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  1. 601LetterT-S NS 338.91

    A list of the auspicious dates in each month written in the form of a letter, concluding ושלום הדרתו ה . . . לעד סלה …

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  2. 602LetterT-S J2.74

    Verso: Letter from an unidentified sender, maybe in Damascus, to Yehosef he-Ḥakham. In Hebrew. The sender gives a report on the recovery of Rabbenu Yosef …

    TS Box J 2, f. 74, ed. Mann, Jews, vol. 2, p. 323, 05-08-90, Y.S. (p) Letter to Yehosef Hehakam from Damscus, mentioning R. Joseph, perhaps Ibn `Aqni…

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  3. 603LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/5

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq (Izak) b. Avraham, in Safed, to a certain Moshe, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dated: 13 Heshvan 5333, which is 20 October 1572 …

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  4. 604LetterT-S 10J17.18

    Letter from a woman, in al-Mahdiyya, to her mother (Av)Dukia al-Rumiyya and to her sister Rini, in Alexandria. Scribed by Kalev al-Sofer. In Judaeo-Arabic. The …

    1. אלי ואלדתי אלעזיזה עלי אטאל אללה פי אלכיר בקאך [
    2. מא אבקאך נעלמך סלמך אללה ואבקאך אנני פי [
    3. ולדי אברהים אלדי הו גאיב עני אליום ח סנין פ[
    4. מא נרי מנך כ…

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  5. 605LetterMoss. 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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  6. 606LetterT-S 8J24.11

    Short business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. With a request to send a reply with the same mail courier (fayj) and mentioning …

    1. אל[. .]. . .[. . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. ואריד מן תפצלך תקצי אל[. . .
    3. ותנפד לי אלגואב מע הדא אלפיג
    4. לאן אהלה פיגו הדא אלפיג ממא
    5. אשתגל קלובהם באללה אלעט…

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  7. 607LetterMoss. III,199

    Letter (?) in a Spanish, possibly early modern; requires examination.

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  8. 608LetterJRL B 2977

    "The three fragments known as JRL SERIES A 1053, JRL SERIES B 2699, and JRL SERIES B 2977 are from three copies of another invitation, …

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  9. 609LetterT-S Ar.50.56

    Small fragment of an (official?) letter in calligraphic Arabic script, wide space between the lines: [ادام الله] سلامته ونعمته ان يكون في . . . …

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  10. 610LetterJRL B 4277

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq de Curiel. In Ladino and western Arabic numerals. Dating: early 19th century. Opens with a list of items received (ריסיוי...), including a …

    1. ריסיוי רימונים פאר 1 פונטירו 1 נארגילי 1 קוג̇יאו 1
    2. קוג̇אראס קטנים 3 קוג̇ארה גדולה 1 פירוניס 2 באקראג̇ 1
    3. זארפ̇יס 4 סינייא 1 סך פידאסוס דייס אי סייטי …

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  11. 611LetterENA 2806.10

    Petition to the Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen (in office 1127–39). Begins with six lines of Hebrew blessings, and ends with one line of Hebrew blessings. The …

    1. קד קצדת אללה תעאלי וחצרה
    2. מורינו ורבינו אדונינו גאונינו מצליח הכהן ראש ישיבת
    3. גאון יעקב יהי שמו לעולם כירח יכון עולם אלהים
    4. אלהינו יוסיף לו כבוד על כבו…

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  12. 612LetterT-S 13J22.26

    Letter from Ṣedaqa Shāmī, in Jerusalem, to his brother-in-law Yosef Shammash, presumably in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 14th …

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    1. לק"י                           
    2. אשי"ב סעי"א               
    3. בינ"ו                           
    4. שלום שלום לרחוק וג'    
    5. שלום רב לאוהבי וג'       
    6. …

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  13. 613LetterT-S 10J17.21

    Letter from ʿAwaḍ b. Hanan'el in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, in which the writer complains of hardships he has endured, and asks …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאה
    2. ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ונעמתה
    3. לי מדה מא וקפת לה עלי כתאב אללה תע'
    4. יגעלה פי חיז אלסלאמה ויגעל ולדה
    5. וקד א…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך;
    3. מזמן לא קראתי מכתב ממך; אלוהים יתעלה
    4. ישימך במחוז הש…

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  14. 614LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/69

    Recto: Letter of appeal for charity from a cantor to a dignitary named Mevorakh, likely the head of the Jews Mevorakh b. Saʿadya. In Hebrew, …

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  15. 615LetterT-S AS 146.121

    Letter fragment (lower part of recto). Very faded, reddish ink, distinctive (late?) hand with long sweeping strokes at the ends of words. Mentions dinars and …

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  16. 616LetterHalper 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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  17. 617LetterMoss. III,119

    Letter in a Romance language; requires examination.

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  18. 618LetterT-S 8J24.18

    Letter by a teacher complaining about teaching a difficult child. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) Reused on verso for Hebrew literary jottings.

    1. בר
    2. צבח אללה מולאנ[א
    3. באסעד צבאח [[. . .]]
    4. יא סיידי קלה אלאנצאף
    5. פי אלנאס מא הי גידא
    6. והאדא אבן ראובן
    7. אלצגיר גאב לי אבנה
    8. והו עלא אלקציה
    9. אלדי יעלמה אללה
    10. …

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  19. 619LetterT-S AS 172.326

    Business letter (small fragment) in a mix of languages and scripts. Probably addressed to ʿArūs b. Yosef al-Urjuwānī, in Darb al-Ṣafīn in Fustat. Part of …

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  20. 620LetterT-S AS 150.67

    Opening of a letter to the Head of the Congregation. Contains only blessings. AA

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  21. 621LetterBodl. MS heb. c 13/15 + Bodl. MS heb. e 108/69

    Fragment of a letter on behalf of the lepers of Tiberias.

    Bodl. MS heb. e 108/69 69 recto

    1. שלומות אפודים וברכות | וטובות אחודים ונחמות אגודים
    2. כלל כל המחמדים וחכמת הנחמדי|ם ליקר כבוד קדוש מר ור
    3. אוהב חסד ורודף…

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  22. 622LetterT-S AS 145.396 + T-S AS 145.393

    Letter in Hebrew. Dating: Probably 11th century. Begging a dignitary for help interceding with the king and tax administrators concerning the burden of tax being …

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  23. 623LetterT-S G1.74

    Fragment of a large and beautifully-written letter or sermon addressed to a community. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). The purpose …

    1. ] . . . 
    2. ]אמה פי אלדארין גמיעא
    3. וכקולה כבוד חכמים ינחלו וג לאן קולה הדא קול עמום יעם
    4. דאר אלדניא ודאר אלאכרה פמן פאז בברהם ואסעאפהם ונהץ
    5. אלנהוץ אלדי י…

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  24. 624LetterT-S AS 145.366

    Letter from Mevasser. In Hebrew. Small fragment from the ending. Ends with a ḥazaq.

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  25. 625LetterT-S Ar.54.48

    Letter fragment sent from Alexandria to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer tried 2 or 3 times to travel, but it was impossible owing to the …

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    1. ]ה פי . . . [. . . . . . . . .]רי . [
    2. כמסה [. . . . . דנ]אניר ונצף באלגרוי אלקנטאר
    3. ואשתרי אלנצף אבו אלפרג או . . [
    4. ואכוה אבו אלמנצור //ואלנצף …

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  26. 626LetterENA NS 21.11

    Letter in which the sender asks his relative to help him to put together the outfit of his daughter, named Sitt al-Niʿam. Also mentions Ibn …

    1. דאעי אלה תעאלי ב.א. . . .[. . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. ידימהא ולא יעדמנא גאהה אלדי הו עלינא דאים
    3. אלקריב מנא ואלבעיד ודלך קצדה מע כל אלנאס
    4. פאללה תעאלי י…

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  27. 627LetterMIAC 23973.65

    Letter to the Nubian eparch Uruwī in Ibrīm from Abū al-Futūḥ b. Kanz al-Dawla, with which he sends the eparch two silk garments, four textiles …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اعلم الاكشيل ووزير الملك وصاحب الخيل
    3. اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه وهلك عدوه
    4. وضده         توجه موصل هذا الكتاب وهو منعم
    5. احد …

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. I inform the Ikshīl, vizier of the king, master of the horses—
    3. may God prolong his life, c…

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  28. 628LetterT-S AS 148.81

    Recto: letter with unidentified marginalia in a different hand. Verso: unidentified Hebrew, possibly in the same hand as recto margin. (Information from CUDL)

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  29. 629LetterT-S 12.92

    Business letter from Yisrael b. Yūsuf, in Qayrawan, to Abū Sahl Menashshe b. David, in Fustat. The writer describes how the Rav (the highest authority …

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    1. על שמך
    2. אטאל אללה יא שיכי וריסי וגלילי פי אלכיר בקאך ועלא ארתקאך ולקאך אלכיר טולמא(!) אבקאך כתאבי
    3. יא שיכי מן אלקירואן לי מן אב יהפך לששון ולשמח…

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  30. 630LetterMIAC 119

    Announcement from a kosher butcher under the management of Alshomir Rafle Dāūd advertising the sale of kosher meats in bulk – undated – Museum of …

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  31. 631LetterT-S Ar.34.108

    Letter fragment, possibly the address of a letter that is now lost. From [...] Nissim [...] to Abū l-Khayr Ḥananya (or Shaʿya?) b. Mevorakh. There …

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  32. 632LetterMoss. Xa,3.14

    Letter, unclear regarding what. Four lines from lower left corner of recto (or verso), two lines and a word from upper left corner of verso …

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  33. 633LetterT-S Misc.25.126

    Letter from Avraham b. David b. Sighmar, Fustat, probably to Daniel b. Azarya, Jerusalem. The beginning of June 1056. After the passing of Yefet b. …

    Recto: TS Misc. Box 25, f. 126, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp. 746-748 (Doc. #402), C.T., 7-5-86 (P)

    1. ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה וציאנתה וולאיתה וחרסאתה
    2. [ו…

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  34. 634LetterT-S AS 146.382

    Letter fragment containing only praises for the addressee in Hebrew. The address is written in both Arabic and Hebrew. None of the names or content …

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  35. 635LetterENA 2808.5a

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Instructing the addressee to send a ream (dast) of 25 pieces of paper, and also to sell some quires (dafātir) on behalf …

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  36. 636LetterENA NS 72.16

    Recto and three lines of verso: Note in Hebrew addressed to some important person. The hand and spellings are very rudimentary. The writer seems to …

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  37. 637LetterYevr. II A 1815

    A letter to Mordechai b. Shmuel

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  38. 638LetterT-S 13J25.18

    Letter sent from al-Ahwaz by Efrāyim b. Saʿīd to the three senior Tustarī brothers, Abū Naṣr Sahl, Abū Yaʿqūb Yosef and Abū Sahl, in Fustat. …

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    1. בסם אללה אלרחמן אלרחים

    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא סאדאתי אלמשאיך אלפצלא ואדאם תאיידהם וסעאדתהם [ו]חראסתהְסְ

    3.  מן אלאהואז יום אלגמעה אלתאני עשר מן…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. בשם אלוהים, הרחמן הרחום.
    2. מכתבי, ייתן לכם אלוהים, האדונים, רבותי הנעלים, אריכות ימים, ויתמיד את עזרתו ואת תמיכתו בכם
    3. (נכתב) באהואז ביום ו׳, 12…

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  39. 639LetterT-S J3.3

    Pages from a manual of writing letters.

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  40. 640LetterENA NS 7.95

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to some dignitary. Only the formulaic opening is preserved. In the upper margin and on verso there are jottings in Hebrew …

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  41. 641LetterMIAC 23973.62

    Letter from Lāmiʿ b. Ḥasan al-Kanzī to the Nubian eparch Uruwī b. Khiyākh in Ibrīm dealing with business transactions, personal grievances and diplomatic tensions. The …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. وصل كتاب صاحب الخيل ووزير الملك اطال الله
    3. بقاه وادام تاييده وسعادته وسلامته ونعمته وكتاب
    4. اخر الى الشيخ ابو الطاهر بن تر…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. The letter of the Master of the Horses and vizier of the king—may God prolong
    3. his life and…

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  42. 642LetterT-S AS 175.114

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly. Medieval-era. A small portion of four lines from the body are visible and a line of marginal text. The verso has …

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  43. 643LetterMoss. V,355

    Letter from the wife of Khalaf b. Harūn to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39 CE), seeking help against her cruel husband, written in the hand of …

    1. אלממלוכה אבנה אברהם אלחזן נע
    2. זוגה כלף בן הרון אלמערוף בתאג אל
    3. מעאלי
    4. בשמ רחמ
    5. אש[רי] משכיל [א]ל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו ייי
    6. אל[לה...]..לת..ה יסתגיב הדרת אד…

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    1. The servant, the daughter of Abraham the cantor, m(ay he rest in) E(den),
    2. the wife of Khalaf b. Hārūn known as
    3. tāj al-maʿālī (the Crown o…

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  44. 644LetterT-S 8.258

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a certain Abū l-Ḥasan b. Ḥassūn. The writer recounts the legal proceedings following somebody's death and various people bearing false testimony. …

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  45. 645LetterENA NS 14.25

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Tiny fragment: preserves only the opening and part of the Arabic-script address. The hand is almost certainly the same as several other …

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  46. 646LetterT-S NS 342.13 + T-S NS 342.15 + T-S NS 342.25 + T-S NS 342.17

    Several fragments from a business letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Ḥalfon (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Informing him that he …

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  47. 647LetterT-S NS 236.10 + T-S NS J407

    Letter addressed to a certain Yehuda. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. "If we could share in your pain, we would do so." Mentions Ṣadaqa and Abū …

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  48. 648LetterT-S 12.395

    Document(s) in Hebrew. Possibly a letter of appeal for charity. Prefaced with biblical verses and ornate praises. On the side that also has Arabic script, …

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  49. 649LetterMoss. V,369

    Letter from Yosef b. Yeshua from Alexandria, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. The writer describes the situation in Alexandria before the shipping season …

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    1. כתאבי יאמולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם געמאך וכבת בדיל אעדאך
    2. יום אלגמעה לי' כלון מן טבת ען סלאמה ושוקן אליך גמע אללה ביננא
    3. עלי כיר            ובעד…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. מכתבי אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך ויכה וישפיל את אויביך,
    2. (נכתב) ביום כו׳ בי׳ בטבת. שלומי טוב, אבל אני מתגעגע אליך, י…

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  50. 650LetterT-S 20.105

    Letter to the judge Moshe b. Labrāṭ. Dealing with a lawsuit of al-Mufaḍḍal Netanʾel against his paternal cousin [Musa]llam b. Moshe Ibn Ḥirbish and emphasizing …

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