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Petition submitted to the Fatimid caliph al-Mustanṣir upon his accession in 1036 CE. Requesting that he confirm the appointment of Yosef ha-Kohen, a judge of …
…for Joseph the Aaronite...)
may God have mercy upon him.And Joseph did not cease to administer the affa(irs of the Alexandrian community until…
2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים 2 דיונים
Legal fragment. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th–17th century. Mentions 'my brother R. Moshe,' the dīwān, the dīwān taking a payment of over 3,000 of …
אין רשומות קשורות
Accounts. Grocery list?
Bifolio of accounts, mostly blank. Dating: likely 16th-century based on the paleography. Mentioning Moshe Poreykh and probably an Ottoman military officer Khayr al-Dīn bölük başı …
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Letter and responsum sent by Shelomo b. Yehuda to an unidentified person in Fustat (perhaps Avraham ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq). Dated: 19 December 1029 CE. (Information …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Letter of condolence from Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) to his brother-in-law Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Hilāl (=ʿEli b. Hillel) al-Ḥazzan al-Baghdādī. Headed by …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Rental deed. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Thursday, 22 Tammuz [5]355 AM = 29 June 1595 CE. Yaʿaqov Castro is renting to Yosef Loḥamit. Signed by Moshe …
תעתוק אחד
Verso (probably the original use): Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Written in a formal style and reporting that the bearer (al-wāṣil bihā), a certain Muḥammad, …
Legal record (#22) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 6r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 21-23) Folio 6r
Recto: Debt contract in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Dating: the repayments begin in Tammuz 1491 Seleucid, so the document itself likely dates to …
Short letter or note, mentioning quantities of money. Bottom of a letter concerning a legal case between Saʿadya and his brother-in-law ʿAlī concerning 30 dinars …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment: upper right corner only. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Addressed to a cousin (ibn ʿamm). Deals with a legal case, a …
Unidentified document in Arabic script.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Fragment (upper right corner). The addressee is called al-shaykh al-ajall... al-muwaffaq al-ṣadīq al-kohen al-vatiq. The sender complains …
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The name of groom is nor preseved. The Bride is Esther known as Zubayda . dated to 16[...]
Unidentified document in Arabic script. Damaged and faded. Legal?
Legal notes. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi? Including an outline for a bill of sale for a Persian (ʿajamiyya) enslaved woman named …
Accounts in Arabic script and eastern Arabic numerals. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century.
Beginning of a letter with rhymed prose introduction. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic text, list?
Notice from the District Court of Qalyub for the appearance of two proprietors and each of them are Jewish individuals living in Cairo's Jewish quarter …
Letter from Yosef b. Musa al-Tāhartī, from Alexandria, to an unknown person. Around 1060. The addressee is not Nahray, as Nahray’s name is mentioned in …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד 2 דיונים
Letter fragment from Yefet b. Menashshe to one of his brothers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a fūṭa.
Legal document dated Monday 14th Iyyar (no year but probably late 12th or early 13th century), about the gift of half a house which Khibāʾ …
List of ten donors, headed by the Raṣuy (see T-S K15.36), seconded by the Shāʿir (Poet, see BL OR 5566C.11 and 12), and followed by …
Legal document(s) or perhaps formularies. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The one on recto refers to to "pelonit" instead of …
Verso: Accounts or calculations in Arabic with Greek/Coptic numerals. The paper was reused on the recto for piyyuṭ.
Legal document concerning a partnership, mentioning Ṣedaqa and Abū l-Faraj Ibn al-Basūṭī (?); signed by Abraham b. Saʿadya, Shelomo b. ʿAdaya, Shemuʾel b. Judah and …
Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 15[..] Seleucid = 1188–1288, and also [..]44 or [..]74 AM. The potential matches are 4974 AM = 1213/14 CE and …
Fragment of a legal document, mentioning a dowry with the value of its items. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) In the hand of Yosef b. …
Decorated Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Hayyim b. Avraham. The bride is Esther d. Ya'aqov Halevi.
Bill of divorce. Husband: Yefet b. Menashshe. Wife: Sitt al-Kull bt. Sar Shalom. Location: Fustat. Dated: Friday, 7 Av 1395 Seleucid, which is 1084 CE. …
Letter from a woman (possibly the wife of al-Ramlī named on verso) to Rabbenu [...] b. Shelomo ha-Kohen he-Hasid. In Judaeo-Arabic. She thanks him for …
Fragment of a letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria. Regarding trades. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #442) VMR
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE). Probably a bill of release between Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi and his brother Abū …
Verso: Short note in Arabic script headed with a basmala. Difficult to read. Pen trials in the margins. On recto there is Judaeo-Arabic poetry ("anā …
Legal document. Dated: 1448 Seleucid, which is 1136/37 CE. Very faded. Concerning the divorce arrangements of Elʿazar b. Saʿadya and his wife. Signed by: Moshe …
Small fragment of accounts.
Legal document. In which Hārūn and Nissim agree to repay the 11 dinars they owe to Benaya within a certain period, and if they do …
Document in Arabic script. State? Refers to al-Qāḍī al-Ajall. Needs examination.
Small fragment from a letter addressed to a dignitary (תפ]ארת השרים [...]ת הנשיאות]). Seems to be in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Only a …
State document, in Arabic script. 5 partially faded lines in chancery script are visible. Reused for bookbinding. Needs examination.
Verso: Letter or letter draft in Judaeo-Arabic written and signed by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to an unidentified addressee, consisting entirely of deferential pleasantries.
Accounts or list with items such as saffron, dates and sums in dirhams. Expenses are itemized by days of the week. Most of the items …
Tax receipt, Fatimid. Dated: 501 (?). Capitation tax in Fustat. Two registration requests, two ʿalāmas. Trigger: ṣaḥḥa. Glyph at the top.