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  1. 1LetterT-S AS 184.6

    Minute fragment from a letter that was probably originally in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Only a few letters in Hebrew from the …

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  2. 2LetterT-S 18J4.4

    Letter from Natan Ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh, Ashkelon, to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim, Fustat.

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו יי אשרי איש חונן ומלוה רב לכל דבריו
    3. במשפט מלוה יי חונן דל וגו הלא פרס לרעב לחמך ועניים מרודים תביא בית
    4. כ…

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    1. In your name, O Merciful 
    2. "Happy is he who is thoughtful of the wretched; in bad times may the Lord keep him (from harm)" (Psalm 41:2). "Happy…

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  3. 3LetterT-S Ar.39.9

    Letter from a sick man to a physician. In Arabic script. The verso is written at 90 degrees to the recto, which is unusual, but …

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  4. 4LetterYevr. II A 1721

    Non-Geniza. Letter from Simḥa b. Shelomo ha-Qusdini, in Istanbul, to Yiṣḥaq b. Shelomo, in Chufut-Kale (קירקייר), Crimea (קירים האי). Dated: 1789 CE.

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  5. 5LetterT-S 18J3.17

    Verso: Upper part of a letter. The handwriting looks like that of Berakhot b. Shemuel. There are copious introductory blessings in Hebrew followed by the …

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  6. 6LetterT-S 13J24.25

    Letter from Matitya Ashkenazi, in Rashīd, to his son Asher, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: second half of the 16th century. The sender reports on …

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  7. 7LetterT-S H6.20

    Bifolio containing piyyuṭ and scribal practice. One of the pages contains a brief petition-like note addressed to a woman (al-sitt al-jalīla) with a taqbīl and …

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  8. 8LetterT-S AS 178.59

    Note addressed 'to the house of the Head of the Jews,' apparently a Raʾīs al-Yahūd named Sulaymān/Shelomo, unclear who this is. In Arabic script. It …

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    1. مولانا المالك الشيخ السعيد سليمان الله يبقي
    2. حياته المملوك يسال احسانه وتفضله حضوره
    3. الى دار الخليج دار . . . . . . . . وقد سير
    4. الخادم عن هده ال…

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  9. 9LetterT-S AS 159.17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Contains mostly blessings for family members. The margin of recto contains some business instructions ("do not sell it for that price …

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  10. 10LetterT-S AS 204.244

    Possibly a letter fragment but too faded/damaged to read. ותנהג כמנהגותיה would fit with a letter of appeal for assistance.

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  11. 11LetterT-S AS 147.21

    Fragment of a letter of appeal for charity, from Jerusalem, complaining about the heavy taxation. Large and beautifully written; there are probably several joins to …

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    1. בלא חקר ולא תכל[ה
    2. אדירנו ונדיבי עמ. [
    3. הנטוי עליכם וח. [
    4. כי שבחכם . .ת[
    5. ביחידים ורבים . . [
    6. בעדכם מלפני אלהי [
    7. עלינו לכם ולכל עם . [
    8. ולהשתטיח נ…

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  12. 12LetterT-S 20.178

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to David b. Aharon, ca. 1040, concerning an inheritance that was left by a person from Ramla (Mevaser) who had …

    1. ליקר פאר כגק מר ור דו[י]ד המשכיל המבין הזקן הנכבד
    2. והיקר יהי צור עזרו וצל סתרו ויפארו ובשיבה טובה
    3. וייטיב שמו וזכרו ויצו ראש אלונים שכרו וימציאו חן
    4. וש…

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  13. 13LetterT-S 10J5.10 + T-S 10J11.13

    Letter from Abun b. Sedaqa in Jerusalem to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. Dating: November 1064 CE. The main subject is the tension between the …

    T-S 10J5.10

    1. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה סאעה כתאבי הדא
    2. אליה והו יום אלאתנין יומין בקין מן תשרי אעאד אללה עליה הדה אלאעי…

    Partial translation by Moshe Yagur

    Your letter, my lord, the elder, may God prolong your life and maintain your peace and happiness, has arrived whil…

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  14. 14LetterT-S NS 125.103

    Family letter in Arabic script. The writer mentions visiting Ḥamā (kunt batnazzal ilā Ḥamā); reports that he/she now has three daughters; sends regards to a …

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  15. 15LetterT-S 16.273

    Letter from Khalaf b. Mūsā (=Ḥalfon b. Moshe) al-Ḥaver al-Kohen on behalf of the whole congregation of "Ḥaṣer Adar" (חצר אדר). Saʿadya Gaʾon translates this …

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  16. 16LetterT-S 10J13.20

    Letter from Avraham Maimuni informing the Nasi that a certain document was not found among papers brought forth by a third party and that the …

    1. בר
    2. אלמולא אלמאלך יעלם אנני
    3. למא אסתדעית אלשכץ אלי
    4. ענדי חלף בימין מאכדה
    5. אן גמלה אלאוראק אלתי
    6. בקת ללמולא אחצרהא
    7. ואן אלחגה אחצרהא פי
    8. גמלה מא אחצרה ופתשנ…

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  17. 17LetterT-S 12.212

    Letter apparently from Avraham b. Saʿda, who complains about his brother Ṣibyān. Mentions Shemarya b. Elḥanan. Dating: around 1000. The addressee is unknown. It seems …

    1. ....................... דכר ....................
    2. ........................שבע ובשביל ...............
    3. ...........................כיון שבא וישבתי .....…

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  18. 18LetterT-S 6J5.3

    Recto: Lower part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender heard that his brother Yosef died in India, and he asks the addressee to enquire …

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  19. 19LetterCUL Or.1080 J113

    Calligraphic family letter, sent from Giza, containing many names and detailed instructions. Dated to the 13th century. (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, 423, and from …

    1. יגמע אלשמל בה קריב גיר בעיד פי כיר ועאפיה
    2. אן קד וצל כתאבך מע אבן אלגלאגלי ושכרנא אללה תע
    3. עלי עאפיתך ופהמת מצמונה וקראה נגם אלדין ענדי
    4. פי אלגיזה וכתב…

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  20. 20LetterENA NS 77.159 + T-S 8J14.13

    Letter in Hebrew addressed to a certain Shemuel, who is a business partner of the sender. Two pieces comprising the bottom of the letter. The …

    1. וסבר [. . . . . . ] ]קבה . . . . . . . . מ . . . .
    2. ובזריזותך . | . . ע כי מהנה אין לי מותר
    3. כלל לפי שהזמן | יקר וההוצאות מרובות
    4. עלי ואני צריך י|ותר מ…

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  21. 21LetterT-S NS 83.23

    Very damaged fragment, probably contains letter

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  22. 22LetterT-S NS 264.73

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Probably in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe.

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  23. 23LetterT-S AS 186.61

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly. Medieval-era. The text in Arabic on the verso may also be documentary requires further examination.

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  24. 24LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1450

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Names of writer and addressee are not immediately apparent. Their locations are also not explicit but it should be possible to deduce …

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  25. 25LetterT-S AS 150.138 + T-S AS 150.160 + T-S AS 150.137

    Seems like a letter of appeal for assistance. The writer mentions that he was almost died in jail. He probably have a debt for some …

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  26. 26LetterT-S 10J20.3

    Letter from David b. Nahum b. Hakhmon, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1053. The letter contains several topics: details about the ships …

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    1. עלי אללה תוכלת

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך וסלאמתך מן אלאסכנ[דריה] //ליד כלון מן [ ]// ען סלאמה

    3. ואלחמד ללה רב אל…

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    1. (2−1) בוטח אני באלוהים; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת שלומך, מאלכסנדריה; בי"ד ב.... ; …

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  27. 27LetterYevr. II A 1549

    Non-Geniza. Letter from Shemuel to Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham, in Ponevezh (Panevėžys). Dating: Catalogued as 1739 CE.

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  28. 28LetterT-S AS 59.23

    Recto: Jeremiah 12:7 and piyyuṭ. Verso: possibly one line from a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  29. 29LetterT-S NS 64.71

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Unusual format (like a literary text). Mentions the government and dignitaries; Yehuda; the writer's mother and late father; coming …

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  30. 30LetterT-S 12.272

    Letter fragment from Daniel b. Azarya to a man in Fustat. Daniel b. Azarya shows his joy that the man recovered from his illness. Daniel …

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    1. ] והמקום [ ] יפאר [
    2. ידיו ויתנהו { } לשם ולתהלה ולתפארת וכל המתברך בו יתברך [
    3. כתאבי נפד אליה אדאם אללה עלוה עקיב אלמועדים ב[ח]דוה ושש[ון...ולם …

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  31. 31LetterT-S 6J7.9

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions trouble with the government ('it would take too long to explain') and reporting the death …

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  32. 32LetterT-S NS 225.12

    Letter from Yosef to his brother Elʿazar aka Abū Manṣūr b. Abū l-Surūr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Fragment (upper part of …

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  33. 33LetterT-S 8J38.10

    Beginning of a letter addressing the Rayyis Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205-1237), referenced in l. 12 as "al-Nagid"– a title he bore after 1213 CE, specifically.

    1. אלממ]לוך אלאצגר יקבל אלארץ . . . . אללה תע אמאם
    2. אלמגלס אלסאמי אלאגלי אלמולא אלראיס [ . . . . ] אלסייד
    3. אלדייני אלאמיני אלעאלם אלעאמל הדרת יקרת . . . …

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  34. 34LetterDK 333 (alt: 18)

    Letter from Ḥayyim he-ḥaver b. Shelomo/Salāma, Jerusalem, to Yiṣḥaq b. Yaʿaqov he-ḥaver, Fustat, regarding a debt owed to the latter from someone named Thābit who …

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    1. כתאבי יסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך מן
    2. אלקדס עמרה אללה ען סלאמה ללה אלחמד ולה אלשכר עלי
    3. אחסאנה קד עלם אללה תעאלי שגל קלבי באכבארך ומא
    4. …

    Translated by Brendan G. Goldman.

    My letter, my lord and master—may God lengthen your remaining [days] and make permanent your strength—from Jerusale…

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  35. 35LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1459

    Letter to Aharon Rofe in Damascus. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer may be writing from Ṣanʿā (penultimate line of recto) where he has traveled …

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  36. 36LetterENA 3788.1

    Letter from Yeḥiʾel b. Yiṣḥaq ha-̣̣Ṣarfati, in Jerusalem, to an unknown addressee, in Alexandria. The letter consists of a halakhic discussion, mostly in Aramaic, perhaps …

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  37. 37LetterT-S AS 111.93

    Recto: letter fragment in Hebrew (טובה יתר . . . הראשון ואני במהרה . . . על כבודך . . . שמעתי היה לך צער …

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  38. 38LetterT-S AS 147.80

    Letter to Efrayim (b. Shemarya?) al-Ḥaver, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script on verso. Distinctive scribal hand. (Information in part from …

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  39. 39LetterT-S AS 150.133

    Fragment of a letter mentioning the elder Manṣūr. Dating: Probably 13th or 14th century, based on hand and typical abbreviations (mam[lūk], makh[dūm], sh[aykh]). (Information in …

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  40. 40LetterT-S AS 145.288

    Draft or unfinished letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  41. 41LetterENA 2808.40b

    Lower fragment, recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a woman. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, as the ashrafī is mentioned– a coinage type that …

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  42. 42LetterAIU IV.C.77

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. The addressee's name appears on verso, perhaps something like Yiṣḥaq b. Maṣliaḥ b. Bahlūl. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The …

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  43. 43LetterT-S Ar.30.108

    Letter concerning business (very faded) in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions "after Shabbat" and sending something with Yeshuʿa. Reused for accounts, mentioning Nahray. Probably 11th century.

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  44. 44LetterT-S AS 176.55 + T-S AS 176.54

    Mercantile letter. The sender is in Asyūṭ or near there and mentions goods which are in demand there. Mentions waiting for a caravan. Needs further …

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  45. 45LetterT-S NS 231.19

    Probably a commercial letter, citing a dispute. In Arabic script. Large, but faded/damaged. mentions Damietta. Needs examination. On verso, there are drafts of Hebrew poetry, …

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  46. 46LetterT-S 12.27

    Letter fragment asking for a favor and stating that the writer relies on God and on the recipient for the solution of the matter. Mentions …

    1. בן כב גדלת קדשת [ . . . ] . . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. תנצבה וא . . . . . [ . . ] . רח [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  47. 47LetterT-S NS 321.38

    Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa, in Būṣīr, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating (Gil): ca. 1045 CE. ʿAyyāsh is about to finish the phase …

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    1. [יאשיכי וסי]די אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף

    2. [ אלאסוא] ענך מן בוציר //מסתהל כסליו// ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק אליך קרב אללה

    3. [אל…

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    1. אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק
    2. ממך את הרעות, (אני כותב לך) מבוציר, בא' בכסלו. שלומי טוב ואני בריא, אבל…

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  48. 48LetterT-S 8J15.11

    Two rhymed letters between the brothers Shemuʾel and Shelomo, on the subject of wine. See also Goitein's index card, and cf. T-S 8J15.15 (same brothers).

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  49. 49LetterT-S NS 224.156

    Verso (original use): Fragment of a letter in Arabic script from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to 'al-shaykh al-rashīd,' aiming to pawn his turban for 40 dirhams. …

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  50. 50LetterT-S 20.135

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj, in Alexandria, to his son-in-law Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. Abū l-Faraj admonishes Shelomo to treat his …

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