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  1. 901LetterYevr. II A 1575

    Hebrew letter from the community of Heliz(?) to Qal'a, probably both in modern day Istanbul.

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  2. 902LetterENA NS 2.39

    Letter, minute fragment, probably to Ḥalfon b. Menashshe from his brother

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  3. 903LetterT-S 8J16.3

    Letter from Avraham b. Rav Shelomo the Yemeni, in Jerusalem, to Eliyyahu the Judge in Fustat. Avraham lives with Eliyyahu's son, the physician Abu Zikri, …

    1. תקתי באללה וחדה אלממלוך אלאצגר אברהם בירבי שלמה
    2. הרב אלימני זצ"ל
    3. יגדל שלומך וירבה נעמך ולעד צור ירוממך ואלהים יהיה (בעזרך)
    4. אתה הוא אדונינו ואור עינינ…

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  4. 904LetterT-S NS J172

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat.

    TS NS J 172, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp. 214-215 (Doc # 118), N.H. 2-23-88,(P).Letter from Solomon b. Judah to Abraham Ha-Kohen b. Isaac b. Furat.

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  5. 905LetterMoss. V,363.1

    Letter from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the Ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. (Information from CUDL)

    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם [עזך]
    2. ותאידך מן צור וצט אלעיד ערפך אללה ברכתה [ ]
    3. ת[ ]ת ואחיא אולאדך ולא געלה אכר אל[אעיא]ד [ ]
    4. שוגל …

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  6. 906LetterENA 2805.20

    Verso (original use): Letter in Arabic script. Faded and damaged. Begins, "lammā kāna fī hādhihi al-[...]...." Mentions the police (...min al-shurṭa...). Needs further examination for …

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  7. 907LetterT-S AS 177.582

    Recto: Upper part of a letter or letter formulary. In Arabic script, with all the diacritics and vowels. Verso: Prayer in Arabic script.

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  8. 908LetterT-S 8J15.8

    Recto and verso: Letter to the Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Politely disputing a quotation used in his sermon on the preceding Saturday, the topic of which …

    1. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ וינהי אנה סמע סידנא ירום // הודו // ויגדל
    2. יום אלסבת יקול פי אלדרש אן ר עקיבא עם ארץ פי אול
    3. עמרה וכאן ירתכב אלעבירות חתי כאן יצרב …

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  9. 909LetterT-S Misc.28.155

    Recto and verso: Letter recounting how a storeroom in Alexandria belonging to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, was opened and it was discovered that the grain …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי [אטאל] אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וצל כתאבך
    2. ביד יוסף אל[            ]ורי ווקפת מנה עלי חסן סלאמתך אדאמהא אללה
    3. לך ודכרת חאל כלו…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך הגיע מכתבך
    2. בידי יוסף אל .... וקראתי בו על שלומך הטוב, יתמידו אלוהים
    3. לך. כת…

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  10. 910LetterENA 2805.5

    Letter from Mardūk b. Mūsā, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1045 CE, based on Gil's assessment. The handwriting is that …

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    1. תוכלת עלי אללה

    2. כתאבי יא סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך

    3. וסלאמתך מן אלסכנדריה לי' כלון מן כסלו ערפך אללה ברכתה

    4. אעלמך…

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    1. (2−1) באלוהים אני בוטח. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, יתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך
    2. ואת שלומך, מאלכסנדריה, בי…

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  11. 911LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/22

    Address of a letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. This fragment is only an address, probably belonging …

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  12. 912LetterT-S 8J24.13

    Letter from Abu Ishaq Ibrahim dealing with business matters.

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. כאן מולאי אלשיך אלגליל
    3. אדאם אללה תאידה ועלאה
    4. ותמכינה וכבת אעדאה
    5. אמרני בשרי דינאר
    6. מחלוג ולם אקדר אלא
    7. עלי מא ארסלת ציין
    8. אלבטאעה וסערה סתה
    9. ארט…

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  13. 913LetterT-S NS 226.180

    Fragment of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe. Mentions transactions in flour; someone called Sammān; a trip to Sicily; kamala (qinbīl); and belts (zanānīr). There …

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  14. 914LetterT-S 10J14.27

    Letter from a father in Cairo to his son, Abū Manṣūr al-Rashīd, in the Fayyum. The name Jamāl al-Dīn also appears in the address. In …

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    1. עזרי מעם [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. אלדי אעלם אלולד אלעזיז אדאם אל[לה עזה . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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  15. 915LetterT-S AS 153.69

    Recto: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals; written over an older document, possibly with Coptic numerals. Dating: Late. Verso: (draft of a?) letter. (Information from …

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  16. 916LetterT-S AS 202.375

    Extremely faded letter mentioning the Nagid. On verso there is a note about an oath.

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  17. 917LetterJRL B 4629

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded.

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  18. 918LetterYevr.-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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  19. 919LetterT-S AS 172.106

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to a woman. Surviving phrases: מא קדרתי . . . עלי כתאב תעלמיני בכבר . . . …

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  20. 920LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 728

    Possibly the bottom of a letter or official correspondence in Arabic script. Legible words: من الخدم. . . جلالته ولم . . . الصالحي . …

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  21. 921LetterT-S 6J3.25

    Fragment from the opening of a document, either a letter or legal document. All that remains is formulaic praises for the Nagid Yehosef. A prior …

    1. אור עיני]נו גיה עפעפינו פרשינו רכבינו חלינו . . . [
    2. ]נשיא השם בתוכינו מרינו ורבינו יהוסף // הר//[
    3. המ]עוז המגדול הנגיד הגדול דגל הרב[נים
    4. ראש החכמ]ים …

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  22. 922LetterT-S NS 224.202

    Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Beautiful handwriting. The sender is exhorting the addressee (an in-law?) to treat his wife well. Also …

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    1. ואיצא אלצביה צאחבה ביתך אלדי קד אלתגת אלי אללה ואליך פלא תקטע
    2. בהא פאנהא מא תבקי פי מא תעמלה מעהא מן אלגמיל ואלכיר ממא
    3. תסוסהא ותקאסיהא ותדור חו…

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  23. 923LetterYevr. II A 1765

    A letter to Ya'aqov Kohen the cantor from Guzlawa from Ishaq b. Yosef

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  24. 924LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/15

    Autograph letter by Avraham Maimonides to Moshe b. Peraḥyā Ben Yiju, the muqaddam of Minyat Ghamr and Minyat Zifta. Dated: 20th day of the Omer …

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    1. הנה אל ישועתי
    2. תקדם כתאב לחצרה אלחבר אלאגל
    3. כגק מר ור משה החכם הנבון ש׳צ׳
    4. פי מעני אלשיך אלחכים אלגליל
    5. אלמהדב ש׳צ׳ ילד עמה אלמלמד
    6. אלגליל מר ור שמ…

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  25. 925LetterT-S 10J10.7

    Letter from Shabbetay b. Avraham to a notable, mentioning prayers made in his name. Identification of the writer based on handwriting. (Information from CUDL)

    1. [כל יום]
    2. אתנין וכמיס ושבת וגמיע אלקהל יקול אמן ינהי ב . [
    3. אן למא אן חצר מולאי אלסדיד אלמשארף פעל מע ט[אי]פ[ה
    4. אלאסראיליה אלדי פי אעמאל תצרפה מן אלאכר…

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  26. 926LetterMoss. 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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  27. 927LetterYevr. II A 1783

    A letter to Hacham Binyamin

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  28. 928LetterYevr.-Arab. II 2362

    Letter formulary in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ottoman-era, probably. These are similar to the formulae used in the preponderance of Judaeo-Arabic letters in the Yevr.-Arab. II folder.

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  29. 929LetterT-S 10J29.9

    Fragment of a letter, mentioning Egypt but mostly too faded to read. In Hebrew. The name R. Yakhin appears at upper left, but not clear …

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  30. 930LetterT-S AS 153.187

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū Saʿd and an agreement upon a monthly payment of one dinar, possibly for a communal office. Mentions the Nagid. …

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  31. 931LetterT-S 13J26.21

    Petition from the early Ayyubid period from Yehuda ha-Kohen to Eliyyahu requesting a meeting with the head of a government office regarding taxes for the …

    1. אלכאדם
    2. יהודה הכהן
    3. שלום רב לאהבי
    4. עבד הדרת כגק מרנא ור אליהו השר
    5. הנכבד האדיר בישראל החשוב הרפא(!)
    6. הנבון יברכו שומר ישראל וימציאו
    7. חן ושכל טוב בעיני המל…

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  32. 932LetterT-S AS 157.222

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 13th century, based on hand, formulae, and layout. Addressed to a physician (al-ḥakīm). Contains prolonged blessings and praises, hopes that …

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  33. 933LetterT-S AS 154.188

    Small strip consisting of three separate sheets, at least one of them a letter, stuck or glued together. (Information from CUDL)

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  34. 934LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1430

    A long letter regarding a marriage case. A refernce is made to the ketubah and drinking of the cup as part of the betrothal ceremony. …

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  35. 935LetterT-S 13J29.13

    Letter to a brother. In Judaeo-Arabic, with phonetic orthography (Goitein: "very low class"). Dating: likely 11th century. Repeatedly reminding the addressee to send various items …

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  36. 936LetterT-S 8.22 + NLI 577.10/1

    Description from NLI 577.10/1: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably late 12th or early 13th century; this range can probably be narrowed based on the …

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    1. לאנה כאן פי אלאתנין ובאע(?) נקץ(?) פטן(?) אל[שי]ך אבו אלכיר א . . .  פי אלא . . ואלאשראף(?)
    2. פיתפק ראיך וראי רבינו פי ביעהם אמא גמלה ואנא מפרק…

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  37. 937LetterT-S 8.20

    Letter from Faraḥ b. Yosef b. Faraḥ to Abū Saʿd Khalaf b. Sahl Sukkarī. The two also corresponded in T-S 8J27.13 (PGPID 3747), ca. 1056 …

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  38. 938LetterENA NS 75.2

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Extremely faded.

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  39. 939LetterDK 123 + T-S 10J12.22

    Letter from Hillel b. Yeshuʿa he-ḥaver the cantor, Tiberias, to Shela/Sahlān b. Avraham he-ḥaver, Fusṭāṭ, regarding help for the leper community in Tiberias. Dating (Gil): …

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    1. תורת צורנו תרב ותהלותיו תועצם [ל]אין קצב ולא[ל התהלה] ול[ו]
    2. התחנה ועדיו המשאל להפרות שלום ולהרבות ברכה ולהעצים השב[ח]
    3. ליק[רת] הדר[ת] כבוד גדולת קד…

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  40. 940LetterT-S AS 149.176

    Informal note written and signed by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu addressed to 'al-Kohen.' The addressee must not hand over the garment that 'the Jew' bought from …

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  41. 941LetterT-S NS 324.142

    Letter in the hand of Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Abū Zikrī b. ʿAṭiyya. Dated: Kislev 1497 Seleucid, which is 1185 CE. With a …

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  42. 942LetterMIAC 127

    Personal letter – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 127) – Judaeo-Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of …

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  43. 943LetterT-S 8.263

    Opening of a letter from 'the community of Jews on the jazīra(?)' (verso) to Abū Kathīr Efrayim b. Shemarya (1007–55 CE), with extensive rhymed phrases. …

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  44. 944LetterT-S AS 43.198

    Verso: writing exercises in Hebrew and Arabic, and the beginning of a letter in Arabic script. The Judaeo-Arabic jotting in the upper margin is in …

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  45. 945LetterCUL Or.1080 J91

    IB V, 14. Business letter addressed to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Barakāt Ibn al-Lebdī; Hārūn b. Rajā; Efrayim b. …

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  46. 946LetterENA NS I.85

    Letter from Saʿīd, in Alexandria, to his brother Bū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin the cantor, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand and phonetic spellings throughout, …

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    1. כתאבי אלי אכי בל אלעזיז עליא אטאל אללה
    2. בקאה ואדאם עזה ומן חסן אלתופיק לא
    3. לא אכלאה גמע אללה ביננא על{א} אסר חאל ו{א}לדי
    4. אעלמך ביה ⟦.⟧ אני אנפ{ד…

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  47. 947LetterT-S Misc. 35.45

    Letter from the Jewish communities in France (“We, the congregations of France”) to Ḥisdai ibn Shapruṭ concerning the ill treatment of Jews in Cordoba during …

    [You are] a disk [sahar] that the Rock polished for us, standing at the breach to strengthen, to repair, and to fence up our rifts, opening a hand to…

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  48. 948LetterT-S AS 16.194 + T-S AS 16.190

    Personal letter in Arabic script. Needs examination. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  49. 949LetterT-S NS J430

    Public appeal of a blind woman to the congregation of Fustat to pay the fee of 4 dinars charged by a Muslim physician for the …

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  50. 950LetterT-S AS 161.179

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to something al-Majīdī, which might place this during the period of al-Ḥāfiẓ (1132–49). Then refers to "the life of" (could …

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