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  1. 6151LetterT-S AS 162.58

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner). Opens with a complaint about the difficulty of life. Then, "I leased her qāʿa and I lived..." …

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  2. 6152LetterJRL A 1444

    Letter fragment in Ladino. Signed Shelomo Shunina(?).

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  3. 6153LetterT-S NS J277

    Petition from Abū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Abū l-Faḍl Ibn al-ʿAnīnī to the Nagid. The addressee can be identified as Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya (r. 1140–60) based on …

    1. עבדהא אבו אלעלא
    2. בן אבו אלפצל בן
    3. אלעניני
    4. אשרי תמימי דרך ההולכים בתורת ייי אשרי איש
    5. ירא את ייי במצותיו חפץ מאד הדרת אדונינו ואור
    6. עינינו ומחמד לבינו וע…
    1. From his servant Abu 'l-ʿAlāʾ
    2. b. Abu 'l-Faḍl
    3. al-ʿAnīnī
    4. Happy are they that are upright, who walk in the law of the Lord. Happy is the man
    5. who fears …

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  4. 6154LetterT-S NS J282

    Recto: Letter consisting of ten lines of honorific titles given to R. Yeḥiel and his student, R. Ḥananel. (Information from Goitein's index card.). Verso: A …

    1. ק[. . . . . .]נת יקרה כרוב מ[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .].ת
    2. תפארת ציץ הזהב נזר הקודש עטרת גאות הדרת יקר קדשת
    3. פרשת [גד]ולת נדיבנו אצילנו נשיא…

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  5. 6155Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 18

    Address of a letter/petition/report (khidma) to the faqīh Jamāl al-Dīn, or else a pen trial. If it was originally attached to a larger document, that …

    1. خدمة تعرض
    2. على مجلس المولا
    3. الفقيه الجليل
    4. جمال الدين مجمل
    5. النعوت والاوصاف

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  6. 6156LetterT-S AS 152.286

    Letter from Abū Isḥāq b. Ṭayyib (same as in ENA NS 77.397 (PGPID 13697)?) to Abū [...]. Interestingly begins with the verse/motto הנה אל ישועתי. …

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  7. 6157LetterT-S 8J19.17

    Letter of petition, draft, addressed to “our lord” Mevorakh during his first term in office, from the “holy community of Malij and its cantor.” Only …

    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למ. מכ
    2. שלום שלום מאדון השלום העושה במרומיו שלום וברכות
    3. עד אין חקר ועוז ותעצומות ורני פלט עם שאר הברכות
    4. האמורות על יד הנבי…

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  8. 6158LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/69

    Letter from Natan b. Avraham to Perahya b. Muʾammal, in Fustat, spring 1039.

    1. נתן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב
    2. בירבי אברהם זכרו לברכה
    3. למשוש לבנו חדות נפשנו גן טיולנו [ ] שושנת
    4. עמקנו אור עפעפנו רוח אפנו ח[ומ]ת מבצרנו חרב גאותנו
    5. מרנא ורב…

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  9. 6159LetterT-S AS 155.284

    Small fragment of a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  10. 6160LetterENA NS 16.25

    Fragment of a letter addressed to the Gaʾon 'at the gate of the Yeshiva.' The sender reports that he has fulfilled the order, and a …

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  11. 6161LetterT-S Ar.39.217

    Letter, probably, or a question to a jurisconsult. The writer complains about a debt he owes to the people of a town (qariya). The last …

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    1. الـ[   ] كان لرابينو(؟) دين في قرية يقال بها ببني دش.....
    2.   ]ما يقول في غرما في هولا ليواصل اليهم في حول السنة
    3. ]ين والان قد اجتمعوا في هذه الق…

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  12. 6162LetterENA 2728.5

    Letter from Berakhot b. Shemuel in which he suggests to the recipient that he buy from him a book and defer the payment of 12 …

    1. כי ייי יהיה בכסליך ושמר וגו והיה ראשיתך וגמ
    2. ותגזר אומר ויקם לך ועל דרכיך נוגה אור
    3. אעלם חצרה מולאי וסידי ומן אנא עבדה תבת אללה
    4. תופיקה וכפאה מא יחאדרה…

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  13. 6163LetterT-S AS 147.55

    Short letter or note, mentioning quantities of money. Bottom of a letter concerning a legal case between Saʿadya and his brother-in-law ʿAlī concerning 30 dinars …

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  14. 6164LetterENA 2896.21 + ENA 2896.22

    Two fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic The first three lines are mostly preserved. The sender refers to a prior letter addressed to al-Mumḥe, concerning …

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  15. 6165LetterT-S NS J171

    Family letter from Meir b. Hillel b. Sadoq to his son. The letter reflects the personal and economic distress of the writer, who was far …

    Recto

    1. [ ]
    2. [ ] אלוחשה [ ]
    3. [ ] היקר [ ]
    4. [ תא]ספת בה עלי אלגרבא לא סימא [ ]
    5. [ ]ן כאנו יגו אלצגאר בשרט אנני אחמלהם [
    6. [ ] מא ינקעד לי אבי אלכלאת וולדי גא…

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  16. 6166LetterT-S 18J4.2

    Letter from Shelomo b. Ḥayyim b. Shelomo to Avraham ha-Sar b. Natan ‘the Seventh’. Dating: Ca. 1100 CE. Information from CUDL. There is a rhymed …

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  17. 6167LetterT-S AS 156.128

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  18. 6168LetterT-S 12.353

    Letter fragment: difficult to read, faded, long, in Judaeo-Arabic. The recipient is addressed as מעלתך. Legible sections include a discussion of "sarei alafim, sari asarot, …

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  19. 6169LetterENA NS 42.30

    Business letter, fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. The writer crossed out the first three lines (following the Arabic-script basmala) and began …

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  20. 6170LetterT-S AS 147.178 + T-S AS 147.179

    Possibly a letter or collection of formulae. (Information from CUDL)

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  21. 6171LetterT-S AS 147.126

    Fragment of a letter addressed to "the leader" (al-rayyis al-fāḍil al-ḥakham al-ajall). In Judaeo-Arabic. Cursive sephardi handwriting. (Information in part from CUDL. (Probably from the …

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  22. 6172LetterT-S AS 160.130

    Recto: commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "That man... to you, you said to me several times... I don't know what he needs, and if he asks …

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  23. 6173LetterT-S NS J172

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat.

    TS NS J 172, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp. 214-215 (Doc # 118), N.H. 2-23-88,(P).Letter from Solomon b. Judah to Abraham Ha-Kohen b. Isaac b. Furat.

    . . . …

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  24. 6174LetterJRL A 284

    IB VI, 40. Letter in what Goitein identifies as the handwriting and style of well-known India trader Abu Nasr Avraham informing recipient about events, apparently …

    1. ]פי דהלך [...............
    2. ]. פי אלגזר [.............
    3. ]בדהלך יח יומא ברי[ח
    4. ]אללה אן י..נא ריח אלסלאמה
    5. ] ואמא אלמ... פקד איסנא
    6. ]ארו. קע ווצל אנסאן מן …

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  25. 6175LetterT-S 10J9.1

    Letter of condolence written by a man to his sister, Rayyisa, on the occasion of their mother's death. "If you cried for a thousand years, …

    1. כאיש אשר אמו תנחמנו כן אנוכי אנחמכם ובירושלים תנוחמו
    2. אכוהא ברכאת כפ פיהא אלאסוא
    3. אערפיך יא אכתי כת אלצראסא ואלפצלא ואלפהמע ואלעלמע יס"דת אלעקלא אנני
    4. …

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  26. 6176LetterT-S 10J16.1

    IB VI, 11. Letter from ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn, in Sindabūr (India), to his uncle and father-in-law ʿArūs b. Yosef, in Fusṭāṭ,. In Judaeo-Arabic. He found …

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    I am writing to you, my father, who is dear to me and with me, may God prolong his life and make permanent his honoured position, his support a…

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  27. 6177LetterT-S NS J289

    Letter in which the writer reports that he stayed for the Sabbath in Qalyub and continued his travel on Sunday. (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, …

    1. יצל כתאב חצרה מולאי אלואלד
    2. אחיאה אללה וגעלני מן גמיע
    3. אלאסוא פדאה ומן תופיקה לא
    4. אכלאה עלי יד מולאי אלשיך אבו
    5. אלחסן בן אלדמיאטי שמצ ידכר
    6. פיה תאכר כתאב…

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  28. 6178LetterYevr.-Arab. II 2415

    Eclectic set of documents sharing a single folio. Dating: Early 15th century, probably. Recto: Letter copies. In Hebrew. The first letter mentions the Mourners of …

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  29. 6179LetterT-S 12.243

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, from Munyat Sammanūd, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1056. Regarding wheat and flour. It is hard to get wheat, …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה

    2. ונעמתה מן מנית סמנוד ען סלאמה ונעמה ותעב קלב וסר

    3. אללה גלת קדרתה קאדר אן יפרג ול…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדו לך, ממנית סמנהוד. שלומי טוב, ואני מאושר, אבל…

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  30. 6180LetterBL OR 5536.4

    Short letter from the judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen to his cousin and brother-in-law Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mainly concerning the purchasing of …

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    1. כאן קד //תקדם// כתאבי אלי חצרה מולאי
    2. אלחבר[[ן]] היקר נט רח אערפה אנני אשתרית
    3. מידה כלנג מגרבי כבירה בג ומ דרהם
    4. לאני אעלם אן אלמידה אלדי אנפדתהא…

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  31. 6181LetterT-S 6J4.33 + T-S NS 303.7

    Letter addressed to Yaʿaqov b. Raḥamim al-Miṣrātī, the servant (? ṣabiyy) of Yaʿaqov b. Saʿda, in Safed. From his parents. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 16th–19th century. …

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  32. 6182LetterT-S AS 169.98

    Recto: Letter or draft in Judaeo-Arabic. Appeal for charity from a man who has been in Fustat/Egypt either 4 months (upper margin) or 2.5 years …

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  33. 6183LetterT-S 10J18.18

    Letter from Daniel b. ʿAzarya probably to ʿEli b. ʿAmram, mentioning a realease valid in both Muslim and Jewish courts. A third person is asked …

    1. בשמך רחמ[נא
    2. קד ערף סידי אלחבר אל[מעולה] יברכהו אלהינו
    3. וישמרהו ויעזרהו וינצרהו מא גרי ביני
    4. וב[ינ]ה יום אלגמעה פי קצה בן מכתאר
    5. ואנה ועדני(?) אן אמרה ק…

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  34. 6184LetterT-S 8J38.4

    Letter in Hebrew to two men, one of whom is called Abu al-Ḥasan.

    1. ] . .אות . . . . . . לבבך משה. . . . . . . . . . ונדעה
    2. ]יל. . . . . . . . . . . ידידותו ושכל אל. .ם . . . .פיד
    3. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . ולא חרד ליר…

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  35. 6185LetterT-S 10J11.18

    Letter consisting entirely of blessings for a distinguished addressee. The beginning and the ending are in elegant Arabic script. In between, there are blessings in …

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  36. 6186LetterENA NS 48.4

    IB VI, 36. Letter from Yūsuf b. Ibrahīm to Abū ʿImrān Ibn Nufayʿ. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Long …

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  37. 6187LetterT-S Ar.42.70

    Letter, possibly a draft. In Arabic script. Fragment (bottom part only). The sender may be a merchant writing from Qūṣ (l. 3) or describing his …

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  38. 6188LetterT-S AS 161.45

    Recto: part of a letter from the daughter of Hillel b. ʿEli (and wife of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe) to her brother ʿEli b. Hillel the …

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  39. 6189LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/26

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a letter of appeal for assistance. Written in a high register with eloquent formulae of praise and patronage. The addressee has …

    1. כאדמהא אלאצגר
    2. [בש]מ רחמ
    3. אחסאן אלחצרה אלעאליה אלאגליה אטאל אללה פי דרוה אלעז בקאהא
    4. ואדאם פי דרג אלעלו ארתקאהא ואעלי שאנהא וכלמתהא וחרס מן
    5. אלגיר מדתהא…

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  40. 6190LetterT-S Misc.35.43

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda (r. 1025–1051) to Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE), concerning the prisoners taken on account of the debt of 900 …

    TS LOAN 43, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.155-158 (Doc. #84), C.B. 03-09-88 (p) Letter from Solomon b. Judah to Ephraim b. Shemarya, approximately 10…

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  41. 6191LetterAIU VII.E.38

    Letter from Abū l-Majd to his cousin Eliyyahu the Judge. It deals with questions of travel; mentions someone in Damascus; mentions al-Maḥalla, Bilbays, Fusṭāṭ, and …

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  42. 6192LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1453

    Letter from ʿAbdallāh b. Fayrūz to his brother-in-law, a certain Fakhr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions the currency ashrafī. Deals mainly …

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  43. 6193LetterT-S AS 160.134

    Recto: Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to the matter of the cheese and conveys the old woman's longing. Verso: Small fragment of …

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  44. 6194LetterT-S AS 150.135

    Verso: beginning of a letter draft mentioning R. Hayya, R. Yeḥizqiyahu, and R. Ḥasday. Written in a shorthand. Recto: unidentified text in both Hebrew and …

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  45. 6195LetterT-S AS 160.179

    Unidentified text, probably a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  46. 6196LetterJRL A 396

    Letter addressed to Avraham ʿAmram. In Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Draft, abandoned mid-line.

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  47. 6197LetterAIU VII.E.50

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Senyor Karo y Frances & Company (numerous letters to the same addressee have survived: see tag). Dated 7 Shevat [5]568 …

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  48. 6198LetterT-S NS 327.115

    Family letter, addressed to a brother, in Arabic script. Mentioning small business matters. Needs further examination.

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  49. 6199LetterT-S Ar.18(1).50

    F. 1r: Draft of letters, one to Abū l-Faḍl Sahl (maybe al-Tustarī?). Shelomo b. Aharon b. Abū […] and Shela b. Yehoshuaʿ are also mentioned. …

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  50. 6200LetterT-S K25.277

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From a woman, maybe to her son. She mentions that she has been sick (כונת וגעה) and worried (משגולה אלקלב) because she …

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