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  1. 951LetterT-S NS 149.1

    A letter from a man from Palermo in which he described the hardship of the Jews in Sicily during civil war and invasion of foreign …

    To be read in front of our lord, highness, excellency, . . . sereneness, president, king and son of king, father . . . son of . . . of heaven [ . . .…

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  2. 952LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 639

    Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic, probably a letter fragment.

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  3. 953LetterMoss. IV,59.2

    One side: Bottom part of a letter from Abū Sahl Levi, in Fustat, to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, in Qalyūb. Other side: Upper …

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  4. 954LetterT-S 10J4.1

    Recto (secondary use): Letter to 'al-ḥaver al-meʿulle ḥakham ha-yeshiva" (possibly this is Mevorakh b. Saadya, although Goitein suggested that the letter was actually intended to …

    1. בש רח
    2. כתב עבד מולאי אלחבר אלמעולה חכם הישיבה אדאם אללה עלוה וחרס
    3. עזה יעלמה אן קד וצל כתאבה מע אבו סעד אלחלבי ופי טי אלכתאב ספתגה
    4. בעשרה דנאניר ותפצל …

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  5. 955LetterT-S AS 153.136

    Letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Ramla. Very faded. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  6. 956LetterENA NS 9.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. May be a letter of appeal for charity.

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  7. 957LetterT-S AS 157.489

    Letter in Arabic script. Small fragment (upper right corner). (Information from CUDL)

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  8. 958LetterT-S AS 152.252

    Small fragment from a letter, reporting that the sister (or other female relative) of the writer has died, as well as someone named Ḥabība. (Information …

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  9. 959LetterENA 2747.16

    Letter copy in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya addressed to Shemuel Ḥemdat ha-Yeshiva. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when Efrayim b. …

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  10. 960LetterT-S 12.280 + T-S AS 153.190

    Letter to Yiṣḥaq b. ʿOvadya in Granada, Spain, from Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham b. Ezra (Toledo, Spain). "I believe Mar Joseph is traveling to your place …

    1. יא מולאי וסידי אעזך אללה ואטאל בקא[ך . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. נחוכם פי כל חין וכל זמאן פלא חילה . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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  11. 961LetterT-S AS 149.41

    Letter from Moshe Maimonides to a certain Shemuel. Autograph. In Hebrew. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides was active in Egypt. …

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  12. 962LetterT-S AS 148.205

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Avraham b. Natan Av. This is the last leaf of a longer letter, as it is headed "tamām …

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  13. 963LetterT-S AS 153.212 + T-S 6J6.20

    Letter from Bū l-Majd (aka Meʾir b. Yakhin) to al-Shaykh al-Makīn Bū l-Maḥāsin, in al-Maḥalla. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Kislev 1528 Seleucid = November/December 1216 CE. …

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    1. עבדהא בו אלמגד
    2. חזן
    3. בר
    4. אלשיך אלמכין אדאם [אל]לה עזה
    5. אעלמהא אנני סיירת להא נסכה
    6. אלמקאמאת וקרינהא(?) כתאב ללמ[ו]ל[א]
    7. והי צחבה על[י] אלדי קדאם דכא…

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  14. 964LetterT-S AS 145.336

    Letter fragment (bottom right corner of recto). Little of the substance remains. The sender is distressed about something, perhaps that the addressee has exerted himself …

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  15. 965LetterT-S 8J25.2

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Confirming the arrival of 10 dirhams with Abū ʿImrān, …

    1. בש
    2. אלדי אעלמך בה יאכי וסידי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה
    3. בקאך ואדאם עזך וסלאמתך ונעמתך אני כתיר אלשוק
    4. אליך מא לו וצפת בעצה לטאל שרחה אללה תעאלי
    5. יגעלך פי חי…

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  16. 966LetterHalper 379 + T-S AS 160.324

    Petition appealing for help from Shemuel ha-Nagid (1140–59). A woman asks him for help paying the capitation tax for her husband, who is in detention …

    1. لے
    2. אלעבדה תנהי אלי הד[רת מרינו ורבינו אדונינו
    3. שמואל הנגיד הגדול [שר השרים ונגיד הנגידים
    4. ימין המלוכה גביר ה|[גבירים נז]ר הנשיאות תכון
    5. משרתה לנצח אן […

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  17. 967LetterJRL A 1282

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Not a lot of content remains. Dating: ca. 11th century. Might mention Tinnīs and customs (mukūs). Abū Isḥāq and …

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  18. 968LetterENA 2959.10

    Fragment of three lines of Arabic text, wide line spacing. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.

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  19. 969LetterT-S NS J572

    Mercantile letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Quite damaged/faded. Regards to Abū l-Faraj at the bottom.

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  20. 970LetterT-S 24.38

    Recto: Letter from somebody, in Minyat Zifta, to the Nagid Avraham Maimonides, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1230s. The purpose of the …

    1. נוטה ]קו הפליל מסלפת ממלכת האל[וף
    2. מרי]מה דגל דת משה המבארת תלמוד רב
    3. רבינא ורב אשי המחביר המהדיר יגדיל תורה
    4. ויאדיר הוא אדונינו צניף תפארתינו הודינו ו…

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  21. 971LetterT-S AS 150.43

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to "what happened in the heart of the daughter of my daughter..." and various other kinds of emotional distress. The context …

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  22. 972LetterT-S NS 321.23

    IB VII, 43. Letter from an India trader, in ʿAydhāb, to his family or colleagues, presumably in Fustat. Goitein comments that "al-Asʿad is the tax …

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    1. العجوز وتفتقدها في كل وقت وانني وصلت

    2. الى عيذاب ولقيت من الفارسي كل خير في

    3. الدنيا والاسعد فعل معنا خير بلا كتب ولمن

    4. ودينا الكتاب اخذ حقه…

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  23. 973LetterT-S K15.18

    Pledges for charity on Sabbath lekh lekha of the year 1647, the third week of the Jewish liturgical year, falling in October 1335 (Goitein). The …

    1. שבת לך לך אסמו ללפ[קרא]
    2. הד' מר ור שמואל הדיין הכה[ן
    3. 20
    4. אלשיך אלמופק אכיה יצחק
    5. 5 5
    6. אלכ' יוסף אלשיך צדקה אלשיך
    7. 5 10 5
    8. אברהם אבן נגיב נאצר בן יעקב
    9. 1 1

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  24. 974LetterCUL Or.1080 J45

    Letter from one of the followers of Natan b. Avraham, from Jerusalem, fall 1038. Fragment.

    ULC Or 1080 J 45r, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.311-313 (Doc. #182) C.B. 02-05-88 (p) Fragment of a letter from one of the followers of Nathan b. Abraham, …

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  25. 975LetterMoss. V,330

    Letter from Zakarya b. Yaʿaqov al-Shama (Tripoli, Libya) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1050. The letter discusses the movement of goods from Tripoli to …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה מן אלמסתקר לי כלון מן ניסאן ואלחאל סל[אמה ונעמה ואלחמד]

    2. ללה [רב] אלעאלמין וצלת כ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך, מהבית, בי' בניסן. שלומי טוב ואני מאושר, ת…

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  26. 976LetterHUC 1105

    Late letter in Hebrew with multiple signatures including Matitya b. Binyamin Zeʾev Ashkenazi, Yaʿacov Mizraḥī, addressed to the congregation of upper and lower Amadiya (in …

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  27. 977LetterT-S AS 145.280

    Letter from Eliyyahu the Judge to David ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver. Only the top is preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

    1. חבר אני לכל אשר יראוך
    2. אל הדרת כבוד גדולת ק מר ור דוד הכהן
    3. החבר ה . ו . . שמ צו ויהיה תמיד בעזרו
    4. אהבו כנפשו אליהו
    5. יערפה כתרה שוקה [אליה ו]אלי גמיע מן…

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  28. 978LetterJRL P 735

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On vellum. Difficult to figure out what it's about. Includes the idiom "[I don't] have two wings" (to fly to you?). Mentions …

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  29. 979LetterT-S 8J29.16

    Letter reporting the acquisition of pieces of jewelry and their prices. Wrongly marked as T-S 8 J29 f 15 in Mediterranean Society, IV, Appendix D, …

    1. אכדת [ . . . . . . . . . .
    2. אלא רבע [ . . . . . . .
    3. דרהם ורבע [ . . . . . . . . ]
    4. כאתמ/י/ן אתנין ונצף
    5. ואכדת כאתם דרהם ורבע
    6. ואכדת כאתם דרהם ורבע
    7. ואכדת…

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  30. 980LetterT-S AS 146.397

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, preserving only some of the closing greetings ([al-salām] al-jazīl wa-atammuhū).

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  31. 981LetterJRL B 3161

    Letter from Yedutun ha-Levi to somebody he calls 'brother.' In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The letter consists mainly of poetical greetings and blessings for the upcoming …

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    1. בש רח
    2. חזק ואמץ אל תערץ ואל תחת כי

    3. עמך ייי אלהיך בכל אשר תלך

    4. קחה שירים מיופים מתוקים מדבש ונופת צופים

    5. מעם אח ואב בחבה אוהבם נדבה

    6. וברכו…

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  32. 982LetterENA NS 57.24

    Letter fragment. Sent from Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Sayyidnā al-Rayyis (probably Avraham Maimonides) several times. Also mentions a person named Abū l-ʿAlā b. Abū l-Rabīʿ. …

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  33. 983LetterT-S 8J27.7 + T-S 8J27.15

    Letter from Abū ʿUmar b. Hilāl to Abū l-Faraj b. Ibrāhīm, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address both in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: …

    T-S 8J27.7 - recto

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אלי ולדי אבו אלפרג א[טאל אללה] בקאה ואדאם
    3. עזה נעמאה וגמע אלשמל בה קריב עלי אסר חאל
    4. וסוא דלך אן וצלני כתאבך ואנת תקו…

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  34. 984LetterT-S NS J429

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender waited all afternoon in the synagogue for the addressee; he assumed that the latter had gone up to Cairo. He …

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    1. בש רח
    2. יחיט אלעלם אלמולוי יר הו אנני
    3. חצרת אמס פי אלכ[ניס]ה וקעדת
    4. פי אלכניסה אלי בעד אלעצר
    5. ומא ראית אלמולי וטננת אנה
    6. יכון קד ראח אלי אלקאהרה וסמ…

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  35. 985LetterJRL B 3852

    Letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Late, perhaps Mamluk-era. Needs examination.

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  36. 986LetterAIU VII.E.11

    Image not available. According to Schwarb Catalogue: A letter to al-Sheikh al-Jalil Abu al-Majd. AA

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  37. 987LetterT-S AS 157.239

    Draft(s) of a letter or note. Dating: probably 11th century. Mentions something to be read to the community and the ḥaver ʿAllūn. (Information in part …

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  38. 988LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 269

    Formal note, in Arabic script. Probably in answer to a question "innaka saʾltanī". Mentions a strong vow "bi-akhaṣṣ al-yamīn".

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  39. 989LetterT-S 8J25.7 + T-S 8J16.15

    Letter concerning business affairs in which the writer describes ships that are about to leave port and references ‘al-ṭārma,’ a small cabin on Nile boats, …

    1. . . . . . . .] אמתחאן ואלתעויץ כי את אשר יאהב
    2. ייי יוכיח פתמאם אגרך אלצבר אללה תעאל(!) ישפיך
    3. באלעאיפה(!) ואן לא יורינא פיך מכרוה דכר מולאי
    4. מא תפצל בה…

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  40. 990LetterT-S AS 145.186

    Letter from an unidentified sender (Shelomo b. Eliyyahu?) to al-Shaykh al-Ṣafiyy. The addressee is asked to "give this paper" (another letter that was originally enclosed?) …

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  41. 991LetterT-S NS J339

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Mentions Alexandria; business negotiations with Abū Naṣr, concluding with a purchase for only 30 dinars; refers to …

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  42. 992LetterMoss. VII,179

    Letter from Avraham b. Farrāḥ, Alexandria (probably), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Ca. 1066. Mentions a number of goods: ṭarṭar (a kind of mordant or …

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    1. בסם אללה אלעטים
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך [ואדאם עזה .....
    3. מן אלאסכנדריה ל[....ואלחמד ללה]
    4. רב אלעאלמין וצל כתא[בך
    5. עלינא אנהא תא…

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    .... מודה לו ברהים בן פראח נ"נ האלכסנדרוני.

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    1. (2−1) בשם אלוהים הנורא; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי(וכו'),
    2. מאלכסנדריה ב.... תודה ל…

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  43. 993LetterENA 4100.5b

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray (Alexandria), probably to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat). Ca. 1062. Talks about business links with Spain. Mentions a number of commodities: …

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    1. כתאבי אליך צחבה אלש[י]ך [
    2. פי דלך ארגו אנך אנגזתה [
    3. אנדלס מביוע ואן אכתרת א[ן ת]כון לך פיה סה[ם
    4. אלמנ[       ] תם דכרת שיא אלעקיק וקד ערפני [
    5. אט…

    recto

    1. (1–3) (לפני כן שלחתי) לך מכתב עם האדון …. בעניין זה; אקווה שסיימת זאת …. בספרד יש להן(?) ביקוש; אם רצונך שיהיה לך בזה חלק …. 
    2. (4–5) …. עוד…

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  44. 994LetterENA 4045.11

    Recto: Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Conveying mainly flowery greetings and expressions of pain due to separation and excuses for not writing earlier—it seems mainly because …

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  45. 995LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1614

    Letter from a Qaraite in Palestine. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5415 AM (19th year of the 285th maḥzor), which is 1654/55 CE. But catalogued as 1555 …

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  46. 996LetterT-S 13J28.2

    Business letter from Farah b. Yosef in Alexandria to Yehuda b. Menashshe in Fustat concerning the delivery of goods, namely items of silver, olive oil, …

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    1. תקדמת כתבי למולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה עדה לא אחציהא
    2. פלם ארא לאחדאהא גואב ארגו אללה תעאלי אן ישגלה פי אל…

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    1. שלחתי לך לפני כן, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך ויכה את אויביך, מכתבים אחדים שלא ספרתים,
    2. אב…

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  47. 997LetterMoss. II,188.1

    Commercial letter in Hebrew mentioning the names Antonio, Shelomo Ben-Dnān (=Danon?), a consul, and clothing. Dating: perhaps 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. Requires …

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  48. 998LetterENA 3582.17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a woman. Fragment: Bottom part only. The sender is anticipating something that will happen "very, very, very" soon and urges …

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  49. 999LetterMoss. IV,17

    Letter from a woman requesting help in receiving her share from her late husband’s inheritance(?), with various signatures of support. Mentions government interference as well …

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  50. 1000LetterT-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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