Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Sheʾerit to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Talmid. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender heard from Abū l-Barakāt that the addressee is sick (ḍaʿīf) and is very preoccupied and hopes for a letter with news of his recovery. Abū l-Munā is also anxious for news of the addressee and his wife.

תגים

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: du'f
• illness: letter norms

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer is aggravated that the addressee has allowed "the two of them" to sit idle all day long, and demands that he put them to work studying the Qānūn (or in a lawful occupation?)[…] Fiscal accounting? Mentions Jawhar al-Muʾayyadī.

תגים

• education

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions people such as al-Melammed and al-Shaykh al-Makīn. Mentions goods such as bamboo chalk (ṭabāshīr) and vessels (qawārīr and zanābīr).

תגים

• account
• coptic alphanumeral
• letter of accounts
• perfumer

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The trader [Abū l-Surūr] Peraḥya [b. Tiqva ha-Levi?] Ibn al-Amʿaṭ (known from several other documents from the second half of the 12th century) declares that he has received a sum of money from the trader Abū Naṣr [...] Elʿazar al-Levi [...] ha-Negidut with which he will travel to upper Egypt (al-Ṣaʿīd) and do business.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

Mevasser and his brother, having to do with their silk shop in Alexandria. Information from Miriam Frenkel, The Compassionate and Benevolent, p. 82 (where she corrects Gil's dating of the document to 1071 CE). On verso there are extensive accounts in Arabic script, some entries beginning with "al-dār."

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Note on parchment. Addressed to al-Shaykh al-Makīn. Making a request about obtaining silver for the sender, and passing on a message to Abū Saʿd al-Ḥazzān(?)

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy from Alexandria to Yosef b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, Fustat. Inferred dating: around 1055 (Gil).

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תגים

• 11th c
• trade

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

People mentioned: Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq; Rabbenu Avraham al-Meʿulle; Abū l-Bayān; a man from Barqa (this may be the sender referring to himself); Yiṣḥaq al-Rav; and Rabbenu al-Meʿulle.

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov al-Kohen, probably in Minyat Ghamr, to Eliyyahu the judge, in Fustat. […] There he had agreed with Avraham אלמורקי, the bearer of the letter, that the latter would bring the sender's wife and 40 dirhams from Alexandria. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

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תגים

• 13th c

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Shelomo ha-Kohen he-Hasid, regarding various errands concerning textiles and other matters. He also refers to a stepdaughter as 'bint al-mara.'

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תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Yiṣḥaq, probably to Mūsā b. Yaḥyā al-Majjānī, probably from Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1030 (Gil).

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תגים

• trade

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Inferred date

1066–1108 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The cantor Ghālib b. Ḥalfon al-Zayyāt claims that his sister Bārra was given by their father only the upper floor of the small house adjunct to the brother's own, whereas she had laid her hands on the whole house. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, 437.) See also T-S AS 173.27 (PGPID 38595).

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3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

In Arabic script. The sender also greets Munajjā and Abū l-ʿAlāʾ. He reports "I am in the place which you know.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Issuing instructions about looking after the property of 'the two noble mosques,' something to do with expenses (maṣraf), and helping a qāḍī and an ʿāmil advance the interests of the government (maṣlaḥat al-dīwān). Verso: Multiple notes in different hands, with ʿalāʾim. […] At the bottom there is the beginning of a letter to Sharaf al-Dīn. Needs further examination.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Dating: late, probably Ottoman-era. In which al-Muʿallim Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdallāh acknowledges having received a sum of money owed from Shemuʾel b. […] Mūsā the Rabbanite Jew. Also mentioning the latter's brother Mūsā (b. Iṣḥāq b.

תגים

• late arabic script

דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a father to a son. In Judaeo-Arabic. Also conveying messages from the son's mother about her distress about his absence. […] Mentions a woman called al-Sadīdiyya (cf. T-S 6J3.34 and CUL Or.1080 J28), which together with the handwriting suggests a date in the late 12th or early 13th century.

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Refers to cleanliness/hygiene and to the consistency of something; also possibly a cough and young chickens, but these are tentative. The back contains a report about the travel of someone/something 'al-wasṭāniyya.' Then concludes with greetings. Merits further examination.

תגים

• to examine

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

May mention the Franks or the land of the Franks in the top margin of the first side. Also uses the phrase 'God confound him' (khadhalahū Allāh) often used in reference to Franks, but the context is unclear.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

Possibly a deathbed will, because the witnesses describe how they entered the house of Abū l-Faraj ha-Kohen. Also mentions [...] al-Ṣāʾigh. He makes an acknowledgment in favor of his son-in-law Netanʾel b.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

449 Hijrī (1057 CE)

Different individuals, such as Ibn al-Majjānī, the prominent Qayrawani merchant, are also mentioned to whom debts should be paid.

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תגים

• 11th c
• account
• material culture

2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים דיון אחד

Document date

Sivan 5343 Anno Mundi (22 May 1583–20 June 1583 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Reused for accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on both recto and verso mentioning items such as rice, almonds, and soap. A few partial names are also preserved, [...]

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Same sender and addressee as DK 232.2, where Goitein identified the sender as Binyām al-Rashīdī and his location as Alexandria.) The letter contains many details about trade in materia medica.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Moshe Ibn ʿUsfūra for the purpose of suing Meshullam b. Hiba Ibn al-Shuwaykiyya. Also mentions Abū Yaʿqūb Yosef b.

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תגים

• register

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Organized by parshiyot. Mentions Barakāt al-Qazzāz b. Sulaymān; Sukkot (ʿīd al-miẓalla); mulūkhiyya; olive oil; linseed oil; pigeons; green lemons; possibly palm fronds for the sukka (jarīd li-l-miẓalla); chickens. The facing page on verso is headed "account of my lord [...]"; mentions Yūsuf al-Ṭabbākh.

תגים

• arabic script

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

Tishrei 5325 Anno Mundi (7 September 1564–6 October 1564 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

They specify the details of how the scribe will allow the patron to erase and rewrite one word and also the payment schedule.

תגים

• torah scroll

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions Aḥmad Ibn Ṭūlūn and the mosque named after him; also Ptolemy and astronomy.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Mentions Abū l-Maʿālī, al-Qāḍī al-Rashīd. Needs further examination.

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

537 Hijrī (27 July 1142–15 July 1143 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

One registration mark; al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-rāʾfa.

תגים

• capitation tax
• dimme
• fiscal
• tax receipt

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Bifolium, containing many letter samples. There are also two lines in Arabic script.

תגים

• arabic script
• formulary

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment, containing only a few words. Mentions Cairo (al-Qāhira al-Maḥrūsa).

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Eliyyahu, ordering a medicinal syrup (sharāb) from al-Shaykh al-Nafīs.

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תגים

• sharab

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Moshe Tāhartī of Qayrawan in Alexandria. Dating: 11th century.

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2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד

(Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index card.

דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Eliyyahu, from a family member in Alexandria. Reporting on a problem about revenue from a slaughterhouse.

תגים

• slaughterhouse

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions the jinns, the shayāṭīn, al-waswās al-khannās (from Quran 114:4).

תגים

• arabic script
• jinn
• magic
• waswas

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

569 Hijrī (12 August 1173–1 August 1174 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Lease contract involving al-Khazzān al-Yahūdī, dated A.H. 569 (= 1173-74 C.E.). - needs examination.

תגים

• arabic script
• fgp stub

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

The basmala is visible at the top. Might mention al-Amīr al-Muʾayyad. Needs further examination.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Original use: Arabic document(s), likely official. Mentions [al-dīwā]n al-maʿmūr. Needs examination.

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תגים

• to examine

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a list of names: [...] al-Laḥḥām, Bū Naṣr, Faraj(?) al-Mashmiaʿ, etc. Maybe a distribution list.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of Items might be a dowry list, but not necessary. Also contains a book scroll, which is not so common in dowry lists.

תגים

• dowry
• list

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a half-mould of cheese; purchasing; Alexandria; and slander (tashnīʿ).

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Note addressed to Manṣūr b. Thanāʾ al-[...]. In Arabic script. Mentions ʿIzz al-Dīn.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Torn and reused for a different document on verso, also unidentified.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Recto mentions the words "wa-aṣḥāb. .. in shāʾ allāh. . . al-salām(?). . . ithnatay ʿashara. . .

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions Hibatallāh b. Ṣadaqa. Also refers to a period of time ending on the 10th of [...].

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Shemuel stating that he owes al-Shaykh al-Makīn 80 dirhams for books.

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד