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  1. 1201LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/16

    Letter from Yehuda Pinto and Moshe Ḥaddād to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 22 Av 5568 AM = 15 August 1808 CE. …

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  2. 1202LetterENA 2727.29

    Letter from Aharon b. Naḥum ha-Tinnisi the scribe. The writer is in need. He lost his job and prices are high, so he left Tinnis …

    1. ] אעלם מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    2. ] סלאמתה ונעמתה אני רגל מן אהל תניס
    3. צ]אקת מעישתי ודאם עליי גלא אלסער פלם אגד לי מלגא אל[א
    4. אלכ]רוג…

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  3. 1203LetterT-S AS 148.133

    Family/business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a quantity of vessels for wine (ṭamāwiyya) and greetings to ʿImrān and Sitt al-Gharb. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  4. 1204LetterT-S 12.824

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a Rosh Yeshiva named Moshe; his honorifics are unusual if not unique for the Geniza. The sender opens …

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  5. 1205LetterMoss. V,352

    Fragment of a letter from Yisrael b. Natan, Jerusalem, probably to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. The letter deals with trades, especially of fabrics. Nahray is …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלעז[יז] עלי אטאל אללה [בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך
    1. מן אל]
    1. קדס עמרה אללה ל[ ] ועשרין מן סיון [ערפנא] אל[לה ברכתה ו]ברכה
    1. …

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  6. 1206LetterT-S NS J353

    Letter of appeal for charity for assistance in moving to the land of Israel.

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  7. 1207LetterT-S AS 151.116

    Letter (11th century), dated 20th Ṭevet, addressed to [Nahray] b. Nissim, mentioning a certain Joseph. (Information from CUDL)

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  8. 1208LetterT-S 6J10.1

    Letter to a dignitary. Opens with a long preamble in Hebrew singing the praises of Nissim b. Levi. The substance of the letter then continues …

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  9. 1209LetterT-S NS 320.56

    Beginning of a letter containing a request for a book to be made for the forthcoming holiday. Note on Goitein index card: Shelomo b. Eliyya. …

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    1. יא מולא ר אברהם אללה יגעלה עליך חג מבארך בחק אללה
    2. ובחק אלבית אלדי כנת פיה ובחק אלבית אלמקדס יבנה בחיינו
    3. ובחיי ישראל אנס אעמל לי אלמצחף

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  10. 1210LetterT-S 12.238

    The opening of a circular letter for "all the cities of the Rīf" in the name of Moses Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on …

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  11. 1211LetterMIAC 21

    Announcement from the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo on the reception of certain individuals that are returning in accordance with law that everyone be brothers to …

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  12. 1212LetterCUL Add.3335 + Bodl. MS heb. c 28/35

    Letter from a Jewish notable who had previously been minister of finance in Egypt, subsequently disgraced and imprisoned, who now seeks assistance from the Jewish …

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    1. אמר ייי עשוקים בני ישראל ובני יהודה יחדו וכל וג
    2. גואלם חזק ייי צבאות שמו ריב יריב את ריבם למען וג
    3. עשה צדקות ייי ומשפטים לכל עשוק…

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  13. 1213LetterT-S AS 18.202

    Too little text remains to identify; possibly a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  14. 1214LetterCUL Or.1080 J113

    Calligraphic family letter, sent from Giza, containing many names and detailed instructions. Dated to the 13th century. (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, 423, and from …

    1. יגמע אלשמל בה קריב גיר בעיד פי כיר ועאפיה
    2. אן קד וצל כתאבך מע אבן אלגלאגלי ושכרנא אללה תע
    3. עלי עאפיתך ופהמת מצמונה וקראה נגם אלדין ענדי
    4. פי אלגיזה וכתב…

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  15. 1215LetterENA 2739.18

    Letter in the hand of Daniel b. Azarya, ca. 1051-1062.

    ENA 2739, f. 18, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, p. 700 (Doc. #383), C.T., 6-25-86 (P) Fragment in the hand of Daniel b. Azarya, ca. 1051-1062.

    1. זקיננו וח…

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  16. 1216LetterENA NS 18.24

    Letter from Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, in Trapani, Sicily (Gil prefers to read אטראבנש in line 2 over Goitein's and Ben-Sasson's אטראבלש), to Nahray b. …

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    1. [כתאבי] יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעא[דתך ונעמאך] וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן

    2. אטראבנש לה כלון מן אלול ואלחאל סלאמה ועאפיה לל…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיר את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו,
    2. מאטראבנש, בה' באלול. שלומי …

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  17. 1217LetterT-S 13J26.2

    Letter from Daniʾel b. ʿAzarya regarding trade, including the purchase of merchandise and payments. The writer's distress is shown from the letter. Was probably written …

    1. דינארא עלי אבי אלחסן גאבר בן אזהר אלוכיל בתניס תם אנני כשית אן ינק[ץ]
    2. אלדנאננ<י>ר ויקול לם [ ] אלזאיד פכתבת ספתגה אכרי באסמה אעלאה
    3. אללה תעאלי בתלאתי…

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  18. 1218LetterENA NS 83.162

    Small fragment with names in Arabic script. Part of the address of a letter? Yaʿqūb b. Nissim and Ismāʿīl.

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  19. 1219LetterMoss. IV,14.2 + AIU VII.E.119

    Letter from Mufaḍḍal, probably in Fustat, to Abū l-Majd al-Melammed, in Qūṣ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Uncertain, but perhaps ca. 1230s CE, since T-S 13J26.6 (1234 …

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    1. ממלוכה מפצל
    2. יצל הדא אלכתאב אלי אלמולא אלאגל אלמנעם אלמתפצל עלי פי כל וקת
    3. חאצר וגאיב אלשיך אבו אלמגד אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    4. ונעמא|ה ומן חסן …

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  20. 1220LetterJRL B 2094

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a daughter, expressing longing. Dating: likely no earlier than 14th century.

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  21. 1221LetterJRL B 7834

    Letter fragment? In Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting that some people say about someone "that he came to live among us to rule/preside over us" (וקאלו תקד . …

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  22. 1222LetterT-S 12.432

    Recto: Letter (upper part). Line 7: "As for the matter of the [..]ar, I asked Abu l-Ḥasan about it, and he said that he talked …

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  23. 1223LetterMoss. II,183.2

    Short note from Abū l-ʿAlā' al-Muʿallim to Abū Saʿīd urging him to send the money quickly because the writer urgently needs to pay the capitation …

    1. אבו אלעלא אלמעלם
    2. מולאי אלשיך אבו סעיד אחיאך אללה
    3. מא אנפדת לי אלדראהם
    4. אסרע פי אנפאדהא פאני
    5. מלזוז פי אלגאליה אסאל אללה
    6. חסן אלעאקבה אן שא אללה

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  24. 1224LetterT-S 8J14.28

    Letter in Ladino, sent by Isaac Baronito to his father Abraham Baronito, Mitzrayim. (Information from CUDL.) Isaac addresses his father as "the crown of my …

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  25. 1225LetterENA NS 72.13

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic ending is preserved. Regards to Abū Zikrī b.(?) Sar Shalom.

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  26. 1226LetterT-S 10J6.13

    Draft of a halakhic question. (Information from CUDL)

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  27. 1227LetterENA 2738.17

    Letter in a late hand with a very fancy signature. The signature seems to be : חיים ס"ט בכ"ר יעקב זלה"ה שמחון Hayyim b. Ya'akov …

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  28. 1228LetterT-S Misc.20.149

    Fragment of a letter, possibly, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Six lines are preserved, with wide line spacing. Explaining that …

    1. שהוד אלמ . . לין חתי אן כתירא מן אלאמלאך ענד[נא
    2. במצר לא יכתב בהא חגג בדיני ישראל בל יכתפא
    3. במא יכתב פי דלך בנימוסי אומות העולם לאן בדלך
    4. תתבת ומעשים ב…

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  29. 1229LetterT-S 6J5.14

    Letter, referring to the Nagid, a certain Menaḥem, Dammūh, the cloth trade, the death of a woman’s child and the desire of the writer to …

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    1. ] . . . ק א . . . .[אל]שיך [
    2. ] . יקעד פיה אלחק יגעל אל[
    3. ... אסתחית מן סיידנא אלנגיד [
    4. מן גהת אלביץ וסדר(?) ואשנאן ן[
    5. ללשיך אלכהן שמס מן הדא אל…

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  30. 1230LetterT-S 10J13.29

    Letter from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Hefez to Karo y Frances concerning business matters. Dated 7 Tishrei 5568 AM (1807 CE), and mentioning people including …

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  31. 1231LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/19

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Q[...] al-[...]ān to Abū l-Faḍl [ʿAṭallāh?] b. Yaʿqūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very rudimentary hand. The writer is in distress for some reason, …

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  32. 1232LetterT-S NS J91

    Letter fragment from Shelomo b. Yehuda to a personality in Fustat. Dating: approximately 1050 (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE based on the years when …

    TS NS J 91r, ed. Gil, Palestine, p.267 (Doc. #149), C.B. 02-12-88 (p)Fragment of a letter from Solomon b. Judah to a personality in Fustat,approximat…

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  33. 1233LetterT-S NS 320.129a

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century or early 12th century. Mentions Abū Kathīr; the sender was distressed to learn that the addressee received …

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  34. 1234LetterT-S 13J21.23

    Hebrew letter to a judge in Jerusalem from his servant Shemuel. Probably of late date. (Information from Goitein index cards)

    1. שאלו שלום ירושלם וכול
    2. אל הדרת האיש הנחמד אשר שכלו לא ימד
    3. הנבון התחכמון המלא בינות כרמון חכם חרשים
    4. ונבון לחשים כגק מרנו ורבנו ברכות הדיין הבקי
    5. בכל ענ…

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  35. 1235LetterT-S AS 173.57

    Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably from Maḍmun b. Ḥasan in Aden to Avraham Ibn Yiju. Cf. PGPID 5479 and PGPID 38566. ASE

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  36. 1236LetterT-S NS 324.91

    Recto: Brief letter to a cantor concerning 4 dinars for the purchase of a Torah codex (muṣḥaf): אלחזן שצ יעלם אן לא . . . …

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  37. 1237LetterT-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 [

    Recto - right margin

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  38. 1238LetterT-S NS 225.104

    Two letters in Judaeo-Arabic; recto and verso are in different hands. Dating: likely second half of the 11th century. Recto: Lower part of a letter …

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  39. 1239LetterENA NS 12.12

    Letter, draft, very cursve and hard to decipher. Mentions an illness, a ghulām. Telling a narrative. Recto contains few words in large Arabic script. Also …

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  40. 1240LetterT-S 12.158

    Recto: opening of a Hebrew letter, with much of the text illegible. The poetic opening is neatly arranged in two columns, with extended letters, and …

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  41. 1241LetterT-S AS 183.281

    Recto (secondary use): Promissory note (IOU) -- "I owe Abū ʿAlī . . . ." Verso (original use): Very damaged letter in Arabic script.

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  42. 1242LetterT-S 10J30.4

    Letter possibly from Abū Zikrī the physician to his father Eliyyahu the judge. Written in rhymed Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Goitein comments, …

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  43. 1243LetterT-S AS 149.63

    Short letter to Abū Naṣr, asking for money both on account of the rent or wages of Avraham and on account of the capitation tax. …

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  44. 1244LetterYevr. II A 1823

    A letter asking to support the printing of a book by David b. Mordechai Kokizov sent to Simha b. Shelomo. The fragment also contains a …

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  45. 1245LetterT-S 28.12

    Mostly a piyyut, but it seems like a poetical letter in Hebrew in praise of a leader, probably a Gaon. It is not complete so …

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  46. 1246LetterMoss. IV,80

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim, from Alexandria, to Yosef b. Eli Kohen Fasi, Fustat. Around 1055. Regarding trading in iron and coins, especially Byzantine dinar-quarters. …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא
    2. ענך ברחמתה מן אלאסכנדריה לח' בקין מן מרחשון כתמה אללה עליך ועלינא
    3. באחסן כא…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ויסלק כל רע
    2. ממך ברחמיו, מאלכסנדרייה, בכ׳׳ב (או כ׳׳א) במרחשון,…

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  47. 1247LetterCUL Or.1081 2.42

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic—perhaps 13th or 14th-century—to the Shaykh (abbreviated אלש׳) Hārūn in Cairo.

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  48. 1248LetterT-S AS 166.77

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  49. 1249LetterT-S NS 304.38

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj to his paternal uncle, expressing his longing for him. The continuation is either torn away or was never written. The sender, …

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    1. מן מאלך רקה אבו אלפרג
    2. כתאבי אלי אלעם אלעזיז עלי
    3. וענדי אטאל אאלה(!) בקאה
    4. ואדאם עזה ונעמאה וכבת
    5. בלדל אלמהין חסדתה ואעדה
    6. וסוא דלך יא עמי לא תסאל
    7. …

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  50. 1250LetterT-S 20.141

    Letter from Barukh b. Yiṣḥaq to Abū Yaʿaqov Yosef b. Shemuel, in Fustat. In Hebrew, with the address in Arabic (in Arabic script). Barukh asks …

    1. בשם רחמנא
    2. פינת יקרת הושת בישורון לתלות עליו כל
    3. כבוד משפחות ארץ צבי בו יחשפו זרוע שרידי
    4. מרעב המתופפם ? יחד בהתהלכם ברגש כי
    5. מי זה ערב את לבו לקרבה אל …

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