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  1. 51LetterT-S AS 158.413

    Minute fragment from the top of a letter.

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  2. 52LetterT-S 12.417

    Letter from a certain Simḥa, who was in charge of a building. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1200 CE. He reports that the upper floor (the …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ממלוכהא ומשאכר
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . תפצלהא שמחה
    3. תקדמת כתבי לחצרה מולאי וסיידי אלש…

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  3. 53LetterENA 3705.4

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic (FGP). Very damaged.

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  4. 54LetterT-S 8J4.11 + T-S NS J6

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Probably related to the legal document on recto, since some of the same names appear. At the top the names …

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  5. 55LetterT-S 18J5.4

    Badly rubbed letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic, opening and closing with blessings for the addressee (possibly a ḥaver named Yaḥyā). Mentioning people who are trying to sow …

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  6. 56LetterT-S AS 155.282

    Complete letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 15th–17th century. Opens with greetings for Shemuʾel, Menashshe, and Yosef; on verso it is addressed to Yosef b. Shemuʾel …

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  7. 57LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/102

    Letter from a certain Yiṣḥaq to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. He asks for news of the silver. "And how are you doing after the …

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    1. אלממלוך יצחק
    2. אלי חצרת אלמולא אדאם אללה
    3. סעדתהו ר אליה מן אלממלוך
    4. יצחק עבדך ויאמולאי עשה
    5. מן אנעם אלמולא תעלמני
    6. בחדית אלפצה אש כאן
    7. ואנה מונתצר אל…

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  8. 58LetterJRL SERIES P 878

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century.The upper left corner is preserved, consisting mainly of formulaic content.

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  9. 59LetterT-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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  10. 60LetterYevr. III B 653

    Formulary for a letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. It is a formulary because about 11 lines from the bottom, it asks the addressees …

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  11. 61LetterENA NS 2.15

    Mercantile letter from an unidentified sender, probably in Alexandria, addressed to Abū Isḥāq [Barhū]n b. Mūsā (probably al-Tāhertī), somewhere where one buys flax (the Fayyūm?). …

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  12. 62LetterT-S AS 145.47

    Informal note in Arabic script. Addressed to a certain 'al-shaykh al-fāḍil.' Possibly from a woman? The sender's information looks like "al-ʿabdatuhā" (which would be ungrammatical …

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  13. 63LetterCUL Or.1080 J101

    Letter from Salāma b. Asad the perfumer to Ismāʿīl the perfumer, accompanying a payment made to him and ordering eleven items, amongst which some uncommon …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה
    3. ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדה וסלאמתה
    4. ועלאה קד כאן למולאי ענדי קדים סדס
    5. דינאר ולה ענדי איצא תמן אלמ…

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  14. 64LetterMoss. II,145.1

    A highly formulaic letter in Hebrew, filled with blessings for the distinguished addressee. Faded. The name of the addressee B[...] may appear ~5 lines from …

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  15. 65LetterT-S AS 146.396

    Document, possibly a letter, mentioning various sums of money. (Information from CUDL)

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  16. 66LetterJRL SERIES B 5360

    Small fragment of a letter addressed to a mother. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Yosef ha-Rav ha-Muvhaq

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  17. 67LetterT-S Ar.39.9

    Letter from a sick man to a physician. In Arabic script. The verso is written at 90 degrees to the recto, which is unusual, but …

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  18. 68LetterT-S AS 166.225

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Addressed to "my father," possibly Nissim b. Ḥalfon b. Benaya.

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  19. 69LetterT-S 10J11.27

    Letter from Avraham Ṣiqillī b. Moshe from somewhere in Iberia to Ḥalfon b. Natanʾel, probably in Algeria. Contains a long Hebrew preface with Aramaic quotations …

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    1. .ואלדהִ ̇ר חלפון
    2. הלוי
    3. ב̇ר
    4. [...]... [..]דרת הלויה אוהבו בכל לב ובכל
    5. [...]רת ב[נ]ם שלקדושים נפש אברהם ב̇ר
    6. [... החכ]ם והנבון הלוי בירבִיִ משה ̇ר̇…

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  20. 70LetterT-S 10J14.5

    Autograph letter from Avraham Maimonides to his "dear son" (i.e., congenial pupil) Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Avraham excuses his absence from a student's recent wedding, saying, …

    1. [עבד?]הא אלדאעי ל[הא]
    2. אברהם
    3. הדה אלאחרף צאדרה אלי אלחצרה ע[לי סב, ro שאן]
    4. אלולד אלעזיז אלתלמיד מ יוסף הנבון ש'צ'
    5. מצמנה עדה אגראץ אולהא אלוציה עליה
    6. וע…

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  21. 71LetterENA 1822a.47

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq Nīsābūrī, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, presumably in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1045–1096. Yiṣḥaq arrived in Alexandria on Tuesday 6 Tevet and …

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  22. 72LetterT-S 13J21.5

    Letter from Avraham b. Rav Shelomo the Yemeni, in Jerusalem, to Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. Written not long after T-S 8J16.3 (same sender, same …

    1. תקתי באללה וחדה אלממלוך אלא/צ/גר אברהם
    2. בירבי שלמה הרב זצל
    3. יוקבל ידיי אלמולי אלרייס אלסייד אלפאצל אלעאלם
    4. אלורע אלאדיב אללביב אדאם אללה מעאליה ושרף
    5. מס…

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  23. 73LetterJRL Series A 635

    Small fragment of a letter from Yosef b. Avraham, a merchant of Aden, to a certain Abū Saʿīd (likely Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi). …

    1. [...]שִמִרִ[ ] וישועות קרובות ממהרים
    2. [...]שִמִחִוִתִ וגילות ושירים עם שאר כל הברכות האמורות
    3. [בעשרים וארבעה ס]פִרים יובלו יוכללו על ראש שרינו ואדירינ…

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  24. 74LetterT-S 12.591 + Moss. IV,81

    Letter sent from Alexandria to Fustat regarding an inheritance of a widow and her orphans. Dating: ca. 1080 CE. The local Jewish judge (Heb. dayyan) …

    T-S 12.591 + Moss. IV,81, recto:

    1. אנא אקול אן אלחואיג תנקצי במעולה [
    2. סידנא לנא אן מצאת אלאלמנה ולם . . . [
    3. אל . . . . ואל אלמנה יחזקאל . . . . אלקאצי…

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  25. 75LetterT-S AS 148.147

    Fragment of a letter from the Yeshiva in Sura. Regarding donations to the Yeshiva. Mentions the relationships between the community and the Yeshiva in the …

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    1. ה]גיעו לפני מר רב הילאי גאון שלנו בן מר רב נטרונאי גאון שלנו זכרם לברכה תהא נשמתם [ 
    2. ט]רחנו [                                              ]וה…

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  26. 76LetterT-S NS 327.1a + T-S NS 327.1b

    Letter from Hillel b. Ḥasan, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1070. Two fragments (a, b) of a letter regarding a shipment of …

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    1. [כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיר אטאל אללה בקאה] ואדאם סעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן אלא[סכנדריה

    2. [ וא]לחאל סלאמה ונעמה תתם בבקאיה ואלחמד ללה ר[ב אלעאלמין

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  27. 77LetterT-S AS 201.414

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Communal/official. Mentions al-jamāʿa al-maḥrūsa. Not much else is preserved.

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  28. 78LetterT-S NS 224.203

    Small fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic referring to 'our rabbi Maṣliaḥ' and possibly a location (Minyat [...]).

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  29. 79LetterT-S 16.196 + T-S 12.9

    Rescript of the judges of the court appointed by the Nagid Mevorakh to the community of al-Mahalla, advising the community in strongest terms to take …

    T-S 12.9 recto

    1. (1-2) Proceedings that took place in our presence, etc. Whereas there came to our attention the state of affairs in our beloved and …

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  30. 80LetterENA 2738.23

    (b) Perhaps the response. What remains begins on verso (the beginning is missing) and spills over onto recto. This letter is written in a crude …

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    1. ותמר אלא אבו עמראן אבן אלטוילה ותאכד מנה אל
    2. כתב וכתאב צאחב אלעיאדא (?) ותדפעה למן [[שיתה]]

    3. שיתם וכל מן גא נקול אן סעאדה ובני נוח (?) רקו פצ…

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  31. 81LetterT-S AS 151.239

    Minute fragment from an opening of a letter

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  32. 82LetterT-S AS 150.74

    Letter mentioning Abū l-Barakāt. (Information from CUDL)

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  33. 83LetterENA 2730.3

    Petition in Judaeo-Arabic written by Daniel b. Berakhot asking for assistance.

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  34. 84LetterT-S AS 177.602

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "What have you done with the fūṭa?... please try to send it to her..."

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  35. 85LetterAIU XII.141

    Portion of an Arabic letter from Alexandria to Fusṭāṭ, probably to a family member. Most of what remains consists of greetings to people in the …

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  36. 86LetterT-S NS 207.58

    Document in Arabic script, likely a letter. Reused by the same Hebrew scribe who reused T-S NS 111.63. Needs examination.

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  37. 87LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/41

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to multiple people, perhaps the community of Alexandria as a collective. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Concerning a …

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  38. 88LetterT-S 10J17.25

    Letter from Ṭoviyya ha-Kohen (possibly b. Yehuda b. Ṭoviyyahu), a recently appointed judge in al-Mahalla and Sammanūd, to Shemuel the cantor, praising the community for …

    1. שמר תם וראה ישר כי טוביה הכהן
    2. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך
    3. וצל כתאב כגק מר ור שמואל השר הנכבד
    4. החזן הח והנ ישמרו צורו ועליו יצי[ץ נז]רו ומכל
    5. רע יצלו יגזיעו …

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  39. 89LetterL-G Misc. 116

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a long Hebrew introduction. Asking for assistance in the petitioner’s difficult times of poverty and illness, mentioning …

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  40. 90LetterT-S AS 146.300 + T-S AS 151.211

    Letter probably from [Shem]uel Algıdın (? אלגידין). In Hebrew. Dating: Possibly 16th century. Much of the letter is missing, so the content is obscure. Mentions …

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  41. 91LetterT-S AS 153.94

    Fragment of trader’s letter, mentioning quantities. On verso, text in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)

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  42. 92LetterT-S 8J14.24

    Letter by Shelomo b. Meʾir Rosh ha-Seder, descendant of Meʾir Gaʾon, to Avraham Kahana b. Yiṣḥaq. (Information from CUDL)

    1. ולייה שלמה בן מאיר ראש הסדר
    2. נין מאיר ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב
    3. שלום כגלי נהר פרת וישועות כבן פורת וישע
    4. מתעורר כמבית לחם אפרת עם שאר כל
    5. חאמונים יהיו נא נקב…

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  43. 93LetterT-S Ar.53.72

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. The muqirr is Ismāʿīl b. ʿAlī b. [...] b. [...] b. Maymūn al-Dhablī(?). Also involves an amīr(?) abū …

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  44. 94LetterT-S AS 148.161 + T-S AS 148.162 + T-S AS 148.163

    Three fragments of a letter probably from the physician Abū Zikrī b. Eliyyahu (ca. late 12th and early 13th century). In Judaeo-Arabic. Faded. Compare T-S …

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  45. 95LetterYevr. II A 1766

    A letter to the Karaite community in Luzk.

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  46. 96LetterENA 1822a.95

    Letter-writing practice or draft. In a combination of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic. The 'sender' is [...] b. Ibrāhīm and the 'addressee' is a Fatimid dignitary …

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  47. 97LetterT-S 8J19.5

    Fragment of a letter probably addressed to Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya (“ha-Nagid ha-Gadol”). In Judaeo-Arabic. Uses an unusual variant of a blessing formula: khallada allāh suʿudahā …

    1. עליה ימין [
    2. מא ביע [
    3. הדא אלאסבוע [
    4. יריד יטרח עליהם [
    5. כלד אללה סעודהא ב[
    6. אלאגל אבו אלפכר ותסתנגז [
    7. באן לא י[ט]רח עליהם לא עוד ולא עסל ואלמשרף פהו אלס…

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  48. 98LetterENA 2735.4

    Letter apparently sent to Qayrawan. Hemdat ha-Yeshiva is mentioned. Handwriting of Efrayim b. Shemarya? There is an "al-Ghazzī" in the address.

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  49. 99LetterT-S NS 226.79

    Long vertical strip from the right side of a business letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi, dealing with a partnership (muʿāmala). Mentions Ibn al-Ṣabbāgh, …

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  50. 100LetterT-S 10J16.35

    Letter of business from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez (חפז) to Merkado Karo and Shim'on Frances, dated 1797 CE (looks like 7 Adar II 5557 …

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