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  1. 6751LetterT-S Ar.40.17

    Recto: Brief letter in Arabic script, very polite, asking the addressee not to delay something. Verso: Apparently a commentary on Daniel 1:4f, in both Arabic …

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  2. 6752LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/70

    Letter from [...] b. Avraham to Ṣadaqa b. Ṣemaḥ. The writer had previously sent a letter with Ibn Bunyām that had gone unanswered. In the …

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  3. 6753LetterT-S 13J28.4

    Business letter to Abu Yusuf containing information and instructions concerning various items. The letter also mentions a shipment of goods and may refer to trade …

    1. [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . [א]דאם עיזך ותאידך וסעדתך
    2. [ען חאל] סלאמה ו[ . ] . . ה יום אלתלאתה לסת אנבקיו [מן] רמדאן וקד אסת…

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  4. 6754LetterENA 3172.6–7

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic (FGP). Possibly a literary letter.

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  5. 6755LetterENA 2557.151

    IB III, 43. Letter from Perahya b. Yosef Ibn Yiju (which he wrote in his and his brother Moshe's name) in Messina to his father …

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    1. פיהא לא מנחה ולא מעריב בציבור וצלאת שחרית יצליוהא
    2. מן קבל טלוע אל פגר מא ינפגר אל צו אלא קד אכמלוהא [אל]נא[ס] ומא
    3. [יט]צי אל אנסאן אלי אלבחר ללת…

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    1. אבי היקר עליי, הנכבד ה[... יאריך] ה' את חייך וישמרך
    2. [ויג]ן עליך ויחסוך ממך את מה שמדאיג אותך וירחיק מ[מך] מה שמצער אותך, ויקרב את הנסיבות
    3. לפגי…

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  6. 6756LetterT-S Ar.54.39

    IB IV, 9 (ח6). Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Netanʾel, writing from Aden. This is the preliminary draft of a letter, written …

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    1. אלי חאלהא תום מן אול
    2. אלדכול יקצד אלמגאלטה
    3. פי כתב אלגמיע ויקאל
    4. אן מא וצל מעי כתאב
    5. בל הי תצל מע ג'ירי
    6. חתי כתב יוסף וכלף
    7. ואלגמיע וכתאב ר' י…

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    1. [...] אל מצבה. ועוד מתחילת
    2. בואנו היה מתכוון למעשה מרמה
    3. בדבר מכתבי הכול. ויש לומר
    4. לא הבאתי מכתב,
    5. אלא מישהו אחר יביא אותם
    6. אפילו מכתבי יוסף…

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  7. 6757LetterENA NS 71.15

    Letter from Faḍāʾil to his father. In Arabic script. He has sent prior letters but received no response. He mentions several individuals such as Ṣadaqa, …

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    1. بسم الله ال]رحمن الرحيم

    2. الذي اعرف به سيد]ي ووالدي جعلني الله فداه انني كتبت عدة كتب وما

    3. وصلني لها ا]لجواب واشتغل ذلك قلبي كثير بحكم ما دخ…

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  8. 6758LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1490

    Letter of condolence from Yūsuf b. Shemuel to his 'partner' (sharīk) Naṣrallāh. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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  9. 6759LetterT-S AS 219.119

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner of recto, part of the address on verso). Addressed to [...] b. al-Mubārak b. Dāʾūd, in Jerusalem. …

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  10. 6760LetterYevr.-Arab. II 2362

    Letter formulary in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ottoman-era, probably. These are similar to the formulae used in the preponderance of Judaeo-Arabic letters in the Yevr.-Arab. II folder.

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  11. 6761LetterT-S AS 179.288

    Recto: Unidentified document in Arabic script. Verso: Possibly formularies for letters in Arabic script. Seems to be a different hand than recto.

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  12. 6762LetterT-S 10J12.27

    Recto (secondary use): A second letter, possibly a copy or draft, possibly related to verso. This letter appears to be in the hand of Berakhot …

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    1. אלי ע[טרת ראשינו]
    2. ראש יש[יבת . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. וכאל יעז עלי אלממלוך עדאבהא
    4. ותקלת אלכאדם עלי תפצלהא פי כל
    5. וקת לא עדמת אחסאנהא
    6. אבדא …

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  13. 6763LetterT-S AS 16.188

    Small fragment of a personal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions ‘one of my (deceased) brothers’ and gives an excuse for why the sender didn't write earlier. …

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  14. 6764LetterT-S AS 180.140

    Jewish communal letter in Arabic script. Mostly in Arabic language, with at least one word in Hebrew (اليشوعا, v8). Opens with blessings for the caliph …

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  15. 6765LetterT-S AS 147.176

    Letter in the hand of Abraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). Mentions a certain Elijah - probably Elijah b. Zekharya. AA

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  16. 6766LetterT-S Misc.25.9

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq ha-Melammed ha-Bavli, in Bilbays, to Abū Isḥāq b. Bū l-Rabīʿ and a judge named Eliyya, in Fustat. (Goitein's index card says that …

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  17. 6767LetterT-S NS J304

    Recto: A summary of the different names terms applied to girls at different stages of life, perhaps from a halakhic standpoint. Verso: Informal note in …

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  18. 6768LetterT-S 6J3.21

    Letter to the cantor Shemuel from a friend who expresses his affection.

    1. טיללת
    2. לפ[אר] החזנים אדר רוזנים כתר המבינים עדי
    3. נע[ימי]ם (?) בינת הנבונים נטע נאמנים גזע אמונים
    4. כריתי ופליתי איש הרמתי רבנא שמואל החכם
    5. //וענו// וענוו…

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  19. 6769LetterT-S 8J4.11 + T-S NS J6

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Probably related to the legal document on recto, since some of the same names appear. At the top the names …

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  20. 6770LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1744

    Letter from Avraham Ẓaʿir, Jerusalem, to the Qaraite community of Fustat/Cairo. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer greets a great many people by name, including the …

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  21. 6771LetterT-S 13J13.17

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1030 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo …

    1. שלום מאדון השלום ליקר פאר כב גד קד מר ור אפרים
    2. החבר המעולה אשר בכל הון יקר לא יסולא ומכל
    3. חכמה הוא ממולא יהי צור עזרו וצל סתרו בן כב
    4. גק מר ור שמריה נ…

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  22. 6772LetterT-S NS 205.144

    Horizontal strip from a letter in Arabic script. 3 lines preserved on recto. Likely a family letter dealing with small business matters. Mentions (Abū) Sahl.

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  23. 6773LetterT-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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  24. 6774LetterENA 2808.31

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Mostly blessings

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  25. 6775LetterENA 2558.21

    Letter from a woman, in Cairo, to her brother Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb the brother-in-law of [...], in Malīj. In Arabic script. The sender is …

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  26. 6776LetterCUL Or.1080 J89

    Letter from Saadya Ha-Ḥaver, Hebron, to Evyatar Gaon, Fustat, beginning of 1082. The sender has been sick for two months, and "all the elders of …

    1. כתבתי אל הדרת גאונינו וציץ תפארתנו תפארת כל ישורון [א]מנת כוחנו
    2. הנחל המושך מקור החכמה הנהר הגדול המעין המתגבר האספקלריה
    3. המאירה המבין כל סוגיא המפרש …

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  27. 6777LetterT-S 18J4.15

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham b. Shelomo Ha-Paqid, Fustat, approximately 1050.

    1. ליקירנו וגדולנו וחשובנו ואדירנו ואבירנו ונדיבנו ושועינו כב
    2. קד מרנא ורבנא אברהם הזקן זקן הבין ושר הדעת
    3. אוהב תורה ומכבד בעליה ישמרו צור ומכל רע יהי
    4. נצ…

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  28. 6778LetterT-S AS 156.139

    Small fragment of a business letter, with a postscript by Yaʿqūb (possibly Yaʿaqov b. Salmān al-Ḥarīrī, compare ENA 2805.5 (PGPID 718)). (Information in part from …

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  29. 6779LetterT-S Ar.39.238

    One side: Draft of the beginning of a letter from a wretched prisoner in "the dungeon" (al-muṭbaq). In Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly poetry and not a letter. …

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  30. 6780LetterT-S AS 130.275

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic: מנהם שי אם לא . . . מוצלה . . . הם מן כל . . . אלמ …

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  31. 6781LetterCUL Or.1081 J19

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "my brother." The writer mainly communicates that he arrived at his destination safely, and that he rejoiced to learn of the …

    1. בש רחמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואעז אלכלק [עלי
    3. וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    4. עזך ונעמאך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא [[אכ]]
    5. אכלאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל
    6. במנה וכרמה א…

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  32. 6782LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 468

    Small fragment in Arabic script, likely a letter.

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  33. 6783LetterENA 3433.3

    Drafts of letter text in Arabic script. On verso there is Hebrew piyyuṭ.

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  34. 6784LetterT-S NS 321.30

    Letter, in Arabic script. Very neat hand. Approximately 5 lines are preserved, consisting mostly of conventional and deferential greetings. On verso, there is a draft …

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    1. والاكرام وينهي شدة شوقه الى خدمته واسفه على
    2. الفايت من مشاهدته ما لو وصف المملوك سيره لعجز
    3. عن تسطره وتغييره والله يسهل للمملوك سرعة
    4. النظر اليه …

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  35. 6785LetterT-S 12.325

    Letter from Dūnash b. Yiṣḥaq from Tripoli (Libya) to Yiṣḥaq b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, Fustat. Around 1030. Describes imagery or exaggerated event, of an attack against …

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    1.                    על שמך
    2. כתאבי אכי וסידי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך וצאנך ווקאך וכאן לך
    3. ומעך פי גמיע אמורך וליה וחאפצ'ה מן אטראבלס לי' כלון מן
    4. …

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  36. 6786LetterT-S AS 177.595

    Note addressed to Manṣūr b. Thanāʾ al-[...]. In Arabic script. Mentions ʿIzz al-Dīn. Unclear what the request is.

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  37. 6787LetterMoss. V,365

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, complaining about his bad fortune. Mentions al-Shaykh al-Thiqa and Ibn al-Shaykh al-Rashīd Abū l-Faḍl b. Nuʿmān. AA

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  38. 6788LetterENA NS 16.28

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning a letter or petition which the addressee had written to the amīr Nāṣir al-Dawla (active ca. 1062–72). The sender reports …

    1. ] דכרה פי[
    2. אל]לה תעאלי יס.[
    3. אלאמ?]יר אצחאבנא [. . . . צאל]ח אלדעא וכאן [אלשיך אבו
    4. אלפ?]רג אדאם אללה עזה קד אכד לילה [
    5. מולאי אלשיך ואיצא אלכתאב אלתי …

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    1. [  ] mentioned in [   ]

    2. [Go]d the exalted [   ]

    3. [the am]īr our colleagues [........ bes]t of prayers. [al-Shaykh Abū

    4. al-Fa]raj, may God…

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  39. 6789LetterT-S 6J5.22

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps ca. 13th century. Mentions [Kāti]b al-ʿArab; a matter that was only resolved by bribing one of the eunuchs; the Nagid's …

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    1. ] מן אלחסאב נש . . . . . . [
    2. ] . . שי אלא בכתאב . . . . . לאן סיידנא [
    3. אלשי פנשתהי אן תערפנ[א] מא נעמל וכאן אל[
    4. וצלת צחבה אלכרוק אלחריר אלדי …

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  40. 6790LetterENA NS 35.15

    Letter from Moshe b. Abudarham, probably in Rashīd, to Elʿazar al-Kātib, probably in Alexandria. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of 16th century, based on Avraham …

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  41. 6791LetterAIU VII.E.161

    Recto and verso contain two different letters to "sayyidnā" from a certain Menaḥem. The one on recto is more legible. He says that he met …

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  42. 6792LetterCUL Or.1080 J31

    Letter from a man from the land of the Persians, who, after the loss of his fortune, had come to Egypt to seek a post …

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    1. "For the Lord will be your trust; He will keep your feet from being caught"(Proverbs 3:26). 
    2. "The Lord will guard you from all harm; He will g…

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  43. 6793LetterBL OR 5542.26

    Letter of appeal for charity from Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen Nafūsī to Moshe Tifʾeret ha-Kohanim. He states that he is an old man from Nafūsa (Libya) and …

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  44. 6794LetterT-S 6J9.8

    Letter from Abū Sahl Levi (d. 1211) and his family to his son, probably Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212), in Qalyūb. Reporting on the …

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  45. 6795LetterT-S 10J16.10

    Letter from Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq al-Andalusi, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1065.

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    1. כתבת אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וחראסתך מן אל
    2. קדס אלמעמור לה בקין מן ניסן ערפך אללה ברכתה ואעאהד עליך
    3. סנין אן בכתרה ואלחאל סלאמה ללה …

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  46. 6796LetterT-S 10J13.19

    Letter from Mevorakh b. Natan to Elazar ha-Kohen expressing sympathy at the death of his father. The writer notes that he had already sent a …

    1. נחמו נחמו עמי יאמר אלהיכם וג
    2. בשמ רחמכי ייי יהיה בכסלך ושמר רגלך מלכד
    3. כי תלך במו אש לא תיכוה ולהבה לא וג
    4. ורבצת ואין מחריד וחלו פניך רבים
    5. והיה ראשיתך …

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  47. 6797LetterT-S NS 99.43

    Fragment of a letter. 6 lines in Hebrew with praises for an important person (including that God make his enemies drink poison), then 1 line …

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  48. 6798LetterT-S 8J17.32

    Letter from Benaya b. Mūsā to Abū Yiṣḥaq Abraham b. Sulaymān concerning the textile business, particularly an order for a Tustari robe or cloth (al-thawb …

    1. בשמך רחמ'
    2. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאיידה
    3. וסלאמתה ונעמתה ידכר מא קבצה מן אלקאצי אבי אלפרג והי
    4. [[תקדי]] ה די' ולם יערפני אן כאן…

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  49. 6799LetterT-S NS 342.99

    Fragment from a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi

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  50. 6800LetterCUL Or.1080 5.8

    Letter from a woman to her son Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn b. Salāma al-Ghurābī(?). In Arabic script. Well preserved and beautifully written. She writes that she …

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