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  1. 551LetterENA 2805.13

    Letter from Yosef b. Shemarya ha-Dayyan al-Barqī (Alexandria) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat). Yosef was worried because he had not received a response from Nahray, …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאידה

    2. וסעאדתה וכפאיתה ורעאיתה וכאן לה וליא ונאצרא וזאדה

    3. מן כל כיר ופוץ אליה מן כל נעים וכפא…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך 
    2. ואת אושרך ואת סיפוקך ואת דאגתו לך ויהיה לך מגן ומושיע ויוסי…

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  2. 552LetterT-S AS 170.192

    Letter addressed to Elʿazar ha-Kohen, whose name is prefaced with a string of honorifics typical of the late 12th or early 13th century. The sender …

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  3. 553LetterT-S AS 149.213

    Letter mentioning Netanʾel the Seventh (השביעי בחבורת ארץ צבי). (Information from CUDL)

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  4. 554LetterBL OR 5561B.1

    Letter of request to send 20 good new poems composed by one Abu Sa'id. The writer mentions that he had already sent 7 letters on …

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    1. עקב[
    2. על משכבי בלילות בקשתי את שאהבה נפשי[
    3. תשוקתי לך דודי רמוזה ואהבתך בתוך לבי המ . . .
    4. ואם רחק גבולך מגבולי תמונתך בקיר לבבי גזוזה
    5. וזכרך יער…

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  5. 555LetterT-S 13J7.18

    Letter from Eliyyahu b. Zekharya, possibly in Bet Guvrin (verso, l. 16), to a certain Shemuel, in Jerusalem. The letter is in Hebrew for the …

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  6. 556LetterT-S 12.508

    Letter, very faded, in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning an Abū Avraham b. [...] and an Abū Sahl and "the boys."

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  7. 557LetterT-S NS 99.20 + T-S 16.30

    Fragment of a letter written by Daniel b. Azarya, probably in 1051. A complaint about harassment by the brothers Yosef and Eliyyahu ha-Kohanim, sons of …

    TS 16.30r

    1. [ ]ליה
    2. [ ]שול [
    3. [ ]אפכאם אליהוד שכוא
    4. [ ] אללה תעאלי ענה ואגנאהם כצמהם קד כאן ינזלה
    5. [ ] ערצה לשהואתה אלי אן בלגהא בי אללה
    6. [ ] מא אשך אן כאל…

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  8. 558LetterENA NS 39.4

    Recto: Large fragment of a late (18th/19th c) business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: A short note signed by Yisakhar Groso (?) and Yehuda b. (?) …

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  9. 559LetterT-S 20.173

    IB VII, 65. Long letter from Yaʿaqov b. Salīm, in al-Juwwa (near Aden, Yemen), to the judge and parnas Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, in Fustat. …

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  10. 560LetterT-S 10J9.19

    Letter from the Karaite David b. Ḥayyūn, in Jerusalem, to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov, in Tripoli (Libya). Dating: Probably middle of the 11th century. The sender …

    1. בשם אל
    2. כתאבי יאסידי ורייסי וגלילי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך
    3. ותאיידך [וסעאדתך] ורעאיתך ולא אכלאני מנך וגמע ביננא פי הדא
    4. אלקדס [אלמע]מ[ור] וקד וצל א…

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  11. 561LetterT-S AS 181.141

    Letter or petition, probably. In Arabic script. Three lines are mostly preserved. Seems to be talking about assisting a group of people.

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  12. 562LetterYevr. III B 647

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions Tripoli.

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  13. 563LetterAIU VII.E.24

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, complete. Dated in the month of Tammuz in the final lines of the verso, but without a year. The letter was …

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  14. 564LetterT-S AS 166.281

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Might be from a provincial teacher. "...that which we were hoping for from benefiting the children... on Passover... he brought a …

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  15. 565LetterT-S 10J29.10

    Fragment of a business letter from Barhun b. Salih al-Tāhartī in Busir, probably to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, mentioning bales of flax being prepared …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אלל[ה בקאך             וצרף אלאסוא]

    2. ענך ברחמתה מן בוציר יו[ם       ]

    3. באחסן כאתמה ען סלאמה וע[אפיה       ]

    4. בכיר…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים .... ויסלק כל רע
    2. ממך ברחמיו, מבוציר יום .... (יחתום אותו אלוהים עליך
    3. במיטב חותמו. שלומי טו…

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  16. 566LetterT-S AS 130.76 + T-S AS 130.77 + T-S AS 130.78

    Letter referring to finances. (Information from CUDL.) Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi.

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  17. 567LetterBL OR 5544.15

    Letter from Yosef [...] and Moshe [...]. In Hebrew. Location: Probably Tripoli, Greece (טראפוליצא = Τριπολιτσά). Dated: Wednesday 8 Tammuz 5510 AM, which is 1750 …

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  18. 568LetterHalper 426

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 17th or early 18th century. Mention is made (ll. 17, 21, 25) of The Nazir Joseph ha-Levi (d. …

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  19. 569LetterENA 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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  20. 570LetterAIU VII.E.181

    Letter in Ladino sent from Salonica to Yaʿaqov Hanoko (? חאנוקו) possibly in Monastir (modern-day Bitola, North Macedonia) where there was a large Ladino-speaking community …

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  21. 571LetterENA 3793.7

    Letter from Yosef b. Labrāṭ al-Fāsī (Qayrawan) to Yaʿaqov b. Yosef b. ʿAwkal (Fustat). The writer apologizes for a delay in returning a debt of …

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    1. אטאל אללה יאסידי וריסי וגלילי ואלעזיז עלי בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ואיאם סעאדתך כתאבי

    2. אליך מן מדינת אלקיר[ואין ען סלאמה ועאפיה נחמד אללה אליך כתיר…

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  22. 572LetterT-S AS 146.196

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: "half of the jizya" and the desired arrival of [...] b. Natan;. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  23. 573LetterT-S AS 177.226

    Verso (primary use): Fragment from the beginning of a letter. Mentions the addressee's request to 'give the letter/document to Abū l-Karam.'

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  24. 574LetterPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.33 (Michaelides 33)

    Business letter in Arabic script. On verso there is a separate text block in Coptic; the response to the letter? Needs examination.

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  25. 575LetterENA 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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  26. 576LetterT-S AS 167.303

    Might be a communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Mentions 'al-Shāmiyyīn' and various numbers and Sayyidnā Moshe. Could also be literary or prognostications. Needs …

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  27. 577LetterT-S Misc.6.79

    Letter fragment, or maybe drafts/formularies. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Almost the entirety of what is preserved consists of flattery and blessings.

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  28. 578LetterENA 2804.1

    Letter from Josiah (Yoshiyyahu) Gaon, apparently to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: ca. 1015 CE (per Gil) or ca. 1015–1025 CE, based on the years when …

    1. היו עוזרים להם מאנשי רמלה [ ומכ]ל מקום נשבתו מרב צרה ודוחק אשר הדביקום ואזלת יד [וקצנו]
    2. בחיינו מפני הרעות האלה :[ ] שמואל בן ה[ר]וקח יעזרכם אלהים יח…

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  29. 579LetterJRL B 6120

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Conveys greetings from Abū ʿAlī. Refers to "al-naqāḍāt" (אלנקאצ̇את), meaning uncertain (naqḍ or manqūḍ can refer to clipped/inferior coins).

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  30. 580LetterT-S NS 226.16

    Recto: draft of the opening lines of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic in a rudimentary hand. Verso: Arabic alphabet practice in a rudimentary hand.

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  31. 581LetterT-S Ar.3.10

    Recto: A few lines of an abandoned letter in Arabic. Verso: A page completely filled with Judaeo-Arabic writing practice (?) of standard phrases from letters, …

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  32. 582LetterENA NS 35.17

    Recto (secondary use): Letter or letter draft in the hand of Efrayim ben Shemarya (d. ca. 1055). In Hebrew (possibly with Judaeo-Arabic toward the bottom). …

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  33. 583LetterT-S AS 202.286

    Note addressed to 'my brother Yosef' in Ladino, written in a crude hand, with purple ink. Dating: Probably 19th century. Mentions some numbers, maybe sums …

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  34. 584LetterT-S 10J17.26

    Letter of condolence from David b. Daniel to Abu'l Muna.

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אלשיך אבו אלמנא אדאם אללה תאיידה
    3. ונעמתה [ ]ל מואצלה
    4. אל [ ]חה ואללה בכרמה יסתגיבה
    5. פיה ויגע[ל ]
    6. אתצל בנא ופאה אלשיך אלעם רחמה אללה
    7. ורצי ענה וש…

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  35. 585LetterT-S 20.176

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably 13th-century or later, from a physician or druggist to a respected person named Avraham who also has a son named Shelomo. …

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    1. בה
    2. הנה אל ישעתי (!) אבטח וג׳
    3. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך (!) וג׳
    4. וצל כתאב הדרת כגק יקרת צפירת תפארת
    5. מרנו ורבנו שרנו ואדירנו וחשובנו אברהם השר הגדול

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  36. 586LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/6

    Letter in Hebrew dated 1747/48 CE (508 = בשרו), from the Jewish community of Tiberias to the Jewish community of Pisa, begging for financial aid …

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  37. 587LetterT-S NS 321.57

    Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa, in Alexandria, to Barhūn and Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Tāhartī, in al-Mahdiyya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Summer 1050 CE. Some of the …

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    1.                 ]רב אלעאל[מין

    2. וצ]לת כתבכם סלמכם אללה מ[

    3.     ] לאן אלקיסאריה מא ק[

    4.                               אעד]אל פי אלמראכב מוקתה…

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    1. (6−1) (...שלומי טוב, תודה לאל) ריבון העולמים .... הגיעו מכתביכם, ייתן לכם אלוהים שלום .... מפני שה'קיסאריה' לא .... משואים באוניות, בזמן שנקבע…

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  38. 588LetterT-S Ar.30.64

    Informal note from ʿAbd al-Karīm to R. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: perhaps Mamluk-era; Yemeni hand? The sender asks the addressee to urgently send his grandmother …

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    לא תכליהא תקעד וכתבה

    עבד אלכרים

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    1. אלמולא אלאגל אלשיך רבי יוסף
    2. ופקה אללה תעאלי יעלם אן
    3. סאעה וקו…

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  39. 589LetterT-S 16.291

    Recto: Letter from Meʾir Ibn al-Hamadhāni to a notable named Moshe (Moshe ha-Sar... ha-dayyan ha-mesūyyan... al-Shaykh al-Sadīd...). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Meʾir asks the addressee …

    1. צעיר עבדי אדוני
    2. מאיר בן אלחמדאני
    3. וענוים ירשו ארץ והתענגו על רוב שלום
    4. שמר תם וראה ישר כי אחרית לאיש שלום
    5. אשמעה מה ידבר האל ייי כי ידבר שלום
    6. ישא ייי פ…
    1. The least of the servants of my lord,
    2. Meir b. al-Hamadhānī
    3. “But the lowly shall inherit the land and delight in abundant well-being.” [Psalms 37:11]

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  40. 590LetterCUL Or.1080 J89

    Letter from Saadya Ha-Ḥaver, Hebron, to Evyatar Gaon, Fustat, beginning of 1082. The sender has been sick for two months, and "all the elders of …

    1. כתבתי אל הדרת גאונינו וציץ תפארתנו תפארת כל ישורון [א]מנת כוחנו
    2. הנחל המושך מקור החכמה הנהר הגדול המעין המתגבר האספקלריה
    3. המאירה המבין כל סוגיא המפרש …

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  41. 591LetterT-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. 592LetterMoss. VII,191.2

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abu l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (left side of recto). Mentions: something that was in …

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  43. 593LetterT-S 13J28.5

    Letter sent in response to a message from the addressee, with well-wishes related to the addressee's illness or frailty (iltiyāth). Elevated register. Dating: 11th or …

    1. בסם אללה
    2. וצל כתא[בך . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]י אטאל אללה בקאך ווקפ[ת]
    3. עליה וסא [ענדי מא ד]כרתה מן אלתיאת גסמך ואללה ימיט
    4. ענך סאיר אלאלאם במנ…

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  44. 594LetterT-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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  45. 595LetterT-S NS 149.101

    Family letter in Arabic script. Mentions transactions of small sums of money and a malḥafa (type of garment). Mentions Makārim and Abū Isḥāq. Greetings from …

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  46. 596LetterT-S NS J37

    Beginning of a letter by Yeḥezqel b. Shemuel to the cantor and teacher ʿAbd al-Bāqī Sheʾerit, informing him that he had sent him 20 dirhams …

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    1. חצרה אלשיך אלאגל עבד אלבאקי כב מר
    2. ורבנא שארית החזן והנבון(!) שצ א . מ . אל
    3. יהיה בעזרו מכצוצה באגל סלאם ואעצם(?)
    4. תחייה ואכראם מן מחבהא אלדא[עי …

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  47. 597LetterT-S NS 133.89

    Letter in Arabic script. From Mawhūb (who calls himself muṣābibuh(?) = "the one who adores him") to Isḥāq al-Ḥazzān(?), in al-Ramla, Sūq al-Yahūd. Mentions someone …

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  48. 598LetterENA 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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  49. 599LetterT-S AS 146.171

    Minute fragment probably from a top of a letter to 'Our Nagid'. Only partial words preserved. AA

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  50. 600LetterT-S NS 149.99 + T-S Ar.39.358

    Letter in Arabic script. Approximately 8 lines from near the top are preserved. Written in a chancery-esque hand and in an elevated register. The sender …

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