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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Umm Abū ʿAlī, in the Rif, likely near Damīra, to her son Isḥāq, in Fustat. […] The Arabic address reads: "yaṣil hādhā l-kitāb ilā waladī al-shaykh Abū l-Munā b. Abū Surrī al-sharābī min khālatihi Umm Abū ʿAlī ... dār al-wāzīr (or wāzīn?)."

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תגים

• arabic address
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: du'f
• illness: heartsickness
• (+ 9 עוד)

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

On the recto, the author alludes to travel to or from Dahlak, mentions an unspecified group of islands (possibly the Dahlak archipelago itself), a sojourn of 18 days in Dahlak, and the arrival of an unnamed individual from Aden, and wishes for favorable winds and safe arrivals. The verso contains greetings to a number of people (legible among them are Ibn Yaḥyā, Musallam, al-shaykh Yaʿqūb and Abū Naṣr al-Ḥalabi) and gives date as the 6th of month of Av. Abū Naṣr al-Ḥalabī appears as al-tājir, the merchant, in the extant document of his wife's deathbed declaration preserved and dated to 26th of Iyyar 1454/April 13 1143.

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• ib6
• india book
• red sea

3 תעתוקים

Inferred date

1199–1199 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The letter makes reference to the forced conversion of Yemenite Jews, and is connected to the affair mentioned in II, 67a (PGPID 5459). It also contains a discussion of Indian commodities; trade seems to have continued during this period of political and religious turmoil. The letter relates the forced conversion of the Jews of Aden during the reign of al-Malik al-Muʿizz Ismāʿīl, self-styled caliph and nephew of Saladin. The letter's sender writes that the Jews of the Yemeni highlands had already apostatized, but most recently, Maḍmūn (identified with Maḍmūn b.

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• ib2
• india book

3 תעתוקים 3 תרגומים

Inferred date

1135–1135 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The court tries to convince her that her charitable funds should be used to restore a bible codex (muṣḥaf) worth the same amount of money, but Khulla declines. The document also mentions: Yehuda Ibn al-Sofer (as the scribe of the original will), the daughter of Khulla’s brother Abū ʿAlīal-Kohen (as being owed 6 dinārs) and Yeshuʿa b.

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• codex
• dammuh
• slaves
• will
• women

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Document date

12 Elul 1451 Seleucid (27 August 1140 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi, probably in Fustat. […] This caused anxiety among the people, because they probably already knew that Yehuda ha-Levi had to arrive on that ship. The letter also contains information about silk prices and the priority of the government authorities in buying the goods that arrived.

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• alexandria
• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He wants to know if they have received the silver from Saʿāda the female slave of Ṭāḥir b. al-Ghuzzī and to purchase with it all the goods that Moshe had already told his mother about, viz., polypodium (? […] He has sent another letter with the bearer of the letter for Ibn al-Ṭaffāl. He mentions Ibn al-Nuʿmān in the last couple lines.

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• business
• family
• moshe b. levi
• qalyub
• silk
• (+ 1 עוד)

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Document date

Thursday, 25 Tammuz 1395 Seleucid (1 July 1084 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

However, Amram seems to have placed the items in the care of Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Tinnīsī, who seems to have assumed responsibility for them by means of a power of attorney. […] Avraham, counterparty in the sale of a quantity of silver to Abū al-Ḥusayn, also appears in a number of geniza documents.

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• cinnamon
• flax
• lawsuit
• partnership
• power of attorney
• (+ 4 עוד)

3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Avraham mentions a "brother-like" relationship with Abū Bishr that he entered into at Eliyyahu's recommendation, however Abū Bishr has died and the authorities have confiscated all his property. Avraham also mentions divorcing a woman in Jerusalem "after much suffering and paying her more than was due her." […] Avraham requests that Eliyyahu convey the news of the divorce to Avraham's son and to the son's mother. He also requests charity for a man who recently arrived in Jerusalem after a harrowing journey.

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• abu zikri al-rayyis
• divorce
• jerusalem
• judge eliyyahu

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Document date

1134 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Some of the business was already arranged in Aden, 'in his seat' and in his presence. […] He is sending a large shipment of fabrics to Aden with Barakāt b. Mūsā al-Ḥalabi. (Information from Goitein and Friedman, India Book IV.) […] On verso there are largely undeciphered mercantile accounts involving shipments of silk in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. There is also an unrelated block of text containing medical prescriptions in Arabic script.

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תגים

• ib4
• ib6
• india book

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Saadya), though they know that Mevorakh is busy with the “service of the rulers” (khidmat al-salāṭīn), see Rustow, Heresy, p. 339, and Cohen, Jewish Self-Government, p. 220. See also ENA 2805.5a, in which Natan b. Nahray informs Musa that as instructed he has given 1 dinar each to Moshe the Judge and Yeḥezqel the Alexandrian, who is sick and confined to his house.

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תגים

• 11th c
• appeal
• cane
• disability
• disability: vision
• (+ 5 עוד)

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Letter from Meʾir Ibn al-Hamadhāni to a notable named Moshe (Moshe ha-Sar... ha-dayyan ha-mesūyyan... al-Shaykh al-Sadīd...). […] Peraḥya ben Yiju and that the addressee's brother's son al-Shaykh al-Zaki mentioned in l. 39 is Peraḥya b.

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• maimonides
• prescription

תעתוק אחד 2 תרגומים 2 דיונים

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The addressee is addressed as "my son" and perhaps also as al-Shaykh Makīn [...]. The writer is angry at the addressee because ever since the latter traveled, he has sent no letters regarding Mukhalliṣ who has the money belonging to Manṣūr. They heard that the addressee "took from him" 30 dirhams but never sent them to the writer, and also that the addressee returned to Fustat but did not come to see them.

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Primary language

Arabic

Fragment of a private letter reporting the death of an individual named Najm al-Dawla (probably a state official based on the title), followed by conventional expressions of grief and reflections on the hardship of separation and the transience of worldly life (فما تسوا الدنيا للفرقة ولا الحياة للموت). […] He further refers to the place formerly occupied by Najm al-Dawla (الموضع الذي كان فيه نجم الدولة), remarking that it should not be neglected (لا يفرط) and mentioning the possibility of carrying out additional work to the east (qibla) and west of the site. The verso preserves greetings addressed to Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad and those under his care. There are also jottings in Arabic, mainly basmalas, and a few words.

תגים

• saqiya

תעתוק אחד

Document date

Ḥeshvan 1432 Seleucid (25 September 1120–24 October 1120 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Avraham b. Ḥananel known as al-Amshāṭī (אלאמשאטי), the comb merchant, was a witness when the father wrote his will (the document notes he was summoned from a ‘drinking party’ in order to be a witness). […] Shemuel and Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, who also wrote the document. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index cards. Goitein referred to these two fragments as T-S NS J185 (8) and (12).

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• halfon b. menashshe
• slaves

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

in the village of אלב̇יג̇ש (the dots may or may not be diacritics; they also appear over תאגה). This location "Alvegas" may be a reference to Alvega, a village on the Tagus River in modern-day Portugal. The bulk of the document is in Hebrew, but four lines from the bottom begins a list of all the potential defects in the vineyard in Judaeo-Arabic, which Sha'ul accepts. […] Of cases like this we read in our papers, for example, about an exquisite vineyard belonging to, or being under the jurisdiction of, the governor of Alexandria, which the writer of the letter had for years tried in vain to lease.

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• spain
• tagus

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: no earlier than 1141 CE, as Yehuda ha-Levi is dead; if 'al-Nezer' refers to Natan b. Shemuel, that would date the letter to no later than ~1164 CE. […] For this purpose, I have borrowed the diwans of Shelomo the Little (the famous Ibn Gabirol) and of Yehuda ha-Levi—may their memory be blessed—and made excerpts from them for my use" (Goitein, Med Soc II, p. 221 n. 10). He has also borrowed a siddur and has been studying the prayers in it. […] He adds that on Tisha b'Av, al-Muhadhdhab and al-Nezer and his brother approached him and asked him to compose a dirge based on אשתונן ואתאונן (it seems referring to Aharon Ibn al-ʿAmmānī's dirge with the same opening: see BL OR 10594.4).

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• cantor
• damascus
• ghulam

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Document date

Ḥeshvan 1498 Seleucid (16 October 1186–13 November 1186 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Inventory of the books and furnishings of the Palestinian Synagogue received by Ṭāhir b. Maḥfūẓ the beadle (al-khādim). Dated: Ḥeshvan 1498 Seleucid = October/November 1186 CE. […] (Information in part from Goitein's index card.) See also previous fragment.

תגים

• book trade
• synagogue

דיון אחד

Inferred date

1205–1237 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Avraham Maimonides served as Rayyis al-Yahūd between 1205–1237 CE and also bore the title Nagid after 1213 CE.

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תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary languages

Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

With Greek/Coptic numerals. 32 names are preserved, of the type common among Jews at the end of the Middle Ages (ca. 13th–14th century), such as Naṣrallāh (twice), ʿAbd al-Karīm, Khiḍr, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, ʿAbd al-Wāḥid. (Information in part from Mediterranean Society, II, pp. 505-506, App.

תגים

• communal

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Probably a dowry evaluation (taqwīm): consists almost entirely of a list of valuable items and sums of money (in one place headed with Arabic "al-jumla"). […] The name Abū l-Muf[aḍḍal?] al-Ṣayrafī appears.

תגים

• dowry
• slave

אין רשומות קשורות

Describes a dangerous situation in Fustat. Also informs about the passing of the brother of the writer’s mother. Mentions the name of Sa’id Khaluf b. Zakarya al-Ashkar, from b. Awkal’ social circle. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #199) VMR

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תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from an unknown sender, in Jerusalem, to Samḥūn b. Yaḥyā al-Maghribī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. "Spanish" layout, including shape of the right margin and position of the address at the top of recto. Mentions Damascus, a scary situation, Nāblus, Shelomo Ibn Ḥabīb, and various business matters. Also mentions Shelomo b. Efrayim ha-Kohen. Uncited in the literature and needs examination.

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• to edit

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Alchemical and/or medicinal recipes. The first line on ENA 2862.1r mentions silver, copper, and gold. The lower entry on ENA 2862.1v provides instructions for dealing with a "būnduqī", possibly a Venetian gold coin, but the scribe could have also intended "hazlenut." The entry includes instructions for placing the object in fire and may rely on the Ottoman Turkish word for "smoke" (dūmān).

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• cmp

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer seems to be complaining about something. Mentions colocynth (al-ḥanẓal) and melon (al-faqqūs); the addressee's reward for helping the sender; seeking (help at?) various 'gates'; that it would not be easy to sue a person; something about 5 children; 'the acts of his wife'; the gloating of enemies; and the exchange market (sūq al-ṣarf).

תגים

• to edit

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The names listed on the recto mention: Aḥmad Ben-Temīm, Muḥammad al-Najjār, Muḥammad al-Ziyyāt, ʿĀmr al-Minawī, among others.

תגים

• list
• pepper

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

Yosef b. Khāliṣ(?) and Ṭayyib al-Ḥakīm. The name Faraḥ b. Yosef also appears at 180 degrees preceded by איך (so a phrase from a legal document?)

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• unedited 11th c

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Most of the entries include names, such as: ʿAlīal-Bsūsī, ...ʿī al-Fayyūmī, Khalīl Effendi, and many others.

תגים

• 18th or 19th c
• numismatic dating

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Legal document concerning ʿArūs b. Yosef and Sibāʿ al-Lādhiqī (cf. L-G Misc. 113 + L-G Misc. 115 (PGPID 4037)). […] (Information in part from CUDL.) See also Goitein's note card.

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דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mūsā b. Yaʿaqov al-Miṣrī, probably in Alexandria, to ha-Nagid Yehuda b.

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2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Compensation bill given by Alush b. Yeshua to Shemuel (Isma’il) b. Avraham al-Andalusi, July 24, 1011. The two Spanish merchants (Alush and Shemuel) arrived in Fustat and wrote the bill at the Fustat court (Beit Din).

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Letter from Ya’aqov b. Salman al-Hariri, from a port city in Syria (maybe Ladikiya), to Nahray b. […] The writer describes the hardships of the ship’s journey from Alexandria, when for 8 days the passengers had to draw water that entered the ship and damaged the linen that was there.

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2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד

Document date

16 Sivan 4920 Anno Mundi (23 May 1160 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Ketubba (marriage contract). Location: Alexandria. Dated: 16 Sivan 4920 AM, which is 23 May 1160 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Netanel ha-Levi. Groom: ʿAmram b. Seʿadya. Bride: Sitt al-Fakhr bt. Hillel, a divorcee. Marriage payments: 1 + 5 = 6.

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דיון אחד

Document date

Dhū al-Qada 508 Hijrī (April 1115 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Recto describes her sale to Sitt al-Munā bt. Natan/Hibatallāh, the widow of Nahray b. […] Here on verso, in 1115 CE, this mistress sells the woman to the Christian physician ʿAbd al-Masīḥ b. Maqāra(?) b. Hārūn. Dated: First third of Dhū al-Qa̔da.

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תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Inferred date

1205–1237 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index cards. Joins by Mordechai Akiva Friedman (and the minute fragment T-S AS 207.216 — first and second images on FGP, bottom row, 2 boxes away from the yellow shelfmark label — identified by Alan Elbaum).

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• avraham maimonides
• minyat ghamr

דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of names associated with numbers of dirhams, probably recipients of alms. Names include: Salāma al-Saqqāʾ and his son; Abū l-Ḥusayn and his brothers; Makhlūf Ibn Jāsūs; Shemaʿya and his brother; Hassūn al-Qarqī(?)

אין רשומות קשורות