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  1. 1LetterENA NS 47.13

    Letter of recommendation, likely a draft, from Cairo. Dated: 5375 (מעֿשֿהֿ) AM = 1614/15 CE. The bearer, Avraham b. Shemuel Ashkenazi, fell into Ottoman captivity …

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    1. מוסדי ארץ העומדים בפרץ רודפי צדק מחזיקי הבדק אשר עליהם יציב ונכון הבית ואולם נצר מטענה
    2. להתפאר קורא ומורה לצדקה להשבי…

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  2. 2LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/21

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 3 Kislev 5569 AM, which is 22 November …

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  3. 3LetterT-S Ar.40.79

    Letter to 'al-rayyis al-ajall' in Arabic script. The sender has sent 1/8 dinar with the bearer of the note, which should kindly be parceled out …

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  4. 4LetterT-S 6J5.8

    Letter fragment from Yisrael b. Natan, in Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1060, the 17th of Tamuz. Mentions Ramla. (Information from Ed. Gil, …

    1. [כתאבי יאסידי] ומולאי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך [ואדאם נעמאך מן]
    2. [אלקדס עמרה] אללה יום שבעה עשר בתמוז אלהי
    3. [ישראל יזכנו ויזכיך לחגים] ולמועדים טובים…

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  5. 5LetterDK 116

    An interesting letter in rhymed Hebrew prose, with one line of Judaeo-Arabic, spanning 4 leafs (7 pages). It opens with a blazon of a certain …

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  6. 6LetterT-S NS J258

    Letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides for the bearer who is named Moshe. See Moss. II,177 for another version of the letter, …

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  7. 7LetterT-S Misc.28.13

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably no earlier than 13th century, based on handwriting. The letter is written on behalf of a group of …

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  8. 8LetterT-S NS 84.21

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, handwriting resembles that of Berakhot b. Shemuel. Only the first two lines and last seven lines are preserved. Not much of substance …

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    1. באלהים נעשה חיל וגמ
    2. ביי תתהלל נפשי ישמ[עו ענוים ו]ישמחו [

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    1. חשכי [

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    1. מחן אלזמאן ולא ימתחן [
    2. ינפד ותוצי איצא אהל אלבית בא…

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  9. 9LetterT-S NS 338.95

    Business letter in Arabic script from Faraḥ b. Ismāʿīl in Alexandria to Menashshe b. David, Fustat. Dating: October 22, 1050 (Gil). Faraḥ is worried because …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. كتبت اطال الله بقا مولاي الشيخ و ادام عزه وتاييده  و سعادته و سلامته و حراسته و نعمته من الاسكندرية لثلث خلون من

    3. ج…

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    1. (2−1) בשם אלוהים הרחמן הרחום. אני כותב, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך ואת הגנתך ואת…

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  10. 10LetterL-G Misc. 33

    Verso: Letter or legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (upper left corner). Possibly about business. Reports a dialogue and mentions "what he did with the daftar" …

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  11. 11LetterT-S Ar.46.263 + T-S Ar.48.294

    Bifolio containing a copy of a formal communal letter. There is a folio number "12" on the lefthand side of recto. It is not clear …

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  12. 12LetterJRL SERIES A 287

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company, in Alexandria, to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 8 Shevat 5572 AM, which is …

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  13. 13LetterENA NS 14.14

    Recto: Communal/administrative letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 1150–1250. Ordering payments to the usual people: Umm Nuṣayra the sister of Ḥayāʾ the wife of Yosef …

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  14. 14LetterAIU XII.115

    Letter in Arabic addressed to al-Muʿallam ___ Ghālī. Dated [12]53 AH which is 1837/38 CE. Needs further examination.

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  15. 15LetterT-S 8J21.24

    Letter from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Jerusalem, to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim, Fustat, ca. 1060

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    1. כתאבי אטאל א]ללה בקא מולאי אלכהן אלפרנאס ואדאם עזה ותאיידה מן אלקודס יום כ בטבת
    2. קד עלם אללה שדה] שוקי אליך ווחשתי לך ושוגל קלבי במא אנת פיה .…

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  16. 16LetterT-S NS 226.53

    Fragmentary letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi to his brother Halfon informing on various business transactions including one to Damuh. AA

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  17. 17LetterBodl. MS heb. d 68/109

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda (the famous one?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Shavuʿot and previous letters sent from Alexandria. Mentions several people: Efrayim al-Ḥaver; a Rayyis; …

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  18. 18LetterT-S AS 184.187

    Recto: recipe, introduced with the basmala and including Prunus mahaleb, Cistus ladaniferus, nard, and rose seeds. Verso: the last line of a letter or document …

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  19. 19LetterT-S NS 324.44

    Letter either to or from a Nasi. In Hebrew with some Aramaic. Dating: probably 13th century. The sender rebukes the addressee or his secretary for …

    1. ימחול אדוננו על כבודו צריך הכהן שיכתוב
    2. פל הכהן או פל הלוי וכמו כן זרע המלוכה
    3. צבי ריש גלותא מעלתם לכל מעלה אי
    4. איפשר שלא כתוב פל הנשיא וכרובא
    5. לאחזוקי …

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  20. 20LetterJRL SERIES B 4423

    Letter fragment addressed to some dignitary (rabbenu ha-rav). In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the flattering introduction is preserved. Congratulating him on a happy union (wedding? al-wuṣla al-saʿīda …

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  21. 21LetterT-S 13J24.23

    Sentimental letter sent by a man to his maternal uncle reporting that he and his wife are well and healthy, but perishing from longing for …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ואזכאת חיאתה עלי
    2. . . .] ואלדי מן סלימאן אבן אכתך מסלם עליך
    3. כתיר אלסלאם וסאיל ען חאלך כתיר וגאני
    4. כתאבך וכאן ענדי מתל…

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  22. 22LetterT-S AS 202.394

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right piece). Very faded. Mentions a shop and Abū l-Faḍl.

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  23. 23LetterT-S Misc.8.18

    Public letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (d. 1237 CE). The cantors of Fustat are instructed to read it aloud in the synagogue on …

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    1. אמת
    2. אלחזנים במצר ינדרו אלגמאעה
    3. בר יה אלנסא ואלרגאל שני
    4. וחמישי ושני ויום אלשבת
    5. בשחרית אן לא יתערץ אחד
    6. לצבאג אלחריר פי אלביות
    7. לאגל אן אלצאמן שכ…

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  24. 24LetterT-S NS 99.16

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter mentioning a letter that the writer had sent to Alexandria and someone or something that arrived in al-Mahdiyya. Also mentioning …

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  25. 25LetterT-S 16.284

    Letter from a son to his mother describing the events of his journey from Alexandria to Fustat and mentioning the illness of his uncle. Much …

    1. .] שיויתי ייי לנגדי תמיד כי מימיני בל אמוט
    2. ו]לדהא אבו אלברכאת געל פדאהא כתאבי אלי
    3. ח]צרה אלואלדה אלעזיזה אלכרימה אלמכרומה
    4. . . .] כ[. . . . .] אלמחתרמ…

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  26. 26LetterT-S 13J26.2

    Letter from Daniʾel b. ʿAzarya regarding trade, including the purchase of merchandise and payments. The writer's distress is shown from the letter. Was probably written …

    1. דינארא עלי אבי אלחסן גאבר בן אזהר אלוכיל בתניס תם אנני כשית אן ינק[ץ]
    2. אלדנאננ<י>ר ויקול לם [ ] אלזאיד פכתבת ספתגה אכרי באסמה אעלאה
    3. אללה תעאלי בתלאתין ר…

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  27. 27LetterENA NS 68.11

    Recto: Part of an Arabic letter very likely from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. He mentions Abu l-Surur and …

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    1. [] . . . [ ]
    2. [] . . . الشيخ ابو السرور وان . . . . . . . []
    3. عندك تسيروه الينا وان الشيخ الرئيس شاكر لك
    4. وحب الرمان حتى اتفرغ اشتريه وعرفني ما ك…

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  28. 28LetterT-S Ar.41.59

    Business letter in Arabic script from Yushāʿ (Yehoshuaʿ) b. Natan to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat discussing commercial information that had come to Nahray via …

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  29. 29LetterENA NS 83.268

    Letter in Arabic script.

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  30. 30LetterT-S 13J22.10

    Long letter to the judge Avraham b. Natan of Ramla, Palestine, from the late 11th century; probably sent from Tyre. The writer wishes to go …

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    1. יוי עוזי ומגיני
    2. שלום עד לאין קץ. ושלוה עד לאין תכלית.
    3. והצלחת מעשים. והכנעת קמים : והשפלת
    4. צרים ואויבים: ומילאוי שאלה. ועילוי
    5. נתיבה: והרמת יד. ו…

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  31. 31LetterT-S NS 324.48

    Business letter from a father, probably in Alexandria, to a son, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Dating: Looks 12th century, but this is a …

    1. חסדתך ואעדאך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאך גמע
    2. אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה אן שאללה ואלדי
    3. תריד עלמה אן יא ולדי אני קד וגהת לך עדה כתב
    4. ולם יצלני להא…

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  32. 32LetterENA NS 70.14

    Letter fragment, addressed to some dignitary. Recto preserves the flowery introduction of the letter. In Hebrew. There is very faded text in both Hebrew and …

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  33. 33LetterT-S 13J35.5

    Letter of complaint. In Judaeo-Arabic, calligraphically written, with wide line-spacing. Against an adversary who denounced the sender to the government, gave false witness against him …

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  34. 34LetterENA NS 13.12

    Letter. Rhymed blessings as appear in the beginning of many letters - the top two lines look like the text of an endng of a …

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  35. 35LetterT-S AS 149.50

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably to Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Binyām al-Rashīdī. Greetings to Sitt Naʿīm and to Abū …

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  36. 36LetterT-S 8.5

    Letter by a Karaite woman to three different family members. The language is opaque in many places. (1) To her mother, she opens with her …

    1. בשם ייי
    2. אלדי אעלמכם בה אנני מסתוחשה מנכם
    3. ופי קלבי מנך מא אללה עאלם בה כיף כרגתי
    4. מן ענדי ולא כאן אלמחבה תגלב קלת לך אקפי
    5. קלתי אן פארקתיהם מאתו יא אמי…

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  37. 37LetterENA 3910.1

    Petition or report or letter, Mamluk era? A large magnitude from the top of the fragment is missing and a short strip from the right …

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  38. 38LetterBL OR 10578Q.10

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. The writer worries about various family members: a woman whose brothers refuse to support her (r1-5); …

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    1. . . . לא] תסאל מא אנא פיה
    2. מן מקאסיתהם ואן עלם חאלהא
    3. יעמי ואן אכותהא מא דפעו להא
    4. כרובה בל קאלו להא נכרגו אלדי להא
    5. פי אלעמארה ואן בנ[ת?] אכוך ל…

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  39. 39LetterT-S 10J13.13

    Letter of recommendation for the bearer, a certain Yefet, an inhabitant of Fustat, who is said to be a respectable man who fell on hard …

    1. שלום עד אין קץ ואין מספר וברכות רבות כחול וכעפ[ר
    2. וברית עולם אשר לא יופר וחן מפואר והוד והדר
    3. ועטרת רצון וגיל ועלצון ואריכות ימים ומשוכות
    4. הזמן לכבוד ג…

    I send peace unbounded and infinite / and multitude of blessings like sand and dus[t]/, and everlasting covenant which will not be broken, / glorious…

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  40. 40LetterCUL Or.1080 3.22

    Recto: Stylized letter in Hebrew to David b. Hezekia the Nasi. Verso: The address and several different blocks of writing in Arabic script.

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  41. 41LetterMoss. Va,9

    Letter from Salāma b. Nissim b. Isḥāq al-Barqī, from Būṣīr, to Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāhartī, ca. 1053 (Gil). Contains a list of flax bales that …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך

    2. ונעמתך מן בוציר לי איאם כלון מן שהר מרחשואן בדאה אללה כיר אלבדאיה

    3. וכת…

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  42. 42LetterT-S NS 34.178

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic, in a lovely hand. Mentions a period of 1 year; "my brother Ibrāhīm"; possibly someone asking "have you married?" and the …

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  43. 43LetterT-S 6J6.5

    Recto: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary spellings. Dating: mid-12th century or later, per CUDL. Difficult to decipher any of the content.

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  44. 44LetterENA 3691.2

    Letter fragment or petition, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a fight with Abū l-Najm in which the sender was possibly wounded (וגרחת ובלג בי אלעטאים) and …

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  45. 45LetterHalper 409

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Safed, to Yosef Mataron (מאטארון), in Fustat/Cairo. In Ladino. Mentions the Ottoman coin para. The writer reports that the …

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  46. 46LetterJRL Gaster ar. 664

    Address of a letter, in Arabic script. The addressee is "مولاي الشيخ الجليل ابو المنا يوسف اليهودي" and the letter is from Abū Mūsā al-Maghribī(?).

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  47. 47LetterT-S AS 183.105

    Small fragment from a letter or legal document. Dating: Ottoman-era.

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  48. 48LetterJRL SERIES B 4525

    Petition addressed to four brothers (?), the elders Abu al-Baqa, Abu al-Baha, Abu al-Faraj and Abu al-Karam, requesting charity. The supplicant, Harun, writes that he …

    1. בם
    2. ............]ואלאעיאן אלפצלא מן אטאל אללה בק[אהם
    3. ......]מהם ונעמאהם ומכן סעאדתהם ואחיא[הם
    4. ונגאהם מן נואיב אלזמאן ומן כרוב אלאחיאן אלשיך אבו
    5. אלבקא…

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  49. 49LetterT-S J3.3

    Pages from a manual of writing letters.

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  50. 50LetterT-S Ar.50.71 + T-S Ar.50.80

    Communal letter or less likely legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. Wide space between the lines. Seems to be about a …

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