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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing mainly with business matters. Mentions the bearer of the letter; Ṣadaqa; and Yūsuf. Asks the addressee to confirm receipt of some …
אין רשומות קשורות
Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions sending a legal query to al-Rav Rabbenu Shemuel, shares in a house, and people who are distressing the writer.
תעתוק אחד
Fragment of a letter from the Gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda (r. 1025–51) with his signature. In the handwriting of Avraham the son of the Gaʾon. …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Letter in the hand of Avraham b. Natan, probably addressed to Mevorakh b. Saʿadya with blessings for his son Moshe. Explaining the circumstances surrounding the …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Verso: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Approximately 6 lines from the middle are preserved. Narrating a conflict between 'the Nasi' and 'the Rayyis' and …
Letter from Farah b. Yusuf sending condolences for the death of a relative of the addressee and also discussing business. (Information from Gil)
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter in Ladino to Yehuda Gatenio, from a business partner in Alexandria, dated 10 August 1823 (3 Elul 5583 AM). Deals entirely with business transactions; …
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda, gaʾon of the Jerusalem yeshiva, to an unknown person in Fusṭāṭ. This is a copy of the first part of …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter from Yaʿaqov to his father. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer had not received a letter from the addressee for some time (arjū shughl khayr). It …
Letter in which the writer sends greetings to R. Hananel, “al-dayyan al-jalil” (the illustrious judge) and to the judge Yehiel b. Eliakim (of Aleppo). The …
מכתב אל הדיין אליה מאת בן אחות אשתו ברכאת אבן אלעטאר.
Verso: Draft of a letter (or letters) in the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ha-Bavli that mentions Shelomo ha-Kohen Segan ha-Kohanim. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean …
Letter from Farah b. Yosef b. Farah in Alexandria to Abu Sa'd Khalaf b. Sahl in Fustat mentioning a shipment of coats, turbans, robes, and …
Letter fragment, last five lines plus three lines added in right margin. Bottom line of main text: وكتب عبدها بو مصري (؟). Written on the …
Letter from Barhūn b. Mūsā b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1050–60 CE, at the beginning of Nahray's …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Letter from Yaḥyā Mizraḥī in Alexandria to Binyamin de Curiel. Dated 27 Av [55]99 AM = 1838 CE, this nineteenth-century dating is confirmed by the …
Formal letter from the office of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, whose name and genealogy appear at the top, in addition to משער הישיבה in the address on …
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Announcement from the Or Ḥadashi association addressing a friend in Jerusalem to participate in the commemoration of the day of "outbreak of hardship on Shabbat" …
Document of legal import for a woman who has appointed a wakil. Composed in letter form and addressed to the community in Jerusalem. Probably late …
Petition from a certain Manṣūr to an unidentified addressee (though Goitein assumed that "Sayyidnā" meant "the Nagid"). In Arabic script. The sender is a poor …
Letter addressed to Shelomo Ḥalafta Yerushalmi and Meir Ashkenazi, concerning business, the commodity saffron (זעפראן)" is mentioned. R. Yiṣḥaq Luria (ha-Ari) was a part of …
Letter from Yosef "the poor foreigner" (al-miskīn al-gharīb) to the Nagid David Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender sold his garment which he had bought for …
דיון אחד
Letter from Akhlābū Kohen b. Aharon, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1045. In the handwriting of Ibrāhīm b. Faraḥ. Regarding one dinar …
בסם אללה אלעטים
כתאבי יאסירי ומול…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣedaqa, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. ʿAyyāsh buys goods in Alexandria for Nahray. The …
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא
ענך ברחמתה מן אלאסכריה לי כלון מן סיון אערפך אללה בר[כת]ה וכתמה עלינא
Letter of appeal to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE), begging for financial assistance, mentioning an old man who is sick and the plight of at …
Letter from Yosef [...] and Moshe [...]. In Hebrew. Location: Probably Tripoli, Greece (טראפוליצא = Τριπολιτσά). Dated: Wednesday 8 Tammuz 5510 AM, which is 1750 …
Hebrew document(s) of some kind, dated Adar 5579 AM = 1819 CE. Probably epistolary writing exercises.
Fragment from the bottom of a letter referring to dowry negotiations and the meʾuḥar payment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 13th or 14th century based on …
Fragment of a letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī. Mentions business with pearls and the coming travel of two people to Ladikya. (Information from Gil, …
] אללה יכתב סלאמה אלגמיע [ ] ברקלואת יאכי לו כאנת קד
] אלסוק פי אול וסקה ואמא אלסעה מא טלב פי ברקלו ול אלי ח[ל]
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Letter addressed to a parnas. On parchment. In Hebrew. Presumably written by a European or Byzantine Jew. Asking the addressee to increase the allotment of …
Letter addressed to [...] b. Avraham. In Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment (upper right corner of recto). Little of the content is preserved. A wicked man (al-rashaʿ) …
Recto: Draft of the opening lines of a letter addressed to a certain Abū l-Faraj. Dating: ca. early 13th century. The hand is very cursive. …
Letter from Ṣadoq, a prominent public figure in Alexandria, to ݂the prominent merchant Moshe ha-Kohen Ibn Ghulayb, in Fustat. Dated: ḥol ha-moʿed of Sukkot 4800 …
Small and damaged fragment from a letter, probably relating to business. A reference is made to the Sicilian. Dating: probably late Mamluk or Ottoman era. …
Mercantile letter, extremely fragmented. Mentions a transaction in dīnārs and a paper trail.
Fragmentary business letter concerning the author's opponents. The writing appears to be in the hand of Avraham b. Natan. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Yosef Ibn Alqāsh, in Alexandria, to Yehuda ibn Sighmar, in Fustat. The letter was written during the reign of Yehuda b. …
Letter from a judge, probably in Fustat or Cairo, to a cantor and scholar, in or near al-Maṭariyya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably late 13th or …
Fragment (lower left corner) of a letter in Arabic script. Ends with some petition-like language: عزه بدوام(؟) علائه(؟). . . وقد . . . اعادها …
Recto: Fragment of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a son to a father. Verso: The page was trimmed and reused for what may be …
Letter. In Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era; repeatedly refers to the "shāwish" (=çavuş). Dated to the month of Dhū al-Ḥijja, probably 10th of the month, but …
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brothers Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) and Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment …