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  1. 5901LetterENA 2735.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "my child Ibrahim" . After the usual greetings we read: "I have no instruction to you except that do not let …

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  2. 5902LetterPER H 161

    IB II, 71. Letter from Saʿīd b. Marḥab on behalf of the court, in Aden, to the druggist Hillel b. Naḥman (aka Sayyid al-Kull), in …

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    1. לשיבה טובה אזורה / עוז והדר ותפארה / יסובבנה בזיו
    2. וזוהר ואורה / דיע מנדע וכוח וגבורה / במו בשבתה
    3. ובקומה להתגברה / נחולה עטיית הוד ושררה / מנוי…

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    1. [lines 1-18 contain a poem, not translated in Goitein/Friedman]

    2. Your distinguished letter, my lord, arriv…

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  3. 5903LetterJRL A 1112

    Small fragment (upper left corner) of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Dating: 11th or 12th century. None of the substance is preserved.

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  4. 5904LetterENA NS 7.30 + ENA 4011.15

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: that Peraḥya's letter arrived with ʿAyyāsh; 17 dirhams; a …

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  5. 5905LetterT-S AS 151.7

    Recto: Document in a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. May mention "al-mamālīk" in the Arabic section. Then mentions parshiyot (al-fawārīsh) twice, including אלה הדברים. …

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  6. 5906LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1463

    Letter to Avraham Rofe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing mainly with business matters. Mentions raisins and pomegranate seeds.

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  7. 5907LetterT-S AS 160.262

    Letter from Ibrāhīm b. [...] to Zakkay b. Shelomo. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 13th century, based on the hand. …

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  8. 5908LetterENA NS 45.30

    Letter fragment from Khiyār b. Yaʿqūb to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 11th century. Reused for business accounts on verso. On …

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  9. 5909LetterT-S 16.68

    Letter from Shemuel the Third b. Hoshana, Jerusalem, to Shemarya b. al-Hanan, the leader of the Babylonian Jewish community in Fustat ca. 1010. Shemuel writes …

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    1. שלום לשוחר [טוב ]ממון [ ] כל המון ראש כברוש אסקובטר
    2. גם חכמון יקר שמו במקהלות פאר ערמון הולך וגדל כרקח בשמון קנמון
    3. ככוד גדולת קדושת מרינו ורבינו שמ…

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  10. 5910LetterENA NS 77.193

    Potentially a communal letter beginning אלגמ[אעה.

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  11. 5911LetterT-S NS J544

    Letter from Hillel b. Abū l-MN[...], probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Faraj Hilāl al-Iskandarānī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. The …

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  12. 5912LetterENA NS 55.21

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 12th century. Little of the substance remains. Signs of having been used in a bookbinding.

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  13. 5913LetterT-S AS 145.331

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Narrating a series of distressing events (qalaq ʿaẓīm) involving Abū l-Barakāt and Abū l-ʿAlā', a khaṭṭ (signature?) and a sum of …

    1. ]ה ואמן [
    2. ]ה קבץ עני [
    3. ] . . . . . אלעוזר וא[
    4. ע]רפנא אן אכוהם . . . אל[שי]ך נאצר אלג[
    5. ] . . צ . . שדיד . רמ . כ . ה בג אלאף דינ[אר
    6. ] . מא והב לה חבה…

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  14. 5914LetterT-S 13J18.16

    Letter from Mūsā b. Yaʿqūb al-Miṣrī, in Malīj, to Abū l-ʿAlā' Yūsuf b. Dāwud b. Shaʿya, in Fustat. The writer complains about the behavior of …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך מן מליג מסתהל רגב ען

    2. סלאמה ללה אלחמד עלי דאלך סדרת כתבי אלי מולאי ארגו וצולה<א>

    3. אליה ווקופה עליהא וקד שרח…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים, ממליג', בא' ברג"ב.
    2. שלומי טוב, תודה לאל על זאת. שלחתי את מכתבי אליך, אדוני, אקווה שהגיעו
    3. א…

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  15. 5915LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1762

    Letter from Yaʿaqov to his son Shemuel and wife Umm Shemuel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written over four columns and folded like a bifolium. The writer castigates …

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  16. 5916LetterT-S AS 147.153

    Bottom part of a letter referring to a Jewish community (שלקהלת ש . צורץ(??)). No further details preserved.

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  17. 5917LetterT-S Ar.34.91

    Mercantile letter in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  18. 5918LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/65

    Letter from Natan Ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh from Ascalon to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim in Fustat. Dated: 3 Marheshvan 1405 Seleucid (26 October 1093 CE).

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. שלום אתוי מארבע פינים וטובות מסביבות מכל ד פנים ושלות השקט ושאנונים עם שאר כל המעוזנים
    3. אשר מאת יי נתנים ליקר כגק מר ור עלי הכהן הפרנס …

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    In [your] name, O Merci[ful].

    Greetings from the four corners of the earth and favors from all sides, along with calm, quiet, serenity and othe…

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  19. 5919LetterT-S AS 147.112

    On recto fragment from a late letter mentioning Shmuel Bahalul contains blessings. Verso unrelated to recto, written by a different hand, regarding the Book of …

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  20. 5920LetterT-S 6J7.17

    Letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic. Recto is mostly extended expressions of deference and flattery. Starting about halfway through verso, it appears that the sender is asking for …

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  21. 5921LetterT-S AS 153.235 + T-S AS 216.214

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: the cantor Elʿazar b. Yakhin; someone …

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  22. 5922LetterYevr.-Arab. II 2430

    Letter of appeal for charity. The writer and the addressees do not appear to be named. The writer asks the addressees for help equipping his …

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  23. 5923LetterT-S NS 313.21

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on parchment. Mentions business matters and collaterals.

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  24. 5924LetterT-S NS J143

    Letter from Sulaymān b. Bū l-ʿAlā al-Tājir to Eliyyahu the Judge. Partially in Arabic script, partially in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the beginning and two different addresses …

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  25. 5925LetterT-S E3.51

    Bifolio with Hebrew literary text. One of the four pages is filled with elegant Arabic writing exercises, containing draft of phrases from the beginning of …

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  26. 5926LetterENA 2050.1 + ENA 2050.2

    Late letter in Hebrew from Yosef b. Emmanuel Ergas in Livorno to Abram Segre. Dated 3 Adar 5489 AM which is 1729 CE. The address …

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  27. 5927LetterENA 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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  28. 5928LetterT-S AS 147.64

    Very dark. Poetical Hebrew, might be from an opening of a letter. Reference to רבנו ע"ה. AA

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  29. 5929LetterT-S Ar.12.17

    Recto: Letter fragment from Khalaf b. Mubārak al-Ḥazzān or al-Jazzār. In Arabic script. Only the basmala, tarjama, and part of the first line are preserved. …

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    1. عبده خلف بن مبارك
    2. الجزار[
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. عبد مولاي] الشيخ الاجل اطال الله بقاه وادام تمكـ[ـينه
    1. His slave, Khalaf b. Mubārak
    2. the butcher [
    3. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate
    4. The slave of our master] the elder, the illustrious, m…

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  30. 5930LetterT-S 12.347

    Letter from Toviyya b. Moshe, Jerusalem, to Perahya b. Muʾammal, Fustat, probably 1048.

    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתך וג
    2. שלומות רבות וישועות עצומות ובשורות נאומות ושנים נעי[מות]
    3. וברכות רשומות מיודע תעלומות לאד ומרי כב גד ק[דושת]
    4. הדרת יקרת תפארת …

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  31. 5931LetterT-S 13J29.5

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentioning people including Abū Zikrī, Peraḥya, the wife of Menashshe b. David, and Ibn Yehuda. Mentions Byzantium (bilād …

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  32. 5932LetterMoss. II,141.5 + T-S 10J13.22 + Moss. II,141.1 + T-S 13J22.17

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon or from Avraham, the son of Shelomo b. Yehuda (Gil identifies the hand differently for different fragments of the …

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    1. ] הכאב
    2. אסיפת גאון אשר [
    3. הכפיל האון והאפיל ה[
    4. [הג]און הקדמון הנאסף לנוחו [
    5. והנה ברוב עונות עוד לא נחה נפשינו ולא שקטה [
    6. לא יתנני השב רוחי ישביענ…

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  33. 5933LetterT-S NS 264.74

    Letter in Hebrew. Fragment, only the first few lines are preserved. Calligraphic and formal style. Probably the beginning of a letter of appeal.

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  34. 5934LetterMoss. IV,34.1

    Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer wants the addressee to obtain a letter confirming the receipt of the 2 1/6 dinars from Manṣūr b. Dā'ūd, …

    1. ] מנצור בן דאוד ויאכד מנה כתאב
    2. בוצול דינארין וסדס
    3. ינעם י[גתמ]ע באלשיך אלסדיד יערפה אני כתבת לה
    4. עדה כתב מא וצל מנה גואב ויאכד מנה לסת

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    1. ] מנצור…

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  35. 5935LetterT-S Misc.28.19

    Letter of appeal for charity from Isḥāq b. Avraham to the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh (1112–26 CE). What remains is almost entirely in Hebrew, though …

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  36. 5936LetterAIU VII.E.125

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 7 Elul [5]577 AM which is 1817 CE . From Yosef ha-Levi, Fustat/Cairo, to Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ and Mordekhai Ḥako (?), Damietta …

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  37. 5937LetterMoss. X,128.2

    Letters. No image

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  38. 5938LetterAIU VII.D.107

    Letter in Hebrew and Ladino from Nehoray (?) b. Moshe Ṭoron[.]ah (?) to Shabbetay ʿAdda regarding a new business partnership between them (that recipient is …

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  39. 5939LetterT-S NS J312 + T-S 6J6.16

    Letter addressed to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Moshe b. Ṣalḥūn. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Containing elaborate expressions …

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  40. 5940LetterENA 1822a.31

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Persian. Mentioning Abū al-ʿAlā (בולעלא), Mihrōy/Mihrwayh (מהרוי) and "the daughter of Reuben the draper" (דוכתר ראובן יבזאז). The letter is …

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  41. 5941LetterBodl. MS heb. f 103/48

    Letter addressed to 'Sayyidnā.' in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 13th century, based on the handwriting. There is not much by way of content; it is heavy on …

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    1. ] . הגדול . . . . נשיא . . . [. . . . . . . . . . . . . ירום
    2. הודו ויגדל כבודו נצח סלה וינהי כתרה א . [
    3. במנן מולאה ואחסאנה ותפצלה מע אלסאעאת
    4. וא…

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  42. 5942LetterT-S NS 306.88

    Letter in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 12th or 13th century. The sender greets the addressee and says he was only prevented from kissing the addressee's …

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  43. 5943LetterT-S 10J31.13

    Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen, in Alexandria, to Abu ʿImrān Moshe "The Pride of the Priests" (Tifʾeret ha-Kohanim). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic …

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    1. שאכר תפצלהא
    2. שמחה הכהן
    3. בשמ רחמ
    4. קד עלם בורא עולם מא ענד אלממלוך
    5. מן כתרה אלאשתיאק ללחצרה אלסאמיה
    6. אלאגליה אלפאצלה אלמאלכה אלמנעמה
    7. אלמתפצלה כגק מר …

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  44. 5944LetterT-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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  45. 5945LetterJRL B 5076

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning the sale of a house. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. The address is damaged but clearly reads "to Miṣr." The …

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  46. 5946LetterT-S AS 152.314

    Recto: Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq and 'kissing the earth.' Verso: Genealogical list in Hebrew in a different hand, mentioning …

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  47. 5947LetterT-S 10J20.7

    Calligraphic letter from Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq in Fustat to Yeshua b. Ismail asking whether Nahray b. Nissim had gone to the Egyptian country-side and sold …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה וחראסתה וכבת
    2. אעדאה מן אלמסתקר לה' בקין מן כסליו בלגה אללה אמתאלה וסעאדה מא יליה
    3. ואלחאל סלאמה וע…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת הגנתך וישמיד את
    2. אויביך, מהבית, בכ"ה (או כ"ד) בכסלו, יודיעך אלוהי…

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  48. 5948LetterMoss. V,359

    Un-conserved. Fragment from a letter dealing mostly with personal issue. The writer announced that the news about the French had arrived- might be relating to …

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  49. 5949LetterT-S NS 163.86

    Draft of the beginning of a letter to a woman addressed as "al-Sitt al-Fāḍila." Probably written by Ḥalfon b. Elʿazar ha-Kohen, active in the early …

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  50. 5950LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 728

    Possibly the bottom of a letter or official correspondence in Arabic script. Legible words: من الخدم. . . جلالته ولم . . . الصالحي . …

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