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LetterT-S 10J17.20
Letter from a family member to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Makhlūf, in Fustat (c/o the shop of the dayyān). In Judaeo-Arabic. Discussing money problems and an …
- כתאבי אלי מולאי אלעזיז עלי אט[אל אללה בקאה
- ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן אלתופיק לא א[כלאה
- וגמע אללה בינינא ובינה עלי אסר חאל ות[ . . . .
- פי עאפיה לא תשג…
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Legal documentBL OR 10589.8
List of court cases in Judaeo-Arabic. One involves the payment of a capitation tax (jāliya), another involves a Jew who sued someone in Muslim courts. …
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LetterCUL Or.1080 J170
Letter from Nahray b. Nissim to Abu l-Khayr Musa b. Barhun, asking him, among other things, to retrieve his capitation tax receipt for the year …
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- כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי
- אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן [ ]ה אסרו חג [יגע]לה אללה
- כרוג עיד מבארך מימון וקצא חואיגנא כאן פארקתה
- עצים אסל אללה קרב אלאגתמ…
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State documentT-S NS 297.171
Receipt for the capitation tax for Khalaf b. Yaʿqūb in Fustat. Dated: Looks like 551 AH, which would be 1156/57 CE if correct. See ENA …
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LetterENA 4011.12
Verso: Letter from Shabbetay b. Avraham, in Minyat Zifta, to the judge Zakkay b. Moshe, perhaps in al-Maḥalla. In Judaeo-Arabic. (Zakkay was in al-Maḥalla in …
- בשמ רחמ
- סבב אצדאר הדה אלאחרף אלי אלחצרה כגק מרנו ורבנו זכאי
- הדיין המשכיל החכם והנבון הירא את ייי נזר הנבונים האלה[ים
- יברכיהו וישמריהו ויהיה בעזרו וי…
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LetterT-S 12.266
Letter from Yosef b. Yishaq Yerushalmi to Ya'aqov ha-Talmid b. Binyamin. He asks him to receive a bashful needy man well and take care of …
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LetterNLI 577.3/10
Letter from Shelomo b. Aharon to Natan ha-Kohen b. Yosef. Opens with a cryptic mention of the writer's departure for the sake of paying the …
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LetterENA NS 22.2
Letter from a father who had undertaken to pay the capitation tax for his son but was robbed. Asks the recipient to pay the tax …
- אכד קדמי חתי נאולוני אלוטא מן אלבאב
- ורחת אלי אלדיואן לקית אלממלוך קאעד
- קאל לה אלשיך שעיא אלגאליה ענד
- הדה אליהודי להא תלת שהור ונחן מא
- מא נקדר עליה ק…
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Legal documentT-S NS 327.2c
Testimony. Dated: Shawwāl [6]54/October–November 1256. In which Ibrāhīm b. Ismaʿīl is certified as a Khaybarī Jew originally from al-Jawf, and therefore entitled to privileges granted …
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- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- شهد من اثبت شهادته اخر هذا المحضر الـ[ انهم يعرفون ]
- بابراهيم بن اسمعيل معرفة صحيحة \\ثابتة\\ لعينه واسم…
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LetterT-S 13J26.13
Communal letter in Hebrew, from a city in Palestine (per Goitein and Mann) or Damascus (per Gil) to the yeshiva in Jerusalem (per Gil) or …
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- [ ] שהמים בבורותינו
- וכשגרמו העונות וגברה יד הערביים לשלוט וישאו ראש עם
- פריצי המדינה וחשוביה //וזקניה// והשופט שהיה //בה// הנה הנקרא בן אכת אבו …
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LetterT-S Misc.36.176
Letter from the French rabbi Shemuel b. Yaʿaqov addressed to Ḥananel b. Shemuel. In Hebrew. Contains a rich account of communal controversy and highly unflattering …
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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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State documentT-S NS 301.2
Report. In Arabic script. Headed: al-ʿizza lillāh waḥdahū. Might be a draft, since there are some extra jottings in the same hand around the first …
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State documentT-S NS 297.7
Receipt for the capitation tax. For the silk worker Bū Naṣr b. ʿUmar al-Yahūdī. Dated: 507 AH, which is 1113/14 CE.
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LetterMoss. II,183.2
Short note from Abū l-ʿAlā' al-Muʿallim to Abū Saʿīd urging him to send the money quickly because the writer urgently needs to pay the capitation …
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LetterT-S 6J6.3
Letter from a certain Abū l-Faraj to someone titled Sayyidnā. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely Mamluk-era (i.e., after ca. 1250) based on paleographic features, position of …
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LetterBL OR 5566C.5
Letter from Ṣadaqa to the Abū l-Najm the Parnas, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender announces his intention to travel to Sicily (in "Bilād al-Rūm") …
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List or tableT-S Ar.30.163
Instructions in Avraham Maimonides' hand to R. Eliyyahu to give them bread for Sabbath. Also: List of contributors (in the judge's hand) and names of …
- אלדיין ר אליה שצ
- יוצל להם מן כבז
- אלמזונות מא יסבתו
- עליה
- ושלום
- האולא אצר מן אלכתאב
at 90’ to the first 6 lines
- בן בו אל זכאר .
- בו סעיד אלאשקר
- מכארם…
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LetterENA NS 39.5
Fragment of an official letter from Fustat addressed to a certain town in the Rīf (or perhaps a circular), exhorting them to be generous and …
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LetterStras. 4038/9
Complete calligraphic letter of appeal to Yefet ha-Sar, a Levi, begging for money to help pay the capitation tax for the writer and his two …
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"Salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord, He is their stronghold in time of trouble" (Psalm 37:39).
"Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, y…
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Legal documentT-S NS 224.43
Bottom of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: last decade of Adar 1441 Seleucid = March 1130 CE. Contains …
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State documentT-S Ar.38.95
Fiscal or para-fiscal document (i.e., prepared by state officials or by the Jewish community for the government). List of indigent people equally divided between natives …
- אלעדימין מן אהל מצר ואלקאהרה אלדי לא
- יקדרו עלי שי ויגב תאכרהם לאול אלסנה
- מאיה וכמסין ואלדי יגתהל חאלהם
- אן לא יוכד מנהם אכתר מן דינארי[ן
- מקסטה
- מאיה ו…
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LetterT-S NS J539
Letter of appeal for charity for assistance in paying the capitation tax. In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). From the cantor …
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LetterT-S 13J6.30
Letter from Yosef to Abū l-Fakhr asking him to help contest his obligation to pay the capitation tax of his brother, who was missing in …
- בשם אל עולם יתברך נצח סלה
- שארע מן כאדמהא יוסף לכ גד קד מר ורב השר הגדול
- בעם ייי צבאות הנדיב והשוע שהוא עשה כמה חסדים
- וטובות בסתר ובגל[וי מ]ולאי אלאג…
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LetterCUL Or.1080 4.42
Letter probably from a cantor named Sayyid al-Ahl, in Alexandria, to his son Faḍāʾil and other family members, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Well preserved. …
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List or tableT-S 8J41.13
Census for the capitation tax. List of male persons with consecutive numbers over the names. First complete no. visible is 19, but some names are …
- בו סעד בן [
- אולאד נביקה אבו ע.[
יט ך
- יחזקאל זהרה אסחק כהן כרים בן [
כג כד
- וסרור בן גוית אבו [[עמר צבאג]] אבו אלכיר טיב? אם ב..
כה כו כז
- תנא לו…
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LetterT-S Misc.25.22
Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. After many nice phrases, the body …
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LetterT-S NS J351
Verso: Letter to a family member who had inquired about distant relatives. The writer states that his wife, son, and sister-in-law had died, while his …
- דיאר מצר מן אלתגמל ואלכלף ואשיאפאת ואכחאל ומראהם(?)[...
- למא כאן יכפאה אלבארי עאלם ואלדתי ביננא צאיעה מא יתטול יזא[...
- קד גרי רסמהא תתפצל פי כל וקת ת…
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List or tableBL OR 5549.8
List of prisoners imprisoned for nonpayment of the capitation tax. Fragmentary. twenty-four names preserved, with sums representing the amounts still due, to be provided by …
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LetterT-S 12.309
Letter from Abū Manṣur to his 'brother' Abū Saʿd. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee has promised to come for Rosh Hashana. The sender has sent …
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LetterT-S Ar.39.277
Recto: Letter from Barakāt Ibn al-Dayyān Abū l-Faraj (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu the Judge). In Arabic script. A narrow vertical strip is missing from the right …
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Legal documentT-S 8J10.17
Husband who intends to travel abroad allocates 20 dirhams per month, namely, five per week, for his wife, plus some wheat, the 20 dirhams to …
- חצר אבו אלפרג בן גזאל אל
- קיסראני אקני מן רוחה טאיע
- גיר מגבר אנה יקום ל[זוגתה
- אם אולאדה פי כל שהר בכ
- דרהם כל אס //ביע// ה דראהם וובתין(!)
- קמח טייב וח…
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LetterT-S Ar.30.163
Letter in Arabic script. The sender is a man from Alexandria who was forced to flee from that city because he was unable to pay …
- ] سيدنا حفضه الله تعالا ان رجل من اهال
- اسكندرية ان له عشرة ايام بلمشي هو وابنه
- ضلموه في ابنه طلبو يوزنوه وما جله(؟) واحتجت احدنا
- وهربت ولم املك خروب…
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List or tableHalper 468
List of persons for whom the capitation tax was to be paid. Late eleventh century. (Information from Halper, Catalogue and Goitein, Med. Soc. II:467)
הרון אכי אלאכרס ולה רבאעי
סלאמה בן הרון בצמאן כלף בן קבה
הבה בן מוסי צבי חנין
הבה בן //אברהים//
יוסף בן כלף צבאג //תפליסי//
סעד בן פרג אלמג
ברכאת בן …
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LetterAIU VII.E.165
Letter fragment to a certain ḥaver ("... ba-sanhedrin gedolah...") describing the writer's financial distress. He also provides a recommendation for the bearer of the letter, …
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LetterT-S 10J12.4
Recto: Letter from Futūḥ the cantor to Shemuel and Hayyim and Nasir and their cousins Sadaqa and Yiṣḥaq, congratulating them on their safe return and …
- רננו צדיקים בייי שמחו בגודלו צדיקים ות . . . . . . . . שמעו
- יברך אל שמואל ראש הנדיבים בחיר האל תפארת המבינים יגדל אל לע . . ו
- מעלתו יזכהו ראות שמחת …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/135
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Makārim al-Kohen, possibly in Qalyūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Urging him to collect money to pay the capitation tax of …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. f 107/53
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer needs help paying the capitation tax (jāliya). The addressee had previously said something about talking to …
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LetterT-S 8Ja1.2
Letter of appeal for charity from Abū l-Majd to the physician (ḥakīm) Yeshuʿa ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer needs help paying 20 silver dirhams (nuqra) …
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LetterT-S 13J16.10
Letter from a young man named Sibāʿ, in Alexandria, to his mother, in Fustat, but addressed to his brother Abū l-Najm. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly …
- בשמ רחמ
- כתאבי אליך יא ואלדתי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
- עזך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאך וכבת באלדל חסדתך
- ואעדאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה
- פאנה ול…
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LetterT-S 13J17.9
Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Abū Naṣr David b. Yiṣḥaq. In Hebrew. The sender explains that he had been forced to flee from …
- [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . וש]מחותיו
- וטובותיו יגלמוהו גלום ויתברך מעתה ועד
- עלמי עילום בזכות אתא ממזרח ובא
- מאורח וחלם חלום…
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LetterMoss. VII,205
Enigmatic fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic describing what happened to the writer in front of the addressee's house; how people were appealing for help …
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LetterENA 3927.1
Recto: Letter from Barakāt b. Abū l-Faraj al-Dayyān (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to Abū l-Ḥasan. In Arabic script. Pleading for a loan of 20 dirhams against …
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LetterT-S AS 132.237
Letter fragment (lower right of recto, lower left of verso) in lovely handwriting. Mentions the capitation tax, hunger, and charity. On verso a woman seems …
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LetterT-S AS 177.599
Informal note from Abū l-Faraj. In Arabic script. He complains about his illness and inability to go out (on account of the jāliya?). He asks …
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List or tableT-S NS 226.8
Three much damaged columns, containing about 60 names of male persons, all of low professions. The list contains no numbers and was obviously drawn up …
- . . . . . . .]ה[
- [. . . . . . . .
- . . .]שר. .[
- . .]ק[.]. . . .[
- אבו [
- נתן [
- אבו [גא]לב בן[
- אהרן ושלמה ו[
- לוי ואבנה [
- מנחם הזקן [
- יצחק בן אליה [
- ישוע…
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LetterT-S 6J9.7
Letter of recommendation for charity, addressed to Mishaʾel ha-Sar. Written on behalf of Hiba Ibn Zaʿfarān (the word before "saffron" isn't entirely clear, it could …
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Legal documentENA 2559.12
Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: 17 Adar II 1597 Seleucid = 15 March 1286 CE. The communal officials (khuddām) who collect the capitation taxes in …
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- כאן בתאריך אלסאבע עשר מן שהר [אדר] שני שנת
- אלפא וחמש מאיה ותשעין ושבע שנין לשטרות במצר
- חצרו אלכאדאם אלדי יגבו אלגואל במצר והם הבה אבן
- אבו אלפר…
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LetterENA 2176.14
Letter fragment from an unknown writer in Syria to 'Rabbenu' in Bilbays. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the capitation tax (... al-jawālī) in al-Shām and specifically mentions …
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State documentAIU XII.3
Receipt for the capitation tax of Musāfir b. Yūsuf in New Cairo for the year 502, beginning 'tadhkira bism.' At the top, registration marks related …
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