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  1. 6801LetterT-S Ar.30.309

    Letter addressed to Abū l-Faraj and Abū l-Ḥasan. In Judaeo-Arabic, with extremely rudimentary spelling and and handwriting (e.g. אכדיל אלכום for ادخل اليكم). This is …

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  2. 6802LetterT-S K25.250

    Recto: Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, ca. 1050. Gil, Kingdom vol. 2, #161

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  3. 6803LetterT-S AS 184.132

    Letter or petition in Arabic script. Repeated references to the benefaction (iḥsān) of the addressee. Concerning a "portion" (ḥiṣṣa) belonging to the righter. Might mention …

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  4. 6804LetterT-S 13K2.6

    This small fragment includes an excipit, a date, and a signature; the name of the signature is ‘Saadya son of Joseph’. Without much argument or …

    1. כבודך ירב וינושא ויתמך לעדי עד נצח                  ונכתב ביום חמישי בשבת
    2. ביט יום לחודש תמוז שנת אלף רלג
    3. לממשלת חכמים             סעדיה בן
    4. יוסף אלוף…

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  5. 6805LetterT-S AS 146.113

    Mercantile letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: having no option except to travel to Yemen; Alexandria; and trade in silk. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  6. 6806LetterT-S AS 151.198

    Verso: Drafts of the opening of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to R. Yosef. Dating: early 13th century.

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  7. 6807LetterT-S NS 264.91

    Verso: Might be a draft or formulary of a petition in Arabic script. At 180 degrees there is unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic. Recto: Poetry in …

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  8. 6808LetterT-S 10K15.13

    Letter from Hilāl, in Alexandria, to al-Shaykh al-Najīb b. Mufaḍḍal b. al-Dayyān, in Fustat, to the shop of Ibn al-ʿŪdī, Sūq al-‘Attārīn. In Judaeo-Arabic with …

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  9. 6809LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/27

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Only the beginning and the address are preserved. …

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  10. 6810LetterT-S AS 154.145

    Recto: accounts with sums in dinars, mentioning the colours white, black and blue. Verso: note stating that when Abū l-Fakr reads it he should come …

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  11. 6811LetterBL OR 10599.1A

    Lower fragment: Letter fragment addressed to Yehuda ha-Kohen ha-Sar ha-Adir

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  12. 6812LetterT-S 10J5.24

    Letter from Yehuda b. Isma’il al-Andalusi, from Sicily, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. August 9, 1062. Regarding shipments of textile, especially silk, to Nahray. Nahray …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה פי אלכיר בקאך וצאנך ווקאך ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך מן אלמסתקר מסתהל אלול

    2. ערפך אללה ברכתה וברכה מא יליה מן אלש…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים ימים ארוכים וטובים וישמרך ויגן עליך ואל ימנע ממך הצלחות, מהבית, בא' באלול,
    2. יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ואת …

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  13. 6813LetterMIAC 23973.50

    Letter from Lāmiʿ ibn Ḥasan al-Kanzī to the Nubian eparch Uruwī in Ibrīm providing important political news to the eparch and historical information for us: …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اعلم الاكشيل وصاحب الخيل ووزير الملك اطال الله بقاه
    3. وادام تاييده وحراسته وسلامته ونعمته ان متحملها صاحبى
    4. وممن يكرمنى او…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. I inform the Ikshīl and Master of the Horses, the vizier of the king—may God prolong his l…

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  14. 6814LetterMoss. II,131.1

    Letter from Avraham b. Yaʿaqov. In Judaeo-Arabic, prefaced with a Judaeo-Arabic basmala. Dating: Might be 11th century. Refers to the addressees' coming from al-Ramla. Otherwise …

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  15. 6815LetterT-S NS 264.98

    Letter written and signed by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Dated: 1517 Seleucid = 1205/06 CE. It opens with a Hebrew poem congratulating the recipient on …

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    1. ודורשיך [. . . . .
    2. ימלא משאלות לבך אלהי בצדקת
    3. כל ישרים וחסידים
    4. ותצליח כמו יוסף ודויד ותלבש
    5. מלבוש ההוד רבידים
    6. יחיה את בנך שוכן שחקים
    7. יזכהו הגות…

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  16. 6816LetterT-S 8J13.7

    Recto: Note from a certain ʿUzziel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Explaining that the collection of pledges (pesiqa) has been delayed because it was mismanaged from the outset. …

    1. בר
    2. וצל אלמכתוב אלכרים וקבלה אלממלוך קבל אלוקוף
    3. עליה ואמא מא אשאר אליה אלמולי מן אמר אלברכה
    4. פאן מנד קלב אלמולי טב עלינא פאלברכה ענדנא
    5. ואמא אמר אלבסיק…

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  17. 6817LetterBodl. MS heb. e 107.19

    Letter of request for financial support, from Mordekhai ha-ger. Scheiber interpreted it as 'a proselyte', though it can equally be a foreigner - as the …

    1. [........]הזקן הנכבד

    2. .....א]ב טוב עין מאכיל רעבים מלביש

    3. [ערומים מתיר אסורים אבי י]תומים אשר ידו פתוחה לכל עני

    4. [..... ולתת [פעולתו ו]ל[ה]כ…

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  18. 6818LetterENA 2808.50

    Right fragment: Letter addressed to Eliyyahu b. Zekharya the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the introductory blessings are preserved here. Handwriting of Ṭahor b. Avraham.

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  19. 6819LetterAIU VII.E.138

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5 Raḥamim (=Elul) 5567 AM, which is 8 …

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  20. 6820LetterT-S NS J385

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1080. Natan asks Nahray to help the widow and orphans of b. …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל

    2. ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה וכבת

    3. אעדאה תקדמת כתבי אליה עדה ומא

    4. אשך פי וצולהא אליה ואנא אסאל תפצלך

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך ויכה את
    3. אויביך. שלחתי לך לפני כן מכתבים אח…

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  21. 6821LetterT-S NS 264.17

    On verso beginning of a draft of a poetical letter of appeal for charity addressed to a certain ʿAmram. In Hebrew with a few words …

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  22. 6822LetterT-S 8J38.11

    Letter concerning a reconciliation, presumably between husband (Maḥfūẓ al-Qudsī) and wife. Signed by the judge Avraham b. Natan Av Bet Din (in New Cairo, dated …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אלל[ה בקא . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]
    2. וכבת אעדאה מקצודא עלי אעלאמה אן [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]
    3. מחפוט…

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  23. 6823LetterCUL Or.1081 J61

    Petition in Judaeo-Arabic to help the cantor Thābit Ibn al-Munajjim, who was ill and had been imprisoned for two months for not paying his capitation …

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  24. 6824LetterT-S AS 157.533 + T-S AS 157.535

    Letter to [...] b. Yosef, mentioning names such as [...] b. Ibrahim and Abū l-Karam, and Damietta. (Information from CUDL)

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  25. 6825LetterT-S AS 201.55

    Letter in Ladino, probably. Needs examination.

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  26. 6826LetterT-S AS 183.246

    Letter/petition addressed to Fakhr al-Dawla. Fragment (upper right corner). Begins يخدم مجلس الحضرة السامية الاجلية العالية . . . ينهي الى جلالها . . . …

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  27. 6827LetterENA NS 29.24

    Public letter from one of the 13th or 14th century Maimonidean Nagids, urging every person to pay the collector what he had promised for freeing …

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  28. 6828LetterENA NS 2.21

    Letter of request for money addressed to the Qaraite community on occasion of a circumcision. (Information from Goitein's index cards). Goitein may have identified it …

    1. בר
    2. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו ייי
    3. ייי אלהי אבתיכם יוסף עליכם ככם אלף פעמים
    4. כנת קד כתבת עדה רקאע ללגמאעה ברוכים
    5. [יהיו] לשמים ערפתהם //פיהא// אח…

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  29. 6829LetterMoss. II,164.2 + T-S 8J20.5

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably with a remnant of the address in Arabic script on verso. Addressed to a certain Abū l-Ḥusayn. Containing an intriguing tale …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. לו כאן עבד חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אבו אלחסין תבת אללה סעדהא
    3. וכבת עדוהא עלם אנה אדא קצד באבהא דון כל באב פי מצר
    4. ואלקאהרה יגרי עליה מא קד גרי …

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  30. 6830LetterENA 2739.7

    Upper fragment: Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to one of his brothers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentions business matters, including dealings …

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  31. 6831LetterENA 4020.19

    Letter from the Jerusalemites to Bishr ibn Ghalib, the parnas of Fustat, apparently 1024.

    1. ] ועודף ברכות ועטור ישועות וענוד שם טוב [ ]
    2. של]ומות והצלחות והבטחות שתהיינה לכקמר בשר
    3. ] הטוב המכובד והמיוקר הטוב במעשיו הכשר
    4. ] צדקות [ ] מכובד נכבד …

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  32. 6832LetterT-S NS 264.45

    Recto: A theological/philosophical discourse (transcribed by Zachy Ben Hamo on FGP). Verso: Possibly a fragment of a late Hebrew letter.

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  33. 6833LetterBodl. MS heb. f 56/82–83

    Three letters from Se’adya b. Yosef to his students in Fustat in the course of the 921-922 calendar controversy between Palestinians and Babylonians. Original letter …

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    1. ובלכתי מהמון אל המון' ובשובי 
    2. מחיל אל חיל' כזכרי טפי ועולליי 
    3. לנגדי כן זכרכם תלמיד' לא
    4. נגזר מניב ולא נגרז מנגד עיני
    5. ומן ייי אלה'י' עזי אשאלה
    6. ל…

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  34. 6834LetterT-S AS 203.164

    Letter in Ladino with part of a responsum on verso.

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  35. 6835LetterMoss. IV,22.2

    Letter fragment addressed to al-mawālī al-munʿimīn. In vocalized Judaeo-Arabic.

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  36. 6836LetterCUL Or.1081 2.2

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, preserving ~12 lines, likely in the hand of Moses Maimonides. See Shailat's edition of the letters of Maimonides, ה2. …

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  37. 6837LetterENA 2465.9

    Letter from Yehuda b. Avraham b. al-Faraj, possibly in Ṣahrajt, to ʿEli b. ʿAmram (aka Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Muʿammar), in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1060s …

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  38. 6838LetterBodl. MS heb. d 68/107

    Calligraphic letter from (thecantor Thabit Ibn al-Munajjim to Maṣliaḥ Gaon begging for charity, complaining about poverty and his dependents. (Information from Goitein's note card.) Same …

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  39. 6839LetterT-S 13J10.7

    Recto: part of a rhymed letter mentioning Yehoshuaʿ (אדוני אבי ריוח והחבר יהושוע). (Information from CUDL)

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  40. 6840LetterT-S AS 145.137

    Letter fragment (bottom) in a neat, distinctive hand. Mentions a courier (raqqas) several times. Also refers to a distressing case involving excommunication and a man …

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  41. 6841LetterHalper 409

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Safed, to Yosef Mataron (מאטארון), in Fustat/Cairo. In Ladino. Mentions the Ottoman coin para. The writer reports that the …

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  42. 6842LetterT-S 13J16.20 + CUL Or.1080 3.41 + T-S 13J8.14

    Letter: draft(s) in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE), in Fusṭāṭ, probably to the Gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda, in Jerusalem (r. 1025–1051 …

    1. (רב) כ'ק' דויד בר יצחק כתב בעשרים זהוב [
    2. ור' עמרם בר לוי הירוע בן בהורי ה' ומר' שמואל בר יצחק אלהרוני ב
    3. ומן הזקן כלף בר [vacat ] בן תעׄלב ג' ומכלל ה…

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  43. 6843LetterENA NS 7.35

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Written in an elevated register. Damaged and faded. Mentions Damsīs; sending something before Rosh Hashana; Abū Saʿīd; Sammanūd …

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  44. 6844LetterT-S AS 166.134

    Letter from an unidentified sender, in Safed, to Mordekhay Ibn ʿAjla, in Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Greets numerous …

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  45. 6845LetterENA 3700.2

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender addresses a certain Avraham and a certain Abūn (both on recto). Most of the commodities mentioned are materia medica, …

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  46. 6846LetterJRL A 1112

    Small fragment (upper left corner) of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Dating: 11th or 12th century. None of the substance is preserved.

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  47. 6847LetterT-S 13J36.11

    Letter from Abū l-Majd (aka Meʾir b. Yakhin), in Fustat, to Barakāt b. Hārūn Ibn al-Kūzī, in Alexandria, sent via the shop of Maḥāsin al-Ḥarīrī. …

    Recto:

    1. אכוהא בו אלמגד
    1. חצרה אלשיך ברכאת אדאם
    2. אללה עזה ועלאה גמע אללה
    3. אלשמל בה פי כיר ועאפיה
    4. וסואה אנני ארסלת לך גמלה
    5. כתב פלם יצלני מנך אכתר
    6. מן תלאת…

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  48. 6848LetterENA 3734.8

    Fragment of an official letter from the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids, declaring a ban of excommunication. Reused on recto for a …

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  49. 6849LetterT-S NS J257

    Letter from Yūsuf, presumably in Fustat, to his 'brother' Zekharya the son of the Rayyis (= Abū Zikrī the son of Eliyyahu the judge?), in …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אכוה יוסף
    3. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ בין ידין אלסייד
    4. אלאגל ופקה אללה ורעאה ואוקף לה זכות
    5. אבותיו ואלדי נעלמך בה מן אן כרגת
    6. לא תסאל עלינא מן וחש…

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  50. 6850LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1459

    Letter to Aharon Rofe in Damascus. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer may be writing from Ṣanʿā (penultimate line of recto) where he has traveled …

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