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An account for Yosef b. 'Awkal followed by a short letter, probably to Ibn 'Awkal.
פירוט החשבון של האדון אבו אלפַרַג׳ יוסף בן יַקוּבּ בן עַוְכַּל.
לזכותו י׳׳א משאוי וחצי ומשאוי לאבו אלחַי, ושלח עם יוסף מֻדַלַל
משאוי פלפ…
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Letter fragment from Salāma b. Yūsuf al-Gazal, in al-Mahdiyya or Qayrawan, to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Ibn ʿAwkal. Dating: shortly before 18 October 1030 CE (there …
[אטאל] אללה בקא שיכי וסידי ואדאם עזה ועלוה ושרפה וסמוה ותאידה
במנה כתאבי אליך יאסידי אול תשרי ערפנא אללה ואיאך ברכונה וכל
[ישר]אל וקד וצל…
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Letter from Efrayim b. Ismaʿil al-Jawharī to Yosef b. 'Awkal.
אני כותב, אדוני ורבי וראשי ונכבדי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את ימי שלומך ואושרך,
(כאשר) שלומי טוב ואני בריא, לבעלי שתיהן תודה רב…
Letter from Yosef b. Ya’aqov al-Itrabulusi from Gabes (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’akob b. Awkal, Fustat. The writer traveled to Qabes after visiting Barqa, Tripoli …
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Fragment of an opening to a letter to Yusuf b. Ya’aqub b. Awkal. The letter was written in Jerusalem. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, …
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Business letter addressed to Abū l-Faraj (Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb?) Ibn ʿAwkal. In Judaeo-Arabic. This document appears to have been overlooked by past Ibn ʿAwkal scholars. …
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Letter from an unidentified person connected to Ibn ʿAwkal, ca. 1030. The letter is illegible in many places. Discusses the will of one of the …
Letter from Efrayim b. Ismail al-Jawhari, probably from Alexandria, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. Summer 1030. The writer arranges shipments from and to …
Letter from Yosef b. Yeshua from Alexandria, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. The writer describes the situation in Alexandria before the shipping season …
Letter from Farah b. Avraham, probably from Qayrawan, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal. Regarding b. Awkal’s merchandise that arrived in Qayrawan and the writer's …
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Letter to one of the Ibn ʿAwkals (unclear which one due to state of preservation of the address) mentioning a female slave (telling the addressee …
Court record about a debt. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Tuesday, 6 Iyyar 4836 AM = 12 April 1076 CE. Yefet b. Yeshuʿa b. Qasāsa ha-Kohen declares …
שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא כדת [וכד]ין כן הוה חצר אלינא
[מך ור י]פת בר כלף נע אלמערוף בן עוכל והו פי צחה עקלה ובד[נה וגואז] אמ…
Letter from Samḥūn b. Dāwūd ibn al-Siqillī (Qayrawān) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿAwkal (Fustat). The letter deals with a conflict between the sender and …
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Business letter from Musa b. Ishaq b. Hisda to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ibn Awkal. This letter is a response to a letter sent by the …
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Letter from Musa b. Yiṣḥaq b. Hisdai, Mahdiyya, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. The writer describes his difficulties with shipping flax. He is …
Gigantic and calligraphically written account by Abū l-Bishr regarding the sale of merchandise in Ifrīqiya from the beginning of the 11th century, probably for Ya’aqov …
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Letter and bills from Sicily, probably to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. Some of the bills are directed to b. Awkal for washing fabrics, …
במאזר ודכר ללגיבה [ ] יקבצ'ה אסמעיל
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Verso: Letter from Moshe b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, in Qayrawān, to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Ibn ʿAwkal, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1010 according to Gil. Mentions consignments …
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Verso: draft of a register of shipments of goods by Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī. Around 1050. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #353) VMR
לנא פי מרכב בן אלבר קפתין קזדיר פיהא ל לסאן כלטה יעקוב ונסים אולאד בן בניא //וקבץ בן אלבר כרא אלקפתין דינארין וקיראטין// מא פצל מן אלקזדיר ה …