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  1. 1301LetterJRL B 4692

    Letter fragment(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? Recto is a brief note containing good wishes to a congregation (יהני אלגמאעה אלמקדסה …

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  2. 1302LetterNLI 577.1/58

    There are multiple fragments under this shelfmark. (fol.1) - b - Fragment of a letter, in Arabic script.

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  3. 1303LetterMoss. X,128.2

    Letters. No image

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  4. 1304LetterT-S AS 152.228

    Letter fragment to a Jewish dignitary referring to the welfare of the community (ṣalāḥ al-qahal) and mentioning Abū Naṣr b. Isḥāq ha-Levi. (Information in part …

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  5. 1305LetterENA NS 2.29

    IB VI, 14. Business letter in Arabic script from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, in Aden, to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllān b. Ḥassun, in Fustat. Reused on verso …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتبت اطال الله بقا حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل وادام تاييده وعلاه ونعمته
    3. وسناه وتكمينه وكبت اعداه من عدن عن حال سلامة وعافي…

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  6. 1306LetterJRL B 2789

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, preserving the first couple words of each line and the right margin.

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  7. 1307LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/6

    Family letter from the end of the 12th century to Abu al-Faraj b. Abu al-Barakāt, a doctor in Fustat, from his brother in Alexandria. The …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. חצ'רה מולאי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ומן חסן
    3. אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וגודה
    4. אן שא אללה אלדי תריד עלמה …

    Translated by Benjamin Notis

    In the name of the Merciful.

    Honored man, my master and sir, may God lengthen your life and prolong your strength.

    May H…

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  8. 1308LetterENA NS 29.26

    Verso: Note in Arabic-script which starts with a taqbīl clause and mentions the arrival of goods from Qūṣ and a donation of (oil?) for the …

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  9. 1309LetterMoss. II,168

    A letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Alexandria. Mentions Avraham; Ibn ʿAllān; the trade in camphor (upper margin). It is quite faded. Needs further examination. "From the …

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  10. 1310LetterT-S NS 183.78

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, damaged and fragmentary. Dating: probably late, no earlier than 14th century, based on format and formulae. Mostly sending regards to various people. …

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  11. 1311LetterT-S 6J5.11

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning 20 irdabb of wheat that the writer has stored in an apartment in his house, and how he got a …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . חויאגה מן . . . . . . . . . . . . וקה
    2. חתי עשרין ארדב קמח ענדי לה פי טבקה
    3. [[ענדי]] פי אלדאר אלדי אנא סאכן פיהא עלי אנה
    4. יתגאהז…

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  12. 1312LetterT-S K11.68

    Letter formulary in Hebrew addressed to a dignitary: כגק מר ור פ אור עינינו מנהיג דורנו . . .

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  13. 1313LetterT-S AS 134.60

    Beginning of a letter in Arabic. The sender states he fulfilled the addressee's order and shipped something: امتثلت ما امر به مولي الشيخ الجليل ادام …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. امتثلت ما امر به مولي الشيخ الجليل ادام الله عزه وحملت

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  14. 1314LetterENA 3767.7

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: mid-12th century. Probably from an India trader. Mentions numerous business transactions, Maḥrūz, and Abū ʿUmar Ibn al-Baghdādī (who also appears …

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  15. 1315LetterT-S 8J36.10

    Recto: Letter addressed to Shelomo b. Yehuda, the Gaʾon of the Palestinian yeshiva. Dating: ca. 1025–1051 CE based on th years when Shelomo b. Yehuda …

    1. אגדי השלומות להצ[עיד] ומגדי הנעימות להתמיד
    2. חמדי נחמדים להחמיד ונכדי עם ניני להעמיד
    3. לאיש הראש ושר ואמיר ומחכים גם משכיל ומלמיד
    4. לכל חכם ושכל ותלמיד בח…

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  16. 1316LetterT-S AS 145.22

    Letter from Yaʿqūb b. Binyām (=Yaʿaqov b. Binyamin) to his mother. In Judaeo-Arabic. Complete. The letter concerns practical matters as well as excuses for why …

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  17. 1317LetterENA NS 52.19

    Letter addressed to Abū ʿImrān, in Zuqāq al-[...], Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Of the body of the letter, only the lower right corner remains. Difficult to …

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  18. 1318LetterT-S 18J5.5

    IB II, 46. Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq to a merchant in Egypt: Attack on Aden by the King of Kish. Aden, ca. 1135-6.

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    1. [          ]רש[                                   ]ותאבי 
    2. [...] ען אדא אלשהאדה פאלבארי תעאלי הם בהם
    3. וקד קאל אלכתאב לא אמונה בגוים וא…
    1. {[. . .] and refused

    2. to give testimony. May the Exalted Creator call them to account!

    3. Scripture has already said, “Never trust Gentiles.”}  As …

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  19. 1319LetterENA NS 7.62

    Letter fragment addressed to Abū l-Ḥajjāj. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is to send something the moment he reads this letter: אלשיך אבו אלחגאג חפצה אללה …

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  20. 1320LetterT-S 20.175

    Letter from a supporter in Alexandria to the nasi Shelomo b. Yishay, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1240. The writer arrived in Alexandria on commercial business to …

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    1. ...
    2. מענדו החסיד החרד
    3. על דבר האל ירים
    4. מעלתו אלהי ישראל 
    5. וינהי אנה סטרה פי 
    6. גאיה אלעגלה פסיידנא
    7. ידין עבדו לכף זכות 
    8. ואלדי וגב אעלאם סיידנא 
    9. בה ב…

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  21. 1321LetterT-S 13J27.4

    Business letter sent from Alexandria by Yiṣḥaq b. Simḥa ha-Levi, a wholesale silk-dealer, to Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Nissim ha-Levi in Fustat, dealing with goods …

    1. בשמך רח
    2. . .] כתאבי אלי [מו]לאי [. . . .] אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
    3. עזה ונעמאה ותא[י]דה [ו]תמכינה וכבת אעדאה
    4. ארגו וצולה ודכרת פיה מן אלשוק אליה וחש…

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  22. 1322LetterT-S AS 145.16

    Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣedaqa, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. ʿAyyāsh buys goods in Alexandria for Nahray. The …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא

    2. ענך ברחמתה מן אלאסכריה לי כלון מן סיון אערפך אללה בר[כת]ה וכתמה עלינא

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ויסלק ממך כל רע
    2. ברחמיו, מאסכריה, בי' בסיון, יודיעך אלוהים את בר…

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  23. 1323LetterJRL P 878

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century.The upper left corner is preserved, consisting mainly of formulaic content.

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  24. 1324LetterBL OR 5566D.6

    IB VI, 39. Letter from Nahray b. ʿAllān in ʿAydhāb to his son ʿAllān b. Nahray in Alexandria concerning shipments. Based on a letter from …

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  25. 1325LetterT-S NS J562

    Letter addressed to [Na]tan ha-Kohen ha-Ḥaver (=Natan b. Shelomo?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Only pieces of the first few lines and 7 lines in the upper margin …

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  26. 1326LetterT-S 13J6.18

    Letter from Hillel to Yaʿaqov, delivered by Mansur b. Furayj, concerning the buying of silk and a turban. VMR

    אלממלוך

    1. הלל עמי עשו
    2. אלי חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלמחתרם
    3. אלמכדום אלמכרום אלפאצלי אל
    4. רייסי אלמולוי מר ור יעקב
    5. הזקן היקר החכם והנבון היב'
    6. אלממלוך יקבל ארץ בין…

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  27. 1327LetterENA NS I.70

    Upper part of a letter by Berakhot b. Shemuel mentioning his being cut off from the recipent on account of his illnesses, including ophthalmia at …

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  28. 1328LetterT-S NS J202

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century, based on the locations (e.g. al-Mahdiyya and Sicily) and people named. Fragment: Right side of recto and right …

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  29. 1329LetterT-S AS 157.229

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. Contains some blessings for the addressee and mentions Alexandria. Verso: Several lines in Arabic script, all crossed out. Probably …

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  30. 1330LetterT-S AS 147.267

    Very damaged and barely legible fragment of a letter. AA

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  31. 1331LetterENA NS 70.19

    Three fragments of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, all in the same hand, probably all from the same letter. Mentions the sons of al-Baradānī; R. Natan he-Ḥaver …

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  32. 1332LetterENA NS 7.95

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to some dignitary. Only the formulaic opening is preserved. In the upper margin and on verso there are jottings in Hebrew …

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  33. 1333LetterT-S K8.101

    Verso: Letter of condolence in partially rhymed Hebrew. Mentions a Shelomo. Full of interesting phrases ("he lay for many days, and on that day he …

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  34. 1334LetterMoss. II,191

    Letter from Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sugmar, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1070. Nahray is called “Our Rabbi, the head of …

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    1. [סאל]ת? ען חצרה רבינו גדול הישיבה אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עלאה וכבת
    2. [עד]וה וקד עלם אלכאלק סבחאנה מא נאלני מן וחשה ואלאסף עלי מא יפות [        ]
    3. […

    verso, address

    הדרת רבנו גדול הישיבה אבו יחיא נהוראי בי"ר נסים נ"ע; המודה לו, יהודה בן מוסא נ"ע בן סגמאר.

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    1. שאלתי (?) עליך הדרת רבנו גדול היש…

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  35. 1335LetterMoss. VII,161

    Recto (secondary use): Upper part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only formulaic phrases are preserved.

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  36. 1336LetterBL OR 5561B.5

    Letter of appeal. Above, 13 lines of Hebrew blessings in large letters (perhaps a template purchased already filled out). Below, 6 lines of Judaeo-Arabic begging …

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  37. 1337LetterENA 2739.8 + ENA NS 19.10

    Letter from Ṣadoq, a prominent public figure in Alexandria, to ݂the prominent merchant Moshe ha-Kohen Ibn Ghulayb, in Fustat. Dated: ḥol ha-moʿed of Sukkot 4800 …

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    1. [ ]ת [ אללה]
    2. תע' ודעה להא מא נסאלה [ ]
    3. פתתפצ'ל אלחצ'רה אלמנעמ[ה ]
    4. לממלוכהא עשרה אראדב [קמח] ויערף אל[ ]
    5. אלממאליך [ ]ן יסלמה פאן אלממלוך
    6. [מ]לחף…

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  38. 1338LetterMIAC 124

    Report from the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo naming the butchers intended for the slaughter of poultry in the 5714AM, and an announcement of the schedule …

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  39. 1339LetterT-S AS 157.220

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. With a negative tone, talking about losses and how someone can ינקל אלף נקלה whatever that means, and how …

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  40. 1340LetterENA NS 76.120

    Small fragment of a business letter, probably. In Hebrew.

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  41. 1341LetterT-S NS 322.102

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. In the same hand as the nearby fragments: probably Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ of Tyre to …

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  42. 1342LetterCUL Or.1081 2.38

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to 'al-Mumḥe.' mentioning a Shemuel and a Yiṣḥaq ha-Dayyan. .

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  43. 1343LetterT-S Ar.40.65

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment. There is one name in Hebrew script (אלמהראני); the addressee is called "my son" (yā waladī); and the writer mentions …

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  44. 1344LetterL-G Misc. 34

    Letter of appeal for charity. A needy man from Qayrawan had applied for assistance from his relative, the esteemed Ifrīqiyyan merchant and scholar, Nahray b. …

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    1. אהבת צדק ותשנא רשע על כן מ[
    2. שמן ששון מחבריך ותגזר אמר ויקם לך [
    3. נגה אור
    4. שיכי וריסי ומולאי אדאם <אללה> עזך א[נא] רגל מן אהל אלקירואן
    5. מן אלמערופ…

    recto

    1. אדוני וראשי ורבי, יתמיד אלוהים את כבודך, אני אדם מאנשי קירואן, 
    2. מן הנודעים ב(מלאכת) המסחר …. אני כותב לך
    3. פתק זה מתוך מצוקה עצומה, כי באת…

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  45. 1345LetterENA 1822a.95

    Letter-writing practice or draft. In a combination of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic. The 'sender' is [...] b. Ibrāhīm and the 'addressee' is a Fatimid dignitary …

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  46. 1346LetterHUC 1007

    Letter addressed to a cantor (סידי אלחזאן היקר) consisting entirely of instructions about calendrical reckoning related to the current year 4838 AM = 1077/78 CE. …

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  47. 1347LetterT-S Ar.50.193

    Letter draft from Jerusalem to the community of Palermo. In Hebrew. Dating: 11th-century, from the time of Daniel b. ʿAzarya Gaon (who also bore the …

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  48. 1348LetterAIU VII.D.88

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Yaʿaqov Roẓano, Damietta, to Yehuda Karo, Fustat/Cairo, dated 19 January 1798 (2 Shevat 5558). The margins are filled with sums …

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  49. 1349LetterT-S 8J18.17

    Recto: Letter of appeal from Mahfūẓ b. Mūsā and his brother Musallam/Muslim. In calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic. The writer describes the humiliation his family (or wife?) has …

    1. ]אן תקדם פצלך וגמילך ואחסאנך אלהי
    2. ]פצל ואעלמה אן וצל אלי כתאב באן .
    3. ]קד גרי עלי אהלי מן אלהואן מן אלסלטאן
    4. מן גהה] אלכראג לאן עלי סנתין תמאן ותסע והד…

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  50. 1350LetterT-S 13J34.10 + T-S AS 41.26

    Fragment of a letter from the Gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda (r. 1025–51) with his signature. In the handwriting of Avraham the son of the Gaʾon. …

    א

    1. ] בנח שוכנים
    2. ]ש הפנה נפש [ ]טלו ר[
    3. ] וקוצר היד אבל בני [
    4. פע]ם במלא פעם בחסר [
    5. ק]רני ראמים נער בי[
    6. ] אגרותינו נערמ[ות
    7. ]לינו טוב והכל מת[נים

    ב ____…

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