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  1. 10501LetterENA 2735.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "my child Ibrahim" . After the usual greetings we read: "I have no instruction to you except that do not let …

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  2. 10502LetterMoss. IV,43

    Recto and verso: Letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address on verso in Arabic script (to …

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  3. 10503LetterMoss. II,151.1

    Small fragment of a business letter from Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi b. Simḥa ha-Levi al-Nisaburi to Abū Saʿīd ... b. Shelomo al-Fāsī. Written over a previous text …

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  4. 10504LetterJRL L 192

    Letter from Avraham ha-Levi, in Damietta (קפוטקיא), to Karo y Frances & Company, in Cairo/Fustat. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tuesday, 25 Ḥeshvan 5569 AM, which …

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  5. 10505LetterT-S AS 146.206

    Letter of business written in the 11th century, mentioning the rīf (‘the (Egyptian) province’). (Information from CUDL.) Looks like the same handwriting as T-S 10J15.24 …

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  6. 10506LetterYevr. II A 1812

    A letter from Yosef Shlomo b. Moshe Luzki to his son Avraham

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  7. 10507LetterT-S AS 146.29

    Small fragment of a letter about communal affairs; written on the 20th of Elul. Somebody (perhaps the sender) went to the synagogue on Saturday yearning …

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    1. יום אלסבת אלי אן חצר אלי אלכניס
    2. מתשוק לסמאע מא ורד בה מן
    3. אלתשריף לה פתולא קראאה אלכתאב
    4. סידנא אלשיך אלאגל . . . . . . .

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    1. תקבילה קדמי א…

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  8. 10508LetterT-S 12.192

    Letter from Moses Maimonides (in his own hand with his own signature), in Fustat, to al-Shaykh al-Thiqa, in Minyat Zifta. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based …

    1. May God grant long life to your excellency, my prop and support, the elder "the Trusted" (al-Thiqa)
    2. "the Trustworthy" (al-Amīn), and perpetuate your…

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  9. 10509LetterT-S AS 169.124

    Minute fragment from the end of a letter or legal document, probably in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Ends ve-shalom. Only a few words are …

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  10. 10510LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/12

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda. Mainly in Hebrew with some Judaeo-Arabic (isolated words throughout and a block of text in the middle of verso). …

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  11. 10511LetterENA 2634.1 + ENA 2634.2

    Letter from Mordekhai ha-Levi Mizraḥi, probably in Meron or Safed, to Moshe Ḥayyim and Yiṣḥaq Ḥayyim, unknown location. This fragment also contains the end of …

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  12. 10512LetterT-S AS 137.173

    Phrases from a letter addressed to a Jewish notable: מרדכ]י הזמן ראש מערכות ישראל . . . ירום הודו וירבה כבודו . . . ממשלתו …

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  13. 10513LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/41

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim to Ayyash b. Sadaqa in Busir. Probably ca. 1050.

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה
    2. מן מצר לד' כלון מן שבט ערפך אללה ואיאנא ברכתה וסעאדה מא יליה ואל…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני וראשי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים וירמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו
    2. מפסטאט בר׳ בשבט, יודיע אלוהים לך ולנו את…

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  14. 10514LetterENA NS 43.1

    Small fragment of a document in Hebrew, probably late, mentioning someone who betrothed a woman (erusin).

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  15. 10515LetterT-S AS 152.203

    Letter sending greetings to a certain Isḥāq and to the wife and the mother of the addressee. Includes blessings for the high holidays. (Information in …

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  16. 10516LetterT-S AS 165.225

    Recto: accounts in Arabic script. Verso: letter fragment in Hebrew, wide space between the lines, elevated register. Addressed to a group of people.

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  17. 10517LetterL-G Misc. 43

    Letter sent by Yiṣḥaq the Jerusalemite to an old friend, judge Eliyyahu b. Zechariah, excusing himself for traveling from Bilbays directly to Alexandria, without making …

    1. יצח]ק ירושלמי
    2. בשמ רח
    3. מושב הדרת כגק מרינו ורבינו אליה
    4. הדיין החכם והנבון שצ ינהי אלממלוך
    5. בעץ שוקה אלי אלפאטה אלמפידה וטלעתה
    6. אלסעידה פאסאל בורא עולם אן…

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  18. 10518LetterT-S Ar.41.10

    Commercial letter in Arabic script. Long and damaged. Dating: likely 16th century, as it mentions the ashrafī (used from 1425 onward but replaced by other …

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  19. 10519LetterT-S AS 159.189

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Colloquial register. Refers twice to a young woman or girl (ṣabiyya). There is some reported dialogue, including the sender …

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  20. 10520LetterENA 2808.65

    Letter from Aryana (? אריינה) to her sister Shurbilliya (? שורבלייא), the wife of Avraham al-Ḥadīb. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, plausibly 16th century, which is …

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  21. 10521LetterPER H 86

    Informal note from Ibn al-Ḥarizi (apparently the famous Spanish Hebrew-language poet Yehuda al-Ḥarizi) to Eliyyahu the Judge. Dating: Before 1225 CE and probably after ca. …

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  22. 10522LetterT-S AS 152.271

    Letter in Hebrew. Fragment (upper right piece). With a flattering poetic introduction, presumably addressed to a dignitary. Refers to a matter of 2 dinars. At …

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  23. 10523LetterT-S AS 146.374

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic opening phrases are preserved, in a high register.

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  24. 10524LetterBL OR 5544.9

    Letter from the wife of Wahb, Tiberias, to her brother Khalfa b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭabīb b. al-Ṭabarī, Fustat, eleventh century. She dictated the letter to her …

    1. בשמך
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי וסיידי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדם עזה ען חאל סלאמה
    3. ועאפיה ושוק אליך שדיד גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה ואני קד
    4. אנפ…

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  25. 10525LetterT-S NS 297.28

    Letter or petition in Arabic script. Fragmentary (upper left corner). Addressed to somebody titled [al-shaykh al-ʿālim] al-ʿāmil al-wariʿ al-zāhid [...] ʿAbd al-ʿAliyy Ibn al-Sukkarī. The …

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  26. 10526LetterCUL Or.1081 J17

    Letter from Moshe b. Yequtiʾel, Jerusalem, to someone from his circle in Fustat, approximately 1040.

    1. כתאבי יאכי וסידי ואלעזיז על[יי אט]אל אללה בקא[ך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך

    מן]

    1. אלקדס אלמעמור באלקרב אן שא אללה ואנא אסאל [
    2. אללה אמתאלה סנין בכתרה ולא געלה …

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  27. 10527LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1409

    Letter from Gedalya Fayrūz, Fustat/Cairo, to Shelomo Berakha, Jerusalem. Dating: Unknown. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to consist mostly of greetings. Needs examination.

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  28. 10528LetterBodl. MS heb. f 102/50

    Letter addressed to the shop of Abū Ṭāhir b. Abū Naṣr al-Kohen Kelil ha-Yofi, in Sūq al-ʿAṭṭārīn, in Fustat. The writer inquires about news of …

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  29. 10529LetterCUL Or.1080 J281

    A query from a local Dayyan to Avraham Maimonides (Nagid, ll. 7-8r). Dating: ca. 1229/30 CE. Concerning a "wicked kohen" who, while married in Alexandria, …

    CUL (ULC) Or 1080 J 281, ed. Friedman, Jewish Polygyny, pp. 326-330, N.H.06-15-88, (P).Letter to Abraham Maimonides by a local Dayyan, approximately …

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  30. 10530LetterENA 3140.2

    Letter from a woman, probably in Damascus, to her distant husband. Written in Judaeo-Arabic and some Hebrew. Dating: Likely ca. 14th or 15th century, based …

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  31. 10531LetterT-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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  32. 10532LetterT-S NS 84.21

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, handwriting resembles that of Berakhot b. Shemuel. Only the first two lines and last seven lines are preserved. Not much of substance …

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    1. חשכי [

    Verso (recto in Elbaum's edition)

    1. באלהים נעשה חיל וגמ
    2. ביי תתהלל נפשי ישמ[עו ענוים ו]ישמחו [

    Verso, right margin

    1. חשכי [

    Rec…

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  33. 10533LetterHalper 418

    Letter of appeal for help. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written on behalf of a woman, probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. "A divorced woman complains …

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  34. 10534LetterAIU 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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  35. 10535LetterENA NS 71.17

    Letter in Arabic script. Faded/damaged. The format is unusual—could this be a formulary? The fifth line from the bottom reads, "Forgive me for my foolishness."

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  36. 10536LetterT-S 12.214

    Recto: Letter opening to Joseph the Nagid (יהוסף, probably the Nagid Joseph b. Samuel, from the second half of the 11th century CE). Only extensive …

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  37. 10537LetterT-S AS 84.47

    Damaged communal letter in Hebrew. Dating: probably 11th century. Containing instructions for a group of people: זה אליכם תתקבצו ביחד ותעשו . . .

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  38. 10538LetterT-S Misc.35.10

    Letter fragment from Yoshiyyahu Gaon to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1020 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1015–1025 CE based on the years when Yoshiyyahu …

    1. יאשיהו ראש יש[יבת גאון יעקב בירבי]
    2. שלום אביעה וברכות ארגיעה [
    3. בכל שעה ואורה וישועה א[ל אהובנו רב אפרים]
    4. המומחה מפינו אנו בית ד[ין הגדול בשער הישיבה …

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  39. 10539LetterT-S 10J19.7

    Letter from Abu al-Nasr b. al-Melammed mentioning the impending divorce of his nephew and niece. Abu al-Nasr describes himself as suffering 'dispersion and separation from …

    1. אעלם אלמולא אלואלד שמ צו אנני כתיר אלשוק אליה ואלדאעי
    2. ללה תע אן יחסן בקרב אלאגתמאע בה והו עאלם אנני פי שדה
    3. עצימה מן אלוחדה ואלשדה ואלגרבה ואלתשתת וא…

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  40. 10540LetterT-S 10J5.12

    Letter of business from Isma'il b. Ishaq al-Andalusi, in Tyre, to Nahray b. Nissim. The writer alludes to his great losses at sea while simultaneously …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי וראייסי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאיד[ה ונעמאה]
    3. וסלאמתה מן צור לי בקין מן מרחשון כתבה אללה עליה באחסן אל [ ]

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  41. 10541LetterT-S 13J25.9

    Letter from Yosef b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, from Mahdiyya, written on New Year's eve to Nahray b. Nissīm, Fustat. Probably September 6, 1062. Mercantile letter regarding …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך מן אלמהדיה ערב ראש השנה ערפך

    2. אללה ברכתהא וימנהא ואעאדה עליך שנים רבות שש שמיח ען סלאמה ונעמ…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך, ממהדייה, ערב ראש השנה, יודיעך
    2. אלוהים את ברכתו ואת מזלו ויחרשנו עליך שנים …

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  42. 10542LetterENA 2716.10 + ENA 2716.11

    Letterbook in Judaeo-Arabic (fragment) likely eighteenth- or nineteenth-century that contains drafts and possibly copies of business-related correspondence. The letters frequently use the phrase "יא אכי/ …

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  43. 10543LetterT-S 10J10.4

    Letter from Shemuʾel b. Yaʿaqov b. Shemuʾel to his teacher Avraham b. Ḥaggay. In Hebrew. With greetings for the high holidays and a request for …

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    1. In the name of the Merciful 
    2. "The righteous man holds his way, he whose hands are clean, etc." (Job 17:9).
    3.  I send peace, peace / to the man o…

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  44. 10544LetterMoss. 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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  45. 10545LetterT-S NS J371

    Recommendation letter addressed to Nahray b. Nissim, for a writer who is traveling to Egypt to copy manuscripts and to marry a relative of Nahray. …

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    1. כת]אבי אלי אלעבראני וקד וגה מע מר' רב יוסף הדא
    2. ]ו וורקא ינסך לה מן הנאך מא אמכנה וכתב לה רבנו נהראי' 
    3. רחמ' כתאבא אלי חצרתה יסאלה פי תגשים אלענ…

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    1. …(לצרף את) מכתבי אל (המכתב) העברי; הוא שלח עם מר' רב יוסף זה 
    2. …ו'; ונייר כדי שיעתיק בשבילו משם מה שיוכל. וכתב לו רבנו נהוראי נטריה
    3. רחמנא מכתב …

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  46. 10546LetterMIAC 7

    Request presented by the president of the religious school in Jerusalem to the director of one of the synagogues in Egypt asking especially for monetary …

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  47. 10547LetterT-S Ar.39.485

    Letter. In Arabic script. The sender says that he initially planned to go to Alexandria "as soon as I heard the news" but then saw …

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  48. 10548LetterT-S Ar.41.124

    Letter/petition to Najīb(?) al-Dawla. In Arabic script. The sender reports that he came to the addressee's house but was not able to do something. He …

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  49. 10549LetterENA 4010.21 + ENA 4100.24b

    Letter from Mardūk b. Mūsā from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. Gil dates this letter to August 10, 1047. The letter mentions usual …

    recto

    1. כתאבי יאסיידי ומולאי אטאל אללה פי אלכייר בקאך ו[אדאם עזך...מן אל]

    2. מסתקר אסכנדריה לנצף מן אב ען חאל סלאמה ונעמ[ה

    3. יאסיידי קד וצל אליי כתאבך…

    recto

    1. (1–6) אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים בטובה ויתמיד את גדולתך .... (מה)בית, אלכסנדריה, במחצית אב; שלומי טוב, ואני מאושר ...…

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  50. 10550LetterENA 2713.51

    Recto: Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Dating: late, probably 18th or 19th century. Addressed to the judge Moshe Anhori (or Ankori?) and a …

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