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Letter of condolence on the death of a woman. Maybe a copy or formulary, based on the layout.
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century. From Yaʿaqov b. [...]. Mentions Abū Saʿīd and Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf. Very damaged.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 12th century. Little of the substance remains. Signs of having been used in a bookbinding.
Letter opening from the Nagid Avraham b. Ata from Qayrawan (Ifrīqiya) to Yusuf b. Ya’aqub b. Awkal, Fustat, in the handwriting of Yusuf b. Brakhya. …
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Recto: communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly addressed to al-Maḥalla. Verso: Hebrew text with citations from several rabbinic sources, such as the Talmud. (Information in part …
Letter from Marduk b. Musa in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. Contains details concerning a number of complex, but interesting, accounts between Nahray …
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Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in large blocky letters. Mentions a certain Tamīm and a Torah scroll. The portion labeled 'recto' is …
IB II, 30. Letter from Madmun b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: mutual assistance. Aden, ca. 1136.
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Letter containing a complaint about a weak muqaddam (head of a local community). (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Recto: Letter in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Faraj al-Shaykh al-Makīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper part only). He orders myrtle for Sukkot.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer complains about lack of news and mentions various modest sums in dirhams.
Much damaged 11th-century business letter.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-Rayyis Abū l-Riḍā; the word pig (khinzir); and greetings. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From Yemen. May be late. ENA 3504.2(?), ENA 3504.3, and ENA 3504.5 may all be from the same letter. Needs examination.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Ḥayyīm b. __ad(?) al-Gāzī (Algazi) to an unknown recipient. The letter is dated in late 1764 CE (Cheshvan 5525 AM) (or …
Letter from Yaʿaqov Ibn ha-Nagid to a notable named Shelomo. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein's index card identifies the sender as "Yaʿaqov b. David Maimonides" …
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Request presented by the president of the religious school in Jerusalem to the director of one of the synagogues in Egypt asking especially for monetary …
Recto: probably a begging letter, but the text is very damaged. On verso Hebrew piyyut and possibly an Arabic account - needs further examination.
Letter from Safed, Palestine, written by a man from Cairo to his cousin (ibn ʿamm). He had traveled to Safed, mainly, it seems, to settle …
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). Dealing with the silk trade.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. The writer is a tax farmer (or perhaps the agent/wakīl of one) in a rural area with …
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Fragment from the top of an informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender complains about being told "only froth and no substance" and asks to be …
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The story is interesting but fragmented. Refers to a girl (ṣabiyya) who is in an agitated state (takhruj min …
Letter fragment, probably from the circle of the 11th-century Maghribī traders. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written on an oddly-shaped piece of parchment. Difficult to extract any of …
Small fragment from the beginning of a communal letter. In Hebrew. Reporting that the addressee's letter was read to the congregation. The rest is missing.
Informal note in Arabic script. Addressed to a certain 'al-shaykh al-fāḍil.' Possibly from a woman? The sender's information looks like "al-ʿabdatuhā" (which would be ungrammatical …
Small fragment of a document in Arabic script, likely a letter.
Business letter to ʿArūs b. Yosef, probably in Alexandria, since he is asked about prices in Alexandria in line 21. Aodeh thinks the author of …
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Possibly a letter. In Arabic script. Very faded. Needs examination.
Ff. 1-2: Beginning of a letter from a certain Nissim to Eliyyahu b. Zekharya the Judge and to his son the physician Abū Zikrī. The …
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 …
Recto: Two lines of a Judaeo-Arabic letter perhaps to a community (al-jamāʿa al-sāda) with wide space between the lines. Verso: Literary work citing biblical verses.
Letter from a woman to her son Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn b. Salāma al-Ghurābī(?). In Arabic script. Well preserved and beautifully written. She writes that she …
Recto: piyyuṭ. Verso: part of a letter in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)
Recto: letter or note, in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Verso: Arabic jottings maybe mentioning al-Asyūṭī. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th century; the hand may be known. Containing tantalizing details: "his letter (arrived) with al-Nafūsī... and he mentions that …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged. Mentions the names Yosef and Manṣūr. Likely a business letter.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 7 Elul [5]577 AM which is 1817 CE . From Yosef ha-Levi, Fustat/Cairo, to Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ and Mordekhai Ḥako (?), Damietta …
Letter sent by the Adath Sefardim congregation of Safed to Avraham b.(?) David Naḥmias in Alexandria. Dated 22 Elul 5685 AM (1925 CE). At first …
Letter addressed to Aharon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 14th or 15th century. Alexandria is mentioned at the bottom, but it is not immediately clear …
Business letter in Arabic script from Abū l-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī in Cairo to his father. He reports that he has sent 50 dinars' worth of …
Letter in Hebrew from the communal head of Ṣahrajt, a small Delta town, reporting on the local communityʼs handling of a particularly problematic case of …
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Late business/family letter in Hebrew from Shelomo Binyamin to his brother-in-law, also named Shelomo. He reports that ships from Messina and Ancona have arrived, but …
Letter from the wife of Khalaf b. Harūn to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39 CE), seeking help against her cruel husband, written in the hand of …
Letter fragment reporting about a dignitary in prison from whom a declaration was taken to be given both in a Jewish and a Muslim court. …
IB V, 5. Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen in Fustat, to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Sulaymān b. al-Shāmī, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Ṭevet 1452 …
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Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer wants the addressee to meet with somebody. The writer may be a teacher. He describes what a certain mother …
Recto: Possibly a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning an amir and someone saying "O dogs and sons of dogs!" (יאכלאב יאולאד אלכלאב). Reused on verso for …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to the Square of the [Perfumers?], to al-Ḥazzan Abū Yaʿqūb. Mainly notable for including the rare word "al-hirjās" …
Letter draft from an unknown man in Egypt to Marzūq Chelebi (? גלבי) in Damascus. Both writer and addressee are Qaraites. The latter is greeted …