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  1. 10551LetterENA NS I.5

    IB IV, 39 (ח56). Autograph letter from Yehuda ha-Levi, in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. Dating: 1139 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the Kuzari and …

    1. יא מולאי וסידי ואל מנה אלע̇טמי מן קבל אללה [אדאם]
    2. אללה עזה וגמע[ה] בִיִ עלי אפצל חאל במנה וִרִדִתִ[ני]
    3. כתבך אלעזיזה אלמונסה אלכאסרה מן אלשוק בל אל[מ…

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    1. אדוני ומרי והחסד הגדול מאת ה' [יתמיד]
    2. ה' את יקרך ויאחד אות[ך] עמי בנסיבות הטובות ביותר בחסדו. הגיעו [אלי]
    3. מכתביך היקרים, המרנינים, המפיגים משה…

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  2. 10552LetterT-S 8.220

    Recto: Letter of recommendation written by Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaon (r. 1025–1051 CE) on a Friday, late in the afternoon, 4 Sivan, probably 1048. Verso: …

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    1. וצל סתרו ובשיבה טובה [י]עט[רו
    2. ישא החבר רוב שלום מאדון [השלום
    3. משגבינו אנו שלום ומודים אנו [
    4. שצ להודיע כי התהלך אל צוען כ[
    5. מתוך קוצר יד וכובד עול…

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  3. 10553LetterT-S AS 147.129

    Letter to Yeshuʿa the judge. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  4. 10554LetterT-S AS 153.168

    Bottom part of a letter written and signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel the Spaniard. AA

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  5. 10555LetterT-S 13J25.2

    Letter from Abū l-Faḍl and his mother, perhaps in Fustat, to his father Abū Naṣr, in Asyūṭ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Much of the letter is in …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יא ואלדי ואלעזיז עלי וענדי אטאל אללה
    3. בקאך ואדאם עזך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא א[כלאך
    4. גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכר[מה
    5. אן שא אללה ו…

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  6. 10556LetterT-S NS 99.14

    Verso: Letter in the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli referring to how the qāḍī ʿĪsā [..]l al-Mulk Ṣāḥib al-Tartīb known as Ibn Hārūn kisses the …

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  7. 10557LetterT-S 8.31

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Avraham ha-Kohen ha-Gelili to Yosef b. Yeshuʿa he-Ḥasid. Upper part only. Little of the content is preserved beyond opening and closing …

    1. בשמ רחמ {
    2. אשיק שלומים כיקבים בכבוד ובגודל קצובים בפנים
    3. סבורים וצהובים גם ברכות אגלוף מחוטבים
    4. שפתי בועלים ערבים החיים והשלום וכלל טובים
    5. והיה ייי עם י…

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  8. 10558LetterX893 B4798.4

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Persian, probably.

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  9. 10559LetterENA NS 2.18

    Letter addressed to a 'Sar ha-Leviim,' asking him to help his son, who is imprisoned in Cairo for a debt. Fifteen dirhams had been pledged, …

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    1. בר
    2. כאדם חצרה אלמולא שר הלויים אדאם אללה
    3. סעאדתהא ואחסן עאקבתהא וינהי אלי
    4. מגלסהא אן קד כתר תקלתה עליהא לא כאן
    5. אללה אלעאלם מא א[. . . . . .]תק[.]לה כ…

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  10. 10560LetterT-S AS 147.114

    Letters in Hebrew. Narrow vertical strip. Only the beginnings of the lines are preserved. Recto: Mentions Sar ha-S[arim]. Verso: Communal letter, written in a different …

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  11. 10561LetterYevr. II A 1567

    Long letter from Troki (Trakai in Lithuania) to Kokizwo

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  12. 10562LetterBL OR 5563C.19

    Letter from Efrayim b. Ismaʿīl al-Jawharī (Alexandria) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿAwkal (Fustat). Provides information about goods, mainly textiles, that came from the Maghrib …

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    1. [כת]אבי יאס[ידי ומו]לאי וריסי וגלילי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם איאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך לו' בקין מן
    2. תשרי אעאדה אללה עליך סנין אן כתירא בעד וצול כתב מולא…

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  13. 10563LetterENA 1846.1 + ENA 1846.2

    Series of (copies of) letters sent from Hebron to Egypt, mainly asking for financial assistance. First half of the 17th century. Information from FGP.

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  14. 10564LetterJRL P 1182

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Likely from a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century.

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  15. 10565LetterBL OR 5563C.17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender asks the recipient to represent him in kissing the ground before the Nagid (Sayyidnā Rayyis al-Zaman wa-Qudwat al-Inas). He asks …

    1. אלשריפה כתרה אלשוק אל[יה . . . . .
    2. ואלארתי/א/ח אלי מבשרתה ומחאדת[תה
    3. פאללה יגמע שמלנא בה עלא מא
    4. יחב וירצאה וס/ו/אל אלממלוך מן
    5. אלאך אלעזיז חפצה אללה ו…

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  16. 10566LetterYevr. II A 2674

    A letter contains mostly discussion on the calendar from Ishaq b. Shlomo

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  17. 10567LetterT-S 12.657

    Letter of notification by a senior of the academy, probably Nahray b. Nissim, written by Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, saying that the Nasi (David b. …

    1. יהודה הכהן בן יוסף הכהן
    2. בשמ רחמ
    3. כאנת חצרה סידנא אלנשיא אלאגל נשיא כל ישראל נטרוהא
    4. מן שמיא וברכוהא ועלוהא תקדמת אלי אלחזן רב הלל נט רחמ
    5. אן יעלם רבנו …

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  18. 10568LetterT-S 8J7.16

    Letter addressed to Ibn Sa’id b. Abu Nasir concerning an order of textiles, including two ‘khaysha’ (a type of linen cloth), a ‘tafadila’ (a tailored …

    1. בשמך
    2. כתבת אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך [עד]ת כתב
    3. ולם יצלנא לאחדהם גואב יגעלך אללה פי חיז אלסלאם
    4. וכנת קד וגהת מע עלי אלרכאבי בן פיפאת הנדי
    5. ו ]ע אלגמיע…

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  19. 10569LetterMoss. VII,159.1

    Letter from a retired old Alexandrian merchant to a friend in Fustat. One side is a letter in Arabic script and the other side is …

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  20. 10570LetterENA NS 8.13

    Letter addressed to a brother. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very rudimentary hand and spellings (e.g., ושׁעא for والساعة and אלה for both الله and الى and נדרכם …

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  21. 10571LetterT-S NS J15

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to an unidentified personality in Alexandria, approximately 1020 (?). Verso: Badly damaged text in a different hand to that on …

    TS NS J 15, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.199-200 (Doc. #108), C.B. 02-25-88 (p)Letter from Solomon b. Judah to an unidentified personality inAlexandria, ap…

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  22. 10572LetterT-S AS 145.210

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Abū Zikrī and [Abū l-]Faḍl b. Abū l-Najm. Dating: likely late 12th or early 13th century. On verso there is a …

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  23. 10573LetterT-S 12.252

    Letter from Misgavya b. Moshe to the ḥaver Yaʿaqov b. Yosef Av Bet Din, in Aleppo. Asking him to send certain liturgical poems and to …

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  24. 10574LetterDK 232.5 (alt: XXVII)

    Family letter from Sālim to Bū Manṣūr b. Sukkarī (or Zikrī?) in Alexandria reporting that the Rūmī cheese had arrived and that the writer had …

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    1. ב
    2. ממלוכה ואצגר
    3. כדמה סאלם
    4. יקבל אלמגלס אלסאמי אלאגלי אלמולוי אלמחתרמי
    5. אלמכדומי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדם עזה ונעאמה
    6. ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה וגמע ביני…

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  25. 10575LetterT-S AS 177.158

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script.

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  26. 10576LetterBL OR 10126(3).12

    Letter from ʿEli b. David ha-Kohen to Abū l-Qawām Thābit. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic opening and the address are preserved.

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  27. 10577LetterCUL Or.1080 J16

    Letter from Avraham Ibn Sughmār, from Fustat, to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Nahray traveled to Alexandria and the writer is sorry that he did not …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך ומן אל

    2. תופיק אלחסן לא אכלאך ראש חדש כסליו געלה אללה עליך ועלינא

    3. אימן אלשהור ואברכהא ואסעדה…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך
    2. ואל ימנע ממך את מיטב ההצלחה, בראש חודש כסלו, ישימו אלוהים לך ולנו
    3. המוצל…

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  28. 10578LetterENA NS 8.40 + ENA NS 72.8

    Letter fragments. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably no earlier than 15th century, based on hand and orthography. Dealing with business matters. Mentions 25 qinṭārs of something …

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  29. 10579LetterT-S NS J560

    Letter addressed to Abū Kathīr Efrayim al-Ḥibr (=Efrayim b. Shemarya), in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when Efrayim b. Shemarya was …

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  30. 10580LetterJRL B 2446

    Verso (original use): Very faded document in Arabic script. Recto (secondary use): Small fragment of a deferential letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abū l-F[araj?]

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  31. 10581LetterT-S 8J22.30

    Letter about a banker, an honest man from a provincial town, who wasn't able to meet his obligations because his customers were remiss in their …

    1. ה.דר אן מ[.]ל[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . .]. .ל[.]ריק . .[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. וקפת מעישה ול…

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  32. 10582LetterCUL Or.1080 4.44

    Nearly complete letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "my brother." Refers to selling items in the Rif and reports that other goods have safely arrived. Some of …

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  33. 10583LetterYevr. II A 1631

    A letter from Yeshu'a Yosef b. Moshe to Avraham b. Moshe

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  34. 10584LetterT-S AS 146.374

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

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  35. 10585LetterT-S 6J5.18

    Informal note from a certain Avraham. In Judaeo-Arabic. He sent the note accompanying אלסדר (perhaps a prayerbook, but it is apparently a collective noun—could be …

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  36. 10586LetterBodl. MS heb. d 76/63

    Letter in Hebrew to Hillel ha-Ḥazzan, the diadem of the cantors. Fragment. It seems that only formulaic content remains.

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  37. 10587LetterYevr. II A 1750

    A letter to Moshe b. Ya'aqov from Ya'aqov Shalom b. Yosef.

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  38. 10588LetterT-S 8J16.19 + T-S NS 323.13

    Letter from Nissim b. Salāma to Abū Saʿd Khalaf b. Salāma. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning commercial matters, including a grocer ordering for his store one hundred …

    T-S 8J16.19 Address

    1. מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אבו סעד כלף
    2. בן סלאמה נע
    3. אדאם אללה סלאמתה וסעאדתה
    1. שאכרה נסים בן סלאמה נע

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    1. כתאבי] אלי //מולאי// אלאלשיך…
    1. . . . 
    2. . . .
    3. I have already asked my lord that when he writes me a letter
    4. to write it only in Hebrew script. The motivation for this
    5. is strengthenin…

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  39. 10589LetterCUL Or.1081 1.28

    Recto: Beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Yefet ha-Nadiv Zaqen ha-Qahal and R. Yosef ha-Kohen Rosh ha-Qahal (both are also mentioned in T-S 13J6.21, …

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  40. 10590LetterMIAC 23973.23

    Letter from the Nubian eparch Uruwī in Ibrīm to an unnamed recipient. The address is missing. The unnamed recipient is in possession of some garments. …

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    1. [و]هلك عدوه وضده . . . . . . . يا مولاي ان ووصلني [كتاب صاحب]
    2. السوار وهو يذكر لي ان ياخذ لي منك ثلثة ثوب وقد اخذ
    3. .. ثوبين على اسمك وقد تسلمهم …

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    1.  and may (God) destroy his enemy and opponent [ ] my Lord, that [the letter of
    2. the Master of] the Shipmasts has reached me. He says to me that…

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  41. 10591LetterYevr. II A 1297

    Letter from the influential Karaite scholar R. Simḥah Yiṣḥaq Luzki (b.1716-d.1760/1766 CE) to the Karaite community of Cairo or perhaps the Karaite Jews of Egypt …

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  42. 10592LetterT-S NS 226.116 + T-S NS 226.114

    Two small fragments from business letters. Unclear if they are a join or not. Probably in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi. It is …

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  43. 10593LetterT-S Misc.28.245

    Letter from Natan b. Mevorakh ha-Kohen, in Ashqelon, to ʿUlla ha-Levi ha-Parnas b. Yosef, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1110 CE per Gil. Mentions …

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  44. 10594LetterT-S 12.470

    Letter in Arabic to a certain Amīr [...] al-Dawla wa-[...]hā, perhaps reporting on business setbacks and the imposition of a new tax. The sender begins …

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    1. فان بذلك
    2. من لعيـ[ 
    3. ولـ[

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. عدل مولاي الامير الجليل رشيد(؟) الدولة وموصيها (؟) اطال الله بقاه وادام 
    3. تاي…

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  45. 10595LetterENA 1822a.21

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (last 6 lines). Names: Mūsā Ibn al-Sofer; Yosef Ibn al-ʿŪdī; Abū l-Surūr; Yiṣḥaq. Then a warning: "beware of delay..." (the same …

    1. מוסי אבן אלסופר ואלש[יך
    2. יוסף אבן אלעודי(?) ואלשיך [
    3. אבי אלסרור ואלשיך יצחק אבן [. . . ואלחדר
    4. תם אלחדר מן אלתאכיר ואי מן [
    5. מא חצר פי הדה אללילה אחד מ…

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  46. 10596LetterT-S 8J27.20

    Beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning the arrival of a letter from the addressee. Probably a draft. Starting to complain about ill treatment by …

    1. וצל כתאב מולאי אלרייס אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ומ[א. . .
    2. וסע אדרכה וסלאמתה ואתם נעמתה עליה וקראתה ופ[ . . .
    3. פיה וסרני חסן סלאמתה אדאמהא אללה לה ומא …

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  47. 10597LetterT-S 6J10.12 + T-S 8J26.15

    Description for T-S 6J10.12: Fragment of a letter from Amram b. Yosef, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1075. The writer informs …

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    1. חצרה מולאי אלחבו אלגליל גדול הישיבה אטאל אללה בקאה

    2. ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ותאיידה ונעמאה ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה

    3. ושוק אליך קרב אללה אלאגתמאע בך…

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    1. .... (1–3) אבו .... ומצאתי את העניינים כאן במצב מצוין, יותר ממה .... אריג לא מעובד, אורכו קרוב למ' אמה ....
    2. היתרה דינר וי''ד קיראטים; עוד …

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  48. 10598LetterT-S 8.266

    Poetical opening of a letter to the Nagid Mevorakh (Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, 1079-1111 CE). (Information from CUDL) On verso there are jottings in Arabic script …

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  49. 10599LetterT-S 10J15.5

    Letter from Yosef b. Sahl al-Baradānī in Tripoli, Lebanon, to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, ca. 1060.

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה מן

    טראבלס ליד

    1. כלון מן שהר [[תמוז]] //אב// ואלחאל סלאמה ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמין וצ…

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  50. 10600LetterT-S 13J24.23

    Sentimental letter sent by a man to his maternal uncle reporting that he and his wife are well and healthy, but perishing from longing for …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ואזכאת חיאתה עלי
    2. . . .] ואלדי מן סלימאן אבן אכתך מסלם עליך
    3. כתיר אלסלאם וסאיל ען חאלך כתיר וגאני
    4. כתאבך וכאן ענדי מתל…

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