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  1. 751LetterT-S 8J20.1

    Letter from Natan b. Avraham, probably in Damietta, to Natanel b. Ravah, in Fustat. In Hebrew. Dating: Probably Spring 1038 CE. Natan is on his …

    1. שלום חשובנו ובבת עינינו מרנא ורבנא נתנאל תלמידנו יגדל
    2. לעד וטובות יופק סלה נפרדנו ועינינו מטיפות דמע ולבינו
    3. יהמה על פרידתנו ממך יען כי הייתה לנו למשי…

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  2. 752LetterENA 2575.7 + ENA 2575.8

    Letter reporting the sinking of a ship in the Red Sea, dating probably from the 14th century or later based on the mention of the …

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    1. [...]ם אכוך
    2. [...]ב אמארה כל

    3. [...]לה וגרם אלף וכמס מאיה

    4. דרהם ומן גהה אלעבד מבארך פשעיה פי אסכנדריא

    5. ואכדה אלמחתסב בלאש מא סלם פיה שי וגרם…

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  3. 753LetterT-S Ar.30.140

    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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  4. 754LetterT-S 6J3.1

    Letter from the son or descendant of Yeshuʿa he-Ḥaver b. Ṣabgha (צבגה), who moved from Jerusalem to Fustat with his family, asking for help from …

    1. שלום לה עצים וברכה להבשים
    2. ונחמה כפולה ומילוי כל שאילה
    3. ליקירינו מר ורב אברהם הכהן
    4. היקר ישמרו צורו ויהי עזרו
    5. בן רבנא יוסף נבע שואלים
    6. אנו מכבודך יקירינ…

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    1. May abundant greetings / and scented blessing /
    2. and double consolation / and fulfillment of every request /
    3. be bestowed upon our precious mast…

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  5. 755LetterMoss. II,184

    Fragment of a business letter, probably 11th-century, as it mentions Barhūn and Nahray. Difficult to read due to ink smudging; needs further examination.

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  6. 756LetterT-S 13J25.1

    Letter sent from Qayrawān by Yosef b. Labraṭ al-Fāsī to Yaʿaqov b. Yosef b. ʿAwkal in Fustat, inquiring about merchandise sent to the Maghrib and …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסיידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך
    2. מן אלקירואן ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה אחמד אללה כתירא [         ] אהלה וא[יא]ה …

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    1. מכתבי, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את כבודך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך,
    2. מקירואן. שלומי טוב, ואני בריא, תודה רבה לאל ……

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  7. 757LetterENA 2727.11d

    Communal letter in Hebrew. Fragmentary, with little preserved. Addressed 'the sages of the yeshiva, the tannaim, the scribes, and the student[s]'. Mentions [...] b. Avraham …

    1. ] יהיו בכם מ. . . . . . . . כל אש[
    2. ] כל חכמי הישיבה והתנאים והסופרים והתלמיד[
    3. ]מם לנצח                       ומודיעים כי אנשי .[
    4. ]. . בעשותם הטוב בע…

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  8. 758LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1591

    Letter from a woman named Harja, in Jerusalem, to her brother ʿAbd al-Dā'im Ibn Firrouz, in Cairo. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. See tag for other letters …

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  9. 759LetterT-S 13J21.35

    Letter sent by Abu al-Barakat to Abu Nasr, asking him for 3 dirhams to hire a riding beast and asking another 3 dirhams from the …

    1. באלהים נעשה חיל וגמ
    2. חונה מלאך ייי סביב ליריאיו ויחלצם
    3. ייי בחכמה יסד ארץ כונן שמים בתבונה
    4. חצרה אלמולא אלאגל אלמנעם אלמתפצל
    5. אלשיך אבו נצר תבת אללה מגד…

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  10. 760LetterMoss. IIIa,10

    Letter from the teacher Yehuda Ibn al-ʿAmmānī, probably in Alexandria, to the banker (al-ṣayrafī) Abū l-Ṭāhir Yoshiyyahu b. Daniʾel b. Adonim Ibn al-Quḍāʿī, probably in …

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    1. אלמשתאק אלי נטרה אלשריף יהודה המלמד בן אלעמאני
    2. בשמ רחמ
    3. אלי אלמולא אלסייד אלאגל אלשיך בו אלטאהר כגק מר ור יאשיהו השר הנכבד ישמרהו
    4. אלהינו וייטיב…

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  11. 761LetterT-S Ar.52.248

    Verso (original use): ḥikr (ground-rent) receipt in Arabic script for the Jewish community's properties (املاك) in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ (the Fortress of the Lamps) in Fustat. …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. صح لمولاي يحيى اليهودي الرباني
    3. عن حكر املاكهم بقصر الشمع بمصر
    4. سنة ست وخمسمىة
    5. من الورق خمسين درهما
    6. نصف ثمن
    7. يهودا بن اب…

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  12. 762LetterT-S Ar.38.88

    Letter from Abū ʿAlī b. Abū ʿUmar, in Aden, addressed to Sitt Ghazāl and Umm Munajjā, in Fustat. In Arabic script. The identification of the …

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  13. 763LetterT-S K25.62

    Note from a parent to a teacher. In Judaeo-Arabic. The text is quite clear, but it's difficult to figure out what the sender is trying …

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    1. יא מולאי צני אנך תשגלה
    2. באלקראה חתי תאכל שיה
    3. ותכלי אלצביאן יאכלו ואיצא
    4. אנה יריד יעיד מא תכליה
    5. אדא ארדתה יעיד קדימה
    6. יכון וחדה מא הוא גלאם
    7. אחד יק…

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  14. 764LetterENA NS 7.1

    IB IV, 53c (*ח53). Letter from an unknown correspondent to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. Dating: ca. 1128 CE. In which Yiṣḥaq b. ʿEzra asks to Ḥalfon …

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  15. 765LetterMoss. III,256.2

    No image available. A letter to Menahem and Elazar Hakohen, 17th century. (FGP)

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  16. 766LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 377

    Letter addressed to a Muslim dignitary with many lines of titles (al-malikī al-kāmilī... al-zāhid...). In Arabic script. The sender seems to wish to purchase some …

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  17. 767LetterENA NS 55.21

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 12th century. Little of the substance remains. Signs of having been used in a bookbinding.

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  18. 768LetterT-S 12.246

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, from Tinnis, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1057. The first part contains greetings for Nahray’s marriage. The writer wishes …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך [וסעאדתך מן]

    2. תניס לב בקין מן מרחשון ען סלאמה ונעמה אעלמך יאסידני ומולאי.... אן פי]

    3. יו…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך,
    2. מתניס, בכ"ח (או: כ"ט) במרחשון. שלומי טוב ואני מאו…

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  19. 769LetterENA NS 15.14

    Recto: Letter draft probably from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his paternal aunt Umm Dā'ūd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Congratulating her on the successful delivery of her daughter …

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  20. 770LetterT-S 13J23.14

    Letter from Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef (active 990s–1030s CE), in Qayrawān, to his brother-in-law ʿAyyāsh b. Nissim. The sender reports that the addressee's son …

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    1. אטאל אללה אכי וסידי אלעזיז עלי בקאך וצאנך ורעאך והפט'ך ווקאך ואדאם נעמאך
    2. כתאבי אליך ע'ר'ב' צ'ו'ם' כיפור תקבלה אללה מנא ומנך ומן כל יש'ר' באלגפ…

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  21. 771LetterT-S AS 147.126

    Fragment of a letter addressed to "the leader" (al-rayyis al-fāḍil al-ḥakham al-ajall). In Judaeo-Arabic. Cursive sephardi handwriting. (Information in part from CUDL. (Probably from the …

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  22. 772LetterJRL B 3856

    Document or notes in Arabic script. Perhaps a draft of a letter or petition. Needs examination. On the other side there is Hebrew literary text. …

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  23. 773LetterJTS MS 8308.31

    Letter in Ladino from Shemuel Sidi to his brother-in-law Gabriel Conforte relating to business transactions (17th century). Lines 8-9, 15 mention a variety of individuals …

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  24. 774LetterENA NS 45.22

    Business letter from Zekharya b. Yaaqov b. al-Shama, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: around 1065 (Gil). The writer is about to …

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    1. [ ] נהראי בן נסים וסלמו(?)

    2. [ ] טראבלס יכון אלקאבץ מולאי אלשיך

    3. [ ] מרדוך ואן אלמהדיה מולאי אלשיך אבו סעיד ואנא מראעי [ ]

    4. לדלך ואנא מעול …

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    1. (1–3) .... נהוראי בן נסים ומסרו .... טראבלס, והמקבל יהיה אדוני ררבי .... מרדוך, ואשר למקרייה, אדוני ורבי אבו סעיד ואנכי דואגים ....
    2. לזאת; …

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  25. 775LetterT-S Misc.35.20

    Letter from an Egyptian community leader to the Nasi Yehuda b. Yoshiyya b. Shelomo. Written on a bifolio. In Hebrew. Dating: 12th century. Replying to …

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    1. אל שער יקרת צפירת תפארת מרינו ורבנו אדונינו נשיאנו נשיא
    2. גליות כל יש אביר התעודה מלך העדה רבנו יהוד הנשיא הרב על
    3. כל בני מזרח …

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  26. 776LetterT-S NS 220.34

    Fragment of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to one of his brothers. Very faded.

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  27. 777LetterT-S AS 168.184

    Fragment of a letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic, praising the benefactions of a group of people (al-sāda). אלא בהם... פאלמכארם תצדר ענהם טבעא ותלקא[...] אלי רצאיהם טועא …

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  28. 778LetterMoss. IV,20.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Rudimentary handwriting and spelling. The writer is in some perplexity about 'what I should do regarding Rashīd, since I rarely come …

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  29. 779LetterT-S NS 297.242

    Letter addressed to Abu l-Khayr b. Ibrāhīm al-[...]. In Arabic script. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Nearly entirely preserved, except for the upper left corner …

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    1. وصل كتاب [مولاي الشيخ . . . اطال الله بقاه]
    2. وادام عزه ونعماه ومن حسن [توفيقه لا اخلاه . . . وكان له]
    3.  وليا وحافظا في جميع امورك وانا مهن…

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  30. 780LetterT-S NS 31.14

    Letter from a certain Yiṣḥaq to a certain Avraham. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, likely 18th or 19th century. Reused for extensive accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning …

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  31. 781LetterT-S AS 149.77

    Official letter. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. The hand may be known. Wide space between the lines. Addressed to a community, and containing a recommendation (or …

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  32. 782LetterT-S Ar.39.222

    Letter/report, concerning a legal matter regarding occupancy/tenancy (sakn). The beginnings of five lines are preserved. Mentions someone named Ibrāhīm b. Maḥbūb al-Muhandis in l. 3, …

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  33. 783LetterT-S Ar.39.310

    Business account or letter, mentioning several names including some with the title al-haj - needs examination. (FGP)

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  34. 784LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 166

    Letter or legal document. Small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. One side: "[...] 1 dirham or more, and I am [content?]... Jews..." The other side appears to …

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  35. 785LetterENA 2738.10

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE), who is mentioned in the address. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address …

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  36. 786LetterMoss. II,151.2 + Moss. II,151.3

    Two small fragments of a letter by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, including the phrases, "I took a vow" and "if [al-Shaykh] al-Yesod were not with …

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  37. 787LetterT-S 10J18.11

    Letter fragment (right half of recto, left half of verso) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. It is primarily …

    1. שלום רב וג
    2. אלדי אעלמכם בה בעד אלסלאם [
    3. אללה תע בכל נעמה לא . [
    4. אלסקלי נכבה אללה מא . . . מא [
    5. וקאל יטלב מנה עשרין דרהם בשטר [
    6. וקד דכל מן יום אלאתנין…

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  38. 788LetterT-S 13J26.18

    Letter from Daniel b. Azarya to a Jerusalemite staying in Fustat (Gil, Palestine, II, pp. 655-662)

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    1. מא אכליה מן אלברכות אלצאלחה גם לארז האדיר כגק מ׳ור׳ דוסא ישמרהו קדושנו וייי ישמע
    2. בעדם כל תפלה ותחנה ודכר אן אלכתאב אלדי אלי מולאיי אלשיך אבי …

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  39. 789LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1450

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Names of writer and addressee are not immediately apparent. Their locations are also not explicit but it should be possible to deduce …

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  40. 790LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 535

    Letter, most probably, in Arabic script. The name Bū l-Faraj is readable in an otherwise fragmentary piece.

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  41. 791LetterMIAC 249

    Commercial letter – May 5 1933CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 249) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq …

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  42. 792LetterT-S AS 161.221

    Recto: unidentified text, possibly a letter. Verso: probably part of a rabbinical work. (Information from CUDL)

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  43. 793LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/19

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda (aka Mūsā b. Yahūda al-Turjumān), in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Only the very beginning …

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  44. 794LetterT-S Ar.18(2).53

    Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to an unidentified community (al-jamāʿa). Mentions the intention to build or rebuild "al-qodesh" but 100 dirhams are still …

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  45. 795LetterENA NS 7.46

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment: right side only. Dating: Possibly first half of the 12th century, based on the reference to the merchant Yiṣḥaq al-Nafūsī (see …

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  46. 796LetterT-S AS 172.345

    Small fragment of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Lower right corner.

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  47. 797LetterJRL B 2495

    Very faded fragment from the beginning of a letter in to ha-Dayyan ha-Maskil (who is named, but the name is very faded - Zekharya?). Reused …

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  48. 798LetterBL OR 5542.11

    Fragment of a circuit judge's report about actions with estate of Abū l-Fakhr in Damīra, written December 1258 CE (late Tevet 1570 Seleucid). Abū l-Fakhr …

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [תנוח]

    1. דעתך שהנחת דעתי ווצול ולד אלממלוך תהא
    2. משכרתך שלימה ואיצא וצל כתאב סיידנא ירום הודו
    3. שלהי …

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  49. 799LetterT-S AS 152.80

    Informal note addressed to al-Shaykh al-Sadīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reminds him that he owes the sender 40 dirhams and should repay the money before …

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  50. 800LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/36

    Letter from Khalfūn b. Benaya(?) to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Mūsā Majjānī. (The names are very difficult to read; these may be not exactly right.) …

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