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  1. 501LetterT-S 8J21.5

    Letter from a certain Avraham, in Gaza, to his mother, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic, in an unskilled hand. The sender is en route to Damascus. …

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  2. 502LetterT-S AS 86.170

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. Dating: 15th–17th century. Addresses Aharon and Mordekhay, one or both of whom may be the sender's maternal uncle (khālī). …

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  3. 503LetterT-S AS 225.63

    Small fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic in a hand reminiscent of the 11th century Maghribī merchants. One legible phrase: ולם תצל רקאעה. Little …

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  4. 504LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 395

    Letter or order addressed to [...] Quṭb al-Dīn. In Arabic script. Dating: Might be late, perhaps 14th century or later. The sender asks for a …

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  5. 505LetterT-S NS 226.141 + T-S NS 190.115

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Conveying business instructions/requests. Reports the arrival of the dirhams …

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  6. 506LetterT-S 10J14.13

    Recto: Letter concerning an order for a cloak (mulāʾa) which the writer had sent but the addressee had not confirmed receiving. In Judaeo-Arabic. Deferential tone …

    1. אללה תע ישהד במא תגריה אלאיאם ע[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם עלוהא וסנאהא [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  7. 507LetterT-S Misc.11.45

    Verso, with the address on recto (original use): Fragment of a letter from Mūsā b. [...], unknown location, to his father, in ʿAsqalān. The introduction …

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  8. 508LetterT-S AS 185.142

    Minute fragment in Arabic, perhaps documentary. Medieval-era. Requires further examination. Probably a letter (ʿalā abūk afḍal al-salām. . .).

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  9. 509LetterT-S NS 297.179–81

    Three fragments from a letter, in Arabic script. Extremely fragmentary to glean any context, but it references the current year and perhaps the beginning of …

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  10. 510LetterT-S 8J27.12

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to "my son." Dating: ca. early 13th century (Goitein's estimate, apparently based on identifying "majlis sayyidinā wa-majlis …

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    1. . . .] . . . . . אליד אלשריף [
    2. . . .] שנים רבות וממא אעלמך בה [אני מן
    3. יום] כרגת מן ענדכם מא וצלני כתאב ול[א . . 
    4. . . .] עגבי מן דלך ארגו שגל …

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  11. 511LetterT-S AS 151.60

    Letter addressed to a certain Avraham b. [...] and mentioning [Abū] l-Faraj. Dating: Probably 13th century based on handwriting and typical terms (e.g. the title …

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  12. 512LetterT-S 18J3.21

    Letter of appeal for charity from [...]n b. Eliyya ha-Kohen to Yehuda b. Menashshe. Large.

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  13. 513LetterT-S NS 320.120

    Praises addressed to somebody in Hebrew. On verso, names someone titled השר היקר נגיד עם ייי צבאות: Yehuda b. David(?). Unclear who this is.

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  14. 514LetterT-S 28.8

    Verso: Formularies of Judaeo-Arabic letters, including several letters of condolence (one possibly for the death of a female slave) and a letter of friendship (ikhwāniyya), …

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  15. 515LetterMoss. II,188.2

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat to Farah b. Isma’il, Busir. Around 1053. Farah is in Busir, probably was sent there by Nahray, and …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה
    2. מן מצר לה' כ'לון מן כסליו ואלחאל סלאמה ונעמה ואלחמד ללה רב אלעא…

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  16. 516LetterT-S 8J38.7

    Letter from Yisraʾel b. Natan, somewhere in al-Shām, to Nahray b. Nissim in Fusṭāṭ. Dating: ca. 1060 CE. Refers to Damascus, Tyre and Lādiqiyya. (Information …

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    1. שיך אבי מנצור בן שעיב אלי מן דמשק ידכר אן

    2. לם יצל אליה מן מולאי אלשיך אבי עמראן בדלך לא

    3. כתאב ולא ספתגה ומא קבצת שי וסידי אבי סעיד

    4. וקף על…

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  17. 517LetterT-S 13J25.10

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Dating: end of the 10th or beginning of the 11th century. From Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq Ibn Abitur, in Spain (either Merida …

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  18. 518LetterT-S NS 325.184

    Letter of appeal for charity from ʿAzūza the Maghribīyya. Dating: ca. 1090 CE. The scribe, a Byzantine, has been identified by Ben Outhwaite. This scribe …

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    1. לכבוד גדולת קדושת הדרת נזר ועטרת 
    2. לכל קהל הקודש החסידים [ה] צדיקים החכמים 
    3. והנבונים משמים [אלהינו יש] מרם לחיי עד 
    4. אמן. אמתכם עזוזא אל[כ]בירה …

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    1. To the honourable, great, holy, glorious crown and diadem
    2. to all of the holy community, who are pious, righteous, wise
    3. and have understanding …

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  19. 519LetterENA NS 77.179

    Letter in Ladino. Small fragment. From a certain Shelomo.

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  20. 520LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/12

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely from Abū Sahl Levi to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi; identification of the writer is based on handwriting and typical …

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  21. 521LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/16

    Mercantile letter addressed to Abū Saʿd Khalaf (possibly Abū Saʿd Khalaf b. Salāma, the same addressee as T-S 8J16.19 + T-S NS 323.13, though the …

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  22. 522LetterT-S 8J16.3

    Letter from Avraham b. Rav Shelomo the Yemeni, in Jerusalem, to Eliyyahu the Judge in Fustat. Avraham lives with Eliyyahu's son, the physician Abu Zikri, …

    1. תקתי באללה וחדה אלממלוך אלאצגר אברהם בירבי שלמה
    2. הרב אלימני זצ"ל
    3. יגדל שלומך וירבה נעמך ולעד צור ירוממך ואלהים יהיה (בעזרך)
    4. אתה הוא אדונינו ואור עינינ…

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  23. 523LetterENA NS 73.17

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Persian. Needs examination.

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  24. 524LetterT-S NS 264.7

    Verso, with the address at the top of recto: Family letter addressed to 'my child, Rivqa.' In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 14th century. Likely sent from …

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  25. 525LetterMoss. IV,86.1

    Opening of a letter from a man to his son, headed with על שמך. Very little content preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  26. 526LetterT-S 10J14.2

    IB III, 33. Letter from Yeshua ha-Kohen b. Yaʿaqov, in Dhu Jibla, Yemen, to Avraham Ibn Yiju regarding the renting of a house. Around 1150-51.

    III, 33

    1. שלומות להגדילה / וברכות להכפילה /
    2. וחן וחסד וחמלה / ורוח והצלה /
    3. ופדות וגאולה / ושמחה וגילה /
    4. מלפני שוכן מעלה / יהיו כלם
    5. זר ונזר ועטרה / וצפי…

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    1. [...] I, the servant of
    2. your excellency, inform you—may God make your prosperity permanent!—
    3. that when you departe…

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  27. 527LetterT-S Ar.7.18

    IB III, 44. Note from a certain Ḥajjāj to Yosef Yiju, in Mazara, Sicily. In Judaeo-Arabic. Informing him about a consignment sent to him by …

    1. סיידי אלשיך אלאגֹל אטאל אללה בקאה אלדי אעלמךֹ
    2. בה באן אולאדך בכיר פי עאפיא (!) וקד אנפדו
    3. לך מעי שי ואוצאני באן נקסמו עליך פי גֹ
    4. כראת ואסעי נחב אן תער…

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    1. My lord, the most illustrious Sheikh—may God prolong your life!— this is to inform you 
    2. that your sons are well and in good health. They sent
    3. …

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  28. 528LetterT-S NS J458

    Letter from Barakat, in the countryside, to his elder brother in the city, with the request, “Please buy me two pounds of beef, which should …

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    1. ברכאת
    2. עבדהא
    3. יקבל ידיהא ורגליהא ויעלמהא אכוך
    4. בכל נעמה וחתי תגי יעלמה
    5. ותנעם תאכד לי רטלין [לחם
    6. בקרי יכון אצפר נאשף טייב
    7. ואלא פלא
    8. תאכדה
    9. ושלומך

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  29. 529LetterT-S AS 203.159

    Small fragment from the end of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso contains mirror image text from another (or the same) fragment, also from a Judaeo-Arabic …

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  30. 530LetterT-S NS 224.211

    Verso: Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Exhorts the addressee not to be forgetful and mentions an amīr and a loan. Reused on recto …

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  31. 531LetterAIU VII.E.154

    Fragment of a medieval letter in Judaeo-Arabic giving a detailed account of a legal case involving a husband, a wife, her ketubba, sums of 12 …

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  32. 532LetterT-S NS 219.18

    Letter from Yaʿaqov Daminshi (דמינשי) to his brother-in-law Shemuel. In Hebrew. Dating: Late. Mentions a matter of money and "סידיקי ההרגז" (is this a person?) …

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  33. 533LetterENA NS 72.13

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic ending is preserved. Regards to Abū Zikrī b.(?) Sar Shalom.

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  34. 534LetterAIU VII.E.102

    Letter in Ladino in which most of the heading has been damaged but could indicate the year [5]419CE given that the latter two digits are …

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  35. 535LetterT-S 6J3.14

    Letter containing good wishes. Written with the layout of an official/communal letter: narrow page, moderately wide space between the lines, and an ʿalāma (motto) at …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . ב]ריתו
    2. ע]מו בקרוב ואנחנו שמיחים
    3. ש]לום לכבוד גדולת קדושת מרנא
    4. חלפון הנדיב סגולת הנשיאות ראש הקהל יברכהו וישמרהו
    5. ויתן שלום לכבוד ג…

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  36. 536LetterENA 4101.17b

    Letter from the Yeshiva to the community of Ḥaṣor. Friedman suggests that the hand is that of Yeshoshuaʿ b. ʿEli, but Gil disagrees and thinks …

    1. שלום השמ[ים] ט[ו]ב ירושלים לאלפי
    2. פעמים לכלל הקהל הקדוש הדרים
    3. במבצר חצור ישמרם צורם ויעזרם
    4. יוצרם על דבר כבוד שמו נצח
    5. קד תקדם כתאבנא אלי אלגמאעה
    6. ישמרם…

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  37. 537LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/71

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Unknown writer, unknown addressee. Dating: Likely early 13th century. The writer asks for the copy of Seder Neziqim that has the gemara …

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  38. 538LetterENA 2808.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (upper right corner). Addressed to someone titled Raʾs al-Kull (=Rosh Kalla). Mentions a woman who was connected to a certain kind …

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  39. 539LetterT-S 13J28.6

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, probably from Tinnīs, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: Probably from November 17, 1046. The letter contains personal information: the …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מ[ולאי אלשיך] ואדאם עזה ותאיד[ה]

    2. וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן[ ] נ[צ]ף כ[ס]ליו כתמה אללה עלי[נא]

    3. ועליך ועלא כל ישף באחסן כאתמה א…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך 
    2. ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך מ.... בט"ו בכסלו, יחתום אותו אלוהים ע…

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  40. 540LetterENA NS 83.383.1

    Verso: Petition from Muḥammad b. [...]. Small fragment (upper left corner). In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Mamluk-era based on the hand. Striking calligraphy.

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  41. 541LetterT-S 12.263

    Letter/petition from an unknown sender, in Alexandria, to Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with some Hebrew. Dating: likely 1103–11 CE, based on the …

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  42. 542LetterCUL Or.1081 2.21

    The opening of a letter in rudimentary Judaeo-Arabic (e.g. ממלוכה אלאצרג), from one Barukh, to Shelomo (?) Nasi Galuyot Kol Yisra'el.

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  43. 543LetterENA NS 77.174

    Fragment from the top of a letter from Yoshiyyahu ha-Nasi.

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  44. 544LetterT-S AS 169.101

    Letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Fragment (upper right corner). Written near the time of the high holidays (...בסליחה ומחילה וכפרה...). On …

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  45. 545LetterT-S AS 157.228

    Draft of a letter to a dignitary (הפטיש החזק נר המערבי דגל הרבנים יחיד הדור נמשול), probably the Nagid, who would probably be Avraham Maimonides …

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  46. 546LetterT-S AS 186.35

    Fragment of a letter/petition for charity in Arabic script. (This is the text block in large letters on verso.) وكان مولاي الشيخ كبت الله . …

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  47. 547LetterENA NS 52.9

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Yefet to two brothers, to the dukkān of Bāb al-Futūḥ, which means this was probably sent to New Cairo rather than …

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  48. 548LetterT-S NS 313.6

    Letter in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Almost complete. Unclear if Ḥalfon himself is the sender; could be written on …

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  49. 549LetterHalper 466

    Pledges for ransom of captives. A pledge-drive (pesiqa) for the man from Antioch for the ransom of his children. In four columns divided further into …

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    1. בשמ`] רח` פדיון שבוים
    2. ....]בש פסיקה אלאנטאכי לאולאדה

    ...]א

    1. ...] ב` סלאמה א` בן סלימאן ב`
    2. ...].ם ב` בן אלביאן ו` בן אלחזן ר`…

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  50. 550LetterT-S 6J6.8

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, written in a large square script. Mentions the word "maḥmūda" which can either be a medical ingredient (scammony) or …

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