Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Distinctive handwriting, especially the alefs. Mentions the well known trader Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. […] פאדא מן אללה בסלאמ[תהא). Also mentions [...] b. Nisim al-Iskandarānī. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

The petitioner talks about an iqṭāʿ assigned to him in a ḍayaʿa (the place name is difficult to decipher but reads as اعمال التعظيمية) and some issue related to an army regiment called "al-Rayḥāniyya". He explains that something did not fall through, or rather, the peasants fled not out of fearing him but rather because of the threat posed by the al-Rayḥāniyya regiment. […] The Rayḥāniyya was an army regiment under the Fatimids and probably attributed to ʿAziz al-Dawla Rayḥān, while the Juyūshiyya were attributed to Amīr al-Juyūsh Badr al-Jamālī.

תגים

• army
• iqta'
• peasants

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Asking about the meter (min ayy al-aʿārīḍ/al-buḥūr) and any metrical deviations (ziḥāf) of a Hebrew poem by a deceased poet which begins מי זאת... […] Probably מִי זֹאת כְּמוֹ שַׁחַר עוֹלָה וְנִשְׁקָפָה by Ibn Gabirol; identification kindly provided by Fred MacDowell. The querier also asks if there is anything on the pattern of "meshuhemet" (משוהמת), a category of words criticized by Moshe Ibn ʿEzra in Kitāb al-Muḥāḍara (see Aurora Ossorio, "Shem Tov Ibn Falaquera: From Logic to Ethics," Comparative Literature Studies 45 no. 2 (2008), 165–81).

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yehoshuaʿ owes Hilāl Sheʾerit 200 dirhams from 'the old Egyptian cash/currency (al-wariq al-qadīm al-Miṣrī). He will repay it in installments of 40 dirhams at the end of each month. […] They release each other from other claims. Ibrāhīm also "releases" Hilāl from "the old Arabic legal documents pertaining to the house."

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דיון אחד

Document date

5 Kislev 1458 Seleucid (11 November 1146 CE)

The engagement contract of Abu Mansur, Semah b. Yefet, to Sitt al-Khassa in Fustat, 1146. Sitt al-Khassa was the daughter of Abu Barakat, son of Yosef Lebdi, the India trader. […] Moreover, 'the rent from her real estate will be in her hands, not in his hands, and she may deal with it as she sees fit.' She also is promised the right to choose the domicile. […] Previous description: Engagement of Sitt al-Khāṣa bt. Abū l-Barakāt al-Lebdī and Ṣemaḥ al-ʿAṭṭār.

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תגים

• engagement
• ib1
• india book

תעתוק אחד 2 תרגומים דיון אחד

Document date

27 Tammuz 1472 Seleucid (23 July 1161 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The contributions: 2 dinars from the Nagid Netanel ha-Levi; 2 dinars from Abū l-Maʿālī of al-Maḥalla; 1 dinar from Abū Naṣr; 1 dinar from Bū l-Faraj al-Ṣūrī; 2 dinars from Sālim al-Parnas Ibn al-Jubaylī; and 2 dinars from Ṣāf(ī) the ghulām/slave/business agent of the tājir on the very day on which the document was written. […] In any case, such a collection also represents some form of mutual help" (Information from Goitein, Med Soc I, 204 and 451 n. 65, where he erroneously cites the document as MS heb. d.66/76). Although the scribe is different, this shelfmark may belong together with the preceding 2 shelfmarks.

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תגים

• ghulam
• slaves
• testimony
• widows

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Hebrew

Describes the events of summer and fall 921, when Se’adya was in Aleppo and heard about Aaron b. Meir’s intention to change the calendar. Also describes the Iraqi scholars’ opposition to his plans. […] The letters are addressed to Saadya’s disciples Shelomo, ʿEzra and ʿEli in Fustat, in care of the shop of ʿAlī b. Sulaymān—incidentally, according to Moshe Yagur, the earliest reference we have to the presence of Jews in the Roman Fortress in Fustat, although it is unknown whether this was the home or only the shop of ʿAlī b.

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תגים

• calendar controversy

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The sender's name may be legible: [...] al-[Iskan?]darānī b. Ibrāhīm. The sender asks the addressee "to help him get rid of his wife to whom he has already sent the bill of divorce but needs an official confirmation of its being received before being allowed to marry another woman (on this see Friedman, Polygyny, 241). […] Do not neglect the small one (i.e., the writer's child) and do not allow him to travel down to Alexandria. May God deal with her as she has acted. […] do not listen to her, for [or: claiming that] she will come to Syria (Bilād al-Shām). For she has broken me and exhausted me, behaving like an idiot (taballadat) in the land (fī l-balad).

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תגים

• damascus

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

Rabīʿ, someone's son (perhaps Sulaymān's), and Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. al-Qāsim known as al-Kāmilī. The writer's group received a power of attorney (ketav ha-harsha'ah), and the authorized person went to the official (ha-paqid) who gave an order to do something with the flax. There follows a lengthy description of arguments over whom to give what money to and which documents can be trusted and whose signatures. After all this talk and trouble, "they could not save even a penny from his hand. […] הפקיד שבסיני). There is also a question of long distance flax shipping, as highway robbers are mentioned.

תגים

• flax
• muslim court

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions names such as ʿAbd al-Wahhāb and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz. Description of T-S AS 153.219: Informal accounting in Coptic numbers with names in Judaeo-Arabic including Muḥammad, Sibāʿ, and Ṣuhayr, and the word for cash (waraq). […] Mentions debits and credits of people and entities such as Ismāʿīl, "the Indian" (al-Hindī), Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, dīwān al-R[...]. Needs examination. […] Mentions Abū Manṣūr; a ruqʿa sums in nuqra dirhams; al-Makīn; Abū l-ʿIzz.

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תגים

• ib-addenda

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The currencies are not named, and the financial accounting is not entirely clear. (1) Buyer: al-Ḥajj Yāqūt. Seller: Shāma bt. Aṣīl al-Dimyāṭī the agent of [...] […] Slave: A black woman named Ḥasbī Allāh. Apparently the purchase was completed without cash. (5) Buyer: Ḥusayn al-Rūmī. Seller: al-Ḥājj Abū Naṣr b. Muḥammad. Slave: A black woman named ʿAdīla or ʿUdayla.

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תגים

• slavery

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Italian, Ladino

The vocabulary in the document spans at least three languages and perhaps Yiddish in some cases as a fourth language (but further examination is necessary to determine whether that's the case). There is also a phrase in Latin script Italian(?) on the right side of the recto where the name from the heading might be repeated ("di davide __ger?). […] , "בגד לבן" (white clothing), "grana morado" (morado=purple), and "גראנא אדום". Although "grana" could also mean "seed," it seems likely that cochineal dye is portrayed in these accounts because in many places the item listed is "גראנא אדום" (red cochineal). […] The color "orange" (נאראנהאדו) also appears on the verso in connection with an item "flandres" (פלאנדריש)– perhaps some type of orange fabric produced in Flanders.

תגים

• 16th c or later
• cochineal
• dye
• late ja

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Dhī Yaqdhān, probably adapted from al-Ṭabarī's "Tārīkh al-Rusul wa al-Mulūk". Needs examination.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Garshuni (Serto)

A few words in Garshuni (Arabic language in Syriac script): al-r[abb?] (=God) and jamīʿ al-bilād ("all the lands").

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Judaeo-Arabic poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. Mainly love poetry. One of them has a blazon of the beloved along with references to a garden, musical instruments, and a virgin female slave.

תגים

• judaeo-arabic poetry
• nasir

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Sālim al-Ḥaver, the female slave of R. Nissim, Sulaymān, the old woman, and Abū l-Faraj the ghulam of [...]. Also "a little bit of Cypriot wine." ASE.

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תגים

• slaves

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Unidentified document in Arabic script, possibly a Fatimid or Ayyubid fiscal document (mentions words like "māl... al-dīwān... wa-kataba..."). On verso there's a curious drawing along with Hebrew alphabet practice.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Two registration marks; 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāhi l-muwaffiq li-ḥamdihi' and 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-shākirīn'.

תגים

• dimme
• fiscal
• pinholes
• tax receipt

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

19 Jumādā II 404 Hijrī (26 December 1013 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Wahb with a registration mark al-ḥamdu li-llah ʿalā niʿamih. The name of the jahbadh is Mikhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ.

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תגים

• abu l-hasan b. wahb
• daman
• dimme
• tax receipt

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

of Menaḥem or the son of Menaḥem. Also refers to someone known as al-ʿAkkāwī.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Letter addressed to a Muslim dignitary with many lines of titles (al-malikī al-kāmilī... al-zāhid...). In Arabic script.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

At least in part concerning the revenue from the capitation tax. "Waṣala ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr... min māl al-jawālī..."

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto (secondary use): Brief accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Bū l-Isḥāq b. al-Amshāṭī, Ibn al-Dihqān, Abū l-Ḥasan b. Rawwād, and Ibn al-Muṭrib.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Eliyyahu to give them bread for Sabbath. Also: List of contributors (in the judge's hand) and names of recipients of alms.

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תגים

• avraham maimonides autograph
• capitation tax
• eliyyahu b. zekharia

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Arabic

The second entry mentions a Christian, Abū al-Thanāʾ al-Naṣrānī and a specific street name. The verso mentions Mūsa al-Jarān(?) (الجران؟) in Cairo. Requires further examination.

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תגים

• christians

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

The addressee's titles include ʿAlamal-Dīn and he is described as a "cave/refuge for the poor" (kahf al-fuqarāʾ).

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תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: document, mentioning names such as Abū ʿUm[ar] and taxes and prices. Also probably government employees: "al-nuwwāb wa-l-mustakhdamīn."

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, conveying gratitude to various people, the ships of the westerners (? marākib al-gharbiyya), and 100 dinars. (Information in part from CUDL)

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: probably Mamluk-era. Mentions ʿAbd al-Dāʾim, Sulaymān, ʿAbd al-Wāḥid, al-ḥakīm Farajallāh, and ʿAfīf the banker (Ṣarfī or Ṣayrafī).

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

List of households in Judaeo-Arabic and sums of money in Greek/Coptic numerals. There is also some Arabic script mixed in, e.g. سليمان אלחסיד (Sulaymān al-ḥasid).

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

"We stayed for 11 days...." Addressed to al-ḥakham al-ajall al-sanad(?) [...] b. [morenu] ve-rabbenu Asaf ha-Kohen (ZL).

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: [...]8 Seleucid, which doesn't help us. Features [...] al-Levi al-Parnas al-Tinnīsī and an Abū l-Makārim.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter fragment (upper left corner). From Peraḥya b. Yosef al-A[...]. Only the Hebrew opening with biblical verses and poetical blessings is preserved. There are also a few words in Judaeo-Arabic and/or Hebrew on verso.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mostly various types of letters of condolence (and one side of the folio is headed "taʿziya"). There are also templates for letters/petitions to a Muslim qāḍī and to the caliph. Join: Alan Elbaum.

תגים

• condolence
• formulary

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Unidentified Judaeo-Arabic text mentioning epithets of God, the (straight) path, Muslims, and amīr al-muʾminīn. Seems to rhyme. (Information in part from FGP.) There is also a remnant of an Arabic-script official document.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

Remains of text 'the great minister, Sar ha-torah, pride of the Yeshiva'. Also a mirror imprint from another document of the name Ibn al-Tinnīsī and another unidentified word.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Some phrases: "... bi-waqt al-jibāyāt fī zamānihā(?) mujtahid... wa-yasal wa-yaḍraʿ...." There are also a few words on verso.

אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1100–1100 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yiṣḥaq, the chief Rabbi of Aleppo, Syria, to a colleague, it seems in Fustat. […] The sender requests the documents to be sent by special mail, for the merchants are being detained and are hardly reaching Aleppo. . (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, p. 271; IV, p. 277)

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תגים

• communal

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Document date

20 Shevaṭ 1564 Seleucid (21 January 1253 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Certificate of the Qodesh. Location: Alexandria. Dated: 20 Shevaṭ 1564 Seleucid = 21 January 1253 CE, under the authority (reshut) of the Nagid David I Maimonides. The leaders of the community of Alexandria grant Elazar b. Shelomo the right to receive bread from the qodesh as well as the sum needed for the capitation tax.

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תגים

• endowment
• qodesh

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד