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Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 12th century. Refers to the arrival of a ship from Bīsh (מרכב ביש), i.e., Pisa, usually …
תעתוק אחד
Letter from Ibrahim Ibn al-Ḥaver, probably in Fustat, to Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Melammed, in Malīj. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand and spellings. The sender complains that he …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
An appeal to the Karaite community of 'New City' (עיר חדשה) which is likely "Nowe Miasto" in modern-day Poland. This fragment's provenance ties back to …
אין רשומות קשורות
Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 34.
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Family letter in Arabic script. Mentions transactions of small sums of money and a malḥafa (type of garment). Mentions Makārim and Abū Isḥāq. Greetings from …
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Letter in Arabic script. Possibly making excuses for not having come to the addressee. On verso: "Fakhr al-Dawla," perhaps the addressee. In which case the …
Letter. Commercial letter from Rashid (Rosetta) to Damietta, mentioning Christian Italian merchants (e.g., גירונימו/Geronimo), and a French consul. The text has a number of European …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe ben Naʿim, Fustat/Cairo, to his brother David ben Naʿim, Alexandria, dated 1820 CE (20 Rahamim [= Elul] 5580). Mentions …
Five unrelated fragments. F1: List of names: [...] b. ʿAmram ha-Kohen; Tāj al-Dawla; Elʿazar ha-Kohen. Written in both Hebrew and Arabic script. F2: Letter fragment …
דיון אחד
Letter from Avraham b. Madlūb(?) al-Maqdisī to Abū Saʿīd b. Abū Naṣr, in the square of the perfumers, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with very rudimentary …
Letter of congratulations on a marriage. The upper part is a Hebrew poem, and the lower part is a note in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information in part …
Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Needs examination.
Letter fragment to a brother conveying good wishes. The addressee is apparently an accomplished cantor and had studied with a notable and "his brother the …
Recto: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Five lines, well preserved. Written in an elevated register. May begin with a reference to the Torah …
Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Sent from Rome. Addressed to 'my son' Barhūn Naqqāsh. Dating: Likely late Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. "I remained in Sardinia (צרדאניא) …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic dated 28 Sivan '85, probably 5585, corresponding to 14 June 1825 CE. The writer is Nissim Sabbāḥ and the addressee is Yaʿaqov …
Letter from [...] b. Namer ha-Kohen to [...] ha-Kohen, mentioning an Ibn al-Ḥaver and a synagogue.
Short letter to Abū Naṣr, asking for money both on account of the rent or wages of Avraham and on account of the capitation tax. …
Letter. "Discussion or record concerning the case of a man, Sulaymān, who is suspected of being an informer (מוסר). His testimony is given verbatim, ‘in …
Letters in Judaeo-Arabic. On a narrow sliver of paper. Dating: probably 13th century. Recto: Letter addressed to Elʿazar, complaining about the addressee's delay in copying …
Letter from Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim to Saʿadya ha-Rofe. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. It is hard to discern the content. Yeḥiel instructs Saʿadya "not to fast …
Recommendation letter for charity for Yeshuʿa Ibn al-Miṣrī al-Ṣunbāṭī. His difficulties include something to do with his son and the jizya. He either did 'uncover …
Much damaged and faded letter by Yefet b. Menashshe. Almost illegible
Calligraphic letter from Sadoq Ha-Kohen b. Eliyyahu, Jerusalem, to his brother (probably Evyatar) in Fustat, June 1056 [13th of Tamuz, year 987 since the destruction …
Begging letter in Hebrew. In which the writer explains that he has arrived in Alexandria bringing three of his eight dependents with him. He is …
Letter in Ladino or possibly an epistolary writing exercise. Purple ink. Dating is 18th-19th century based on the paleography. Two specific phrases point to the …
Letter, fragment, in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-Faraj. Needs examination.
Autograph note from Avraham Maimonides to al-Shaykh al-Talmid al-Ajall al-Raṣuy(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to mention somebody in need (...wa-ḍururātuh...) and Rabbi Menaḥem. The third line …
On recto a letter in Hebrew. On verso another text probably in Judeo Turkish
Letter/petition in Arabic script. Opens with the phrase "(al-mamlūku) yakhdumu majlisa mawlānā wa-sayyidinā...." The sender asks the addressee to send something with Abū l-Ḥasan, it …
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يخدم مجلس مولانا وسيدنا ادام الله ايامه ويسل انعامه
ان يتفضل باحسانه ان يرسل صحبة الشيخ ابو الحسن جامكية
المملوك في…
Business letter from ʿUmar b. ʿIwaḍ, in Qalyūb, to the notary and qāḍī Ṣadr al-Dīn, at the Dār al-Wakāla in Fustat. Discussing a shipment of …
God is the best of helpers.
Your servant Omar b. ʿIwaḍ serves the high seat of our master
and lord, my master Ṣadr al-Dīn, may God let h…
Address of a letter in Arabic script sent to Alexandria, to al-Muʿallim Dāʾūd al-ʿĀmil(?). The letter itself is not preserved.
A long letter from Yosef b. Moshe
Letter from Ḥassūn b. Yiṣḥaq al-Safāqusī, probably in Būṣīr, to Abū l-Ḥayy Khalīla (the father of Mūsā), in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1048 CE. Deals …
תקדם כתאבי אליך יאכי ואלעזיז אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך
ונעמאף ואעלמתך פיה חאל בוציר וגמהא ותעבהא ואנה
בלד אן כתיר אלשגב ואלתעב ולו חלפת…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Recto refers to Abū l-Rabīʿ al-Levi "my friend, the ascetic (al-zāhid)"; Rabbenu Yosef b. Menaḥem; and a commentary on …
Letter fragment concerning disbursement of funds to members of the Yeshiva.
A letter to Moshe b. Yosef the cantor from Ishaq b. Ishaq, blessing him to see his daughters(?) marry.
Letter addressed to 'the dear son' Mūsā Ibn Sabrā. The beginning (on verso) mentions a certain Yosef. In the upper margin, complains about somebody (ווחק …
Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Ṣafar 613 AH = Sivan 1528 Seleucid = May/June 1217 CE. Most of the remaining content is formulaic.
Small fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter of censure to the community of Malij and its leader the cantor Elʿazar b. Yehuda ha-Kohen.
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Draft of a commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning the textile trade, mentioning the Syrian cities of Lādhiqiyya (Latakia), Anṭākiyya (Antioch), Maʾarrat al-Nuʿmān, and Aleppo. It …
Letter concerning legal affairs. Various dates are mentioned in ll. 21-22 (recto): 19 Shevaṭ 5470 and Tishrei 5483, which would date the letter to 1722 …
Fragment of a report on measures taken to save pious foundations from the rapacity of the finance minister, known as 'the Monk'' (active 1127-1129). (Information …
that is the year when they dispossessed people he found it proper,
most probably after having consulted our Master ha-Me‘ullē,
of bles…
3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד