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Letter from Abū Zikrī b. Abū l-Riḍā to Yeshuʿa b. Zekharya (same addressee as T-S AS 161.172). He expresses sorrow that he had neglected his …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Late letter to Abd al-Karim Kashani dealing with orders for goods. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter from Moshe b. Yaʿaqov, Jerusalem, to his wife's brother Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: June 1053 CE. The letter is mainly about arrangements for …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Letter from Elʿazar b. Shelomo b. Yehosef Gaʾon son of Gaʾon. In Hebrew. Dating: first part of the 12th-century, based on the sender's known genealogy …
אין רשומות קשורות
Letter from Shelomo ha-Melammed (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to the teacher Abū l-ʿIzz. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning money owed. Mentions Abū l-Munā and Ibn al-Dihqān. (Information in …
תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, probably from Tinnīs, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: Probably from November 17, 1046. The letter contains personal information: the …
כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מ[ולאי אלשיך] ואדאם עזה ותאיד[ה]
וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן[ ] נ[צ]ף כ[ס]ליו כתמה אללה עלי[נא]
ועליך ועלא כל ישף באחסן כאתמה …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter from an unknown writer, in Skopje (אישקופייה), to Shaʾul b. David, in Salonika. In Ladino. Needs examination for content.
The address on a letter from Zekharya b. Berakhel to Shemuel b. Eli gaʾon. Seems like this fragment held several letters. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, …
תעתוק אחד
Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Hilāl al-Baghdādī (=Ḥalfon's brother-in-law ʿEli b. Hillel). In Judaeo-Arabic. …
דיון אחד
On recto, possibly a draft of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-ʿAlāʾ the brother(?) of Saniyy al-Dawla. In the margins of recto, the …
Small and damaged fragment from the top of a letter. Quotes Isaiah 43 כִּי תֵלֵךְ בְּמוֹ אֵשׁ לֹא תִכָּוֶה. AA/ASE
Either a letter or a legal testimony. The name Meshullam b. Elʿazar ha-Kohen appears on verso (probably the same as in CUL Or.1080 J69, T-S …
Small fragment of a letter. Likely 11th century. Requesting that the addressee send a poem (qawl).
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Letter sent to Abū ʿImrān Moshe ha-Kohen Tifʾeret ha-Kohanim dealing with a loan he had given to the congregation and some public affairs. Some persons …
Letter probably from a certain Abū l-ʿIzz to his brother. In Arabic script. Written on a bifolio. One of the four pages has Hebrew piyyuṭ; …
Letter from Avraham ha-Kohen to the community of Damsīs (לסאדתי ושיוכי אלקהל אלגליל קהל דמסיס). Mentioning the arrival of a letter with instructions from the …
Letter from Toviyya b. Eli ha-Kohen to his cousin Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, seeking to mollify him, possibly for Toviyya's failure to reimburse him in …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to something gilded (mudhahhaba) weighing a certain amount; later again refers to gold; concludes with expressions of deference and possibly …
Letter fragment sent to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Liikely 11th century. Little of the content remains. "... the response... …
Letter of petition to Saʿadya the great prince, probably the father of Mevorakh b. Saʿadya. The writer complains that he and his family are hungry. …
Leaf from a court ledger. On recto: Testimony of compliance with an order issued by the head of the Jews, Netanʾel ha-Levi. Dated: First third …
Note to Yosef ha-Shofeṭ, mainly praises. Hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya?
Letter addressed by Moshe Ha-Kohen to Menahem the great Rabbi (HaRav HaGadol). VMR The letter is prefaced with בשמ׳ רחמ׳, followed by three biblical verses, …
Commercial letter addressed to 'my brother' Moshe Perdonel. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with a few words in Hebrew and also Ladino דוזינה. Dating: ca. 16th century. …
Letter from Avraham b. Farāḥ, Alexandria to Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl, Fustat. The letter deals with the shipping of goods and money transfers. The writer describes …
2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים דיון אחד
Letter from Mevorakh b. Natan to Elazar ha-Kohen expressing sympathy at the death of his father. The writer notes that he had already sent a …
Letter from Abu Ishaq Ibrahim dealing with business matters.
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda very early in his public career, when he was Av Bet Din, to a notable in Fustat, ca. 1025. He …
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Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Conveying business instructions/requests. Reports the arrival of the dirhams …
Small fragment of an (official?) letter in calligraphic Arabic script, wide space between the lines: [ادام الله] سلامته ونعمته ان يكون في . . . …
Short business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. With a request to send a reply with the same mail courier (fayj) and mentioning …
Letter concerning a reconciliation, presumably between husband (Maḥfūẓ al-Qudsī) and wife. Signed by the judge Avraham b. Natan Av Bet Din (in New Cairo, dated …
Mercantile letter in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Letter/petition. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century, during the tenure of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The sender asks the addressee to assist him …
A letter to Sar Shalom
Letter in Hebrew dated 1778/79 CE (539 = ותקוה טובה) from the Jewish community of Jerusalem to the Jewish community of Pisa begging for financial …
Recto: Letter from Peraḥya b. Yosef to Eliyyahu the Judge from. About a needed release for a business venture. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from the head of the Gola concerning the calendar. Describes his opinion about the need to shorten two months (to 29 days) and explains …
. . . that we and all Israel be [one] band [in all] months and all festivals. This custom has been followed by our fathers and by the yeshivot until…
תעתוק אחד 2 תרגומים
Letter from Avraham ha-Reviʿi b. Shemuel ha-Shelishi, probably in Ramla, to Shelomo b. Yehuda, in Jerusalem. In Hebrew. Dating: Ca. 1040 CE. The letter is …
Letter of appeal for charity, written in a mixture of Hebrew, Arabic, and Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is Abū ʿImrān Moshe b. Shela. The sender explains …
Account referring to rent for a house and listing amounts and names. Written on the back of a letter (see separate entry).
Family letter probably addressed to a woman ("... wa-lā tajlisī..."). The sender apparently wouldn't have traveled if (s)he had known something (...fa-mā kuntu sāfartu wa-lā …
Letter to a qāḍī (addressed "al-jināb al-ʿālī"). In Arabic script. Dating: Maybe Mamluk-era. The letter concerns a horse that was purchased for 17 dinars; also …
List of what Mahfuz collected from the properties of the pious foundations. The year 1183 is mentioned. On the verso the year 1184/5 is mentioned …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly in the hand of the court clerk Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya. The letter opens with condolences for the addressee's loss. …
Letter of recommendation, or maybe conveying the arrival of a certain Najīb al-Dawla. The writer introduces Najīb al-Dawla to the addressee and conveys his desire …
Business letter from [...] b. Yeḥezqel or possibly b. Yaḥyā. Fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions indigo (nīl) and bamboo chalk (ṭabāshīr) and a merchant named Yiṣḥaq.