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  1. 10751LetterENA NS 36.29

    Letter addressed to Yedidya Shelomo Yisrael. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Also mentions a R. Navon. The writer mentions wishing to copy a manuscript from a …

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  2. 10752LetterT-S AS 152.252

    Small fragment from a letter, reporting that the sister (or other female relative) of the writer has died, as well as someone named Ḥabība. (Information …

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  3. 10753LetterT-S AS 161.207

    Recto, with the address on verso: Letter from [...] b. [...] al-Ṣayrafī to Abū l-Ḥusayn [...] b. Mūsā. In Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged and faded. Dating: likely …

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  4. 10754LetterMoss. V,390.1

    Probably part of a letter, with unorthodox orthography. (Information from CUDL)

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  5. 10755LetterJRL SERIES B 3423

    Fragment (narrow sliver containing the beginnings of the lines) of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe b. al-Qaṭā'if

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  6. 10756LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/79

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat.

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלאגל ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה 
    2. ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה מן אלמסתקר ל''ח בקי מן תמוז כתמה 
    3. אללה עליך באחסן כאתמה אעלם מולא…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדיו לך ויכה את אויביך, מן הבית, בכ"ב בתמוז, יחתום…

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  7. 10757LetterT-S AS 157.389

    Fragment from the top of an informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender complains about being told "only froth and no substance" and asks to be …

    1. עונך יא רב
    2. ] לי מנה זבדה ולא מעני אתפצל אעלמני אלקצייה

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  8. 10758LetterT-S AS 148.208

    Fragment of a communal letter in Hebrew. Moderately wide spacing between the lines. Contains praises for a distinguished scholar and addresses 'our brothers, the holy …

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  9. 10759LetterAIU VII.E.74

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Shelomo Barūkh to Meʾīr ben Naʿim. Dated: 20 Av 5560 AM (August 1800 CE). Locations: the letter was sent from …

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  10. 10760LetterT-S 10J5.3

    Draft of the end of a letter, with many corrections, sending greetings to Elʿazar ha-Kohen. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. (Information from CUDL)

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  11. 10761LetterJRL SERIES B 4170

    Recto: Letter, right side fragment, in Arabic script. Dating: late. Verso: Possibly remnants of a state document or official correspondence with wide linespacing. The right …

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  12. 10762LetterT-S AS 51.253

    Recto: part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: rubric for Passover and jottings in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)

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  13. 10763LetterT-S Ar.30.107

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Dating: 11th–13th century.

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  14. 10764LetterT-S NS 235.130

    Three fragments of Arabic documents reused on verso by the same Hebrew scribe for piyyuṭ. Two of the Arabic fragments are from a letter and …

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  15. 10765LetterAIU VII.E.229

    Letter or letters. In Ladino. Dated: 29 Tishrei 5548 AM, which is 11 October 1787 CE. There are two blocks of text in two different …

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  16. 10766LetterENA NS 34.14

    Fragment from the beginning a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in lovely and distinctive handwriting. The writer has been forced to stay in a funduq due to …

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    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך
    2. קד עלם אלכאלק יתב שמ מא אגדה מן אלשוק ואלוחשה אלי חצרת אלאך אלעזיז גמע אללה
    3. אלשמל בה עלי מא יסר אן שא אללה וסוי דלך פלא…

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  17. 10767LetterT-S Misc.11.228

    Letter from Yosef ha-Levi, unknown location, to Binyamin de Curiel, in Fustat/Cairo. In Ladino. Dated: Adar 5552(?) AM = February/March 1792 CE. Complete. Needs examination.

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  18. 10768LetterMoss. V,346.3

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

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  19. 10769LetterT-S AS 145.107

    Letter from Shemaʿya ha-Ḥaver, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1053. The writer informs that he is in Jerusalem and is praying for Nahray …

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    1. [ ] ביראה [ ]
    2. אהבתו בלבות [ ]
    3. וקניה [ ] הראוי ל[ ]
    4. [ ] לסלד
    5. [ ] תקנה [ ] כי [ ] שכן
    6. [ ] הוא כבר [ ] מר רב
    7. נהרי התלמיד החבר…

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  20. 10770LetterSim. Jud.-Arab. 6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Recto is extremely damaged/faded, while verso is mostly legible. The hand may be known. Recto mentions ʿImrān; a woman; legal proceedings; corrupt …

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  21. 10771LetterT-S Ar.54.42

    Mercantile letter from Yaḥyā b. Isḥāq, in Alexandria, to Mawhūb or [... b.] Mawhūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Maghribī hand. Dating: 11th century. Fragment (left side of …

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  22. 10772LetterT-S NS 169.40

    letter to a R. Shabbetai, from R. Abraham from Narbona.

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  23. 10773LetterT-S 13J30.6

    Public letter in Arabic script. An appeal to the community, to be read in the synagogue, against a certain 'Rayyis' who had let to one …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. يا معشر اليهود اين انتم بين 

    3. الله تخلوا الريس يسكن ابن 

    4. المصموري في الدار الذي

    5. خلف كنيسة العراقين

    6. التي اشتروها ملا…

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  24. 10774LetterT-S AS 147.235 + T-S AS 147.236

    Letter from Abū Niʿma to Eliyyahu the Judge. Concerning a complaint filed by the daughter of the late Abū l-Maḥāsin. Mentions Bilbays and Muslims. There …

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  25. 10775LetterMoss. IV,13

    Recto: Letter to Abū l-Faraj, reporting that the writer has met with R. David; it also mentions Abū l-Riḍā, Yosef and 157 dirhams. (Information from …

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  26. 10776LetterT-S NS 321.21c

    Recto: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender says that the addressee sent the wrong copy (nuskha) of a liturgical text, but it's for the better, …

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  27. 10777LetterT-S 16.280

    Recto: Upper part of a letter to a dignitary referred to as Sar ha-Teʿuda. The preserved portion (~33 lines) consists entirely of panegyric poems in …

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  28. 10778LetterDK 239.2 (alt: III)

    Letter from the cantor David b. ʿEli to the notable Ḥujayj (whose father's name is left blank). With a long Hebrew introduction followed by the …

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  29. 10779LetterT-S 12.493

    Letter from a woman to the Head of the Jews, in Fustat. Dating: Early twelfth century (see explanation below). The writer asks the addressee to …

    1. לנצח אן [
    2. סתהם קד [תופית וליס מן]
    3. ידברהם גי[רי ] אן הדה אלדינארין אלדי תוכד
    4. פי מאונת[הם מא יחצל] מנהא גיר כסרה כבז פקט עלי
    5. מ]וצע אלאמור ואיצא אן הונ…

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    [ ... May your rule last] for ever. 

    The grandmother [of the orphans so-and-so and so-and-so has died and there is now no one] who looks after …

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  30. 10780LetterT-S 10J16.22

    Address of a letter from an unknown sender, in Rashīd (Rosetta), to Moshe ha-Levi, in Fustat/Cairo. Dating: ca. 18th century. Reused on recto for a …

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  31. 10781LetterT-S 20.175

    Letter from the beginning of the thirteenth century from a man who was staying in Alexandria to the Nasi, Shelomo b. Yishai, who was in …

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    1. א[ ]
    2. מאודו החסיד [ ]
    3. על דבר
    4. מעלתו אלמ[ ] אלי [ ]
    5. וינהי אנה סטרה פי
    6. גאיה אלעגלה פסיידנא
    7. ידין עבדו לכף [זכות]
    8. ואלדי וגב אעלאם סיידנא
    9. [ ] אלשרוע …

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  32. 10782LetterMIAC 210

    Invitation from the administration of the Tāj Torah society for attending a special celebration of the reform of traditional religious Jewish learning – undated – …

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  33. 10783LetterJRL SERIES A 701

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Raḥamim Abzaradel to Moshe ben Naʿim dated 14 September 1827 (22 Elul 5587 AM).

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  34. 10784LetterCUL Or.1081 2.27

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The main part deals with business transactions, including shipments of Marāzībī tutty and nutmeg. Abū l-Faḍl b. Maʿlā is …

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  35. 10785LetterJRL SERIES B 2331

    One side: Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic business letter to "my brother," mentioning [al-]Mahdiyya. Other side: Probably the original letter or the response in a different …

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  36. 10786LetterT-S NS 182.14

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, written in wide spacing. Torn and damaged. Legible phrases: ואנהא לדאת אללה תע ואלאחד . . . . ענהם . . …

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  37. 10787LetterT-S NS J204

    Letter from a certain Yūsuf, in an unknown location, to Abū Isḥāq and Abū [Rabī?]ʿ, in Fustat, behind the mosque. The letter is in Judaeo-Arabic …

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  38. 10788LetterT-S AS 168.184

    Fragment of a letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic, praising the benefactions of a group of people (al-sāda). אלא בהם... פאלמכארם תצדר ענהם טבעא ותלקא[...] אלי רצאיהם טועא …

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  39. 10789LetterAIU IV.C.77

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. The addressee's name appears on verso, perhaps something like Yiṣḥaq b. Maṣliaḥ b. Bahlūl. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The …

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  40. 10790LetterT-S 6J4.30

    Notebook. On fol. 4r there is a draft a begging letter to Yaʿaqov ha-Sar, in an untidy 15th-16th century hand. The writer describes himself as …

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  41. 10791LetterENA 2808.35a

    Letter addressed to Yehuda b. Yosef. Dating: Perhaps Mamluk-era. Needs examination.

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  42. 10792LetterJRL SERIES B 5442

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  43. 10793LetterCUL Or.1080 3.4

    Late family/business letter in Hebrew signed by Yehuda Duran, mentioning goods sent from Fustat/Cairo to Venice, and discussing several female family members. The writer asks …

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  44. 10794LetterT-S 8J15.18

    Letter from Avraham b. Ya'akov in Jerusalem to his son in Fustat. Around 1040, in the handwriting of Moshe b. Yitzhak from the Karaite community. …

    1. ]לולד מ חרסה אללה
    2. כתאבי אליך יא ולדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    3. סלאמתך ועאפיתך מן אלקדס מסתהל שבט
    4. ען שוק שדיד וען צעובה אחואל ואלחמד ללה
    5. עלי כל חאל. ומא א…

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  45. 10795LetterJRL SERIES B 5655

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script.

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  46. 10796LetterT-S AS 147.16

    Fragment of a letter in Hebrew. Late. Refers to the Nagid. Mentions Avraham and kohl. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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  47. 10797LetterT-S 10J13.4

    Letter from Ḥalfon ha-Kohen b. Yehuda ha-Kohen to Abu l-Farah Arus b. Yosef about the troubles he underwent after leaving for a business trip. On …

    1. בשמ רח
    2. אלי סידי ומולאי וריסי וגלילי ותאג ראסי אטאל אללה
    3. בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאידתה(!) וסעאדתה וסלאמתה
    4. ונעמאה ומן תופיקה אלחסן לא אכלאה ען חאל סלאמה
    5. ועאפ…

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  48. 10798LetterT-S NS 255.22

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. This may have been appended to a letter written on a separate sheet. "After I had already written this letter, your letter …

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  49. 10799LetterT-S NS 184.83

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon (ca. 1100–38). Very damaged and faded.

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  50. 10800LetterT-S 8J18.3

    Letter previously thought to be from Abū Yaʿqūb Ibn al-Najera, somewhere in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel, likely in Lucena. Dating: likely August 1138 CE. …

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    1. עמאדי אלאע̇צם אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך מא ביננא אעזך אללה
    2. <<גנאני>> מן אלאדלאל יו̇גב אלאסתרסאל ואנא אדאם אללה עזך ענת לי
    3. אליך חא̇גה אגב3 מן פ̇צלך ק̇צא…

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