Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment (middle part) in which the writer describes how he was insulted in the synagogue by the scholar, Sheikh al-Najib, but expresses no resent against him. […] (Information from Mediterranean Society, V, pp. 306, 307, and from Goitein's index cards)

תגים

• personal

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Ṣedaqa b. ʿAyyāsh, in Alexandria, to Abū Naṣr al-Faḍl b. […] Dating: ca. 1023 (Bareket and Ben-Sasson) or May 1027 (Gil). The letter deals with shipments of goods to the Maghreb and Sicily. The letter also mentions the triumphal march of al-Muʿizz b.

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4 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his father Eliyyahu the Judge. […] Recommending the bearer, Dā'ūd of Banhā, who is chronically in arrears for the capitation tax (ʿalayhi jawālī muzmina). Rabbenu Menaḥem has already helped him by writing a recommendation for him to the Nagid Avraham. At the end of this letter, Shelomo asks for copies of certain books from the Mishneh Torah.

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תגים

• capitation tax
• jaliya
• recommendation
• shelomo b. eliyyahu
• tax
• (+ 1 עוד)

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Letter from (Abū Saʿd) Ibrāhīm b. Sahl al-Tustarī (d. 1048) to [...] b. […] The last of these, Shemuel b. ʿAzarya b. Mevasser, is known to have been a Qaraite leader in Fustat (he is the addressee of Bodl. […] Reused for something that is probably a Hebrew literary text, but could potentially be a communal letter or a copy of one. Needs examination. ASE

תגים

• al-tustari
• unedited 11th c

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

1416 Seleucid (1105 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

In a short note, a letter brought by Tiqva b. 'Amram from Farah b. 'Ayyash is presented to the court in Cairo. The letter was studied by Ezekiel ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver b. […] (Information from Mediterranean Society, V, 213, and from Goitein's index cards.)

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• informal note

תעתוק אחד

Inferred date

1128–1128 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

India Book (IB) IV,46 (ח49). Letter from a member of the Ibn Muhājir family, probably in Seville, to Ḥalfon b. […] The substance of the letter deals with business matters. Ḥalfon had sent a letter with Yiṣḥaq b.

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• 12th c
• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Shemuel b. Khalīfa, in Damascus, to Yosef Abū l-[...], in Cairo. […] The sender complains about the lack of letters and asks for help retrieving a debt of 200 ducats from a Muslim—or rather it seems that they are trying to bribe an official (sar) with that money, who is supposed to intervene with the king about something. Mentions Moshe ha-Kohen. Moshe Ṣāyigh added a postscript in a different hand (right margin, upper text block), in which he greets the 'prince' (the same official from the main letter?)

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• 17th c

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a man to his prospective father-in-law. […] Expressing his enthusiasm about the future connection (ittiṣāl) with him and stating to have heard from the Ḥazzan Ṣadaqa Ibn Nufayʿ (the go-between) that the younger daughter Sitt al-Ahl and not the elder daughter was to be the prospective bride. The letter appears to have been left unfinished. (Information from Goitein's note card.) Alternatively, the sender is already the son-in-law of the addressee, and Ṣadaqa Ibn Nufayʿ is also hoping to marry one of the addressee's daughters, specifically the younger daughter ("I met with him. . . and saw that he preferred, for his part, the younger daughter" wa-raʾaytuhū mūthir li-janbihī al-ibna al-ṣaghira).

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• marriage

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Document date

Tishrei 1537 Seleucid (4 September 1225–3 October 1225 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document. A physician Shemuel grants a loan of 400 cut-up dirhams to Abū l-Faraj the broker (simsār) in Fustat and Cairo, to be paid back at the end of Tishri 1537 = end of Ramaḍān and beginning of Shawwāl 622 AH = October 1225 CE. […] Signed by ʿAmram b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi and Shelomo b. Natan ha-Levi. Possibly in the hand of Shelomo b. […] (Information from CUDL, Goitein's index card, and Mediterranean Society, I, 385.)

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2

תגים

• simsar

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter/report in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in a formal layout, with slightly widened space between the lines. This is the lower left corner of what must have been a much larger fragment. […] There are some similar letters (e.g. T-S 10J5.6 + T-S 20.113) from ca. 1100 concerning refugees from the Crusades; this might be connected, or it might be from some other period of crisis.

תגים

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

Rajab 495 Hijrī (21 April 1102–20 May 1102 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Recto: very damaged text of a makhzuma (ledger of receipts). Verso: makhzūma (ledger of receipts) submitted in Rajab 495 AH (= April-May 1102 CE) by Muḥammad b. […] The eighth and ninth months of the Coptic calendar, Baramouda and Bashans, are mentioned. The makhzūma was so named, apparently owing to the fact that it was sealed or strung together with other leaves by 'piercing' (khazama).

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תגים

• honey
• makhzuma
• sugar
• tax

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

List of transportation expenses by Nahray b. Nissim, around 1045. Includes details about shipment from Fustat to the ship in Alexandria. Similar to T-S Arabic …

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תגים

• nahray b. nissim
• trade

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Document date

24 Rabīʿ I 601 Hijrī (19 November 1204 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf the Jew, leader of the Jews of al-Maḥalla, who paid his capitation tax in Alexandria.

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תגים

• 'alama
• corpse

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Primary language

Hebrew

Shlomo, one of the Karaites’ leaders in the 11th century. Mentions Yehezkiyahu Rosh ha-Gola b.

תגים

• genealogy

תעתוק אחד

Document date

1124 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fol. 3: Legal document. Left side of an agreement with a wife that she would receive the rent from the middle story of a house, but if it was unoccupied it would be her loss. […] Names Isḥāq b. Makhlūf al-Nafūsī; a Lebdī; and [...] b. Abū ʿUmar al-Ṭabīb. In the lower margin, at 90 degrees: "Efrayim b.

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• ib-addenda
• ib6

3 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Information from Mediterranean Society, II, pp. 466–67, App. B 106.) Many of the people listed bear surnames indicating their place of origin, including Baghdad, Amid (in Iraq), Aleppo, Damascus, Tiberias, Gaza, Sicily, or indicating their profession, including porter, packer, night watchman, dyer, soap maker, or mosaic craftsman.

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תגים

• capitation tax
• chicken
• dimme
• jaliya
• jizya
• (+ 2 עוד)

2 תעתוקים

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

In Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic script, and Greek/Coptic numerals. People mentioned: Abū l-Surūr Ibn al-ʿAnānī; Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-ʿAni; Abū Naṣr Ibn al-Bār[...]; Zayn; Abū l-Munā b. [...]; Abū l-Ḥasan b.

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תגים

• account
• damietta

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

"transcribed," show that the contens of such leaves used to be posted into notebooks. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 441 #132)

תגים

• 13th c
• account
• communal
• qodesh
• waqf

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד

None

תגים

• genealogy

תעתוק אחד

Letter from Yosef b. Ya’aqov al-Itrabulusi from Gabes (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. […] Describes his difficulties managing Ibn Awkal’s merchandise. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #172) VMR

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• ibn awkal
• trade

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter addressed to Abū Yaʿqūb b. Yūsuf al-Fāsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. […] The writer gives updates on his own father and mother and broaches various business matters. He mentions the goods of Abū Isḥāq Ibn Barukh.

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• unedited 11th c

אין רשומות קשורות

Letter from Yosef b. Avraham, in Qayrawan(?), to Nahray b. […] The writer expresses his sorrow for the situation in Qayrawan. Mentions Nahray’s mother who is still in Qayrawan.

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2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד

Fragmentary letter (on vellum) from Tunisia by Manashe b. Ammar to Joseph b. […] Information from Goitein's notecards and Mediterranean Society II, 87-88.

תגים

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517

דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Handwriting of Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentioning someone's brother and al-Nezer. The writer then asks the addressee to pass on his copious excuses for not having rendered sufficient service to someone who has bestowed much favor (tafaḍḍulāt) upon him.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The name Yosef b. Seʿadya appears on the other side (technically recto); perhaps this is the name of the sender. The sender is in terrible straits and urges the addressee to meet with him and help him. He reminds the addressee that "when [he] was healthy," he used to do whatever the addressee asked of him no matter how unpleasant.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a teacher to the father of a pupil. In Judaeo-Arabic, fully vocalized. […] There is discussion of payment of wages; sums named are a rubāʿī and 1.5 dinars. Also mentions Divre ha-Yamim and Psalms and Iyov and Daniʾel.

דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Fragment of a legal Islamic (fiqh) manual. The preserved text is a commentary passage on the Islamic ritual of ṭahāra and ablution. […] The infamous hadīth transmitter Qāḍ.ī Abū al-Faraj is also mentioned.

תגים

• ablution
• dimme
• fiqh

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Moderately wide space between the lines. […] There is a man who says he is the nephew (sister's son) of Rabbenu Meir who arrived in the land of Egypt in the days of Rabbenu Moshe Gaon (ZL); this man knows the addressee and sends greetings to 'sayyidnā.'

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. […] The sender, now fallen on hard times, may be referring to his own prosperous origins when he refers to "a great family, a family of knowledge and good and merchants and travelers" (מן בית כביר בית אלעלם ואלכיר ואלתגאר ואלמסאפרין).

תגים

• appeal

אין רשומות קשורות

Letter from Mūsā b. Yaʿaqov al-Miṣrī, in Malīj, to Yosef b. […] The writer deals with selling and buying goods for the partnership between the two. Mentions several names of people who are involved in their business.

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תגים

• trade

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Medieval-era. Very fragmentary.

אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1750–1850 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment from the top of a late letter to Yosef Ya'betz יוסף יעבץ dated 17 of Nissan (no year preserved). […] There are a wide variety of late 18th- and early 19th-century documents connected to Yosef Yuʿbaṣ and his family members in Cairo (the surname is also transliterated as Yaʿabeṣ in the PGP).

תגים

• fgp stub

אין רשומות קשורות