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  1. 10401LetterENA 1822a.47

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq Nīsābūrī, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, presumably in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1045–96. Yiṣḥaq arrived in Alexandria on Tuesday 6 Tevet and …

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  2. 10402LetterJRL A 287

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company, in Alexandria, to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 8 Shevat 5572 AM, which is …

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  3. 10403LetterT-S NS J477

    Letter in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu probably addressed to Moshe Maimonides (active ca. 1168–1204 CE), based on the importance of the addressee and …

    1. למעלה למעלה ויזכהו לראות חמודו
    2. רבנו אברהם יושב על כסאו בחייו יקיים
    3. על הדרתה קרא הכת תחת אבותי
    4. ינהי אלי מושב יירומם אן ורד עליה אמרהא
    5. אלמטאע עלי יד א…

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  4. 10404LetterJRL A 370

    Letter from Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ to Confrada Khumsa Kharja(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 18th or early 19th century.

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  5. 10405LetterAIU IX.B.21

    Letter in Ladino. Lines 14-15 mention one Shelomo Azulay as the recipient of another letter: "que venga un [sic] carta que mando al aḥīnu Shelomo …

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  6. 10406LetterT-S NS J562

    Letter addressed to [Na]tan ha-Kohen ha-Ḥaver (=Natan b. Shelomo?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Only pieces of the first few lines and 7 lines in the upper margin …

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  7. 10407LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 78

    Letter or petition (هذا الاعراض) addressed to an Ottoman official, apparently with the rank of Kethüda (l. 1). In Arabic script. Dating: Probably 18th or …

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  8. 10408LetterT-S 12.788

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 13th century or later. The paper is well-preserved, but almost all of the text is extremely faded; might be legible …

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  9. 10409LetterT-S AS 151.106

    Probably the top of a legal or communal declaration (naqūl....), introduced by a Hebrew composition with citations from Numbers 18:7 and allusions to Ezekiel 44:8. …

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  10. 10410LetterT-S 6J7.11

    Letter concerning business matters. In Judaeo-Arabic. Many tantalizing details, but too fragmentary to understand. Mentions: 1000 dirhams; "whatever you wish, send it and I will …

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    1. ] . . . [
    2. ]ר כמסמ[איה
    3. ] אלף דרהם ואן כתבה סירהם
    4. ] להם אלחדר אן תגו חתי תתגיר
    5. ]א גמיע מא תרידוה סירוה אביעה
    6. ] . . אנה מטלוב ערפוני אסיירה לכם
    7. ]…

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  11. 10411LetterHUC 1117

    Letter sent from Sandūr (in Kurdistan) to Yaʿaqov Binyamin, in Jerusalem. Late and non-Geniza. Dated: 5462 AM = 1701/02 CE. The sender devotes a lot …

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  12. 10412LetterT-S 12.337

    IB III, 41. Letter from Avraham Ibn Yiju, in Fustat, to his brother, Yosef, in Mazara, Sicily. Dating: September 1153 (Goitein) or 1152 (Friedman). It …

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    1. בש רח
    2. כתאבי אלי אכי וסיידי אל עזיז עלי אל את[יר …]
    3. אטאל אללה בקאה וצאנה ווקאה קרב אללה אלאגתמאע
    4. בה עלי אפצל אחואל ואסר אמאל במנה ופצלה לאנה
    5. על…

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful.
    2. This is my letter to you, my dear, nob[le] brother and lord [. . .],
    3. may God prolong your life and preserve you and …

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  13. 10413LetterT-S AS 148.2

    Letter by a man to his friend inquiring about the cessation of correspondence and emphasizing that 'brothers' may sometimes be angry with each other, but …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. חצרה מולאי וסידי ומן
    3. אנא כאדמה יעלם אן
    4. אלכאדם מעתרף במא
    5. אתצל לה מן אלאחסאן ואל
    6. גמיל ואלתפצל מן גהה אל
    7. אלמולא ואלאן פאלמולא יעלם
    8. אן אלאכוה פל…

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  14. 10414LetterT-S AS 153.163 + T-S AS 153.160 + JRL B 6028

    IB I, 13a. Letter fragment from Yosef b. David Lebdi to Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan b. Bundār, the representative of the merchants in Aden, written in …

    JRL SERIES B 6028 1 / 1 leaf recto (I, 13a)

    1. [... אטאל א]ללה בקאה ו[אדאם עזה ...]
    2. וכבת אעדאה [ע]רפתה אן כאן אלשיך אב[ו ... ואלשיך אבו יעקוב יקותיאל]

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  15. 10415LetterT-S Misc.8.26

    Letter(s) of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are specific stories conveyed here, but the text is written in codex format—so maybe this is a …

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  16. 10416LetterCUL Or.1080 J129

    Business letter addressed to the judge Eliyyahu b. Zekharya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mainly concerning business in sugar candy (qand). The sender is dispirited about the market …

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    1. יכדם חצרה מולאי וסיידי אלשיך אלאגל אלפאצל
    2. אבו אלפרג אלדייין(!) אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    3. וחפצה וג̇מע אלשמל בה עלי כיר ועאפיה
    4. ואנהי אלי אלמולא א…

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    1. time of the sugar........... This (is all) I (have to) tell you (about this matter). I

    2. intend to send my candy and exhibit it in Cairo. As …

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  17. 10417LetterT-S NS 306.233 + T-S NS 306.230

    Letter in Arabic script. Possibly to Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallāh (l. 2). The sender reports that "these lands" are just as he heard in terms of …

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  18. 10418LetterT-S Ar.34.343

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged and faded. Dating: Likely late 12th or 13th century, based on layout and handwriting. Only scattered words and phrases …

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  19. 10419LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 513

    Verso (original use): Upper left corner of a brief letter or petition in Arabic. The text is fragmentary and the context is missing but the …

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  20. 10420LetterENA 4020.34

    Petition to Shelomo ha-Nasi from a man whose name is missing, reporting that a pesiqa (pledge drive) in his favor had brought a substantial sum, …

    1. כאדמה [. . . . .
    2. אבו .[. . . .
    3. אלמסאול מן אללה תע ומן מושב הד יק צפ[ירת
    4. מר ור אדונינו מלכינו נשיאנו שלמה הנש[יא
    5. הגדול נשיא גליות כל ישראל ירום הודו …

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  21. 10421LetterHalper 421

    Note addressed to a judge called Nezer ha-Maskilim (Natan b. Shemuel?). Asking him to summon Ibn al-Bahja, the half brother of Ibn Samʿān (same mother), …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. סאעה וקוף אדירנו הדיין נזר המשכילים נט רחמ עלי
    3. הדה אלאחרף יחצר בן אלבהגה אלדי אבן סמעאן אכוה מן
    4. אמה יתסלם אליה אלדראהם אלמנפדה צחבה הדה אלאח…

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  22. 10422LetterT-S 13J35.4

    Letter addressed to Netanʾel b. Aharon and his son Shelomo. The letter consists entirely of blessings for the holidays. Mainly in Hebrew. The passages in …

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  23. 10423LetterENA 3968.2

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions: "...from aṣḥābnā.... wheat... the muqṭaʿīn(?)... to Fustat...." On verso an inshāllah and, at 180 degrees, possibly …

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  24. 10424LetterT-S 13J19.2

    Letter by Toviyya b. Eli ha-Kohen to his cousin and brother-in-law, Natan b. Shelomo, informing him that everything was done for al-Ṣūrī (from Tyre) as …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצל כתאב הדרת רבנו יחי לעד עלי יד אלצורי
    3. ואנפעל מעה מא רסמת חצרתה ובן אל
    4. משורר וצלת מעה אלמכדה פיהא אל
    5. תיאב ואעלמך אן בן אלמשורר למא
    6. תופיית …

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  25. 10425LetterENA 4010.33

    Letter from ʿImrān b. Yehuda to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm/Avraham b. Natan he-ḥaver. The sender had heard that the addressee had had a child (mawlūd) and …

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  26. 10426LetterT-S Misc.28.84

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner). Mentions: ʿūd rīḥ; 3 dinars and a rubāʿī; Abū l-Ḥasan b. …

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  27. 10427LetterT-S 8J18.10

    Letter from Avraham b. Farah from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1055. Regarding ships movement from Alexandria to Sicily and back. Mentions several …

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    1. בסם אללה אלעטים

    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן אלאסכנדריה ליב

    3. כלון מן אלול ואלחאל סלאמה ונעמה…

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    1. (2−1) בשם אלוהים הנורא, אני כותב, ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך, מאלכ…

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  28. 10428LetterT-S 13J8.4

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Alexandria, to Maṣliaḥ Gaon, in Fustat. Dating: 1127–38 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. The purpose of the letter is …

    1. בש רחמ
    2. אלממלוך ינהי אלי חצרה סידנא כבוד גדולת קדושת מרנו ורבנו ואור עינינו ועטרת
    3. ראשנו משא רוחינו ונפשנו מצליח ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב תכון משרתה עד
    4. ביא…

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  29. 10429LetterT-S AS 151.169

    Either a letter describing a legal issue, or a legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions terms such as iʿtiqāl (arrest) and tarsīm (usually payment for house …

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  30. 10430LetterT-S AS 146.342

    Letter probably from [Yehuda Ibn al-ʿAmmānī] al-Melammed, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd (Meʾir b Yakhin), probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 23 Adar (4800 …

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  31. 10431LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/42

    Letter from Yaʿqūb b. Ismaʿīl al-Andalusī, in Tunisia or Sicily (Goitein) or Tyre (Gil), to Abū l-Walīd Yūnus b. Dāʾūd b. Zablān, probably in Fustat. …

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  32. 10432LetterT-S NS 327.117 + T-S Ar.42.150

    Letter from a woman, unknown location, to her son Makhlūf b. ʿAqbān the in-law of the physician (ṣihr al-ḥakīm), in al-Ushmūnayn. To be delivered to …

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  33. 10433LetterT-S 8J23.10

    Strongly worded letter in which a young man, a cantor named Moshe, is ordered to vacate the apartment let to his father and to remove …

    1. בי בטחתי
    2. אלולד אלחזן משה שצ יעלם אנני
    3. אחאשיה מן הדה אלאכלאק אלרדיה
    4. אלמוגבה לקלק שדיד ולעדם אלמערפה
    5. ואלאנטיאע לשריעה אלחק ואלאן אנא
    6. אחדרך גאיה אלחדר …

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  34. 10434LetterT-S 10J20.14

    Badly effaced letter to a business friend describing his dire situation and lack of wheat and asking the addressee for assistance. (Information from Goitein's index …

    1. אלי אכי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה גמע אללה ביננא
    2. על[י] אסר חאל במנה וכרמה אן שא אללה ואלדי אעלמך בה לא תס[אל
    3. מא עלי קלבי מן גהת אלשדה אלדי ענד…

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  35. 10435LetterENA 2739.17

    IB VII, 60. Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a husband to his wife. Note that Goitein calls this manuscript ENA 2739.16 in Letters of Medieval Jewish …

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    In (Your name!)

    A. DEATH OF THE JUDGE

    Just is the Lord in all his ways, etc. (Psalm 145:17)

    The righteous man has gone, etc. (Isaiah 51:1)

    Co…

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  36. 10436LetterT-S 13J20.19

    Letter from Barhun b. Musa ha-Tāhartī, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1060. Mentions trade business with Sicily, an event with the …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי [ומולאי] אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וציאנתך וצרף

    2. אלאסוא ענך [                       ] תשרי כתמה אללה עלינא ועליך באחס…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת הגנתך ויסלק ממך
    2. כל רע .... (בחודש) תשרי, יחתום אותו אלוהים ע…

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  37. 10437LetterT-S AS 145.292

    Letter addressed to a certain Shelomo. Small fragment (lower left corner of recto and part of the address). Mentions Khallūf. The addressee is to act …

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  38. 10438LetterT-S AS 150.35

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to 40 parchments; a group of merchants from Barqa (qawm Barqiyyīn); the arrival from the addressee's location of "the dogs" …

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  39. 10439LetterT-S AS 149.149

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment from the end. Regards to the writer’s son Abraham and to someone named [Av]raham Sefaradī. (Information from CUDL)

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  40. 10440LetterJRL B 7165

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Some of the opening greetings are preserved and part of the address (...dukkān...). It seems to have been reused for …

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  41. 10441LetterT-S AS 148.4

    Verso (original use): Letter/petition in Arabic script. Asking the addressee to bring this letter to Tāj al-Dīn and obtain employment for the sender, so that …

    1. ]ـه لقد اود
    2. الموت ولا اثقل على احد فسالتك
    3. بالله اما قريتني(؟) الكتاب واقفني
    4. عليه المولى تاج الدين فلعله اذا قرا
    5. يرحمني ويساعدنا بخدمة اخرى
    6. نستعين به…

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  42. 10442LetterT-S Misc.28.239

    Letter or letter draft from Yeshuʿa b. Yefet ha-Kohen addressed to two people. Introduction in Hebrew and body in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions 10 dinars and various …

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  43. 10443LetterCUL Or.1080 J92

    IB I, 32. Letter from Nahray b. Natan b. Nahray, in Alexandria, to a certain Abū Saʿīd. Fragment (upper part only). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. אטאל אללה בקא חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלא]גל ואדאם 
    3. תאיידה ועלאה ורפעתה וסנאה [ומן ח]סן תופיקה 
    4. לא אכלאה אעלמה אן כאן וצלני כתאב אלשיך 
    5. אבו…

    1. [Introductory phrases.] 

    2. …I have received a letter from Sheikh

    3. Abū Sulaymān Dāʾūd Ibn al-Lebdi, who has also sent a memorandum.

    4. I have n…

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  44. 10444LetterT-S Misc.8.95

    Recto: Letter/petition in Arabic script. The sender is reminding the addressee to do a favor that was previously agreed upon. Mentions something concerning lands (ʾarḍīn). …

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  45. 10445LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 316

    Unidentified text, in Arabic script, could be a letter.

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  46. 10446LetterT-S Ar.39.469

    Family letter. In Arabic script. Begins like a state document with the taqbīl clause. Nearly complete, but faded in places. Perhaps addressed to a 'paternal …

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  47. 10447LetterT-S 8J20.13

    Note in a rudimentary hand. describing that money for cheese had not arrived, and may be lost "on both sides." (Information from Goitein's index cards) …

    1. שלום רב לאהבי תרתיך ואין למו מכשול
    2. אעלם אל[[צ]]חצרה אדאם אללה עזה אן
    3. רגאל לחקהם אלגבן פ[[ג]]גו עלי גאה
    4. אלחצרה ושכו מתל דלך כונה פי אלטריק
    5. פאלאגנ . א…

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  48. 10448LetterT-S Ar.39.440

    Long letter in Arabic script. The two folios join directly with each other. Needs examination.

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  49. 10449LetterHalper 350

    Verso: Informal note, instructing the scribe of the court to write a promissory note on 96 dirhams—obviously the outcome of former litigation. Writtnen in Judaeo-Arabic …

    1. ינעם ר אברהם שצ ישהד עלי בו אלפצל
    2. אן עליה ליעקב אבן אבו אלסרור אללוי דין באל
    3. סתה ותסעין דרהמא ואנה אברי רב אלדין
    4. מן אלשבועות ואלחרמות ואן הדא אלדין

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  50. 10450LetterBL OR 10655.21

    Recto: Informal note from Ibn al-Sukkarī to the physician Shemuel. In Arabic script. Urging him to investigate the truth of the report of the seller …

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