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  1. 5101LetterT-S AS 148.122

    Letter from Abraham b. Khalfa, mentioning a judge (שופט). (Information from CUDL)

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  2. 5102LetterNLI 577.1/76

    Letter in Arabic script. To 'the dear brother Muḥammad (or Majd something?).' Only a few lines from the opening with formulaic expressions of longing are …

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  3. 5103LetterT-S AS 182.289

    Letter fragment in Arabic script with one phrase in Hebrew. Addressed to Fustat. Opens with respectful honorifics. May mention the Franks or the land of …

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  4. 5104LetterT-S NS 34.154

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Parts of ~20 lines are preserved. Mentions al-Maḥalla at least twice; someone who died; a stay in Alexandria; a request for …

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  5. 5105LetterT-S 6J3.3 + T-S Ar.7.26

    Letter of appeal for help, mentioning a recent death, apparently of a husband, leaving the writer (the widow) without livelihood and unable to live with …

    T-S 6J3.3 (Edited by Goitein)

    1. מולאי מא ענדנא מן שוגל
    2. אלקלב וממן תופי פי הדה אלאשהר
    3. אללה תעאלי יעוצהא ומא לי לא עיש
    4. ולא קראר מע אלכבירה והי כל
    5. יום תט…

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  6. 5106LetterAIU XII.48

    Business letter or official correspondence in Arabic script. Dating: 11th or 12th century (paleographic dating). Written in a chancery hand with very large space between …

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    1. فاما ما اتمنته في معنى التمر والصباغ [------]ـين

    2. صحبة المندوبين عليهما فمنها صح بلا عنبار

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  7. 5107LetterT-S AS 152.52

    Lower left corner of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Tells he addressee not to worry about something; mentions Abū l-Ḥasan and two volumes; a request to …

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  8. 5108LetterT-S 8J19.29

    Letter from Yosef, in Tripoli, Libya, to his mother, probably in Fustat. Although the address reads "from your son Yosef," the letter is written in …

    1. בשמ רח
    2. כתאבי אטאל בקאך ואדאם ליך א[
    3. ען סלאמה ונעמה מתואתרה ואל[
    4. למא לם יצל אליך מני כתאב וקד ע[
    5. ראית לך מד כרגת מן ענדך //כתאב// ותלומיני [
    6. באחואל א…

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  9. 5109LetterENA 4010.16

    Letter of praises for Yehuda b. Saʿadya, mentioning also his brother the future Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya.

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  10. 5110LetterENA 4020.32

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Yiṣḥaq Ha-Kohen b. Furat written in his own hand and bearing his signature. Dating: 1029 (Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 …

    ENA 4020, f. 32 ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.186-188 (Doc. #100), C.B. 02-26-88 (p) Letter from Solomon b. Judah to Isaac Ha-Kohen b. Furat written …

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  11. 5111LetterT-S 8J13.11

    Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Shela to Yaʿīsh al-Ḥaddād (the smith). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly 11th century. The addressee is asked to pay the money he …

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    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אליך יא שיכי ואלעזיז עלי וענדי
    3. אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עיזך ען
    4. חאל סלאמה ועאפיה וללה אלחמד
    5. ואערפה אן על[ת] אכון עוט כתאבי
    6. לאתשר…

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  12. 5112LetterLehnardt 6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century. Might be from a family member of Sitt Ghazāl to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (cf. Bodl. MS heb. …

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    1. []ן . רותך פי נכדך . . . .
    2. תכתב לי אנך פי שדה מן אכלאקהא
    3. פאשתהי תכתב לי אלנכד איש נועה פמא
    4. אעלם דא אלנכד איש הו ערפני איאה איש
    5. הו חתי אזילה ענ…

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  13. 5113LetterENA NS 11.20

    Letter from Musa b. Abi al-Hayy to Nahray b. Nissim. Mentions goods and prices. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #457) VMR

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    1. [אטאל אללה בקא סידי ומולאי גד]ול הישיבה ואדאם עזה ותאיידה

    2. [                                ] אלול כתמה אל[לה] עלי[נא ועליה בא]חסן כאתמה ען …

    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי גדול הישיבה, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך 
    2. (2–3) .... באלול, יחתום אותו אלוהים עלינו ועליך במיטב חותמו. שלומ…

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  14. 5114LetterT-S NS 31.27

    Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps addressed to a Moshe (l. 2). Concerning small business transactions.

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  15. 5115LetterT-S NS 297.44

    Letter or official correspondence. Dating: Possibly Ayyubid or Mamluk-era. From "your slave and son" to "al-majlis al-[...] al-[...] al-makhdūmī al-thiqatī al-amīnī muʿtamad al-mulūk wa-l-salāṭīn." The …

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  16. 5116LetterBodl. MS heb. e 94/30

    IB IV, 55 (ח60). Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Netanel ha-Levi, probably in Qalyūb, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: …

    1. אעלם מולאי אלאך געלת פדא[ה ...]
    2. אלאחרף עלי עגלה מן אלרסול [...]
    3. וצלת עלי גמלה אלסלאמה [...]
    4. אלדי יכצה ומבלגה אתנא [עשר ...]
    5. אלתמן סתה ותלתין ורבע [.…

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    1. הריני מודיע לאחי – יעשה אותי האל כפרת[רתו... כותב אני]
    2. את המילים [הללו] בחיפזון בגלל השליח [...]
    3. הגעתי לגמרי בשלום [... המשי מסוג כ'ז]
    4. השייך ל…

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  17. 5117LetterENA NS 35.26

    Complete, but very faded late letter in Hebrew from Jerusalem to ha-Ḥakham ha-Shalem ha-Dayyan ha-Meẓūyan Raysh Metivta Qedishta [...] Shemuel Sid[i?], Cairo. There are several …

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  18. 5118LetterT-S 10J9.26

    Letter by Avraham b. Natan ('ata) concerning the disorder in Tunis and concerning the burial of his father in Jerusalem, 1st quarter of the 11th …

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    1. אטאל אללה יאכי וסידי בקאך ואדאם ציאנתך וסעאדתך וכלאיתך וכפאיתך וכאן לך
    2. ול[יא] פי כל אלאמור         כתאבי אליך ה' איאם קבל ראס אלסנה אלמְבָאר[כ…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אחי ואדוני, אריכות ימים, ויתמיד את הגנתו ואת תמיכתו ואת שמרתו לך ואת סיפוקך ויהיה לך
    2. קרוב בכל הדברים. הריני כותב לך ה׳ ימים ל…

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  19. 5119LetterENA 4100.13 + T-S NS 325.113

    Letter to Berakhot Abū Ṭāhir. In Hebrew (first ~20 lines) and Judaeo-Arabic (last ~5 lines). Consists almost entirely of blessings. The sender asks for an …

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  20. 5120LetterENA NS 77.10

    Minute fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, probably. The word mutafaḍḍil is preserved.

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  21. 5121LetterT-S AS 46.85

    Recto: possibly part of a letter in Arabic. Verso: Ezekiel 41:7. (Information from CUDL)

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  22. 5122LetterT-S AS 156.147

    Recto: part of a letter, mentioning the elder Abū l-[...]. Verso: Letter in Arabic script, probably mercantile mentioning a weight measure, "تخليت عني بوزن". (Information …

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  23. 5123LetterT-S 13J17.19

    Letter of congratulations from Musalah to Shelomo and his son upon the marriage of the son. (Information from Goitein's index cards). Verso contains part of …

    1. עבדה מוסלח
    2. שלום ויקר וכבוד לא יוחקר ושם טוב לא יודקר וברחמים [י]וסקר
    3. ובמעשים טובים יתיקר ובתורה ובמצות העיקר ובחיי עד
    4. יבקר ואויביו יפקד ושונאיו יקוד…

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  24. 5124LetterENA 1822a.64

    Letter addressed to Menaḥem the physician, in the horseshoers' market (fī al-musammirīn) in Fustat or Cairo. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with the first five lines written …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتابي الى الولد العزيز
    3. اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه
    4. ونعماه ومن حسن التوفيق
    5. لا اخلاه وجمعنا واياه
    6. עלי אסר חאל במנה
    7. וכרמה וא…

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  25. 5125LetterCUL Or.1081 J4

    Letter in which a father writes to the teacher of his boys complaining about insufficient attainments and explaining their being late.

    1. בש רח
    2. כאטבת אלמעלם אדאם אללה עזה פי מעני אלולדין אחיאהמא
    3. אללה וסאלתה אן יזיד פי אלאהתמאם בהמא וכאצה אבי מנצור יש צו
    4. פימא יחפטה ויקראה ואן יכון יעיד …

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    In Y(our name,) O Mer(ciful) !

    I have written you before, most esteemed teacher, about the two boys — may God keep them alive — asking you to p…

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  26. 5126LetterT-S 20.108

    Letter of condolence from from al-Mubārak, Hiba, Faḍl, and Isḥāq, the sons of Yeshuʿa b. Samḥūn, to the ḥaver Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllun b. Meʾir upon …

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  27. 5127LetterT-S 10J9.10

    Letter from Mūsā to his maternal uncle Eliyyahu the Judge. Conveying flowery greetings for the New Year.

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  28. 5128LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1861/13

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abū l-Ḥasan in which the writer reminds him to come and bring him the book know as Razim. Verso was not …

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  29. 5129LetterT-S Ar.41.10

    Commercial letter in Arabic script. Long and damaged. Dating: likely 16th century, as it mentions the ashrafī (used from 1425 onward but replaced by other …

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  30. 5130LetterCUL Or.1080 J18

    Approval for receiving money, to Nahray b. Nissim. Second half of 11th century. An unknown merchant approves that he received 300 dirhams from Nahray for …

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    1. אלדי קבעת מן אבו יחיי נהראי ש דרה
    2. יקבצהא מן מא יצל אליה פי אלמראכב
    3. מן תחת ידה מע מא ידפע בעד דלך

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    אשר קיבלתי מאבו יחיא נהוראי: ש' דרהמים, שאותם יגבה ממה שיגיע אליו באוניות (ויהיה) תחת ידו, (יחד) עם מה שישלם אחר כך.

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    אשר קיבלתי מאבו יחי…

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  31. 5131LetterT-S AS 145.342

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to one of his brothers. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentions Abū ʿAlī. Essentially no information is …

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  32. 5132LetterAIU XII.60

    Letter of complaint, calling on the harassment of Abū l-Najm the filthy "al-Khabīth". Abū l-Najm broke the writer's trust, disobeyed their friendship (lit. sold off …

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    1. الى حضرة اخي وسيدي الشيخ ا[….

    2. اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه ونعماه [وجمع الشمل به عن

    3. قريب وانهي للمولى ما لحقني من الشيخ ابي النجم

    4. الخبيث اب…

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  33. 5133LetterJRL B 2450

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, likely by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, to a judge, perhaps his father ([al-Shaykh] al-ajall al-amīn al-makīn. . . al-dayyan al-aṣīl).

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  34. 5134LetterT-S 10J12.15

    Verso: Two distinct text blocks in Arabic script. The upper one is a record about the height of the Nile flood. Part of which reads …

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  35. 5135LetterENA NS 9.12

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom half). The hand may be known. Dating: likely 12th century. Mentions the difficulties of the time, a single dirham, and …

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  36. 5136LetterENA 3746.6 + ENA 3746.7

    Letter in Arabic script with some Hebrew mixed in (בהיכלו). Faded and damaged. A portion of the address is preserved; the sender's name may be …

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  37. 5137LetterT-S 8J18.12

    Recto: Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to someone with the title al-Shaykh al-Rashīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 1218–38 CE, based on the name of the …

    1. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ וינהי בין ידין חצרה מולאי וסיידי אלשיך
    2. אלאגל אלמאלך אלמנעם אלמתפצל אלגליל אלפאצל אלכרים
    3. אלגליל אלסייד אלנביל אלעאלם אלרחים אלרשיד…

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  38. 5138LetterT-S 12.38

    Recto: Letter, copy, to Yehuda ha-Nasi (possibly the exilarch Yehuda b. David b. Yehuda), consisting solely of extensive praises. (Information from CUDL.)

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  39. 5139LetterT-S NS 168.21

    Probably a late business letter

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  40. 5140LetterT-S AS 39.279

    74 minute fragments (72 paper; 2 vellum), of which one is part of a letter in Arabic (row 5, no. 1). (Information from CUDL)

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  41. 5141LetterENA NS 83.47

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic. Refers to a female teacher (li-l-muʿallima) and a man's mother (wa-wālidatuhū)

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  42. 5142LetterT-S NS 304.44

    Long letter/epistle in Judaeo-Arabic, either in rhymed prose or in poetry. There are many learned allusions and some citations of biblical verses, including Proverbs 27:19. …

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  43. 5143LetterT-S NS 184.48 + T-S NS 184.85

    Note from Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100–38 CE) to 'my master the diadem (al-Nezer).' He needs to write a validation for a legal document and …

    1. יא מולאי אלנ|זר תושמר לעד תנעם
    2. תעלמני מ|א יצלח יכתב פי אלקיום
    3. ליוסף בן ע|טאף ולאלעזר הכהן בר אברהם
    4. וסע|דיה בר נתן וכיף יכון אלכיבוד לכל
    5. מנה|ם ושלומך…

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  44. 5144LetterT-S NS 323.31 + T-S 12.532

    Two fragments from an 11th-century Hebrew letter from Spain. Requesting financial support for a convert who suffered at the hands of Christians, lost her husband, …

    1. [באתה] אלינו אנ[שי... | ... ]ה שתי ש[...

    2. [קרו]בתה כסבורה ש[.... | ... אחר] שנהרג בעלה [...

    3. [ל]ה בכפר נאג'רה על מה [ ... | ... וסיפר] לנו כל…

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  45. 5145LetterENA NS 22.13

    Letter from Yusha` b. Natan to Nahray b. Nissim.

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    1. על שמך
    2. תקדמת כתבי למולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה [ואדאם עזה וס]עאדתה

    3. וסלאמתה ונעמתה עדה ואכ'רהא עלי יד[י              וכנת מ]נתטר

    4. לוצול כתאב…

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    1. (1 – 2) על שמך; שלחתי לך לפני כן, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת אושרך
    2. ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך, מכתבים אחרים, האח…

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  46. 5146LetterYevr. II A 2671

    Non-Geniza. Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Shelomo (1755–1826) to the ḥakhams Shemuel Kohen and Yosef Shelomo, in Yevpatoria (גוזלווא). Dated: 1820 CE. Contains an intricate legal …

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  47. 5147LetterT-S AS 205.60

    Minute fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a funduq.

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  48. 5148LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/7

    Letter addressed to Avraham b. Natan Av ha-Yeshiva. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's letter arrived concerning the litigation involving Maʿālī b. Natan. The next part of …

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  49. 5149LetterT-S 10J9.32

    Fol. 2v (upper section): Letter to a ḥaver in Judaeo-Arabic. The text is faded and the phrases are quite vague—needs further examination.

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  50. 5150LetterT-S NS 226.96 + T-S NS 184.54

    Petition of a woman, regarding her marital problems. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). The join was created by Oded Zinger. Might be …

    TS NS Box 184, f. 54, ed. Friedman, Jewish Polygyny, pp.265-267, N.H. 04-26-88,(P). Letter of a woman, regarding her marital problems. Might be conne…

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