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  1. 1LetterT-S NS 173.80

    Fragment from a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe probably to his brother Halfon.

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  2. 2LetterMoss. III,256.2

    No image available. A letter to Menahem and Elazar Hakohen, 17th century. (FGP)

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  3. 3LetterT-S 16.239

    Notes recording debts in Judaeo-Arabic, involving wine and a couple women (Umm ʿAbūr(?) and Umm Bashir). (Information from Goitein's index cards and CUDL)

    1. אלדי אכד מן אלנביד נ גרה
    2. וד וב וב וא וב וא

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    1. ענד אם עבוד מד דרהם
    2. וענדהא כב> חק ג אואק אלואן
    3. וענדהא ח דראהם אלואן
    4. ונצף וקיה אלואן
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  4. 4LetterT-S AS 158.142

    Small fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Probably from a letter written on behalf of a poor man (hādha …

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  5. 5LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/16

    Recto: Petition to Masliah Gaon from a woman wishing to have a divorce. Probably 1127 CE. Discussed in detail, with translation, in Oded Zinger's dissertation, …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. יענך יי ביום צרה ישגבך שם אלהי יעקב וג
    3. אעלם חצרה אדונינו גאונינו נזרינו וכתרינו ועטרת ראשינו
    4. מצליח הכהן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יברכהו וי…

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  6. 6LetterMIAC 34

    Invitation to the Jews of Egypt to donate and assist 1200 Torah students in the cities of Palestine in their poverty or because they are …

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  7. 7LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/70

    Letter from [...] b. Avraham to Ṣadaqa b. Ṣemaḥ. The writer had previously sent a letter with Ibn Bunyām that had gone unanswered. In the …

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  8. 8LetterENA NS 59.19

    Recto: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 13th or 14th century based on handwriting. Reporting that someone is in a sorry state and under house …

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  9. 9LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1478

    Letter from a woman named Harja, somewhere in Syria, to her brother ʿAbd al-Dā'im Ibn Fayrūz, in Cairo. See tag for other letters by her.

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  10. 10LetterCUL Or.1081 J19

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "my brother." The writer mainly communicates that he arrived at his destination safely, and that he rejoiced to learn of the …

    1. בש רחמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואעז אלכלק [עלי
    3. וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    4. עזך ונעמאך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא [[אכ]]
    5. אכלאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל
    6. במנה וכרמה א…

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  11. 11LetterT-S 13J20.22

    Letter from Ḥalfon b. Menashshe's wife, in Fustat, to her brother Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli b. Hillel, probably in Bahnasa (based on T-S 13J21.18). In the …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. לו דהבת אן אשרח לך יא אכי וסידי ואתירי ומולאי מא חאלנא מן אלוחשה
    3. לפראק חצרתך אלכרימה ל[מא] וסע דלך ביאן ולא חמלתה מכאתבה ואלי
    4. אלכאלק …

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    1. In your name, O merciful one

    2. If I were to begin to elaborate for you, my brother, my lord and favored one, and he who [...] those longings …

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  12. 12LetterT-S AS 86.106

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Dating: likely ca. 16th century.

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  13. 13LetterT-S NS J139

    Letter addressed to the Nagid Abū l-Faḍl Shemuel (= Shemuel b. Ḥananya?). In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). Evidently a letter …

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  14. 14LetterT-S AS 146.362

    Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (with motto) to the cantor Faraj Allah urging him to collect the jibāya for Yom Kippur. Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides' …

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  15. 15LetterT-S 16.342

    Late letter from Yaʿaqov Bagilyer to his brother Aharon. Dealing with financial matters (amounts in peraḥim/ducats). (Information from CUDL)

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  16. 16LetterT-S AS 160.31

    Recto: probably a letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic; Arabic jottings in the margin. Verso: beginning of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. The muqirr …

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  17. 17LetterT-S 13J31.5

    Letter from the ḥaver ʿEli b. ʿAmram to the physician Avraham b. Furāt ha-Kohen. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1051–62 CE, as Daniel b. ʿAzarya …

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  18. 18LetterT-S AS 151.44

    Fragment of a poetic Hebrew letter. AA

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  19. 19LetterT-S AS 157.540 + T-S AS 157.541

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. ואנא עלי עין מא ארא . . . ען אלבלד . . . ימצי . . . האלהים יברכיהו . . …

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  20. 20LetterT-S 8J37.9

    Beginning of a letter to an unidentified scholar. On the verso there is some writing in large Arabic script, but unrelated to text on verso.

    1. . . . . ] [ד]יק ייי . . . . . . . . . .ורוג
    2. . . . . ] . . . . . . . . . . . .וד ייי וג

    . . . . . . . . .

    1. . . . . ] התורה . . . . . . החכמה ועם [
    2. .…

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  21. 21LetterT-S 8J13.28

    Recto: note from Khalīfa Ḥasan. Verso: letter by Meʿir Ben-Naʿīm (fl. 1785-1825 CE) to Khalīfa Ḥasan concerning business matters. 18th-19th century. (MCD with information from …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. נערפ מחבנא אלעזיז אלמכרם אלמ׳ כליפה חסאן אעזה אללה ת׳׳ע אמין
    3. כאן אלואצל לכם תאבענה אל שעראווי וצוחבתו פצה ٣٠٠ מן פצ'לך יא
    4. מחבנא תאכ'וד להו נצפ …

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  22. 22LetterT-S 12.533

    Letter from a mother, probably near or in Qayrawān, to her merchant son, in Fustat. Dating: ca. early 11th century. Includes some information about the …

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    1. ] בקאך [אל]לה יאבני אני פי שגל קלב מן שוקך [ 
    2. ] וכאן מ[א] צדרה אלי וקת מגי אלמראכב פכאן עלי דלך [ 
    3. אד לם תגי אנת בסלאמתך מעהם וקת סמעת במסירך …

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    1. …ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים, בני, יש לי עוגמת נפש מרוב געגועים אליך… 
    2. …לא שלח אותו עד הזמן של בוא האוניות, והיה על זאת…
    3. כי לא באת אתה, כפי שאמ…

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  23. 23LetterT-S NS 322.102

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. In the same hand as the nearby fragments: probably Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ of Tyre to …

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  24. 24LetterJRL A 1161

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. None of the substance is preserved.

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  25. 25LetterT-S K25.240.27

    Recto: Letter probably addressed to Avraham Maimonides. Only flattering phrases in Hebrew are preserved.

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  26. 26LetterT-S Ar.7.11

    IB IV, 52 (ח52). Fragment of a letter, written somewhere in Spain, to Abū l-Saʿd ha-Levi (i.e., Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi). Written in a typical, …

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    1. [...] ומן אטאל אללה בקאה פי אלעז אלאדום ואלסעד אלאלזם אלאקום
    2. [...] בִמנה ويمنه כתבתה יא מולאי ادام الله عزه עמא תעלמני
    3. עליה מן אלאנקטאע אליך ו…

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    1. [...] ומי שיאריך ה' את חייו ביקר המתמיד ביותר ובאושר הקבוע ביותר, היציב ביותר 
    2. (2–3) [...] ברחמיו ובחסדיו. הריני כותב מכתב זה, אדוני, יתמיד ה'…

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  27. 27LetterT-S 8J33.4

    Letter from Yeḥiel b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Ṣarfati, in Jerusalem, to an unnamed addressee (probably the judge Menaḥem b. Yiṣḥaq b. Sasson), probably in Cairo. In Hebrew. …

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  28. 28LetterT-S NS 99.35

    Hebrew letter dated 1687/8 CE (5448 AM), addressed to "the Judges," regarding business transactions. Contains several words in Ladino that are marked with two dots: …

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  29. 29LetterT-S AS 151.191 + T-S 6J7.16

    Two fragments of a letter. In Judaeo-Arabic, written in a rudimentary hand. Dating: late, ca. 15th–17th century. On verso there are remnants of an address, …

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  30. 30LetterNLI 4°9463.9

    Letter from Ḥasan b. Isḥāq, in ʿAsqalān, to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh al-Parnas, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and …

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  31. 31LetterT-S 12.45

    Letter to the judge Natan (b. Shelomo?) ha-Kohen (he-ḥaver ha-meʿulle ha-dayyan ha-maskil bet din hagun...). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 12th century. Goitein's index card suggests …

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  32. 32LetterENA 1822A.101

    Right fragment: Note in Judaeo-Arabic. "I have sent with Rabbi Ahuv 10 Kāmilī dirhams..."

    1. וכאן קד בעתתו מע רבי אהוב עשר אלדראהם
    2. כאמליה [פאן] כאן אלשיך אלאעז חאצר יוצל אלי
    3. מנה . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ה אליך ואנא אנפד להו

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  33. 33LetterT-S AS 155.357

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning that the writer had arrived in Rashīd and al-Mahdiyya. (data from CUL)

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  34. 34LetterT-S Ar.47.1 + T-S Misc.6.79

    Copies of extremely deferent letters, in a mixture of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic script. Written on a bifolium. Specific addressees named include Moshe ha-Sar, Hillel …

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  35. 35LetterT-S Misc.25.72

    Recto (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Yūsuf to his 'brother.' Some colloquial spellings (e.g. יתפע instead of ידפע). The writer reports that he obtained …

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  36. 36LetterENA 2558.31c

    Autograph note from Avraham Maimonides to al-Shaykh al-Talmid al-Ajall al-Raṣuy(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to mention somebody in need (...wa-ḍururātuh...) and Rabbi Menaḥem. The third line …

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  37. 37LetterT-S 8J16.3

    Letter from Avraham b. Rav Shelomo the Yemeni, in Jerusalem, to Eliyyahu the Judge in Fustat. Avraham lives with Eliyyahu's son, the physician Abu Zikri, …

    1. תקתי באללה וחדה אלממלוך אלאצגר אברהם בירבי שלמה
    2. הרב אלימני זצ"ל
    3. יגדל שלומך וירבה נעמך ולעד צור ירוממך ואלהים יהיה (בעזרך)
    4. אתה הוא אדונינו ואור עינינ…

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  38. 38LetterENA NS 45.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely in the same hand as T-S 13J7.24. Describing difficult circumstances: The slave of the king came . . . 30,000 dinars …

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    1. ] יכתב(?) מכאן(?) כלפה(?) . . . .
    2. פיה אללה יעינך ויגע{ל}ני פדאך מן כל באס
    3. ומא וצל מן ענד אלמולא כתאב מן חין(?)
    4. סאפרת אלא פרד כתאב וגמ/י/עהם מ…

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  39. 39LetterT-S AS 88.80

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, likely an appeal for help.

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  40. 40LetterNLI 577.3/12

    Letter from ʿAllūsh b. Yeshuʿa (Qayrawan) to Ismaʿīl b. Avraham al-Andalusī (Fustat), ca. 1010. A cargo of best quality flax was stolen from a ship. …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וגלילי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וציאנתך וכפאיתך וזאד מן פצלה אליך וגמיל
    2. מואהבה לדיך ברחמתה לנצ' תמוז מן אלקירואן…

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  41. 41LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/33

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, to Abu Ishaq Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāharti, Būṣīr. Dated Monday, with six (nights) remaining of Shevaṭ (no year). A …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאס[וא ענך] 
    2. ברחמתה מן מצר יום אלב' לו' בקין מן שבט כתמה אללה עלינא ועליך באחסן …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק ממך כל רע
    2. ברחמיו, מפסטאט, ביום ב, כ"ד בשבט, יחתום אותו …

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  42. 42LetterT-S Misc.20.234

    Letter probably sent from Palestine to Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: ca. 13th–15th century (paleographic dating). There are two folios, which probably originally joined, …

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  43. 43LetterENA NS 45.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably early 13th century. The writer complains that the Rayyis does not trust him to deliver letters for him, thus he …

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    1. ומא כפא ען אלחצרה באן אלראיס אלאגל שצ יקע(?) ללממלוך
    2. אנה מא ותק בי אן יוגה אלכתב עלי ידי וסלמה/ם/ לר יוסף . . 
    3. וצייעהם תם אן אלממלוך תגאסר ונ…

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  44. 44LetterAIU VII.E.161

    Recto and verso contain two different letters to "sayyidnā" from a certain Menaḥem. The one on recto is more legible. He says that he met …

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  45. 45Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 32

    Recto: Small fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "The slave reports to his majesty that he is abashed before him, and I …

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  46. 46LetterENA NS 48.9 + JRL B 7859

    IB II, 31. Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: freight jettisoned. Aden, ca. 1137–39 or 1145–49. Join: Alan Elbaum.

    II, 31

    1. בקאה וחרס [מדת]ה ... [... ומן חסן]
    2. תופיקה לא אכלאה וכבת חסד[ת]ה ואעדאה
    3. פקראתה ופהמתה וסרני עלם סלאמתה וצלאח
    4. חאלתה ושכרת אללה עלי דלך כתיר וסא…

    [A]  Conventional opening of letter (lines 1–5).

    [B]  Arrival of imports from India and jettisoning of freight when attacked by pirates (lines 5–15)

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  47. 47LetterT-S NS 323.7 + T-S 10J32.12

    Circular letter, written in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan, addressed to an unnamed community. After the opening salutations in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, and praises …

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  48. 48LetterT-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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  49. 49LetterENA NS 2.19

    Letter from Ibrāhīm, Yosef b. Hillel, and Moshe to Yehuda ha-Rav. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 13th century. Asking to have some produce sent …

    1. עמי עשו
    2. אלמולא אלאגל אלפאצל אלשיך רבי
    3. יהודה הרב אנה אלעלום אלכרימה
    4. מחיטה כתרת אלאשתיק אלי נצר
    5. וגה סיידי פנסאל אללה תע אן
    6. יגמע אלשמל בכדמת סיידי
    7. פאנה…

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  50. 50LetterT-S AS 158.62

    Fragment of a letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310– d. 1355 CE), possibly a recommendation for Yosef al-Ṣabbān (the soap boiler).

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