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LetterENA 2591.13 + ENA 2591.12
Account of Marduk b. Musa listing a large number of commercial transactions with many names - some of known merchants. Also contains instructions.
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מא פיה יא דינ וסדס מנהא מכסורים ע.הא סדס 1
דואה אבנוס מדורה כף לאבו יוסף גרבאלין אל 2
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LetterT-S G1.1
Letter describing a requisition carried out against a whole town, in which Muslims, Christians, Samaritans and Jews were all affected, with the latter suffering even …
בש רח 1
מוגב הדה אלאסטר אעלם הדרת רבינו יחי לעד אננא 2
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LetterDK 245
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a government official to a certain Yehuda b. Elʿazar ha-Kohen, giving a great deal of information about other government officials at …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/47
Complaint by a group of workmen, who were newcomers to a provincial town, that they were dragged to the corvee (forced labor) and forced to …
הדא אלקול וקאלו [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
אלאנסאן פי צנעה לא תכיבה //בה// ולא יחתאג אלי אלנאס ונחן אל. . . . . …1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterJTS Schechter 4
Letter from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen “Beit Din” b. Avraham from al-Raqqah to Ya’aqov he-Ḥaver b. Yosef, Aleppo, ca. 1030. The writer thanks the addressee for taking …
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Legal documentT-S 6J12.6
Legal document with the testimony of Natanʾel b. Tamīm concerning a signature he witnessed for Saʿīd b. Yūsuf, who releases Mufaḍḍal b. Salāma b. Saʿīd …
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LetterAIU XII.105
Recto: Six lines from a formal Arabic petition. The second line reads: "...al-salāṭīn khāliṣa amīr al-muʾminīn [...] al-dīn." Verso: The upper part of an Arabic …
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LetterT-S 13J19.15
Letter from the community in Ashkelon to the community in Fustat. Dating: Probably 1025 CE. Mentions praises to two of the Fatimid governors in Ashkelon. …
שלום מובל יקובל כניחוחים כרם חמד נקי מאוחים 1
מבורך בפרותיו מימיו משמחים חבצלת השרון 2
כמור מרוקחים ישועות משעשעות ומ…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 13J3.20
Fragmentary resolution of a community in provincial Egypt, dealing with the relations with Muslim authorities, Sivan 1519/May 1208.
] אננא למא 1
]ת הכנסת המקבה יכוננה לעד 2
אש]תהר אמרה ללג…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterBodl. MS heb. c 13/9 + Bodl. MS heb. d 80/46
Letter from Tiberias, containing a legal document recording their estate in the Muslim registration of Tiberias, dated 940. Ca. 1020
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[ ] וישועות קרובות 1
טוב וחנינה וחמלה וטובה מול כל[ 2
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LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/35
Fragment of a letter from an imprisoned government official. 12th century.
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וגם [לא עשיתי מ]אומה כי שמו אותי בבור או 2
עשיתי [ב]…1 Transcription
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Legal documentT-S 13J20.21
al-Nusayr b. al-Hakim, a Muslim, declares before Yosef b. Yefet the teacher (who wrote the document) and Ya'ish Zayn al-Tujjar, that he would transfer to …
למא כאן יום אלגמעה ראבע [ . . . . . . . . . . . 1
שנת אתקכח לשטרות בעיר אל…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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State documentT-S NS 320.45
Petition submitted to the Fatimid caliph al-Mustanṣir upon his accession in 1036 CE. Requesting that he confirm the appointment of Yosef ha-Kohen, a judge of …
TS NS Box 320, f. 45 verso, ed. M. Gil, Palestine, vol. 2, pp. 575-576, (Doc #315) A Petition to the Muslim Government to recognize the appointment …2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 2 Discussions
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LetterCUL Or.1080 J111
Letter from Ya’aqov b. Yosef al-Tunisi, Fustat, to Salah b. Barhun al-Taharti, Ramla. The writer sends goods to Ramla, to the merchant’s officer Ahmad b. …
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LetterENA 2727.19
Letter, fragmentary, from Isma’il b. Barhun ha-Tahirti from al-Mahdiyya, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal from Fustat. Mentions some information about the Sultan interfering in …
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LetterENA 2808.38
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Shelomo b. Eliyyahu’s hand? Mentions an old woman, then somebody's (probably the writer's) intention to bring a matter before the state …
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List or tableJRL SERIES C 24
Lists in Judeo-Arabic that mention a wide array of "ağa / אגה" official titleholders and are dated to 18 Safar 1243AH which is September 1827CE. …
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State documentENA 684.1
Official letter. After the basmala one reads :ʾaṭāla llāh baqāhā wa-ʾadāma taʾyīdahā wa-ʿalāhā (l. 2), ʿārafahu bi-mā li-l-ḥadra al-sāmiyya al-ʾaǧalliyya al-raʾīsiyya (l. 3), ʿalā al-ḥadrat …
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LetterAIU XII.160
State document. Draft of a formal letter or petition in Arabic. The recipient's name and/or position may be present. Needs further examination. This side was …
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State documentL-G Ar. II.79
Capitation tax receipt for Sulaymān al-yahūdī b. Mūsā al-yahūdī al-Mutaṭabbib (?). Dated 24 Dhū l-Ḥijja 524 AH (1130 CE). Not authenticated at the top by …
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LetterT-S 13J16.17
Letter from a ḥaver of the Jerusalem yeshiva, probably in Aleppo, to a gaʾon, probably Shelomo b. Yehuda, in Jerusalem. Dating: ca. 1035 (Gil). The …
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אבה לכך להיצר לי עד [ ] החבר …1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 10J5.22 + T-S 10J20.8
Letter from Daniel b. Azarya informing one of his supporters in Cairo that an unnamed prominent person had received a friend of his opponent in …
[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . חצרה מולאיי אלאמיר חסאם אלדולה אדאם אללה עז אלסיד 1
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Legal documentT-S AS 146.5
Payment order from David ha-Nasi (not David b. Daniel, head of the Jews 1082-1094) ordering 3 communal officers to pay a quarter dinar to the …
דוד הנשיא [ . . . 1
ידפע מחפוט וסאלם ואבו עלי [ . . . 2
ממא תחת ידהם מן אלחאצל ללמקדס לל 3
צביאן רבאב אלסייד אלא…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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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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LetterT-S AS 147.21
Fragment of a letter of appeal for charity, from Jerusalem, complaining about the heavy taxation. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
בלא חקר ולא תכל[ה 1
אדירנו ונדיבי עמ. [ 2
הנטוי עליכם וח. [ 3
כי שבחכם . .ת[ 4
ביחידים ו…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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State documentT-S 20.80
Fatimid decree. The decree is from the period of al-Hafiz (1131–49) and mentions the congregational mosques of al-Ḥākim (in Cairo) and al-Ḥāfiẓ (it is not …
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State documentAIU IV.A.211
First eight lines of a letter addressed to a dignitary ("mawlāya ʾadāma llāh ʿizzah fi ʾamrihi wa-masʾalat mukātabat"), in a chancery-trained hand. Possibly dealing with …
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State documentT-S 13J20.5
Draft of a petition in the handwriting of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, addressed to al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (aka the vizier Ibn al-Salār), asking that he release …
ינהון אן ואלדהם סק[ט באלופאה וכלף אולאד 1
צגאר ואן מתולי אלמע[ונה במצר אכתם מוגוד 2
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Legal documentT-S Misc.22.285
Testimony concerning the death of a man and his son. In Arabic script. Dated: 5 Shawwāl 427 AH, which is 1 August 1036 CE. The …
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State documentT-S 13J7.29
Decree (copy in Hebrew script) from the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāhir to a governor of Palestine (probably Anushtekin al-Dizbirī) informing him of another decree that had …
על שמך 1
ערצת בחצרת אמיר אלמומנין רקעה מתרגמה 2
בגמאעת אליהוד אלרבאנין יסאלון פיהא 3
חמל…2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 2 Discussions
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State documentBodl. MS heb. b 18/21 + T-S Ar.30.278
Eight rough drafts of a petition to al-Mustanṣir from the followers of Shelomo b. Yehuda, probably the end of 1041. Six drafts are in Judaeo-Arabic; …
קד כאנו אלעביד אסתגארו אללה 1
סבחאנה ובאלח…2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 2 Discussions
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State documentENA NS 18.26
Recto: Letter of complaint to the caliph in Arabic script concerning the tax that the Tiberias Jews need to pay. It seems like the second …
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واصلنا الشكوى فيما نفعنا معه [ 1
وورد السجل ال…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 8J29.11
Fragment of a letter from Nahray b. Nissim to an unidentified addressee mentioning accounts and the amount of linen that the addressee has to provide. …
. . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . קא עלים סל [ . . . 1
וינהי [ . . . . ] מן וציהא דינ ללדיואן עליה . [ 2
ונצף ותמן יכון אלד…2 Transcriptions
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Legal documentT-S AS 150.11 + JRL Series B 6304 + Moss. VII,66.2 + AIU VII.D.112 + Moss. VII,45.2 + JRL SERIES B 6304
The Case of the Great/Fat Eunuch: five-part join of a court record from Fustat in the hand of Yefet b. David dealing with a case …
] . ור . 1
]אח אלשלטון אקדר 2
ה]תולי אתני עשר אלף ד…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterMoss. II,193
Letter from Isma’il b. Salama al-Gazal, al-Bahnasa, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1051. Details about payments and business with local government officials in …
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State documentENA 1177.76
State document, fragment of a longer text, dismembered at the collesis. What has remained is wa-mā tawfīqī illā bi-l-lāh. Possibly Ayyubid (tawfīqī billāh was an …
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State documentYevr.-Arab. I 1986
Letter from an unnamed Fatimid official in Alexandria to Najīb al-Dawla. Dating: second half of the eleventh century. 36 lines preserved, written in an elegant …
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Unknown typeMIAC 77
Part of a newspaper "al-Klīm" published by Karaite Jews discussing the visit of the Chief General Muḥammad al-Nagīb to the Karaite synagogue on Saturday October …
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LetterT-S 10J11.17
Letter from Yeshayahu b. Ishaq to Abu Avraham Ismail b. Avraham with an urgent request to hand over six loads of textiles to the 'Dar …
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מא נערף מא נכתב בה אליך ישיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם 1
סלאמתך ממא אנא מדפוע אליה מן המי אלדי לם יגוז עלי 2
אעצם מנ…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 13J7.6
Fragment of a letter of complaint to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat (mid 11th century). The writer complains about a group of people who …
י]נהלה בברכה מעולה ועוז 1
]לה ומנוי בסגולה ובוחר בתפלה 2
] רבנא אברהם הכהן זקן הבין והדיע 3
]שלים מאמץ…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 12.290
Last page of a letter from Abū Naṣr b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to a public figure, in Fustat. Identification is based on handwriting and style. …
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תתמה אלכתאב 1
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State documentHalper 354
Testimony in Arabic script probably meant to accompany an investiture petition from the gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda to the newly appointed caliph al-Mustanṣir billāh, listing …
[ بعد ما التمسوا جم] يعا وفرادا 1
[ ان يشهدوا هذه الشهاده قال ك]ل من…1 Transcription 1 Translation 2 Discussions
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List or tableT-S 12.458
List of customs paid in Aydhab by Avraham Ibn Yiju, around 1152. III 40a is the top of the page. III, 40b is the bottom …
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State documentBL OR 5557B.17
Contract of lease for an irrigation channel on the jazīra of Fustat (the Nile island later known as Rawḍa). Dated: 18 (or maybe 28?) Shawwāl …
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State documentCUL Or.1080 J7
Petition to the caliph, draft in the Arabic handwriting of Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: January 1039. Concerns the closing of a synagogue in Fustat, following …
باسم الله الرحمن الرحيم العبيد ينهو الى الموقف الشريف زاده الله شرفته 1
الجليلة وذلك ان لما …3 Transcriptions 1 Translation 2 Discussions
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State documentT-S 13J8.27
Recto: Report to a vizier of al-Ḥāfiẓ by a military official in which the sender references previous petitions and also makes a new request for …
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State documentENA 4020.65
Copy of a petition to the caliph al-Ẓāhir (matn only) against acknowledgement of the Iraqi authority in Palestine. Dating: original document ca. 1030, but this …
ואלדי קצד אלדאעי בכניסתין וריאסתין ן 1
אלסגל מאסי לאנהו (!) אדא גאז אן תכון ריאסתין גאז אן תכון …4 Transcriptions
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LetterPER H 17.2
Letter from a European Jew whose ship sank en route on his way to fulfill a vow to visit Jerusalem, and lost all his belongings …
תפול נא תחינתי לפני קהל הקדוש המרחמים על אחיהם 1
המחזיקים ידי נבוכים את צרתי וצערי אגיד ל…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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State documentT-S AS 150.3
State document, Mamluk period, 1442. Draft of a petition from the Jewish community of Fustat to the Mamluk government concerning the malpractices of ‘Abd al-Latif …
אלממאליך גמאעה אליהוד רע[ייה 1
אלמקאם אלשריף ואלאסלאם אל[כרים 2
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LetterENA 2559.5
Letter from Jalāl al-Dawla. Dated: 1237 CE. Concerns in part a negotiation between members of the Jewish community and Christians about preventing Jews from entering …
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יגי גאנדאר יקול אלצאחב יסלם עליך[ 1
חואיגכם וגאבו לנא פואכה וגירהא וכנת אגתמע בהם 2
וגרי חדית פ…3 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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