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Copies of letter to the Karaite community of Qal'a from Istanbul regarding communal matters
אין רשומות קשורות
Letter from Ḥayyim b. ʿAmmār b. Madīnī (Alexandria) to Yosef b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, ca. 1062. The sender explains why a load of a medicinal herb …
[כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אט]אל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמאך
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תקדמת [ ]שכה מא בעתה ל[ ] אן אלי אל[ ]
חסן אלעאקבה [ ] רטילאת חכ…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Letter. Little preserved of content. Saffron, silk and copper mentioned.
תעתוק אחד
Calligraphic letter requesting help for a man who is out of work and has a large family which would be satisfied with getting a mere …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד 2 דיונים
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Part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only flattery and blessings for the addressee are preserved. (Information from CUDL)
Neatly written note to Nahray requesting that he address the community for Shemuel he-Ḥazzan ha-Mevin, since he needs help for his family and travel after …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Letters or letter formularies addressed to dignitaries (e.g. verso mentions Rosh Qehila). Recto and verso are in two different hands.
Recto: late letter prefaced by בס''ד and concluding with an elaborate (and illegible) signature. It politely addresses a friend, Yaʿaqov al-Tilimsānī, (from Tlamcen, Algeria), asking …
Business letter, from Khiyār b. Salmān Raqqāq (the parchment-maker) to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely ca. late 11th century. Written by a scribe, …
Small fragment of a letter in Hebrew to a notable. The address mentions 'our rabbi Yosef.' The hand might be known. Dating: likely 11th century.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Last leaf only. The writer is begging for an urgent loan or gift of 5 dinars, on Sunday. A sum of 20 …
Letter from Shelomo b. Ṣemaḥ, Ramla, to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1030 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov of Hebron to Shela the cantor, urgently inquiring about the fate of the body of his brother David, who had …
Letter from Ḥushiel b. Elḥanan, in Qayrawān, to Shemarya b. Elḥanan, in Fusṭāṭ. In which Ḥushiel praises both the addressee and his son Elḥanan, and …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen.
Letter in Ladino from Sidon from Joseph b. Joyya and Masʿūd Bunan to Abraham Monson and Judah Aseo in Cairo concerning community financial matters. Dated …
Letter from Saʿīd b. Yūnus, in אלמנימון (al-Munaymūn, probably the settlement now know as Maymūn), to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat, ca. 1060. The writer …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
One side: Bottom part of a letter from Abū Sahl Levi, in Fustat, to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, in Qalyūb. Other side: Upper …
Small fragment of a document in Arabic script, likely a letter.
Letter from Abū ʿUmar b. Abū l-Riḍā to the mint supplier (al-mūrid) Abū l-Faḍl b. Tamīm. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 12th to early 13th century. …
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 …
Letter from a certain Bū ʿUmar. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably no earlier than 13th century. Asking the addressee to ask al-Qāḍī al-Murtaḍā for 1,294 1/4 …
A long letter dealing with book printing in Lvov, sent to David b. Mordechai Kokizov from Nisan b. Mordhechai
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.
IB VI, 24. Letter from Makhlūf b. Musa, Alexandria, to Abu Yiṣḥaq Avraham b. Yahya Fasi, Fustat. The main part of the letter is an …
3 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Draft of a deferential note addressed to a woman. Expressing longing for her and sadness over being 'cut off' (חצרה אלסת אלגלילה דאם עזהא ויעלמהא …
Draft of a poetical Hebrew letter to a head of a community
Letter from Barakāt b. Sason to ʿImrān b. Benaya, in al-Maḥalla (אלמחללא). In Judaeo-Arabic, with some unusual orthography (including ש for ס and ת for …
Letter from Natan Ha-Kohen b, Mevorakh, Ascalon, to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim, Fustat, approximately 1090.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged. Mentions three days and (in the margin) news about the collector (al-jābī).
Letter in which the writer says that he has heard that the addressee became a cantor. The marginal text is in Arabic. Recto seems to …
Letter fragment from Daniel b. Azarya to a man in Fustat. Daniel b. Azarya shows his joy that the man recovered from his illness. Daniel …
Bifolio. Recto, lefthand page (fol. 1r): Judaeo-Arabic amorous poetry. Phonetic spellings. Verso, righthand page (fol. 1v): Continuation of previous page. Underneath there is a new …
Probably a draft of a letter in Hebrew in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212) containing praises and blessings for a notable …
Letter from a man, probably in Alexandria, to his 'brother,' probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer's maternal uncle has recently died. The bulk of …
Small fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions Shelomo. See JRL SERIES AF 255 (PGPID 32596).
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely an 11th-century family and/or mercantile letter. There are congratulations for a bride (al-ʿarūsa).
Fragment of a letter from Mūsā b. Isḥāq ha-Safāqusī, probably from Mazara, to Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmar. Summer 1059 (Gil). Contains orders. (Information from …
בן מוסי [ ] להם זירין לטאף מ[ ] ממלוה צאבון
תאמר באבוהם מע אלזכרתין זית [ ] אלי כתאבך בוצול אלגמיע אליך אן שא אללה
אנפית לך יאסידי …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Well-written letter in which the sender asks the addressee how to act in an inheritance dispute involving a second-floor housing unit and the items found …
Personal letter from Yehuda b. Yaʿaqov to Abu ʿImrān Mūsā al-Dayyān(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Unconventional orthography. Mentions that the 9th of Av passed and he was …
Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions exchange rates several times; mastic; having purchased cinnabar in partnership with Hārūn b. Nissim; and other names …