks of support (mezonot). T-S …
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- אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד יוצל לר' יפתח שצ` ען רסמה
- פי אלמזונות לסתה [ג]מע אכרהא שבת אם בחקתי כמסה
- עשר דרהמא מן אגרה אלרבע ושל…
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Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.30
Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer, R. Yiftaḥ, the 12.5 dirhams due to him as …
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Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.32
Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer, Yiftaḥ, 7.5 dirhams to cover a period of 3 …
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Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.43
Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū l-Majd is to give to the messenger of the ḥaver Yeḥezqel 13 dirhams …
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- אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ`
- יוצל לרסול אלחבר ר' יחזקאל שצ`
- תלתה עשרה דרהמא מצאפא למא
- אכרגהא עלי אלכתב ושלום
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Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.50
Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Mainly in Arabic script with some Hebrew script. Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer [...] …
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Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.48
Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Mainly in Arabic script with some Hebrew script. Abū l-Majd is to pay support (mawna/mūna/muʾna) to …
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Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.38
Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. The cantor (Abū l-Majd?) is to give Ṭāhir the beadle (al-khādim) 2.5 dirhams. T-S K25.240 consists …
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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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195
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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Legal documentT-S NS 321.79 + T-S 13J4.5
Legal document dealing with a loan granted by Abū Naṣr Elʿazar b. Karmī Ibn Shabīb to Abū Manṣūr Elʿazar Ibn Zabqala. Dated: Tammuz 1543 Seleucid, …
- ] מטה מן אלשיך אבו מנצור כגק מר ור אלעזר הבחור ה[
- ] הזקן היקר הידוע באבן זבקלה סט קנין שלם בכלי הכשר [
- ] בלי [אונ]ס כלל בביטול כל מודעין ותנאין אן ע…
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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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198
LetterENA NS I.99
Letter from a woman to a certain Yosef written in the hand of Shelomo ha-Melammed b. Eliya. The woman calles herself "his mother" but it …
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Legal documentT-S K25.240.26
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer 30 dirhams from the waqf of al-Muhadhdhab for somebody for …
- אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ`
- יוצל למוצלהא //תתמה// עשרין דרהמא
- מן גהה וקף אלמהדב שצ` עמא
- יוהב? (יותב?) עליה ר` ישועה נע` ען תעלים
- אלפקרא ואליתומים…
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Legal documentT-S K25.240.35
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer, Seʿadya al-Nazir, who is sick, 5 dirhams from the waqf …
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- אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ`
- ידפע למוצלה סעדיה אלנזיר
- אלמריץ כמסה דרהם מן גהה וקף
- ושלום אלמהדב
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