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1LetterENA 2591.13 + ENA 2591.12
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Account of Marduk b. Musa listing a large number of commercial transactions with many names - some of known merchants. Also contains instructions.
Column 1
1. מא פיה יא דינ וסדס מנהא מכסורים ע.הא סדס
2. דואה אבנוס מדורה כף לאבו יוסף גרבאלין אל
3. אשנאן עוצק עקביתין
4. ועצאבתין גיאד
5. ותכתב לאבי אלחגאג ישד לי…
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2LetterDK 245
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
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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- state
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3LetterT-S G1.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Ketubba for Sitt al-Banāt. In the hand of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (1125–50). The ends of 6 lines are preserved. The groom undertakes not to …
1. דנן אחריות כתובתא דא על ירתוהי בתרוהי למגבא לה מכל
2. בביתא ובברא ממקרקעי וממטלטלי ואפילו מגלימא דעל כתפיה
3. שטרי כתובאתא דתקינו רבנן ונהגין בעלמא מן יומ…
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- state
- torture
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PGPID
36228
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4LetterENA NS 29.23
Document date
16 Dhū l-Ḥijja 1245 Hijrī (8 June 1830 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Letter in Arabic, from a state official within Meḥmed ʿAlī Pasha's administration detailing a variety of transactions involving individuals with the title Effendi. Dated 16 …
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- 19th c
- state
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40133
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5LetterT-S G1.1
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Verso, continuing onto recto between the lines (secondary use): Letter describing a requisition (muṣādara) carried out against a whole town, in which Muslims, Christians, Samaritans …
Verso:
1. בש רח
2. מוגב הדה אלאסטר אעלם הדרת רבינו יחי לעד אננא
3. פי סת אללף עאפיה בסאלמה נפוסנה ודאך אן נזל עלינא
4. המן הרשע וצאדר אליהוד ואביעת מכאזנהם אלקמ…
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6LetterJTS Schechter 4
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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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1. א'ה'ב'ת' צ'ד'ק' ו'ת'ש'נ'א ר'ש'ע' ע'ל' כ'ן' מ'ש'ח'ך א'ל'י'ם' א'ל'ה'י'ך' ש'מ'ן' ש'ש'ו'ן מ'ח'ב'ר'י'ך'
2. א'ל' י'שיש ה'חכמה בנועם תלמודו וטיהור ניבו…
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- communal
- state
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5737
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7Legal documentT-S 6J12.6
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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 …
Recto
1. יקול נתנאל בר תמים אנני תכפלת
2. לסעיד בן יוסף אחצאר אלכט אלדי
3. עליה למפצל בן סלאמה בן סעיד
4. בסבב אלכט אלדי כאן תסלמה מנה
5. באסם {ב}אבן נגיב אלדולה…
Recto
1. I, Natanʾel bar Tamīm, testify that I have guaranteed
2. for Saʿīd b. Yūsuf the delivery of his signed document, which
3. he owes to Mufaḍḍal …
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- ibn_najib_al-dawla
- state
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2018
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16162
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8LetterT-S AS 149.51 + Bodl. MS heb. d 74/47
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Formal petition in Judaeo-Arabic from a group of (sugar?) laborers to a notable titled Peʾer ha-Qahal, (‘the crown of the congregation'). Header: Psalms 41:2. Hand …
Bodl. MS heb. d 74/47
1. הדא אלקול וקאלו [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. אלאנסאן פי צנעה לא תשבה //בה// ולא יחתאג אלי אלנאס ונחן אל.…
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- corvee
- state
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2570
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9LetterCUL 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. …
Recto
1. אכרמך אללה יאכי וסידי וריסי וגלילי [ ] וכאן לך
2. ומעך ע'ו'ז'ר' ו'ס'ו'מ'ך' פי גמיע אמורך כתאבי אליך ען שוק אן שדיד אליך
3. קרב אללה…
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10LetterT-S 13J16.17
Inferred date
1025–1035 CE
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from a ḥaver of the Jerusalem yeshiva, identified by Frenkel as probably Yaʿaqov b. Yosef the leader of the community of Aleppo, probably in …
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1. אבה לכך להיצר לי עד [ ] החבר ההוביל הע[ד]ה [
2. אמר לא לקחתי כלום אז אמרתי לו למה אמרת כך ואמר לא כן אמרתי וה[
3. אחר כל זאת אמרתי לו הזהוב ההוא שהוא…
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1987
PGPID
972
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11LetterENA 2808.38
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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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12463
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12State documentL-G Ar. II.79
Document date
24 Dhū l-Ḥijja 524 Hijrī (1130 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
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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13Legal documentT-S 13J3.20
Document date
2 Sivan 1519 Seleucid (19 May 1208 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Fragmentary resolution made by a community in provincial Egypt, dealing with the relations with Muslim authorities. Dated: 2 Sivan 1519 Seleucid = 19 May 1208 …
1. ] אננא למא
2. ]ת הכנסת המקבה יכוננה לעד
3. אש]תהר אמרה ללגוים ומא יתאתי
4. ] צרר עטים אגתמע ראינא עלי סדר
5. ]קא לה אתר ביין למצלחה ראינאהא ובדלך
6. טר]חנא כטוטנא …
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1105
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14State documentT-S NS 320.45
Primary language
Arabic
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 …
Recto
1. وفاته وبـ[ـعده تولى] يوسف الهارونى [
2. [[رحمه الله]] ولم يزل يوسف الهارونى المقدم با[
3. يوشيا راس المثيبة رضى الله عنه وبعد //وفـ[ـاته]// طو[ل ايا…
1. …for Joseph the Aaronite...)
2. may God have mercy upon him.And Joseph did not cease to administer the affa(irs of the Alexandrian community until …
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15State documentAIU XII.105
Primary language
Arabic
Recto: Six lines from a formal Arabic petition, probably late Fatimid. The second line reveals the name of an official: "...al-salāṭīn khāliṣat amīr al-muʾminīn Asad …
Recto
1. له اجمعين (؟) شهد (؟) الدين (؟)……فخر…
2. والسلاطين خالصة امير المؤمنين اسد الدين ثبت الله
3. مجده وضاعف سعده واهلك شانئه وضده وقرن
4. بالتوفيق ح…
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16Legal documentT-S 13J20.21
Document date
1528 Seleucid (15 September 1216–3 September 1217 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document. Location: al-Maḥalla. Dated: 1528 Seleucid = 1216/17 CE. Al-Nuṣayr b. al-Ḥakīm, a Muslim, declares before Yosef b. Yefet the teacher (who wrote the …
Recto
1. למא כאן יום אלגמעה ראבע [ . . . . . . . . . . .
2. שנת אתקכח לשטרות בעיר אלמחל[ה . . . דעל
3. יאור נילוס מותבה ראינא ביד גוי יוסמא אלנציר
4. בן אלחכים …
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3314
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17State documentENA 684.1
Primary language
Arabic
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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18LetterT-S 13J19.15
Primary language
Hebrew
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. …
recto
1. שלום מובל יקובל כניחוחים כרם חמד נקי מאוחים
2. מבורך בפרותיו מימיו משמחים חבצלת השרון
3. כמור מרוקחים ישועות משעשעות ומי עכרות
4. מרז/י/חים נרד וקנמון …
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1986
PGPID
990
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19LetterBodl. MS heb. c 13/9 + Bodl. MS heb. d 80/46
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Tiberias, containing a legal document recording their estate in the Muslim registration of Tiberias, dated 940. Ca. 1020
א
1. [ ] וישועות קרובות
2. טוב וחנינה וחמלה וטובה מול כל[
3. מעלה לכב גד קד מרב הלל החבר [
4. ישמרו וינצרו החכם והנבון ביר [
5. החזן נוחו בגן גע אלינו מכתבו ו[
6. אות…
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PGPID
533
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20List 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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21State documentAIU IV.A.211
Primary language
Arabic
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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34032
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22State documentT-S 13J20.5
Document date
545 Hijrī (1150–1151 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Petition, draft, addressed to al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (aka the vizier Ibn al-Salār), in the handwriting of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, asking that he release the estate …
Recto
1. ינהון אן ואלדהם סק[ט באלופאה ]
2. צגאר ואן מתולי אלמע[ונה ]
3. ואלדהם וואלדתהם ולמ יבקי אלמאל [ ]
4. בה וכלף להם דוירה יסתקרון פיהא [ ]
5. מן אלמ…
Recto
1. They report that their father has died [ leaving three] .
2. small [children] and that the head of the police [ ]
3. their father and their mo…
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3320
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23LetterMoss. II,193
Inferred date
1051–1051 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Ismāʿīl b. Salāma al-Ghazāl, al-Bahnasa, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1051. Details about payments and business with local government officials in …
recto
1. על שמך
2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך
3. מן אלבהנסה ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק שדיד קרב אללה אלאגתמאע ע…
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5759
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24LetterT-S NS J334 + T-S 12.717
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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 …
1. ]פסטאט מצרים
2. לכבוד גדל ק[דוש]|ת מרנ ורב אברהם החכם והנבון
1. בר כב גד קד מר ור|[ב] יעקב החזן החכם והנבון נע
2. תואתרת עלי חצרה | אדוננו מבורך אלוף הבינו…
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25LetterT-S AS 147.21
Primary language
Hebrew
Fragment of a letter of appeal for charity, from Jerusalem, complaining about the heavy taxation. Large and beautifully written; there are probably several joins to …
1. בלא חקר ולא תכל[ה
2. אדירנו ונדיבי עמ. [
3. הנטוי עליכם וח. [
4. כי שבחכם . .ת[
5. ביחידים ורבים . . [
6. בעדכם מלפני אלהי [
7. עלינו לכם ולכל עם . [
8. ולהשתטיח נוכח מק…
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26State documentT-S 20.80
Primary language
Arabic
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 …
1. في المسجدين الجامعين الحافظي والحاكمي
2. فيضورك من تاخر جائهم فقد خرج
3. الامر الى الديوان بذكر ما عنده في ذلك
4. فاعلم هذا امر أمير المومنين ورسمه
1. In the two congregational mosques, the mosque of al-Ḥāfiẓ and the mosque of al-Ḥākim.
2. You will suffer if their arrival is delayed. For the order …
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7521
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27Legal documentT-S AS 150.11 + Moss. VII,66.2 + AIU VII.D.112 + Moss. VII,45.2 + JRL SERIES B 6304
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew
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 …
1. ] . ור .
2. ]אח אלשלטון אקדר
3. ה]תולי אתני עשר אלף דינאר
4. ]בשמעון ובלוי ווזנו אלאגעאל
5. ] . ה ודפע אלתולת מן דלך ותהידדו
6. א]לשיך אפרים הכהן בר אברהם נע
7. א]לית…
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2004
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4182
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28State documentENA 1177.76
Primary language
Arabic
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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29Unknown typeMIAC 77
Document date
1952 (1952 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
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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30Legal documentT-S Misc.22.285
Document date
5 Shawwāl 427 Hijrī (1 August 1036 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Testimony concerning the death of a man and his son. Dated: 5 Shawwāl 427/1 August 1036. The witnesses attest that Ṣadaqa b. ʿAllūn Ibn al-Dabbāb …
Verso
1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
2. شهد الشهود المسمون في هذا الكتاب كلهم يعرفون صدقة بن علون ابن الدباب
3. الاسراىيلي معرفة صحيحة لا يسلون فيها ولا يتطلبون ش…
Verso
1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
2. The witnesses named in this document, all of them knowing Ṣadaqa ibn ʿAlūn ibn al-Da…
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31State documentENA NS 18.26
Primary language
Arabic
Response to a letter of complaint concerning taxation of the Jews of Tiberias. The letter refers to a sijill mukarram (noble decree) of the caliph …
Recto
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1. واصلنا الشكوى فيما نفعنا معه [
2. وورد السجل المكرم من الحضرة المجيدة يذكر فيه ما
3. انهاه سباع بن فرج اليهودي من حال اليهود الذمة
4. بطبرية وان في…
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32Credit instrument or private receiptT-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 …
1. דוד הנשיא [ . . .
2. ידפע מחפוט וסאלם ואבו עלי [ . . .
3. ממא תחת ידהם מן אלחאצל ללמקדס לל
4. צביאן רבאב אלסייד אלאגל אלאפצל
5. רבע דינאר
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2004
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4112
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33State documentT-S 13J7.29
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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 …
1. על שמך
2. ערצת בחצרת אמיר אלמומנין רקעה מתרגמה
3. בגמאעת אליהוד אלרבאנין יסאלון פיהא
4. חמלהם עלי מקתצא אלסגל אלמכרם
5. אלמכתתב להם באן ימכן אחבארהם
6. מן אקאמה פר…
1. In Your name.
2. There was submitted to the Presence, the commander of the faithful, a petition in the name (ruqʿa mutarjama)
3. of the community of Rabba…
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PGPID
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34State documentYevr.-Arab. I 1986
Primary language
Arabic
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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35LetterT-S 8J29.11
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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. …
Right Margin
1. וקד כאן אלסלפה ען אלצאבון פי מרכב אלסלטאן
2. ] עלי אנה ב'ע'ה' אכד מנא סער פ'
Other
1. כתאן [
2. לספאקץ [
3. טרי עליי בדלך
4. קבץ' [
R…
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PGPID
3769
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36List or tableT-S 12.458
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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 …
III, 40a
1. בשמ רחמ
2. מכס אלקאטר ג' וסדס ונצף קיראט עליה נצפה אלכולנגאן א' ותלת ורבע
3. אל לובאן ה' ונצף אל צבר ז' ותלתין וקיראט ונצף עליה תלתה יבקא
4. עלינא ה…
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37State documentHalper 354
Primary language
Arabic
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 …
Recto
1. [ بعد ما التمسوا]جميعا وفرادا
2. [ ان يشهدوا هذه الشهاده قال كل]منهم من كتب شهادته بخطه
3. [ فى اخر هذا الكتاب ان ا]لذى عرفوه وعقلوه ويشهدوا
4. [ به فى…
1. (Having been requested,) we, all together and each separately,
2. (to deliver this testimony,) namely all those writing their witness and signing
  …
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- dimme
- investiture
- katb shahada
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38LetterT-S 10J20.8 + T-S 10J5.22
Inferred date
1051–1051 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Daniel b. Azarya (in his handwriting). Dating: ca. 1051 CE. He is worried for his status and thinks that people will prefer Yosef …
1. [ ]יה ותחקקה מעתקד [ ]
2. [ ו]קת תצלני כתב סיידי אלשיך אבו אסחק
3. [אברהם ישמרו] אלהינו [בר] דויד זכרו לברכה ממלוה בשכרה ادام الله
تاييده
1. משחנה באלדעא ל…
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1534
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39Legal documentT-S NS J272 + T-S 12.91
Document date
1126–1129 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: 1126–29 CE. Containing a statement about Salāma and Ibn Siman Ṭov, Jewish aides/accomplices to the …
1. ] גרי מן אלראהב לענה אללה מא גרי עלי אלנאס ממא
2. ]ך אלחרים ואכד אמואלהם ואמלאבהם וכאן ימחה שמו
3. ] מאיה באליהוד ואשהאר חאל כל מנהם פעל פי דלך מא
4. אה]רן ב…
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40State documentBodl. MS heb. b 18/21 + T-S Ar.30.278
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Eight rough drafts of a petition to the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustanṣir from the followers of Shelomo b. Yehuda, probably the end of 1041 (according to …
1. קד כאנו אלעביד אסתגארו אללה
2. סבחאנה ובאלחצרה אלטאהרה
3. פי אן תתצדק עליהם באלתצרף פי
4. אדיאנהם חסב [[אכתיארהם]] מא
5. יתסע להם ואן לא ימכן בעצהם
6. א [2]
7. قد كان…
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- al-mustansir
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1256
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41State documentBL OR 5557B.17
Document date
18 Shawwāl 407 Hijrī (20 March 1017 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
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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- dimme
- irrigation
- labor
- land
- lost archive
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42State documentENA 4020.65
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Petition from Shelomo b. Yehuda to the caliph al-Ẓāhir (matn only) defending his position against Yūsuf al-Sijilmasi, the Iraqi leader in Palestine. Dating: original document …
1. ואלדי קצד אלדאעי בכניסתין וריאסתין ן
2. אלסגל מאסי לאנהו אדא גאז אן תכון ריאסתין גאז אן תכון
3. תלאתה ואכתר מן /דלך/ וודא דלך אלא מא לא (נ)האיה לה מן אלפת…
Recto
1. And as far as the argument in favor of the two synagogues and the two authorities is concerned, (it has already been refuted by) Ibn
2. Sijilm…
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- copy
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- lost archive
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646
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43State documentT-S 13J8.27
Primary language
Arabic
Report to a vizier of al-Ḥāfiẓ from a military official. The sender refers to previous petitions, and also makes a new request for a rescript. …
Verso
1. [ ] ولما وصل الارتفاع المتوج بالعلامة ا[لشريفة ]
2. [ ] على ظهر كتاب متولى الترت…
1. [ ] When the gross receipts headed with the [noble] motto arrived [ ]
2. [ ] on the verso of the document of the director of stipends, the footsoldi…
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44LetterT-S 12.290
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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. …
Recto
1. תתמה אלכתאב
2. ואמא בן פילן כאן פי [אבן אלכ]תוש ובלגהם אן מרכב אלצלטאן
3. פי טברק וכאנו הם פי אלמלאחה פסארו טאלבין מרכב
4. אלצלטאן ליטלעו פיה הו וגמאעה…
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- debt
- markab al-sultan
- material culture
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3121
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45LetterT-S 10J11.17
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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 …
Recto:
1. מא נערף מא נכתב בה אליך ישיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
2. סלאמתך ממא אנא מדפוע אליה מן המי אלדי לם יגוז עלי
3. אעצם מנה ומן מסאעדתי לקצא חואיג אל…
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- cotton
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- state expropriation
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46LetterENA 2727.19
Letter, fragmentary, from Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn ha-Tāhartī, al-Mahdiyya, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. ʿAwkal, Fustat. Fragmentary, but what can be discered contains some information about …
Recto
1. [כתאבי אטאל] אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ואתם נעמתה עליך ערובה ראש שנה געלה אללה עליך
2. [אחסן] אלסנין ובלגן אמתאלה ואעאדה עליך אעואם כתירה פי…
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47LetterT-S 8J22.13 + T-S 10J6.17
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Letter from Natan, a foreigner from Jerba (the island off the coast of Ifrīqiyya), who claims that he has been unjustly placed under house …
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]ת
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
Recto
[...h]onor, gre(atness and) hol(iness), our mas(ter) and tea(cher) the great Dignitary [...] his welfare, [...ho]nored and precious, and whose …
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3041
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48LetterENA 2559.5
Document date
Ḥannuka 1548 Seleucid (1237 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from the Mosul Nasi whom Gil refers to as Jalāl al-Dawla. Dated: Ḥannuka 1548 Seleucid = 1237 CE. Concerns in part a negotiation between …
Recto
1. יגי גאנדאר יקול אלצאחב יסלם עליך[
2. חואיגכם וגאבו לנא פואכה וגירהא וכנת אגתמע בהם
3. וגרי חדית פי מעני מנעהם אליהוד מן אלדכול אלקדס וגרי
4. כלאם טויל …
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658
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49LetterPER H 130
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Avraham b. Farrāḥ, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dated 27 Iyyar, which Gil renders 1 May 1052. Contains details about the sailing …
recto
1. בסם אללה אלעטים
2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן אלאסכנדריה
3. יום אלגמעה אכר אלנהאר ללילתין בקית …
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50State documentT-S AS 150.3
Inferred date
1442–1442 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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 …
recto
1. אלממאליך גמאעה אליהוד רע[ייה
2. אלמקאם אלשריף ואלאסלאם אל[כרים
3. יקבלו אלארץ וינהו אנהם [פי] בל[א
4. עטים מן יום תולא [[עליהם]] עבד לטיף
5. אלמתטבב רייס …
Recto
(1)Your slaves, the Jewish community, the su[bjects] of your noble highness and of [gracious] Islam
(3-5) kiss the earth and report that they…
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- 15th c
- communal
- draft
- mamluk
- petition
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1301
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