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LetterBL OR 10578C.46
Informal note. Possibly in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. An order for various food items and materia medica, with the amounts listed, …
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Legal documentHalper 349
A deed of acquittance written in Cairo in 1383 or 1384 under the Nagid Amram, for whom nine lines of titles and epithets are included. …
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List or tableBodl. MS heb. c 13/4
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals, at least partially for rental income, including for the year 1337/38 CE (1649 Seleucid).
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LetterT-S 6J6.21
Letter from the chancellery of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (d. 1355) concerning a needy orphan. The first line is in Arabic characters, characteristic of letters …
- בסם [אלרחים]
- הנה אל ישועתי וכול
- אלחזן אלש פרג אללה שצ יעלם [ אן
- חאמלהא אליתום מוסי ותסל [ענה
- אלש יצחק ומתי לם ירצאו יאו[וה
- ארסל ערפנא מן כל בד חתי […
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LetterT-S 8J23.4
Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355) to the community of Fustat asking them to arrange a charitable collection (Information from Goitein, Tarbiz …
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- הנה אל ישועתי וכול
- אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימ[ין
- במצר יברכם צורם אנס יעלמו
- אן מצות צד[קה] אגרהא עטים בין
- ידיה [תע] וכצוצא למן הו עני בח[וסר
- כל וזקן ו…
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LetterT-S 13J28.13
Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides regarding a collection (jibaya), ordering that the addressee's 'wife' (bayt) and the wife of the beadle Sulayman collect …
- אל[ג]באיה ויגתהד פיהא ויחלצהא
- ענדה וערפנאה איצא באן
- ביתה ובית אלשמש אלש(יך) סלימאן
- הם אלדי יגבו מן אלנשים ויגתהדו
- פי אלגבאיה [ול]א תכלונא מן
- כואטרכם…
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LetterENA 2958.2
Letter fragment in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. An instruction to a cantor to warn a woman that her husband had submitted …
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Legal documentT-S Ar.40.29
Legal document in Arabic script, dated Ṣafar 1334 CE (735 Hijri). Sitt al-ʿAdā confirms to have received from [...] b. Samaw'il b. Rashīd b. Abū …
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LetterT-S NS 321.103
Strong censure from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides that the addressee had left a guest recommended by him without food on Friday and Shabbat and, …
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List or tableT-S NS J130
Accounts, it seems a list of loans granted by a broker of the 14th century. Information from Goitein's note card.
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LetterT-S NS J456
Letter with greetings for the holidays, likely in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. There appears to be a genealogy in a different …
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List or tableCUL Or.1081 1.36
Account, listing names, commodities, and quantities. Probably 14th century or later (among other reasons, since "son of" is written with a nun sofit).
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Legal documentCUL Or.1081 1.39
Legal document, draft of the opening, giving only the (difficult-to-read) date. At the top is named Abdallāh the son of the brother of the Nagid …
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LetterT-S 8K13.7
Letter of recommendation for a poor man with a family from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides.
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LetterENA 4046.6
Petition in Judaeo-Arabic to the Nagid. Mentioning real estate and rent. The handwriting is likely that of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides.
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LetterT-S Misc.28.64
Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides to a certain Avraham ha-Sar (likely the same addressee as in T-S 8J40.2) regarding an excommunication. Muslim courts …
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LetterT-S AS 158.62
Fragment of a letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides, possibly a recommendation for Yosef al-Ṣabbān (the soap boiler).
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LetterT-S NS J146
An urgent summons to appear before the court from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides.
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LetterT-S NS J336
The beginning of a letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides, for a man named Eliyyahu "who has no tongue [in Arabic] or …
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Legal documentT-S NS 321.97
Legal document likely in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. Concerning a man and his wife who was the daughter of the late …
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LetterT-S NS 324.11
Letter in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides, it seems conveying greetings for the holidays.
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Legal documentT-S 24.8
Marriage contract (ketubba). Dating: ca. 1337 CE, since the same witnesses appear on T-S 13J2.18 from that year. Groom: ʿOvadya b. Avraham b. Shelomo. Bride: …
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Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1367
Deed of lease. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 27 Tammuz 1613 Seleucid = Shawwāl 701 AH, which is June 1302 CE. The elders of the Qaraite …
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LetterT-S K15.18
Pledges for charity on Sabbath lekh lekha of the year 1647, the third week of the Jewish liturgical year, falling in October 1335 (Goitein). The …
- שבת לך לך אסמו ללפ[קרא]
- הד' מר ור שמואל הדיין הכה[ן
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- אלשיך אלמופק אכיה יצחק
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- אלכ' יוסף אלשיך צדקה אלשיך
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- אברהם אבן נגיב נאצר בן יעקב
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LetterT-S NS J290
Fragment of a letter in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides including the following bitter statement: "What is the reason of this? Don't …
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LetterBL OR 5544.2
Letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Mamonides, to be read in the synagogue, on behalf of an elderly, poor man Yiṣḥaq who wishes …
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LetterMoss. VII,176
Letter to Yehoshua Maimonides (1310–55) reminding him of somebody who was excommunicated when his father Avraham II Maimonides (1245–1313) was Nagid. The letter is rather …
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Legal documentMoss. V,387
Partnership agreement, likely in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides, involving a certain [...] b. Sulaymān known as al-Ashyāfī (seller of ophthalmics) and …
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LetterT-S 12.608
Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355) warning against a traveling preacher, popular in the community, who "speaks of secrets whose meanings he …
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LetterT-S NS 31.7
Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (d. 1355) in which the cantor Faraj Allāh is ordered to arrange a collection for a …
- בסם אלרחים
- הנה אל ישועתי וכול
- אלחזן אלשיך פרג אללה שצ יעלם
- באנך(!) תתוצא בחאמלה אלשיך
- יוסף שצ ידיע צפתי לאנה מן
- בתי אבות וכאן ללה עליה נעמה
- וגאר אל…
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LetterENA 2559.11
Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355) seeking to bring peace to the community and also urging them to be charitable and especially …
- הנה אל ישועתי וכול
- אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר
- י]ברכם צורם אנס' יעלמו אן קד וצל
- ללגמאעה כתאב מן ענד אדוננו הנגיד יצ
- באלכלאם עליכם ואלדעא לכם ולאול…
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LetterT-S 8J40.2
Fragmentary letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides to a certain Avraham, concerning the affairs of a man, his wife, and a young boy, and …
- הדרת החכם הנכבד . . . . . . . . [ . . . . . .
- ורבנו אברהם עטרת החכמים [ . . . . . . .
- הוד החשובים ישמרו שוכן מעונים [ . . . . . .
- איתנים אנס יעלם בא…
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Legal documentT-S 12.573
Document concerning the sale of the part of a house owned by a young woman named ‘Shams.’ The names of her father, uncle, grandfather, and …
- למא כאן בתאריך [יום אלא]תנין אל....[מ]רחשון שנת אלפא
- ושית מאה ותשעין שנין לשטרות למניינא [דרגיל]נא לממני ביה הכא
- בפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה [ר…
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LetterT-S 16.296
The Nagid R. Yehoshuaʿ warns against disqualified kosher butchers. Middle of the 14th century.
- יברכם
- [אלמקי]מין במצר
- [נא]צר אלגואלי ביחרק
- שונאי ישראל מן אלאצל
- הם שנוא ותמעיר
- אנתבהו לאנפסכם ותזנו כל אחד גאליתה
- ואלמגרם אלדי נאבהם ותעלמו אן אחד מ…
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Legal documentT-S 13J17.13
Marriage contract containing details of a dowry and written at the time of the Nagid ʿAmram (1378-1383). The name Avraham is preserved. (Information from Goitein's …
- ה[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- רשותיה דאדוננו נגידנו הודנו והד[ר] . . . . . . . . . תפארתינו
- ועטרת ראשנו…
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LetterT-S 8J9.15
Letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides to be read in "the two synagogues," to help an old man named Yeshuʿa to travel …
- ישועה
- אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין
- במצר יברכם צורם אנס יעלמו אן
- מצות צדקה אגרהא עטים ב[ ]א
- תע וכצוצא למן יכון עני ובישן וזקן
- והו חאמלהא מר ישועה סט' פאל…
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LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/68
Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355) (in Cairo) to the community of Fustat about a conflict between two butchers who had caused …
- בסם אלרחים
- הנה אל ישועתי וכולי
- גמאעה אלזקנים ברוכים יהיו יעלמו
- הצור אלשיך מופק אלי ענדנא ודכר
- אן אלטבאכין יפסדו חאלה פלא סביל
- לאחד יגייר עליה עאדה א…
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LetterT-S 8J17.30
Official letter from either the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (r. 1310–55) or his father Avraham II Maimonides (served 1300 to ca. 1316). (Goitein favors the …
- ותכלי ביתך ובית אלשמש סלימאן יגבו
- מן אלנשים וכדלך אלגבאיה מא יגביה
- אלא אנת ותגתהד פיהא ומהמא ת
- מן אלגמיע תכליה ענדך חתי נערפך
- איש תעמל ומא נערף הדה …
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LetterT-S 8J17.13
Letter, possibly from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides, in which the nagid asks the community in Fustat to take up a charity collection for a …
- אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר יברכם
- צורם ויהיה בעזרם יוצרם אנס יעלמו באן
- מצות צדקה עטימה ענדה תע וכצוצא
- למן פיה ריח תורהו וקאצד אלתוגה אלי ירושלם
- עי…
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Legal documentMoss. V,8
Marriage contract from the year 1301 A.D., under the authority of Avraham Nagid. Bridegroom: Jephthah b. Avraham.
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- בתלאתא בשבא דהוא תלאת עשר
- לירח תשרי דשנת אלפא ושית מאה
- ותלאת עשר שנין לשטרות למנינא
- דרגילנא לממני ביה הכא בפסטאט
- מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה
- ר…
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LetterT-S K25.190
Letter from the office of Yehoshua the Nagid (d. 1355), a grandson of a grandson of the Rambam, to the Jerusalemite synagogues concerning an erection …
TS Box K 25, f. 190, ed. S. D. Goitein, "The synagouge building and its furnishing according to the records of the Cairo Geniza", Eretz Israel, 7(196…
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LetterENA 3796.12
Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355) to Fustat against improper competition in the making of cheese. Information from Goitein's index card.
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LetterT-S NS J258
Letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides for the bearer who is named Moshe. See Moss. II,177 for another version of the letter, …
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Legal documentT-S 13J4.15
Two betrothal contracts. See individual records. The hand is very close to that of the clerk who wrote many of the letters of Yehoshua Maimonides …
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LetterMoss. II,177
A letter of recommendation from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides, for a poor man Shelomo to be read in the synagogue in Fustat. …
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LetterT-S 8J17.12
Stern letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides, requesting the addressee’s quick appearance together with money he owes. An Arabic basmala (or perhaps authentication mark, …
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Legal documentT-S 13J6.28
Recto: Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: New Cairo. Dated: Friday, 24 Adar 1[6]50 Seleucid, which is 5 March 1339 CE. Husband: ʿEzer b. Yehoshuaʿ. Wife: …
- בששי בשבת בארבעה ועשרים יום לירח אדר שנת אלף וש....
- וחמשים לשטרות למנינא דרגילנא לממני ביה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה
- הסמוכה לפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה …
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Legal documentBL OR 13888.8
Bill of divorce (get) fragment from Fustat, dated 26 Elul 1633 Seleucid which is 1322CE. Despite the document's damage, the husband's name is legible as …
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Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/13
A deed of acquittance, in which Sedid b. Saʿadya releases Fakhr bat ʿAlam. Signed in Cairo near Fustat, at the time of the Nagid ʿAmram, …
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Legal documentENA NS 17.16
Deathbed declaration dated Tevet 1665 / December 1353, in which Yehuda b. Hananya assigns to his wife, Wazira daughter of the elder called al-Udi, the …
- זכרון עדות
- בתאריך יום אלאתנין אלכז מחדש טבת שנת
- אתרסה לשטרות חצרנא אנו חתומי מטה
- אל ענד הדרת רבנו יהודה בירבנו חנניה
- הח[. . . . . . .] ווגדנאה מריץ …
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