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  1. 1LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/23

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5 Kislev 5569 AM, which is 24 November …

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  2. 2LetterT-S AS 149.238

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to be from a cantor to a notable, conveying how he prays on his behalf (compare CUL Or.1080 …

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  3. 3LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/10

    Letter in Hebrew dated 1778/79 CE (539 = ותקוה טובה) from the Jewish community of Jerusalem to the Jewish community of Pisa begging for financial …

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  4. 4LetterT-S NS 264.52

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to be delivered to the Square of the Perfumers, probably to R. Elazar ha-Dayyan who is named three lines …

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  5. 5LetterAIU XII.86

    Letter in Arabic addressed to Ibrahim ʿAdda al-Marajini in Fustat/Cairo, from a certain Yusuf [...]. Dated 14 December 1802 (18 Sha'ban 1217). See AIU XII.82, …

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  6. 6LetterT-S 8Ja1.6

    Letter from Abū Isḥāq. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is in difficult straits due to a business matter and dealings with the dīwān. Repeatedly mentions a …

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  7. 7LetterENA NS 34.25

    Letter from Yeshuʿa [...]. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably 16th–18th century. Mentions the currency גורושוש; Yiṣḥaq ben Ḥabīb; regards to Yeshuʿa Azulay in the margin. …

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  8. 8LetterT-S NS 141.40

    Large mercantile letter in Arabic script, mentioning ships. Also conveying greetings to and from various people. The left side is burnt or at least discolored. …

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  9. 9LetterBL OR 10112B.7

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. "The matter is out of my hands. . . . the situation is rotten." The rest is quite faded but potentially …

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  10. 10LetterT-S AS 150.140

    Recto: (draft of a?) letter with jottings. The sender mentions "his headache" and the sender's intention to travel east (אלממלוך קד עזם קולא ואחדא עלי …

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  11. 11LetterENA 2591.1

    Sheet folded so as to form a booklet of 4 pages. But only one page, headed by the superscription 'In your name' (which indicates the …

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    1. על שמך
    2. ר' חנין ג דנא[ניר
    3. טיבאן
    4. סלי[מ]אן הכהן ג ד[נאניר
    5. ה]רון אלזגאג דינ[אר
    6. אלשיך אבו א[ל]סרור
    7. פרח אלגהבד
    8. אלשיך אבו אלכיר אלצירפי
    9. פרג בן נחום
    10. ש…

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  12. 12LetterYevr.-Arab. II 2362

    Letter formulary in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ottoman-era, probably. These are similar to the formulae used in the preponderance of Judaeo-Arabic letters in the Yevr.-Arab. II folder.

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  13. 13LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/76

    Fragmentary letter (on vellum) from Tunisia by Manashe b. Ammar to Joseph b. Salman b. Ya'ish, expressing the wish to give up the hard "service …

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  14. 14LetterENA NS 6.11

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. There are a few words in Arabic script on verso.

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  15. 15LetterJRL SERIES L 17

    Letter from Meʾīr Ben-Naʿīm in Cairo to his son Moshe Ben-Naʿīm in Alexandria. Dated 1 Kislev 5583 AM which is 1822 CE. Mentions Se[nyor] Pinto, …

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  16. 16LetterT-S Misc.28.260

    Letter from Mawhūb b. Aharon the ḥazzan to Nahray b. Nissim.

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    1. כאן תקדם כתאבי אלי מולאי אלחבר אל 
    2. גליל גדול הישיבה אטאל אללה בקאה
    3. ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה 
    4. ונעמתה מהניא לה באלמועד אללה
    5. יעידה עליה ועלי ולדה…

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    1. כתבתי לך לפני כן מכתב, אדוני החבר
    2. הנכבד גדול הישיבה, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    3. ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך
    4. ואת חסדו לך, ובו בירכת…

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  17. 17LetterMoss. IV,29.2

    Letter in Hebrew, with an extensive Judaeo-Arabic note, in a different hand, in the top margin. Mentions a pinqas. Written on Thursday, 8 Tishrei (unclear …

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  18. 18LetterENA 2804.19

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Shemuel Ha-Kohen b. Avtalyon concerning a trial that took place in Ramla ca. 1030.

    ENA 2804, f. 19, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.198-199 (Doc. #107), C.B. 02-25-88 (p) Letter from Solomon b. Judah to Samuel Ha-Kohen b. Avtalyon con…

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  19. 19LetterBL OR 5544.20

    Form letter from the community of Safed to the community of Izmir concerning sheliḥim and fundraising. In Hebrew. Dated: Elul 5611 AM = August/September 1851 …

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  20. 20LetterT-S 8.82

    Business letter from Mūsā b. Isḥāq b. Nissim al-ʿĀbid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Mentions merchants such as אבן אלטבני, Mūsā Ibn al-M[ajjānī?], and ʿAmmār …

    1. בסם [אללה] אלרחמן אלרחים
    2. אטאל אללה יא שיכי וריסי אלעזיז עלי בקאך ו[אעזך] ואכרמך ואיד[ך
    3. כתאבי אליך לח איאם בקין מן אלול ען חאל סלאמה ועאפ[יה וען שוק

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  21. 21LetterT-S 13J13.21

    Letter from Eli Ha-Mumhe b. Avraham to David and Mevorakh b. Amram, Fustat, probably 1050.

    1. שאו ממני שלום אדוני מאת שוכן מעוני
    2. ישמע מני בעדכם כל תחנוני יסיר דאג
    3. מלבכם וינחם אתכם וירחם על מיתכם
    4. ושארית בקרב הארץ ישימכם יי וירים
    5. ידכם על צריכם …

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  22. 22LetterAIU VII.E.99

    Letter in Hebrew from Meʾīr b. Shalōm Ben-Naʿīm to Rabbi Yaʿaqov Molkho (perhaps from Cairo to Dimyāṭ). Dated 5580 AM which is 1819/20 CE. The …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. איש יהודי הודה והדרה ׳׳ איש חיל פעלים במלחמתה של תורה ׳׳
    3. איש הפנים מבין דבר מתוך דבר אכ׳׳א סברא ׳׳ איש זרוע הוא לו זרוע
    4. עם גבורה ׳׳ ה׳׳ה הח׳ ה…

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  23. 23LetterT-S 8J20.7

    Letter from Yehuda b. Salāma, in an unknown location, to Yosef b. ʿEli ha-Kohen Fāsī, in Fustat. Dating: Ca. 1054 CE. Concerning money shipments. The …

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    1. כ[תאבי] יאש[יכ]י ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך וא[דאם] סלאמתך וסעאדתך וציאנתך וזאר
    2. אחסאנה אליך וגמיל צננה(?) לדיך יו[ם] אלב' לו' כלון מן גמאדי אלאכיר …

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  24. 24LetterCUL Or.1080 J232

    Recto and beginning of verso: Letter from a sick man to a physician. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that he has collected the prescription that the …

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    1. בה
    2. וממא אעלם חצרתה אלסאמיה אנני פארקתה עלי [ ]

    3. וגמעת אלנסכה אלתי תפצלת בהא ואליום אסתעמ[לתהא

    4. פלם ארי להא תאתיר אלא אלחאל הו אלחאל וקד ו[ …

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  25. 25LetterT-S G2.98

    Upper part of a petition/letter in Arabic from Yaḥyā b. Yusuf, asking the recipient to fulfill the request of "mawlay al-qāʾid" and to send a …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. مملوكه يحيى بن يوسف
    3. ان راى مولاي الشيخ ادام الله عزه ان يتم انعامه على
    4. عبده بسوال لمولاي القايد ايده الله ان يرسل
    5. رسول لابن ا…

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  26. 26LetterT-S AS 183.184

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Probably mercantile. Mentions a request to send something with Abū Yūsuf Isrāʾīl, and Alexandria, and …

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  27. 27LetterT-S 8J23.18

    Fragment of a letter. Mentions Shelomo b. Eliyyahu the judge (the writer?), who was a teacher and scribe in Fustat during the first half of …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]עאקתנא
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]ף ודלך ב.
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] וולדנא א…

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  28. 28LetterBL OR 5544.18

    Letter from Avraham Hamān and Gavriel Ḥefeẓ to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Elul (Raḥamim) 5569 AM, which is 1809 CE. Needs …

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  29. 29LetterT-S Ar.39.329

    Possibly a letter. In Arabic script. Very faded. Needs examination.

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  30. 30LetterBL OR 5566D.31

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic probably from Ibrahim to Hayya ha-Kohen the teacher in Palermo (i.e. same writer and addressee as T-S 8J16.25). Nothing of substance …

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  31. 31LetterT-S 12.372

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Faraḥ al-Qābisī, in Alexandria, to his nephew Abū l-Surūr Faraḥ b. Ismāʿīl b. Faraḥ, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: September 6, …

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    1. כתאבי יולדי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך וכאן לך ומעך ולי וחאפץ'
    2. [וצרף] אלאסו[א ענך מן אסכנדר]יה לו' בקין מן אלול כתמה אללה עליך יול…

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  32. 32LetterT-S AS 150.35

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to 40 parchments; a group of merchants from Barqa (qawm Barqiyyīn); the arrival from the addressee's location of "the dogs" …

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  33. 33LetterT-S AS 176.291

    Recto is an unidentified text in Arabic script, which at first glance looks like a state document, though mentions "yawm al-dīn," which sounds more like …

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  34. 34LetterT-S 13J24.22

    Letter from a woman named Najma, in Fustat/Cairo (l. 4), to her father Moshe Perdonel. Dating: ca. 16th century. There is a detailed summary in …

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  35. 35LetterT-S AS 145.107

    Letter from Shemaʿya ha-Ḥaver, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1053. The writer informs that he is in Jerusalem and is praying for Nahray …

    Recto (4 lines illegible)

    1. [ ] ביראה [ ]
    2. אהבתו בלבות [ ]
    3. וקניה [ ] הראוי ל[ ]
    4. [ ] לסלד
    5. [ ] תקנה [ ] כי [ ] שכן
    6. [ ] הוא כבר [ ] מר רב
    7. נהרי התלמיד החבר…

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  36. 36LetterENA 3765.10 + T-S 18J4.16

    Letter from Avraham b. David Ibn Sughmār (according to Gil), in Fustat, to the Nagid Yaʿaqov b. ʿAmram, in Qayrawān. Dating: Probably spring or summer …

    1. [ ] יוצרהו יתמכהו והדר
    2. יעטרהו [ ] צדקו יעלה זכרו יהיה עמו
    3. להכין ממשלתו יעצים עלצו יעשה חפצו יקובל עת
    4. יעתר יוצנף [[ ]] //צדק// בכתר בירבי עמרם נע עם …

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  37. 37LetterMoss. VIII,308.3

    Letter fragment, probably, in Arabic script. Mentions a couple of names, including Musā al-Yahūdī. Needs examination.

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  38. 38LetterT-S AS 145.15

    Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (introduced with his usual motto) to the community in Cairo concerning a lawsuit between Hiba b. Abū l-Faraj …

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  39. 39LetterT-S Misc.35.1 + Bodl. MS heb. d 47/3

    Letter by a gaon (copy). The original letter was from the early 11th century. (Information from CUDL)

    TS Misc. Box 35, f. 1, (formerly TS Loan 1), ed. Mann, Texts, vol. 1,pp. 126-129, 133-134, plus BODL MS HEB D 47, FOL. 3, ed. Mann , Texts,vol. 1, pp…

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  40. 40LetterENA 1178.25

    Letter addressed to R. Natan ha-Kohen. Extremely faded.

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  41. 41LetterMoss. III,206B + Moss. III,206A

    Letter from Ṣemaḥ b. Yiṣḥaq, gaon of Sura, to Elḥanan b. Shemarya, ca. 990. Contains information about Ṣemaḥ b. Yiṣḥaq and about the academy of …

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  42. 42LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/9

    Letter from a Qaraite to his community. In Hebrew. Seeking to clear his name against the accusation of Abū l-Munā and Abū l-Munā's mother-in-law that …

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    בשם אל עולם

    1. בר[כו]ת רבות כמימי א[רו]בות מדר ערבות
    2. אל הקהל הקדוש החכמים והנבונים בעלי מקרא
    3. תדעו לכם כי האל לא ברא את עולמו ונתן את התורה
    4. אלא …

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  43. 43LetterT-S NS 324.45

    Opening of a letter from Yaʿaqov b. Elʿazar al-Dijwār (דגואר) to Avraham Maimonides. The same person also appears in T-S 8J23.2 (PGPID 7699), a letter …

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  44. 44LetterBL OR 10590.9

    Letter fragment (from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu?) with elaborate praise and good wishes for the recipient Abū l-Faraj and his children.

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  45. 45LetterJRL Gaster ar. 490

    Letter, probably. In Arabic script. The beginnings of 11 lines are preserved.

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  46. 46LetterCUL Or.1080 J216

    Letter from the members of the Jerusalem academy to Yiṣḥaq Sholal (d. 1524). (Information from Avraham David via FGP.)

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  47. 47LetterMoss. IXa,6.5

    A letter in Judeo Arabic? No image. Data according to Mosseri Catalogue. AA

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  48. 48LetterT-S NS 31.27

    Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps addressed to a Moshe (l. 2). Concerning small business transactions.

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  49. 49LetterT-S AS 152.99

    Beginning of a letter, mentioning (and is probably addressed to) a Nasi. (Information from CUDL)

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  50. 50LetterJRL SERIES B 5331

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Opening only. The writer is pained because someone is sick (perhaps al-Rashīd?).

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