Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Salmān al-Ḥarīrī, in Alexandria, to his mother and father, in Qayrawān. […] But he will wait in Alexandria until he learns what his family thinks of this plan, and he will follow their counsel. […] Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #661. See also ENA 2738.34, a very similar letter which Yaʿaqov wrote at the same time and addressed to his sister.

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תגים

• arabic address
• epidemic
• flax
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• (+ 5 עוד)

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

The details of the trouble are mostly undeciphered, but it's clear the senders are in great distress and urgently need help from the addressees (e.g., recto upper margin: "[yā] maʿāshir isrāʾīl allāhallāh thumma allāhallāh fī amrinā... khalliṣūnā... unẓurū fī amrinā..."). […] The latest report is that the decree (al-manshūr) is false and counterfeit (zūr wa-buhtān), and the decrees (al-sijillāt) are not for him(?)." […] The sender swears by the Ten Commandments (ووحق العشر كلمات) and thanks God and the amīr Ḥusām al-Dawla, for without their benefactions, al-ʿAmmānī(?)

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תגים

• al-mustansir
• dimme
• fatimid
• to edit

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

1248 Hijrī (31 May 1832–20 May 1833 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Receipt of payment of Dawūd al-Yahūdī for the administrative section of Qalyūbiyya (al-Qism al-Awwal Qalyūbiyya).

תגים

• dimme

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Pen trials, in a chancery hand, in Arabic script. Contains terms like "al-mamlūk", "nāʾib" and a name "al-shaykh al-ajall abū saʿīd."

תגים

• dimme

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Accounts or fiscal register, in Arabic script. Mentions 'al-madīna al-sharīfa' at least once. The heading on the verso mentions al-waqf in line 5.

תגים

• dimme
• waqf

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

The first section is headed with an Arabic alif and a Hebrew alef in a box "اא" and the second section is headed with a Hebrew bet in a box.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a letter, mentioning Abū l-Faraj al-Dayyan, 'al-ḥasid al-muʿallim,' and Abū Zikrī.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter draft from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to a woman (al-sitt al-rayyisa al-ʿazīza). In Judaeo-Arabic.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Wide space between the lines. "... Dīwān al-Amlāk al-Hilāliyya... al-waqt..."

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Fragment of a document, might be legal. It repeats twice al-tārīkh and mentions once al-tārīkh al-madhkūr (first line on the right).

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment from the top of a document opening with praises for someone important (wa-yuʾayyid bihi al-[...]). There is also a puzzling Judaeo-Arabic note at the top.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A list, probably of a money lender, referring to amount collected from Fustat and Alexandria, and from some people such as al-Dustari (Tustari) and Avraham b.

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

5514 Anno Mundi (29 September 1753–16 September 1754 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

The wife and her family are from Alexandria. Sums of money are given in silver dīwānī muayyadis and gold maḥbūbs. Somehow involved is a pin (in Ladino: אלפיניטי=alfinete) embedded with a precious gem (שקבוע בו אבן טובה). Two witnesses are named in the document but their signatures do not appear at the bottom. See also Bodl. MS heb. d 66/101

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תגים

• divorce
• formulary
• gems
• ladino words
• late heb
• (+ 1 עוד)

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Letter from the Qaraite Mahbub b. Nissim, Ramla, to Abu al-Faraj in Fustat, middle of the 11th century (12 Iyar). Mahbub has traveled from Fustat via Alexandria by ship, but he suffers a loss worth 13 dinars en route and arrives in Alexandria with only a few things.

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תגים

• 11th c
• karaite

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Inferred date

1732–1732 CE

Primary language

Ladino

The months Temuz and Tevet are also listed which helps to date this fragment as January-July 1732CE, which aligns closely with the join ENA NS 39.2. On the recto of ENA NS 27.7, the first entry also mentions one Moshe Ḥason "חסון" (l. 5r), whose name is repeated on the verso (l. 3v).

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תגים

• 18th c
• ladino
• list

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Nissim, in Fusṭāṭ, sent from al-Gūsh (Jīsh, al-Jashsh, Gush Halab). Arabic script on verso. […] [NB volume number in shelfmark is roman numeral I, not Arabic numeral 1]. Alternate shelfmark: ENA 76.1 He writes that while in Damascus, he plans to copy the Order Qodashim from the Iraqi Talmud, and also mentions a notebook (daftar) belonging to the head of the yeshiva, possibly a collection of responsa.

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תגים

• nahray b. nissim

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Hebrew

Begging letter in Hebrew addressed to the 'community of foreigners (loʿazim) from a widow with five children. Already a recipient of communal charity, the writer requests that the 'almoner' (gabbae= gabbaʾei sedaqa) be given instructions to increase her allotment (tamid) owing to her children's needs. She complains that the children are hungry and cold, and requests that the addressees also give consideration to their clothing. Verso is blank.

תגים

• communal
• numismatic dating

תעתוק אחד

Document date

506 Hijrī (28 June 1112–17 June 1113 CE)

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

The scribe's name appears at the bottom: Abū l-Majd b. ʿAlī. Dated: 506 AH (or possibly 560, but this seems less likely on paleographic grounds). […] The payment is for the ground rent (ḥikr) for a compound in the Sūq al-Kabīr (in Fustat?). The scribe has written sūq al-kabīr rather than al-sūq al-kabīr, omitting the definite article, probably due to elision of the vowel after fī and the consonant before the sun-letter in sūq.

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תגים

• dimme
• hikr
• receipt

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Document date

Monday, 16 Sivan 1769 Seleucid (29 May 1458 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Under the reshut of the Nagid Yehosef. Location: Cairo. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Levi b. Muhadhdhab known as Ibn ʿAbda(?) […] that he owes to a woman named (Sitt al-)ʿAbīd bt. Sulaymān, the wife of al-Shamūsī b. […] ʿAbīd attests that ʿAbd al-Laṭīf has repaid the debt in full. Join: Oded Zinger.

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תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

"If you saw me, you would not know me, on account of what that godless coward (al-qalīl al-dīn al-qalīl al-muruwwa) did to me, Ibn Khulayf swore in the name of God and lied, by God I'll let him have it as soon as I get to Fustat...." […] (Information in part from CUDL.) Join: Alan Elbaum.

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תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Document date

February 1140 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq al-Andalusī ha-Levi, probably in Fustat, to his uncle Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel, in Alexandria. Dating: ca. February 1140 CE. Dealing with commercial matters. Avraham summarizes various business developments, many of which are also known to us from his uncle Yeḥezqel's letters to Ḥalfon, including the matter of Abū Yiṣḥaq (Sijilmāsī), who left for Yemen on Wednesday, the third of the month of Adar I (= 24 January 1140 CE), with goods and letters written by Ḥalfon.

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תגים

• ib-partial translation-heb
• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Letter addressed to 'the boy' Abū l-Futūḥ al-Muhadhdhab the physician in the Dār al-[...] in al-Bāṭiliyya (evidently an area of New Cairo which was originally a garrison). […] The sender asks the addressee to intervene on behalf of the bearer, the son of Abū l-Futūḥ al-Tannūrī, with Nāṣir al-Dawla Barghash concerning something to do with an iqṭāʿ.

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תגים

• bialphabetic

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The address is made out to his brother-in-law Abū Saʿid al-Bavli, in Alexandria. Written in vocalized Judaeo-Arabic in a crude hand with rudimentary spellings. […] The writer reports that he is on his way to Acre, and mentions names such as Ibn al-Muqaddasī, Abū Kammūna and Abū Naṣr. Alludes to the dangers of traveling in the Rīf (פאן אלריף כולו חרפה וקלסה) (Information in part from CUDL.)

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תגים

• acre
• business
• to edit
• vocalized ja

דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

It appears that the anonymous author was an agent for one of the European consuls, probably in Alexandria. There are itemized lists of expenditures, often for foodstuffs, along with many names and some short narrative passages. There is a list of the haftarot. There is also a unique Turkish-Judaeo-Arabic glossary on fol. 4.

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תגים

• consul
• turkish

דיון אחד

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Attesting that the wife of Bū ʿAlī b. Daʾūd the perfumer sold a quarter of a house which was her inheritance from her late father Bū Saʿīd, to Abū l-Thanāʾ al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab al-Sukkarī for the sum of 150 dinars. […] Verso is more damaged but seems to be the continuation; mentions a deposit and mentions the role of her husband Bū ʿAlī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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תעתוק אחד

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Two fragments of a letter probably from Yehuda Ibn al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to the cantor Meʾir b. […] She became very sick, and wasted away, and died several times and came back to life." T-S AS 157.505 may also be another piece of the same letter (or else a different letter from the same sender).

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תגים

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: medicine
• illness: women's

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Fragment of a letter from Khuṭlukh al-Afḍalī to his 'brother.' On recto only the beginnings of ~5 lines including the basmala are preserved; the address is preserved on verso. […] This may be the same amīr Sayf al-Dawla Abū Manṣūr Khuṭlukh whose dedicatory plaque for a mosque in the year 491 AH (1097/98 CE) was published by Grohmann, Arabische Paläographie, and more recently by Faraj Husayn Faraj al-Husayni, النقوش الكتابية الفاطمية على العمائر فى مصر (Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2007), pp. 236–37.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Probably an Ayyubid capitation tax receipt. Headed by the ʿalāma "iʿtimādī ʿālā khāliqī." The next line refers to an Aleppan Jew ([...] […] id=ccg0067). The coinage allows the document to be dated to no earlier than 1187 CE.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Draft of of a legal document in which Sitt al-ʿIzz bt. Yeshaʿyahu b. Yefet appoints 'Amat al-Qādir' Sitt al-Milāḥ Turfa as her representative with regard to her share in the house in the al-Muṣāṣa quarter.

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ʿAyyāsh, in Ṣahrajt, to Mūsā b. Abū l-Ḥayy, in Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1063 CE. Regarding deliveries of money, especially one of seven dinars that Habub b. Haban from Sfax sent, and asks to buy spices and perfumes and sell them for him In Alexandria. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #719) VMR

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תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Primary languages

Unidentified language and script, Unidentified (Latin script)

On the verso, the surname "Romano" also appears. There is one cluster of Hebrew letters interjected on the verso and below that the square letter aleph is practiced.

תגים

• latin script
• pen trial

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In the first line Abū Saʿīd al-Dimyāṭī (= Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi) is mentioned as owing a debt of 20 dinars. […] Other names mentioned: Zakkay; al-Rayyis Hibatallāh; ʿAbdallāh al-Dallāla; אלכזאלי; Zikrī; Abū l-Ḥasan; Hārūn al-Kohen.

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תגים

• halfon-addenda
• ib-addenda
• ib4
• list

דיון אחד

Document date

49[.] Hijrī (19 December 1096–1 September 1106 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions a sum of 20 dinars (min al-ʿayn al-wāzin ʿashrīn dīnār) and repeats twice that someone testified something (shahida ʿalā nafsihī). […] The creditor is probably [...] al-Muqaddasī (l. 3).

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דיון אחד

Document date

Shaʿbān 507 Hijrī (1113–1114 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions the proceeds to dīwān al-Farjī and the state official Jalīl al-Dawla. […] Possibly related to BL OR 5553.1 + BL OR 5553.2 + T-S Ar.51.49 + BL OR 5553A.1 + BL OR 5553A.2 (PGPID 30817). Also related to ENA 2917.1 (PGPID 30819).

תגים

• arabic
• dimme
• internal memorandum
• lost archive
• multihanded

2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים

Primary language

Arabic

Letter addressed to "Shaykh al-ʿIlm wa-l-Milla al-Isrā'īliyya." In Arabic script. […] Various people are mentioned: the addressee's son; al-Muʿallim Yaʿqūb; Abū l-Naṣr; al-Ra'īs Ibrāhīm.

תגים

• late arabic script

אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1213–1237 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Concerning the ransoming of female Jewish captives enslaved by the Franks at ʿAkkā (Acre), also mentioning Haifa. An Egyptian Jewish emissary had failed to redeem them, so he turned to the Ayyubid prince al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam at Damascus (r. 1218–27).

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תגים

• acre
• alexandria
• captives
• crusades
• dimme
• (+ 1 עוד)

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

A page from a text in vocalized Hebrew is fused to the document in Arabic, leaving much of the four lines illegible. There is also extensive text in Arabic on the verso, probably accounts, which also may have fused to the recto fragment due to centuries of pressure in a geniza chamber.

תגים

• cmp

אין רשומות קשורות

Letter from Farah b. Isma’il from Alexandria, to his father Isma’il, Fustat. October 22, 1050. Short letter about the money that Farah sent to his father and a request that Isma’il will sell the goods that Farah already sent him, and send him back the money as soon as possible. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #499) VMR (Alt: ENA L43)

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Draft of a legal query addressed to a legal authority referred to as 'our lord and gaon' discussing the marriage of Abū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Zajjāj (the glassblower), which took place in the Muslim court. Connected with this incident the letter writer also refers to the Qaraites (?) and someone described as an apostate ('meshummad').

תגים

• draft

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Remnant of an Arabic poem attested in literary sources (رمى الحدثان نسوة آل حرب بمقدار سمدن له سمودا فرد شعورهن السود بيضا ورد وجوههن البيض سودا) and attributed to various different poets (https://shamela.ws/book/9904/429#p1). There is also a colophon in the margin, specifying the name of the poet (Ibn ʿ[...]n), the date (mostly missing), and the city of Alexandria.

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תגים

• arabic poetry

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Fragment (lower right corner) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, likely from a patient to a physician (al-mawlā al-ṭ[abīb]) describing an illness (ḥakayt lak al-maraḍ...) and presumably asking for advice or a prescription. Verso: List of medical ingredients along with quantities, including three different kinds of seeds and the leaf of Syrian borage.

תגים

• consilium
• illness: physician

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Alexandria to Abū l-Maʿānī. Business letter fragment concerning various transactions, some of which are taking place in Alexandria, and mentioning the purchase of poppy seed and rice and a codex apparently used as surety.

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תגים

• alexandria
• business
• trade

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mansur b. Salim in Alexandria to a friend in Cairo inquiring about his son, who had run away to the army and had perhaps travelled as far as Yemen. See also T-S 10J13.10 and T-S Ar.18(1).137, letters by the same sender concerning the same matter.

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תגים

• 13th c
• alexandria
• family
• father
• mansur b. salim
• (+ 2 עוד)

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Mentions Ibn ʿAwkal, Ibn al-Madhāmīrī, and Ibn Qurayẓa (v3–4). Also quotes ʿAlī b.

תגים

• bialphabetic
• to examine

אין רשומות קשורות