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  1. 11001LetterT-S 13J20.26

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: Ca. 1062 CE (Gil). Topics: trade in oil, cumin, paper, books; the serious …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלאג'ל ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה וכבת 
    2. אעדאה מן אלמסתקר מסתהל ניסאן כתמה אללה עליך באחסן כאתמה וקבול אל 
    3. מעוד…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך ויכה
    2. את אויביך, מן הבית, בראש חודש ניסן, י…

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  2. 11002LetterT-S NS 322.117

    Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: …

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  3. 11003LetterT-S Ar.54.91

    Family letter written by Abū l-Faraj to Abu ʿImran in Fustat at the time of R. Ḥananel (early 13th century). The writer reports that he …

    1. בינו עמי עשו ממלוכה אבו אלפרג
    2. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ בין ידי אלמולא אלאגל אלמופק
    3. אלסעיד אלסיד אלפאצל אלדין אלורע אלשיך אבו עמראן
    4. ופקה אללה תעאלי ואנגח מ…

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  4. 11004LetterT-S 10J14.22

    Letter starting with extensive blessings for the recipient in Hebrew, including a biblical quotation (l. 7, Dt 30:1), and thanking the addressee for the great …

    1. בשם
    2. יענך ייי ביום צרה ישגבך וג ישלח עזרך מקדש ומציון וג
    3. י]תן לך כלבבך וכל עצתך ימלא וג ימלא ייי כל משאלתיך וג
    4. ייי יהיה בכסלך ושמר רגלך וג לא תאנה לך…

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  5. 11005LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/26

    Letter from Manṣūr b. Maḥfūẓ, in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd b. Berakhot al-Melammed, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1487 Seleucid, which is 1175/76 CE. The …

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  6. 11006LetterDK 36.23

    The letters on folios 16 and 23 are both addressed to an Avraham b. Yosef ha-Levi. The former at least is signed by a Shabbetay …

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  7. 11007LetterCUL Or.1080 6.30

    Business letter in Persian.

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  8. 11008LetterT-S 8.261

    Letter addressing a communal leader, a certain ʿOvadya. Other names mentioned are Yaʿaqov b. Aba Mari Moshe, and [...] b. David the judge. There is …

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  9. 11009LetterT-S NS 321.65

    Letter fragment. The opening lines are poetic Hebrew blessings and the continuation is in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions hiding something in a chest lest someone buy it, …

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    1. ] שלוה כמטע אהלים וששון וחדוה . . לים
    2. ]לים והדר ויקר והילולים כנטע בבאר
    3. ]וד מעולים כגובה כוכבים ומזלים
    4. ] כל הברכות האהולים האמורים

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  10. 11010LetterT-S 13J26.18

    Letter from Daniel b. Azarya to a Jerusalemite staying in Fustat (Gil, Palestine, II, pp. 655-662)

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    1. מא אכליה מן אלברכות אלצאלחה גם לארז האדיר כגק מ׳ור׳ דוסא ישמרהו קדושנו וייי ישמע
    2. בעדם כל תפלה ותחנה ודכר אן אלכתאב אלדי אלי מולאיי אלשיך אבי …

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  11. 11011LetterT-S AS 177.578

    Undeciphered document in Arabic script. Might be a brief letter since the word 'al-makhdūm' appears at the end of the first line and there may …

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  12. 11012LetterHUC 1106

    Late letter in Hebrew from a certain Yahuda b. Shimʿon addressed to Yaḥya and "the people of his house." Needs examination.

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  13. 11013LetterT-S AS 152.253

    Probably opening of a letter to a notable.

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  14. 11014LetterT-S 8J7.14

    Business letter, which begins after seven lines of poetical complaints about separation, concerning camphor (kāfūr) and garments (aksiya) transported by Abū al-Afrāḥ ʿArūs. (Information from …

    1. [[א גוא רחך וגלבתה עלי גוא ולה ]]
    2. אנני מנד גרי אלקצא באלפרקה קרין אלוחשה דאים אלע[
    3. טויל אלחסרה ולקד לזמת צורתך קלבי וראת מתאלך עיני
    4. פנחן נתלאחץ באלט…

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  15. 11015LetterT-S NS 225.94

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Consisting almost entirely of business accounts. The sender acknowledges receipt of a letter discussing a foreigner (? gharīb) and possibly a deposit. …

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  16. 11016LetterT-S 10J22.4

    Letter in Hebrew from a man with the unusual name of Revaya (? רויה) to a ḥaver who was the leader of the Fustat community, …

    1. בקשתו של רויה מאת בוראו שישיב אדונינו החבר לביתו לשלום
    2. בתוך קהילותיו הצאן שנשארו בלי רועה ונוהג ואני רויה עבד אדוני
    3. מצטער על מה שעשה לי זה יוסף הניק…

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  17. 11017LetterJRL Series L 53

    Letter in Ladino.

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  18. 11018LetterT-S NS J478

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Mentions pepper; ʿAbd al-Dāʾim al-Dujājī; Cairo; Alexandria.

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  19. 11019LetterT-S AS 149.30

    Letter from Yeshuʿab. Avraham ha-Kohen, the cantor of Shubrā Damsis to his maternal uncles, sons of Moshe ha-Kohen, perhaps in Fuwwa. With introductory citations, such …

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  20. 11020LetterENA NS 35.4

    Late family letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Khuḍayr to his brother-in-law in the Fayyūm. Possibly the same handwriting as ENA NS 35.2. The writer has been …

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  21. 11021LetterENA NS 41.12

    Small fragment of a letter of recommendation for a poor teacher who has lost his living and now needs charity.

    1. ] . . . ה עצם מא האולי אלאטפאל
    2. ] פי הדא אלרכץ לא סביל לה . . 
    3. ]באן אלמעלם פי מעישה
    4. ]קד אנקטע מעאשה והם
    5. ]לם אן מא מן יהודי פי מצר
    6. ]ק כדמה וקד ואפא
    7. ]ת…

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  22. 11022LetterT-S AS 146.150

    Draft of a letter addressed to Agustin [...]. In Hebrew. Late. Lengthy, and well preserved. Concerning business matters. Written in different directions on verso and …

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  23. 11023LetterT-S AS 111.355

    Recto: unidentified liturgical text in Hebrew. Verso: Document in Arabic script consisting only of the glyph followed by "al-shaykh al-ajall Bū l-ʿAlāʾ"; it may have …

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  24. 11024LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1467

    Recto: Letter from Shemuel(?) to Hārūn. The writer may be the husband of the addressee's paternal aunt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Locations unknown; the writer mentions someone …

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  25. 11025LetterT-S NS 324.49

    Small fragment probably of a letter. Wide line spacing. Could potentially be literary, too. מא . . פי נפסה ואלחדתאן ובואיקה פי עקבה אנמא עלם …

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  26. 11026LetterT-S 8.220

    Recto: Letter of recommendation written by Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaon on a Friday, late in the afternoon, 4 Sivan, probably 1048. Verso: His son Avraham …

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    1. וצל סתרו ובשיבה טובה [י]עט[רו
    2. ישא החבר רוב שלום מאדון [השלום
    3. משגבינו אנו שלום ומודים אנו [
    4. שצ להודיע כי התהלך אל צוען כ[
    5. מתוך קוצר יד וכובד עול…

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  27. 11027LetterT-S 13J9.18

    Letter from a woman named Raḥla Naʿmīṣ, dated Shevaṭ 162 (= 5562) of the Era of Creation (= 1802 CE). (Information from CUDL)

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  28. 11028LetterBL OR 10599.1A

    Lower fragment: Letter fragment addressed to Yehuda ha-Kohen ha-Sar ha-Adir

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  29. 11029LetterStras. 4110/90

    Complete letter in the same unmistakeable hand as several others (see the tag). In other letters, he writes to his father in Minyat Qa'id and …

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  30. 11030LetterSMB P 10599

    Letter by Ḥusayn b. Suwayd to Yiṣḥaq b. Ṣadaqa. On papyrus. Erratic spelling and style. Requesting that the addressee send peeled grain (dashīsh) on wheat …

    1. בסימ אל ארחמן ארחים חפדך אלה ועפך ואבקך
    2. כיתאבי אלייך אבקך אלה ונחן פי עפיה ואלה מחמוד עלי דל[ך] 
    3. יאכי אדא כונת באשמון פאנא אסאלכסן [                …

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  31. 11031LetterT-S AS 147.142

    Draft of the opening lines of a letter to R. Elazar. AA

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  32. 11032LetterT-S 13J19.6

    Letter from Yosef b. Moshe ha-Levi the Jerusalemite to Yefet ha-Neʾeman b. Elʿazar, the representative of the community of al-Maḥalla. Dating: לate 11th or early …

    1. יצר סמוך תצור שלום שלום מגדל עז שם ייי בו ירוץ צד ונשג
    2. שלומות וטובות וברכות מרובות ושישות רבות ומילוט מכאיבות
    3. ורפואות חונות מכל סביבות וניצול מכל חו…

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  33. 11033LetterENA 2739.17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a father to his sons, from India Book VII, 60 (unpublished). Note that Goitein calls this manuscript ENA 2739.16 in Letters …

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  34. 11034LetterAIU IX.B.23

    Letter in Ladino dated 19 April 1785 (9 Iyyar 5545), from Rubi[?] Mores to Avraham Crespin in Cairo/Fustat "Miẓrayim". Two other individuals are mentioned within …

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  35. 11035LetterT-S 13J35.13

    Letter from Abū l-Riḍā to his brother Shelomo. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: likely late 12th or 13th century. Asking for …

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  36. 11036LetterT-S 10J16.12

    Letter addressed to the Jewish community concerning the appointment of David I b. Avraham b. Maimonides as Nagid. Dating: ca. mid-13th century; Goitein suggests 1238. …

    1. אלדי נעלם בה אלמואלי ופקהם אללה אן
    2. אלממאליך גרא להם כל כיר מן ענד אללה
    3. תע וגמיע אגלא אלדולה מסאעדין לנא
    4. פארחין פי תוליה רבינו דויד ירום הודו
    5. ואכר וק…

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  37. 11037LetterT-S AS 176.390

    Small fragment from the beginning of a letter with wide line-spacing, possibly official. Mentions prior correspondence; "al-Manṣūr"; and not much else.

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  38. 11038LetterENA 4011.34

    Verso (original use): Legal deed in Arabic script. (Abū l-)Faḍāʾil b. Khalaf al-Yahūdī al-Ḥarīrī, the tax farmer of the silk, has to receive 474 dirhams …

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  39. 11039LetterT-S 12.255

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Hananya ha-Kohen from "his son" (younger brother?) Abu l-Ḥasan. After a flattering introduction, the body of the letter begins about halfway …

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  40. 11040LetterT-S AS 166.246

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Containing detailed information about medical matters. Maybe a report from a patient to a doctor (begins استعملت). Reused on recto …

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  41. 11041LetterT-S 8.66

    Letter from Isma’il b. Farah from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Probably September 25, 1056. The letter contains details about shipments of goods, probably …

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    1. [כתאבי יאסידי] אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ערב סכות תזכה ל[   ]

    2.                               ] אנא אהניך במא אשרעת פיה יתן …

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  42. 11042LetterENA 2896.15

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Mordechai Masis (? משיש) that has been reused for pen trials in square Hebrew letters and possibly a literary …

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  43. 11043LetterCUL Or.1080 5.10

    Biblical verses. Conceivably from the opening of a letter.

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  44. 11044LetterT-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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  45. 11045Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 18

    Address of a letter/petition/report (khidma) to the faqīh Jamāl al-Dīn, or else a pen trial. If it was originally attached to a larger document, that …

    1. خدمة تعرض
    2. على مجلس المولا
    3. الفقيه الجليل
    4. جمال الدين مجمل
    5. النعوت والاوصاف

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  46. 11046LetterT-S G1.22

    Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, in Bilbays to Berakhot ha-Sar, presumably in Fustat. The subject matter is cryptic; Yehuda assures the addressee that he …

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  47. 11047LetterCUL Or.1080 J115

    Letter by Shemuel b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Sefaradi to [Shemarya] b. Elḥanan. In Hebrew. Dating: Early 11th century, probably. Letter of recommendation for a proselyte of noble …

    1. [... ] הממולא בכל מידה טו[בה... ]

    2. ק..צו(?) [.... י]חכים פיהו ועל שפתיו יוסיף [לקח ..... בן כבוד]

    3. גדולת קדושת מרנא ורבנא אלחנן נוחו עדן עם הצ…

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  48. 11048LetterJRL Gaster ar. 832

    Letter, in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.

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  49. 11049LetterT-S AS 161.29

    Family and/or business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a woman (e.g., lā tadhkurīh lī wa-lā tasʾalīnī [ʿanhu]...). Mentions prayer; "al-Shāmiyyīn" (probably referring to the synagogue); …

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  50. 11050LetterT-S 18J3.2

    Appeal to the public by a young woman to help her against her neglectful husband, her cousin Yosef b. Kulayb al-Kohen, the brother-in-law of Ibn …

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