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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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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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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 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] 1
הנה אל ישועתי וכול 2
אלחזן אלש פרג אללה שצ יעלם [ אן 3
חאמלהא אליתום מוסי ותסל…2 Transcriptions 2 Translations 1 Discussion
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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 …
<<Arabic [בסם אלרחים] Arabic>> 1
הנה אל ישועתי וכול 2
אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימ[ין 3
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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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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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View document detailsLetterT-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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View document detailsLetterT-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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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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View document detailsLetterT-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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View document detailsLegal documentT-S NS 321.97
Legal document likely in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. Needs further examination.
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View document detailsLetterT-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 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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View document detailsLetterBL 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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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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View document detailsLetterT-S 8K13.7
Letter of recommendation for a poor man with a family from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides.
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View document detailsLetterT-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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View document detailsLetterT-S AS 153.258
Small fragment from the top of a letter from Yehoshuaʿ ha-Nagid to a community.
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS J146
An urgent summons to appear before the court from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides.
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View document detailsLetterT-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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View document detailsLetterMoss. 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 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 1
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View document detailsLetterBodl. 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 1
הנה אל ישועתי וכולי 2
גמאעה אלזקנים ברוכים יהיו יעלמו …2 Transcriptions 1 Translation
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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 …
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ישועה 2
אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין 3
במצר יברכם צורם אנס…2 Transcriptions 1 Translation
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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 1
בתאריך יום אלאתנין אלכז מ…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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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 …
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אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר יברכם …1 Transcription
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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 Is…2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion
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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 . . . . . . . . [ . . . . . . 1
ורבנו אברהם עטרת החכמים [ . . . . . . . 2
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View document detailsLetterENA 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 1
אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר 2
י]ברכם צורם אנס' יעלמו אן קד וצל 3
…1 Transcription 2 Translations
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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 …
<Arabic>בסם אלרחים </Arabic> 1
הנה אל ישועתי וכול 2
אלחזן אלשיך פרג אללה שצ יעלם 3
באנך(!) תתוצא בחאמלה אלשי…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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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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View document detailsLetterT-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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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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View document detailsLetterMoss. 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 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 …
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אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר יברכם צורם 2
ויהיה בעזרם יוצרם אנס יעלמו באן אל…1 Transcription
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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 1
אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר 2
יברכם צורם אנס יעלמו אן מצות 3
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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. 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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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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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 1
לכם אלצרב חתי לא תכסרו ואדא . . . 2
אלחקאיק מא פי אליד. .לה . . . אלחא…1 Transcription 1 Translation 1 Discussion
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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 1
ען דם אלאנסאן ובהא יעמל אלישראלי 2
דינה שבת ומועדים וכפור וגמיע מא 3
יכתאר פי דינה ו…2 Transcriptions 1 Translation
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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 …2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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View document detailsLetterT-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 1
אלי חצרה אלואלדה אלעזיזה אלמופקה אלסעידה ופקהא אללה תע 2
ו…2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion
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