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  1. 7051LetterT-S AS 158.400

    Fragment from a late letter in Judeo Arabic. The writer is sending regards to some family members including Efraim, and also to his sister Rivka …

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  2. 7052LetterT-S 13J21.9

    Recto: Fragment of a letter to a notable, ending with the motto "yeshuʿa qarov." Verso: liturgy in the hand of a prolific scribe (see Joins …

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  3. 7053LetterT-S NS 164.63

    Fragment from a private letter. On recto there is the end of a legal query concerning an alley and a qāʿa and a majlis. This …

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  4. 7054LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 465

    Small fragment of a document in Arabic script, likely a letter.

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  5. 7055LetterAIU VII.E.33

    Letter from Khalaf b. Nāṣir to Barakāt b. al-Dayyān (probably Shelomo b. Eliyyahu). In Judaeo-Arabic. Requesting that he send quickly the pair of anklets (al-zawj …

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    1. יצל אלי ברכאת בן אלדיאן מן שאכרוה
    2.                         כלף בן נאצר

    3. בשמ' רחמ'

    4. כתאבי אלי סידי ומולאי אלעזיז עלי וענדי אטאל

    5. אללה בקאך ו…

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    1. May (this) come to Baraka't son of the judge, from the one grateful to him

    2. Khalaf b. Na's'ir.

    3. In your n(ame), Oh Mercif(ul).

    4. My letter …

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  6. 7056LetterENA 2738.14

    Lower fragment: Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥaggay to a woman named Raḥel (but to be delivered to Moshe b. Suhayl). In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably …

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  7. 7057LetterX893 Z8 v.3 no.2

    Letter copies. In Hebrew. One is from Shelomo b. ʿOvadya to Yosef Nasi(?), another from ʿOvadya b. Yefet ha-Levi to Avraham b. ʿEli Tājir. (NB: …

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  8. 7058LetterENA 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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  9. 7059LetterT-S 12.374

    Letter from Ḥayyim He-Ḥaver b. Shelomo, Jerusalem, to Yitzhak b. Ya'akov He-Ḥaver, Fustat, mentioning enormous sums deposited with various people, around the middle of the …

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    1. כתאבי יסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך
    2. מן אלקדס עמרה אללה ען סלאמה ללה אלחמד קד
    3. כאן כתאבי נפד אליך ערפך פיה חצול אלדנינר (!) מן
    4. תאבת גיר אנהא נק…

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  10. 7060LetterT-S 13J18.21

    Letter from a widow, Umm Abū l-Munā, in reply to a suggestion that she sell her old house, a solid structure in a declining neighborhood, …

    1. אלממלוכה
    2. אם אבו אלמנא
    3. אלממלוכה תנהי אלי סאמיהא חרס אללה מעאליהא אנה כאן קד
    4. תקדם אלכלאם פי מא [יכת]ץ באלדאר פי אמר אלהד וגירה
    5. ואלאן פקד אערצת בין ידי…

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  11. 7061LetterMoss. VII,135.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower left corner). Mentions various business matters.

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  12. 7062LetterT-S 16.62

    Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Nissim of Qayrawan to the Tunisian port of Qabis, c. 1000. The letter concerns legal questions asked by the addressee from …

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    1. לכבוד התלמידים היקרים במדינת קאבס אוהבי תורה מסלסלי
    2. . . . . הדרה] מפלפלי תושיה מתלתלי קווצות משלשלי שבצות בוחרי נבחר
    3. . . . . .ח]ר א[. . . . . …

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  13. 7063LetterT-S 8J10.2

    Brief note from Abu l-Rida to Abu Zikri. The writer will send what belongs to Abu Zikri with the shaykh Abu Ali. Salutations on verso …

    1. עבדהא אבו רצא
    2. בר
    3. אלדי אערף בה חצרה מולאי וסיידי
    4. אלשיך אבו זכרי אדאם אללה עזה אנני
    5. כתיר אלשוק אלי אלחצרה אללה יגמע
    6. אלשמל באלחצרה קריב אן שא אללה
    7. ואלד…

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  14. 7064LetterYevr. II A 1857

    A thank you letter to Moshe b. Yosef in Kokizov from Simha Ishaq b. Moshe in Luzk

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  15. 7065LetterL-G Ar. II.129

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century, based on layout and handwriting. Same sender and addressee as T-S 8J24.4 and CUL Or.1080 …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . .]ולדהא אברהים
    2. . . . . אט]אל אללה בקאהא וגעלני
    3. פדאה]א [וכ]אן להא וליא ונאצרא אן שא אללה
    4. אלדי אעלמך בה לא תסאלי מא עלי קלבי
    5. …

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  16. 7066LetterT-S Misc.35.40

    Copies of two letters by Ḥizqiyya the Exilarch and Gaʾon. One is in Judaeo-Arabic and dated Av 1351 Seleucid = July/August 1040 CE. The other …

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    1. א[נ]א לם נערף תפציל מא גרי אלא אנא נתק באן אלאמר
    2. אנתהי א[לי] מא יעוד בגמאל צאחבנא ואנתט'אם אמורה
    3. וקד כץ רב אלעאלמין יתברך שמו הדא…

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  17. 7067LetterT-S 13J20.15

    Letter from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to his cousin the Judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen regarding alleged arrears in a compound of the Qodesh, ca. …

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    1. בשם רחם
    2. סבב הדה אלאסטר אערף הדרת
    3. רבנו יהי לעד אן וצלני כתאב הדרת
    4. הגאונות תכון תאמרני אן אסתדעי
    5. אבו אלחסן בן אלחזן ואטאלבה
    6. בכרא דאר מן דור אלקו…

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    1. In Thy Name, oh Merciful! 

    2. The purpose of these lines is to inform Your Honor, 

    3. our Master may he Live for ever, that I received a letter…

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  18. 7068LetterDK 321

    Letter of appeal for charity. Addressed to a ḥaver. In Judaeo-Arabic with phonetic spellings (e.g., אלמותראתיף for المترادف and אלבֵרי for الباري and דיליך for …

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  19. 7069LetterMoss. IXa,2.39

    Fragment of either a mercantile letter (to judge by the phrase فقد كان ابيع في السنة الماضية, "Last year I was selling ...") or a …

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  20. 7070LetterT-S AS 148.214

    Letter to the leader Abraham [Av] Bet Din b. [...]. Beginning of the letter is in vocalised Hebrew-Aramaic. (Information from CUDL)

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  21. 7071LetterT-S AS 156.28

    Fragment from a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  22. 7072LetterT-S J2.19

    Document in Arabic script. Probably a letter or petition given the opening اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك. There might be a person named Buṭrus named …

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  23. 7073LetterENA NS 58.24

    Letter from a brother (probably) to a sister. in Judaeo-Arabic. Meditating on suffering and isolation and distance and "the fear due to this matter is …

    1. בעד אלאנסאן ען צאחבה וכאצה ען [
    2. מא בודה וקלת חילתה מא יגד למן לתקיה(?)
    3. יודי ענה גואב ולא יגיב גואב ענה ולא
    4. יעלם אלאנסאן אי וקת ידעא בה אלי
    5. דיך אלדני…

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  24. 7074LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1862/12a

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mainly asking for letters from the addressee. 8 lines of the main text are preserved and 4 perpendicular lines in the …

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  25. 7075LetterENA NS 8.45

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Moderately wide space between the lines. Quite faded. Reports on something that occurred after exiting the synagogue with the congregation. There is …

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  26. 7076LetterT-S AS 163.110

    Fragment from the beginning of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  27. 7077LetterENA 2739.10

    Letter of thanks from Manṣūr to Khalaf. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script.

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  28. 7078LetterT-S 10J13.26

    Letter from Meʾir Ben-Naʿim (fl. 1785-1825 CE), but the paleography is not suggestive of his scribal hand. The letter may date from early in his …

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  29. 7079LetterT-S AS 133.261

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly mercantile. Refers to awaiting the arrival of the caravan.

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  30. 7080LetterENA NS I.8

    Letter from Perahḥya b. Yosef (Yiju) to 'the glory of the merchants' Abū l-Fakhr Saʿadya b. Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Amshāṭī. Fragment (upper part). The letter opens …

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  31. 7081LetterMoss. IV,64.3

    Informal note from an unknown sender to ʿĀmir b. Isḥāq (per recto) and/or to Abū Kathīr Efrayim (per verso). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender wants the …

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    1. ] סידי עאמר בן אסחק אידה אללה
    2. ] . פצל מן אלחואיג תעדיהא(?) לה יעארץ
    3. ] . . סאלתה ינגיז לי אמר הדא אלחשיש
    4. ]וס וכמאפיטוס ומאמיתא יביעה לי
    5. ]ל ואן …

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  32. 7082LetterJRL A 794

    End of a letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi, probably to one of his brothers. Comprising greetings to various acquaintances. Mentioned are …

    1. .......] ועלי סת נעים אלסלאם ואבו אלחסן בן [אל]שופט אלסלאם
    2. ....]ל אנסאן רומי אסמה שאלתיאל [בן מר] ור יוסף
    3. אל[תר]גמאן ומעה אכר אסמה נחמן תכצהם אלסלאם
    4. …

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  33. 7083LetterT-S AS 102.80

    Small fragment of a letter or petition in Arabic script. Addressed to an amīr. Only a few formulaic phrases preserved: وغير ذلك يتفضل الامير ادام …

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    1. وغير ذلك يتفضل مولاي الامير ادام الله عزه يفعل به ذلك ما عهد من تفضله
    2. ويجرينا على جميل عادته في ذلك ان شا الله

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  34. 7084LetterENA NS 35.18

    Right half of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer was recently ill.

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  35. 7085LetterSassoon 713

    IB, V, 24. Letter from Shelomo Kohen b. Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Sijilmasi, in Fustat, to his father, most likely in Aden while on …

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    1. ואומר מי יתן לי אבר כיונה אעופה ואשכונה וגו׳
    2. אל תירא כי אתך אני אל תשתע כי אני אלהיך וגו׳
    3. מגדל עוז שם [ייי] בו ירוץ צדיק [ונשגב]
    4. כי תעבור במי…

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  36. 7086LetterT-S NS 327.94

    Bifolio of miscellaneous text in both Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic, including commercial accounts, letter drafts, and poetry and/or aphorisms. One part refers to a wise …

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  37. 7087LetterT-S 6J9.5 + T-S 8J16.2

    Letter from Hilāl to his brother Abū l-Majd (aka Meʾir b. Yakhin). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century, as these figures are known from …

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  38. 7088LetterT-S AS 184.274

    Letter in Arabic script. Mentions carrying out an errand for Abū l-M[...], and Cairo. The text on verso is part of the same letter. The …

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  39. 7089LetterT-S 18J4.22

    Poetic letter, in honor of the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya and his son Saʿadya, probably on the occasion of the latter's birth. (Information from CUDL …

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  40. 7090LetterENA 2747.14

    Letter drafts addressed to a certain Shemuel. In Hebrew. Asking him for more money ("the peraḥ that you sent has already run out"). Dating: Probably …

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  41. 7091LetterENA NS 34.8

    Letter fragment (upper part) from Avraham probably to his elder brother (called 'father' but, later, 'from your brother'). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably 15th–17th century. …

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  42. 7092LetterENA NS 7.104

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions two legal queries for Rabbenu Elʿazar, one concerning [...] and the other concerning the children of Tamīm. The rayyis delivered …

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  43. 7093LetterAIU VII.E.41

    Recto: Fragment (upper right corner) of a Judaeo-Arabic letter to Abū l-Barakāt regarding a fatwā and the nagid Av[raham]. Verso: Three lines of neat Arabic …

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  44. 7094LetterT-S AS 148.115

    Small fragment from a top of a letter, probably for the leaders of the community. AA

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  45. 7095LetterT-S NS J3

    Letter from Yūsuf, in Alexandria, to family members, probably in Fustat. The letter is addressed to the shop of Abū [...] al-ʿAṭṭār. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: …

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    1. ... אטאל אללה בקאכם ואדאם ע[זכם]...
    2. ...כם ושוקי אליכם שדיד קרב אללה אלאגתמ[אע]...
    3. [עלי] אסר חאל במנה וכרמה אנה קאדר עלי דלך במשיתה ומ...
    4. [אעל…

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  46. 7096LetterENA NS 30.30

    Letter from Moshe b. Yosef Hamon of Istanbul to Yehuda al-Ashqar in Egypt. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century. For information on …

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  47. 7097LetterT-S 10J18.22

    Letter from Yosef b. Nadiv the cantor, in Bilbays, to Eliyyahu b. Zekharya the Judge in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mostly about business in wheat. The …

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  48. 7098LetterMoss. II,101.1

    Late family letter in Judaeo-Arabic sent to Shemuel Ḥalafta in Fusṭāṭ, perhaps from his brother, rebuking him for the lack of letters ("your poor mother's …

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  49. 7099LetterENA NS 7.57

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Elegant hand. Mentions the town of Ṭanān in the delta and deals with the construction of a dike (jisr) and an irrigation …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ה תלף וחק [
    2. פעאד טלבה תאניא פלם יגד [
    3. שגל ומצי אלי טנאן אכד מ[
    4. ז]מאן פלם יגד ועגב אלממ[ללוך
    5. ואד לם תגדה אשתריה יגמ[
    6. …

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  50. 7100LetterT-S 12.14

    Letter requesting aid for the poor of Palestine, 11th century. Recto: Fully vocalised poetry in a very crude (almost unreadable) hand. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. [ ] ואין משדל נשדל לא שמטה
    2. [ ] אשר הם צעקות ברננות
    3. [ ] מכורים ואין מקבל מוספיה
    4. [ ] שקר מכוער לאין חקר כנואם [ ]
    5. [ ]מו וירחם עמ[ו] אשר בחר נאמן …

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