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Type: Letter
10477 records found
Letter to [...] al-Kohen al-Ḥaver. Only conventional content is preserved. (Information from CUDL)
Letter to Joseph al-Talmid from Elijah b. Zekharia. (Information from CUDL)
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mention Yosef, Shubayl (who had ophthalmia, "kāna ramid"), Zayn, and Abū l-M[...]. Mentions 3/4 dinar and rose. Might be connected to the India trade, but needs further examination. AA
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Mentioning Abū l-F[...], and "to Fustat from Qūṣ." (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Abū Niʿma to Eliyyahu the Judge. Concerning a complaint filed by the daughter of the late Abū l-Maḥāsin. Mentions Bilbays and Muslims. There is one line of faded Arabic script on verso, likely the address. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter from [...] b. Namer ha-Kohen to [...] ha-Kohen, mentioning an Ibn al-Ḥaver and a synagogue.
Small fragment of a letter: closing greetings and the phrase "send it to me with whomever..."
Very damaged and barely legible fragment of a letter. AA
Small and damaged fragment from a top of a letter to Halfon from Yosef. On verso few wprds in Arabic, probably the address. AA
Letter from a certain Ibn Nufayʿ. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Fragment (left side only). Most of the substance is lost. He mentions 'a little bit of white collyrium (ashyāf abyaḍ).' (Information in part from CUDL)
Short letter from Nahray b. Nissim to Barhun b. Musa al-Tahirti, Busir. February 8, 1053. Nahray asks Barhun, who is in Busir and deals with buying flax, to buy also for one of Nahray’s partners, Ya’aqov b. Nahum. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #250) VMR
R. Simha is requested to give the bearer a book titled 'al-Faraj ba'd al-shidda' immediately. Verso has two lines of an unrelated Arabic account. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Order sent to the community of Fustat from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355) recommending the elder Shemuel for charity, followed by requests and prayers on verso written in a different handwriting. (Information from a note on Goitein's typed text)
Long fragment of a letter by a man who, among other things, discusses the learning of his son and expresses outrage that, despite an impeccable record after 60 years of business, a lawsuit was being brought against him. Gil identifies the writer as Ismail b. Ishaq al-Andalusi and dates the letter to 1050. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 237, 477; V, 205, 565, and Gil)
Letter mentioning commodities such as silk, and names such as Yūsuf Abū Ya’qūb and Abū Ibrahim. (Information from CUDL)
Letter to Yakhīn ha-Sar b. Nathaniel Rosh ha-Qehillot. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from a certain Bū ʿUmar. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably no earlier than 13th century. Asking the addressee to ask al-Qāḍī al-Murtaḍā for 1,294 1/4 dirhams. On verso, rhyming jottings in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script (note that the word that looks like אלעזר is actually אלעדר). (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee had left when she was ill (marīḍa). The writer mentions Sulaymān, whom they had not seen for a year (?) as well as other relatives, someone who is in good health in Jerusalem, and Abū l-Ḥasan who sends his regards. (Information from CUDL)
Short letter or note, mentioning quantities of money. (Information from CUDL)
Letter mentioning a doctor. (Information from CUDL)
