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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic of communal funds regarding weeks of the Jewish liturgical calendar that differ in structure but are related to nearby shelfmarks such as …
אין רשומות קשורות
Accounts, mentioning Abū Saʿīd b. Nuṣayr, Ṭoviyya, and a dyer (ṣabbāgh). (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (b. ca. 1310–d. 1355) to the community of Fustat asking them to arrange a charitable collection (Information from …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Letter from Mevorakh b. Shelomo to the teacher Abū l-Bishr Mevasser b. ʿEli, in Cairo. Dated: Sivan 1488 Seleucid = May 1177 CE. Acknowledges receipt …
Letter expressing regret for having left the service of the recipient Shelomo, a government official. Possibly a draft. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) Probably the …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 29 Tammuz 1590 Seleucid = 11 July 1279 CE. Written and signed by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiel (active …
ח73 מכתב מאת אבו נַצְר בן אברהם אל חלפון והציפייה לבואו של יהודה הלוי אלכסנדריה, י"ב באלול [אתנ"א לשטרות], שהוא יום 27 באוגוסט 1140 ד73. …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Ketubba, very damaged. Names and date are faded. At top is the reshut formula of one of Maimonides' descendants. The hand seems to be identical …
Two fragments from an 11th-century mercantile letter addressed to 'ha-Rav ha-Gadol Nahray b. [...].' Mentions Abū Naṣr.
Letter fragment. The opening lines are poetic Hebrew blessings and the continuation is in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions hiding something in a chest lest someone buy it, …
תעתוק אחד
Fragment a bill of compromise (פשרה) written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Mentions two people and their brother; a house called Dār al-Jazīra; …
Verso: Bottom of an iqrār, dated 457 or 459 AH in the first line of the verso (1064/65 or 1066/67 CE). Witness is Hibatallāh b. …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Location: Fustat. Involves Abū l-Faḍl b. Abū Kathīr b. ʿImrān. There is a …
Complete letter in Arabic script, with a single phrase in Hebrew (وحق אנא השם). Dating: Likely Ayyubid-era based on the layout and handwriting. Addressed to …
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Letter fragment in Arabic script. Reused on recto for a list of parshiyot: ḥayye Sarah (Genesis 23:1), va-yeḥi (Genesis 47:28) and ki tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1) …
Recto: Letter in Arabic script. The glyph appears at the top. The hand is skilled and the margins are large, and there is a taqbīl …
Verso: Letter in Hebrew to a dignitary, or formulary of such a letter. Headed "iggeret." Contains many ornate blessings and titles. Recto contains poetry and …
Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1[.]61 Seleucid, probably 1461 Seleucid, which would be 1149/50 CE. Zayn b. A[...] gives a release to Abū l-Barakāt Hibat …
Probably an Ayyubid capitation tax receipt. Headed by the ʿalāma "iʿtimādī ʿālā khāliqī." The next line refers to an Aleppan Jew ([...] Yahūdī Ḥalabī). The …
Letter from Shemuel b. Sahl al-Hawwārī, in Aleppo, to [...], in Fustat. (The names are written in Arabic, so the writer's is tentative and the …
Fragment of a decree, part of one line of text barely visible on verso at right. 23 cm across, so it may have been split …
Verso: Shipping accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 11th century. Mentions Dār Mānak (part of the customs house complex in Fustat) and officials such as a …
Probably a power of attorney involving Elʿazar b. [...], valid in "all the countries and cities" (al-buldān wa-l-amṣār wa-l-[...]). (Information in part from CUDL)
Court record in Hebrew. Location: Damietta (אי כפתור). (Or at least about Damietta.) Dated: Nisan 1360 Seleucid, which is 1049 CE. Concerns a debt of …
דיון אחד
One of three draft versions of a document concerning an official (muqaddam) in the community of al-Mahalla during the administration of Mevorakh b. Saadya (active …
List of items and prices. On verso all the lines are crossed out. Rudimentary hand and spellings; there are almost no spaces between the words. …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Involving an agreement between two parties. Dating: written under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, and …
Letter from the lepers of Tiberias to Shemuel b. Ezra (Jerusalem?), approximately 1030.
ומ[ ]לה זכה [ ] הוסר והחלים מן הש[
Part of a letter mentioning the kharāj. Reused for a tax receipt (see separate entry).
Administrative note in Arabic script. Unclear exactly how it is related to the Avraham Maimonides material in this folder. Might be his handwriting (should be …
Late account in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning silk and paper. Possibly mentions a manumitted person (מעתוק) in the opening line of the recto. Requires further examination.
Recto (secondary use): Note in Hebrew with a few words of Judaeo-Arabic interspersed. The sender urges the addressee to send אלמלגמה quickly. This term may …
Letter fragment sent from Alexandria to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer tried 2 or 3 times to travel, but it was impossible owing to the …
List of names written on a strip of parchment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Including Ghāliya bt. Ḥasan/Yefet ha-Levi known as al-Ṭabarānī and …
Account of expenditure for the distribution of bread (100 pounds costing 31 1/2 dirhams) and for payments to a nasi, to teachers, and other officials …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter from David b. 'Ammar and Musa b. al-Hayy from Alexandria to Yeshua b. Ismail al-Makhmuri in Fustat. The letter describes a situation of insecurity …
Probably a legal document. On parchment. Mentioning Mufarraj b. Yiṣḥaq and Yosef b. ʿAzarya. Arabic jottings below. (Information from CUDL)
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Conveys greetings from Abū ʿAlī. Refers to "al-naqāḍāt" (אלנקאצ̇את), meaning uncertain (naqḍ or manqūḍ can refer to clipped/inferior coins).
Marriage document. A large damaged piece from a ketubah, from the 12th century, 1127 onward, based on the title יהי שמו לעולם כירח יכון עולם, …
Small fragment of a state document or letter in Arabic script. Mentions the Mutawallī al-Ṭirāz. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter from Farah b. Yosef b. Farah in Alexandria to Abu Sa'd Khalaf b. Sahl in Fustat mentioning a shipment of coats, turbans, robes, and …
Pen trials.
Recto: A passage from an Arabic treatise on love and lovers (ʿishq, ʿāshiq, maʿshūq). Verso: Scattered Arabic text, possibly list or accounts. Needs further examination.