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Petition draft. From Manṣūr b. Salāma (Khan) or b. Ṣadaqa (Elbaum and Rustow independently of one another) to the Fatimid caliph al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh (1101–30 …
العبد المملوك
منصور بن سلامة من اهل سنديون
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحياته على مولانا وس…
The servant and slave
Manṣūr ibn Salāma from among the people of Sindiyūn.
In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
The b…
2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים
Petition to Shelomo ha-Nasi from a man whose name is missing, reporting that a pesiqa (pledge drive) in his favor had brought a substantial sum, …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Fragment of a draft (?) of a petition opening with the taqbīl clause repeated twice (once in isolation) and followed by the caliphal honorific titles: …
المملوك يقبل الارض اما
….المملوك يقبل الارض امام المقام النبوي الطاهري(الظاهري؟) المعظم الشريف
ضعف الله انواره واعلى لندامته/…اميره(؟) وبال…
תעתוק אחד
Petition, late Fatimid period given the blessings on a vizier, from a certain Ibn Mūsā (no forename given) concerning a Jew named (2) Bū l-Faraj …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
None
אין רשומות קשורות
Petition to a higher official from a military general or army veteran based on "ṣibyān al-khāṣṣ". The petitioner says he comes from the class of …
ـ]ـك واعبائهم مشهور بالنهضة والشجاعة والفروسية مستحق[
]في امره [ ] احضر تحته فرس مل…
Petition, Fatimid(?). In Arabic script. Last 9 lines. With hamdala and hasbala at end. Not a lot of context can be gleaned from the preserved …
Letter of recommendation from Bū l-Barakāt to a dignitary. In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking for assistance for the bearer. The writer mentions an earlier conversation that took …
Portion of a legal document in Arabic script. Someone acknowledges a debt to someone (... wa-dhimmatī wa-khāliṣ [mālī]...) and mentions crops (al-ghullāt).
State document, in Arabic script. Petition to a lower official. "Mamlūk al-ḥaḍra al-sāmiyya al-ajalliya". Only beginning formula preserved. Mentions khufarāʾ (the village protectors).
Petition from a woman named Umm Hilāl bt. Ibn al-Muhandiz the ḥaver, who is living in the synagogue of the Palestinians. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the …
דיון אחד
Petition to the caliph al-Āmir (1101–30) from a woman attempting to collect a large debt of 241 dinars on the estate of a deceased person. …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1 بسم
صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحيـ[ـاته على مولانا]
وسيدنا الامام الامر باحكام الله امير ال…
Blessing formula for the caliph al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allah (1131-1149 CE), possibly a draft petition. See also T-S NS 110.26. (“Prayers from the Geniza for Fatimid …
Letter from the wife of Khalaf b. Harūn to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39 CE), seeking help against her cruel husband, written in the hand of …
The servant, the daughter of Abraham the cantor, m(ay he rest in) E(den),
the wife of Khalaf b. Hārūn known as
tāj al-maʿālī (the Crown …
Petition mentioning the names of Ismāʻīl and ʻUmar al-Kutāmī. [Described on the paper wrapper as: "Complainte contre un homme de la tribu de Kutawa [...] …
Letter (petition) addressed to a certain notable named Perhaya. AA
Letter from Damietta to the Fustat community (קהלת מצר) to collect money for alimony and travel expenses, it seems, to Palestine, for two individuals. David …
Recto: Petition addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, beautifully written but with rudimentary spelling. From a woman who had been married …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד 2 דיונים
Letter in the hand of Shabbetay b. Avraham addressed to the Nagid Shemuel b. Hananya. Asking him to obtain a caliphal rescript stopping the local …
Badly effaced letter to a business friend describing his dire situation and lack of wheat and asking the addressee for assistance. (Information from Goitein's index …
Original use: Letter or petition in Arabic script, mentioning the caliph, witnesses, a document (wathīqa), and a legal or political conflict. The Arabic hand also …
Letter from a woman named Hayfāʾ bt. Sulaymān Ibn al-ʿArīq to ʿEli b. ʿAmram, in Fustat. The addressee was the leader of the Jerusalemite congregation …
Letter from the widow of the cantor Ben Nahman to a Head of the Jews (entitled Gaon) concerning the difficulties she is having with her …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד 2 דיונים
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda (or Avraham son of the Gaon?) to Efrayim b. Shemarya. In Hebrew. Asking Efrayim to organize the Jewish community in …
Letter to a hazzan, Ben Sadoq, who is asked to intervene on behalf of the writer, Menashshe nin Shemaiah, before Sar Salom, head of the …
Letter from Ṭoviyya b. Daniel (as far as the first few words of line 31) and the Gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda (from the remainder of …
Draft of a petition to the caliph al-Ḥākim, with tarjama and opening formulae. Recto contains a Hebrew legal deed (see separate entry). From Hibat Allāh …
بسم للهّ الرحمن الرحیم
بسم
العبد المملوك هبة الله بن
ابو منصور الیھودي
صلوات للهّ وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وأف…
Petition in Arabic script. The sender's name may appear between lines 2 and 3 (ʿabduhu Khalaf....?). May mention Qalyūb (l. 3) and mentions merchandise and …
Verso: Document in Arabic script, possibly a petition or report. Refers to government property (amwāl al-sultān) and contains a request to investigate something (bi-an yakshif …
Recto: Petition. The endings of 5 lines are preserved, with a raʾy clause at the bottom. The nature of the request is unclear, but requests …
Recto: Petition to the caliph al-Mustanṣir from a man who has been detained in the arsenal (khizāna, according to Khan khizānat al-bunūd, which was also …
[علـ]ـى [مولانا وسيدنا الامام المسـ]ـتنصر بالله امير [المـ]و[ـمنيـ]ـن [وعلى ابائه]
الطاهرين عبد مولانا صلوات الله عليه ينهى الي
الحضرة …
Recto: Two drafts of the opening of an Arabic petition from Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-ʿIzz al-Yahūdī to the sulṭān (possibly al-Malik al-Kāmil). Dating: ca. …
Recto (original use): Bottom of a formal petition, or most likely a report due to state related affairs discussed, in Arabic script, mentioning "al-thaghr" (=Alexandria?) …
Petition from a woman to a high dignitary or perhaps to al-Malik al-ʿĀdil himself (one reigned 1200–18 and another reigned 1238–40) in a rudimentary hand. …
Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. Somewhat rudimentary hand. Possibly to the caliph himself (al-ḥaḍra al-ṭāhira). The sender desires to be sent to Syria …
State document. Petition to a Fatimid official titled ʿAmīd al-Dawla requesting that the state seize the petitioner's properties in Palestine because they are not producing …
والاجحاف به وبهم والظلم له ولهم وعدل الدولة النبوية خلد الله ملكها وحرس عزها
ومولاي الاجل عميد الدولة ادام الله نعماه وكبت حاسديه واعداه ي…
Recto, with address on verso: Petition/letter from Muslim b. ʿAlī b. Muslim to Abū l-Faraj Mawhūb b. Yūḥannā. The sender is a state official or …
Petition addressed to a lower official: وقد عطفت هده الرسالة على . . . ولمولاي السيد الاجل ادام الله علوه . . . الراي العالي …
Verso (original use): Petition in Arabic script. Invokes the trope of a bad person "taking people's property" (akhdh amwālihim) and refers to the caliph (al-ḥaḍra …
] ازهر
] عليهم وباخذ اموالهم ولا احد
]ـه وىحوى الناس ويحلفون بالله
]صلوات الله عليه وبراس مولاي
]ـراه ويقال لي كان (دار؟) الترتيب //في//
Fragment of an official-looking letter in Arabic script. The ends of 4 lines are preserved. Likely a petition for help (كل سنة من احوالهم... حتى …
Letter possibly to a negligent landlord, written (satirically?) in the style of an ornate petition. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. After approximately 10 lines …
Petition to a Fatimid caliph, in Arabic script. The ends of ~8 lines are preserved from the upper left corner, including much of the preamble …
Formulary or draft of the opening of a petition to a vizier and qāḍī. Cuts off right after the "wa-yunhī."
Letter/petition of appeal for assistance written in a combination of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic. (The Arabic is notable for the use of an ihmāl sign …
Petition from Ṣāliḥ al-Khaybārī, a Jew from the community of Baghdad, to the Fatimid amīr Tāj al-Dawla. In Arabic script. Ṣāliḥ petitions regarding a miserable …
رجل…
Recto: Letter/petition in Arabic script to a qāḍī (al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-qaḍāʾī al-shamsī). The sender's name is given at the top but is tricky to …