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Recto: Order from al-Shaykh al-Makīn of endive seed (bizr hindibāʾ), purslane seed (bizr rijla), unripe dates (busr), and sugar. (Information in part from Goitein's index …
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Informal note from Faraj Allāh to al-Shaykh al-Ṣafiyy. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment: only the right side is preserved. The addressee is asked to give something to …
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Order of fruit (including lemons, apples, pomegranate, and rose lozenges) from the elder Abū l-Ḥasan, to be given to the bearer of the document. The …
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Verso: Order. Probably in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (dating: early 13th century). (On recto there is the upper left corner of a letter, …
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Order in Arabic script. Abū l-Ḥasan is to pay or hand over two dinars, 1 qirat, and 2 ḥabbas of "ḥawāʾij."
Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions R. Yeshuʿa and instructions about taking a medicinal syrup. Verso: Order in Arabic script instructing the addressee to give …
One side: Order from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu addressed to Abū l-Ḥasan. In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū l-Ḥasan is to give the bearer 1/4 raṭl sour pomegranate rubb …
Recto (secondary use): Order from ʿĀzim al-Bayyāʿ (the grocer) to hand over 1/2 wayba of rice to the bearer of the note. Headed by a …
Recto: Small fragment (2 lines) from an official report. Needs examination for content. Verso: The report was torn and reused for an order of a …
Informal note from Abū Naṣr to Menaḥem. In Arabic script. It seems that the sender is urgently ordering medicinal powder for dysentery (safūf al-zaḥīr) and …