Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mordekhay, in Fustat, to the sons of Abū l-Khayr Ibn al-Mashshāṭī (same family as Ibn al-Amshātī?), probably also in Fustat.

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תגים

• communal

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ʿImmanuʾel b. Qayyomā from al-Mahdiyya, probably to Yehuda b. Ismaʿīl al-Andalusī. […] The clothes got wet during the sailing. Also mentions pearls. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, vol. 4, pp. 274-276, #687).

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תגים

• trade

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Hebrew

Postscript by Avraham Shaʾul (this might also be two different people, Avraham and Shaʾul; the main letter seems to be signed "Avraham Yehoshuaʿ Shaʾul" which also may be three different people).

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

9 Shevaṭ 1639 Seleucid (21 January 1328 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Monday, 9 Shevaṭ 1639 Seleucid = 21 January 1328 CE. Concerns al-Shaykh al-Asʿad b. al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Abū Naṣr.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

There is at least one ʿalāma (al-ḥamdu lil-lāh mustaḥiqq al-ḥamd, same as one of the ʿalāʾim found on Stern's decree #3).

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Regarding the sale of an enslaved woman. Nāṣir b. ʿAlī b. Salmān is the buyer. Fragment (upper right corner). Recto: Probably also a legal document, written after recto was already torn.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Somebody else (Qasīm?) is also described as sick in l. 7. Greetings to several people. There are also several lines of Arabic script on verso, possibly the end of the letter and the address, or possibly the bottom of another document.

תגים

• illness letter 969-1517

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Informal note addressed to al-Shaykh al-Sadīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reminds him that he owes the sender 40 dirhams and should repay the money before he travels. However, it seems that the sender also owes him the equivalent of 40 dirhams, so he proposes a mutual cancellation of debt.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Arabic document with list of names such as Ibn Sulaymān, Ismāʾīl, at least one woman, and people such as al-Baysānī and al-Ṭabarānī. Possibly a charity distribution list. […] The sender refers to his return from a journey and also receiving condolences from others. Refers to 'our master Av.'

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Note addressed to 'mawlāy al-rashīd' asking him to draw up an account (of money owed) on the sender's behalf for 'al-mawlā al-jalīl al-dayyān.'

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are a variety of entries on the recto and verso listed as "soap" (צאבון). Apricots are also mentioned on the verso (משמש). The name Moshe Medina is also mentioned on the recto, perhaps the same person from a nearby shelfmark T-S AS 209.112 (PGPID 39773).

תגים

• 16th or 17th c
• soap

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions people such as Wafiyy al-Dawla, Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Farrāsh; Abū l-Maʿālī; the addressee's brother; and Abū l-Qāsim b. Munqidh. Mentions "the canal" (al-khalīj) and al-Buḥayra. (Information in part from Goitein notes linked below.)

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תגים

• to examine

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. From a certain ʿAllāl. Possibly addressed to R. Yiṣḥāq among others. Dating: ca. 15th–17th century. Also mentions R. Shemuel al-[...]. Needs further examination.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

In one of them the addressee is called 'al-zāhidī' (ascetic). There are also jottings in Hebrew script.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Tax receipt, Fatimid. Registration marks - al-ḥamdu lil-lāh shukran and al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-shākirīn.

תגים

• dimme
• fatimid
• pinholes
• tax receipt

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Tax receipt, Fatimid. Registration marks - al-ḥamdu lil-lāh shukran and al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-shākirīn.

תגים

• arabic
• dimme
• fatimid
• pinholes

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of names in Judaeo-Arabic. Hibat Allāh b. [...]; Mūsā Ibn al-Dhahabī; Abū Hilāl al-Suryāqūṣī (=from Syracuse).

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Involving 120-some dinars; mentions Barakāt(?) al-Ṣayrafī al-Levi and Sitt al-Jamāl

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Text of Islamic Jurisprudence, in Arabic script, mentioning "al-bayʿ al-khiyār". Cites a narrative from ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb.

תגים

• dimme

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Small and damaged. Mentions "al-kharājiyya" and may have the ʿalāma "Allāh ʿawnī."

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic for household expenses (nafaqat al-bayt). Late. Many of the items listed are foodstuffs. There are also pen trials on verso.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions rent and houses several times, and also several names, including possibly دمينق and al-muʿallam Dāʾūd.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

F. 1r: Arabic document, mentioning "al-bāqī... al-Yahūdī... min al-[...]"; the rest is unidentified.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions the name ʿAlī b. Hārūn. The fragment also contains Hebrew literary text.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Bottom of a decree, probably. "...[al-madh]kūra ʿalā farāʾīd Allāh ʿazza wa-jalla..."

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

There are eight renditions of an ex libris (min kutub) for Murhaf Ibn Munqidh. There is also a snippet from an order of payment (yadfaʿ al-shaykh. . .) and an entry that looks like it contains numbers or a date. […] Blurton and Reynolds (2022), 26). Murhaf was also a known bibliophile with a large library, and the ex libris here appears to match the examples from other works belonging to him. […] Information from Alan Elbaum, Stephanie Luescher, and Paul Cobb.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Avraham, and someone who seems to be named Matan Rosh ha-Qahal (a rare name; this man appears also in T-S NS 342.74 (PGPID 26095)). He then met with Abū l-Ḥasan the brother of Matan, who complained ("cried a cry") about "their cantor." […] Also present was the Frank (al-ifranjī) R. Yaʿaqov and Abū l-[...] al-Kohen. […] Reused on verso for a large vocalized piyyut. Join: Alan Elbaum.

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תגים

• cmp
• reuse
• textiles

דיון אחד

Document date

Tuesday, 23 Adar II 1540 Seleucid (20 March 1229 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Opens by stating that on Tuesday, 23 Adar II 1540 Seleucid (= 20 March 1229 CE, a legal deed was drawn up in which Abū l-Rabīʿ Sulaymān aka Shelomo Segan ha-Kohanim b. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Meshullam ha-Kohen Kelil ha-Yofi Ibn al-Istibānī acknowledged a debt of 260 dinars to Abū l-Munajjā b. Abū Saʿd known as Ibn al-Labbān, to be repaid as a lump sum whenever the creditor desired it. Then, Abū l-Rabīʿ Sulaymān presented an Islamic deed (ḥujja islāmiyya) stating that ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAbd al-Ghaniyy al-Iskandarānī al-Tājir known as Ibn Sanad al-Tājir owes him 100 dinars by way of qirāḍ.

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תגים

• draft
• garden
• tenant

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

If it dates to 1058 or earlier, then it is probably addressed to al-Yāzūrī, the vizier of al-Mustanṣir from 1050 to 1058. […] al-taʿarruḍ li-liqāʾ al-mawkib al-saʿīd) and raising up petitions (rafʿ riqāʿ) with the opposition of the [opposers against] Daniel b. ʿAzarya al-Dāʾūdī, for most people are not content with him, and the sect of the Qaraites (ṭāʾifat al-qaraʾiyyīn)... in the headship (bi-l-riyāsa)...."

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תגים

• daniel b. azarya
• dimme
• petition
• qaraites

תעתוק אחד

Document date

548 Hijrī (29 March 1153–17 March 1154 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Two folios from a juridical legal text on the ādāb al-quḍāt. The preserved text discusses the binding nature of testimony and the often-quoted phrase, "to choose to be a judge is like impaling oneself with a knife." There is also a note to the top corner of the first fragment, perhaps a tamlīk (ownership) note that reads: "نسخة عبد الحليم بن عبد العقل ابو لنون يعقوب الحنبلي". The note is dated to the year 548 H. The scribal hand can also be dated to the 12th century based on paleography.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Ḥayyim ha-Kohen (Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh). Opens with a verse of Arabic poetry on separation attributed to al-Tihāmī (the original: فإن تكن الأيام فرقن بيننا فمن ذا الذي من ريبهن سليم). This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer, who was well-off (min ahl al-satr) but who has fallen victim to the depredations of fate, and who is worthier than others to receive charity. The writer sends regards to the addressee's son Abū Kathīr, also a parnas.

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תגים

• arabic poetry
• recommendation

תעתוק אחד

Document date

1467 Seleucid (30 August 1155–16 September 1156 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Ḥananya. The son of Bū Saʿd al-Ṣayrafī known as Ibn ʿUmayr sells to his partner in the house the quarter which he had inherited from his father in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ in the alley (zuqāq) of Manā'il (? […] The buyer is Bū l-Faraj al-Kohen al-Ṣayrafī b. […] b. Moshe known as Ibn Mardūk.

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דיון אחד

Primary languages

Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

include Sayyidnā, Waliyy al-Dawla, Yosef Ḥarīrī, Yosef b. Abū Naṣr, Ḥalfon ha-Kohen, Yosef Ṣāʾigh, [...] al-Naqqād; al-Kohen Yaʾqūb; al-Saʿīd b. Nisan; Abū Manṣūr; Ibn Nānū; Ibn Nuʿmān, Ibn Mardūkh, Ibn Nufayʿ, Maḥfūẓ; Bū ʿImrān; Fakhr Jabbān; Bū l-Khayr; someone's brother Bū l-ʿIzz; Bū l-ʿIzz Sharābī; al-Melammed.

תגים

• account

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

20 Shawwāl 864 Hijrī (8 August 1460 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

A new section begins around line 7 or 8, which involves Nūr al-Dīn b. Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad b. Ismāʿīl known as Ibn al-[...] and someone titled Sirāj al-Dīn Sharaf al-ʿUlamāʾ Muslim Abū Jaʿfar [...].

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

20 Muḥarram 808 Hijrī (18 July 1405 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Dated: 20 Muḥarram 808 AH = 18 July 1405 CE. Involves Sayf al-Dīn Beğ b. ʿAbdallāh al-Tājir, a woman named Fāṭima, and an itemized list of the inheritance left to her by her husband. Also another woman whose name appears in the first line after the basmala (كرل؟ - the word before al-marʾa).

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אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

Sunday, 5 Ṭevet 1554 Seleucid (30 November 1242 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in which a paternal cousin (al-shaykh al-mukram al-Kohen Pinḥas) of a man’s wife (bint al-Muṣinn) renounces his inheritance rights on one-fourth of a house belonging to her against ten dinars promised to him by her husband (Abu Naṣr al-ʿAṭṭār known as Ibn Khalaf Ḥawājib) in case she precedes him in death.

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Alexandria to the family of Yeshuʿa b. Sahl in Fusṭāṭ. […] If you saw your sister, you would not recognize her... from the female slave, she threatens her with the judge (al-qāḍī) and the barracks (al-ḥujra)... three times, and her heart is not at peace... the thing which you said you sent with Fuḍayl has not arrived... do not deprive us of the maintenance (al-mawna)...."

תגים

• hujra
• slave

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer was amazed to learn of Abū Isḥāq's worry/fear (ḍuʿf al-qalb) and urges him not to worry so much ("the heart of a man should not be weak"). "Even if אהל אלתקלין all gathered together, they could not do except what God wills." Goitein's note card suggests that this might refer to demons, probably a deduction from context. It might also be "ahl al-thaqalayn," i.e., the people of the two weights (the Qur'ān and the family of Muḥammad), meaning Muslims.

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto (secondary use): Letter to 'al-ḥaver al-meʿulle ḥakham ha-yeshiva" (possibly this is Mevorakh b. Saadya, although Goitein suggested that the letter was actually intended to be sent from Fustat to Palestine). […] Reporting that Abū Saʿd al-Ḥalabī brought a suftaja but Yeḥezqel denied owing anything to Muʿallā.

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תגים

• business
• mevorakh b. saadya
• suftaja

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Barakāt b. Hibatallāh al-Jaʿfarī to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Ṣāʿid b. Munajjā (ʿUlla b. […] The sender, Abū l-Barakāt/Berakhot b. Hibatallāh/Natan al-Jaʿfarī appears also in: T-S 16.207 (PGPID 7452), BL OR 10656.1 (PGPID 19123), T-S Misc.28.245 (PGPID 23420), BL OR 5544.3 (PGPID 4410), and Bodl.

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תגים

• business
• personal

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Document date

Nisan 4830 Anno Mundi (16 March 1070–14 April 1070 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Legal document, in which Sitt al-Rūm, a former slave who had been freed by her master Abū ʿ[...] before his death, appears in person before the rabbinical court of Alexandria to appoint an attorney to collect a loan. […] Mevasser. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Nisan 4830 AM, which is 1070 CE.

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תגים

• freedwoman
• power of attorney

תעתוק אחד 2 דיונים

Document date

[157]6 Seleucid (1264–1265 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In which the proprietor of a sugar factory (al-sukkarī) Abū l-ʿAlāʾ David b. Yefet b. Shelomo acknowledges a loan of 377 nuqra dirhams from the banker (al-ṣayrafī) Abū l-Majd b. […] Written and signed by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiel, also signed by Efrayim b. Shemuel ha-melammed. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

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תגים

• sugar

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Menashshe the Alexandrian teacher to (Saʿd al-Mulk) Elʿazar b. Yehuda ha-Kohen. […] Same sender and same addressee as T-S 12.425. See also T-S 13J33.3. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד