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  1. 11251LetterT-S K25.175

    Letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely early 13th century. Dealing with communal politics and controversies at length, but in vague terms. It likely has to do …

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  2. 11252LetterENA NS 45.22

    Business letter from Zekharya b. Yaaqov b. al-Shama, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: around 1065 (Gil). The writer is about to …

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    1. [ ] נהראי בן נסים וסלמו(?)

    2. [ ] טראבלס יכון אלקאבץ מולאי אלשיך

    3. [ ] מרדוך ואן אלמהדיה מולאי אלשיך אבו סעיד ואנא מראעי [ ]

    4. לדלך ואנא מעול …

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    1. (1–3) .... נהוראי בן נסים ומסרו .... טראבלס, והמקבל יהיה אדוני ררבי .... מרדוך, ואשר למקרייה, אדוני ורבי אבו סעיד ואנכי דואגים ....
    2. לזאת; …

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  3. 11253LetterAIU XII.114

    Letter in Ottoman Turkish. It begins "benim efendim" (my master). Several materia medica may be mentioned, including barberries (line 5), unless barbarīs means something else …

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  4. 11254LetterMoss. IV,85

    Polemical letter addressed to 'the congregation of Fustat/Egypt.' Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Maybe ca. 13th or 14th century, but this is uncertain. The senders describe …

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  5. 11255LetterT-S AS 177.48

    Mercantile letter in Arabic script. Approximately 6 lines from near the beginning are preserved, along with a few phrases in the margin. Not a lot …

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  6. 11256LetterENA 3921.8

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Dating: 11th–13th century. 6 lines from the middle partially preserved. Mentions Abū Saʿīd and Abū l-Faraj. Needs further examination.

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  7. 11257LetterT-S 13J15.10

    Letter to the judge Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel the Spaniard of Fustat asking him to induce the Nagid to approach the wali (head of police) and …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. קד צדרת כתבי אלי חצרה רבנו הרב המובהק אטאל אללה בקאהא ו[אדאם עזהא
    3. וסמוהא וסנאהא וכבת באלדל חסדתהא ואעדאהא ולם יצלני אלואחד מנהא גואב
    4. ומא או…

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  8. 11258LetterBL OR 10578M.13

    Letter of appeal to the Gaʾon Netanʾel ha-Levi from a person newly arrived in Fustat requesting some food by way of charity.

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  9. 11259LetterENA 3593.8

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 11th century. The handwriting may be known. Mentions 15 dinars and 27 qintars of something and ships that are …

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  10. 11260LetterT-S NS J154

    Letter from Mordekhay Ashkenazi to a family member. In Hebrew. Dating: Late. Needs examination.

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  11. 11261LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/71

    IB VI, 8. Letter from Yaḥyā b. ʿEli Kohen Fāsī, in Fustat, to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs (aka Avraham?) b. Yosef, in Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1080 …

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    1. כתאבי אלי מולאי וסידי [אטאל אללה באקה
    2. ואדאם תאיידה וסעא[דתה
    3. וגמיל צנעה וקד עלם אללה שדה שוקי אליה בחית לא
    4. אטיק וצפה קרב אללה אלגמע בה עלי אסר…

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    1. (1–3) אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי .... (ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים) ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת אושרך .... ונוי מעשיך. אלוהים הוא היודע מה עזים געגועי …

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  12. 11262LetterT-S AS 149.157

    Letter of business written in the 11th century by Yeshuʿa b. Ismaʿīl, sent to Alexandria to [...] b. Abī l-Ḥayy. (Information from CUDL)

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  13. 11263LetterENA 2739.6

    Upper fragment: Letter possibly in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to [...]m ha-Parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Mentions various good …

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  14. 11264LetterJRL B 3890

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions an agent, ships, and oil. Verso: Calendrical fragment? Gives the date of Rosh Hashana 1363 Seleucid = 4812 AM …

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  15. 11265LetterT-S Ar.31.76

    Two fragments, both probably in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Fol. 1: Fragment (upper right corner) of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a …

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    1. תאיידהא [
    2. . . . . . . . [
    3. וכפי לט[פה
    4. מדה י יום [ 
    5. כאן יום . . [
    6. תצל אליך בע[
    7. פי בייע מה אמ[רתני
    8. אלמרכב פלא [
    9. כל מן פיה [

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  16. 11266LetterMoss. IV,53.3

    Letter fragment (lower right corner). In Judaeo-Arabic. The scribe has large lameds. Mentions lamps (qanādīl), the phrase "wa-anta ʿalā ʿayn [mā tarā]" (cf. T-S 10J20.12), …

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  17. 11267LetterT-S 16.27

    Letter by the two guardians appointed by Shemuel b. Avraham, called Yosef b. Binyamin and Yefet b. Ṭoviyya and their supervisor named Mevorakh b. Yosef. …

    1. בש רח
    2. כתאבנא יאכי וסיידי אט[אל אללה בקאך ולא אכלאך מן אל
    3. רעאיה ובלגך אלאמאל אלס[עידה . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    4. מ]ן אייר ען חאל שא אלבארי [ פקד תופ…

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  18. 11268LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1480

    Letter from the Qaraite community of Jerusalem to the Qaraite community of Damascus. The scribe is Meir Rofe Tawrīzī, and the letter is also signed …

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  19. 11269LetterL-G Misc. 68

    Family letter addressed to Bū l-Ṭāḥir. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender plans to leave for al-Maḥalla after the holiday to retrieve some money from a dyer. …

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    1. בר
    2. חצרה מולאי וסיידי אלשיך אלאג[ל אלמנעם
    3. אלמתפצל בו אלטאהר אדאם אללה עזה
    4. ועלאה ומן אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע אללה
    5. אלשמל בה עלי אחסן חאל ואנעם
    6. באל …

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  20. 11270LetterT-S AS 151.93

    Letter from Saʿīd probably in Alexandria, to his brother the cantor Abū l-Majd (Meʾir b. Yakhin), probably in Fustat. Dating: early 13th century. Includes the …

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  21. 11271LetterT-S Ar.35.118

    Recto: An Arabic note with instructions. "Send to Alexandria with the ghulām of Ibn al-Falā[tī?] 5 1/2 manns of aloe wood (ʿūd), to be delivered …

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  22. 11272LetterT-S Misc.29.50a + BL OR 10578S.7

    Letter of appeal signed by al-Naharwani the cantor. The remnants of 7 lines, mostly blessings for the recipient, but also mentioning "terrible illnesses" (pega'im ra'im) …

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  23. 11273LetterT-S 10J19.14

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary. Dating: 11th century. The sender has sent a purse containing 8 dinars to be given to his family members; mentions …

    1. ] . . . . . יון
    2. ]ני עלי יד עיפי . א גיר אנה אלבאקי לך
    3. ]ע . הא מ . . . ב והי פי גמלה
    4. ] א ובתל כל מא פי אלבחר
    5. ] ואנפדתהא לך מע חאמל כתאבי והו
    6. ] קי ומע…

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  24. 11274LetterBodl. MS heb. b 12/25

    Letter from Neḥemya ha-Kohen, Gaʾon of Pumbedita, probably to the Babylonian community in Fustat. Dated: Kislev 1274 Sel. = November 962 CE. Asks for financial …

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    1. [                                                                                                                  יגדיל שלומו] בתדירה [וישריש…

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  25. 11275LetterT-S Misc.27.3.10

    Letter of condolence from Shelomo ha-[...] b. Tammām(?) to [...] b. Yiṣḥaq(?), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer calls the both the addressee and the …

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  26. 11276LetterT-S Misc.28.37

    Letter from Yehuda b. Ismāʿīl al-Andalusī, Sicily, to Nissim b. ʿAyyāsh, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1060. Mentions a shipment of shelled almonds and lāsīn silk sent …

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    1. כתאבי אליך סאמיי וסידי אטאל אללה פי אלכיר בקאך וצאנך ווקאך ומן תופיקה
    2. לא אכלאך מן מוסתקר נצף מן אב ערפך אללה ברכתה ומא יליה ען חאל
    3. סלאמה ונעמה…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני הנעלה, ייתן לך אלוהים ימים ארוכים וטובים ויגן עליך וישמרך והצלחות 
    2. לא ימנע ממך, מהבית, בחצי אב, יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ואת …

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  27. 11277LetterT-S Ar.35.205

    Note in Arabic script resembling an order of payment (yunʿim mawlāy al-shaykh al-ajall Abū [...] li-muwaṣṣilhā...."). All surrounding it there are jottings and pen trials …

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  28. 11278LetterENA 2971.12

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter. Mentions (addresses?) the Nagid and [...]ya ha-Dayyan.

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  29. 11279LetterCUL Or.1080 J221

    Letter of condolence in Hebrew.

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  30. 11280LetterENA NS 8.23

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th or 14th century, but this is a guess. The sender bemoans his or her wretched fate: "My son …

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  31. 11281LetterUnknown (excavation images 1966A_P06_27A-28 and 1966A_P06_28A-29)

    Letter from a certain Jāmiʿ, in Aswān, to his brothers Khalīl, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān. The sender is in desperate straits "without clothes" and urges his …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتابى الى الاخ خليل والاخ عثمان
    3. وعمر اطال الله بقاهم وادام سلامتهم
    4. ونعمتهم والذى اعلم به اننى وصلت
    5. الى اسوان وتعب معى ا…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. (This is) my letter to my brother Ḵalīl and my brother ʿUthmān
    3. and ʿUmar, may God prolong …

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  32. 11282LetterENA 2808.42

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer and addressee are unknown, but the handwriting seems very familiar. The writer starts by addressing a single person and …

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    1. ] . . . . . . . . ק . . 
    2. ]ינו ויחיה חמודו יחידו
    3. ]יקבל ממני בעדם כל תחנה
    4. ] וכן יהי רצון ואנני מא אקטע כתבי ולא
    5. ] פי כל וקת ען אלחצרה ואכותהא וד…

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  33. 11283LetterT-S K25.92

    Letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE), to be read in the synagogue, on behalf of a pregnant woman …

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  34. 11284LetterJRL A 120

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Hefez to Karo y Frances & Company, dated 1807 CE (19 Tishrei 5568 AM).

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  35. 11285LetterT-S 12.6

    Letter to Mevorakh b. Saadya (Nagid 1094–1111) from an official (muqaddam) and cantor in a community near Alexandria, who asks the Nagid to send a …

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  36. 11286LetterENA 2727.12b

    Letter in Hebrew. Small fragment from the upper right corner. Aharon the cantor is mentioned. Might be a letter of condolence since the word תנחומות …

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  37. 11287LetterT-S AS 151.85 + NLI 577.10/37

    Letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif. Opens with blessings for Yom Kippur. He thanks Peraḥya for …

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  38. 11288LetterT-S 12.92

    Business letter from Yisrael b. Yūsuf, in Qayrawan, to Abū Sahl Menashshe b. David, in Fustat. The writer describes how the Rav (the highest authority …

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    1. על שמך
    2. אטאל אללה יא שיכי וריסי וגלילי פי אלכיר בקאך ועלא ארתקאך ולקאך אלכיר טולמא(!) אבקאך כתאבי
    3. יא שיכי מן אלקירואן לי מן אב יהפך לששון ולשמח…

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  39. 11289LetterT-S 13J18.15

    Letter addressed to Abū Saʿīd Khalaf b. Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf (aka Ḥalfon b. Yosef ha-Levi). Dated: Ḥeshvan 1439 Seleucid = October/November 1127 CE. (Goitien initially …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. שלום רב לאהבי תורתך ואין למו מכשול
    3. לו שרחת לחצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל כגק מר ור חלפון הלוי השר והנכבד
    4. הראוי למעלתו בן כגק מר ור יוסף הלוי…

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  40. 11290LetterENA 2804.17

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Sahlan b. Avraham, Fustat, ca. 1046.

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    1. [ ] להודיעכם [
    2. [ ] אחד וחצי אחרי כן הופחת לרב[י]ע וכתב[תי] אל
    3. [ ] לכתבהו כי לשלח עוד דמיו אמרתי אין צורך
    4. כי[ ]תב [ ] הנקרא א[ ]ע[ ] כתוב וה[ ]…

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  41. 11291LetterT-S AS 145.187

    Letter, possibly. In rhymed Hebrew.

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  42. 11292LetterT-S 10J17.14

    Rhymed opening of letter to "the great cantor Hillel." Excellent script, large space between the lines, obscure vocabulary. JP

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . ] מתריזות
    2. . ]מכל מלאכות נמבזות עם
    3. . . לות נגרזות ואויבים לבזות
    4. תי . לבותם רגזות וכל
    5. העליצות והל . ליסות והעליזות
    6. תהיינה מכרכ…

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  43. 11293LetterT-S AS 152.310

    Beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 13th–14th century. Maybe a recommendation for the bearer. Mentions 250 dirh[ams]. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  44. 11294LetterDK 320

    Letter in Arabic script. Complete, filling all of recto and verso. The sender is Christian: he (or she) swears by the baptism in r15 (wa-ḥaqq …

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  45. 11295LetterT-S AS 145.373

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions items the sender found in the house but was afraid to 'come up' (probably to Fustat) with them. Then mentions "I/she …

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  46. 11296LetterMoss. IV,21.1 + T-S NS J240 + T-S 20.137

    India Book, II, 22 + 22a + 23. Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yiju. Dating: ca. 1135 CE. Fragments of …

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    1. ובעד דלך כרג אכתרא מוצע וקאל
    2. אעטיני נפקה מא יכפאני פאכד מני פי
    3. ד שהור נפקה תמאניה דנ' וכתרה
    4. אלאיאם גאני פי אלשראב לא יסמע לי

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

    [with regard to what you owed hi…

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  47. 11297LetterT-S AS 147.217

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with a few words preserved from the Arabic-script address on verso. Mentions Menaḥem, someone whom the sender thinks is stingy (wa-qad raʾaytuh …

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  48. 11298LetterT-S AS 145.291

    Letter. Very faded. (Information from CUDL)

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  49. 11299LetterT-S AS 142.126

    Letter from Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim to Moshe ha-Dayyan (Av) Bet Din. In Hebrew. He states that he has been brought to a 'a town on …

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    1. תשואות חן חן לאבן החן יושב על המשפט 
    2. מרנ׳ ורב׳ משה הדיין בית דין יפר[הו] משאת 
    3. שלומים מאתי אוהבך עתה באתי עיר 
    4. קצה גבולך דורש שלומך וטובתך כל …
    1. ‘Cries of grace, grace’ (Zech 4:7) to the stone of grace, ‘who sits in judgement’ (Isa 28:6),  
    2. our master and our teacher Moses the Judge, Bet Din,…

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  50. 11300LetterENA NS 2.5

    Letter from Abū Zikrī to his father Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 12th or early 13th century. The letter conveys eloquent greetings for …

    1. עבדה ולדה
    2. בו זכרי לא עדמה
    3. יו נסי
    4. לא אוחש אללה מן נטר מולאי אלמאלך
    5. וכלצה מן אלמהאלך ונגחה פי גמיע
    6. אלמסאלך וכרק אלעאדה בפסח מדתה
    7. לנתמתע ברייתה ונחשא ב…

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