20 total results

1. 1

   LetterENA NS I.3

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   12266

   Letter from a woman to Sitt [Qa]ḍīb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions items like the robes (shuqāq?) and the blankets (al-mulayḥifāt). Regards to Sutayt, the elder Abū …

   1. . . .
   2. ]א ללאימאן אל
   3. ]עלי ולד . ויתקל
   4. ] אלגויים ואל . . .
   5. וא [. . . . . . . .]לת ואכדתהא מעי
   6. . . . . . . . . . . .] . ב . . . . . . . . . .
   7. וגדת . . …

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   • women
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2. 2

   Legal documentT-S NS 324.31

   In PGP since

   2019

   PGP ID

   25684

   Small fragment of a legal deed written on parchment. Probably regarding a debt from an husband called Sahlān to his wife, but too little text …

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   • women
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3. 3

   LetterT-S 13J7.24

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   1197

   Recto: letter in Judaeo-Arabic about a young woman. Potentially the same hand (and/or indirect joins): T-S NS 292.56 (PGPID 24738), T-S 13J7.24 (PGPID 1197), T-S …

   1. לם ירידוהא תכרג [
   2. מצית אלא אלשיך מוסי ולם יעט/י/ני
   3. טאעה ללכרוגהא ובו זכרי בן הלאל
   4. ואמא אלצביה פקד אנקט אלכבז
   5. ען פמהא וקאלת להם מא נקעד
   6. והמא יקצפו פי…

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   • shemuel b. saadya
   • women
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4. 4

   Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1587

   Document date

   Thursday 13th Tishrei 5459 Anno Mundi (1699 CE)

   In PGP since

   2019

   PGP ID

   28045

   Karaite bill of debt paid to a woman.

   No Scholarship Records

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   • karaite
   • women
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5. 5

   Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/92

   Document date

   29 Marḥeshvan 1541 Seleucid (18 October, 1229 CE)

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   6469

   An incomplete deed of a sale of one quarter of a house by a public leader, Ibn al-ʿAjamī, to the wife of a money assayer …

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   • house
   • sale
   • women
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6. 6

   Legal documentT-S 18J1.32

   Document date

   1539 Seleucid (13 September, 1227 – 1 September, 1228 CE)

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   3519

   Dissolution of partnership, remarkable for its inclusion of female relatives. Dated: 1539 Seleucid = 1227/28 CE. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 45, 46, 436.) …

   1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . שהד]י דחתמות ידנא לתתא סוף שטרא דנן כן הוה
   2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] שנת אלפא וחמש מאה ותלתין ו…

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   • partnership
   • women
   • women in court
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7. 7

   State documentT-S Ar.42.129

   In PGP since

   2019

   PGP ID

   21098

   Petition from a woman to a high dignitary or perhaps to al-Malik al-ʿĀdil himself (one reigned 1200–18 and another reigned 1238–40) in a rudimentary hand. …

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   • dimme
   • petition
   • women
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8. 8

   LetterT-S 13J34.9

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   8075

   Letter from Umm Dāʾūd to her nephew (brother's son) Abū Zikrī b. Eliyyahu. Dating: first half of the 13th century. Describing the wedding of her …

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   • 13th c
   • wedding
   • women
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9. 9

   Legal documentENA 2562.3

   Document date

   14 Elul 5321 Anno Mundi (26 August, 1561 CE)

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   11410

   Recto: Deed of sale. Rabbanite. In Hebrew. Dated: Tuesday, 14 Elul 5321 AM = 26 August 1561 CE. A woman named Qamr, the wife of …

   Verso

   1. בפנינו עדים חתומי מטה מכרה קמר אשת הזקן המעולה כר יוסף ידיע אלאחדיב
   2. זה לדוניא אסתר אלמנת היקר ומעולה כר אברהם טורטוש זל חזקת הקאעה
   3. הקטנה אלמעל…

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   • qaraites
   • real estate
   • women
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10. 10

    List or tableT-S Ar.30.307

    In PGP since

    2019

    PGP ID

    20425

    Recto: Distribution list in Judaeo-Arabic. In a Byzantine hand? Lists dozens upon dozens of people, including a large proportion of women and people such as …

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    • byzantines
    • charity
    • distribution
    • women
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11. 11

    LetterENA NS 42.14

    In PGP since

    2017

    PGP ID

    11953

    Letter from a woman complaining of abuse by her co-wife (or co-wives?). Dating: ca. 16th century.

    1. הן בערכאות של גוים כי מאסתי חיי או אמות בשאלתי
    2. עדי אפיק ואמלה רצוני ולאזבל הרשעה[
    3. תשים מגמת פניה כי כבר הגיע ממנה כי אנכי אהיה
    4. לה לשטן משחית מ[ה]כל …

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    • feud
    • polygyny
    • women
    • women's letters
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12. 12

    State documentT-S Ar.41.49

    In PGP since

    2017

    PGP ID

    8278

    Petition from a group of people to a chief vizier (Sayyid al-Wuzarāʾ) titled "al-Kāmilī." In Arabic script. Fragment (upper half only). The petitioners complain that …

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    • fright
    • petition
    • slaves
    • troublemaker
    • women
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13. 13

    LetterENA NS 55.9 + ENA NS I.55

    In PGP since

    2017

    PGP ID

    11952

    Letter from a widow in Safed regarding her property in Egypt, to a communal leader. In Hebrew, late and beautifully written. The writer seems to …

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    • dowry
    • petition
    • safed
    • women
    • women's letters
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14. 14

    Legal documentT-S 10J7.10

    In PGP since

    2022

    PGP ID

    35194

    Copy of the will of Khulla bt. Shabbat in which she lists her assets (three different dārs held in partnership with her two sisters and …

    1 Transcription 1 Discussion

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    • codex
    • dammuh
    • slaves
    • will
    • women
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15. 15

    Legal documentT-S 8J6.8 + T-S 13J30.3

    In PGP since

    1988

    PGP ID

    2179

    Fragment of a Hebrew deed in which witnesses testify that Ezra b. Shemuel b. Ezra, the representative of the merchants, came to them to complain …

    ....

    1. ושיבדי[ל]וה מעדת ישראל והניחה
    2. מבארכה זאת דברינו והלכה אל שופט
    3. השופטים ולקחוהו הרגלים וביזת אתו
    4. והצרך לברוח מפניה והיא עומדת
    5. על דבריה ועל עזות מ…

    Recto

    1. (1–2) What took place before us, we the witnesses undersigned on this document, on the month of Elul, 

    3. (3-4) 4994 AM (= 1034 CE) in Fusta…

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    • complaints
    • islamic court
    • testimony
    • wakil al-tujjar
    • women
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16. 16

    LetterT-S 8J23.14

    In PGP since

    2017

    PGP ID

    7700

    Letter from Umm Ismāʿīl to Eliyyahu the Judge. Asking him to send her any money left in the collection for the poor. On verso are …

    Recto:

    1. אלי חצרה אלמולא אלרייס אדאם אללה סעאדתה
    2. וופא אמאנתה וחפט דיאנתה ואקאם ענאיתה
    3. וחרס //בניה// ובנאתה מן ממלוכתך וכאדמתך ונאשרא
    4. פכרך ומקירא בפצלך…

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    • 'askar
    • illness
    • illness letter 969-1517
    • illness: women's
    • poverty
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17. 17

    Legal documentL-G Misc. 113

    Document date

    Tammuz 4857 Anno Mundi (14 June, 1097 – 12 July, 1097 CE)

    In PGP since

    2004

    PGP ID

    4037

    Two merchants setting out from Alexandria on a voyage to the Muslim West appoint their wives as executors and guardians of their children: (1) Yosef …

    f. 113

    1. ] שהאד[תה וכ]ט ידה אכר הדא [אלשטר] אן חצר בין ידינא ר יוסף בר יצחק נע לדא. אלפאסי והו פי צחה
    2. עקלה] וגואז אמרה טאיע גיר כארה לא [מגבור] ולא מק…

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    • 11th c
    • alexandria
    • ib7
    • india
    • trade
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18. 18

    Legal documentT-S 10J7.10

    Document date

    1440 Seleucid (1129 CE)

    In PGP since

    2022

    PGP ID

    35310

    Bifolio of a court register in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe consisting of four pages and containing four court cases. 1r: Legal document concerning …

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    • debt
    • intermarriage
    • legitimacy
    • muslim husband
    • paternity
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19. 19

    Legal documentT-S 10J7.10

    Document date

    1440 Seleucid (1129 CE)

    In PGP since

    1989

    PGP ID

    1562

    Bifolio of a court register in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe consisting of four pages and containing four court cases. 1r: Legal document concerning …

    1. חצר אלינא אנן חתומי מטה אבו עלא אלפרנס (?) מרור יפת
    2. הזקן ביר מצליח הזקן נע ושהד בין ידינא ואנן במותב תלתה
    3. כחדא וקאל אנני כנת ענד אלחזן אלנזר רצי אלל…

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    • debt
    • halfon b. menashshe
    • intermarriage
    • legitimacy
    • muslim husband
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20. 20

    State documentT-S Ar.39.395

    Document date

    550 Kharājī (1156 – 1157 CE)

    In PGP since

    2018

    PGP ID

    16257

    State accounts relating to the tax farm of the lands of Dayqūf, in the province of al-Bahnasā, administered by Basṭiyya b. Marqūra and the property …

    1 Transcription 1 Translation

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    • 12th c
    • acccount
    • arabic script
    • dimme
    • farming
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