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  1. 6501LetterT-S 16.262

    IB VI, 17. Letter from Moshe b. Labrāṭ, in al-Mahdiyya, to the Head of the Jews of Egypt (Moshe b. Mevorakh) asking him to assist …

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  2. 6502LetterT-S 18J3.8

    Letter to Yaḥyā ha-Sar. In Judaeo-Arabic, with an elaborate opening in Hebrew. In the hand of one of the 13th-century Mosul Nasis? (Information in part …

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    1. א[ל הדרת] כגק . . . . רנו פארנו מרנ ורבנ
    2. יחיה השר האדיר החכם האביר אשר חכמותיו
    3. על הסדר הסדיר ולבו לקנות חכמה יומם
    4. ולילה הדיר פאר(?) השרים תפא…

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  3. 6503LetterT-S AS 152.97

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj to his paternal aunt's son Eliyya (probably Eliyyahu the Judge), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century. Extremely faded. …

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  4. 6504LetterENA 3504.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From Yemen. May be late. ENA 3504.2(?), ENA 3504.3, and ENA 3504.5 may all be from the same letter. Needs examination.

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  5. 6505LetterCUL Or.1080 J91

    IB V, 14. Business letter addressed to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Barakāt Ibn al-Lebdī; Hārūn b. Rajā; Efrayim b. …

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  6. 6506LetterF 1908.44U

    IB IV, 40 (ח54). Letter from Yiṣḥaq Ibn Ezra, in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: before Nisan, probably of 1139 CE (Goitein …

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    1. יאמולאי וסידי אדאם אללה עזّך ואטאל מדתך כתבתה לילה אלאחד
    2. ען שוק לא יעלמה גיר אללה תעלי וחצרתני סכאפה פי דלך אלשכץ
    3. אלדי פי עלמך איצא ולעמרך פקד…

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    1. אדוני ומרי, יתמיד ה' את יקרך ויאריך את חייך. הריני כותב מכתב זה בליל יום ראשון
    2. מתוך געגועים שאין יודעם אלא ה' יתעלה. ובאו אליי דברי הבל עם/בדב…

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  7. 6507LetterF 1908.44DD + F 1908.44BB

    Letter from Damascus to Fustat. Same hand as F 1908.44DD, which is very likely the end of the same letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier …

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  8. 6508LetterYevr. II A 2847

    A letter from Avraham Levi to Yosef b. Moshe Luzki

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  9. 6509LetterT-S 12.224

    Letter from the merchant Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef, in Qayrawān, to Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1020 CE (Gil) …

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    1. [אטאל אללה] יאסידי ואלעזיז עלי בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ועאפיתך וכראמתך וכפאיתך וכלאיתך וחפט'ך 

    2. [                 ] נעמה עליך וענדך כתבת ען סלאמה …

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    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני היקר, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת בריאותך ואת כבודך ואת סיפוקך ואת הגנתך, ואת שמירתך
    2. …. (וייתן) לך אושר, ולאשר לך. …

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  10. 6510LetterT-S AS 161.143

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late.

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  11. 6511LetterT-S 13J19.25

    Late letter to Abd al-Karim Kashani dealing with orders for goods. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. לקי
    2. סלאם אללה תעאלה וברכאתה וזכי תחייאתה
    3. עלה אלאך אלעזיז עבד אלכרים ואלקפץ וצל לי
    4. יום אלתלאת וקלבתה חאזה ואלתרנגביל
    5. אלי הוא אלאצל מא ראיתה ואשכית אנ…

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  12. 6512LetterT-S 8J36.6

    Letter (possibly a copy, as it is blank on verso and is set out more like a page of text than a letter) sending greetings …

    1. אשאל מיום מעלליו יעבור על . . . ל
    2. ואל יתעבר ויגביר חסדיו ואל יתגבר
    3. למחול עוני ואם גליתי קלוני והגדתי חסרוני
    4. והייתי כמביא אידו בידו ויקשו בנפשו
    5. במעלת…

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  13. 6513LetterT-S NS J547

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (right side only). Dating: 12th or early 13th century. Mentions Waliyy al-Dawla, Fustat, and a shop.

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  14. 6514LetterT-S Ar.39.361

    Recto, with address on verso: Letter in Arabic script addressed to al-muʿallim Yehuda KR[...]. Verso and margins of recto: Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, involving the …

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  15. 6515LetterENA NS 65.16

    Letter from an unknown writer, perhaps a provincial muqaddam, to an unknown distinguished person, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with interspersed biblical verses. The writer …

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    1. אמת
    2. חמודינו השר הנכבד החכם והנבון נזר התלמידים שצ יעלם אנני לם אעמל
    3. מע אחד עמרי כלה אלא אלכיר אדא קדרת עליה ואלחדר אן יכתב לי רשות לא
    4. פי כתובה…

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  16. 6516LetterT-S 13J21.30

    Letter from Abū l-Barakāt b. Abū l-Ḥasan, in Alexandria, to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. The letter informs Shelomo …

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    1. ב'ר'
    2. אלי אלמגלס אלסאמי אלאגלי אלמולוי אלעאלמי אלריסי
    3. אלפאצלי אלמפצלי הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת
    4. כ' ג' ק' מ' ור' שלמה החכם והנבון ירום הודו ויגדל
    5. כב…

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  17. 6517LetterT-S Misc.11.110

    Recto: A very formal letter (resembling a legal document or legal query) to an authority in Fustat/Cairo, regarding the daughter of [...] ha-Levi, known as …

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  18. 6518LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/28

    Letter from Daniel b. Yiṣḥaq he-Hazzan from Jerusalem to Eli b. Sadaqa. Probably ca. 1060.

    1. בשם רחמ
    2. עתרת שלום לגלות ועצה ומשאלת למלאות ומרפא וארוכה
    3. להעלות ותאות גבעות עולם וברכות [חס]דים ורחם לשב
    4. בנוה שלום ובמשכנות מבטחים באין פרץ ואין יוצא…

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  19. 6519LetterT-S Ar.14.12

    Petition in Judaeo-Arabic. Very wide spaces between the lines. Very thoroughly blotted out, but might be legible with multispectral imaging. Some of the phrases include: …

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  20. 6520LetterENA NS 7.72

    Recto (secondary use): Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably mid-11th century. Deals with business matters. Twice mentions Dāʾūd b. Shaʿya (see Gil, Palestine, vol. 3, …

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  21. 6521LetterT-S NS J229

    Letter in the hand of Abū Sahl Levi, in Fustat, probably to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, in Qalyūb. This is a brief, informal …

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  22. 6522LetterENA NS 8.4 + ENA NS 22.25

    Letter from Yosef b. Musa al-Tāhartī, from Alexandria, to an unknown person. Around 1060. The addressee is not Nahray, as Nahray’s name is mentioned in …

    1. [כתאבי יאכי וסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ⟦אטאל בקאך⟧ ואדא|]ם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ואתם נעמתה עליך מן אלאסכנדריה
    2. [נצף איר ען סלאמה ועאפיה אלחמד ללה רב אלעאל…
    1. אני כותב לך, אחי ואדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך וישלים את חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה
    2. בחצי אייר. שלומי טוב ואני בריא, תוד…

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  23. 6523LetterMIAC 126

    Announcement of the commemoration of the death of Rabbi Yaʿacov Abu Haṣīra in Damanhur, urging the visitors to maintain order – 3 December 1961 – …

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  24. 6524LetterENA NS 77.159 + T-S 8J14.13

    Letter in Hebrew addressed to a certain Shemuel, who is a business partner of the sender. Two pieces comprising the bottom of the letter. The …

    1. וסבר [. . . . . . ] ]קבה . . . . . . . . מ . . . .
    2. ובזריזותך . | . . ע כי מהנה אין לי מותר
    3. כלל לפי שהזמן | יקר וההוצאות מרובות
    4. עלי ואני צריך י|ותר מ…

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  25. 6525LetterT-S Misc.34.33

    Letter in Ladino regarding payment issues. Copious doodles in the white space. (Information from CUDL.)

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  26. 6526LetterT-S 12.225

    Verso: A few lines from the end of a letter in Arabic script. Very damaged and faded. Underneath, in a different hand, there is a …

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  27. 6527LetterT-S 8J22.13 + T-S 10J6.17

    Recto: Letter from Natan, a foreigner from Jerba (the island off the coast of Ifrīqiyya), who claims that he has been unjustly placed under house …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]ת
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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    1. ...
    2. ...
    3. ...h]onor, gre(atness and) hol(iness), our mas(ter) and tea(cher) the great Dignitary
    4. ...] his welfare, [...ho]nored and precious, an…

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  28. 6528LetterT-S 10J16.32

    Business letter in Hebrew. Dated Friday 13th [...]. Dating: second half of the 16th century, according to Avraham David. Mentions Shemuʾel, Yaʿaqov and Yiṣḥaq. Reports …

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  29. 6529LetterENA 1846.1 + ENA 1846.2

    Series of (copies of) letters sent from Hebron to Egypt, mainly asking for financial assistance. First half of the 17th century. Information from FGP.

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  30. 6530LetterT-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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  31. 6531LetterT-S F1(2).22

    Beginning of a letter in Arabic script. Reused for Hilkhot ha-Rif and Birkat ha-Mazon.

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  32. 6532LetterT-S 6J7.4

    Letter from Abū Saʿīd to his son. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. The son was ill. He asks the addressee to forward legal …

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  33. 6533LetterT-S 8J29.3

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Between judges or communal leaders, dealing with at least two ongoing legal cases. The first concerns a lawsuit between al-ʿAmmānī and …

    1. ]בה אלי ענדנא כיף לא תוב(?) . פ . . . . [ . . . . . . . .
    2. תעצב ללעמאני וגאב לה עדים . . אני(?) כתבו אן אלמאל
    3. אלדי ללעמאני אלדי ביד אברהים אלזנד אנה …

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  34. 6534LetterMoss. IV,25.4

    Verso: Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-ʿAlā'. In Judaeo-Arabic. He asks Abū l-ʿAla' him to come together with Abū l-Barakāt in order to …

    1. יא שיך אבו אלעלא אשתהי אן
    2. תגי תפצל לי [[הדא]] מקטע
    3. ותכייטה אנת ואלשיך אלאגל
    4. אבו אלברכאת שצ
    5. וכתב שלמה ברבי אליה הדיין

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  35. 6535LetterT-S NS 181.35

    Faded letter in Hebrew. Dating: looks late, ca. 15th–16th century. Probably dealing with communal affairs, but the text is too fragmentary to understand. Some words …

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  36. 6536LetterJRL B 2450

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, likely by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, to a judge, perhaps his father ([al-Shaykh] al-ajall al-amīn al-makīn. . . al-dayyan al-aṣīl).

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  37. 6537LetterT-S AS 152.215

    Blessings in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly from a letter.

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  38. 6538LetterT-S AS 148.170

    Recto (secondary use): End of a letter or note in Judaeo-Arabic. Includes greetings and mentions Sitt Rayḥān.

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  39. 6539LetterT-S AS 177.43

    Short note in Arabic script. There is a name at upper left. The addressee is asked to report to the 'funduq al-yahūd' for some reason …

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  40. 6540LetterAIU VI.B.87

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic. May describe transactions involving a female slave belonging to a noble woman ("al-sharīfa al-kabīra") who may still be owed …

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  41. 6541LetterT-S AS 152.123

    Long late Hebrew letter. The writer is asking for more time to pay his debts?

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  42. 6542LetterT-S NS 31.2

    Letter addressed to Moshe Levi b. Zakkār. (Same addressee as in T-S NS 31.16.) In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th–17th century. Mentions Messina in recto, …

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  43. 6543LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1470

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Writer and addressee unknown. Dating: No earlier than 15th century, since it mentions the currency ashrafī. Deals mainly with business matters. Mentions …

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  44. 6544LetterT-S Ar.18(1).49

    Letter from Ezra b. Hillel, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. December 28, 1063. The writer informs Nahray about businesses he has in …

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    1. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמאה

    2. פי הדא אליום אלדי הו יום אלא לד כלון מן שבט ווקפת עליה וסרני על…

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך,
    2. ממש היום, שהוא יום א' ו' בש…

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  45. 6545LetterBL OR 10578A.10

    Informal note from Abu ʿAlī, apparently accompanying the remainder of the 40 dirhems as the recipient had ordered: קד . . . ת לך בקיה …

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  46. 6546LetterENA NS 47.20

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic (FGP). The handwriting is rudimentary and the orthography so idiosyncratic that it is difficult to understand. Probably a family letter; discussing all …

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  47. 6547LetterT-S Ar.18(1).134

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic in a crude, large-lettered hand and very unusual spellings Dating: Likely 11th or 12th century. Sent to a certain […] b. …

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  48. 6548LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 143

    Letter, official-looking, in Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. Mentions al-Muẓaffarī in the tarjama and begins with a taqbīl clause and yunhī formula. Central part of …

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    1. المملوك المظفري

    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    3. يقبل الارض وينهي بعد استمرارة على الادعية الصالحة

    4. فلـ[..]عىه [                         ]

    5. تقبله…

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  49. 6549LetterT-S AS 149.80

    Letter from a certain Yisrael, in Jerusalem, to Avraham Castro (d. 1560), in Cairo. In Hebrew. Asking for charity and for his family of 8 …

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  50. 6550LetterT-S 12.405

    Letter from a father to his son, a young man who had entered government service recently, advising him concerning some officials whose friendship should be …

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    1. יאולדי אחיאך אללה אגתמע אבו סעיד במרהף אלדולה ושכרה שכר כתיר
    2. ודכר אן גמיע מן יכתץ באלחצרה אלזעימיה אדאם אללה על[אה]א לם יבק בינך
    3. ובין אחד מנהם…

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