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  1. 6551LetterT-S AS 161.172

    Letter addressed to Yeshuʿa b. Zekharya the judge (with many grand titles, including החזק הפטיש). Same addressee as T-S 13J21.16. Mentions someone's arrival from Alexandria …

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  2. 6552LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/14

    Lower fragment: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with a poem in Hebrew mourning separation and praising the addressee (אהה עלי אחים אשר היו אגודה והפרידם זמן …

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  3. 6553LetterBL OR 5566C.3

    Letter addressed to Bū l-F[aḍl] Shela b. Maṣliaḥ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Mentions receiving the addressee's letter sent with 'the teacher' (al-melammed); "dogs" and people who …

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  4. 6554LetterT-S AS 175.147

    IB ח95. Small fragment of a letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanel, in Fustat or Cairo, to his brother Yeḥezqel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No later January …

    Recto

    1 לא אע[...]

    2 תעא[...]

    3 חאל [...]

    4 ענד [...]

    5 ודמ.[...]

    6 יכון [...]

    7 כת[...]

    Recto, right margin

    1. עלי.[...]
    2. אן את.[...]
    3. באלכאץ ול[דך]
    4. אבו…

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  5. 6555LetterHalper 389

    Letter from Salāma b. Mūsā of Sfax, in Mazar, Sicily, to his partner Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The longest letter …

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    1. סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמאך כתאבי אליך מן מאזר לז' בקין מן אלול ען סלאמה ונעמה 
    2. ושכר ללה תעאלי אסאלה אלמזיד מן כל כ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת רווחתך, ממאזר, בכ"ג באלול; שלומי טוב ואני מאושר,
    2. ותודה לאל י…

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  6. 6556LetterT-S NS 342.10 + T-S NS 342.115

    Two fragments of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Quite faded. Join: Alan Elbaum.

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  7. 6557LetterENA NS 83.237

    Verso: Informal note addressed to 'my lord and master al-rayyis.' Unclear what the content is. Ends "waffaqahu allāh taʿālā in shāʾ allāh." On recto there …

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  8. 6558LetterMoss. IXa,3.36

    Three notes, two on lined paper, one in Hebrew with an elaborate signature. Presumably 20th c.

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  9. 6559LetterBodl. MS heb. a 2/16

    IB II, 53. Letter of thanks from Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Menashshe to Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq. Fustat. Dating: ca. 1120s or, more broadly, ca. 1100-1138 CE …

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    בשמ' רחמ'

    1. מה טובו אהלי משכנות ישרים. המצויינים בארחות מישרים. ובמעגלי צדק
    2. התקועים כאוהל בל יצען במקום נאמן. הנטועים כאהלים נטע יי' להחסו[ת] בצ…

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    1. כבר נשלח מכתב עבדך אליך, ישמרך צורך, שבו הודעתי להדרתך שהגיע מה שהואלת
    2. להעניק לי לשם שמים, היינו מה …

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  10. 6560LetterT-S AS 145.270

    Recto: Possibly a letter draft. Very faded. Unusual format, since the left margin is used for several lines of text at a right angle to …

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  11. 6561LetterT-S 13J25.10

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Dating: end of the 10th or beginning of the 11th century. From Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq Ibn Abitur, in Spain (either Merida …

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  12. 6562LetterENA NS 77.59

    Small fragment from the end of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Referring to necessity/need (אן אוגבת אלצרורה) and ending ישע רב.

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  13. 6563LetterENA 2738.20

    IB V, 21. Recto: Letter in poetic Hebrew, addressed to Rabbenu Yehuda (=Abū Zikrī Kohen) asking for help, because "bread has run out."

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  14. 6564LetterT-S AS 203.78

    Fragment from the end of a letter in Arabic. Including greetings for Bū Naṣr(?).

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  15. 6565LetterT-S AS 145.196 + T-S 10J18.5 + T-S AS 150.105 + T-S AS 207.216 + T-S 12.597

    Verso: Letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides, r. 1205–1237 CE, mentioning Yosef. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index cards. Joins by Mordechai Akiva …

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  16. 6566LetterT-S 12.16

    Letter, in Judaeo-Arabic with an opening in Hebrew, from Yoshiyyahu Gaon to Shelomo b. Sa'adya and the community of Rafah, concerning a dispute over an …

    1. יאשיהו ראאש (!) ישיבת גאון יעקב בי(!)
    2. יאשיהו ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב בירבי
    3. שלום ועתרת שלום וסוגי שלום וסוכת שלום
    4. עם מצעדי שלום וברכות ונחמות וישועות תהי…

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  17. 6567LetterMoss. III,104.2

    Letter fragment, very damaged and written in a very cursive hand. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Addressing itself to 'sayyidnā' and making some …

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  18. 6568LetterMoss. V,364.2 + Moss. V,364.1

    Still un-conserved, and the pages stick together. Contains at list two letters, one in Arabic and one in Judeo-Arabic. According to the catalogue it is …

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  19. 6569LetterBL OR 5561B.5

    Letter of appeal. Above, 13 lines of Hebrew blessings in large letters (perhaps a template purchased already filled out). Below, 6 lines of Judaeo-Arabic begging …

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  20. 6570LetterYevr. II A 1765

    A letter to Ya'aqov Kohen the cantor from Guzlawa from Ishaq b. Yosef

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  21. 6571LetterT-S NS 308.119

    Business letter from Musa b. Ishaq b. Hisda to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ibn Awkal. This letter is a response to a letter sent by the …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאשיכי ורייסי וגלילי וכבירי אטא<ל> אללה בקאך ואדאם געמאך
    2. ותולאך ורעאך ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך ען סלאמה ושגל פי אלקלב ממא
    3. ורד עלי קלבי מ…

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  22. 6572LetterENA 2808.40b

    Lower fragment, recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a woman. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, as the ashrafī is mentioned– a coinage type that …

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  23. 6573LetterT-S K6.155

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are two lines from the end of a letter, it seems asking for instructions. This is followed by three lines …

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  24. 6574LetterT-S AS 150.140

    Recto: (draft of a?) letter with jottings. The sender mentions "his headache" and the sender's intention to travel east (אלממלוך קד עזם קולא ואחדא עלי …

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  25. 6575LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/54

    Mirror image (imprint) of a letter in Hebrew.

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  26. 6576LetterBL OR 10599.11

    Upper fragment: Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic: . . . יקרצני . . . מנהם פאן כאן חרצכם מן אעטיה נסיכאתי ואשהד עליי …

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  27. 6577LetterT-S NS 342.6

    Small fragment from the opening of a letter written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–1138 CE) containing greetings for Masliah Gaon, probably for his appointment …

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  28. 6578LetterMIAC 204

    Letter in which one Jew is reporting to another about receiving Italian citizenship – 24 November 1913CE – (number 204) – in Arabic. (information from …

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  29. 6579LetterGeneva 121

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably from Damīra or Tinnīs to Fustat. Mercantile. The writer reports on the vicissitudes of purchasing flax and cotton in Damīra, Damietta, …

    Recto

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
    2. מא אנא עליה מן אלוחשה ואלשוק אלי חצרתה
    3. אלמחרוסה ועצם אלארתיאח ואלתאסף
    4. עלי מא …

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  30. 6580LetterT-S 8.80

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner). Asking a dignitary for help on behalf of a group of people, by loaning them money or …

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  31. 6581LetterT-S 13J23.15

    Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya by Hayyim b. Immanuel to Mevorakh b. Saadya in Fustat, dealing with a purchase of books for Mevorakh from the estate …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלחבר אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה
    2. ונעמאה מן אלמהדיה לג' איאם כלון מן תשרי תקבל אללה מנה הדה אלאיאם אלמב…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני החבר הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדיו לך, ממהדייה, בג' בתשרי, …

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  32. 6582LetterT-S NS 225.97 + T-S NS 225.98

    Verso: Probably a letter in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  33. 6583LetterENA 1269.49

    Letter, first part, flowery, from the Qaraite community of Egypt to that of Damascus. Mentions specifically Moshe Melammed Fayrūz, Binyamin Nasi, and Eliyyahu Nasi. Dating: …

    1. לקי
    2. שלומות עצומות ורמות מבורא העולם לבחירי אל בשכל טוב האל הנחילם
    3. עמודי ארץ בגדולה השם ית חננם והגדילם יסודי עולם בגבול נחמד האל
    4. הגבילם חכמי לב בתור…

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  34. 6584LetterBL OR 12369.7 + BL OR 12369.8

    12369.7 and 8 are drafts of several Judaeo-Arabic letters and documents by Yisrael al-Gevili (אלגוילי) writing in Cairo it seems circa 1755/6 CE (the lower …

    Recto, upper segment:

    1. . . .
    2. אקר ואשהד עלא נפסהי אלמחתרם אלמוכרם אלאגל אלאכמל
    3. אלאמתל מולאנה אלשיך אלאסלאם אלשיך נצר אלדין אבו
    4. זין אלדין אלאסכנדארני א…

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  35. 6585LetterT-S NS 99.69 + T-S NS 99.67

    Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic (recto) and Arabic (verso). Probably a letter.

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  36. 6586LetterAIU XII.120

    Letter in Arabic script. Dating: Likely 11th or 12th century. Fragment (upper right piece of recto). Most of what is preserved on recto consists of …

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  37. 6587LetterMIAC 145

    Complaint related to inheritance – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 145) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq …

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  38. 6588LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1865/25

    Business letter. Small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century.

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  39. 6589LetterT-S AS 151.140

    Letter, small fragment. Preserves part of the opening blessings in Hebrew for multiple addressees.

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  40. 6590LetterMIAC 159

    Letter reassuring the correspondent about the affairs of the family – 1935CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 159) – in Arabic. (information from …

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  41. 6591LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/116

    Letter from a woman in Fustat to her brother Yūsuf al-Kharrāṭ (?) in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. The scribe writes …

    Recto

    1. כתאבי אלי מולי ואכי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדם עזה ושלמתה
    2. ונעמתה גמע אללה ביננא פי כיר ועאפיה ואלדי תריד
    3. עלמה אן מא וצל לי מנך כתאב ולי גואב ובקי
    4. קלב…

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  42. 6592LetterENA NS 29.2

    Recto: Family letter in Arabic script. The addressee is called "my brother" (ياخي بحق الخبز(؟) الذي بيننا...., three lines from the bottom). The sender refers …

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  43. 6593LetterT-S AS 161.15

    Personal letter in Judaeo-Arabic, quoting Genesis 34:7; 31:27. Begins "there is no doubt that you are the one who has wronged me," then "I would …

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  44. 6594LetterENA 4011.74 + T-S 8J2 + Yevr. III B 1131

    Letter (copy) from the exilarch Daniel b. Ḥisday (d. probably 1175) of Baghdad to Netanʾel b. Moshe ha-Levi in Fusṭāṭ recognizing his new position in …

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  45. 6595LetterAIU VII.E.144

    A short mercantile letter to Avraham b. Ṣāliḥ b. Zarqī (?), probably from his father. The writer rebukes the recipient for failing to send him …

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  46. 6596LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/19

    Fragment of a letter from Nāshī b. Thābit ha-Kohen to the ḥaver Yosef b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi (Fustat). Dating: ca. 1084-1090 CE. Nāshī b. Thābit sends …

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  47. 6597LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/129

    Letter from Nissim b. Shela to the teacher Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥayyim Nafūsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Contains detailed information about the sending and selling of books. People …

    Recto:

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אלדי אעלם בה מולאי אלמלמד נט ר[ח
    3. אן אלשמש תאבת אלכהן כאן קד סלם אלדפאתר
    4. אלדי לך ללחבר פלמא וצלת אעלמני בדלך
    5. פאנפדת אלי חמוה אבו אלחסי…

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  48. 6598LetterT-S Misc.36.203

    Letter by R. Sherira Gaon. NB: Part of Gil's transcription that appears with this shelfmark does not correspond with any of the pages on this …

    Verso, left (starts a few lines down)

    4. שרירא ראש הישיבה שלגולה

    5. למחמד עינינו ומשא נפשינו וסגלת

    6. חמדתנו ואיש סודנו ובעל בריתנו

    7. ושעשועי לבנו מ…

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  49. 6599LetterT-S AS 158.222

    Damaged letter. Recto is in Judaeo-Arabic, much faded. Mentions dār al-mushārif in the last line. Verso is in Hebrew. The writer is addressing אדוננו ירום …

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  50. 6600LetterHUC 1125

    Letter from Yeḥezqel Ḥayyim Avraham ha-Kohen, in Diyarbakır (דייר בכיר), to his paternal uncle Mordekhay Kohen, in Palu (פאלו). Late and non-Geniza. Needs examination.

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