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View document detailsLetterYevr. II A 1266
A letter of appeal to the community of Constantinople asking to help an orphan young lady. Written by Aharon b. Shelomo.
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LetterJRL Gaster ar. 545
Letter, probably, fragment. "yusāfir minhum" and then "al-mamlūk". Needs examination.
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LetterT-S AS 146.170
Business letter from Elʿazar b. Yosef. Mentions Ibn al-Ḥusayn and various transactions. Greetings to 'our father' (and?) Yosef in the margin. (Information from CUDL)
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LetterT-S AS 150.15
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly addressed to the physician Abū l-Faḍl (אבו אל]פצל אלחכים אלסד[יד). The sender mentions the judge's delay in appearing before the addressee; …
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LetterJRL SERIES A 1302
Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, probably from a medieval letter. Mentions a doctor.
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LetterT-S AS 152.27
Recto: letter, in which the writer acknowledges the arrival of 80 dirhams from the addressee. Mentions a previous letter concerning the capitation tax of the …
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LetterT-S 8J41.1
Brief letter from a person in dire straits suffering from illness and lack of clothing, and unable to buy anything to eat for the upcoming …
- יקבל אלארץ וינהי בין ידי אל [ . . . . . . .
- אלאגל [ . . . . . . . . . . ] הבחור ביקר סט
- אלמנעם אלמתפצל עלי עבדה וגלט.
- פי כל וקת ואלממלוך שאכר מן
- . .…
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS J153
Letter from Maʿtūq to his son David, his wife Marḥaba, Saʿādat, Qamr, and Hanā(?). The writer apologizes for not being able to make it to …
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LetterT-S 13J26.19
Letter sent by the manager of a farm far away from the capital, named Abu al-Faraj b. Hillel, to the landlord, the Nagid Mevorakh (in …
- סבב הדה אלאחרף אטאל אללה בקא חצרה סידנא שר השרים
- נגיד הנגידים עוז כל בית ישראל ירום הודה ויגדל כבודה
- אעלאמהא אן אלנחל אד לם ישתרי לה שי יקוא בה ואלא…
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LetterT-S AS 153.333
Small fragment, possibly from a letter or draft. Mentions informing Sayyidnā about something and the sender's desire to serve him.
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View document detailsLetterT-S Ar.29.105
Letter in Ladino. Dating: possibly 16th century. The letter seems to have been dictated by a blind man. He says: ,Rabi Jacob dijo ke afilu …
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LetterMoss. II,170
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower left corner). Probably recommending a poor man for charity ("[give him] something to nourish himself with"). Mentions 'my master …
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View document detailsLetterYevr.-Arab. II 1487
Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.
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View document detailsLetterT-S AS 202.410
Very late Judeao Arabic private letter addressed to Ibrahim
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LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/13
An interesting begging letter by Yosef, the Samaritan priest, who apparently belonged to the Samaritan congregation in Fusṭāṭ. The letter has been edited, translated, and …
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LetterJRL Gaster ar. 583
Letter fragment, in an official looking hand. Mentions "al-ghalā" probably referring to produce or dearth. Also mentions 'al-Shām'. Hebrew script on verso, but could be …
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LetterT-S 13J31.7
Fragment of a letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya, approximately 1040.
- ליקר פאר [ ] אפר[ים
- [ ]ת היסודות [ ] פ[
- [ ]רא[ ] ראש //קושרת// [ ] ויועצת [
- הוא שמן [ ] מן ה[
- לא ב[ ] וברוב מתגברת פן ת[
- ברבי שמריה נוחו עדן שלו[ם
- ו…
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LetterT-S 10J16.25
Letter. Commercial letter from Rashid (Rosetta) to Damietta, mentioning Christian Italian merchants (גירונימו ישו), and a French consul. The text has a number of European …
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS 297.199
Letter to Abū ʿAlī. In Arabic script, in a crude hand. Only the beginning is preserved.
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LetterCUL Or.1081 J71
Recto: Letter addressed to a certain Abū l-Ṭāhir. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Fragment (top part only). Mostly formulaic expressions of deference (taqbīl) …
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LetterT-S AS 145.237
Letter to a Rosh Kalla, mentioning a certain Yehuda. Mentions the arrival in Damsīs of the representative (nā[ʾib]) of the amīr Muẓaffar(?) al-Dawla. (Information in …
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LetterENA NS 63.4
Letter. In Hebrew. Dating: Probably classical Geniza period. Most of the text consists of a panegyric poem for the distinguished addressee. The body of the …
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View document detailsLetterNLI 577.2/15
Letter from the court to the community of Dhū Jibla in defense of Maḍmūn. Aden, ca. 1135.
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- [...] והו [...]
- [...] מא הם עלא דא[לך ...]
- [...א]ן כאן מעכם ביינה או[ ]
- [...] אכואנה ל[כ]ם ועליכם פלם יכרג [...]
- [...] מא קאלו נחנא עלי וציה …
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LetterT-S AS 148.97
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from 'your father' (wālidak). mentioning a faqīh named ʿUbayd, instructions for the addressee to come, and the Nasi. (Information in part from …
- תעאלי ואל . . . . . [
- מן גהתך וכנת סירת לך גואב
- כתאבך אלתאני מע חאתם(?)
- ואלפקיה עביד גארנא וכנת
- וציתהם אן יחדרוך(?) מעהם
- פתתפצל תגי מעהם ואן כאן
- מא …
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LetterENA 2808.39
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 14th–17th century. Mainly the closing greetings are preserved. In a postscript, a woman named Muʾnisa (מונסה) asks the …
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LetterT-S AS 157.150
Recto: letter or note, possibly in the hand of Abraham Maimonides. Verso: Arabic jottings. (Information from CUDL)
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LetterT-S 13J14.6
Letter containing a note of congratulations for a marriage contract and wishing the new husband a fertile union, citing the biblical blessing conferred on Ruth …
- לזקיני ופאירי ונזרי וכתר ועטרת ראשי ומחמד עיני ואלופי
- ומיודעי הוא כב גד מ ור אפרים החבר החכם והנבון האדיר
- המופלא הבקי בחכמה המובהק המאיר באור השחר י…
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View document detailsLetterMoss. V,350.2
Remnants of a letter in Ladino. AA
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LetterENA 1822a.46
Letter in Arabic script concerning a governor, a bishop and monasteries. In the formal third-person address, the writer apologizes for sending the request in writing …
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LetterT-S AS 152.297
Fragment of a document, probably a letter. Mentions the elder Abū ʿAlī b. Ṣ[...]. (Information from CUDL)
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View document detailsLetterIOM D 55.12
Letter from a son, unidentified location, to his father, in New Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is anxious for news of Abū l-Majd, and how …
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LetterT-S 8J25.16
Recto: Fragment of a letter by a very unhappy man describing his state as ״drunk, but not with wine,״ asking for legal help. (Information from …
- ]דה סכארא בלא נביד לא ולד ולא מאל [. .
- ] תעצבו וקצדו כל מן לה גאה ויד ואחתאלו עלי אל
- ] ולם נגדו ראחה ענד שופט וגבת מן ישהד לי
- ]דה שי לם יתבתה ואגתהד…
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LetterENA 2808.57
Letter with a long Hebrew prologue, followed by Judaeo-Arabic. Written in an elegant square book hand, and indeed this sender seems to be a professional …
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LetterT-S AS 156.357
Fragment from a letter, mentioning Abū ʿAlī, the son of the writer Abū [...], Ṭarābulus al-Shām (Tripoli in Lebanon) and 90 dinars. (Information from CUDL)
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View document detailsLetterBL OR 4856.1
Recto: Hebrew letter of appeal from the old, poor man Yosef b. Elazar ha-Kohen to Avraham ha-Sar b. Elazar. The body of the letter occupies …
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View document detailsLetterENA 4101.14c
Letter, minute fragment.
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View document detailsLetterDK 327
Letter from Simḥūn b. Dāwūd ibn al-Siqillī (Qayrawān) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿAwkal (Fustat). The letter deals with a conflict between the sender and …
- כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וריסי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם [עזך] וסלאמתך וציאנתך
- לז בקין מן אלול ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה [ואלחמד ללה] כתירא [ען שוק אלי] ר…
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LetterENA 3928.5
Fragment of a family letter in Arabic script. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century, possibly from the circle of Eliyyahu the Judge (based on the …
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LetterT-S 10J6.10
Complete letter by Mubarak b. Yiṣḥaq b. Sabri to Abu al-Faraj Nissim complaining about a business issue and urging a prompt response to his letter.
- על שמך
- כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אלאתיר ואדאם
- סלאמתה וסעאדתה וציאנתה וכפאיתה ורעאיתה וכאן לה
- ומעה וליא חאצרא וחאפצא פי גמיע אמורה ען חא…
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LetterT-S 8J21.30
Letter from Yosef "the poor foreigner" (al-miskīn al-gharīb) to the Nagid David Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender sold his garment which he had bought for …
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LetterT-S 12.775
Letter from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to the trustee of a Yeshiva in an unidentified place, approximately 1055.
- בכיר
- שלום ופתח תקוה וחן וכבוד וחמלת יי ושלום ושקט
- וארך ימים ושנות חיים ויקר לאדר היקר הנחקר ונסקר
- הוא כגק מרב הנאמן לבית דין הגדול ישמרו צו[רו]
- [י]ו…
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LetterT-S 8J25.20
Letter sent from Alexandria by Nissim to Abu al-Karam Marwan in Cairo, ordering 50 zabdiyas (vessels) with decorations in color. (Information from Mediterranean Society, V, …
- בשמך
- תדכרה אלי סיידי אבו אלכרם מרואן אטאל אללה
- בקאה תתפצל יא מולאי כמא לם תזל עואידך
- ותשתרי לי ד בראני מלאח כבאר י צחון
- מלוונה ותאכד לי איצא נ זבדיא…
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LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/51
Letter from Yaʿaqov the physician, possibly in Granada, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel, in Almeria. Dating: 1138–39 CE. Same sender as T-S 13J17.22. The sender says …
ח45
מכתב מאת יעקוב (הרופא) אל חלפון, אלמַרִיַّה, ובו המלצה על המשורר אבו אַיّוּבּ בן סַהְל
ספרד, מסוף 1138 עד חלקה הראשון של 1139
ד42 . Bodl. MS. He…
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LetterENA NS 10.7
Faded and unclear fragment. Mentioning sums of money.
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View document detailsLetterMoss. IXa,6.1
A letter of appeal asking for donation. No image. Data according to Mosseri Catalogue. AA
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LetterT-S 13J25.12
Letter from Abūn b. Ṣadaqa al-Maghribī, in Jerusalem, to Abū Zakariyyā Ḥayyim b. ʿAmmār b. Madīnī ("Palermitan"), in Fustat. Dating: ca. March 1055 CE, according …
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- כתאבי יאסידי ושיכי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך מן אלמסתקר מן אלקדס
- אלמעמור אלנצף מן אדר ראשון סאעה וחק אלקדס וצול כתאבך אל…
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LetterT-S AS 153.175
Maghribī mercantile letter of the 11th century. Small fragment. Addressed to [Mūs?]ā b. Barhūn. (Information in part from CUDL)
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LetterMoss. IV,73
Letter from Yosef ha-Kohen, in Alexandria, to the well-known merchant Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: early to mid-12th …
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LetterT-S AS 150.22
Fragment of a short letter to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. It could be that a person from a Yeshiva in Iraq wrote the …
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View document detailsLetterT-S AS 147.218
Few words from opening of a letter to our master and teacher ha-Haver.
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