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  1. 701LetterT-S 10J17.32

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic in which the sender (probably Masʿūd) asks his uncle to send a certain document. Refers to different business activities including trade in …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . מך
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] אלדי[ . . . . . . . ]ך …

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  2. 702LetterT-S AS 146.262 + T-S AS 146.261

    Probably two fragments from the same document, but too dark to read. Seems like a letter. AA

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  3. 703LetterENA NS I.21

    Letter from an unknown sender to Yosef b. ʿEli Kohen Fāsī, ca. 1060. The sender confirms receiving a pouch of dinars and writes about his …

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    1. [כתאבי אט]אל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וחרא[סתך]
    2. מן אלמסתקר לז' כלון מן רביע אלאול ערפך אללה ברכ[תה]
    3. וסעאדה מא יליה ואלחאל סלאמה ועאפיה ל…

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    1. (2-1) אני כותב לך, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת שמירתו לך, מן הבית, בז' ברביע א', יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו 
    2. (4-3) …

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  4. 704LetterT-S 8J21.25

    Unfinished note in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-ʿIzz. "I am not asking for silver nor for gold, only the copies of …

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  5. 705LetterT-S 12.524

    Letter from Avraham b. Farah, Alexandria, to Abu Ishaq Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, Fustat, dealing with shipments of goods, ca. 1053 (Gil). Mentions the qarib …

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    1.          בסם אללה אלעט'ים
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה
    3. ונעמאה מן אלאסכנדריה לד' בקין מן תשרי כתמה אללה עלי…

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    1. (1–2) בשם אלוהים הנורא; אני כותב לך, ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדיו לך,…

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  6. 706LetterT-S AS 135.236

    Recto: short message or formula from a letter, mentioning the name Shelomo. Verso: jottings in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)

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  7. 707LetterT-S NS J72

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with grandiose blessings for the addressee. In the margin mentions the arrival of בן חניך.

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  8. 708LetterMoss. IV,33.2

    Possibly part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, or a philosophical or linguistic composition (discussing metaphor). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  9. 709LetterT-S AS 146.36

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably to one of his brothers. Fragment (a piece from the right side of recto). The addressee …

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  10. 710LetterBodl. MS Heb. c 72/30

    Letter probably from the office of the Nagid to the community of Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Deals with the …

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  11. 711LetterENA 3666.7

    Letter fragment, probably. In Arabic script.

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  12. 712LetterBL OR 13888.2

    Two fragments of a mercantile letter from Marwan b. Ibrāhīm al-Maghribi, unknown location, to Yosef b. Avraham al-Maghribī, in al-Raqqa. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address …

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  13. 713Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 31

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Needs examination for content. On recto there is a Hebrew poem, possibly a blessing or panegyric, signed by the cantor …

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  14. 714LetterT-S NS J456

    Letter with greetings for the holidays, likely in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. There appears to be a genealogy in a different …

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  15. 715LetterT-S AS 224.40

    Letter in Arabic script. From [...] to Abū l-Khayr(?) al-Mubārak b. Dāʾūd. The upper part of the front and the address on the back are …

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  16. 716LetterT-S G1.1

    Verso, continuing onto recto between the lines (secondary use): Letter describing a requisition (muṣādara) carried out against a whole town, in which Muslims, Christians, Samaritans …

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    1. בש רח
    2. מוגב הדה אלאסטר אעלם הדרת רבינו יחי לעד אננא
    3. פי סת אללף עאפיה בסאלמה נפוסנה ודאך אן נזל עלינא
    4. המן הרשע וצאדר אליהוד ואביעת מכאזנהם אלקמ…

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  17. 717LetterMoss. II,179

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks the addressee to retrieve all of the writer's books that are currently with the 'Rav.' They include parts of …

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  18. 718LetterT-S 12.389

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl, in Fustat, to Khallūf b. Mūsā, in Palermo. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמאך מן אל

    2. פצטאט לה איאם מצת מן אייר ערפך אללה ברכתה וסעאדה מא יליה ברחמתה

    3. ואלח…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך,
    2. מפסטאט, בה' באייר, יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ואת האוש…

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  19. 719LetterMIAC 23973.49

    Letter from Lāmiʿ b. Ḥasan al-Kanzī to the Nubian eparch Uruwī ibn Khiyākh in Ibrīm, the Ikshīl and Master of the Horses. The letter shows …

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    1. [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]
    2. [ا]علم الاكشيل وصاحب الخيل اطال الله بقاه
    3. وادام حراسته وس?مته ونعمته انه يعلم ان
    4. في كل سنة تتوجه الى بلادكم عدة كبيرة…

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    1. In the name of God the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. I inform the Ikshīl and Master of the Horses—may God prolong his life
    3. and cause his protect…

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  20. 720LetterENA NS 19.3

    Letter in the hand of Elḥanan b. Shemarya (who refers to himself as "Head of the Row / Rosh ha-Seder") addressed to a cantor named …

    1. ראש הסדר
    2. מרי ורב אברהם יקר החזנים ונגהם
    3. לא נדהם ולא כהו. .ם אלא כספיר ושוהם
    4. תבורך ותחיה ולשארית תהיה
    5. כבד מכ. .תה ויה. .תה . . . . . . לרבנים
    6. נס . . …

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  21. 721LetterAIU XI.106

    Fragment of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably ca.1800. Mentions Se. Yehiel and Se. Eliyyahu.

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  22. 722LetterENA 3768.2

    Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, the muqaddam of Bilbays (ca. 1170s–1218) to Pinḥas b. Meshullam, a judge of Alexandria in the time of Maimonides. …

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    1. כבוד הדר]ת י[קרת צפירת תפארת כבוד
    2. גדולת קדושת מרנא ורבנא פינחס הרב המבהק
    3. המעוז והמגדול יברכהו שומרו ויצילו מיד רודפו ומבקש
    4. רעתו כי יפול לא יוט…
    1. [(To) the honour, the glor]y, the grandeur, the diadem, the splendour, the honour,
    2. the greatness, and the holiness of our teacher and rabbi Pinḥas t…

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  23. 723LetterT-S 16.157

    Late letter in Ladino written to Shemuʾel b. Soshan, dated 1st of Ḥeshvan. Mentions various business dealings including in indigo (אנייל) and something called אבראג̇יל …

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  24. 724LetterT-S NS J578

    Letter. In Arabic script. Portions of the beginnings of 6 lines are preserved. Moderately wide space in between the lines; lovely handwriting. The sender says …

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  25. 725LetterT-S 12.298

    Letter from Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen, in the Rīf, to his cousin and brother-in-law Natan b. Shelomoha-Kohen. Mainly to ask him to settle a debt …

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    1. מוגב הדה אלאסטר אערף הדרת
    2. רבינו יחי לעד אן וצלת רקעתה צחבה
    3. אלדי אנפדת מעה אלדקיק ולם ארא
    4. פי אלכתאב גואב ען אלמכדה אלדי
    5. גלטו בהא פי קמאש בן כא…

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  26. 726LetterT-S Misc.11.55

    Recto and verso are both late family letters in Judaeo-Arabic by the same writer, perhaps to different recipients. The writer goes into great detail about …

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  27. 727LetterCUL Or.1081 1.12

    Letter, fragmentary, conveying praises to the addressee(s) (male and female - וכל השרים והגבירות).

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  28. 728LetterJRL B 6105

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning a legal case. Mentions a sheṭar matana and witnesses: פי מא כתב . . . שצ תכריקהם . . . …

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  29. 729LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/39

    Letter from a son to his father; same writer and addressee as T-S 10J7.3 and T-S 13J21.13 and T-S 13J21.14. He reports that Abū Isḥāq …

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  30. 730LetterT-S NS 306.154

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. The name Ṣāʿid appears in what looks like the address on verso.

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  31. 731LetterT-S AS 145.348

    Letter addressed to Shemuel. Tiny fragment from the beginning. (Information from CUDL)

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  32. 732LetterMoss. IV,84.3

    Informal note from a certain Yosef, asking for 'a piece of' something, maybe parchment (קטעה רק(?)). On verso there is a line in Arabic script.

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  33. 733LetterT-S 8J19.3

    Recto: Judaeo-Arabic introduction to a treatise or letter. Verso: mirrored text from a Hebrew document. Information from CUDL.

    1. ] נטרינון רחמ מן מהם או מדהם או סאנח
    2. . . . הם אלמופק פי תצמינה כתאבהם ואצדארה :
    3. ותקתנא באלבארי תעאלי אנא ננהץ בגמיע אוטארהם
    4. ואגראצהם עלי מא יקתרחונה…

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  34. 734LetterT-S AS 171.147

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, ca. 15th–17th century. On verso some Arabic and Hebrew as well.

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  35. 735LetterCUL Or.1080 4.23

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Handwriting of Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentioning someone's brother and al-Nezer. The writer then asks the addressee to pass on …

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  36. 736LetterT-S Ar.40.117

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Possibly a draft, as it is covered with subsequent jottings. Addressed to 'the brother' Abū l-ʿAlā' (this is not completely …

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  37. 737LetterJRL L 192

    Letter from Avraham ha-Levi, in Damietta (קפוטקיא), to Karo y Frances & Company, in Cairo/Fustat. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tuesday, 25 Ḥeshvan 5569 AM, which …

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  38. 738LetterT-S AS 158.326

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a brother. Mostly formulaic content is preserved.

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  39. 739LetterAIU VII.E.76

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to David ben Naʿim, 1821/22 CE (5400+182). Only the upper part of the fragment is here.

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  40. 740LetterT-S NS 338.34

    Fragment of a letter from Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to his cousin and/or brother-in-law the judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. Mentions the upcoming holiday of …

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  41. 741LetterT-S AS 145.352

    Recto: accounts in a crude hand. Verso: letter, in a different hand. (Information from CUDL)

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  42. 742LetterT-S NS 264.16

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from Yehuda Ibn al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, in Fustat. (Identification based on handwriting, typical layout, and …

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  43. 743LetterJRL B 8033

    Small fragment of a document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE), maybe a letter. The other fragments under this shelfmark …

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  44. 744LetterT-S 10J30.1

    Poorly preserved letter containing biblical verses and a request by Abu Mansur for assistance from Saniyy al-Dawla, the supporter of every troubled person. (Information from …

    1. עבדה וצנ/י/עתהא
    2. אבול מנצור
    3. בשם רחום וחנון
    4. יענך ייי ביום צרה ישגבך שם אלהי יעקב [ישלח] עזרך
    5. מקודש ומציון יסעדך יזכור כל מנחתך ועול[תך] ידשנה
    6. סלה יתן …

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  45. 745LetterT-S AS 153.269

    Verso: Upper part of a letter in Arabic script. Addressed to Abū Zikrī. Mentions Ibrāhīm al-Khandaqī(?): . . . . حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل ابو …

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  46. 746LetterENA NS I.76

    Letter. Faded. Addressed to Abū l-Majd. It may be from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, in Fustat. …

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  47. 747LetterT-S 6J4.1

    Recto: family letter, ca. 11th century, from Abraham to his son-in-law Elijah and his daughter אתוכלי, Itwakkilī (Arabic, but unattested as a name). There are …

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    1. ]ת רבות וברכות עצומות לחתני מ׳ אליה ולבתי אתוכלי
    2. ] אביך ואמך ואחיך אליה ואחותך שטירומי וזקנה ומן 
    3. ]ך [ ]בת אחותך דעו אנו לחיים ובוטחים לאל וגם…
    1. […] great [wellbeing] and mighty blessings to our son-in-law Mar Elijah and to our daughter ’TWKLY  
    2. […] your father and mother and your brother Eli…

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  48. 748LetterENA NS 36.3

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Shemuel Muslim to his uncle (ʿamm) Dāwud b. Berakha. It seems that the writer recently received a letter to the …

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  49. 749LetterHalper 425 + T-S 8J31.6

    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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  50. 750LetterT-S AS 160.101

    Probably a letter describing a legal conflict, or else a legal document containing testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Referring to the opponent; a Jewish person; "I threw …

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