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  1. 7651LetterT-S AS 173.201

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning 'the rayyis' and 'the nasi' (this seems to be what the scribe intends by אלנשאי) and the synagogue. Needs examination.

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  2. 7652LetterT-S 13J29.5

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentioning people including Abū Zikrī, Peraḥya, the wife of Menashshe b. David, and Ibn Yehuda. Mentions Byzantium (bilād …

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  3. 7653LetterT-S Misc.8.95

    Recto: Letter/petition in Arabic script. The sender is reminding the addressee to do a favor that was previously agreed upon. Mentions something concerning lands (ʾarḍīn). …

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  4. 7654LetterENA NS 77.104

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment, containing only the opening and part of the address. The sender is M[...] b. Ḥassūn(?).

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  5. 7655LetterT-S AS 39.7

    Recto: biblical verses, including Genesis 31:53. Verso: unidentified Arabic text, possibly a letter . (Information from CUDL)

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  6. 7656LetterT-S Misc.28.199

    Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Shemuel ha-Andalusi, in Jerusalem, to Yosef b. Naḥum ha-Baradani, in Fustat. Dating: 5 Adar Sheni, around 1060 (Gil). Yosef has arrived …

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    1. כתאבי יסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך ונעמתך
    2. [מן א]ל[ק]דס לה כלון מן אדר שני ערפך אללה ברכתה ויומנה ען סלאמה ואלחמד ללה
    3. […

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  7. 7657LetterMoss. II,169

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to someone addressed as "al-majlis" regarding communal issues. May mention people who are violating a ruling of the addressee; …

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    1. אלא קום אן יג . [
    2. . . . פעלהא //ולו// פי חק עו עב ז[ר
    3. לא שך אן אסתחקינא מא ונב
    4. אלנבי בה פי קולה העל אלה לא
    5. אפקד בם //נאם// ייי אם בגוי אשר כ…

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  8. 7658LetterT-S AS 152.75

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 11th century. Mentions something which Rabbi Yosef brought with him; 100 dinars; 22 dinars for Isḥāq; …

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  9. 7659LetterAIU VII.E.32

    Image not available. According to Schwarb Catalogue: Letter in Arabic or Judeo Arabic to a woman in Kairouan, Oshtak(??) Elia b. Ibrahim. AA

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  10. 7660LetterT-S AS 157.65

    Recto (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic written in the space around a large scribble. Mentions entering Alexandria; and how "all of our colleagues the Alexandrians, …

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  11. 7661LetterT-S AS 117.229

    Unidentified text in Arabic, probably a letter. Recto: piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)

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  12. 7662LetterT-S 8J16.6

    Letter addressed to Abu al-Faraj, son of Daniel the teacher, in the “habs Bunan” neighborhood. The writer describes that the wife of his son is …

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    1. כאדמה מנצור
    2. בר שמריה . .
    3. בר
    4. אלדי נעלם בה אלשיך אבו אלפרג אדאם אללה
    5. ס]לאמתה וודע לה פי ולדה וחסן עאקבתה . . . .
    6. אלכאדם שדיד אלשוק אליהא גדא ומ…

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  13. 7663LetterT-S AS 146.180

    Letter; recto is in Hebrew, headed Rosh ha-Seder and mentioning Yaʿaqov the elder. Address on verso in Arabic script: to Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb b. [...] …

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  14. 7664LetterT-S Misc.6.79

    Letter fragment, or maybe drafts/formularies. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Almost the entirety of what is preserved consists of flattery and blessings.

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  15. 7665LetterT-S AS 204.83

    Possibly the beginning of a letter to a notable (שרנו ונרנו...)

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  16. 7666LetterT-S Ar.34.142

    Letter in Arabic script from Abū ʿAlī(?) Yefet(?) b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī. Mentions going to Abū ʿAlī b. al-Dimyāṭī (=Yeḥezqel b. Netanel ha-Levi) and borrowing …

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  17. 7667LetterT-S AS 147.22

    Letter of recommendation for a needy widow with two children from Damascus who, on recommendation of a letter from the muqaddam of Ascalon, had received …

    1. כבוד גדולת קדושת מרנו ורבנו
    2. יצחק הרב החסיד המהניין בכל ענין יברכו
    3. שומר נפשות חסידיו ויגן בעדו ויחיה
    4. חמודו יראהו שמחתו וחופתו אמן סלה
    5. ביר כגק מרנו ור…

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  18. 7668LetterJRL A 439

    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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  19. 7669LetterT-S AS 149.95

    Recto: Document in Arabic script. Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the upper right corner is preserved, containing a few words from the opening and a …

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  20. 7670LetterENA NS 77.252

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions afḍāluka and al-muruwwa, so likely flattering the addressee or appealing for a …

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  21. 7671LetterT-S 13J22.28

    Letter from Abū Ibrāhīm b. Ṭībān to his brother-in-law(?) Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 11th century. Shortly after these two parted …

    1. קד עלם אללה שדה שוקי אלי מולאי
    2. אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
    3. [ע]זה ען חאל סלאמה ונעמה ושוק
    4. אליה שדיד אסל אללה קרב אלאגתמאע
    5. בה עלי אפצל אלמחאב במנה וגוד…

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  22. 7672LetterT-S AS 202.475

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Somewhat widened line spacing. Possibly addressed to a dignitary (...היקר כגק מרי ורבי...). 4 lines are partially preserved on recto but …

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  23. 7673LetterENA NS I.70

    Upper part of a letter by Berakhot b. Shemuel mentioning his being cut off from the recipent on account of his illnesses, including ophthalmia at …

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  24. 7674LetterT-S NS 342.3 + T-S NS 342.7

    Informal note addressed to a scribe (al-sofer) instructing him to write a petition to 'our master' (sayyidnā) on behalf of a woman in which she …

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  25. 7675LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1861/13

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abū l-Ḥasan in which the writer reminds him to come and bring him the book know as Razim. Verso was not …

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  26. 7676LetterMIAC 36

    Letter regarding the construction of the tomb of Rabbi Yaʿacov Abu Haṣīra [in Damanhur] – 1935CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 36) – …

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  27. 7677LetterMoss. IV,53.3

    Letter fragment (lower right corner). In Judaeo-Arabic. The scribe has large lameds. Mentions lamps (qanādīl), the phrase "wa-anta ʿalā ʿayn [mā tarā]" (cf. T-S 10J20.12), …

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  28. 7678LetterT-S 8.106

    Letter from a Qaraite leader in Damascus to a Qaraite leader in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Goitein suggests ca. 1000 CE, likely too early; Gil’s …

    Recto

    1. [ ] דעא[ה
    2. תיאב בלדי והו מן אלמעישה אלדי אתעיש אנא בהא ואכת[ר
    3. צנאע הדה אלצנעה יהוד ומא פיהם מן אלק/ר/איין גירי פמצו
    4. אלצנאע סעו בי אלי מתולי אלא…

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  29. 7679LetterMoss. IXa,2.33

    Recto: Letter, opening blessings only, reused for the note on verso. Verso, written perpendicular to recto: note written in mostly in rhymed prose.

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  30. 7680LetterT-S AS 147.213

    Small fragment. Recto: Few words from opening of a vocalized letter to ‘our Nagid David’. Verso: letter, informing sayyidna about an halakhic issue. AA

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  31. 7681LetterENA NS 77.147

    Small fragment of a letter. Judaeo-Arabic on recto, Arabic jottings on verso.

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  32. 7682LetterENA NS 77.178

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  33. 7683LetterAIU VII.E.243

    Letter of recommendation in German for Rabbi Barukh Löb Alpern, mid-19th-century. The place name appears to be Agram, which turns out to be the German …

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  34. 7684LetterT-S NS J499

    Letter from a certain ʿAbd al-Karīm possibly to someone named Ḥasan or Iḥsān (margin, line 1). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th or 14th century, based …

    Recto

    1. מ]חליו ויהיה לו עוזר וס[ומך
    2. ו]מעוז ומחסה ואן יפרחנא
    3. בעאפייתה ויבקי לה אלולד אל
    4. אלעזיז אלשיך סלימאן יזכי מולאנא
    5. יזכינא ויזכי מולאנא ללשיך סלימא…

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  35. 7685LetterT-S NS 99.33

    Recto: Bottom of a Judaeo-Arabic letter to a more important person, begging him to do some sort of favor ("wa-yubayyiḍ al-mawlā wajh al-shafāʿa fī dhālik") …

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  36. 7686LetterT-S NS 164.102

    Two unrelated fragments stuck together. (1) Right: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mostly torn and partially faded. Might be in the same hand as Moss. VII,92.1 (which …

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  37. 7687LetterENA 3962.5

    Letter from a physician in Arabic script giving detailed instructions for the care of a sick man, especially about diet, baths, and regimen. It concludes …

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  38. 7688LetterT-S 12.422

    Poem in Hebrew. 17 lines in praise of a dignitary, then 2 lines of blessing in Judaeo-Arabic, then it ends. "From your grateful slave, Shemuel." …

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  39. 7689LetterT-S 8J28.1

    Beginning of a letter from Yaʿaqov b. Yosef mentioning the payment of goods and another document from the same writer to the addressee relating other …

    1. אטאל] אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך וסעאדתך ואלרגבאת אליך
    2. וז]אד פי פצלה וגמיל צנעה לדיך וענדה ען צלאח . . . . עה
    3. א]ללה אליך כתאבא לאשכרה לולא אצרע אלי…

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  40. 7690LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/17

    Document about the shipment of a purse containing 113 dinars to Nahray b. Nissim and Yaʿaqov b. Ismāʿīl al-Andalusī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. …

    recto

    1. רב סלם ברחמ[ת]ך ובלג

    2. בקדרתך אלי אבי יחיי

    3. נהרא<י> בן נסים ויעקב בן

    4. אסמעיל סורה צחבת

    5. יעקב בן עמנואל אלוזן

    6. ק דינ> ודינארין גיר סודס

    7. …

    recto

    1. (2-1) אלוהים שים שלום ברחמיך ועשה שיגיע, על פי גבורתך: אל אבו יחיא 
    2. (3–4) נהוראי בן נסים ויעקב בן אסמעיל, כיס, עם 
    3. (5–6) יעקב בן עמנואל ; …

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  41. 7691LetterT-S AS 156.336

    Document, probably a letter, which mentions the pre-marriage payment. (Information from CUDL)

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  42. 7692LetterT-S Ar.35.243

    Hebrew writing exercises and parts of Arabic documents - needs examination.

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  43. 7693LetterMoss. IV,83.2

    Letter of appeal for assistance. In Hebrew. Dating: ca. 16th–18th century, based on the hand and layout. Needs further examination for content and names.

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  44. 7694LetterT-S NS J537

    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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  45. 7695LetterAIU VII.E.106

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic with a few rows of writing exercises (?) in the margin. There are also a few words in Arabic.

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  46. 7696LetterT-S 8J37.6

    Letter from one community addressed to another. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Opening and closing with blessings for the addressees. Reporting on the arrival of Saʿīd …

    1. ה [
    2. תובלנה . . . . ות לקהל [
    3. הבחורים הנכבדים היקרים זרע הקדש . . .
    4. האנשים הנחמדים מזהב הישישים . . . .
    5. . . . . . .ש. .ים השרים האדירים המה . . .
    6. שלש…

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  47. 7697LetterT-S NS 226.154

    Verso: Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions Alexandria and Abū Isḥāq and items lost at sea or in the Nile (fī l-baḥr). …

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  48. 7698LetterT-S NS 338.95

    Business letter in Arabic script from Faraḥ b. Ismāʿīl in Alexandria to Menashshe b. David, Fustat. Dating: October 22, 1050 (Gil). Faraḥ is worried because …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. كتبت اطال الله بقا مولاي الشيخ و ادام عزه وتاييده  و سعادته و سلامته و حراسته و نعمته من الاسكندرية لثلث خلون من

    3. ج…

    recto

    1. (2−1) בשם אלוהים הרחמן הרחום. אני כותב, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך ואת הגנתך ואת…

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  49. 7699LetterT-S NS 325.22

    Verso: Top part of a letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a letter of condolence based on the opening verses. In the margin the sender …

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  50. 7700LetterBL OR 10656.1

    Letter from Elʿazar b. Shelomo b. Yehosef Gaʾon son of Gaʾon. In Hebrew. Dating: first part of the 12th-century, based on the sender's known genealogy …

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