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ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108) to his son Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli b. Hillel al-Baghdādī. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic.
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
The scribe is the cantor Ibn al-Jāzfīnī, who adds messages of his own. The letter discusses the happy outcome of Naḥum's daughter's marital dispute.
In Your name, Oh Merciful,
Peace and peace again from the Lord of Peace and from Him who makes in heaven peace. The Creator of All knows
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter of condolence to Abu al-Faraj Yeshua b. Shabbatay on the death of his father.
If the identifications are correct, the sick woman is probably his sister (Ḥalfon's wife) Sitt al-Fakhr. VMR. ASE.
Deed of manumission written and signed by Mevorakh b. Natan in which Sitt al-Hasab bt. Shela ha-Levi ha-Sar manumits an enslaved woman, named Salaf, who was probably given to another lady as a marriage gift.
Letter from al-Mubārak b. Yosef b. Yazdād, Yosef b. Binyamin, and Ḥasan b.
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
In which David ha-Kohen gives to his daughter Sitt al-Dār, wife of Sason ha-Levi, 2 1/3 qirats (i.e., 1/9) of a mushāʿ (undivided) house.
She was prepared to renew their common life, or else demand a divorce, with all the payments involved, including the cost of maintenance for two years.
In which Ḥusnā bt. Yeḥezqel b. Masʿūd al-ʿAqrabānī, appoints the cantor Meʾir b. Mevorakh, to act on her behalf in order to recover her share of an estate from the daughters of Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen the butcher.
דיון אחד
Deposition in which denunciation is alleged. Dated: Thursday, first decade of Tishrei 1581 Seleucid, which is August/September 1269 CE.
There is an interlinear draft in Arabic script between lines 2 and 3 which reads as "min maṭbakh al-maʾmūr". In the margin is a draft of Bible commentary in Judaeo-Arabic, with biblical citations including Deuteronomy 33:2 and 18:18.
תעתוק אחד
He plans to return to Minyat al-Qāʾid. In the margin he adds a request (in Judaeo-Arabic) for a riding animal with a saddle, so that he can enter (Fustat?)
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Perahya says that Muʿāfā has given the bearer of the letter 30 dirhams, 2 'from the last time' and 28 for the rent payments of an unspecified group of people, which will take them through Nisan. Regards to Abū Zikrī al-Rayyis. (Information from Goitein's index cards) EMS
Bride: Malika/Milka (מלכה). Groom: ʿAllūn b. Ṣeda[qa]. The dowry includes a house in Cairo.
Recto: letter of recommendation from Jerusalem to all cities on behalf of Shabbetay Karira b. Raphael (שבתי כרירא בן רפאל).
Yosef receives 72 dinars and 2 qirats from this money, for what Mūsā b. ʿAllūsh owed Yosef’s brother Barhūn. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #822.)
[זכרו]ן עדות שהיתה לפנינו אנו העדים החותמים עדותינו מטה בשטר הזה איך מרב יוסף ב[ר מ]שה בר בר[הון]
[תאהר]תי אתא קדמנא וכן אמר [ד]עו רבותי כ…
Groom: Yefet b. Nissim. Bride: Sitt al-Dār bt. Yiṣḥaq. Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday, 21 Adar 1374 Seleucid, which is 1063 CE.
תעתוק אחד 2 דיונים
Reused for a copy of Mujādalat al-Usquf ("The Disputation of the Priest").
אין רשומות קשורות
Informal note from ʿAbd al-Karīm to R. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: perhaps Mamluk-era; Yemeni hand?
Simḥa; Abū l-Khayr; Ibn Bishr; al-Talmid; and. Abū Naṣr. Most of the text is crossed out.
Avraham) as well as with Abu ʿAlī ha-Kohen. Mentions different amounts of money, including dirhams of the expensive type which contain a large amount of silver called 'nuqra.'
make his honored position permanent
תעתוק אחד 3 תרגומים דיון אחד
(Information mainly from Khan, ALAD pp. 20, 45, however he reads the date as 648 H) Join: Geoffrey Khan.
Apart from that, he says that he has already sent previous letters and mentions a friend/colleague of his (ṣāḥib lī) and maybe some merchandise (...bi-l-mutāʿ...).
Written by the jahbadh Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Measurements: 10.5 × 8.2 cm. The verso is blank.
Registration mark on right
2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים דיון אחד
Ṭoviyya extends congratulations on "the great happiness" that God has granted; he asks for advice on something; and he sends regards to "al-Segulat."
He refers to himself as "the slave" (al-mamlūk), in the tarjama. Most of the letter is occupied with accounts, which seem like a calculation of the religious tax (zakāt) as the writer refers to the sum as "sunna".
On taṣāduq, see Munther al-Sabbagh, "Before Banks: Credit, Society, and Law in Sixteenth-Century Palestine and Syria" (PhD diss.), p. 156.
On the righthand page there are various phrases in Judaeo-Arabic and pen trials, including "Allāh" written with up to 8 lāms. See Amir Ashur, "A Memorial list of Elijah b.
Testimony of the indigo trader (al-tājir fī l-nīl) Abū l-Baqaʾ b. Hillel the elder.
I adjure you by the Creator of All that you write with the [...].... From me, Irini, and my sister Kali."
The list begins with אלדוקי or אלרוקי; CUDL suggests al-Dūqī refers to a part of Cairo, but it seems likely this is referring to a person instead of a place.
In the middle of recto there is a drawing of a man, chained to a yoke or possibly a cross, although the legs are apart as if he is walking. The older text seems to be literary, possibly a Judaeo-Arabic paraphrase of Esther, and mentions a king and Haman.
Addressed to Abū Zikrī. Mentions Ibrāhīm al-Khandaqī(?): . . . . حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل ابو زكري . . . .
Moshe, the sender's mother, Ḥabība again, al-muʿallim Shemuel Kohen and his children, Simḥa, Yosef, Ḥubayyib, Yaʿaqov.
Then ends with phrases characteristic of a (Jewish) official letter, perhaps requesting guidance (al-amr) from a higher authority: לי אלאמר ושלומה [יגדל . . . . .]
Copy of a receipt of payment for two months of ground rent (ḥikr) in Qasr al-Shamʿ issued to the elder Abū Ḥasan b. Efrayim b.
2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים
Has a note written sideways in the right margin beginning bi-ḥuḍūr al-amīr... and mentioning the qāḍī and Mūsā. Reused for calendrical tables in Hebrew text.
On verso it says "waraqat al-ʿiṭr"—so the inventory of a druggist/perfumer?
Mentioning many of the surnames of traders familiar from this period: Alarcon, Shtiwi, Condiote, many more.
ʿAbdallāh the convert (al-muhtadī). In the right margin there is a draft of a petition in Arabic script in which the sender describes his distress.
Personal notes of the panason, in which they recorded rent payments by six tenants of Dar al-maqadisa. Several payments are in dinars and some of them seem to be advance payments.
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Two lists of contributors and beginning of a third, comprising 25, 32, and 4 names, respectively, all headed by ha-r (the rabbi) Yosef Israel. The 1st 2 lists are in the same hand as T-S K15.10 and have many names in common with it.
On recto, a note about various wares requesting Nahray b. Nissim to give to Abū al-Walīd a small basket placed inside the sack belonging to Ibrahīm b.
2 תעתוקים
He cites several verses and adds "according to how the Rabbanites (? ahl al-Talmud) interpret them." On verso there is a note to the addressee reminding him to deliver something (money?)
The sender is planning to travel to al-Shām the next day and he asks for money to cover the expenses of travel.
A portion of Mevorakh's own signature is preserved, along with that of Yaʿaqov [b. Yosef] ha-Kohen.
Verso: List of items in Arabic script together with numbers. All seem to be colors and/or adjectives and/or materia medica: azraq (blue) - 3/4; abyaḍ (white) - 1/2; ward (rose) - 1/2; qāqiyās (acacia) - 1; sunbul (spikenard) - 1/2; akhḍar (green) - 3/4; māyiʿ (soft) - 1/2; fākhir (deluxe) - 1/4; [...] wa-akhḍar - 3/4.
Mentions a legal dispute in Muslim court with two Muslims named: Khalaf b. Ṣābir al-Dawla, and the Qāḍī ʿAbdallāh b. Ghālib. Concerning the sale of a shop and a sum of 12 dinars.
Letter from Mūsā b. Abī al-Ḥay (Tinnīs) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1062.
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2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Abraham to Segan ha-Yeshiva (Aaron the cantor), we read that “when the complaining of the wife of ʿAlī b. Bishr ben Dardān/Durdān continued, the matter required the appointment of a representative to go to her to investigate her matter since she is veiled.