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LetterENA 2808.4
Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (d. 1355), bearing his motto and in the hand of his clerk. Regarding a certain Avraham, …
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LetterENA NS 40.29
Letter addressed to Farajallāh the cantor. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably ca. 14th century. Bears a motto at the top usually seen in the documents of …
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LetterT-S AS 101.13
Official letter headed by the ʿalāma (motto) of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (d. 1355) and written in the typical hand of his clerk (compare Moss. …
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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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LetterENA NS I.16
Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides asking the holy congregation of Egypt to pay the tax to the Muslim Amir. Paying this tax is …
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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 AS 153.258
Small fragment from the top of a letter from Yehoshuaʿ ha-Nagid to a community, written in the hand of his clerk.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 8J13.23
Letter, possibly from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides, recommending a man who is “poor but from a good family.” The community of Fustat is asked …
- אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר יברכם צורם
- ויהיה בעזרם יוצרם אנס יעלמו באן אלואצל
- אלי ענדכם אלשיך ר יום טוב והו עני ומבני טובים
- ואהל ביתה צעיפין פגעל …
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LetterENA 1822a.30
Letter fragment in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshuaʿ Hanagid regarding taxation, including the fee for the police (tarsīm). Mentioned in Goitein, "The Twilight …
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LetterT-S AS 145.15
Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (introduced with his usual motto) to the community in Cairo concerning a lawsuit between Hiba b. Abū l-Faraj …
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LetterMoss. V,336.1 + Moss. V,338.1
Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides to Avraham ha-Sar (for the same addressee, see T-S Misc.28.64 and T-S 8J40.2). He reports that he met …
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LetterMoss. IV,37.1
Letter addressed to Sulaymān the beadle. In Judaeo-Arabic. Regarding fundraising for captives, asking the addressee to take charge of it, and also "to collect something …
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LetterT-S AS 147.37
Order sent to the community of Fustat from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355) recommending the elder Shemuel for charity, followed by requests and …
- ה[נ]ה אל [י]שועתי [וכו]ל
- אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר
- יברכם צורם אנס יעלמו אן מצות
- צדקה אגרהא עטים בין יד[י]ה [תע וכ]צ[וצא
- למן הוא עני ודי עאילה וה…
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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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LetterENA NS 21.12
Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides dealing with the capitation tax and with the kashrut of meat, first half of the 14th c.
- כק ונוגשיך צדקה וכאצה אלגאליה אנהא
- ען דם אלאנסאן ובהא יעמל אלישראלי
- דינה שבת ומועדים וכפור וגמיע מא
- יכתאר פי דינה ולא לאחד ישוש עליה השם
- למען שמו יפ…
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LetterT-S 13J24.4
Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355), to the Jewish community in Cairo. He is ordering them to pay back to …
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הנה אל ישועתי וכולי
- אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר
- [י]ברכם צורם ויהיה בעזרם יוצרם אנס
- יעלמו באן לא תסאלו מא גרי עלינא בסבב
- תגליק אלגואלי ואנת…
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LetterT-S K25.92
Letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides, to be read in the synagogue, on behalf of a pregnant woman who has no money …
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LetterT-S 16.277
Letter from Surūr, in Bilbays, to his widowed mother, in Cairo, who lives with her two other sons Faraj Allāh and Rashīd. The letter deals …
- עמי עשו שקר החן והבל היופי אשה יראת וגו
- אלי חצרה אלואלדה אלעזיזה אלמופקה אלסעידה ופקהא אללה תע
- ואטאל בקאהא ואדאם עזהא ולא אוחש מן כדמתהא וקריב
- ליס ב…
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