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LetterT-S AS 153.225
Much damaged and faded letter. Alexandria is mentioned. Barely legible.
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LetterT-S NS 226.4
Letter from Meir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Fakhr b. Ibrāhīm, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Meir signs only his first name …
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LetterT-S NS 304.44
Long and damaged private letter, quoting some Biblical verses. Alexandria is mentioned.
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List or tableT-S NS 292.57
List of names and amounts owed or held by people. Alexandria is mentioned and various people such as Abu Yosef al-Sirfi and Yosef b. Yeshu'a. …
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Unknown typeT-S NS 224.200
Small fragment from a letter. Ben Elisha and Alexandria are mentioned.
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Legal documentT-S NS 225.96
Small and faded fragment of a legal deed regarding a lawsuit by the 'great elder, the haver' of a shipment of musk held by Tahir …
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Legal documentT-S AS 146.25
Deed of sale for a property. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Tuesday, 17 Nisan 5338 AM, which is 1578 CE. Seller: Yosef מושודו. Buyer: Binyamin אלרייאש. Price: …
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Legal documentT-S NS 224.59
Bottom part of a legal deed from Alexandria dated 487[.] to the creation = 1110-1119. Signed by Avraham b. Ya'aqov (who might well be Avraham …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. b 3/21
A letter from Faraḥ b. Ismaʿīl, probably in Fustat, to his father Ismaʿīl b. Faraḥ in Alexandria. Ca. 1057. Faraḥ b. Ismaʿīl writes that he …
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LetterT-S AS 205.88
A draft of a letter to the community of Alexandria headed by Avraham b. Zur, first half of 16th century. Regarding Shim'on b. Malah who …
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LetterT-S AS 145.133 + T-S NS 312.96
Torn fragment from a letter regarding stolen books that were bought by the writer in order to save it while he was in Tyre. The …
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LetterT-S NS 304.5
A late letter from a mother to her son Yosef b. Ghanam (?). Among other news she informs him that his aunt's daughter (?) was …
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LetterT-S NS 225.90
Small fragment from a late family letter, sending regards to some people and mentioning Alexandria.
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Legal documentT-S NS J19
Court record regarding business issues between two partners, written by Hillel b. Eli and signed by Tuvia b. Khalaf, Mevorakh b. Saadya (the Head of …
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LetterJRL SERIES B 6391
Four minute fragments from a letter in Judeo Arabic. Only few words survived on each piece. Fustat and Alexandria are mentioned on fol. 1. 13th …
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LetterMIAC 171
Announcement regarding the program of ceremonies for the Ibn Yuḥay Institute for Culture and Righteousness in which the Minister of Social Affairs, the Chief Rabbi …
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LetterT-S 13J17.5
Letter from Shela b. Mevasser b. Naḥum, a judge of Alexandria, to Abū al-Ḥasan Surūr b. Ḥayyim in Fustat, dealing with family and public matters. …
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בש רח' 1
וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אלפאצ'ל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה 2
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Unknown typeT-S NS 224.232
Rental Deed issued in Alexandria, 1595. Ya'aqov Casrto is renting to Yosef Lohmit. Signed by Moshe Ajiman and Hayyim al-Ashkar. (Info from FGP)
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LetterMIAC 76
Letter reporting the date of one of the brother's arrival from traveling to Alexandria – 1924CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 76) – …
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LetterT-S 10J29.14
Fragment of a letter sent from Alexandria to the Head of the Congregations, perhaps R. Eliyyahu the Dayyan, describing a meeting of about fifty elders …
לאדון התורה שר התעודה נג[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
כבוד גדולת קדושת…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterBL OR 5563C.19
Letter from Efrayim b. Ismaʿīl al-Jawharī (Alexandria) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿAwkal (Fustat). Provides information about goods, mainly fabrics, that came from the Maghreb …
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LetterT-S NS 292.37
Letter written by the assistant of the Nagid Ishaq Sholal to Alexandria. (Info from FGP)
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List or tableJRL SERIES C 41
Receipt for a financial transaction in Arabic recorded in Alexandria on 3 Jumada I 1236AH which is February 1821CE. The basis of the transaction in …
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LetterAIU VII.E.141
Legal document in Ladino, Hebrew, and Aramaic that affirms the signer's receipt of a sum of "pataqas" ("סומה די פטקאס") from Shemuel b. Yiṣḥaq de …
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LetterT-S AS 176.384
Verso: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Discusses at length a family in distress on account of poverty and the capitation tax; the specific details are not …
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Legal documentT-S 13J5.6 + T-S NS 324.37
Legal. Bill of partnership. The partners are זכרי בר כלף, Moshe and Reuven. They were merchants in jewels with Mordechai from Alexandria. Hebrew. (FGP)
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LetterDK 232.5 (alt: XXVII)
Family letter from Sālim to Bū Manṣūr b. Sukkarī (or Zikrī?) in Alexandria reporting that the Rūmī cheese had arrived and that the writer had …
ב מ מלוכה ואצגר
כדמה סאלם
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LetterT-S NS J334 + T-S 12.717
Recto: Letter/petition to Avraham b. Yaʿaqov ha-Ḥazzan. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is either intended for the eyes of Mevorakh or simply mentions previous petitions submitted to …
]פסטאט מצרים 1
לכבוד גדל ק[דוש]|ת מרנ ורב אברהם החכם…1 Transcription 1 Translation 1 Discussion
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LetterBL OR 5542.27
Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismaʿīl al-Makhmūrī (Alexandria) to Nahray b. Nissim, ca. 1060. The writer tells Nahray b. Nissim about the news in Alexandria and …
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LetterBL OR 5542.9
Letter from Ismaʿīl b. Faraḥ (Alexandria) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), 9 September 1056. Confirms the arrival of goods and letters and sends information about …
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Legal documentT-S 8Ja2
Court record concerning the inheritance of Abū ʿImrān Mūsā b. Yaʿaqov Qābisī, of the Ibn Jāmiʿ family, left to him after the death of his …
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LetterT-S AS 158.173
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century. Fragment (lower half of recto). Mentions the qāḍī Ibn al-[...] and someone called …
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Legal documentAIU VII.E.227
A document that has been folded twice. The outer face (pages 1 and 4) contains legal documents relating to business partnerships; a Moshe and a …
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Legal documentT-S 16.138 + T-S AS 152.28
Legal document. Record of release. Dated: August 9, 1077. Location: Alexandra. This release document, written in the Alexandria rabbinical court, concerns a partnership between Yosef …
שהדותא דהות באנפ[נא] אנן שהדי דח[תמות . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
מ יוסף ביר יאשיה נ[ע אל]מערוף בן …1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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List or tableT-S NS 99.77 + T-S NS 99.78 + T-S NS 99.79 + T-S NS 99.80 + T-S NS 99.81
Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on a bifolium that is suggestive of the existence of a broader ledger (which is also attested to by this fragment's …
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LetterT-S 10J25.3
Letter from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin (Thābit), "the Glory of the Cantors," in Fustat. Dated: 14 …
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בשמ' רחמ' אלדאעי ללה בכמאל עאפיתה יהודה המלמד 1
אלי אלמולא אלשיך בו אלמגד…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 8J26.2
Letter from the Karaite congregation of Alexandria to the leader of their community, complaining about the helplessness and dissolution of the community. (Information from Mediterranean …
ישמרם וינצרם ויעזרם א. . . . . . מן גצר. . . . 1
אלממלוך מתקבל אלארץ בין ידין סיידנא זאדה אללה שרף 2
אן יא ס…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S NS J197
Letter in which Arus b. Yosef mentions accounts of the export of five qintars of wool worth thirty dinars from Alexandria to Almeria in Spain. …
כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא סיידי ומולאי 1
אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה 2
וסעאדתה וסלמ…1 Transcription 1 Translation 1 Discussion
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LetterMoss. Va,11
Business letter in Arabic script in which a father reports to his son on events in Alexandria and the arrival of the aṣḥāb, about which …
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List or tableAIU VII.F.103
The first page is a letter in Italian from Venice, dated 4 May 1755 CE, mentioning Cairo and several names. The subsequent 8 pages are …
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LetterAIU VII.E.53
Page 2 is a calligraphic letter in Hebrew to the elders of Alexandria, dated 1697/8 CE (5458), signed by three men, on behalf of a …
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Legal documentT-S NS 292.79 + T-S AS 146.104 + T-S AS 146.283 + T-S AS 147.159
Legal deed involving R. Yiṣḥaq Luria Ashkenazi and Rafa'el Kalonymos. Location: Egypt. Dated: Tevet 5319 AM, which is 1559 CE. The deed details the terms …
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Legal documentAIU VII.D.71
Legal documents in Judaeo-Arabic dated "195" since creation, probably meaning 4800+195 = 4995 = 1234/5 CE. Both have to do with a controversy between judges …
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Legal documentMoss. VII,17
Verso: Draft of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. Partnership agreement. In this unsigned and undated draft, an unnamed active …
ח98
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LetterDK 228.2 (alt: 228/A, XVIII)
Letter from Natan b. Nahray, the uncle of Nahray b. Nissim, in Alexandria, to Nahray's son, Abū Saʿd Nissim b. Nahray, in Fustat, ca. 1066. …
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עלקת אליך האדה אל רקעה ען סרעה יא סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך 1
ונעמאך ען סרעה וקד תקדמת כתבי אליך עדה…3 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S Misc.11.53
Recto: Bottom part of a letter in Arabic script, from a man to his 'brother.' He spells والساعة as والسعا numerous times. He mentions people …
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LetterT-S NS J24a + T-S NS J24b
Letter from Araḥ b. Natan, also known as Musāfir b. Wahb, in Alexandria, to his brother, Avraham b. Natan the seventh, in Cairo. Dating: 1094–1111 …
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LetterT-S 16.286
Letter from Alexandria from the 21st of October 1219, a short time before the crusaders' assault on Damietta. A man who had to flee Cairo …
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בשמִ רחמִ אכוהא נחמן געל פדאהא 1
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LetterPER H 130
Letter from Avraham b. Farrāḥ, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dated 27 Iyyar, which Gil renders 1 May 1052. Contains details about the sailing …
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Legal documentENA NS I.90
Partnership release. Dated: 1091. Location: Fustat. Verso: Avraham b. Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen irreversibly releases Abū al-Faḍl/Abū al-Mufaḍḍal Netanel b. Yefet from any obligations concerning a partnership. …
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