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  1. 801LetterT-S NS J613

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Abū l-Surūr and [M]anṣūr. Conveys condolences on the death of their mother. On verso are a few words in …

    1. ] . . אל אמונה ואין עול צדיק וישר הוא
    2. ] אלאגלא אלשיך אבי אלסרור שצ
    3. מ]נצור שצ קדר מא חצל לנא מן
    4. ו]פאה אלואלדה אלמרחומה חצל

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    1. ] . . אל אמונה ואי…

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  2. 802LetterMIAC 23973.24

    Letter from the Master of the Shipmasts to a Nubian eparch in Ibrīm. The letter reports on the activities of Merki, a man who was …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. عبد حضرة مولاي الاكشيل ووزير الملك اطال الله بقاها وادام تاييدها 
    3. وعلاها ورفعتها وسناها وتمكينها وكبت حسدتها واعداها ال…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. The slave of my honourable lord, the Ikshīl and vizier of the king—may God prolong his lif…

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  3. 803LetterT-S 16.297

    Letter. The hand and style resemble those of Abū Zikrī the son of Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic, high register, rhymed prose. The contents are …

    1. בש
    2. שויתי ייי לנגדי תמיד לנגדי תמיד כי מימי[ני בל אמוט]
    3. וצלת מכאטבה אלמולי אלחסנה ומכא[טבה . . . . . .
    4. אללסאן ען גואב ממא טלבתה וטיב נפסה [... אללה]

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  4. 804LetterYevr. II A 1730

    A long letter with a query regarding the laws of marriage, sent to Simha b. Shlomo. On the back of the page account in Arabic …

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  5. 805LetterT-S 8J22.4

    Letter from Sahlān b. [...] to Abū Zakariyyā. Dating: mid-11th century. Regarding a silk binding that a Spanish person gave the addressee with instructions who …

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    1. כתאבי יאכי וסירי אטאל אללה <בקאך> ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך
    2. מן מצר ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה אעלמך יסידי אן כתבת אליך 
    3. גמלה כתב ולם ארי גואב וארג'ו שגל כ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אחי ואדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך,
    2. מפסטאט, שלומי טוב ואני בריא. אודיעך אדוני שכתבתי לך
    3. מספר מכתבים…

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  6. 806LetterT-S 6J10.12 + T-S 8J26.15

    Description for T-S 6J10.12: Fragment of a letter from Amram b. Yosef, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1075. The writer informs …

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    1. חצרה מולאי אלחבו אלגליל גדול הישיבה אטאל אללה בקאה

    2. ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ותאיידה ונעמאה ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה

    3. ושוק אליך קרב אללה אלאגתמאע בך…

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    1. .... (1–3) אבו .... ומצאתי את העניינים כאן במצב מצוין, יותר ממה .... אריג לא מעובד, אורכו קרוב למ' אמה ....
    2. היתרה דינר וי''ד קיראטים; עוד …

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  7. 807LetterT-S 13J27.11

    Letter from Yehuda b. Aharon Ibn al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin ("the Glory of the Cantors and their strength"), in Fustat. …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ' מן שאכר תפצלה יה[ודה]
    2. וצלת כתב מולאי וסיידי אלשיך אב[ו למגד]
    3. מאיר החזן ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו גמע אללה
    4. אלשמל בנטרה אלשריף אמן אלהי אמ…

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  8. 808LetterENA NS 68.11

    Recto: Part of an Arabic letter very likely from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. He mentions Abu l-Surur and …

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    1. [] . . . [ ]
    2. [] . . . الشيخ ابو السرور وان . . . . . . . []
    3. عندك تسيروه الينا وان الشيخ الرئيس شاكر لك
    4. وحب الرمان حتى اتفرغ اشتريه وعرفني ما ك…

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  9. 809LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/21

    IB I, 33. Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) containing a commercial account and a record of court proceedings. On …

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    1. [...]לתקריר 
    2. [...] דרהם –
    3. אשתרי בדלך 
    4. לאך מספר ד קטע אלתמן ענהם אלף דרהם
    5. עדל לטרף סנבל                   ש' דרהם 
    6. ג' אעדאל מקצור וכורג'תין    …

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    1. ... dirham 

    2. Purchased with this:

    3. lac sent in four pieces {alt. tr.: units}, price: 1,000 dirhems;

    4. a small bale of spikenard: 300 di…

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  10. 810LetterMIAC 260

    Personal letter to Kẖawaja David al-Jalālī from a person named Elli Ġozlān in it asking for him to fetch some of books and discussing commercial …

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  11. 811LetterT-S Misc.11.53

    Recto: Bottom part of a letter in Arabic script, from a man to his 'brother.' He spells والساعة as والسعا numerous times. He mentions jāliya …

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  12. 812LetterT-S AS 184.412

    Letter in Arabic script. Quite faded/damaged. Greetings to various people on the back (preserved as recto), including to ʿAdwān and Muḥammad.

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  13. 813LetterMoss. II,125.2

    IB V, 40a. Recto: part of a business letter. Conveying the prices of commodities such as pepper, cloves, and saffron and asking about their prices …

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  14. 814LetterENA NS 68.6

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports on receiving authorization (al-ʿalāma) to collect the kharāj tax from the official in charge of estates (ʿāmil al-mawārīth). …

    1. כ]אן פי אלכתאב אלמ[דכור

    2. ]כרג לעאמל אלמוארית בכמסה ועשר[ין דינארא ברסם

    3. אבו אלמפצ̇ל ואכדת אלעלאמה עליהם וסל[מת] אלבר[אה אלי אבו]

    4. אלמפצ̇ל וקבצ̇…

    1. [...] in the af[orementioned] document [...]

    2. it came out to 25 [dīnārs] to the administrator of estates [for]

    3. Abū l-Mufaḍḍal. I obtained the r…

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  15. 815LetterT-S 13J24.4

    Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355), to the Jewish community in Cairo. He is ordering them to pay back to …

    שבת....

    הנה אל ישועתי וכולי

    1. אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר
    2. [י]ברכם צורם ויהיה בעזרם יוצרם אנס
    3. יעלמו באן לא תסאלו מא גרי עלינא בסבב
    4. תגליק אלגואלי ואנת…

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  16. 816LetterF 1908.44UU

    Letter from Nissim, in Qaṭya, Sinai, to Shelomo Iskandarānī, in Fustat. In Hebrew. Dating: First half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. …

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  17. 817LetterDK 323

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning 'the arrival of the pieces (? qiṭaʿ).' The writer takes a snippy tone: "Please have the good grace to send …

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  18. 818LetterAIU VII.E.129

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe Bibas, Rashid, to Karo y Frances & Company, dated 1807 CE (17 Heshvan 5568 AM).

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  19. 819LetterT-S AS 206.88

    Fragment possibly from a formal letter in Hebrew. Wide line spacing. No specifics preserved.

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  20. 820LetterBodl. MS heb. f 101/42

    Letter fragment from Abū l-Faraj. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-Shām; 20 nuqra dirhams; dār sayyidinā in Fustat, and various people's names. Dating: probably late 12th or …

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    1.  ] . . . . . . . . . . . . ק
    2. ]לא . . חפטהם אללה ותקול
    3. ] . פי אלשאם גרת עאדתה
    4. ]ן ולא יבק פיה עלה
    5. ] . . . ה ועשרין דרהם נקרה מן
    6. ] אל . . בון אלד…

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  21. 821LetterT-S AS 166.82

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Same hand as Bodl. MS heb. c 13/13 (PGPID 19316). Addressed to a cousin (yā ibn ʿammī). Conveying various pieces of …

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  22. 822LetterT-S AS 166.183 + T-S AS 166.177

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning a letter from "mawlāy al-rayyis Abū [...]" and maybe a synagogue dispute: קולנא . . . גמיע ונפצר אלשריעה . …

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  23. 823LetterENA NS 77.212

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Medieval-era. The second line is the most legible from the opening lines of the letter: ו]צול אל אחמאל סלמה וכאן. Part …

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  24. 824LetterMIAC 210

    Invitation from the association "ha-Fāmt Keter Torah" for the 7th of Adar for the commemoration of the death of Moses peace be upon him – …

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  25. 825LetterT-S Ar.18(1).50

    F. 1r: Draft of letters, one to Abū l-Faḍl Sahl (maybe al-Tustarī?). Shelomo b. Aharon b. Abū […] and Shela b. Yehoshuaʿ are also mentioned. …

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  26. 826LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/5

    Letter from Yosef b. Ya’aqov al-Itrabulusi from Gabes (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’akob b. Awkal, Fustat. The writer traveled to Qabes after visiting Barqa, Tripoli …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך וחאטך ווקאך ומן תופיקה [לא אכלאך] מן קאבס מסתהל שהר שבט 
    2. ערפנא אללה ואיאך ברכתה וכל ישראל ען שוק שדיד אליך ו…

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    1. אני כותב, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויגן וישמור עליך ואל ימנע ממך הצלחה, מקאבס, בראש חודש שבט,
    2. יראה אלהים לנו ולך ולכל ישראל את ב…

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  27. 827LetterT-S NS J334 + T-S 12.717

    Recto: Letter/petition to Avraham b. Yaʿaqov ha-Ḥazzan. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is either intended for the eyes of Mevorakh or simply mentions previous petitions submitted to …

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    דלך באיאם תופי מר ור עלי הפרנס דנן . . . . . . . . .

    Recto, T-S NS J334r + T-S 12.717v

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  28. 828LetterT-S 10J14.14

    Letter from Ovadiah in the inn to Abu 'Amran in rhymed prose. On verso is an address in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from Goitein's index cards and …

    1. ואתם כהני ייי תקראו משרתי וג
    2. כהניך ילבשו צדק וחסידיך רנן ירננו
    3. . ] ן לבש בך בגדי רננים ויעט כמעיל מדי ששונים
    4. . ] ותחדש בך שם טוב והוסיף בך כבוד כמו …

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  29. 829LetterT-S AS 148.52

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brothers. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentions business matters and a boat. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  30. 830LetterJRL B 3210

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mostly asking for news including of R. Avraham, and wishing the recipient well.

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  31. 831LetterT-S Ar.41.67

    Letter/petition from Bū Bakr to a notable named Burhān al-Dīn, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era based on hand, layout, and formulary. Asking …

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  32. 832LetterT-S AS 167.207

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called "my brother" (yā akhī). Mentions a little salt (qalīl milḥ) and an ounce of …

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  33. 833LetterENA NS 37.1

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th–13th century. The sender says that even if his letters have lapsed, he has never stopped loving and praying for …

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  34. 834LetterAIU 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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  35. 835LetterMoss. IV,84.1

    Letter of appeal for assistance. In Hebrew. The addressee might be R. Shelomo ha-Ḥazzan. There is a lot of flattery and blessings. The sender used …

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  36. 836LetterMoss. VII,198

    Fragment from the opening of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On this fragment there are mainly holiday greetings, but the Hebrew opening suggests that the writer …

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  37. 837LetterT-S AS 160.403

    Letter fragment mentioning David ha-Rav ha-Gadol, pearls (אלשוי אללולו), and prior correspondence. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  38. 838LetterT-S AS 157.128

    Recto: letter or note, possibly in the hand of Abraham Maimonides. Verso: Arabic jottings mentioning words such as حلقة and سكر.. (Information from CUDL)

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  39. 839LetterT-S NS 305.105

    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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  40. 840LetterENA 2808.25

    Upper fragment: Letter in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya (court scribe, active ca. 1181–1209). He is describing a marital dispute: "...four sessions... …

    1. ] . . . [
    2. ]ארבע מגאל[ס
    3. אל]מגלס אלאכר ואנהם יש[
    4. ] מעהם פלמא קיל לי דלך ארסלת [
    5. במא קיל לי וובכתה ורדעתה פי דלך פקאל [
    6. לה אלואגב אן תנתקל מן הדא אלמכא…

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  41. 841LetterCUL Or.1080 J86

    Letter (with Fatimid petition/report formulary) sent by the shammash (beadle) of Sunbāṭ in the center of the delta to Shemuel ha-Nagid (1140–59) describing a brawl …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. מגדל עוז שם ייי בו ירוץ צדיק ונשגב
    3. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימליטהו יט
    4. אלעבד אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ לפני הדרת יקרת צפירת
    5. תפארת כבוד גדולת קדוש…

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  42. 842LetterCUL Or.1081 J24

    Letter from Mūsā b. Yiṣḥaq b. Nissim, in al-Mahdiyya, to Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1030. The writer is looking forward to …

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    1. על שמך
    2. כתאבי [יאסי]די אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואעזך וארפען וכאן לך וליא וחאפ[טא]
    3. פי גמיע אמורך וצל כתאבך ווקפת מנה עלי סלאמתכם אגמעין וסרני …

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  43. 843LetterENA 1822a.52

    Letter to the Jewish community (qahal) of Fustat from a petitioner whose children were taken captive. The community has only redeemed some of them so …

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    1. עמי עשו
    2. והיה מעשה הצ של וע הצ השקט וב עד על
    3. וצדקה תצ ממות בצדקה תכונני רח מע בי
    4. ואלממלוך
    5. שארית
    6. יסאל מן צדקאת אלקהל אלשריף קהל
    7. מצרים מבחר הקהלו…

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  44. 844LetterT-S Ar.18(1).130

    Letter from an unknown writer, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Khayr (?) b. Yūsuf, in Fustat, care of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Yahūdī al-Ṣā'igh in the market …

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  45. 845LetterJRL B 2543

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  46. 846LetterMoss. V,366.2

    Letter apparently from a woman (based on what appear to be 2 feminine adjectives, כפיפה and ראציא = ראציה) to her father (yā wālidī). Fragment …

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  47. 847LetterENA NS 7.63

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. This portion contains only effusive praises for the addressee (e.g. ("the lamp of the umma, east and west") and …

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  48. 848LetterHalper 319

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to an notable; wide space between the lines. The handwriting is probably known. Describing a communal controversy, requesting that the …

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  49. 849LetterT-S 13J8.23

    Letter from Abū l-Barakat b. Abū l-Ḥasan to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is evidently a family member of Shelomo's wife Sitt Ghazāl …

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    1.            חירה אלמולא אלגמילה
    2. וצ'רבה להא פי כל ג'מעה ולאכן פיך ענה בך ודלילה
    3. אנך תקול לם תפעל תסרח להא ראס יא עאקל לו כאנת
    4. פי כיר כאנת תכון ב…
    1.        The distinguished master's goodness…

    2. and punishing her every Friday. However, your own words testify against you, and the proof is

    3. that …

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  50. 850LetterENA 3407.4

    Late letter in Hebrew.

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