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  1. 7351LetterT-S 10J11.16

    Letter to Avraham son of Gedol ha-Gola Nethanel. Opens with biblical quotations (line 1, Micah 5:8; line 2, Prov. 3:26). The sender starts in Hebrew …

    1. תרום ידך על צריך וכל אויביך יכרתו
    2. כי ייט יהיה בכסלך ושמר רגלך מלכת (!)
    3. אריכות ימים ורוב שלומים וברכות מנעמים ממולאות מים ושם טוב בכל או . נים
    4. וחן וח…

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  2. 7352LetterT-S 10J17.12

    Recto: Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. Partial translation from S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:271: "I am …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקאכם ואדאם //עזכם//
    2. ונעמאכם ומן חסן אלתופיק לא
    3. אכלאכם ואמא אלדי אעלמכם
    4. בה אני כתיר אלשוק לנצרכם ואלאן
    5. קד בעתת לכם מע חאמלהא כמס
    6. עשר…

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  3. 7353LetterT-S 10J13.5

    Letter from Zikri b. Abu al-Rida, the perfume seller, to Abu al-Mahasin, a tailor and weaver, dealing with financial business and referring to several textiles. …

    1. בר עבדהא זכרי
    2. כתאבי אלי אלשיך בו אלמחאסן //דאם(!) אללה//
    3. עזה אני כתיר אלשוק אליך וכאן בשר קד
    4. אוקפני עלא כתאבך קאלי (!) אן א . אסרו
    5. אבן עמך אבו אסחק …

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  4. 7354LetterMoss. V,366.1

    Fragment of letter granting the privilege of slaughtering birds, written in the hand of Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya (or rather Efrayim b. Shemarya?). (Information …

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  5. 7355LetterT-S AS 181.178

    Informal note from Eliyyahu to a certain Kohen asking him to give Umm ʿAzīza the sister of al-Makīn one dirham so that she can buy …

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  6. 7356LetterBL OR 5566D.19

    An official order/letter from the head of the Jewish community or a high-placed dignitary. The main document is in Judaeo-Arabic, and the message is repeated …

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  7. 7357LetterT-S NS 207.46

    Letter in Arabic script. The basmala and first two lines are preserved, along with a few words in Arabic script on verso. Reused for Hebrew …

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  8. 7358LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/25

    IB IV, 11 (ח11). Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, in Aden, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in ʿAydhāb. Dating: after autumn 1131 CE. Mainly in …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. כי י' יהיה בכסליך ושמר רגליך מלכד
    3. תרום [ידך] על צריך וכל אויביך יכרתו
    4. והיה ראשיתך מצער ואחריתך ישגה מאד
    5. והיה שדי בצריך וכסף תועפות ל…

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    1. [גוף המכתב (ראה במקרר)]
    2. ייחד אדוני לכבודו היקר את
    3. מיטב ברכת השלום. ותברך בשמי את הדרת אדונ…

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  9. 7359LetterT-S H10.289

    Verso: Bottom of a letter, state document, or legal document in Arabic script. Referring to someone demanding his rights "yaṭlub īqāf ḥaqqih". In the second …

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  10. 7360LetterT-S AS 187.192

    Document in Arabic, probably a letter. Medieval-era. Three partial lines are visible from the body of the text and two marginal lines are well-preserved. The …

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  11. 7361LetterT-S AS 184.187

    Recto: recipe, introduced with the basmala and including Prunus mahaleb, Cistus ladaniferus, nard, and rose seeds. Verso: the last line of a letter or document …

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  12. 7362LetterMoss. V,258.4

    Recto: letter in Ladino. Verso: accounts. (Information from CUDL)

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  13. 7363LetterAIU VII.E.68

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from [...] ben Naʿim to Me'ir ben Naʿim, dated Nisan 1821 CE (5581). There are some sums on Page 3 along …

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  14. 7364LetterT-S Ar.7.9

    Family letter from a son to his father, Abu al-Muna al-Muwaffaq. Two main family matters are discussed. First, the son states that his brother-in-law, a …

    1. בשמ רחמ ממלוכהא
    2. חסן
    3. אלדי אעלם בה אלשיך אלאגל אלמופק
    4. אלצדר אלעאלם אלפאצל אדאם אללה
    5. עלוה וכבת עדוה יא מולאי אשתהי מן
    6. תפצלך אן תכלי אכי אבו אסחק יגי
    7. יע…

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  15. 7365LetterT-S AS 165.223 + T-S AS 165.224

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Ḥasan. Inquiring about the copying of Psalms and mentioning various sums in dirhams. Verso seems to be a …

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  16. 7366LetterMoss. Ia,25

    Recto: Judaeo-Arabic letter, mentioning Abū Sahl and books, including Kitāb al-Madkhal (of Shemuel b. Hofni) and Halakhot Gedolot. Very faded. Information from FGP. Needs further …

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  17. 7367LetterENA 2386.10

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic regarding a business matter (vessels of wine and water?). Excerpts: עבדהא יקבל ידהא ויערפהא אנה . . . קנטאר תמניה(?) כבאלי(?) …

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  18. 7368LetterT-S 16.213

    Letter in Hebrew by the muqaddam (head) of the community of Minyat Zifta, announcing that he had excommunicated a debtor according to an instruction by …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . הנגיד הן הן ולאו רפיא בידיה מה היה
    2. העם . . . . . . . . תלתה .ל. הדעה אמר כן עמוד לעמוד .ייה
    3. ועתה כשלא עמד בדבריו והפר נד…

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  19. 7369LetterENA 4020.4

    Letter sent by the head of the Jews, Sar Shalom ha-Levi Gaon b. Moshe, to the community of Qalyub confirming Moshe b. Levi as slaughterer, …

    1. . . . . . . . .]יו ע[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. מ]ן שר שלום הלוי ראש ישיבת
    3. גאון יעקב ביר משה הלוי ראש
    4. ישיבת גאון יעקב נין הגאונ…

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  20. 7370LetterENA NS 82.55

    Recto: A few words from a document in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning a sale by weight. Verso: A few words from a document in Arabic script possibly …

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  21. 7371LetterCUL Or.1080 J180

    IB V, 5. Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen in Fustat, to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Sulaymān b. al-Shāmī, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Ṭevet 1452 …

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    1. ב
    2. תקדמת כתבי אלי מולאי אלשיך
    3. אלאגל אטאל אללה פי אלכיר בקאהא ואדאם
    4. תאיידהא וסעאדתהא וסלאמתהא ונעמתהא
    5. ורפעתהא ותמכינהא וסנאהא וכבת באלדל
    6. אלמהין…

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    1. I(n your name)
    2. I previously sent letters to my lord, the most glorious
    3. elder — may God prolong his existence in health and make eternal
    4. his su…

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  22. 7372LetterAIU VII.E.185

    Late letter in Hebrew to Yeḥezqel Ḥefeẓ from Shabbetay ʿAdda, discussing a business partnership, 400 reals, Jerusalem, and people including Pini Lavan (?), Yosef ha-Levi, …

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  23. 7373LetterT-S AS 153.124

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a dignitary named Avraham. Beginning with taqbīl and inhāʾ formulae.

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  24. 7374LetterT-S 12.362

    Letter from Yisraʾel b. Natan b. Nahray, in Fustat, to Barhūn b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Tāhartī, in Qayrawān. Dating: ca. 1048. Pending more complete description. (Information from …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי וריסי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך מן מצר

    2. לסתה כלון מן שבט ערפך אללה ברכתה ומא יליה מן אלאשהר ען סלאמה

    3. ונעמה ושוק א…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני וראשי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיר את חסדיו לך, מפסטאט,
    2. בו' בשבט, יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ואת ברכת החודשים שאח…

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  25. 7375LetterT-S AS 146.85

    Few words of opening verses from a letter to a notable. AA

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  26. 7376LetterHalper 407

    Letter from [Yose]f ha-Kohen in Jerusalem to an unknown addressee. In Hebrew. Late. The writer denies a claim against him. He advises the addressee to …

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  27. 7377LetterENA 3817.4

    Business letter, fragment, from Yaʿaqov Levi to an unknown addressee. In Hebrew. Goods mentioned include: alkali (הקלי) in line 6, and coral in line 8. …

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  28. 7378LetterT-S 16.292

    Recto: Letter from Ḥananʾel b. Shemuʾel to a certain Shela (and/or David he-Ḥaver?). The opening greetings include a complaint about lack of letters and mention …

    1. כל מעייני נתתי בך ובמודע לבב[י אמצתיך] חקרתיך בעין ל[בי(?)
    2. בניין של קדושים כ מ ורב שילה השר הנכבד החכם הנבו[ן
    3. שצ היב מאת הנכסף לחזותך השמח בחברתך המ…

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  29. 7379LetterT-S 12.288

    Fragment of an interesting letter sent to Abu al-Fadl Mevorakh b. Avraham by Shemarya b. Efrayim. Dated ca. 1070. (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, 388, …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . פקד . . גט ואדאם עזה
    2. . . . . ה ולי חאפט אנה ולי דאלך ואלקאדר עליה ואעלמך יא מולאי אן וצלת סאלם
    3. ואלחמד לל…

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  30. 7380LetterT-S NS J601

    Official letter. Resembles T-S NS J602 and T-S NS J605, but it is not clear which of these (if any) come from the same original …

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  31. 7381LetterYevr. II A 1857

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

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  32. 7382LetterENA 2727.45

    Letter from Avraham Kolon (קולון). Probably addressed to Yosef Ardiʿa (ארדיעה) like his other two letters. Dated: Monday, 17 Ḥeshvan [5318 AM], which is 1557 …

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  33. 7383LetterT-S AS 152.193

    Fragment of a letter with introduction in Hebrew mentioning Rabbenu Netanʾel (presumably either the addressee or his father). Mentions commodities such as pepper; prior to …

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  34. 7384LetterMIAC 131

    Group letter occasionally explaining commercial conditions – 1923CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 131) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., …

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  35. 7385LetterMoss. IV,53.1

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender may be named Abū l-Ḥ[asan]. Written on a reused scrap torn from an Arabic (state?) account. The sender seems …

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  36. 7386LetterT-S Misc.25.62

    Letter from Abū l-Khayr b. ʿAwāḍ, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender, an Ifrīqiyyan merchant, describes his problems with …

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    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה 
    3. ונעמתה וממא אעלמה אן מן וקת אן מצ'ית מן ענדנא מא גרא עלי 
    4. קליל מן…

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    1. בשמך רחמנא; 
    2. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך
    3. ואת חסדו לך, והריני מודיע לך כי מאז י…

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  37. 7387LetterENA 3817.9

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Asking the addressees to help the Jews and the Conversos (הן ליהודים הן לאנוסים). Dating: Presumably dated to after the Spanish …

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  38. 7388LetterENA 2556.14

    Mercantile letter from a Maghribi merchant. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Mentions Abū Yiṣḥaq; the group of the qāḍī [...]; and Nahray. (There are three …

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  39. 7389LetterT-S 13J35.7

    On recto, an eloquent appeal by Avraham b. Yitrō, a learned merchant from Damascus who had lost all his riches. The letter includes a length …

    1. ישׁועות קרובה ברוב נחמות
    2. פדות מכל צרות וקושׁט ההבטחות
    3. תמיכת ההצלחות וכושׁר כל הברכות
    4. ביופי העטרות בשׁני העולמות
    5. ניתנת לך עם גודל השׁלומות
    6. אימיצת זרו…

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  40. 7390LetterENA 2875.40

    Letters in Judaeo-Arabic, probably copies of letters sent in the name of Avraham Maimonides. There are at least two letters sharing the same folio. Only …

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  41. 7391LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/10

    Lower left fragment: Letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212). He has sent two notes, one with Abū l-Ṭāhir and one …

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  42. 7392LetterT-S NS 225.19

    Recto is a piece of a letter or petition describing legal negotiations, in which a woman makes a declaration, someone is granted permission to meet …

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  43. 7393LetterENA 2964.27 + ENA 2727.21a

    Lower part of a letter probably written by Abu ‘Ali Yehezkel b. Netanel Halevi, Ḥalfon's brother, while in Qalyub. Mentions Abu l-Fadl and Abu l-Ḥasan …

    Recto:

    1. . . ללשיך אבו אלפצל . . . א מ[
    2. אלי אלטריק לישיר עלי במא [
    3. פי אי שגל אשתגל בה [
    4. ל . . אלמכאן (?) יקטע אלחריר [
    5. ואנא מקים פי קליוב מא | [א]תקלק…

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  44. 7394LetterT-S NS 306.90

    Recto: Letter, or petition in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 12th or 13th century. Mentions "ruqʿa", the word for petition, "jawāb", and contains the rayy clause.

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  45. 7395LetterT-S AS 146.232

    Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew phrases. Elevated register and partially vocalized. The addressee is warned not to do …

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  46. 7396LetterT-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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  47. 7397LetterT-S AS 150.22

    Fragment of a short letter to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. It could be that a person from a Yeshiva in Iraq wrote the …

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    1.              ] סלאמתך וסעאדתך ואלרגבה
    2.              ] אלשכר גזיל לי' איאם כלון
    3.              ] אסעדהא וצל כתאבך
    4.                ] ווקפת עליהא וכ…

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  48. 7398LetterT-S 8.69

    IB VI, 22a. Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to an unknown recipient (the address is cut off). Deals with the Indian Ocean trade. Includes commercial …

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  49. 7399LetterT-S NS 320.78

    Verso: Note (ruqʿa) addressed to Abū l-Ḥasan. In Judaeo-Arabic. It seems that the sender has enclosed a copy of Tehillim and wants to sell it …

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  50. 7400LetterT-S AS 155.144

    Recto: Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in unusual blocky characters. Mentions names such as [...]n b. Ṭayyib; Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā(?); and Abū Yaʿqūb b. al-BL[...]. …

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