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אין רשומות קשורות
Upper part of a letter. Likely addressed to Mevorakh b. Saʿadya (שר השרים ונגיד הנגידים). Probably an appeal for charity. The introductory praises are in …
Letter fragment (part of the left of recto, part of the left of verso) of an appeal. The legible text on recto is solely blessings …
Short letter to Abū Naṣr, asking for money both on account of the rent or wages of Avraham and on account of the capitation tax. …
Letter from Abū l-Faḍl Ibn al-Ahuv to [...] al-Levi. Appealing for charity or other assistance. (Information in part from CUDL)
Petition/letter of appeal for charity. Addressed to someone titled Ḥemdat ha-Nesiʾut, possibly the same person as Sayyidnā in l. 8. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. The …
Letter of appeal, draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rhyming (-dī). On a reused list of various expenditures of the community (PGPID 1317). (See Goitein, Med Soc, II, …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom half only). The sender is planning to travel to al-Shām the next day and he asks for money to cover …
Short letter of appeal for charity from a poor and sick man
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Makārim b. Abū [...] and a ḥaver.
תעתוק אחד
Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Fragment (lower right corner). Written on behalf of somebody begging for charity from a …
Recto: Hebrew letter of appeal from the old, poor man Yosef b. Elazar ha-Kohen to Avraham ha-Sar b. Elazar. The body of the letter occupies …
Letter of appeal for charity from Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen Nafūsī to Moshe Tifʾeret ha-Kohanim. He states that he is an old man from Nafūsa (Libya) and …
Letter of appeal. Above, 13 lines of Hebrew blessings in large letters (perhaps a template purchased already filled out). Below, 6 lines of Judaeo-Arabic begging …
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Well-written. Refers to "three breads (akhbāz) a week." (Information from Goitein's index card.)
דיון אחד
Letter from a wretched Abū l-Ḥasan b. Yūsuf begging for charity from a dignitary, probably Avraham Maimonides or his father. The handwriting appears to be …
Letter of appeal for charity from Abū Dāniyāl to Maṣliaḥ Gaon. The house where the writer lives with all his family is collapsing around them. …
Calligraphic letter from (thecantor Thabit Ibn al-Munajjim to Maṣliaḥ Gaon begging for charity, complaining about poverty and his dependents. (Information from Goitein's note card.) Same …
Recto (secondary use): Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Shaʾul, a poor teacher, to his friend. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks him to intercede on his …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Letter addressed to Yūsuf al-Surrī. The name Saʿīd Maḍmūn the Blind appears at the bottom of verso; unclear if this is the name of the …
Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Yiṣḥaq Barukh. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, maybe 16th or 17th century. The writer is a teacher. Mentions Jerusalem …
Letter from a certain Yiṣḥaq to the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi b. Moshe (active 1171–95 CE) and his deputy Shelomo. In Hebrew. The sender is …
Letter from a certain Abū l-Faraj to someone titled Sayyidnā. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely Mamluk-era (i.e., after ca. 1250) based on paleographic features, position of …
Highly fulsome letter of praise, consisting of 12 lines of praise in Hebrew, followed by 5 lines of Arabic script containing the actual content of …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Petition from a certain Jaʿfar to a Fatimid dignitary (qāʾid) in which Jaʿfar asks that the support (maʿūna) granted to him not be withdrawn because …
العبد جعفر
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
عبد مولاى القائد الجليل اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه وتاييده وحراـ[ـست…
The slave Jaʿfar
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
The slave of my master, the glorious leader, may God prolong his life and…