Recto: commercial letter. Verso: letter from Abraham b. David b. Suḡmār, ca. 1055 CE.Condition: Badly torn, holesLayout: 13 lines + marginalia (recto); 13 lines (verso)
Letter sent from Alexandria, in which the writer, Abraham b. Elʿazar the doctor, reports about the arrival of a ship from Marseilles containing queries from a distant country to Maimonides. He complains about a new imposition by the Sultan and the general poverty of the local community.Condition: Torn, slightly fadedLayout: 32 lines (recto); 21 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farraḥ to Nahray b. Nissim (c. July 1053 CE).Condition: holesLayout: 26 lines + marginalia (recto); 12 lines + marginalia (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farraḥ in Alexandria to Joseph b. Mūsā Taherti in Fusṭāṭ (c. 1050 CE).Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 28 lines + marginalia (recto); 20 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farrāḥ in Alexandria to Judah b. Moses b. Siḡmār (c. June 1066 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 29 lines + marginalia (recto); 10 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farrāḥ in Alexandria to a trader in Fusṭāṭ, c. 1056 CE.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 21 lines + marginalia (recto); 10 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farrāḥ in Alexandria to Isaac b. ʿEli al-Majjānī (c. 1050 CE).Condition: holesLayout: 12 lines + marginalia (recto); 2 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farrāḥ Iskandarānī to Nahray b. Nissim, concerning the arrival of ships from Sicily (c. 1055 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 15 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farrāḥ Iskandarānī to ʿAyyāš b. Ṣedaqa (c. 1050 CE). Accounts in the margin.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 16 lines + marginalia (recto); 5 lines + marginalia (verso)
Recto: draft of a Hebrew letter concerning consignments of money, charitable collections and the sending of books. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic letter from Abraham b. Hillel, introduced by 1 Samuel 25:6. It describes the arrival of a letter from ‘the son’ (probably the addressee’s) Moses ha-Kohen and sends congratulations on the opening of a perfumer’s shop, with jottings mentioning Manṣūr Ibn al-[...].Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 19 lines + marginalia (recto); 18 lines + marginalia (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Isaac in Fusṭāṭ to Ḥalfon b. Nathaniel in Alexandria (c. February 1140 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 22 lines + marginalia (recto); 20 lines + marginalia (verso)
Letter by Abraham Av Bet Din b. Isaac Alluf, formerly a captive, requesting aid on behalf of his fellow captives Joshua b. ʿEli and David b. Samuel. Addressed to the leaders of the congregation. Early 11th century.Condition: Torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 38 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Recto: letter to the dignitary Jacob in Alexandria from Abraham b. Isaac Ibn al-Zūlāfī in Palermo. The right margin has continuation of piyyuṭ from verso. Verso: piyyuṭ for Passover with many biblical quotations. Jottings in Arabic script at the top of the page.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 31 lines + marginalia (recto); 26 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Isaac al-Andalūsī in Jerusalem to Nahray b. Nissim in Fusṭāṭ (c. 1065 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 25 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Jacob, referring to Ramla. Prefaced with a Judaeo-Arabic basmalla.Condition: torn, stainedLayout: 14 lines (recto); 1 line (verso)
Letter from the head of the Alexandrian Jewish community (Abraham b. Jacob al-Darʿi) to the Nagid Mevoraḵ b. Saʿadya who appointed him, reporting on local affairs, especially the favourable treatment accorded the Jews by the new governor with regards to collecting the poll tax from the poor. Ca. 1100 CE.Condition: Slightly torn, fadedLayout: 40 lines (recto); 8 lines (verso)
Recto: begging letter to Mevoraḵ b. Isaac from Abraham b. Jethro from Damascus. Verso: list of names, most of them bankers, including Abū l-Faḍl b. Ṣaḡīr, Abū Naṣr b. Abū Sulaymān and Abū ʿImrān Mūsā, the ḡulām of Ibn ʿAwkal, and a poem in praise of a merchant, followed by a dirge.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 38 lines + marginalia (recto); 36 lines, partly in 2 columns (verso)
Short letter from Abraham b. Nathan to an unknown recipient, acknowledging the receipt of cheese and a corresponding heqšer (certificate of kashrut), brought by Ṣedaqa b. Šemarya.Condition: holes, slightly rubbedLayout: 8 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Recto: letter signed by Abraham b. Nathan Av Bet Din, concerned with the matter of a reconciliation between Maḥfūẓ al-Qudsī and someone else, most likely his wife. Verso: Hebrew blessings.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 6 lines + marginalia (recto); 10 lines (verso)
Accounts of Abraham Ibn Yijū in India, mentioning Maḍmūn b. Sālim, Joseph, and Ḵalaf b. Isaac.Condition: Badly torn, holes, stained, badly rubbedLayout: 20 lines (recto); 5 + 14 lines + marginalia (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Samuel b. Hošaʿna the Third in Ramla to Abraham ha-Kohen b. Isaac b. Furāt (c. 1035 CE). Abraham b. Samuel asks Abraham b. Isaac to remove Abū ʿAlī b. Ayyūb from the environs of the synagogue. Abū ʿAlī had built himself a house near the miqve (ritual bath) and was growing vegetables on a plot of land owned by the synagogue.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 25 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Letter from Abraham b. Saʿadya (the Ḥaver from Hebron) in Bilbays to Moses ha-Kohen b. Ḡulayb in Fusṭāṭ.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 25 lines (recto); 10 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Saʿadya to Moses b. Abraham Taherti (c. 1050 CE).Condition: holes, rubbed, fadedLayout: 27 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Letter concerning the poll tax (ḵarāj), from Abraham b. Saʿadya he-Ḥaver to Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Binyām. Mentions Abū l-Ḥasan and his brother, Moses al-Salām ha-Kohen, Peraḥya, Bayān and the mother of Bayān.Condition: Holes, rubbedLayout: 28 lines (recto); 4 lines (verso)
Recto: letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic from Abraham b. Saʿadya he-Ḥebroni, on behalf of refugees from Hebron that are now in Bilbays. Abraham writes to Isaac b. Samuel ha-Sefaradi (active ca. 1090-1130 CE) in Fusṭāṭ, concerning the building of a new synagogue in Bilbays, replacing an old synagogue that had been torn down. The entire community joined forces to dismantle the synagogue and rebuild the new building. The letter lists the donations given by members of the community, and describes in detail the surrounding properties and their owners. A muslim judge initially objected to the construction of the new synagogue, so the community tactically rebranded their construction as a ‘home’, to which the judge had no objection. Verso: jottings of an Arabic philosophical text.Condition: StainedLayout: 52 lines (recto); 40 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Solomon, the Yemenite Rav, in Jerusalem to a notable called Yešuʿa (according to Motzkin 1970, 344 this is actually Elijah the judge). Verso has jottings in the hand of Solomon b. Elijah.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 18 lines (recto); 13 lines + marginalia (verso)
Part of a letter from Abraham b. ha-Gaʾon, citing the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud (or perhaps the midraš) to argue that one should say a blessing even in adversity. Mentions individuals including Levi, Ḥuna, Tanḥum, Meʾir and Rabba.Condition: tornLayout: 28 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Fragment of a letter from Abraham, son of the Gaʾon, to Ephraim b. Šemarya, asking him to organise the Jewish community in Fusṭāṭ to assist the bearer, a victim of theft, on his homeward journey. Probably dating to 1034-1035 CE.Condition: tornLayout: 19 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Part of a letter, c. 1025 CE, written by Abraham b. Gaʾon Solomon b. Judah, to David b. Aaron, in Fusṭāṭ, giving brief details of a recent visit to Damascus, explaining that he had already written to the recipient during the feast (probably of Tabernacles), but that the letter had been delayed due to local disturbances. He mentions the arrival of Ṣedaqa b. Menaḥem, from Fusṭāṭ, who praises the recipient for his kindness towards him.Condition: tornLayout: 28 lines (recto), 4 lines (verso)
Letter to Elijah the judge from Abraham b. Solomon the Yemenite, talking about his personal situation and the general circumstances in Palestine.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 28 lines + marginalia (recto); 11 lines (verso)
Poem by Abraham b. Yijū, praising Maḍmūn b. Yefet as a defender of the Jewish faith against the Karaites.Condition: rubbedLayout: 18-21 lines + marginalia
Letter from Abraham b. Yijū to his brothers and sisters after his safe return from India, written in Aden in 1149 CE.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 31 lines + marginalia (recto); 12 lines (verso)
Recto: poem written by Abraham b. Yijū in praise of Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan (i.e. Maḍmūn b. Yefet), cursing his enemies. Probably written in Aden, c. 1140-41 CE. Verso: crossed-out list of commodities such as metals and their quantities in Arabic script.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 24 lines (recto); 13 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Šabbetay of Minyat Zifta, Egypt, to various congregations, including Bilbays and Benhā, concerning the preparation of cheese for Passover.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 19 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Letter from Abraham b. Šabbetay, judge of Minyat Zifta, to Abū Isḥāq ha-Kohen b. Samuel. It’s a personal letter that discusses various bits of news, including an annoying house guest is an inveterate gambler. It mentions a number of people, including Abū l-Faraj, Abū l-Ḵayr, Abraham Ibn al-Azhar and his son Ibrahim the cantor.Layout: 20 lines + marginalia (recto); 16 lines + marginalia (verso)
Official letter to Ḥalfon he-Ḥaver, signed by Abraham b. Šemaʿya he-Ḥaver, descendant of Šemaʿya Gaʾon, and Isaac b. Samuel ha-Sefardi, formally asking for a testimony concerning the purity of the wares of Beraḵot.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 11 lines (recto; verso is blank)
An astronomical treatise by Abraham b. ʿAnzar(?) on the seven planets and the model of the Universe. Mentions Hipparchus, Ptolemy, Abraham bar Ḥayya, Copernicus and the philosopher Abū Bakr b. al-Ṣāyiḡ (ibn Bajja), whose book the author read with a Muslim.Condition: Torn, holes, slightly rubbed, slightly stainedLayout: 15–27 lines (2v is blank)
Letter to Abū l-Riḍā b. Abū l-Surūr from Abraham b. Ḥabīb concerning business matters. Mentions Faraḥ Abū Harūn (?) b. Rajā, and Abū Zikrī Abū l-Wafā Tamīm. 11th-13th century.Layout: 13 lines (recto), 2 lines (verso)