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  1. 10951LetterJRL B 3210

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mostly asking for news including of R. Avraham, and wishing the recipient well.

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  2. 10952LetterBL OR 10578H.25

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1764 CE. Mentions numerous names: Yaḥyā b. Hādī, ʿAlī and his brother Ṣāliḥ, ʿAlī Ḥusayn, ʿAzīz b. Sinān, Yūsuf al-ʿAzīzī, …

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  3. 10953LetterT-S NS 264.81

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment.

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  4. 10954LetterT-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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  5. 10955LetterENA NS 8.16

    Letter addressed to a cantor. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). The sender greets the entire congregation. Mentions [al-Shaykh] al-Sadīd Zikrī. There are prayers for …

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  6. 10956LetterT-S AS 152.40

    Letter requesting monetary assistance. Poetic Hebrew. 16th century (data from FGP).

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  7. 10957LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/19

    Letter by a cantor in a small town, addressed to Rabbi Eliyyahu the judge, complaining bitterly about his lack of opportunity for further study and …

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    1. וצל כתאב אלמולא אלואלד אלאגל אלמתפצל
    2. כבוד גדולת קדושת מרנא ורבנא אילה הדיין
    3. החכם והנבון שצ וקראתה ושכרת אללה עלי
    4. עאפיתך וסלאמתך ומא אשך פי …

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  8. 10958LetterT-S AS 206.204

    Letter to Karo y Frances, ca. 1800 CE. Fragment (top only). Needs examination.

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  9. 10959LetterT-S NS 313.30

    Probably a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, but too faded to read. Phrases: פי אלסבת . . . עלי הדה אלמדינה . . . פלמא . . …

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  10. 10960LetterMoss. II,120.1 + Moss. II,120.2

    Letter from a man to a notable, appealing for charitable assistance so that he can extend his stay in 'this place.'

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  11. 10961LetterAIU VII.E.158

    A much damaged letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, probably writing from Qalyub, to a family member, probably his father in Fustat. He has sent …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקאכם וקרב אל . . . [
    2. למען שמו פאנה אלקאדר עליה [
    3. קד סירת לכם צחבה חאמל הדה אלרק[עה
    4. דרהם (?) אתפצלו [[כדו]] כלו מולא [
    5. אלסכרנ…

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  12. 10962LetterT-S 8J25.3

    Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya (Gil)/ al-Maghrib (Ben-Sasson) to Fustat (Gil)/Sicily (Ben-Sasson), by Ishaq b. Ali al-Majjani to Abu al-Fadl, dealing with a debt of Banu …

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    1. ייי שומרך ייי צלך על יד ימינך יי ישמ' מכל רע יש' א' גפ'
    2. יאסידי יאבא אלפצ'ל אסל אללה יכתב סלאמתך ויגמע ביננא ובינך 
    3. עלי אפצ'ל עואידה מא אחתאג א…

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    1. ה' שומרך, וכו'; 
    2. אדוני, אבו אלפַצְל; מאלוהים אבקש כי יכתבך ויפגישנו
    3. על פי חסדיו המקובלים; אין צורך שאתאר לך את הפרשה שביני ובין אדוני ורבי
    4. אבו…

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  13. 10963LetterT-S Misc.11.230

    Note in Hebrew to some sort of dignitary that consists of nothing more than a string of flattering titles and blessings for prosperity and victory …

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  14. 10964LetterJRL A 1565

    Tiny fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. The writer's name may appear on verso: "min [Man?]ṣūr b. [...]"

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  15. 10965LetterT-S 13J24.2

    IB III, 37. Letter of request, addressed apparently to Madmun b. Yefet, by a person in inland Yemen, for help against Ibn Yiju, involving a …

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    1. מעה [...] 
    2. אלסדיד אט[א]ל [אללה בקאה ... ]
    3. אנעם אלנאכדה אלאגל במא קד 
    4. דכלת פיה אנת ואלתנא ואלשכר
    5. מא הו אלא לך פקד יא מולאי
    6. אעתנית בשי פאתמה לאן

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    1. [...] with him [...]
    2. al-Sadīd—may [God] pro[lon]g [his life!—. . .]
    3. the most illustrious nākhuda was kind enough (to assist) in what
    4. you had a…

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  16. 10966LetterT-S NS J419

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif, in Alexandria, to one of his brothers (Ḥalfon or Peraḥya), in Fustat. Fragment (left side of recto). Dating: …

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    1. [ ]רתוה ויהדו בה חליצה
    2. [ ] אכתר ואכתר
    3. [ ]עי כ[ ] אבונא
    4. [ ]ות נערף לאבי מ[ ]
    5. [ ] הדה אלסת
    6. [ ]תעגבת כיף [ ]תם אלמקאדיר אליאן בלגת
    7. [ ]מר אלטויל ומא…

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  17. 10967LetterT-S AS 176.367

    Small fragment of a business letter in Arabic script. Referring to the sale of rice in Fustat, something blue (al-azraq), and Abū ʿAbdallāh.

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  18. 10968LetterT-S K21.21

    Hebrew formulary of congratulations for a Nagid at his appointment. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  19. 10969LetterBodl. MS heb. d 76/65

    Letter from Suhayl, in an unknown location, to his wife Umm Wuhayb and to his son, in Fustat. He asks in the most urgent terms …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אלדי תרידו עלמה אנני משתאק אליכם
    3. ואלי אכבארכם ואריד מנכם סאעה
    4. וקופך עלי הדה אלאחרף תקול לואלדתך
    5. לא תקעד סאעה ואחדה ען אלמגי פאן
    6. ואלדך…

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  20. 10970LetterT-S AS 149.226

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From the Jewish community of Ḥamāh (Hama, Syria). Seems to concern a communal controversy over ritual immersion ("...min amr al-ṭevila"). Mentions …

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  21. 10971LetterT-S K15.90

    Ten weekly payrolls for the second through the tenth weeks and then again for the fourteenth week of the liturgical year, which begins after the …

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    1. שׁבת אלה תולדות //נח// כרג אלכבז ואלרסום
    2. ופצל כרגת קרצה לאבי אלפרג אלדמירי
    3. כד יג?
    4. אתמאם גאליתה אד כאן לה נציבא
    5. כרגת אלג[באי]ה
    6. ודפעה …

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  22. 10972LetterT-S 13J13.7

    Letter addressed to Yeshua b. Shabbetay in Alexandria from Elazar b. Ḥalfon in which the writer expresses his condolences, and those of his father, for …

    1. בש רח
    2. אטאל אללה בקא חצרה כבוד גדולת קדושת מר ורבאנא //ישועה//
    3. הזקן הנכבד בר כבוד גדולת קדושת מרור שבתי הזקן
    4. הנכבד נח בגן עדן וי . פלהא ואחיאהא ואדאם…

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  23. 10973LetterT-S 12.99 + T-S 12.733

    Letter from Shemuʾel b. Hofni to the community of Qayrawan. Dateing: ca. 1008 CE. In which Shemuʾel reminds the community that the yeshibvot of Sura …

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    1. כי הרעב כאויבו גדול ולכן [                          ] ואמר הנה עין
    2. יי אל [יראיו] למיחלים לחס[דו להציל ממות נפש]ם ולהחיותם ברעב
    3. וכתוב ברעב [פרך…

    Translated by Michael Carasik.

    For the pain of the famine is great, and since [famine is comparable to death and war], therefore, it is said: Behold …

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  24. 10974LetterT-S NS J49

    Tadhkira (memorandum, bill of lading) drawn up by Nahray b. Nissim for Yehuda b. Khalfa. Complete and well preserved. Needs to be edited.

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  25. 10975LetterAIU VII.E.244

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Sent from Rome. Addressed to 'my son' Barhūn Naqqāsh. Dating: Likely late Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. "I remained in Sardinia (צרדאניא) …

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  26. 10976LetterENA 2808.16

    Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, in Qalyūb, to his family, in Fustat. Moshe congratulates his brother Bū Isḥāq on the fertility of his livestock …

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    1. שלום רב וג׳ ואלדי תרידו עלמה בעד
    2. אל[סלאם] אל[תאם? ות]קביל איאדיכם

    3. אני כת[יר] אלשוק לנצרכם פאללה תעאלי

    4. לא יכלינ[י] ענכם למען שמו הגדול

    5. ו…

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  27. 10977LetterHUC 1034

    Business letter from Avraham Kolon (קולון) to Yosef Ardiʿa (ארדיעה). In Hebrew. Dating: Monday, 5 Adar [5318 AM], which is 1558 CE (see A. David's …

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  28. 10978LetterT-S AS 150.157

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the teacher Shemuʾel and "your sister Sara." Dating: Likely Mamluk-era. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  29. 10979LetterT-S NS 321.108

    Verso: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The beginnings of ~8 lines are preserved. Jottings in the margins. Using the language of a petition, possibly a letter …

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  30. 10980LetterT-S NS 225.110

    Letter from an unidentified merchant to Abū Saʿīd al-ʿAfṣī. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports on a shipment that he has sent with Jaʿfar: 62 wax …

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  31. 10981LetterENA NS 22.9

    Letter from the cantor Abū l-Majd (Meir b. Yakhin), in Fustat, to his brother Abū l-Najm Hilāl, presumably in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th …

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    1. אכוהא בו אלמגד
    2. חצרה אלאך אלשקיק ואלרכן אלותיק
    3. אלשיך בו אלנגם הלאל אדאם אללה
    4. עזה ועלאה ומן אלתופיק לא כלאה
    5. גמע אללה אלשמל בה עלי אחסן חאל
    6. ואנע…

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  32. 10982LetterT-S 13J24.8

    Letter from Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel, in Fustat. Dating: 1141 CE. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ reports on quarrels and intrigues within the Alexandrian …

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    1. בשמ
    2. תאכדת אשואקי למולאי וסיידי אטאל
    3. אללה פי אלנעמה בקאה ואדאם עלוה
    4. וארתקאה וחבאה ווקאה ותאכרת
    5. אכבארה ען מנתצרהא גמע אללה בה
    6. עלי אלמרגוב אנה אל…

    In Your Name.

    My longing for my master—may God grant you long days of happiness, make your high rank and greatness endure, protect you and keep you!—…

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  33. 10983LetterENA NS I.70

    Upper part of a letter by Berakhot b. Shemuel mentioning his being cut off from the recipent on account of his illnesses, including ophthalmia at …

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  34. 10984LetterENA 3586.6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded. Chastising the addressee for something (it is not entirely clear what). "That which you did, an enemy wouldn't even do it …

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  35. 10985LetterMoss. IV,84.3

    Informal note from a certain Yosef, asking for 'a piece of' something, maybe parchment (קטעה רק(?)). On verso there is a line in Arabic script.

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  36. 10986LetterMoss. II,121.4

    A fragment of a letter. Only a few words are preserved on each side. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  37. 10987LetterT-S 12.223

    Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov al-Atrablusi, Qayrawan, to Yosef b. 'Awkal.

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    1. [כתאבי יאשי]כי וגלילי וכבירי אטאל אללה בקא[ך ואדאם לך  
    2. וציאנתך וזאד מן פצ'לה ואחסאנה אליך [ 
    3. שהר אלול ען חאל סלאמה ונעמה וללה אלחמ[ד 
    4. בך יאסי…

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    1. מכתבי, אדוני ומכובדי וגדולי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים, ויתמיד… 
    2. ואת הגנתו עליך ויעניק לך רוב חסד וטובה…
    3. חודש אלול. שלומי טוב ואני מאושר, תוד…

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  38. 10988LetterT-S AS 200.53

    Small fragment from the upper part of a letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides, in the hand of his clerk and bearing his ʿalāma.

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  39. 10989LetterT-S AS 157.274

    Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that he approached [Abū] Nāṣr Kātib al-Jaysh (=Ḥesed b. Sahl al-Tustarī?) and discussed …

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  40. 10990LetterT-S AS 160.297

    Letter in the handwriting of Abū Sahl Levi (d. 1211), in Fustat, to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212), in Qalyūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. …

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  41. 10991LetterT-S AS 160.281

    Letter addressed to a certain Shemuel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Mentions the shop of the bāshā and פלוס דיואן אלקטר. Needs …

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  42. 10992LetterT-S 8J21.25

    Unfinished note in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-ʿIzz. "I am not asking for silver nor for gold, only the copies of …

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  43. 10993LetterT-S AS 172.341

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, likely Mamluk or early Ottoman era. The part on recto is discussing a house and maybe the monthly rent. Mentions …

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  44. 10994LetterENA 2735.11

    Letter in Hebrew in a beautiful square script. From a certain Ṭoviyya to the congregation in Fustat. With a long poetical opening. On the back …

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  45. 10995LetterT-S 8J28.7

    Recto: Letter in which a teacher complains about an unruly pupil. "Whenever I beat him, I do so excessively; but as soon as I begin, …

    1. צפרך טב ובריך אעלם בה
    2. אלמולי באן קד גלבת פי תרביה הדא
    3. אלצגיר אבו מנצור פלעל אן תקדר
    4. עלי מסאעדתי פיה פאנני אנה
    5. אדא צרבתה אסרף פי צרבה ואנה
    6. אדא צרבתה …

    Translated by Amir Ashur and Benjamin M. Outhwaite.

    What I have to inform my lord is that I have been defeated in educating this young man, Abū Manṣū…

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  46. 10996LetterT-S 10J1

    Letter copy from Sherira Gaon to the Maghrib, ca. 970. The writer describes the importance of the Yeshiva (Pumbedita) and asks to renew the communities’ …

    Recto

     ג

    1. מש[ה רב]ינו ומנהגות סנהדרין מהנה יוצאין 
    2. וגלוי וידוע לפי קדושינו כי מתוך דחק וצער 
    3. אנחנו אוספים את האלופים ואת החכמים בכל 
    4. כלא וכלא וגורסים…

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  47. 10997LetterENA NS 68.10

    Letter fragment in Hebrew. Little of the content remains. The entire remaining space of the fragment is filled with cryptic jottings in Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and …

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  48. 10998LetterT-S AS 147.133

    Letter from David (=David I Maimonides?) to a Nasi. Only the first few lines are preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

    1. אלכאדם דוד
    2. בר
    3. ינהי אלי כרים(?) אלעלם אלמגלס
    4. אלסאמי אלאגל אלמולוי אלנשיאי
    5. ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו אנה
    6. ] אלאחד מע סיידנא
    7. ] חצר

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  49. 10999LetterT-S 12.282

    Letter from Salah b. Barhun al-Taharti from Qayrawan, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal from Fustat. Around 1010. Regarding a shipment of silver which b. …

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    1. [כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה] בקאך ולא אכלאך מן תופיקה וכאן לך וליא ונצירא פי גמיע אמ[ורך] 
    2. [                                       אסאל] אל…

    recto

    1. אני כותב, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ואל ימנע ממך מזל, ויהיה לך קרוב ומושיע בכל ענייניך,
    2. …(אני מתגעגע, וכו') מאלוהים אבקש כי יפגיש…

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  50. 11000LetterT-S 24.38

    Verso: Mysterious page of notes in Judaeo-Arabic in at least two different hands. The items on this page include two recipes for staining (or dying? …

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