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Two drafts of the same letter to the "holy congregation" about Yosef Saftawi (trader in "safta," it seems an Indian spice) who had been given …
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Notes in Arabic script, recording the arrival of something ([...] bi-mā waṣala) at the funduq al-[...] al-Sulṭānī in New Cairo on the 13th(?) Shawwal 680 …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Mentions a hotelier (al-funduqānī) (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter fragment mentioning the servants (ghilmān) of the amīr, going to Caesarea, a ḥaver, and a broker. Also mentions "I brought it/him to the Morning …
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Legal document. Dating: Late. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Many names appear. One of the witnesses is named M[oshe] b. Maymūn. The document mentions "al-ishāʿa fī l-funduq."
Letter of condolence on the death of a woman. From an unidentified sender, probably in Qūṣ, to Abū l-Karam and his son Abū Isḥāq b. …
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Legal/official document in Arabic script. Drawn up in the majlis al-khidma of an amir with grand titles (...majd al-khilāfa ʿizz al-dīn jamāl al-umarāʾ fakhr al-mulk …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
حضر مجلس خدمة الامير المقدم الامير الامين مجد الخلافة عز الدين جمال الامرا فخر الملك
سيف الدولة…. العميم صنيعة امي…
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List of revenue from rent ca. 1200. A fragment of a double leaf from a notebook. The revenue listed refers mainly to the funduq and …
The small ṭabaqa, 3 ….
The upper part of the funduq,
the apartment of (A)būʾl-Faraj …. 18(?)
The funduq:
The storer…
Fragment from the beginning a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in lovely and distinctive handwriting. The writer has been forced to stay in a funduq due to …
Legal document. Dating: probably ca.1185. This is the only known document that refers to the majlis of Maimonides. It is a draft of a statement …
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Letter from the Gaon Shelomo b. Yehuda, in Ramle, to his son Abū Isḥāq Avraham, in Tyre or Damascus (Shelomo does not know which, so …