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Letter from Yehoshuaʿ b. Saʿīd אלמציצי to his 'brother' Abū Sahl [...] b. Ibrāhīm. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with phonetic and idiosyncratic spellings. Detailing how thieves …
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Legal document. Partnership contract. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1100(?). This court record notes the reorganization of a business venture …
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Legal contract in Judaeo-Persian. Location: Hormshīr (Ahwāz). Dated: Shevat 1332 Seleucid (1020 CE). Signed by ʿAzarya b. Avraham b. ʿAmmār and Saʿdān b. Daniel b. …
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Letter from a Qaraite to his community. In Hebrew. Seeking to clear his name against the accusation of Abū l-Munā and Abū l-Munā's mother-in-law that …
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Petition to a Fatimid dignitary regarding a theft of money. The archer Manṣūr b. Zakī al-Dawla (or: Rukn al-Dawla, which seems more likely given al-Maqrīzī's …
Letter from ʿAllūsh b. Yeshuʿa (Qayrawan) to Ismaʿīl b. Avraham al-Andalusī (Fustat), ca. 1010. A cargo of best quality flax was stolen from a ship. …