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  1. 5451LetterMoss. IXa,2.33

    Recto: Letter, opening blessings only, reused for the note on verso. Verso, written perpendicular to recto: note written in mostly in rhymed prose.

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  2. 5452LetterT-S NS J210

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Refers …

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  3. 5453LetterT-S 13J7.2

    Letter from a certain Yaʿqūb to Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. Abū Saʿīd known as al-Yatīm. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's mother has been sick. The addressee has …

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    1. אעלם חצרה מולאי אלשיך
    2. אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאה
    3. ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ומן
    4. חסון תופיקה לא אכלה גמע
    5. אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל
    6. במנה וכרמה אן שא אללה
    7. ולדי תרי…

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  4. 5454LetterT-S AS 157.129

    Beginning of a letter. (Information from CUDL)

    1. אטאל] אללה בקא סיידי וכבירי ואדאם עזה ותאיידה ונעמתה
    2. ו]זאד מן פצלה ואחסאנה אליך ותם נעמתה עליך אלדי
    3. תריד עלמה אני פי כל עאפיה וללה אלחמד כתיר[[ה]] ע…

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  5. 5455LetterT-S 8J22.1

    Letter from Yeshua b. Isma’il al-Makhmuri from Malig to Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, Fustat. Around 1045. The writer tried to sell cloths and fabrics in …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה [מ]ן

    2. מליג לד בקין מן טבת כתמה אללה עליה באחסן כאתמה ברחמתה

    3. וען שוק שדיד קרב אללה אלאגתמאע …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיר את שלומך ואת אושרך,
    2. מקליג', בכ"ה בטבת, יחתום אותו אלוהים עליך במיטב חותמו, ברחמיו;
    3. אני מ…

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  6. 5456LetterENA 3903.3

    Letter. In Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era; repeatedly refers to the "shāwish" (=çavuş). Dated to the month of Dhū al-Ḥijja, probably 10th of the month, but …

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  7. 5457LetterDK 306

    Letter addressed to a certain Daniel. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th or 16th century. The sender asks to be forwarded any letter or news …

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  8. 5458LetterT-S AS 157.283

    Verso: Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 11th century. Faded but nearly fully preserved. Needs examination for content. Recto: Hebrew text, with citations such as …

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  9. 5459LetterDK 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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  10. 5460LetterENA NS 18.7

    Verso (secondary use): poem in Hebrew, possibly for use in a letter of appeal for charity by a poor person.

    1. לאיש משכיל שלומותיה תצוה וצדקתו תהי מעמיד לנכדו
    2. לבן לוי יהי היום דברך מחץ מתני אשר קמים לנגדו
    3. ימלא ב. . שאלתו וחפצו בכל דרך אשר אשר(!) יפנה לעברו
    4. של…

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  11. 5461LetterT-S 8J39.9

    End of a letter from the Iraqi Gaʾon Shemuel b. Ḥofni to a friend who traveled to Fustat. Dated: Ḥeshvan [1]310 Seleucid, which is November …

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    1.                                                       ] אלסאלמין ויגמעה 
    2. מע אהלה עלי אסר אלאחואל ואסרעהא ואנא אחב אן יכון    לי 
    3. הנאך כמא כאן…

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  12. 5462LetterBL OR 5542.33

    Letter addressed to Abū ʿAli Ḥasan b. Surūr b. ʿEli a.k.a. Yefet b. Sason. In Judaeo-Arabic with a Hebrew preamble, calligraphically written. The addressee also …

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  13. 5463LetterJRL B 6861

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Alexandria, to Shem[arya?], in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Giving instructions about various business transactions, including yeast (khamīra) and perhaps basil …

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  14. 5464LetterHalper 381

    Letter from Shemuel b. Yehuda. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that he sent all the money that Sālim b. Khaṣīb(?) owed to Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn, namely …

    1. עבדהא
    2. שמואל בר יהודה נע
    3. בשמ רחמ
    4. אעלם אלחצרה אלסאמיה אלאגליה אלעאליה אלמקדמה(?)
    5. תבת אללה סעדהא וכבת חאסדהא ו . . . . אנני
    6. קד אנפדת אלי אלמולא אלשיך א…

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  15. 5465LetterT-S AS 152.341

    Letter of appeal for charity. Asking the addressee to meet with al-shaykh al-saʿīd and remind him of his promise to help the sender. Also mentions …

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  16. 5466LetterT-S AS 158.393 + T-S NS J241

    IB II, 21 + 21c. Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yiju. Dating: ca. 1135 CE. Fragments of four or five …

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    1. מכלוף בן עינין סרה אליתים מצאלחה
    2. ען מא כאן לה מעה בעד אלפתנה ואלתעב
    3. תלאת מאיה דינ וביד סידאן ק מתקאלא
    4. מצרייה אלתמן דתכ דינ וקימה בהאר
    5. ונצף דרכ…

    II,21: T-S NS J241 recto

    1. The settlement with Makhlūf, the son (of the man) ‘with the gladdening eyes,’ The Orphan,

    2. with regard to what you owed h…

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  17. 5467LetterT-S AS 157.395

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 13th or 14th century (paleographic dating). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  18. 5468LetterL-G Misc. 51

    Letter from the judge Avraham b. [Mevorakh] ha-Kohen, the head of the Jewish community in al-Maḥalla, to the Nagid/Raʾīs al-Yahūd Mevorakh b. Seʿadya. In Hebrew …

    1. בשמך רחמנא ברוך ייי יום יום יעמס לנו האל ישועתינו סלה השם נפשינו בחיים ולא נתן למוט רגלינו
    2. אשמעה מע ידבר האל ייי כי ידבר שלום אל עמו ואל חסידיו ואל …

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  19. 5469LetterT-S Ar.50.71 + T-S Ar.50.80

    Communal letter or less likely legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. Wide space between the lines. Seems to be about a …

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  20. 5470LetterT-S AS 203.80

    Small fragment from the end of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  21. 5471LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/19

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda (aka Mūsā b. Yahūda al-Turjumān), in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Only the very beginning …

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  22. 5472LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1499

    Letter to the writer's 'son' ʿAbd al-Wāḥīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer repeats half a dozen times that the addressee should not believe the false rumors …

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  23. 5473LetterENA 3968.3

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Seems to be a landlord to a property manager: "... 10 days, and if not, he must get out of …

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  24. 5474LetterT-S NS 338.38

    Letter addressed to a 'father.' In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner). The addressee is a physician: al-ḥakīm al-sadīd... [...] al-ʿulamāʾ sayyid al-fuhamāʾ... None of the …

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  25. 5475LetterT-S AS 147.193

    Letter mentioning ‘his son the ḥaver’ or 'the daughter of the ḥaver.' (Information from CUDL)

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  26. 5476LetterT-S Ar.37.154

    Letter addressed to R. Peraḥya ha-Rav ha-Gadol. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Maybe Ayyubid or Mamluk-era based on the hand and formulae, but this should be …

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    1. ולולא ש . . . לה הדא אלמעני לכאנו תשתו(?)
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ב]שהאדתה תע אלא
    3. מא אשורוני(?) אדנת להם באלסעי אלי []
    4. פלמא גרא הדא אלמענ…

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  27. 5477LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/27

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Only the beginning and the address are preserved. …

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  28. 5478LetterT-S 8J39.5

    Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or possibly 12th century. Informing the addressee about the arrival of the sender's uncle at Fustat …

    1. כתאב מולאנא . . . . . . . אלשיך [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. מן אלמסתקר ואלחאל סלאמה ונעמה [ . . . …

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  29. 5479LetterT-S AS 168.137

    Brief notes in Judaeo-Arabic, probably one each on recto and verso. The one on verso may be addressed to 'al-shaykh al-nafīs.' Unclear how much of …

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  30. 5480LetterT-S NS 320.104

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender asks for help in some tiresome situation. Mentions Khalaf the ghulām of the Rayyis.

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  31. 5481LetterT-S NS J72

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with grandiose blessings for the addressee. In the margin mentions the arrival of בן חניך.

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  32. 5482LetterT-S NS 324.109

    Strip from the left side of an official poetic Hebrew letter. AA

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  33. 5483LetterENA 2727.42

    Letter from Jerusalem to Avraham ben Yiṣḥaq Sholal in Egypt. edited by Avraham David in Ḥayyim Beinart Festschrift

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  34. 5484LetterENA NS 31.24

    Letter from the community of Jerusalem to the gabbay and treasurer of כארכוך (=Kirkuk?). In Hebrew. Dated: Adar 5603 AM, which is 1843 CE. This …

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  35. 5485LetterENA 2739.3

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably sent to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner of recto). Refers …

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  36. 5486LetterMoss. II,168

    A letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Alexandria. Mentions Avraham; Ibn ʿAllān; the trade in camphor (upper margin). It is quite faded. Needs further examination. "From the …

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  37. 5487LetterT-S AS 145.95

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment: upper right corner. It seems that the scribe himself tore it up and obliterated part of the text. This …

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  38. 5488LetterT-S 6J4.1

    Recto: family letter, ca. 11th century, from Abraham to his son-in-law Elijah and his daughter אתוכלי, Itwakkilī (Arabic, but unattested as a name). There are …

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    1. ]ת רבות וברכות עצומות לחתני מ׳ אליה ולבתי אתוכלי
    2. ] אביך ואמך ואחיך אליה ואחותך שטירומי וזקנה ומן 
    3. ]ך [ ]בת אחותך דעו אנו לחיים ובוטחים לאל וגם…
    1. […] great [wellbeing] and mighty blessings to our son-in-law Mar Elijah and to our daughter ’TWKLY  
    2. […] your father and mother and your brother Eli…

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  39. 5489LetterENA 2738.10

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE), who is mentioned in the address. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address …

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  40. 5490LetterPER H 135

    Draft of a letter in Hebrew, ca. 1043, from Efrayim b. Shemarya to Shelomo b. Yehuda, the Gaon of Jerusalem (r. 1025–1051 CE). Efrayim requests …

    1. שלום וברכה וטובה ערוכה לעד מושכה מרפה וארוכה
    2. {לתכן מלוכה להפריך} //וכל// מסרב להפריכה מתקומם להצריכה
    3. עוזרים לסמוכה מכל דאב לחסכה עשר לשפוכה חן וכבוד
    4. …

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  41. 5491LetterT-S 8J14.4 + T-S 6J6.1

    Letter from a woman, unknown location, to her brother Yūsuf b. Makārim the cantor and dyer, in Bilbays. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in both …

    T-S 6J6.1، recto

    1. כתאבי אלא אלאך אלעזיז אטאל אלאה בקאה ואדאם
    2. עזה ונעמאה ומן אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע אלאה ביננא
    3. עלא {א}סר חאל ואלדי תריד עלמה אן קד וצל{נ…

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  42. 5492LetterT-S AS 156.237 + T-S AS 156.238

    IB VII, 70. Letter from ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn, Aden, after his return from a difficult voyage to the southern coast of India, to ʿArūs b. …

    T-S AS 156.237 recto

    1. [Your servant took notice of... and your yearning] for him, a feeling shared by me. [May God ordain that]

    2. prosperity and he…

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  43. 5493LetterT-S 13J8.28

    Letter in which the writer sends greetings to R. Hananel, “al-dayyan al-jalil” (the illustrious judge) and to the judge Yehiel b. Eliakim (of Aleppo). The …

    מכתב אל הדיין אליה מאת בן אחות אשתו ברכאת אבן אלעטאר.

    1. ב ר ברכאת אבן אלעטאר
    2. לכבוד גדולת קדושת צפירת תפארת
    3. [מרור] אליה הדיין החכם המופלא המעוז המגדיל …

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  44. 5494LetterT-S AS 179.315

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Only the upper margin of recto is preserved.

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  45. 5495LetterMoss. II,193

    Letter from Ismāʿīl b. Salāma al-Ghazāl, al-Bahnasa, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1051. Details about payments and business with local government officials in …

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך

    3. מן אלבהנסה ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק שדיד קרב אללה אלאגתמאע ע…

    recto

    1. (2−1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך,
    2. מבהנסה, שלומי טוב ואני…

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  46. 5496LetterMoss. VII,187.1

    Letter from Yosef to Eliyyahu the Judge, it seems regarding a maqṭaʿ cloth currently with al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab. The writer greets Abū l-Barakāt (Shelomo) and sends …

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    1. עליהום וחאשך אן
    2. תכלי קלבי משגול
    3. תערפני בכטין איש
    4. אלדי גרה פי קציתהום
    5. מן כול בד והי אכבר
    6. חויגי ענד אלמולאי
    7. סרעה תערפני סרעה
    8. תערפני סרעה תערפני
    9. …

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  47. 5497LetterENA NS 2.19

    Letter from Ibrāhīm, Yosef b. Hillel, and Moshe to Yehuda ha-Rav. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 13th century. Asking to have some produce sent …

    1. עמי עשו
    2. אלמולא אלאגל אלפאצל אלשיך רבי
    3. יהודה הרב אנה אלעלום אלכרימה
    4. מחיטה כתרת אלאשתיק אלי נצר
    5. וגה סיידי פנסאל אללה תע אן
    6. יגמע אלשמל בכדמת סיידי
    7. פאנה…

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  48. 5498LetterT-S AS 145.19

    Informal note in Hebrew. Asking for money for supporting the sick people (?חולין) in the writer's household. (Information from Goitein's index card)

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  49. 5499LetterENA 3792.5

    Letter from Shemarya to his brother Yaʿaqov. Written in non-fluent Hebrew (e.g. uses אהיה as a copulative when there is no need; and more). The …

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  50. 5500LetterAIU VII.E.96

    Draft of a letter addressed to Moshe Yoʾav. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 18th or 19th century. The letter was abandoned halfway through the tenth line. The …

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