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  1. 6201LetterT-S AS 204.111

    Letter from Avraham Maimonides, autograph (r. 1205–1237 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Begins with the motto הנה אל ישועתי. Addressed to the ḥaver, morenu ve-rabbenu, Yosef. This …

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  2. 6202LetterT-S NS 320.66

    Marriage-related document, possibly a ketubba,, based on the reference to החתן הנחמד in the last line. But only a thin vertical strip from the right …

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  3. 6203LetterT-S 8J20.23

    Recto: copy of a Hebrew letter of holiday wishes addressed to (the community of) al-Maḥalla for the month of Tishrei. In the hand of Ḥalfon …

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  4. 6204LetterT-S AS 147.161

    Letter mentioning Abū l-Faḍl, Abū Saʿd Ibn al-Kurazī (?), Abū Manṣūr al-Tabib, Abū l-Ḥasan and the elder Jalāl al-Mulk (here not used as a title …

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  5. 6205LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1417

    Letter to Eliyya Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ottoman-era. Recto consists of greetings. On verso the writer relates various types of bad news (violence, financial losses) …

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  6. 6206LetterJRL A 685

    This is the verso of another letter, though the two seem to be unrelated. It is likely that this letter is a draft, as it …

    1. ממא אלי כבר חצרה מולאי [
    2. אדאם אללה ע[ז]ה אן אלעגוז תס[
    3. עליה ..מ.. אם אלי [
    4. והם יסאלו חצרה אן יאר[...
    5. אגרא ... בן אלפרג [......
    6. .ל. הו כאתב ........[
    7. …

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  7. 6207LetterT-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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  8. 6208LetterT-S 13J13.4

    Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭoviyya he-Ḥaver (the muqaddam of Bilbays, ca. 1170s–1220) to a notable named Yehosef, titled 'the diadem' (al-nezer) and 'trusted servant of …

    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך וג
    2. אמתתל עבד אלחצרה אלעלוה אלגלילה אלנפיסה אלעלמה
    3. אלאמצוה הדרת שרנו כגק מרנו ורבנו יהוסף
    4. השר האדיר בישראל החכם המופלא הדיין המ…

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  9. 6209LetterT-S 10J29.2

    Effaced letter in which a man informs his mother that the power of attorney she gave him proved to be invalid. He urges her to …

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    1. ] אלעזיז עליי וענדי צאנך אללה ותולאך ו . . . . . .
    2. סלאמת]ך וסלאמה מן ענדך ושכרת אללה עלי דלך כתירא
    3. ווקפת עלי אלוכאלה אלדי אנפדתיהא ומצית [בהא]…

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  10. 6210LetterT-S 8J24.9

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter, sent to Fusṭāṭ. (Information from CUDL.) Dating: probably first half of 13th century

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  11. 6211LetterT-S AS 153.124

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a dignitary named Avraham. Beginning with taqbīl and inhāʾ formulae.

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  12. 6212LetterT-S AS 206.161

    Right side of an informal note probably addressed to R. Aharon, informing him to do something to do with 'our colleagues' without delay.

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  13. 6213LetterT-S AS 165.238

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Alexandria.

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  14. 6214LetterMoss. II,159.2

    Note in rudimentary script and spelling to a certain Ḥaver. Quite faded. "I did not bring with me to this [...] more than this of …

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  15. 6215Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 25

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions [al-shaykh] al-ʿAfīf and someone else; that something did not arrive the previous year; "on this day"; …

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  16. 6216LetterMoss. IV,45

    Part of a letter from a man to his son, Abū l-Ḥasan Wahb b. ʿImrān, who requests that next time he should write in Hebrew. …

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  17. 6217LetterMingana 16

    7 fragments. Fol. 1 a receipt in Ladino, "de el Turco Musa(?)," Shimʿon, and an "anillo" (אנילייו) "ring" as part of the transaction. Fol. 2 …

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  18. 6218LetterT-S AS 147.106 + T-S AS 147.115

    Fragments of a letter. T-S AS 147.106: From the upper part of recto. Flowery blessings for the addressee. ". . . . with sayyidnā al-Rayyis …

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  19. 6219LetterENA NS 39.7

    Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. Addressed to a judge (mawlāy al-shofeṭ). In the greetings section …

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  20. 6220LetterENA NS 61.15

    Recto (secondary use): Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Excerpts: אעלם . . . . חבס אלקאצי פי חאגה . . . רחמתה . . . לם …

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  21. 6221LetterT-S AS 169.167

    Draft of the opening of a deferential letter to someone addressed as 'al-mawlā [...] al-jalīl al-aṣīl al-ḥakīm al-fahīm al-wadīd al-sadīd..." On verso there are similar …

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  22. 6222LetterT-S 13J23.23

    An 18th-19th century commercial letter dated Friday 28th Adar I, mentioning Muhammed b. ʿUmar who went on Hajj to Mecca, Rafaʾel the Dragoman, Yosef פוגי, …

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  23. 6223LetterT-S 24.59

    Letter from one of the followers of Natan b. Avraham. Dating: probably 1042 CE (GIl). The sender is seeking an appointment from the yeshiva and …

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    1. ואלסנין [ ]אבי
    2. סהל נאתאן אבן אברהים יחי לעד וטהר ללנאס דינה
    3. ופצלה ועלמה ומערפה אלנאס בגלאלה אלביתה ותחדרת
    4. אלי אלרמלה אטלב פצל אללה ו[פצ]ל אלאמה…

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  24. 6224LetterENA 2730.2

    Letter from Dawud son of the haver to a certain dayyan. It seems some dramatic event has taken place off-scene (maybe in Palestine?) and here …

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  25. 6225LetterT-S 10J11.25

    Letter from a penniless woman, the widow of Abū Surrī, to Mevorakh b. Saadya (1094–1111). She begs him to come to her rescue in a …

    1. בש [רח
    2. אעלם חצרה [ס]ידנא אלרייס שר השרים נגיד הנגידים
    3. עוז כל ב[ית יש]ראל יברכו אלהינו וישמרו ויהיה בעזרו
    4. אני אמר[אה] אבו סרי רחמה אללה כנת קד זוגת א…

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  26. 6226LetterT-S 13J15.15

    Letter to Abu al-Ḥasan 'Allun the parnas (Eli b. Yahya, dated documents 1057-1107) about a case of inheritance, with a recommendation for a bashful young …

    1. בש רח
    2. לו דהבת אשרח לחצרה מולאי אלשיך אלואלד אטאל אללה בקאה
    3. ואדאם תאיידה ועלאה ותמכינה וכ[ב]ת א[עדאה . . . ]לת אלשרח
    4. אלשרח(!) ליכן אלי אללה אלשכוי וה…

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  27. 6227LetterT-S AS 158.373

    Business letter from the druggist Binyām to Zayn Ibn al-Ger. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: early to mid-12th century. For the same sender, see also DK 232.2 …

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  28. 6228LetterT-S AS 202.439

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  29. 6229LetterENA 2727.19

    Letter, fragmentary, from Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn ha-Tāhartī, al-Mahdiyya, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. ʿAwkal, Fustat. Fragmentary, but what can be discerned contains some information about …

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    1. [כתאבי אטאל] אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ואתם נעמתה עליך ערובה ראש שנה געלה אללה עליך
    2. [אחסן] אלסנין ובלגן אמתאלה ואעאדה עליך אעואם כתירה פי…

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  30. 6230LetterT-S 12.775

    Letter from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to the trustee of a Yeshiva in an unidentified place, approximately 1055.

    1. בכיר
    2. שלום ופתח תקוה וחן וכבוד וחמלת יי ושלום ושקט
    3. וארך ימים ושנות חיים ויקר לאדר היקר הנחקר ונסקר
    4. הוא כגק מרב הנאמן לבית דין הגדול ישמרו צו[רו]
    5. [י]ו…

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  31. 6231LetterT-S 13J20.24

    Letter from an unknown writer in Bilbays to Judge Eliyyahu, dated 1237. The writer complains about the meagre salary of public officials there.

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  32. 6232LetterENA NS 33.27

    Letter from Yeshuʿa to his father Saʿīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 14th century or later, based on handwriting and abbreviations used. This letter was written …

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  33. 6233LetterAIU VII.E.171

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Unusual format and line justification. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. Mentions the pressing [of the grapes?] and …

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  34. 6234LetterT-S AS 170.233

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged and faded. Dating: late 12th or 13th century. May be the same hand as PGPID 2264

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  35. 6235LetterT-S Ar.5.3

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Qūṣ, to al-Shaykh al-Asʿad, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 13th century, based on Goitein's assessment. The writer reports …

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  36. 6236LetterT-S AS 147.53

    Letter from a certain Bū ʿUmar. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably no earlier than 13th century. Asking the addressee to ask al-Qāḍī al-Murtaḍā for 1,294 1/4 …

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  37. 6237LetterT-S 8J25.8

    Letter possibly sent to an aunt named Sitt al-Jamāl. The writer complains about not hearing from the addressee for a long time and expresses yearnings. …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]עמתי סת אלגמאל
    2. אדאם אלל]ה סעאדתהא ורזקהא פי אלדארין אדא רדתהא
    3. וינהי בין ידיהא כתרה אלשוק אליהא…

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  38. 6238LetterT-S 13J7.12

    Verso: Letter in the handwriting of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. He has arrived safely (presumably from Fustat to Qalyub). He tells the addressee to take …

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  39. 6239LetterT-S 8J38.3

    Letter draft in Hebrew, opening with the report of the writer that he had expedited the collection of the monies pledged for the poor on …

    1. עתה צעיר עבדי העבדים מודיע לרבותיו הקדושים המורים
    2. כי לא עברם על מצותם כי הוא עוסק במצותם וכי הוא
    3. ידי הגבאים והקהל המתנדבים כדי שימהרו
    4. הנדבה ממחרת הש…

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  40. 6240LetterT-S AS 153.311

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a Sabbath garment (thawb al-sabt).

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  41. 6241LetterF 1908.44EE + F 1908.44FF

    Letter from Toviyya b. Moshe the Qaraite, to Avraham b. Sahl ha-Tustari, in Fustat. In Hebrew. Dating: ca. 1045 CE. The writer asks Avraham for …

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    1. אשרי שמרי משפט עושה צדקה בכל עת:
    2. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלט וג:
    3. אויה לי כי גרתי משך שכנתי עם אהלי ק[ד]ר:
    4. וחכיתי ליי המסתיר פנים וקיויתי לו:
    5. הד…

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  42. 6242LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/18

    Letter from Yehuda Leib the Ashkenazi to the Nagid Yiṣḥaq Sholal. In Hebrew. Dating: 1502–17 CE (date range of Sholal's post as Nagid). The writer …

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  43. 6243LetterT-S AS 145.127

    Informal note to Umm Tamīm. In Judaeo-Arabic. Has to do with sending a template (namūdhaj), perhaps for a legal document. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  44. 6244LetterENA NS 8.13

    Letter addressed to a brother. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very rudimentary hand and spellings (e.g., ושׁעא for والساعة and אלה for both الله and الى and נדרכם …

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  45. 6245LetterT-S 10J12.29

    Letter to al-Shulal b. Avraham and to a physician informing them that some people had died. In Hebrew (very late). 15th-16th century. (Information from Goitein's …

    1. שלום שלום מאל עליון יהלום מעין חתום צ . . . מחזיק הבדק
    2. העומד בפרץ ושמעו הולך בכל הארץ פל . . . חה פא צרבא
    3. מרבנן תקיפא אשר המלך חפץ ביקרו וישם רכיב (…

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  46. 6246LetterT-S 12.85

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a certain Avraham, c/o the shop of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ṣā'igh, in Fustat. The sender asks the addressee to send …

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    1. []הב[ . . . . . .] מ . []
    2. ענה [. . .] . . יכ . . . . אמ . . []
    3. יא מולאי אנעם עלי ממלוכך
    4. בדראעין עלאים ויכונו צחבה
    5. אלמכארי ואישמא כאן תמנהם
    6. אעל…

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  47. 6247LetterT-S AS 146.319

    Letter fragment (part of the left of recto, part of the left of verso) of an appeal. The legible text on recto is solely blessings …

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  48. 6248LetterJRL B 2909

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. In the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli he-Ḥaver;

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  49. 6249LetterT-S 8J19.1

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī in Būṣīr to Yehoshuaʿ b. Natan ha-Andalūsī (c. 1061 CE).

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ואתם נעמתה עליך מן בוצ[יר]

    2. יא בקין מן אדר ראשון ען סלאמה ונעמה ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך וישלים את חסדו עליך, מבוציר,
    2. בי"ט באדר ראשון. שלומי טוב ואני מאו…

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  50. 6250LetterT-S AS 145.55

    Recto: Letter from Abū Sahl Levi to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. He has sent: parchments (ruqūq), scissors (miqaṣṣ), a belt (zunnār), a razor …

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