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  1. 451LetterT-S NS 297.201

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Might be about provincial administration: "wa-yudabbir amūr al-nāḥiya. . . wa-anna katabū kitāb ilā l-qāḍī. . ." …

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  2. 452LetterT-S AS 180.118

    Note/order in the handwriting of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. He tells Eliyyahu the Judge to go together with Abū l-Faḍl al-jābī (the …

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  3. 453LetterT-S AS 149.164

    Recto: Fragment of an official Arabic-script document. Includes a blessing: (...wa-stafliḥ...). Verso: Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  4. 454LetterENA NS 18.2

    Letter from Avraham ha-Kohen to the community of Damsīs (לסאדתי ושיוכי אלקהל אלגליל קהל דמסיס). Mentioning the arrival of a letter with instructions from the …

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  5. 455LetterT-S AS 151.21

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Draft. Addressed to Yishay the Nasi, probably one of the Mosul Nasis active in first half of the 13th century. Mentions the …

    1. [אשואקי אלי אלמולא . . . . . . . . . . . .]
    2. אלאוחדי אלפאצל אלעאלמי אלדאודי
    3. נשיאנו ישי הנשיא הגדול ירום הודו
    4. ויגדל כבודו מתזאידה מע אלסאעאת
    5. וכצוצא פי…

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  6. 456LetterT-S Ar.39.171

    Recto: Informal note in Arabic script. "These are black ones (سودا) I have sent to my master.... increase or loss...." It is unclear what "black …

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  7. 457LetterMoss. IV,24.3

    Recto: Letter fragment in Hebrew addressed to Peraḥya ha-Dayyan ha-Maskil. Wide space between the lines. Verso: Hebrew text, possibly belonging to the formulaic opening of …

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  8. 458LetterT-S NS 321.31

    Business letter in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen Sijilmāsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions people such as Wafiyy al-Dawla, Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Farrāsh; Abū l-Maʿālī; the addressee's …

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  9. 459LetterT-S Ar.30.178

    Business letter. Introduction in Hebrew, body in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the arrival of the Yemeni merchants (v3). Also mentions R. Shemuel Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf and someone …

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  10. 460LetterJRL B 6248

    Tiny fragment in calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script.

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  11. 461LetterF 1908.44KK

    Letter from Moshe b. Abudarham, probably in Rashid, to an unknown addressee. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's …

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  12. 462LetterT-S AS 145.131

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there are jottings of Arabic ḥamdalas.

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  13. 463LetterT-S AS 125.248

    Verso: unidentified text in Arabic, possibly a letter. Very little preserved. On recto there is liturgical text in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)

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  14. 464LetterT-S AS 114.8

    A small fragment of an early draft of the formal letter of the three Rabbanite congregation of Fusṭāṭ and Cairo, to the community of Ascalon, …

    1. ]עושי צד[קה
    2. רוד]פח צדקה שוחרי ש[לום
    3. ב]מדינת אשקלון נק[ובי השם
    4. יב]רכם אלהינ[ו 
    5. הקשו]ת המתרגשות לב[וא
    6. ]מותיו לעשות [
    7. אמ]ן וכן יהי רצון [
    8. העוש]ה במרומי…

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  15. 465LetterT-S AS 179.177

    Top of a letter in Arabic script addressed to Sittī al-Wasṭāniyya (cf. T-S 10J11.11 for this as a woman's name). Only the first four lines …

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  16. 466LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/13 + T-S 12.416

    India Book II,15. Letter from Maḍmūn ibn Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yijū, in Mangalore on the Malabar coast of India. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: …

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    1. יצלח ללבאס אלמשאיך ואנפדת
    2. לך עלי ידה איצא דסתין ורק
    3. כבאר מלאח ורק צלטאני לא
    4. יקדר עליה ענד אחד ועלי ידה
    5. איצא רבאעייתין סכר וזביב
    6. תקבץ מנה ג…

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    1. fit to be worn by prominent men. I sent
    2. you with him also two dasts of paper,

    3. fine, large, government paper that cannot

    4. be obtained a…

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  17. 467LetterT-S AS 148.7

    Shelomo b. Eliyyahu asks Abu l-Ḥasan to give the (medicinal) syrup that he kindly cooked to the young boy for delivery. (Information from Goitein's index …

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    1. אלמולי אלשיך אבו אלחסן שצ ידפע ללצגיר
    2. אלשראב אלדי תפצל אלמולי בטביכה פאן
    3. אלממלוך שאכר לה אבתדא ואנתהא שלמה
    4. עבדו

    Verso.

    1. ...בה אללה שצ

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  18. 468LetterT-S AS 183.275

    Possibly a letter. Mainly in Arabic script. The phrase لا والله appears on verso. Seems to be written in a mixture of Arabic and Hebrew …

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  19. 469LetterT-S AS 40.99

    Too little text remains to identify, possibly a letter? (Information from CUDL)

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  20. 470LetterMoss. VII,185.2

    Letter by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to an elder relative (wālid, but not his father, as he writes that both he and his father serve the …

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  21. 471LetterT-S NS 105.37

    Minute fragment, probably from a commercial letter (or accounts). The main phrase preserved is "inbāʿa shayʾ minhā" ("[if] anything has sold of it. . .").

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  22. 472LetterT-S AS 153.308

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (horizontal piece from the middle). Dating: Possibly 12th century based on hand, but that is a guess. The sender reports on …

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  23. 473LetterENA 3304.1

    Pen trials*

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  24. 474LetterMoss. II,172

    A letter in Hebrew by Salmon b. Avraham the Ḥaver (? information from Mosseri catalog via FGP). He sends regards to many people including Yosef. …

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  25. 475LetterJRL B 5768

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a brother-in-law. Looks late.

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  26. 476LetterENA 1178.9

    Letter from an unknown man to his niece (bint al-akh). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th century. He opens, "How long will you remain a widow?" …

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    1. בה
    2. כתאבי אלי בנת אלאך אלעזיזה ופקהא אללה תע

    3. ולא ווחש מן טלעתהא ולא מן אכותהא ויא

    4. בנת אכי אלי כם תקעדי ארמלה פמא בקא

    5. יחלקני(?) . . נא . …

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  27. 477LetterT-S 12.328

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to the community of Alexandria. In Hebrew. Dating: Gil suggests 1025 CE, however this seems inconsistent with the events mentioned; …

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    1. [ ] כי [
    2. [ ]ובו מאנשים [
    3. ר[ ]ם ויושיבם במשכנות מבטח[ים]
    4. ובמנוחות שאננים ויטע השלום ביניהם וישמיעם רגל[י]
    5. מבשר משמיע שלום וקול צופים קול נושאים …

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  28. 478LetterT-S 8J18.15

    Letter segment from Avraham b. Saadya the Hebronite, Bilbays, to Shelomo b. Shelah, probably in Fustat, beginning of the twelfth century.

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. אלהים //יי// ירבה שכרהו בורא עולם יחנהו ויברכהו
    3. גדול העצה וישמרהו ויחייהו דובר צדק בדרך קו קו
    4. יורהו הדור בלבושו בחן וכבוד יעטרהו זוכר הברית

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  29. 479LetterT-S 12.255

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Hananya ha-Kohen from "his son" (younger brother?) Abu l-Ḥasan. After a flattering introduction, the body of the letter begins about halfway …

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  30. 480LetterAIU VII.E.15

    Letter from [...] b. Labrat, to Ezra (?) b. Isḥāq, al-Mahdiyya. Around 1040. The writer and the addressee are dealing with importing flax and exporting …

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    1. בש כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך מן מצר יום אלגמעה

    2. לכמס כלון מן כסליו ען סלאמה וקד [ ] אלפרג תקדם

    3. כתאבי אליך [מע] אלמוסם אל…

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    1. בש'. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך, מפסטאט, ביום ו',
    2. ה' בכסלו; שלומי טוב .... הישועה ; לפני כן
    3. שלחתי לך…

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  31. 481LetterENA 2486.2

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Containing only praises and blessings for the addressee. On verso there are some verses of Hebrew poetry.

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  32. 482LetterCUL Or.1081 J43

    An exceptionally angry letter, complaining that the artisan, instead of returning the finished product, began to haggle about the price. (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, …

    1. בה
    2. אלשיך דאווד יעלם אנני עתבאן עליה
    3. גאיה מא יכון אלשאגל כונה יכאסר
    4. ולא יסיר שי ומא בקית אתק
    5. לך בקול אבדא לאן אלאנסאן
    6. אנמא הו ענד קולה מוקוף ואדא
    7. לא …

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  33. 483LetterMoss. IXa,2.9

    Taqbīl clause, presumably scribal practice for a private petition: المملوك يقبل الارض بين يدي المولى الاجل المتفضل. Headed by the glyph (in this case, an …

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  34. 484LetterMoss. II,133

    Letter from Labrat b. Moshe b. Sugmar, from Susa, to his brother, Yehuda, probably in Alexandria. Summer 1056. The writer expresses his greetings and several …

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    1. [ ] ממן הם אשפק עס[א]ה אכתר מנא [

    2. [                                     ] כיאר אלנאס ואגלאהם אסל אללה יגעלהא אימן סאע[ה]

    3. [               …

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    1. (2-1) …. שהם אולי יותר מתחשבים מאתנו.... הטובים והנכבדים שבאנשים; אבקש מאלוהים שיעשה כי תהיה זו שעת מזל טוב .... 
    2. (4-3) .... ואבקש ממך כי תב…

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  35. 485LetterDK 250

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender complains that Sayyidnā al-Rayyis and Abū Man[ṣūr?] al-ʿAfīf have cut off the payments with which they …

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  36. 486LetterT-S 13J24.18

    Letter sent from Fustat by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu ha-Dayyan to Sitt Rayhan, expressing concern about her health (r3–11, v20, address), dealing with a house of …

    1. אלי סת ריחאן וגה אללה להא באלעאפיה
    2. וגמע שמלנא בהא קריבא במנה
    3. נעלמהא אן מא יעלם אחד מא עלי
    4. קלובנא מן אגל מרצך ולם יתגדד
    5. לנא כתאב ולא כבר יטמן קלובנא

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  37. 487LetterT-S 20.128

    Letter to Shelomo ha-Nasi concerning destruction of houses and oppression of his mother's brother in Mosul (May 16, 1237). Context is likely the Mongol invasion. …

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    1. אאלתכמ 
    2. אלדי אשער בה כרים עלם מולאי וסידי 
    3. סיד אלמלה אליהודיה ושריף אלטאיפה 
    4. אלדאוודיה כב' גד' קד' סג יקר מע' עט' 
    5. כות' מר' ור' שלמה הנשיא הגד…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. (1–4) אאלתכ׳׳מ; הריני מודיע לך, כבוד אדוני ורבי, מנהיג הדת היהודית וראש החבורה של בני דויד, כב׳ וכו׳ →
    2. (7–8) אל ימנע אלוהים חסדים ו…

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  38. 488LetterT-S Ar.30.204

    Letter of appeal for charity from Sālim of Tyre to an unidentified addressee. The letter (in Judaeo-Arabic) is on verso, while recto is a poem …

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  39. 489LetterENA NS 83.237

    Verso: Informal note addressed to 'my lord and master al-rayyis.' Unclear what the content is. Ends "waffaqahu allāh taʿālā in shāʾ allāh." On recto there …

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  40. 490LetterT-S NS 322.103

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, in the same hand as the nearby fragments: probably Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ of Tyre, mid-11th century. Needs examination for content.

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  41. 491LetterT-S Ar.34.142

    Letter in Arabic script from Abū ʿAlī(?) Yefet(?) b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī. Mentions going to Abū ʿAlī b. al-Dimyāṭī (=Yeḥezqel b. Netanel ha-Levi) and borrowing …

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  42. 492LetterT-S 13J28.3

    Letter from Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen b. Isaiah to Yiṣḥaq 'Hemdat ha-Yeshiva.' (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. שלום משמי מ[רום] וברכה כ[פ]ולה ורוח . . . . . . . . [ . . ]
    2. והצלה וחיים ארוכים וטובים נעימים . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. עים כלל הנחמות וההצלחות יחולו…

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  43. 493LetterT-S 12.368

    Letter from Benaya b. Mūsā, from Tinnis, to Nissim b. Ḥalfon, Fustat. Around 1060. Regarding a shipment of scarlet for the Byzantines that was sold …

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    1. באסם אל[לה]

    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה

    3. וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן תניס ען סלאמה תתם בבקאך ואלחמד ללה רב אל

    4. עאלמין…

    recto

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

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  44. 494LetterT-S 24.46

    Letter to Yaʿir b. Elʿazar (b. Yaʾir ha-Shofeṭ), opening with biblical citations such as Psalms 20:2–5 and 128:5–6, followed by a lengthy Hebrew introduction. He …

    I tried hard for the year and three months that I have been in Fustat to eke out a living through teaching or something else, so that I could get two…

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  45. 495LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/3

    Letter in Hebrew dated 1726/27 CE (487 = בל תמוט), from the Jewish community of Safed to the Jewish community of Pisa, begging for financial …

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  46. 496LetterBL OR 5566B.34

    Letter from a certain Yehuda to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. Highly calligraphic. The letter concerns people who were captured in Palermo and also …

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  47. 497LetterMoss. IV,60.1

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Fragment (upper left corner of recto). (Information from CUDL)

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  48. 498LetterT-S AS 154.145

    Recto: accounts with sums in dinars, mentioning the colours white, black and blue. Verso: note stating that when Abū l-Fakr reads it he should come …

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  49. 499LetterBL OR 5566D.33

    The upper part of a short Judaeo-Arabic letter in the handwriting of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Written shortly before Hannuka. Moshe asks the recipient, probably …

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    1. וצל כתאבכם אללה תעאלי לא
    2. יוריכם סו למען שמו ומי

    3. שעשה נסים לאבותינו בימים

    4. ההם יעשה עמכם נסים ונפלאות

    5. לטובה כענין שנ עשה עמי

    6. אות לטובה …

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  50. 500LetterT-S 8J15.9

    Letter addressed to Eli (‘Allun) ha-parnas, active 1057-1107, which mention his less well-known son, the parnas Abu Kathir (Efrayim ha-Kohen b. ‘Eli). (Oded Zinger, Women, …

    1. בשמך רחמ'
    2. גיר כאף ען חצרה מולאי אלפרנס אלגליל אלנאמן נאמן
    3. בית דין הגדול נטרה רחמנא מא אלממלוך פיה
    4. מן כתרה אלעיאל וקלה אלפאידה ואנני קד בקית
    5. וחיד פקי…

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