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  1. 7201LetterHalper 425 + T-S 8J31.6

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter, copy. Written in poetic Hebrew. Possibly a letter of appeal for help, since the author describes his woes. Join by Dr. Ezra Chwat. See …

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  2. 7202LetterMIAC 135

    Document date
    Primary language
    Yiddish

    Letter dated on Monday June 15 1953CE from a person to al-maʿallim "Nanafafa" expressing his happiness in sending him a letter informing him that he …

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  3. 7203LetterT-S NS J537

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Formal letter in Arabic script. Dating: Maybe Mamluk-era, but this is a guess. Wide space between the lines. Difficult to understand the content. There is …

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  4. 7204LetterMoss. IXa,3.36

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

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

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  5. 7205LetterENA NS 30.6

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 12th century. The sender's name appears in the upper left corner but is very faded (Khalfūn?). He mentions having left …

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  6. 7206LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/3

    Document date
    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter from Yehosef ha-Kohen Av Bet Din b. Shelomo Gaon. In Hebrew. Dated: Shevat 1359 Seleucid, which is Jan/Feb 1048 CE. May be a fragment …

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  7. 7207LetterENA NS 42.28

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably late. Possibly a join: ENA NS 39.21 + ENA NS 42.28.

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  8. 7208LetterBL OR 8212/166

    Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Dating: possibly eighth century. The letter concerns trade in sheep and other items, the ruler (ispahbud) of Tabaristan, cattle, slaves, strings of …

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  9. 7209LetterT-S 13J13.26

    Letter to Judge Elijah from his brother-in-law(?) Abu-l-Fadl of Alexandria (13th century). Mentions R. Ḥananel and the Fayyūm and greetings to numerous people. The sender …

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  10. 7210LetterENA 2808.40b

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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  11. 7211LetterJRL B 5655

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script.

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  12. 7212LetterENA NS 34.14

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment from the beginning a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in lovely and distinctive handwriting. The writer has been forced to stay in a funduq due to …

    Recto:

    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך
    2. קד עלם אלכאלק יתב שמ מא אגדה מן אלשוק ואלוחשה אלי חצרת אלאך אלעזיז גמע אללה
    3. אלשמל בה עלי מא יסר אן שא אללה וסוי דלך פלא…

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  13. 7213LetterENA NS 7.85

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. The only name surviving in the address is Musāfir b. Hiba al-Sabīʿī, which is presumably …

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  14. 7214LetterJRL AF 23

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fol. 6: Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (right side of recto). …

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  15. 7215LetterT-S NS 321.64

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: a 'moshav' (court session?) on Thursday; Rabbi Yiṣḥaq; a dispute over expenses accrued over 9 months, and sums of 8 …

    Recto

    1. ]פר
    2. ] מנך כב דינאר
    3. קלת להו יכון יום אלכמיס פי מושב
    4. ויכון רבי יצחק שצ חאצר ומש/א/יך
    5. אתפלה(?) אלשיך צהרי יסתעדי(?) מא תקבל
    6. קול אלשרע חסב אלנפקה …
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  16. 7216LetterAIU XII.50

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad al-[...] to Abū l-Fakhr b. Ibrāhīm al-Amshāṭī (probably Abū l-Fakhr Seʿadya b. Avraham, active 1140–72), in Fustat, the square …

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  17. 7217LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/21

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli. Quite faded. Contains the intriguing phrase "living between Muslims and Christians …

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  18. 7218LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/29

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Only the address is preserved.

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  19. 7219LetterJRL B 4008

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic with an Arabic-script address. Very faded. The name Yūsuf b. Faraḥ al-Qābisī appears at the end, but it is not immediately …

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  20. 7220LetterT-S K25.250

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

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

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  21. 7221LetterT-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. …

    recto

    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

      …

    recto

    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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  22. 7222LetterCUL Or.1080 J167

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim. Offers details of ill-fated ships that were destroyed in a storm or met with …

    recto

    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה

    3. מן אלאסכנדריה לנצף מן תמוז כתמה אללה עלינא ועליך בא…

    recto

    1. (2−1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו,
    3. מאלכסנדריה, בחצי תמוז, …
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  23. 7223LetterT-S AS 183.281

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Recto (secondary use): Promissory note (IOU) -- "I owe Abū ʿAlī . . . ." Verso (original use): Very damaged letter in Arabic script.

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  24. 7224LetterENA NS I.1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Barakāt b. Manṣūr, unknown location, to Eliyyahu the Judge (active 1204–41), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a Hebrew header and the address partially …

    recto

    1. הנה אל ישועתי אבטח ולו אפחד כי עזי וזמרת יה ׳׳ ויהי ל[י לישועה]
    2. אלי אלמגלס אלסמי אלאגלי אלמולוי אלפצל אלמתפצל עלי ממא[ליכה . . . . .]
    3. כתרת תשו…
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  25. 7225LetterT-S 8J22.28

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter segment in the hand of Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Ramla, September or October 1052.

    1. בשם יי
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי ומולאי אטאל אללה
    3. בקאך ואדאם עיזך ותאידך וסלמתך מין אלרמלה
    4. לסית אין בקי מין גמאדי ען חאל סלמה ועפיה
    5. ולחמד לילה רב אלעולמין (!)…
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  26. 7226LetterT-S Ar.30.140

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso with the address on recto: Letter from Faraḥ b. Nuʿmān to the Mumḥe who lives in Damsīs (الممحا المقيم بدمسيس). In Arabic script. A …

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  27. 7227LetterT-S AS 145.15

    Inferred date
    Primary languages
    Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE), who is introduced with his usual motto, to the community in Cairo concerning a …

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  28. 7228LetterYevr. III B 1131

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Epistle of the gaon Shemuel b. ʿEli of Baghdad. There is a colophon. This copy was completed Tishrei [1]473 Seleucid, which is 1161 CE. "In …

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  29. 7229LetterT-S AS 185.125

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter fragment in Arabic script (upper right piece). The addressee is asked to "release" the dinar and purchase a maqṭaʿ cloth for the sender and …

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  30. 7230LetterENA NS 65.18

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter addressed to a Nasi (השר הנכבד היקר פאר הנשיאות). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Congratulating him on the birth of a son possibly named Shelomo.

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  31. 7231LetterT-S AS 148.59

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter mentioning "Sayyidnā" and Eliyya Ibn al-Rayyis (= Eliyyahu the Judge). (Information from CUDL)

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  32. 7232LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 569

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Order. In Arabic script. Abū l-Munā is to give the boy some medicinal syrups (sharāb), including one ounce of rose syrup.

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  33. 7233LetterT-S AS 145.321

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter addressed to Shelomo ha-Zaqen. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded; not much is legible without special imaging. Mentions something 'they are saying'; something 'ugly'; …

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  34. 7234LetterMoss. IXa,2.52

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter fragment, mercantile, mentioning commercial transactions. The sender has obtained, among other things, an irdabb of wheat. Mentions 'your neighbor Ibn al-Kallām,' a rubāʿī, and …

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  35. 7235LetterAIU VII.E.16

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment (bottom half) of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is urged to sell something quickly. The cotton(?) and the garment arrived. The sender …

    1. לדלאלה וביעה [במא
    2. אטעם אללה ורזק ולא
    3. תתואני פי ביעה סרעה
    4. ואלקטן(?) ואלתוב קד וצלוני
    5. קראת עליך אלסלאם ועלי
    6. כרימתי אלסלאם וואלדי
    7. ואבו סעיד ואבו אלפרג
    8. …

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  36. 7236LetterBodl. MS heb. a 2/19

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter dated ca. 1050, sent by Sedaqa b. Zakariyya from Alexandria to his partner Barhun b. Salih al-Tāhartī in Fustat. The letter mentions shipments of …

    Recto

    1.                                               תוכלת עלי אללה
    2. כתאבי יאסידי וריסי וגלילי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם געמאן וכאן לך ומעך וליה ונאצרה 
    3. פי…

    recto

    1. (2-1) באלוהים אני בוטח. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורכי ומכובדי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך ויהיה לך ועמך מגן ומושיע
    3. בכל ענייניך,…
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  37. 7237LetterMoss. IV,48.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Draft of the beginning of a letter from an unidentified person addressed to his or her mother al-Ḥurra and his or her sister Jawhara. In …

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  38. 7238LetterT-S NS 305.54

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic script. Tall and skinny. Damaged at the beginning. Dating: Perhaps 12th century. The sender is evidently a merchant en route to India: …

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  39. 7239LetterT-S AS 152.72

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning al-Maḥalla; the workers of the Ḥusayniyya (? עמאל אלחסיניה); purchasing things and bringing them to Fustat; and dinars and qirrāṭ. …

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  40. 7240LetterJRL A 439

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    A late letter from Yosef, asking to addressee to write a bill of permission to give a loan (שטר עסקא). In Hebrew. On recto pen …

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  41. 7241LetterMoss. VII,17

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Arabic

    IB ח98. Verso, with the address on recto: Business letter addressed to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi. In Arabic script. Dating: Before the beginning of 1136 …

    Verso:

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. وصلت رقعة مولاي الشيخ أطال الله بقاه
    3. ولا تسال ما لحقنا من مفارقتك وعلى انزعاجك
    4. الحمد لله تعالى الذي كانت العاقبة الى خ…
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  42. 7242LetterT-S NS 305.105

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Relatively large and well preserved, probably missing only the top few lines. Seems to be from a family member. The …

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  43. 7243LetterMoss. IV,85

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Polemical letter addressed to 'the congregation of Fustat/Egypt.' Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Maybe ca. 13th or 14th century, but this is uncertain. The senders describe …

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  44. 7244LetterT-S AS 148.40

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    A few lines from a Hebrew letter in a large, square script. Mentions a certain Ṣemaḥ and the speaker's love for him (בלשון ידיות . …

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  45. 7245LetterENA 3616.9

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter from the Qaraite Mahbub b. Nissim, Ramla, to Abu al-Faraj in Fustat, middle of the 11th century (12 Iyar). Mahbub has traveled from …

    1. אחייך אללה יאסידי ו[מולאי] וגלילי כתאבי אליך מן אלרמלה יב כ[לון מן]
    2. שהר אייר ומא ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ומא נקדר נצף לך מא [כאן שגלי]
    3. מן אן פרקתך ודלך …
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    1987
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  46. 7246LetterT-S AS 145.187

    Letter, possibly. In rhymed Hebrew.

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  47. 7247LetterT-S 8J21.5

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a certain Avraham, in Gaza, to his mother, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic, in an unskilled hand. The sender is en route to Damascus. …

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  48. 7248LetterENA NS 32.12

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment from a father to his son Mūsā. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably late 12th or early 13th century. Torn vertically down the middle. The …

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    1. ] . . . . אלי אלולד אלעזיז
    2. ] פיה נפעה ו . . . . 
    3. ] לומי לך ולקלה רחמתך
    4. ]רתך קלה אלמרווה ללנסא
    5. ] . ה פי אסרכם חתי תקים
    6. ] . מצרתהא ומצרה
    7. ]יר מתל…

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  49. 7249LetterT-S NS J365

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter from Bū Zikrī (b. Eliyyahu the Judge?) to Abū ʿImrān Mūsā. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the opening is preserved and a couple words from …

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  50. 7250LetterENA 1822A.75

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB III, 31. Letter from Yeshua ha-Kohen b. Yaʿaqov in Dhu Jibla, Yemen, to Avraham Ibn Yiju, then in Aden, 1150.

    III, 31

    1. וסרנ[י עלם סלאמתה וצלאח]
    2. חאלתה וסאלת אללה סבחא[נה אלמזיד]
    3. לחצרתה מן כל כיר ו[שכרתה]
    4. וחמדתה עלי סלאמתה וסלאמ[ה]
    5. אלעיאל חפצהם אללה ורעאהם וגעל…

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    1. [. . . Reading your letter] brought me joy, [because of the news of your well-being and the success] 
    2. of your affairs. I asked God—may He be p…
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