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  1. 10601LetterT-S AS 152.234

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. Fragment (a piece from the right side of recto). Extremely smudged and faded. (Information from CUDL)

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  2. 10602LetterENA 2804.16 + T-S Misc.28.231

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham b. Mevasser, Fustat. Dating: approximately 1030 (unclear on what basis) and ca. 1025–1051 CE based on the years …

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  3. 10603LetterCUL Or.1081 J11

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The name Yosef b. Seʿadya appears on the other side (technically recto); perhaps this is the name of the sender. The sender …

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  4. 10604LetterT-S G1.14

    Letter/petition from a 'foreign' widow (marʾa armala gharība) to a notable. Appealing for charity for herself and her three girls during this cold spell, in …

    1. בש ר{ח}מ
    2. אלדי אעלם בה הדרת מרינו ורבינו
    3. ואדונינו ימלא משאלו{ת} לבו לטובה
    4. אני מראה ארמלה גריבה ופי
    5. חלקי תלת בנאת איתאם ואשתהי
    6. מן צדקאת ישראל שי יתגטו

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  5. 10605LetterT-S AS 146.41

    Letter to Abū l-Ḥasan. Mentions 40 dinars. (Information from CUDL)

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  6. 10606LetterMoss. V,335.3 + Moss. V,335.1

    Two un-conserved letters, with no folio shelf mark allocated yet. One is a tiny note written on vellum, on which is a short note of …

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  7. 10607LetterT-S 20.179

    Recto: Letter from a Karaite in Alexandria to the Karaite Nasi David b. Hasdai, concerning support for the Nasi from the Karaite communities in the …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .המצות המוכיח לרבים . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . סגלה ונשיא כל בני הגולה ירום
    3. הוד…

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  8. 10608LetterT-S 13J18.19

    IB IV, 41 (ח55). Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham Ibn ʿEzra, in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: after 1 Nisan 1139 …

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    1. יא מולאי וסידי ורב אלנעמה קבלי ..[... אטאל אללה בקא]ה וקרב על[י] אלמרג[וב]
    2. לקאה במנה כתבתה יא מולאי //ואנא\\ [... שוק ו]תוק אלי חצ'רה מולאי אל…

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    1. אדוני ומרי ועושה החסדים [... יאריך האל את חיי]ו ויקרב כפי התקווה
    2. את פגישתו בחסדיו, הריני כותב מכתב זה, אדוני, //בשעה שאני\\ [... הוגה בגעגועים…

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  9. 10609LetterT-S AS 206.89

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. See T-S AS 151.191 + T-S 6J7.16 (PGPID 17147).

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  10. 10610LetterT-S Ar.48.17

    Recto: Letter fragment, addressed to a certain Nasi. Very little remains. On verso there is rabbinic material (literary).

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  11. 10611LetterL-G Misc. 10

    Letter from Shemuel b. ʿEli gaʾaon, Baghdad, with opening praises, copied in the hand of his disciple Yosef b. Yaʿaqov rosh ha-seder. (Information in part …

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  12. 10612LetterT-S NS J397

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower left corner). Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions Aṭfīḥ. The handwriting seems consistent with Mūsā b. Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥisda, who …

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  13. 10613LetterT-S NS J408 + ENA 2808.6

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From an unidentified man possibly named Karīm, apparently in Zarnīkh (in Upper Egypt, see recto l. 44 and recto right margin …

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  14. 10614LetterT-S AS 184.275

    Probably the beginning of a letter in Arabic (salām allāh . . . )

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  15. 10615LetterJRL B 6635

    Letter fragment. Mentions having sent a legal query (masʾala) with Dāʾud al-Rūmī. Mentions Cairo. The handwriting resembles that of Makhlūf b. Mūsā.

    Recto

    1. וכנת אנפדת לך מסלה מע דאוד אלרומי
    2. מא ליסת שאכא פי וצולהא ודרג כתאבי ורקה

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    1. יוצלה אליה ולא יעלמה אנה מנ . . . . . . .
    2. כתאב לדאוד אלרומי ב…

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  16. 10616LetterMoss. IV,86.2

    Letter from Mordechai. Dating: probably 16th century. It is headed by an ornate בע''ה. Verso and the margin on recto contains jottings (signature practice) in …

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  17. 10617LetterCUL Or.1081 2.21

    The opening of a letter in rudimentary Judaeo-Arabic (e.g. ממלוכה אלאצרג), from one Barukh, to Shelomo (?) Nasi Galuyot Kol Yisra'el.

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  18. 10618LetterJRL B 4155

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Only a thin strip from the far-right side is preserved here.

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  19. 10619LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/42

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Dealing with various business matters, mainly raisins. Mentions Ibrāhīm Shuwaykh …

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  20. 10620LetterT-S 20.78

    Letter from the judge Yefet b. Shelomo to Meshullam b. Elʿazar ha-Kohen. Greetings to the addressee's sons Elʿazar and Shelomo. There are many lines of …

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  21. 10621LetterT-S 13J28.24

    Letter addressed to 'the boy' Abū l-Futūḥ al-Muhadhdhab the physician in the Dār al-[...] in al-Bāṭiliyya (evidently an area of New Cairo which was originally …

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    1. ב שלום רב וגו יתן לך כלבביך וגו
    2. الولد العزيز الشيخ الاجل المهذب الموفق اسعد الله جده
    3. وقرن بالتوفيق حله وعقده مخدوم بافضل سلام واعلمه دامت
    4. معا…

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    1. [Hebrew:] With abundant peace, etc. May He grant you all your heart’s desires, etc.
    2. The dear son, the most distinguished shaykh, the refined a…

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  22. 10622LetterT-S 10J32.13

    Letter fragment in Hebrew, with an elaborate, learned introduction. Mentions [...] b. Peraḥya (ZL) "who was righteous in his generation." (Information in part from Goitein's …

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  23. 10623LetterT-S AS 151.220

    Recto: letter by a certain Shelomo to his father Yeshuʿa, also mentioning ‘the brother’ Yaʿaqov ha-Talmid and the arrival of the addressee’s brother in law …

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  24. 10624LetterT-S AS 168.25

    Small fragment of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to one of his brothers.

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  25. 10625LetterENA NS 2.16

    Letter sent by Abu l-Barakat Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Binyamin the Jewish physician (al-ḥakīm al-isrāʾīlī). The writer sends the recipient good wishes on Hanukka, congratulates …

    1. עבד עבדיו מעשה ידיו מודה חסדיו שלמה ברבי אליה הדיין נמשול
    2. אהני מולאי וסיידי ותאג ראסי ועזי וסנדי וגאיה אמלי אלמולא
    3. אלאגל אלסייד אלאציל אלפאצל אלמתיל…

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  26. 10626LetterT-S AS 220.75

    Small fragment of a letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. Probably sent to one of his brothers. Damaged.

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  27. 10627LetterT-S AS 151.232

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the right side is preserved. Most of the content is gone. Mentions "religion and world" (דין ודניא), "my master and …

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  28. 10628LetterT-S AS 167.5

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th century; the hand may be known. Containing tantalizing details: "his letter (arrived) with al-Nafūsī... and he mentions that …

    1. ] . . . . כתאבה מע אלנפוסי פי
    2. ]ה וידכר אנה חלף לה לא
    3. ] אלדנאניר וסאפר פי אלבר
    4. ] אלטריק וצלת לפוה
    5. ] . . . ומצאו
    6. ] . . אלקאצי
    7. ] . . אלנצארי
    8. ] ללסלטאן …

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  29. 10629LetterENA 4020.46 + ENA 2806.12

    IB IV, 80 (ח90). Letter by Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Damascus (חדרך), to Yeshuʿa b. Moshe, in Egypt. In Hebrew. Dating: ca. 1145/46 CE. …

    IB IV,80 ב recto

    1. כח יעלצו / וישישו בשמחה בהתיחשם לשבט
    2. מושל תמימותם / למשפחותם / לבית את אשר
    3. עדיין המתפאר יתפאר בשמם / לסחור ולרקוח
    4. ממור דרור בשמם / …

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  30. 10630LetterMoss. V,346.3

    Un-conserved and damaged. Letter from Aharon to his brother Abu Sa’d al-Kohen. AA

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  31. 10631LetterMoss. IV,57

    Petition of a widow to a communal leader. She asks him to help her with her late husband's orphans, as he helped her husband in …

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  32. 10632LetterT-S AS 199.308

    Letter to a notable. Fragment. The opening lines are in poetic Hebrew. The sender expresses his happiness receiving a letter from the addressee: "seeing your …

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  33. 10633LetterT-S 13J21.30

    Letter from Abū l-Barakāt b. Abū l-Ḥasan, in Alexandria, to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. The letter informs Shelomo …

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    1. ב'ר'
    2. אלי אלמגלס אלסאמי אלאגלי אלמולוי אלעאלמי אלריסי
    3. אלפאצלי אלמפצלי הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת
    4. כ' ג' ק' מ' ור' שלמה החכם והנבון ירום הודו ויגדל
    5. כב…

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  34. 10634LetterENA NS 71.15

    Letter from Faḍāʾil to his father. In Arabic script. He has sent prior letters but received no response. He mentions several individuals such as Ṣadaqa, …

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    1. بسم الله ال]رحمن الرحيم

    2. الذي اعرف به سيد]ي ووالدي جعلني الله فداه انني كتبت عدة كتب وما

    3. وصلني لها ا]لجواب واشتغل ذلك قلبي كثير بحكم ما دخ…

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  35. 10635LetterT-S NS J202

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century, based on the locations (e.g. al-Mahdiyya and Sicily) and people named. Fragment: Right side of recto and right …

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  36. 10636LetterDK 327 + DK 327 (alt: 13)

    Letter from Samḥūn b. Dāwūd ibn al-Siqillī (Qayrawān) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿAwkal (Fustat). The letter deals with a conflict between the sender and …

    verso

    1. ובעד יאסידי פמא אשך אנך תעמל פי שיי חסב מא ישבה מת'לך ואנא 
    2. ואתק בגמילך ודיאנתך ולו כאן [        ] באקי מאלך חאצ'רא ענדי מן כ'אצתך 
    3. לכנת נבעת …

    verso

    1. יתר על כן אדוני, הלוא אין לי ספק שתנהג עם כספי כראוי לאדם כמוך, ואני
    2. סומך על הגינותך ויראת השמים שלך. אילו היה (חלק) מיתרת כספך נמצא אצלי, מחש…

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  37. 10637LetterT-S AS 153.319

    Letter, possibly a query concerning the slaughtering of a chicken. Mentions "al-ṣāḥib," then "the slave (=I) said to him," then "I/you slaughtered all the chickens." …

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  38. 10638LetterNLI 577.1/76

    Letter in Arabic script. To 'the dear brother Muḥammad (or Majd something?).' Only a few lines from the opening with formulaic expressions of longing are …

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  39. 10639LetterT-S NS 342.28

    Small fragment of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi

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  40. 10640LetterT-S 13J18.28

    Letter from Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon, Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when Efrayim b. Shemarya …

    1. בר]כות מגברות וטובות מכפלות ונחלת שני
    2. [עולמות ]הק יכונה בנתיבות מעולות הוא כב גק מור
    3. [אפרים החבר] בס גד יחיהו נורא עלילות וישמריהו
    4. [ ב]ן מר שמריהו ה…

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  41. 10641LetterT-S AS 149.17

    Letter of Abū l-Maḥāsin b. ʿAlī the trader, introduced by citations from Proverbs 3:4, Psalms 37:11 and 119:165. Mentions consingments of medical commodities such as …

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  42. 10642LetterENA 2806.6

    Letter, poetic, contains mostly blessings, ending 'to our fourth (= fourth of the yeshiva) rabbi son [of ...],' that is, Masliah Gaon. ENA 2806.5–7 are …

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  43. 10643LetterT-S AS 147.153

    Bottom part of a letter referring to a Jewish community (שלקהלת ש . צורץ(??)). No further details preserved.

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  44. 10644LetterMoss. IV,51.3

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions wheat, blessings for somebody, a request to purchase something, and having sent something to Rabbenu Elʿaz[ar].

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  45. 10645LetterT-S 12.35

    Family letter from a son to his mother. Nadiv b. Saʿadya is mentioned, as are greetings to family members such as Abū l-Wafā, Abū l-Faḍl, …

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  46. 10646LetterENA 2727.43

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj b. Manṣūr al-Shammāʿ (the candlemaker/seller) to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. First he deals with a monetary matter of 104 wariq …

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  47. 10647LetterT-S Ar.40.48

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script (with the words שער הנשיאות in Hebrew) to a Nasi, by ʿImrān b. Muhājir. According to Goitein's note card, it …

    1. المملوك الاصغر 

    2. عمران بن مهاجر

    3. يقبل الارض بالمقر الشريف المولوي النبوي اعاد الله علينا

    4. وعلى اولادنا بركاته واعتقادنا في شرفه وفي اعراقه

    5. الز…

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  48. 10648LetterMoss. IV,24.3

    Recto: Letter fragment in Hebrew addressed to Peraḥya ha-Dayyan ha-Maskil. Wide space between the lines. Verso: Hebrew text, possibly belonging to the formulaic opening of …

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  49. 10649LetterT-S AS 184.187

    Recto: recipe, introduced with the basmala and including Prunus mahaleb, Cistus ladaniferus, nard, and rose seeds. Verso: the last line of a letter or document …

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  50. 10650LetterT-S NS 305.82

    Verso, with the address on recto: Letter in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 1140 CE, based on the date of the earlier document sharing this fragment. …

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