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  1. 10701LetterT-S 8J3

    Letter by Ṣadoq ha-Levi b. Levi to Abraham b. Mevasser (11th c.). (Information from CUDL)

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  2. 10702LetterENA 1177.17

    Letter addressed to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter contains instructions about money to be received and/or paid; mentions the army (al-ʿaskar); mentions Abū l-Maḥāsin …

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    1. כתאבי אלי . . . . . . אטאל אללה
    2. בקאך [
    3. . . .
    4. דרהם [
    5. עוץ א . . אלשיך אבלמחא/ס/ן
    6. אלדי אנתם סכאן ענדה
    7. דפעהא ללצמאן אלצבג גו(?)
    8. ענדנא ללעסכר פתרו…

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  3. 10703LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1489

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Arabic script in the margin and the address written in Arabic script. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions …

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  4. 10704LetterT-S 6J11.9

    Verso, continuing onto recto (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a jāmakiyya (government salary) of 80 (dinars?). Two lines further down, mentions a term for …

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  5. 10705LetterT-S AS 176.209

    Letter fragment. Refers to the arrival of a raqqāṣ (runner/courier) in search of the sender (ʿabduhā).

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  6. 10706LetterAIU VII.E.29

    Image not available. According to Schwarb Catalogue: Letter in Ladino from Masud Bonan to Judah Asio, Cairo 1764. AA

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  7. 10707LetterMoss. II,176.2

    Fragment of a letter from someone to his 'father', sending regards for the holidays and inquiring about small transactions in garments. The writer sends regards …

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  8. 10708LetterMoss. L 279

    Letter. "The comparatively strong control exercised by the academies over even remote communities is to be explained by the fact that many local leaders had …

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  9. 10709LetterMoss. IV,39.1

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. A long vertical strip is preserved, but the text is very damaged. Mentions a certain Abū l-Faḍl.

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  10. 10710LetterT-S AS 152.320

    Beginning of a letter sent to Nahray b. Nissim. (Information from CUDL)

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  11. 10711LetterT-S AS 167.30

    Verso (probably original use): Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The female sender complains about the lack of letters from the addressee. "People came from …

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    1. ] בקא פי ש[. . .] סואיי ומן [
    2. ואלאן לם נרי מנך לא גואב ולא כתאב [
    3. וגא אלנאס מן דמשק ואעלמוני אנך פ[י עאפיה
    4. בכל כיר ואלסאעה אנת תעלם ענ[י
    5. גריבה…

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  12. 10712LetterT-S AS 182.304

    Family letter in Arabic script. Mentions a sale of something, the addressee's mother, requesting a response to this note, and referring to 'this noble month' …

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  13. 10713LetterT-S NS 325.98

    Verso: Unidentified document in Arabic script. A few lines are preserved, with large letters and wide line spacing: بالافراح(؟) لها . . . . .مما …

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  14. 10714LetterT-S 16.14

    Promissory note written by Yefet b. David, given by Moshe b. Shahariyar to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov on June 1007. (Information from Bareket) (SGD edition, small …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . אנחנו העדים החת]ומים למטה הדרים בפסטס
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]. .לנו יוסף בן גדולת קד מר ור
    3. . . . …

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  15. 10715LetterT-S NS 340.53

    Letter in Arabic script. Small fragment. Written on parchment. Mentions "40 dirhams... every dinar... he said, 'I cannot be patient....'" On verso mentions someone called …

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  16. 10716LetterENA 2735.1

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic with a Hebrew beginning to (probably Shemuel b.) Hananya. The opening contains an interesting blessing: "(May God) make your wife at home …

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  17. 10717LetterT-S NS J309

    Letter or letters. Recto: Lengthy laudatory preamble in rhyming Hebrew, followed by the body of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic starting three lines from the bottom …

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  18. 10718LetterT-S Misc.35.11

    Letter fragment from Shelomo b. Yehuda to an unidentified personality in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1029 (Gil). Concerning the excommunication of the Qaraites amidst the the …

    TS LOAN 11, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.158-159 (Doc. #85), C.B. 03-08-88 (p)Fragment of a letter from Solomon b. Judah to an unidentifiedpersonali…

    Rustow, Heresy, pp. 209-14, with minor emendations by Daniel Wagman

    1. [...] Many of the common folk were provoking a quarrel. On [the day of]

    2. Hosh…

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  19. 10719LetterT-S AS 131.137

    Recto: letter in Arabic. Verso: traces of a word in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)

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  20. 10720LetterT-S Ar.39.377

    Letter fragment (upper right corner) in Arabic script. The addressee may be called "al-qāʾid" (l. 2). Mentions Umm Abū ʿAbdallāh (l. 3). Refers to purchasing …

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    1. وبعد ما خرجت ما عرفته فان[
    2. وذهابا(؟) درتها(؟) ويخص من ياخذ فيها و[

    Recto

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الر[حيم
    2. اعلم القايد ادام الله عزه[
    3. [بـ]ـاعته…

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  21. 10721LetterJRL B 5020

    Small fragment with Hebrew script. Perhaps a letter.

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  22. 10722LetterT-S Ar.39.440

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

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  23. 10723LetterT-S AS 146.30

    Letter to Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq b. Neṭira. In Hebrew. In the handwriting of a certain Avraham ha-Kohen, who is known in the world of piyyuṭ …

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  24. 10724LetterT-S NS 264.38

    Letter addressed to Simḥa the physician (al-ḥakīm). In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? Only the conventional expressions of longing at the beginning …

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  25. 10725LetterT-S 13J20.10

    IB V, 23. Letter from an unknown writer to Abu Zikri Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef. The main purpose of the letter is to ask Abū …

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  26. 10726LetterENA NS 16.30

    Letter/petition to a local dayyan (judge). A complaint against Sulaymān b. Hānī, the abusive husband of the sender's daughter. Including an episode where the husband …

    ENA NS 16, f. 30 ed. Friedman, Jewish Polygyny, pp.262-263 N.H. 04-26-88, (P). Letter to a local dayyan (judge) concerning marital problems of the wr…

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  27. 10727LetterMIAC 23973.94

    Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 34.

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    3. (This is) my letter to my honourable m…

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  28. 10728LetterAIU VII.E.86

    Recto: Appears to be the draft of the beginning of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic. (Halfway down the page the writer rewrites the opening line …

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  29. 10729LetterT-S AS 183.99

    Small fragment of a letter. The phrase كشف خبره appears - referring to investigating someone's news.

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  30. 10730LetterT-S 20.176

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably 13th-century or later, from a physician or druggist to a respected person named Avraham who also has a son named Shelomo. …

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    1. בה
    2. הנה אל ישעתי (!) אבטח וג׳
    3. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך (!) וג׳
    4. וצל כתאב הדרת כגק יקרת צפירת תפארת
    5. מרנו ורבנו שרנו ואדירנו וחשובנו אברהם השר הגדול

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  31. 10731LetterENA NS 8.19 + ENA NS 4.9

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Ibn Maymūn is mentioned in the first line. The sender thanks the addressee and conveys sympathy. Deals with business transactions; Abū l-Ḥajjāj; …

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  32. 10732LetterT-S 8J41.9

    Verso (original use): Letter. Beginning lines only, mostly honorifics, very faded. Wide line-spacing, grand layout of the type that became more common starting in the …

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  33. 10733LetterT-S AS 124.204

    Fragment from the top of a letter in Arabic script. Addressed to 'sayyidnā al-rayyis.' Reused on recto for liturgical text in Hebrew. (Information in part …

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  34. 10734LetterT-S NS 324.19

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. What remains is deferential greetings and praises. Verso: Jottings including the name Shelomo (probably Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) and Yūsuf b. Moshe.

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  35. 10735LetterMIAC 76

    Letter issued by a merchant in al-Mūskī in Cairo – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 76) – in Hebrew. …

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  36. 10736LetterJRL B 6427

    Small fragment of a business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā (cf. T-S 8.69 (PGPID 9265)). Dating: 12th century. Mentions [...] …

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  37. 10737LetterMoss. Ia,11

    A letter in stylishly rhyming Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Abu Sahl and his three sons, Abu l-Mansur, Barakat, and the boy Abu l-Fadl. The writer is …

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  38. 10738LetterJRL L 3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps dated 1818/1819 CE ([5]579 AM). The letter recipients are Menaḥem Barakha and Barakha Goren, sender: Shelomo Sonino. Requires further examination for …

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  39. 10739Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 17

    Verso (original use): A letter in Arabic script from a (Muslim?) merchant to a group of Jewish merchants which advertises his own services. (Information from …

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  40. 10740LetterT-S 8J15.20

    Letter conveying holiday greetings to Elazar, who is given five titles. Other side (PGPID 1937): Prescription for pills against coughing.

    1. חצרה אלמולא אלאגל אלמנעם אלמתפצל מרנו ורבנו
    2. אלעזר השר האדיר הנכבד היקר הנדיב
    3. תפארת הסוחרים הוד הנדיבים עטרת המתנדבים
    4. נזר הקהלות נאמן העדה ישמרו שומר…

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  41. 10741LetterT-S 6J6.15

    Letter concerning various business issues and the new agent Abū […]. Mentions a qāḍī, a widow, and a girl. Also mentions the Sar ha-Sarim and …

    1. ] . . . [
    2. ואלי אכיה וואלדתה פחצלנא [
    3. אלאשיא אלישמעאלים אלדי קאמו [
    4. שהוד חתי שהדו כיף קאלו להם [
    5. אנא אכיה אבו אלפצל אן כאן לי [
    6. אלקאצי ללאלמנה וללצבי…

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  42. 10742LetterYevr. II A 1765

    A letter to Ya'aqov Kohen the cantor from Guzlawa from Ishaq b. Yosef

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  43. 10743LetterHalper 319

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to an notable; wide space between the lines. The handwriting is probably known. Describing a communal controversy, requesting that the …

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  44. 10744LetterENA 3965.4

    Letter possibly from Abū l-Maḥāsin. In Arabic script. Dating: probably ca. 13th century. Mentions the ghulām of al-shaykh al-Muhadhdhab. Quite faded. Needs further examination. Excerpts: …

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  45. 10745LetterAIU VII.E.239

    Two letters of recommendation in Italian for a certain rabbi Barukh Löb Heilpern, apparently the former head of the old Universita Israelitica in Livorno, the …

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  46. 10746LetterT-S AS 40.98

    Text is too damaged and incomplete to identify, possibly a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  47. 10747LetterENA NS 31.6

    Letter from a merchant to his business partner. Mid-11th century. Regarding a journey to Spain (mentions Cordoba and Granada), the Sultan’s ship, and some information …

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    1. . . . . א]ן ל[ם תדכר] שיא מן אלשוק ואלאשתי[אק אלא
    2. וענדי אצ]עאף דל[ך] מא לו דהבת אצף בעצה [לעגזת
    3. ו]אטנבת ען בלוג אלגאיה ואדראך [אלנהאיה
    4. ומן א]ל…

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    (5-1) .... הגעגועים והערגה .... אילו באתי לתאר מקצתו .... נלאיתי מלהשיג את התכלית ומלהגיע .... מהבורא, תתעלה גבורתו, אני מבקש אחרי .... כל תפיל…

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  48. 10748LetterT-S AS 150.20

    Fragment of a letter from a merchant, might be to Natan b. Nahray. Around 1050. Contains information about shipments and ships movement. The writer deals …

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    1. [כת]אבי יאכי [ .... ען חאל

    2. סלאמה ונעמה [

    3. אלגרקה ואנהא [

    4. ערפתך מא חצל [

    5. [ ]א וטסה ונטע וש[

    6. כיש לבן עלאן אדא כתב ל[

    7. מרכב אלמימון ופ…

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    (1–10) אני כותב לך, אחי .... שלומי טוב ואני ברווחה .... טביעת (האונייה) וכי היא .... הודעתי לך מה היתה ההכנסה .... וצלחת ואריזת עור .... בד ארי…

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  49. 10749LetterT-S 13J9.8

    Letter from Salim b. Harun to Avraham Maimonides (ha-Nagid) concerning financial issues relating to the children of his late brother Farah b. Harun al-Janawi, who …

    1. יהי י/י/י אלהיך ברוך
    2. ינהי אלי מושב הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת מרנו
    3. ורבנו אדונינו אברהם הרב הגדול בישראל יחיד הדור
    4. ופלאו ממזרח שמש עד מבואו מרדכי הזמן הנג…

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  50. 10750LetterT-S 6J4.20

    Letter from a woman, in an unknown location, to her brother ʿAṭiyya b. Yehuda b. Sulaymān and to her widowed sister’s son Manṣūr b. Avraham, …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואלעזיז עלי וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך
    3. ואדאם עזך ונעמאך וכבת באלדל חסדתך ואעדאך
    4. וממא אעלמך בה אן מן חית כרגת אנא באכיה
    5. צאימה…

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