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  1. 10801LetterT-S NS J34

    Short note to Muwaffaq, accompanied by quantities of “hindi” and “lādan” (labdanum), instructing the addressee to sell them. (Information from Goitein's index cards) EMS

    1. ב
    2. אלי חצרה מולאי אלשיך מופק אדאם אללה
    3. עזה אנני קד ארסלת צחבה כלף כריטה
    4. הנדי וזנהא איא רטל ורבע ולאדן יב ונצף
    5. אלהנדי אנת תערף זבונה ואלאדן(!) לא תביע…

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  2. 10802LetterT-S NS J21 + T-S 8.19

    India Book III,13 and III,14: Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, Aden, to Avraham b. Yiju, India, mainly about shipwrecked goods. Dating: almost certainly 1146. This …

    1. בשמֹ רחמֹ
    2. וצל כתאב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל מולאי אטאל אללה בקאהא
    3. ואדאם עזהא ועלאהא ורפעתהא וסנאהא ועלוהא וארתקאהא
    4. ולא עטל מן גמיע אלכיראת סאחתהא ופנאהא וכב…

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  3. 10803LetterT-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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  4. 10804LetterT-S 13J9.13

    Business letter in Ladino from Yehudah Fariente to Yehudah Gatenio, dated Kislev 167 (= 5567) of the Era of Creation (= 1807 CE). Mentions people …

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  5. 10805LetterMoss. IV,89

    Letter from a perfumer, submitting an account to the addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably late 12th or early 13th century. Numbers are given in Greek/Coptic …

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  6. 10806LetterJRL SERIES A 1784

    Small fragment from a letter addressed to a dignitary (תפ]ארת השרים [...]ת הנשיאות]). Seems to be in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Only a …

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  7. 10807LetterT-S AS 176.308

    Letter in Arabic script, probably a private letter of appeal for charity or assistance.

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  8. 10808LetterT-S 6J7.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Fragment (upper right corner). The addressee is called al-shaykh al-ajall... al-muwaffaq al-ṣadīq al-kohen al-vatiq. The sender complains …

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  9. 10809LetterAIU XII.117

    Recto: Letter/petition, or letter in the style of a brief petition, from "your student Bū l-Majd" to a high-ranking physician. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably …

    1. الحكيمي

    2. بو المجد تلميذه

    3. المملوك يجدد الخدمة الكريمة المولوية المالكية

    4. الحكيمية ويسأل اجابة حضوره فان

    5. المملوك حصل له الم في رجله وباب العمار…

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  10. 10810LetterMoss. II,134.2

    Recto: part of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, complaining about the lack of letters from the addressee and explaining that a letter had been sent to the …

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  11. 10811LetterT-S NS 338.77

    Verso: Letter from Efrayim b. Shemarya to Natan b. Avraham. Quotes Psalms 45:16 as a greeting. Mentions a deceased Abū l-Surūr.

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  12. 10812LetterT-S 8J14.21

    Letter from Shelomo ha-[...] to semarya [...]. The writer informs him that he (or perhaps someone else) has reached Hanes (Tannis). (Information from the Cambridge …

    1. כ[
    2. רצון ש [
    3. והיה בעין (או: בעיו) [
    4. קד מ ור שמחה [
    5. אורה בהיכל נהו [
    6. מודיע אני שלמה [
    7. עד חנס וכתבתי ט [
    8. לראותך בקרוב וכי ש[
    9. בעלי תורה ועם כל [
    10. ביאתי ו…

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  13. 10813LetterBL OR 5542.25

    Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his brother, the physician Abū Zikrī, written in an extremely cursive script. He informs Abū Zikrī that the turban …

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    1. אבו אלברכאת געל פדאה
    2. אלי אלאך אלחכים אלעזיז אדאם
    3. אללה סלאמתה יערפה אן קלובנא משתאקה
    4. אלי נצרך וא[ן] אלעמאמה אלדי סיירתהא ואלעשרה
    1. כאתם פקד וצ…

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  14. 10814LetterMoss. II,144.2

    Recto (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Conveying instructions regarding business transactions in al-Mahdiyya.

    1.  ] . . .
    2. דינר . . ן . . . . . ן דינר אלשכר ללה
    3. אדא תפצל אללה תעאלי ותחצל דינר פי אל
    4. מדיה בעד עמלת אלמביע יכרג
    5. מנה תמן מא עינת עליה ויחצל באל
    6. באקי מא…

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  15. 10815LetterT-S AS 155.194

    Recto: probably a document or letter. Verso: possibly a document, mentioning Moses. (Information from CUDL)

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  16. 10816LetterBodl. MS heb. d 80/45

    Letter from a father to a son. On vellum. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. This fragment opens with updates on the health of various …

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  17. 10817LetterT-S AS 148.201

    Probably a letter. Small fragment. Contains praises for somebody called "the Nasi of the generation" (nasi ha-dor). The same phrase is used for David b. …

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  18. 10818LetterT-S 8J14.5

    Note in which a physician is requested to pay for some items including a sign above his store that publicizes his practice. (Information from Mediterranean …

    1. ינעם חצרה מולאי אלרייס דאם עזה ייסייר לכאדמה
    2. בקיה תמן אלמיזאן והו דרהם ונצף וענד ולדה אלרייס
    3. אבא אלפצל שצ פצלה חק מאורד וגירה דרהם
    4. ותמן אלעלאמה אלדי…

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  19. 10819LetterT-S 13J18.3

    Letter from the daughter of Rafi al-Hariri to the Nagid asking for a new veil for the holidays. She also asked him to appoint someone …

    1. ממלוכתה אלוחידה
    2. אלמנקטעה אלמסכינה
    3. אבנה ראפע אלחרירי
    4. בשמ רחמ
    5. כתבת הדה אלרקעה בדמי ובדמעי מסתגיתה
    6. אלי אללה //סבח// ואלי חצרה מולאי אלרייס אלאגל
    7. אלנגיד…

    Your slave woman who is alone

    desolate, and destitute 

    the daughter of Rāfiʿ the silk worker 

    (or: silk merchant)

    In (your) name, O Mer(ciful) 

    I am…

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  20. 10820LetterT-S AS 155.317

    Short and torn note written by David b. Avraham Maimuni to the Nasi, asking him to attend in person for an urgent matter that came …

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  21. 10821LetterT-S 10J15.23

    Letter from a husband to his wife after she bore him a daughter while he temporarily left her, waiting until her father gave the couple …

    1. יצל הדא אלכתאב אלי ס"ת אלפצלה(!) אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם עזהא
    2. ונעמאהא ומן חסן אלתופיק מא אכלאהא ואגמעני ואייאהא עלי
    3. אסר חאל אן שא אללה בפצלה וכרמה וחק…

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  22. 10822LetterT-S 12.14

    Letter requesting aid for the poor of Palestine, 11th century. Recto: Fully vocalised poetry in a very crude (almost unreadable) hand. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. [ ] ואין משדל נשדל לא שמטה
    2. [ ] אשר הם צעקות ברננות
    3. [ ] מכורים ואין מקבל מוספיה
    4. [ ] שקר מכוער לאין חקר כנואם [ ]
    5. [ ]מו וירחם עמ[ו] אשר בחר נאמן …

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  23. 10823LetterENA NS I.96a

    List of what Mahfuz collected from the properties of the pious foundations. The year 1183 is mentioned. On the back the year 1184/5 is mentioned …

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  24. 10824LetterBL OR 10656.16

    Letter from Barakāt b. Manṣūr, unknown location, to Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. In Arabic script, with the address on verso written once in Arabic …

    1. יצל הדה אלי מצר אלי סוק אלעטארין
    2. יסלם לדיאן רבי אליה ברבי זכרי'ה אלמערוף באבן
    3. אלרייס אלאסכנדראני מן ענד ממלוכה ברכאת

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  25. 10825LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/10

    Letter from an unknown man, in Damietta, to his mother, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 13th–15th century. …

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  26. 10826LetterT-S NS 292.15

    Left side of a mercantile letter addressed Marwān b. Ibrāhīm (cf. BL OR 13888.2 (PGPID 19181)). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Needs examination for content.

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  27. 10827LetterJRL Gaster ar. 344

    Fragment of a letter, in Arabic script on a crumbled paper. Mentions "بجمع الشمل بحضرة". Needs examination.

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  28. 10828LetterT-S 13J7.26

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his brother, Abu Zikri in Alexandria. An episode of Abu Zikri in which he suffered from "evil men" alluded …

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  29. 10829LetterENA 2425.17

    Letter from an unknown writer in Jerusalem addressed to R. Maʿūẓa and his sons Sālim and Yaḥyā. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 19th century, as …

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  30. 10830LetterStras. 5138/22

    Official letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids addressed to "the community." Headed by an "emet" with a long …

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    1. אמת
    2.   אלגמאעה אלכרימה . . . . . . צל חשוביהם
    3.    יברכם צורם . . . . . . . . . אלכרים אן סיידנא
    4. אלקאצי מתולי אלחסבה אלשריפה באלקאהרה
    5. אלמחרוסה מת…

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  31. 10831LetterT-S AS 204.188

    Letter addressed to Yaʿaqov Cassuto. In Ladino. Dated: 14 Kislev 5651, which is 26 November 1890 CE. On verso is a fragment of a printed …

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  32. 10832LetterAIU VII.E.225

    Late letters or drafts of letters in Judaeo-Arabic. Titles used are khawāja and effendi. Needs further examination.

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  33. 10833LetterCUL 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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  34. 10834LetterENA 4010.40

    Letter addressed to a dignitary (Sar) offering congratulations on the holidays. The sender had sent a messenger, who had not found the addressee at home, …

    ENA 4010, f. 40v ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.317-318 (Doc. #185), C.B. 02-05-88 (p) Letter of congratulation from Nathan b. Abraham to Abraham Ha-K…

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  35. 10835LetterMoss. X,122.1

    End of a letter from Tiberias with signatures - needs examination. NO image

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  36. 10836LetterT-S 13J18.27

    Abū ʿAlī b. ʿImrān, Alexandria, writes to the son of his dead sister, to Abū Mūsā Hārūn b. al-Muʿallim Yaʿaqov, Fusṭāṭ, the shop of Abū …

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  37. 10837LetterT-S AS 179.56

    Recto: Unidentified document in Arabic script, maybe the bottom of a letter. Verso: Probably a prescription. In Arabic script.

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  38. 10838LetterF 1908.44BB + F 1908.44DD

    End of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Same hand as F 1908.44DD, which is very likely the beginning of the same letter. Dating: No earlier than …

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  39. 10839LetterT-S NS 172.20

    Late letter of David Benjamin

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  40. 10840LetterT-S AS 156.145

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only isolated phrases preserved: יום אלסבת . . . דלך . . . חתי ינערף אלמולי . . . אן גרא …

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  41. 10841LetterT-S AS 147.56

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely Ayyubid-era. Opens with a taqbīl. Mentions "that he went . . . to Cairo"; …

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  42. 10842LetterENA 2735.13

    Verso: fragment of a letter, probably. This portion consists entirely of blessings for a certain Yehuda (titled Sar ha-Teʿuda among other titles), probably the addressee.

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  43. 10843LetterT-S J2.8

    Letters, perhaps, copied into a literary work. There seem to be long strings of titles. In Hebrew.

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  44. 10844LetterENA 2739.16

    Letter from Khalfa to his 'brother' (brother-in-law?) Mūsā b. Sāmiḥ, in Cairo. Concerning various family matters. (1) No answer to letters. (2) Abū l-Faḍl came …

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  45. 10845LetterT-S 13J18.16

    Letter from Moshe b. Yaʿaqov al-Miṣrī, in Malīj, to Abū l-ʿAlā' Yūsuf b. Dāwud b. Shaʿya, in Fustat. The writer complains about the behavior of …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך מן מליג מסתהל רגב ען

    2. סלאמה ללה אלחמד עלי דאלך סדרת כתבי אלי מולאי ארגו וצולה<א>

    3. אליה ווקופה עליהא וקד שרחת ל…

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  46. 10846LetterENA 2735.6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic - from the end of the 12th or first half of 13th century. The letter is mentioning money to be taken from …

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  47. 10847LetterBL OR 10112D.20

    Draft of a letter of condolence or eulogy on the death of a notable.

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  48. 10848LetterT-S AS 150.223 + T-S AS 150.225

    Small fragments from a striking letter addressed to [Shemarya] b. Elḥanan.

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  49. 10849LetterT-S AS 148.161 + T-S AS 148.162 + T-S AS 148.163

    Three fragments of a letter probably from the physician Abū Zikrī b. Eliyyahu (ca. late 12th and early 13th century). In Judaeo-Arabic. Faded. Compare T-S …

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  50. 10850LetterT-S Ar.39.186

    Note from Shemuel to a distinguished addressee. In Arabic script, except for the name Shemuel which is written in Hebrew. Begins with the glyph. The …

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