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Letter from a former official and representative of the Nagid (na’ib) of the Alexandrian community to the Nagid, requesting that he intervene on the writer’s …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Recto: Letter from Daniel b. Yaʿaqov (or rather Yaʿīsh?), in Alexandria, to Yiṣḥaq b. Yehuda ha-Kohen al-Dimashqī in Fustat. The writer requests that the recipient …
Verso: Remnants of an official Arabic document with wide line spacing. Mentions witnesses and an agent. Legible words: وقال . . . الشاهدين شهادته انه …
דיון אחד
Deed of sale for a property. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Tuesday, 17 Nisan 5338 AM, which is 1578 CE. Seller: Yosef מושודו. Buyer: Binyamin אלרייאש. Price: …
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תעתוק אחד
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אין רשומות קשורות
Bottom part of a legal deed from Alexandria dated 487[.] to the creation = 1110-1119. Signed by Avraham b. Ya'aqov (who might well be Avraham …
Small and faded fragment of a legal deed regarding a lawsuit by the 'great elder, the haver' Dosa b. [Yehoshuaʿ(?)] of a shipment of musk …
Letter from Meir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Fakhr b. Ibrāhīm, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Meir signs only his first name …
Bifolio from an accounts ledger of a merchant. Mentions Alexandria, Abū Yūsuf al-Ṣayrafī, Yosef b. Yeshuʿa. Sums in the tens and hundreds of dinars. AA
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter from Natan b. Nahray from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. The writer reports that a Jew coming on a boat from Tyre …
עלקת אליך הדה אלרקעה יאסידי ומול[אי] ען סרעה אע[ל]מך פיהא אן וצל אלינא מן
צור מרכב ופיה אנסאן יהודי ערפנא אן רב נעים בן עמראן כרג לתניס וה…
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Requires further examination for dating estimate and full catalogue description. Line 4 on the verso states "pepper …
Legal testimony. In Hebrew, with one signature in both Hebrew and Latin script. Location: Alexandria. Dating: 5624 AM in the month of Shevat which is …
Announcement regarding the program of ceremonies for the Ibn Yuḥay Institute for Culture and Righteousness in which the Minister of Social Affairs, the Chief Rabbi …
Legal record describing a husband trying to seize property, and declaring that his father-in-law’s accusations are false, even though the latter presented the court with …
Letter from Abu ‘Ali Ḥasan b. Imran in Alexandria to his nephew Abu Musa Harun b. al-Mu‘allim Yaqub, admonishing him for having vowed to maintain …
Letter from Shela b. Mevasser b. Naḥum, a judge of Alexandria, to Abū al-Ḥasan Surūr b. Ḥayyim in Fustat, dealing with family and public matters. …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Letter from Abū l-Barakāt b. Abū l-Ḥasan, in Alexandria, to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. The letter informs Shelomo …
3 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Letter from Yeshua ha-Kohen b. Yosef in Alexandria to the community of Fustat. The handwriting is Yeshua's and the letter is written in rhymed prose. …
Two fragments from a letter in Hebrew. Mentions being in Tyre for 17 years; a book purchased in Egypt or Fustat years ago (the book …
Verso: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Discusses at length a family in distress on account of poverty and the capitation tax; the specific details are not …
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 …
Small fragment from a late family letter, sending regards to some people and mentioning Alexandria.
Letter written by the assistant of the Nagid Ishaq Sholal to Alexandria. Dating: early 16th century. Written during a period when the Nagid was "in …
Long letter/epistle in Judaeo-Arabic, either in rhymed prose or in poetry. There are many learned allusions and some citations of biblical verses, including Proverbs 27:19. …
Legal document in Hebrew. Partnership agreement. The partners are Zikrī b. Khalaf, Moshe, and Reʾuven. They were merchants in jewels (הביעה של הכרזה חבשייה...) together …
Court record(s) in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Written on a bifolio. It's not immediately clear if all are the same record, or if …
Page 2 is a calligraphic letter in Hebrew to the elders of Alexandria, dated 5458 AM = 1697/98 CE, signed by three men, on behalf …
Legal document mostly in Ladino, with some Hebrew and Aramaic that affirms a transaction for a sum of 100 "pataqas" ("סומה די פטקאס") from Shemuel …
Letter from Efrayim b. Ismaʿīl al-Jawharī (Alexandria) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿAwkal (Fustat). Provides information about goods, mainly textiles, that came from the Maghrib …
Letter from Ṣadoq, a prominent public figure in Alexandria, to Fustat. Dated: ḥol ha-moʿed of Sukkot 4800 + 161 = 4961 AM = September/October 1200 …
Legal document of release in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. A certain Avraham b. Shelomo Tilimsānī, acting as a custodian (apotropos) releases a certain …
Bill of divorce, badly damaged. Dating, 16th-century or later based on the paleography. A small remnant of the date is visible in line two "[ה]עשרים …
Receipt issued by the silk monopoly administration in Alexandria that was signed and stamped by the overseer ʿUmr Agha. Dated 14 Shawwal 1239 AH which …
Account written in Alexandria on 3 Jumada I 1236 AH/February 1821CE. The basis of the transaction in silver kuruş is explained in the heading and …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic detailing income for the "Treasury of Silk Looms" in Alexandria, a branch of the state monopoly administration. Dated Shawwal 1239 AH which …
Order of payment issued for the ṣarrāf Mūsā Naʿīm (Moshe ben Naʿim) involving the Dīwān Anwāl al-Ḥarīr in Alexandria and a certain al-Ḥajj Muḥammad Kh..iyya. …
Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Concerning the loom of textiles "anwāl al-qumāsh" in Alexandria. Mentions the dealings between Yeshūʿā the Jew and Ibrāhim Effendi. …
Verso: Deed of sale in which Sitt al-Ikhwa bt. Futūḥ known as Ibn Zabqala sells to her brother 1/8 of a house belonging to her …
the second ten days of the month of Sivan 1552 (21-31 …
Letter fragment in the hand of Avraham b. Farah al-Iskandarani, in Alexandria, to one of the merchants in Fustat, regarding shipments being forwarded to the …
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 …
Letter from Farah b. Yosef Qabisi in Alexandria to Abu al-'Ala Sa'id b. Naja al-Dimashqi ('Ulla ha-Levi b. Yosef). Dating: ca. 1065. Concerns the dispatch …
Letter from Shelomo (Abu l-Barakat) in Alexandria to to his brother, the physician Abu Zikri son of Abu l-Faraj (Eliyyahu the Judge), in Fustat. Only …
Fragment of a letter sent from Alexandria to the Head of the Congregations, perhaps R. Eliyyahu the Dayyan, describing a meeting of about fifty elders …
Legal document. Record of release. Dated: August 9, 1077. Location: Alexandria. This release document, written in the Alexandria rabbinical court, concerns a partnership between Yosef …
שהדותא דהות באנפ[נא] אנן שהדי דח | תמות ידנא לתחתא בכתבא דנן כן הוה חצרא אלינא
מ יוסף ביר יאשיה נ[ע אל]מערוף בן אל | דהבי ומ כלף בן עזרון …
Letter from the judge R. Hanan'el b. Shemuel to notable in Alexandria. AA
עבדו חננאל
Legal document. Location: Alexandria. Dated: 4 Ḥeshvan 4975 AM = 9 October 1214 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Avraham Maimonides. A Sicilian trader, …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, at two different scribal hands appear on the recto and verso of the bifolio. Dating is 16th-century based on the paleography and …