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  1. 1351LetterT-S 13J18.20

    Letter from an army doctor, in Ashmūm Ṭannāḥ (present-day Ashmūn al-Rummān), to his son, in an unknown location. The purpose of the letter is to …

    1. ואלדה כפי פיה אלאסוא
    2. וצל כתאב אלולד אלאגל אלעזיז אטאל אללה בקאה וכבת אעדאה
    3. וגמע שמלי בה עלי אסר חאל במנה וכפי לטפה ואלדי אעלמך בה
    4. אנני וצלת אלי ענד …

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  2. 1352LetterMoss. IV,63.1

    Letter from Salāma Ḥāmī, Jerusalem, to Yeshuʿa Ḥāmī, in Fustat or Cairo, more likely, based on the dating/paleography. Late. In Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.

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  3. 1353LetterT-S 13J28.23

    Business letter in Arabic script from Hilāl b. Salmān(?) to his maternal uncle ('my father') Abū Isḥaq Ibrāhīm b. Hillel. Consists entirely of greetings and …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. تقدمت كتبي الى مولاي الوالد اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه وتاييده وسعادته وسلامته
    3. ونعمته وكبت اعداه ولم ارى لاحداهم جواب الل…

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  4. 1354LetterENA 2808.4

    Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355), bearing his motto and in the hand of his clerk. Regarding a certain …

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  5. 1355LetterT-S NS 325.119

    Opening of a letter to Shemuʾel ha-Dayyan- might be Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi (1165-1203). The sender states that his purpose is to inform the addressee …

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  6. 1356LetterT-S 13J10.15

    Recto: part of a rhymed letter in Hebrew. Verso: accounts in Arabic script with Greek/Coptic numerals, mentioning items such as pepper, mercury, and nutmeg. (Information …

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  7. 1357LetterT-S NS J602

    Official letter addressed to the congregation of Minyat Zifta.

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  8. 1358LetterT-S 6J4.5

    Letter from Moshe ha-Loʿez (or ha-Loʿaz[i]?) to his 'brother' David. In Hebrew. Dating: ca. 14th–16th century. Asking for help on behalf of a man who …

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  9. 1359LetterT-S AS 151.290

    Beginning of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Addressed to [...] b. Sulaymān(?) b. Khalaf al-Barqī. Mentioning Palermo or Sicily (סקיליה) …

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  10. 1360LetterMoss. II,152.1

    Fragment of a letter, probably from a son to his father in Fusṭāṭ. Probably from ʿEli b. Hillel to his father Hillel b. ʿEli. He …

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  11. 1361LetterT-S NS J353

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

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  12. 1362LetterT-S 10J32.5

    Letter opening from Shelomo b. Yehuda to the communities, first half of the 11th century.

    1. אללי לי כי הייתי כאספי קיץ וג אבד חסיד מן הארץ וג
    2. [ש]בר על שבר נקרא כי שודדה וג הוה על הוה תבוא וג
    3. אמרה אוי נא לי כי יסף יי יגון על מכאובי וג
    4. אל איל…

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  13. 1363LetterT-S NS 325.167

    Letter addressed to a dignitary named Aharon. It opens with a panegyric in Hebrew in which the addressee is called "the Rav" and "the Nagid …

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  14. 1364LetterT-S J3.30

    Copies of late letters in poetic Hebrew

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  15. 1365LetterT-S 13J9.6

    Letter to the head of the Academy Avraham b. Mazhir, from [Natan] b. Shemuel ha-Haver. Dated Marheshvan 1453 Sel. (October 1141 CE). Includes a reference …

    1. בשם רחמ
    2. מלך במשפט פדה ציון ובצדקת[ם ]ה שובבם מיד שוביהם
    3. .החזיקו בם ולשלחם מיאנו עמד וימודד עשתונותיו ראה ויתר מחשבות
    4. הזמן וי....צו הררי זממיו שחו גב…

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  16. 1366LetterYevr. II A 1857

    A thank you letter to Moshe b. Yosef in Kokizov from Simha Ishaq b. Moshe in Luzk

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  17. 1367LetterCUL Add.3340

    IB IV, 18 (ח3). Letter from Yosef Ibn al-Lukhṭūsh, in Granada, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi, in Fustat. Dated: middle of May, 1130 CE. The …

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    1. אדאם אללה למולאי וסידי אלרייס אלאג'ל אלעזה ואלכראמה ואלגבטה ואלסלאמה ופסח פי מדתה וואלא
    2. באלמזיד רפעתה ואבקא עלי ג'מלה אכואנה ואוליאה מהג'תה וח…

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    1. יתמיד ה' כבוד ותפארת ואושר ושלום לאדוני ומרי, הראש המפואר ביותר, ויאריך את ימיו וימשיך
    2. את מעלתו עד בלי די ויאריך את חייו בעד כלל אחיו ובני חסו…

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  18. 1368LetterT-S 6J9.2

    Letter from Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to David Nasi b. Hizqiyyahu. Ca. mid-11th century.

    1. ] יקר החן ועל שפתיו הוצק חן
    2. ] בעל המשרה הוד התפארה נזר
    3. [עטרה כבוד] קדו ג מרינו רבינו //דויד// [[חזקיהו]] הנשיא
    4. ] נר אלהים בן אדונינו יחזקיהו
    5. סותם] ה…

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  19. 1369LetterT-S NS 99.75

    Late letter in Hebrew (and perhaps another language as well). Fragment. Needs examination.

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  20. 1370LetterENA NS I.10

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably from Avraham he-Ḥasid to a disciple with pietistic instructions. Ed. Fenton, "A Pietist Letter from the Genizah" HAR 9 (1985).

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  21. 1371LetterT-S 12.495

    Letter from a woman, probably in Alexandria, to her paternal uncle. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1030 CE. The writer's family, a family of merchants that …

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    1. הדא אלכתאב ען סלאמה פי אלנפס ושגל פי אלקלב ללה אלחמד רב אלעאלמין וצלת גמיע כתבך וסרנא עאפיתך [
    2. גואב קבל הדא אלכתאב וער/פ/תך יא עמי וואלדי שוקי…

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  22. 1372LetterENA NS 63.13

    Letter from "Sāsī" to R. D[...]. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: After 1517 CE (uses the term 'basha' twice), but not long after (Avraham Castro appears in …

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  23. 1373LetterT-S AS 157.228

    Draft of a letter to a dignitary (הפטיש החזק נר המערבי דגל הרבנים יחיד הדור נמשול), probably the Nagid, who would probably be Avraham Maimonides …

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  24. 1374LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/11b

    Letter of appeal, perhaps. In Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with יענך ייי ביום צרה and continues with greetings for the dear 'walad' ha-ḥazzan ha-talmid ha-sar ha-nikhbad..... The …

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  25. 1375LetterENA NS 77.255

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Sephardi hand. Small fragment. Dating: Perhaps 15th or 16th century, but that is a guess. Mentions Christians, Venice, an ounce of …

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  26. 1376LetterYevr. III B 1151

    Letter fragment addressed to 'sayyidnā.' In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer complains about a certain person who drinks and defrauds the poor(?). He wouldn't have said anything …

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  27. 1377LetterT-S 12.833

    Panegyric poem in Hebrew, written in two columns. This is probably the header of a letter of which only two words are preserved in the …

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  28. 1378LetterT-S NS 155.76

    Letter in the hand of the professional scribe Shelomo b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya (fl. early 13th century). In Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly a draft. He is reporting …

    1. בעד אדא אלממלוך אלחקוק אל . . . [
    2. ואגב אלמגלס אלכרים עמרה אללה באלעז וולא
    3. וחסן אלעאקבה אכרא       וינהי אנה קד כתב
    4. תתקילה [[ואנמא]]       ל . ל . . …

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  29. 1379LetterENA 4045.11

    Recto: Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Conveying mainly flowery greetings and expressions of pain due to separation and excuses for not writing earlier—it seems mainly because …

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  30. 1380LetterT-S Ar.3.3

    Letter from Moshe ha-Kohen to Yeshuʿa ha-Sar, care of Abū l-ʿIzz in the market of the goldsmiths (sūq al-ṣāgha) in Fusṭāṭ. Mainly in Arabic script, …

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  31. 1381LetterT-S NS 31.16 + T-S NS 31.34

    Letter from the congregation of Malta addressed to Moshe Levi b. Zakkār. (Same addressee as in T-S NS 31.2.) In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 15th century, …

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  32. 1382LetterT-S AS 185.142

    Minute fragment in Arabic, perhaps documentary. Medieval-era. Requires further examination. Probably a letter (ʿalā abūk afḍal al-salām. . .).

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  33. 1383LetterENA 1822a.47

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq Nīsābūrī, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, presumably in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1045–96. Yiṣḥaq arrived in Alexandria on Tuesday 6 Tevet and …

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  34. 1384LetterT-S NS J95b

    Letter to the judge Peraḥya (b. Yosef?). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender (also a judge?) woke up sick, so instead of coming to work he sends …

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  35. 1385LetterT-S 12.775

    Letter from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to the trustee of a Yeshiva in an unidentified place, approximately 1055.

    1. בכיר
    2. שלום ופתח תקוה וחן וכבוד וחמלת יי ושלום ושקט
    3. וארך ימים ושנות חיים ויקר לאדר היקר הנחקר ונסקר
    4. הוא כגק מרב הנאמן לבית דין הגדול ישמרו צו[רו]
    5. [י]ו…

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  36. 1386LetterT-S AS 149.162

    Small and damaged fragment from the right part of either a letter or a literary text. Mentioning the oneness of God, and with Hebrew citations. …

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  37. 1387LetterT-S 12.376

    Letter fragment (lower right corner) in Judaeo-Arabic, dated Nissan 14[26?] Seleucid = 1115 CE; the last two digits of the year are not completely clear. …

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  38. 1388LetterT-S 13J34.9

    Letter from Umm Dāʾūd to her nephew (brother's son) Abū Zikrī b. Eliyyahu. Dating: first half of the 13th century. Describing the wedding of her …

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    1. בש' ר'ח          מן אום דאוד עמתך
    2. יפיפית    מבני אדם

    3. ברוך הגבר אשר

    4. ברוך אתה בבואך

    5. אלי חצ'רת אלמולא אלחכים אלגליל אלכביר אלי

    6. אלשיך אבו…

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    1. In y(our name, Oh) Merc(iful).     From Umm Da'u'd, your paternal aunt.

    2. You are the fairest of the sons of man.

    3. Blessed is the man who ( …

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  39. 1389LetterENA 2727.39

    Letter fragment from Nissim b. Nahray, unknown location, to Abū l-Fa{ra}j Daniel b. [...] ha-Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Needs examination.

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  40. 1390LetterT-S AS 184.348

    Fragment of an Arabic letter or official report. Expressing a desire for somebody to sign something or issue a rescript (laʿalla annahū yuwaqqiʿahū).

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  41. 1391LetterT-S 8J16.25

    Letter from Ibrāhīm, unknown location, to Ḥayya ha-Kohen the teacher, in Palermo ("al-madīna"), Sicily. The addressee is asked to deliver two tailored woolen mayzar covers, …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך וג' כי יי יהיה בכסלך וג'
    3. שלום שלום מאדון השלום עם כלל הברכות יחול[ו
    4. על ראש מר ור חייה הכהן החכם והנבון המלמד
    5. יברכו צור…

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  42. 1392LetterT-S NS 327.11

    Business letter in Arabic script. Addressed to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEzra b. Ismāʿīl (or ʿAwda b. Ismāʿīl, according to Sabih Aodeh). The sender, writing from Ramla …

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  43. 1393LetterT-S Misc.25.62

    Letter from Abū l-Khayr b. ʿAwāḍ, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender, an Ifrīqiyyan merchant, describes his problems with …

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    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה 
    3. ונעמתה וממא אעלמה אן מן וקת אן מצ'ית מן ענדנא מא גרא עלי 
    4. קליל מן…

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    1. בשמך רחמנא; 
    2. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך
    3. ואת חסדו לך, והריני מודיע לך כי מאז י…

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  44. 1394LetterENA NS 35.18

    Right half of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer was recently ill.

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  45. 1395LetterMoss. IV,47.2

    Note from Barakāt the teacher (= Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to a certain Nissim. He reports that one of his pupils can read the hafṭara beginning …

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  46. 1396LetterJRL A 396

    Letter addressed to Avraham ʿAmram. In Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Draft, abandoned mid-line.

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  47. 1397LetterMoss. IV,58.2

    Recto: Lower left corner of a letter from a certain Menaḥem. This portion contains mainly the closing greetings and a reference to "Moshe Rabbenu the …

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  48. 1398LetterT-S 8J15.22

    Letter to the mother of Abū Zikrī, Umm Abū Zikrī (אם אבו זכרי), who is also mother of the referenced Abū al-Barakat and wife of …

    1. אלדי אעלם בה אם אבו זכרי דאם עזהא
    2. ונעמאהא ובקאהא ואלדי תריד עלמה
    3. אללה תעאלי יטמן קלבך עלי אולאדך [כמא
    4. טמנתי קלבי עלי אלצגאר אלדי הם [. . . . .
    5. וולא …

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  49. 1399LetterENA NS 2.22

    Verso (probably original use): Letter in Arabic script. Nearly complete. Mentions someone who recovered from an illness (ابن . . . وحب الله بالعافية); Ghālib …

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  50. 1400LetterENA 2804.9

    Letter from Alexandria to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat, requesting donation for the ransom of prisoners of the Byzantines, 11th century. On verso are Hebrew rhymed …

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    1. . . . . . . שלפי נעימות אג[ל]י שיש דגלי עלין
    2. . . . . . כה אגמי רצון אור זרוע בר נטוע וכ . . . ח . . .
    3. . . . . הם אחינו נכב[דינ]ו יקירנו חש[ובי…

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