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  1. 10451LetterMIAC 190

    Personal letter of correspondence on the arrival of beer, zaʿatar, and the like – 27 Elul 1928CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 190) …

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  2. 10452LetterMoss. VII,137

    Recto: Letter from the yeshiva in Jerusalem to Mevorakh (b. Seʿadya?), in Fustat. In Hebrew. Fragmentary. Dating: After 1094 CE. This is a letter of …

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  3. 10453LetterT-S 12.355

    IB II, 43. Memorandum from Yosef b. Avraham to Abu Nasr al-Halabi. Aden, ca. 1130-50.

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    1. בשם רחמ' 
    2. תדכ[ר]ה מבארכה ביד אלשיך אבו נצר בן מוסי אלחלב[י]
    3. כתב אללה סלאמתה.          לעבדה יוסף בן אברהם
    4. אצחבת מולאי צרה פלפל אלוזן בהאר וארב…

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful.
    2. A Blessed Memorandum carried by Sheikh Abū Nasr b. Mūsā (?) al-H alab[ī].
    3. May God decree his (= your) safe arrival! …

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  4. 10454LetterENA NS 77.84

    Verso: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Commercial. Dating: Likely 11th century.

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  5. 10455LetterT-S NS J132

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). …

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  6. 10456LetterPER H 161

    IB II, 71. Letter from Saʿīd b. Marḥab on behalf of the court, in Aden, to the druggist Hillel b. Naḥman (aka Sayyid al-Kull), in …

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    1. לשיבה טובה אזורה / עוז והדר ותפארה / יסובבנה בזיו
    2. וזוהר ואורה / דיע מנדע וכוח וגבורה / במו בשבתה
    3. ובקומה להתגברה / נחולה עטיית הוד ושררה / מנוי…

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    1. [lines 1-18 contain a poem, not translated in Goitein/Friedman]

    2. Your distinguished letter, my lord, arriv…

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  7. 10457LetterT-S NS 37.98

    Letter to a court clerk or judge. "Please draw up a power of attorney for Sitt al-Milāḥ bt. Avraham Segulat ha-Yeshiva my sister.... for Abū …

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  8. 10458LetterJRL A 449

    Letter in Hebrew in an exquisite scribal hand. The paleography supports a dating estimate of 17th- or 18th-century. The letter is addressed to R. Shabbetay …

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  9. 10459LetterCUL Or.1080 5.8

    Letter from a woman to her son Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn b. Salāma al-Ghurābī(?). In Arabic script. Well preserved and beautifully written. She writes that she …

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  10. 10460LetterT-S AS 145.401

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Wide space between the lines. Most of the content is missing. Written at the end of Sivan. The sender's name seems …

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  11. 10461LetterYevr. II A 2688

    Copies of letter to the Karaite community of Qal'a from Istanbul regarding communal matters

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  12. 10462LetterT-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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  13. 10463LetterT-S AS 157.150

    Recto: letter or note, in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Verso: Arabic jottings maybe mentioning al-Asyūṭī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  14. 10464LetterT-S AS 158.292

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite damaged. Refers to a letter from the wālī; and people such as Sayyidnā; Ṭāhir; the arrival of al-Zariz; and Ibn al-Maqāniʿiyya.

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  15. 10465LetterDK 311 (alt: 3, 6)

    Business letter from Shelomo b. Avraham [. . .] Ruqqī to Abū l-Faraj Nissim b. Shelomo Ruqqī. "Abū l-Faraj Nissim, the recipient of this letter, …

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  16. 10466LetterMoss. 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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  17. 10467LetterT-S AS 147.166

    Letter from Yosef b. Mathāb(?) to Abū l-Faraj Ibn al-Rayyis al-Iskandarānī (=Eliyyahu the Judge). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address partially in Arabic script. The orthography …

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    1. שאכר תפצ]לה יוסף בן מתא . [
    2. ב                   ש
    3. כתאבי אלא אלאך [אל]עזיז אלמופק אלסעיד אטאל אללה
    4. בקה ואדם עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן אלתופק לא אכלאה

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  18. 10468LetterT-S 8J26.16

    Letter from Ibn Qaḍīb to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū Saʿīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning business matters such as the sale of gum mastic, and mentioning people …

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  19. 10469LetterMIAC 281

    Appeal to the Karaite Jewish community for the establishment of a special prayer for keeping away the spirit of the war from Egypt as requested …

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  20. 10470LetterT-S NS 226.56

    Faded and damaged letter written by Yefet b, Menashshe

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  21. 10471LetterENA 3946.3

    Address of a letter in Arabic script sent to Alexandria, to al-Muʿallim Dāʾūd al-ʿĀmil(?). The letter itself is not preserved.

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  22. 10472LetterT-S Misc.36.169

    Letter from Shemuel b. Ḥofni to Shemarya b. Maṣliaḥ, probably the father of Efrayim b. Shemarya, the leader of the Palestinian Jewish community in Fustat …

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    1. לגדולנו וגבורנו ונרנו ומאורנו                       מצר              בן אל[
    2. מרי ורבנא שמריה הזקן הגדול                בן זקננו הגדול מרי ורבנא…

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  23. 10473LetterT-S NS 226.100

    Fragment of a letter from Farah b. Yosef b. Farah. Around 1070. Mentions selling linen and other goods including tamarisk seeds and nuts. The writer …

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    1. [     ] ענדהא כתאן כ[

    2. במאל כביר אצהר פינה אל[

    3. עטש ואחרץ לי פי אלמוש[תרי

    4. יברד קלבי וכנת אנפדת לך ורק [.... אן]

    5. שא אללה ולעל אן קדרת תא…

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    1. (4-1) …. אצלה פשתים .... ; .... בכסף רב; הראה כלפינו .... ; .... צמא ; והשתדל בשבילי בעניין הקונה(?) .... ; .... יקרר את לבי, שלחתי לך 'ורק' .…

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  24. 10474LetterENA 2738.14

    Lower fragment: Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥaggay to a woman named Raḥel (but to be delivered to Moshe b. Suhayl). In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably …

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  25. 10475LetterT-S 12.67

    Recto: Blessings for notables, perhaps to be read aloud in the synagogue. In Hebrew. For the Nagid Mevorakh b. Seʿadya, his son Seʿadya, Netanel b. …

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  26. 10476LetterT-S 8J19.31

    Note from a bookseller stating that he had kept a volume but the interested future buyer had not paid money, and he could not let …

    1. יא מן אנא כאדמה אן תעלם אנני מא אעקת אלמצחף אלא
    2. כראמא לכם וצאחבה ילזני עלי אלמבלג פאן כאן
    3. תהיא שי אעלמני לאנני מא קדרת אעבר עליה
    4. בחיאת אלמולי לא תגפ…

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  27. 10477LetterCUL Or.1080 J22

    Letter from Yosef b. Shemuel al-Dani in Palermo to Isma’il b. Avraham in Damsis. The first part of the letter deals with the tragedy that …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך
    2. וזאד מן פצ'לה וגזיל מואהבה לדיך מן צקליה לו' כלון מן תשרי
    3. געלהא אללה עלינא ועליך וע' גמ…

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    My elder and master, may God prolong your life and make your welfare and happiness permanent. May he augment his bounty and spiritual gifts gra…

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  28. 10478LetterENA NS I.3

    Letter from a woman to Sitt [Qa]ḍīb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions items like the robes (shuqāq?) and the blankets (al-mulayḥifāt). Regards to Sutayt, the elder Abū …

    1. . . .
    2. ]א ללאימאן אל
    3. ]עלי ולד . ויתקל
    4. ] אלגויים ואל . . .
    5. וא [. . . . . . . .]לת ואכדתהא מעי
    6. . . . . . . . . . . .] . ב . . . . . . . . . .
    7. וגדת . . …

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  29. 10479LetterJRL L 245

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Excerpts: "... and when he moved on in the lifetime of my father M[oshe(?)] Sanhedra Rabba, bless his saintly …

    1. ותחזה ותאמר הנה אלוהינו
    2. // . . דיין עלי . . . . . ל טול א . . . //
    3. וענד אנתקאלה פי חיאה
    4. זקני אבי אבא רבנו מ[שה(?)
    5. סנהד[רא] רבה זכר קדוש לב[רכה
    6. ולי ו…

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  30. 10480LetterT-S AS 156.139

    Small fragment of a business letter, with a postscript by Yaʿqūb (possibly Yaʿaqov b. Salmān al-Ḥarīrī, compare ENA 2805.5 (PGPID 718)). (Information in part from …

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  31. 10481LetterL-G Misc. 109

    Letter from Sulaymān to his father. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. There is also a basmala in Arabic script …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم المملوك سليمان
    2. מודדה סלימאן כתאבי אלי אלשיך ואלדי אלעזיז
    3. גמע אללה ביננא אן שא אללה ואן וצלו כתאבך
    4. ואנה תוציני עלי אלמגי…

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  32. 10482LetterBodl. MS Arab. d 23.1

    Letter in Arabic, reused for Hebrew annotations on the verso. (AP)

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  33. 10483LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 568

    Letter fragment, or note in Judaeo-Arabic. "akhadha mawlāya". Few jottings in Arabic on verso. Needs examination.

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  34. 10484LetterT-S AS 176.384

    Verso: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Discusses at length a family in distress on account of poverty and the capitation tax; the specific details are not …

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  35. 10485LetterYevr. II A 1599

    Letter to Shmuel b. Yosef the Karaite

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  36. 10486LetterT-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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  37. 10487LetterT-S NS 269.170

    Wedding Invitation in French. Dated February 9, 1888 CE. The fathers of the bride (Bienvenue Eliakim) and groom (Raphaël) invite an unnamed guest to the …

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  38. 10488LetterT-S AS 182.108

    Letter in Arabic script. Very faded.

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  39. 10489LetterENA NS I.72

    Informal note related to business matters. Probably sent from Fustat. In Arabic script. The sender instructs the addressee to acquire a blue Dustarī (=Tustarī) fabric …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. ساعة وقوفك يا سيدي اطال الله
    3. بقاك وادام عزك على رقعتي هذه
    4. تجتهد في تحصيل ثوب دستري
    5. ازرق يصلح للطراحات جيد مليح
    6. فان كان لك صعو…

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  40. 10490LetterT-S 13J24.21

    Letter, c. mid-16th century, from Avraham Sagish, in Jerusalem, to Yosef Qorqos, who is normally resident in Jerusalem but is currently visiting Egypt, regarding the …

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  41. 10491LetterT-S Ar.16.64

    Draft of a letter or petition. In the hand of Shelomo b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi (active until c.1231). The first page is missing. Verso …

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  42. 10492LetterMIAC 240

    Complaint against a Jewish teacher cursing the Jewish faith and Jews in front of the non-Jews in the Jewish school in ʿAbbāsiya, and also the …

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  43. 10493LetterT-S 13J35.14

    Letter from a man to his prospective father-in-law. In Judaeo-Arabic. Expressing his enthusiasm about the future connection (ittiṣāl) with him and stating to have heard …

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    1. לו דהבת אן אשרח מא אנא פיה מן אל
    2. תאסף עלי מפארקה מולאי אלשיך אלואלד
    3. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאיידה
    4. וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה וכבת באל
    5. דל חסדתה …

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  44. 10494LetterENA NS 57.33

    List in Hebrew. Perhaps items pertaining to a shop or a house. On verso there is a date in Arabic script: 4 Dhū l-Qaʿda 505 …

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  45. 10495LetterT-S AS 150.39

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner). Mentions going out of the house and a turban. (Information in part from CUDL)

    1. אלסלאם אלגזי[ל
    2. אלשיך אלאגל אב[
    3. אעטאה אללה סלא[
    4. לא יכליה אבדא [
    5. אכרג מן אלבית ס[
    6. אלעמאמא ולולא א[
    7. כתאבי אלא אנא ואל[
    8. פאן כנת ממן תא . [
    9. על . בהא והדה…

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  46. 10496LetterT-S AS 116.390

    Unidentified, possibly a letter. The name Mūsā b. Ibrāhīm appears in Arabic script, possibly the address of a letter. Another of the Arabic words is …

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  47. 10497LetterT-S Misc.28.151

    Business letter to Mevorakh b. Avraham Ibn Sabra. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the margins of verso (the first page), there is a price list for commodities …

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  48. 10498LetterENA 2804.1

    Letter from Josiah (Yoshiyyahu) Gaon, apparently to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: ca. 1015 CE (per Gil) or ca. 1015–1025 CE, based on the years when …

    1. היו עוזרים להם מאנשי רמלה [ ומכ]ל מקום נשבתו מרב צרה ודוחק אשר הדביקום ואזלת יד [וקצנו]
    2. בחיינו מפני הרעות האלה :[ ] שמואל בן ה[ר]וקח יעזרכם אלהים יח…

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  49. 10499LetterT-S Ar.18(1).107

    Letter written by a woman, introduced by Psalms 41:2, asking for assistance in a legal battle concerning the rights to a house. Both fragments at …

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  50. 10500LetterT-S 8J27.19

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, to ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣedaqa al-Maḡribī, Jerusalem. Dating: ca. 1067 CE, Gil's estimate based on another letter that it mentions, …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאמ סלאמתך וסעאדתך
    2. [ועאפ]יתך מן מצר גד אלכיפור ואנא מהניא לך בהדה אלאעיאד דרכך
    3. [אללה אמ]תאלהא ואעאדהא עלי…

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