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  1. 11001LetterT-S 10J19.4

    Fragment of or postscript to a letter requesting a visit or a letter from the recipient. (Information from Goitein's typed texts)

    1. סאלתה ובאללה ל . . המל אמרי פי גמיע [ . . . . ] אלתמסתה
    2. פי כתאבי הדא ואיצא יתחקק אן כתבה אדא וצלת פאנני
    3. אתגמל בהא ויקוא אמלי בקראתהא ואצול בהא עלי כ…

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  2. 11002LetterT-S 10J25.6

    Very blurred letter to the Nasi and the Head of the Diaspora (David b. Daniel?) asking for assistance for hungry people. The needy person is …

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    1. אני טרם אכלה לדבר ומלי העצב לחבר נפשי יצאה בדברו לאדוני
    2. נ . יא . . ם נשיא וראש כל גליות כל ישראל אלהי אברהם יהא בעזרך
    3. שמע נא אלי והקשב למלולי…

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  3. 11003LetterT-S AS 183.124

    Letter from someone in ʿAsqalān/Ashqelon to Abū l-Faḍl [...] al-ʿAsqalānī, in Cairo. In Hebrew and/or Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Only a few …

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  4. 11004LetterMoss. V,333.1

    Letter fragment from the cantor Yefet b. ʿAmram b. Moshe ha-Mumḥe known as Ibn al-Jāzfīnī, in the Rīf, to the elder and cantor Yakhin b. …

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  5. 11005LetterMoss. V,366.1

    Fragment of letter granting the privilege of slaughtering birds, written in the hand of Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya (or rather Efrayim b. Shemarya?). (Information …

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  6. 11006LetterT-S AS 149.43

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 13th century. Mentions many greetings. Names include: Mūsā; Yehuda; Sulaymān al-Kohen al-Ṣayrafī; Abū Naṣr b. Sālim; Hārūn; Abū l-ʿAlāʾ …

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  7. 11007LetterT-S AS 158.65

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. "I wrote to him a letter of condolence.... please apologize to him for me for the shortcoming... his death, but...

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  8. 11008LetterL-G Misc. 35

    Letter from a Jewish woman, in or near Tripoli (Lebanon), to her brother-in-law, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. She is a refugee from Jerusalem who has …

    1. [כתאבי אליך יאולדי ורייסי] וגלילי אדאם אללה סלאמתה וסעאדתה
    2. [ ] אליך יאולדי [ואלעזיז ע]לי אמר אן נצפה
    3. [ כאן אבו אלכיר] מע אלמנתצר פמאת אלמנת[צר]
    4. [ופק…

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    1. [My lord and] illustrious master, may God make your welfare and happiness permanent.
    2. [I have to convey] to you, my dear boy, something whic…

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  9. 11009LetterT-S AS 148.198

    Brief letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to [...] Saʿīd. Mentions "what you said to me regarding the drugs (? אלסמים)" and requests to be sent a …

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  10. 11010LetterT-S AS 155.277

    Recto: List of the opening lines of twenty dirges, followed by a note to Bū l-Majd: "O my master the elder Bū l-Majd (=Meʾir b. …

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  11. 11011LetterT-S AS 185.142

    Minute fragment in Arabic, perhaps documentary. Medieval-era. Requires further examination. Probably a letter (ʿalā abūk afḍal al-salām. . .).

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  12. 11012LetterT-S NS 184.83

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

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  13. 11013LetterT-S G2.69

    Copies of various letter by Ishaq Laniado. Late.

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  14. 11014LetterT-S 10J19.16

    Letter from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Jerusalem, to Eli Ha-Kohen B. Hayyim, Fustat, approximately 1060.

    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך מן אלקודס לח כלון מן אלול וחאלי
    2. סלאמה ועאפיה ושוקי שדיד אללה יקרב אלאגתמאע ברחמתה ואעלם יאמולאי …

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  15. 11015LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/45–46

    A defense of the pietists in Egypt, written by the Nagid in the form of a circular to the judges under his jurisdiction. At the …

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  16. 11016LetterT-S AS 149.229

    Short note in Judaeo-Arabic. Asking to be sent an explanation of a Talmudic passage (אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא כִּי הֲוֵינַן בֵּי רַב נַחְמָן הֲוָה מְטַלְטְלִינַן כָּנוּנָא, …

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  17. 11017LetterT-S AS 146.346

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only phrases from the opening and part of the address are preserved. The Arabic on verso is likely …

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  18. 11018LetterJRL B 4358

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Khayr; Faraj; ʿIwāḍ; some quarter-dinars (? rubāʿiyya); and perhaps a Tāhartī (last legible word of right margin). If the …

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  19. 11019LetterMoss. VII,135.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower left corner). Mentions various business matters.

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  20. 11020LetterT-S K25.240.14 + T-S K25.240.54 + T-S K25.240.17

    Verso: Three fragments of a letter from from Yehuda b. Ṭoviyya ha-Kohen, in Bilbays, to Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that he fulfilled the …

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  21. 11021LetterT-S Ar.39.316

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (lower right corner). Dating: May be 11th century based on handwriting and formulae. Greetings to Abū l-Riḍā al-Naḥḥās(?) and Abū …

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  22. 11022LetterMIAC 93

    Invitation for attending a public and routine meeting of the Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva Sunday 28 March 1948CE – 1 March 1948CE – Museum of Islamic …

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  23. 11023LetterENA NS 81.91

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From a certain Farajallāh. Dating: ca. 15th–17th century, based on handwriting and reference to the currency "bunduqīs"/Venetian (ducats). Needs examination.

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  24. 11024LetterENA NS 32.10

    Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205-1237 CE) on verso. Needs examination.

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  25. 11025LetterT-S NS 324.48

    Business letter from a father, probably in Alexandria, to a son, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Dating: Looks 12th century, but this is a …

    1. חסדתך ואעדאך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאך גמע
    2. אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה אן שאללה ואלדי
    3. תריד עלמה אן יא ולדי אני קד וגהת לך עדה כתב
    4. ולם יצלני להא…

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  26. 11026LetterT-S AS 183.154

    Informal note in Arabic. Addressing Bū Saʿd (الشيخ بو سعد ابقاه الله . . . ) and apparently conveying urgent instructions for him regarding delivering …

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  27. 11027LetterT-S 13J19.4

    Letter from Moshe b. Abū Zikrī to his relative, Araḥ b. Natan, on matters of commerce. Moshe expresses his concern about the fact that Araḥ …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'ִ
    2. קד עלם אללה עז וגל מא עלי קלבי מן תוגה חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל
    3. אלאך ינצרו יוצרו ויהיה בעזרו עלי תלך אלקציה אלתי זאדתני
    4. הם עלי המי וצ…

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  28. 11028LetterT-S AS 154.24

    Fragment of a letter addressed to al-Kohen [...] Abū l-Bayān. Dating: probably late 12th or early 13th century. Refers to legal queries and/or responsa (fatāwa) …

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  29. 11029LetterENA NS 64.7 + ENA NS 77.168 + ENA NS 16.4 + ENA 77.168 + ENA NS 77.167

    Verso, with address on recto (original use): Letter addressed to Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuʾel. NB: The joins were made by Moshe Yagur. Several additional fragments were …

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  30. 11030LetterT-S NS 322.116

    Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. T-S NS 322.101–17 all belong to the …

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  31. 11031LetterT-S AS 145.73

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic, in which the sender gives an excuse for something.

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  32. 11032LetterT-S 13J8.13

    Letter from Nissim b. Yishaq al-Tāhartī. Around 1057. The letter was probably from Susa to Fustat and it contains the account of Musa b. Barhun …

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    1. אכר חסאב אן דפעה אלמרחום ממא אנפדת אליה נסכתה בקא עלי אלכלטה לה

    2. סלף כמסין דינ ותלתין מנהא לו דינ תסקט מן אללו דינ אלדי וצלת לידה אולא מן

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    1. החשבון האחרון שמסר הנפטר עליו השלום, שאת העתקו שלחתי לך: הגיע לו מהשותפות
    2. חוב של חמישים דינר ושני שלישים, מזה יש לנכות ל"ו דינרים, הם ל"ו הדינ…

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  33. 11033LetterAIU VII.A.17

    Draft of a letter/petition from an official to the Nagid Mevorakh. In Judaeo-Arabic. Same sender, same addressee, and same subject as T-S 18J4.12 (PGPID 3534). …

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  34. 11034LetterT-S NS 163.48

    Verso: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. "O you whose slave I am: the servant came to the house in the end, seeking you on account of …

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  35. 11035LetterENA 1822a.67

    Letter from Yosef b. Farah, Fustat, to his brother Farah b. Ismail in Busir, December 1055 (Gil), or to his nephew Ibn al-Surur Farah b. …

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    1. אכי וסידי וגלילי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ו<נ>עמאך וכאן לך ומעך ולי וחאפץ' פי גמיע 
    2. אמורך מן אלמסתקר במצר יום אלגמעה מסתהל טאבת' (!) ען חאל…

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    1. אחי ואדוני ונכבדי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת חסדיו לך ויהיה לך ועמך מגן ושומר בכל
    2. ענייניך; (אני כותב לך) מהבית בפסטאט ביו…

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  36. 11036LetterT-S NS 304.10

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

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  37. 11037LetterT-S AS 125.251

    Recto: liturgical text in Hebrew. Verso: unidentified text in Arabic, possibly a letter, but almost nothing preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 11038LetterENA 3950.7

    Verso and upper margin of recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded.

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  39. 11039LetterHalper 398

    Letter from Abū Manṣūr, unknown location, to Abū Zikrī al-Rayyis b. Eliyyahu, in Fustat or in Qalyūb ('wherever he may be'). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the …

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    1. מן [ממ]לוכה א[בי] אלמנצור ומן .......
    2. לא אוחש אללה מן חצרה מולאי וסיידי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
    3. עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן אלתופיק לה אכלאה גמע אללה ביננ…

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  40. 11040LetterENA 2808.41

    Upper fragment: Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, in Qalyūb, to a family member, in Fustat. He reports that their letter and the chebulic myrobalan …

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    1. וצל כתאבכם ואלכאבלי ואלאפיון
    2. לא עדמת בקאכם אבדא וגעלה
    3. עליכם חדש טוב וסימן טוב למען
    4. שמו וסוא דלך אני אערף אני קד
    5. תקלת עליכם כתיר פאללה תע
    6. ירוחכ…

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  41. 11041LetterAIU VII.A.18

    Letter from a man entitled “segan ha-yeshiva” to Aharon the Cantor. Dating: Possibly ca. 1035 CE, based on Goitein identification of the addressee with Aharon …

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    1. סגן הישיבה
    2. מ׳ר׳ אהרן החזן תשא ברכה ושלום
    3. נאלני מרץ צעב ואנא אלי אלאן פי בקיתה
    4. מא אקדר אנהץ ואללה גל וע׳ אלמחמוד
    5. ברוך גומל לחייבים טובות ומע ד…

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  42. 11042LetterENA NS 7.80

    Recto: Letter fragment (upper part only) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (identification based on handwriting). In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a group of people, it seems. …

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  43. 11043LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 465

    Small fragment of a document in Arabic script, likely a letter.

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  44. 11044LetterT-S 6J4.27

    Letter from David to the Nasi Shelomo (probably the 13th-century Nasi Shelomo b. Yishay), informing him of an oath a certain Makīn had to take …

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  45. 11045LetterT-S 13J26.20

    Letter from an unknown writer to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer rebukes the addressee for failing to write with his news. Everyone has …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כאבי(!) אליך וג ען שוק שדיד עגבנא מנך יא מולאי אלוף תעלם
    3. מן תעלק קלבנא בך ואלתטלע אלי אכבאר חצרתך ולם תכתב
    4. לנא חרפין תערפנא כיף כאן וצולך ומ…

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  46. 11046LetterT-S AS 158.393 + T-S NS J241

    India Book, II, 21 + 21c. Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yiju. Dating: ca. 1135 CE. Fragments of four or …

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    1. מכלוף בן עינין סרה אליתים מצאלחה
    2. ען מא כאן לה מעה בעד אלפתנה ואלתעב
    3. תלאת מאיה דינ וביד סידאן ק מתקאלא
    4. מצרייה אלתמן דתכ דינ וקימה בהאר
    5. ונצף דרכ…

    II,21: T-S NS J241 recto

    1. The settlement with Makhlūf, the son (of the man) ‘with the gladdening eyes,’ The Orphan,

    2. with regard to what you owed h…

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  47. 11047LetterCUL Or.1081 J28

    Recto: Letter from an unidentified distinguished man to a judge or communal leader. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender's hand might be known (resembles T-S Misc.28.88, another …

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    1. ורד פי אלעשר אלאול מן תשרי סנה דתתמט לעולם
    2. ישועה בן אברהם נע [סל?]מאן בן אלעזר

    3. וקפנא אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלריס אלגליל אדאם תמכינה וקדאסתה ו…

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  48. 11048LetterT-S NS 320.84

    Letter from Shela b. Mevasser to [Mevorakh] b. Seʿadya. Essentially nothing is preserved apart from these names. (Information from Cohen, Self-Government, p. 243n110, where similar …

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  49. 11049LetterT-S Misc.25.22

    Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. After many nice phrases, the body …

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  50. 11050LetterT-S NS 306.85

    Letter addressed to a father. In Arabic script. Dating: late Mamluk or Ottoman-era. The sender asks if someone has sent money, because if not, he …

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