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  1. 1401LetterT-S 8J40.8

    Letter from Yaʿaqov the physician (known as 'the effective'), in Shamṭūniyya, near Kūfa, Iraq, to his pupil and perhaps son-in-law Yūsuf, in Jūma Mazīdat (unidentified …

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    1. מברכו יעקב בן [ ]
    2. [ ]
    3. עזרי מעם יוי
    4. אשואקי כתירה גדא אלי משאהדה התלמ[י]ד המבין הטוב והנאה
    5. מ יוסף יברכהו אלהינו ולטובה יזכרהו ויתן לו עצתו וגם מ…

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  2. 1402LetterBL OR 12369.8 + BL OR 12369.7

    12369.7 and 8 are drafts of several Judaeo-Arabic letters and documents by Yisrael al-Gevili (אלגוילי) writing in Cairo it seems circa 1755/6 CE (the lower …

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    1. . . . יום שני
    2. אחד . . בעד מזיד אלסלאם עליכם וכתרת אלאשואק
    3. אליכם ליס יכפא ען שריף עלמכם באננא טייבין בכיר
    4. ועאפיא כדאלך נסמע ענכם אמין וגיר דאל…

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  3. 1403LetterENA NS 83.253

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Opens with greetings to the mother. Mentions Naṣr al-Dīn. The address on verso is written in a different hand: to …

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  4. 1404LetterT-S 8J40.3

    Letter from Yusuf b. Ḥalfon in Damsis to Abu Nasr Da'ud b. Nahum in Fustat, mentioning business with the prominent merchant Abu Zikri. Dated to …

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    1. [כ]תאבי יא[סידי] ומולאי [אטאל] אללה בק[אך] ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך 
    2. [מן ד]מסיס ען חאל סלאמה ונעמה ללה אלחמד וכאן כתבת אליך כתב אן עדה ולם נרא להא…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך,
    2. מדמסיס. שלומי טוב, ואני מאושר, תודה לאל. כתבתי לך לפני כן מכתבי…

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  5. 1405LetterT-S 13J21.10

    Verso (original use): Lower part of a family letter in Arabic script, with greetings to several qāḍīs (ʿImād al-Dīn, Zayn al-Dīn, and Tāj al-Dīn), al-Ḥājj …

    1. من السفر ويدبرني الله تعالى [. . . . . . . . .]
    2. نحا(؟) ست سعيد وىاخذ منه كل جمعة وتاخذ
    3. الذي لك عندها وتشيل المملوك الذي
    4. تفضل والسلام وتقبل لي ايادي …

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  6. 1406LetterJRL B 8588

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand may be known (India trade related?). May refer to owing somebody a rose-colored cooking vessel (? ṭājin warda); something …

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  7. 1407LetterT-S AS 160.277

    Short letter from Bayān to his 'brother'. Mostly pleasantries, discussing a business affair and inviting the addressee to come spend the sabbath. (Information in part …

    1. אכוה ביאן
    2. געל פדאה
    3. אללה אלעאלם מא] עלי קלבי מן אלאלם מן גהה
    4. מפארקתך אללה] יקרב גמע אלשמל בך עלי אסר
    5. חאל במנה ו]כרמה וגיר דלך אן קד גאב
    6. ]לס מע מן אנפ…

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  8. 1408LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/7a

    Letter fragment addressed to a Nagid. ʿAmram? [...] b. ʿAmram? Only a small sliip from the introduction is preserved.

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  9. 1409LetterT-S AS 178.201

    Letter to Abū l-Faḍl. In Arabic script. The sender's name may appear at upper left. The sender mentions his meeting with somebody (Abū l-[...]), then …

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  10. 1410LetterENA NS 28.1

    Recto: Letter fragment (upper right piece). In Judaeo-Arabic. Most of the content is missing; the writer mentions shame/embarrassment, and seems to be apologizing for some …

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  11. 1411LetterENA NS 2.13

    Important business letter sent from Alexandria to Fustat by a Maghribi merchant named Nissim who, coming from al-Mahdiyya, had arrived in Alexandria at time of …

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    1. [                                                ] מן ג' רנאניר אל[                               ]
    2. [                        ] ואלעדל מן ה' דנ…

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    1. (1–4) .... מג' דינרים ה.... והמשאוי מה' דינרים וחצי הקנטאר עד ו' דינרים.... תבלינים .... ביומיים האלה אנשי קונסטנטינופול במיוחד ואילו אנשי ג'נ…

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  12. 1412LetterT-S AS 116.390

    Unidentified, possibly a letter. The name Mūsā b. Ibrāhīm appears in Arabic script, possibly the address of a letter. Another of the Arabic words is …

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  13. 1413LetterENA 2805.20

    Verso (original use): Letter in Arabic script. Faded and damaged. Begins, "lammā kāna fī hādhihi al-[...]...." Mentions the police (...min al-shurṭa...). Needs further examination for …

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  14. 1414LetterT-S AS 166.58

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there are also phrases from an earlier document in Arabic script: ما تسافر الى . . …

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  15. 1415LetterMIAC 38

    Announcement to members of the community about donating to the Egyptian army for the defense of Egypt – May 28 1948CE – Museum of Islamic …

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  16. 1416LetterT-S AS 160.422

    Mercantile letter. Dating: 11th century. Addressed to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov [Ibn ʿAwkal?]. Mentions people including Mūsā b. Barhūn, Ibn Jashmard (a Persian? בן גשמרד), and …

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  17. 1417LetterENA 3947.4

    Letter fragment, possibly. In Arabic script. Verso blank. Pinholes at the margin approximately 4mm apart. ASE/MR

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  18. 1418LetterENA NS 32.12

    Letter fragment from a father to his son Mūsā. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably late 12th or early 13th century. Torn vertically down the middle. The …

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    1. ] . . . . אלי אלולד אלעזיז
    2. ] פיה נפעה ו . . . . 
    3. ] לומי לך ולקלה רחמתך
    4. ]רתך קלה אלמרווה ללנסא
    5. ] . ה פי אסרכם חתי תקים
    6. ] . מצרתהא ומצרה
    7. ]יר מתל…

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  19. 1419LetterBodl. MS heb. d 76/63

    Letter in Hebrew to Hillel ha-Ḥazzan, the diadem of the cantors. Fragment. It seems that only formulaic content remains.

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  20. 1420LetterMoss. II,137.1

    Letter of ʿEli ha-Mumḥe (‘the Adept’) b. Abraham in Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya in Fusṭāṭ, with the continuation and, inverted, the address on verso. …

    1. [כתאבי אלי סיידי אל]חבר אלמעולה
    2. [ ] מן אלקודס ען
    3. [חאל סלאמ]ה ושוק אליה שדיד גמע
    4. [אללה ביננא פי] אכץ אלמואצע ברחמתה:
    5. [ ] אני מא אקטע אלמסלה ען
    6. [סלאמת…

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  21. 1421LetterT-S NS 289.18

    Verso: Unidentified text in Arabic script, possibly a letter or account. Needs further examination. On recto: Hebrew poetry on astronomical (and/or mystical?) themes.

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  22. 1422LetterAIU VII.E.40

    Letter from ʿAzarya b. David to a notable, probably Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, based on the concluding blessing for "our teacher and rabbi Mevorakh the ḥaver …

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  23. 1423LetterT-S AS 167.26

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "When he arrived in al-Maḥalla, I inquired from him, and he said that he went to you many …

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  24. 1424LetterT-S AS 163.50

    Letter from Menashshe b. Shemuel, possibly in Damietta, to Abū l-Barakāt b. Ṣadaqa, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1153–56 CE, since T-S 10K20.1 is …

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  25. 1425LetterT-S 13J20.8

    Business letter from Yosef b. Arah to Nethanel ha-Talmid b. 'Amram dealing with palm-fiber, books, pots, myrtle, silk, and other textiles. Dated early twelfth century. …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. קד עיל צברי וכאנני טני פי נפסי ועליהא פכיף חצרה מולאי
    3. אלשיך אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה וגעלני מן
    4. אלאסוא פדאה לולא אנה יכון אופא מ…

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  26. 1426LetterT-S 8J15.20

    Letter conveying holiday greetings to Elazar, who is given five titles. Other side (PGPID 1937): Prescription for pills against coughing.

    1. חצרה אלמולא אלאגל אלמנעם אלמתפצל מרנו ורבנו
    2. אלעזר השר האדיר הנכבד היקר הנדיב
    3. תפארת הסוחרים הוד הנדיבים עטרת המתנדבים
    4. נזר הקהלות נאמן העדה ישמרו שומר…

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  27. 1427LetterT-S NS 305.45

    Part of letter (possibly a draft) mentioning medical material(?). Possibly a request for medical supplies by a druggist of pharmacist (Information from CUDL.) Might be …

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  28. 1428LetterENA 3925.5

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script, in a book hand. Opens with two verses of poetry, then probably a taqbīl ([... al-a]rḍ), then greetings for the …

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  29. 1429LetterT-S AS 119.144

    Piyyuṭ in Hebrew; part of a letter in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  30. 1430LetterT-S 10J12.18

    Letter from a woman to her mother ʿAzza al-ʿIblāniyya (from Iʿbillīn, a village in western Galilee), in Fustat. She is asked by her daughter to …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אלדי אריד בה אעלמך יא ואלדתי אני וצלת אלי אלמחלה
    3. וקלבי ענדך אללה תעאלי יגעלך פי חייז אלסלאמה
    4. וענדי מן אלשוק ואלוחשה לפרקכם מא לא אחסן…

    Translated by Renée Levine Melammed

    In Your name, O Merciful One.

    That which I wish to inform you, mother of mine, is that I arrived in al-Maḥalla, b…

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  31. 1431LetterT-S 13J24.9

    Family letter sent to New Cairo. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 14th–15th century if not later. Starting with biblical quotations and containing greetings to various …

    1. בר לקי עמי עשו
    2. יענך ייי ביום צרה | ישלח עזרך מקודש |
    3. יתן לך כלבבך | ימלא ייי כל משאלותיך |
    4. תרום ידך על צר | לא תאונה אליך רעה |
    5. ואל שדי יברך אותך | …

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  32. 1432LetterT-S AS 151.174

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably second half of 11th century. Mentioning Hilāl b. Binyām (appears also in T-S AS 148.166 and T-S 13J27.9) and, …

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  33. 1433LetterT-S AS 87.55

    Likely the opening of a communal letter addressed to all the communities of Egypt: . . . ישראל שבארץ מצרים ובכפריה . . . ומדינה …

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  34. 1434LetterDK 250

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender complains that Sayyidnā al-Rayyis and Abū Man[ṣūr?] al-ʿAfīf have cut off the payments with which they …

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  35. 1435LetterMIAC 20

    Letter – 1933CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 20) – in Italian. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / …

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  36. 1436LetterT-S Ar.7.17

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Mentions R. Shelomo. And "[if you h]ear that the city is good, come, and if you hear that the …

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  37. 1437LetterT-S 8J39.4

    Fragment of a letter mentioning proudly the writer's two sons and reporting the affairs of two men (perhaps brothers or traveling companions). Mentions al-Rayyis al-Gadol …

    1. ] אלסלאם ואלסואל מן ולדי וקרתי עיני אלולדאן(!)
    2. ]ן אחיאהמא אללה פקד דעות להמא
    3. ] בכונהמא עליי גמלה אלסלאמה
    4. ]ה והו ברחמיו הרבים ידימהא
    5. ]א ויחסן להמא אל…

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  38. 1438LetterJRL B 4226

    Fragment of a letter addressed to Sayyid al-Kull, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Thin strip from the middle. Mentions a ḥaver, and perhaps a wedding on …

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  39. 1439LetterUnknown (excavation registration number 74/12; photograph 27)

    Letter to the Nubian eparch Īsū in Ibrīm from the qāḍī Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Fātiḥ. The qāḍī is writing from Aswān, where he has …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. اعلم صاحب الخيل [ووزير الملك] اطال الله بقاه وادام تاييده وحراسته 
    3. وسلامته ورفعته وصولي الى ثغر اسوان حماه الله [     …

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. I inform the Master of the Horses [and vizier of the king]—may God prolong his life, cause…

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  40. 1440LetterT-S 10J31.3

    Subsequent use: Draft of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, intended to be sent to Tunisia. Mentions payments for responsa; a complaint about the handling of …

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  41. 1441LetterT-S 10J10.6

    Letter from Hassun b. Yiṣḥaq to a partner. Business letter discussing payments and shipments, apparently of flax and textiles. Dated ca. 1050. (Information from Gil, …

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    1. [                                 ] אבן פרח נע מן קבל מרדוך
    2. [                       אל]שיך אבי צחק אנך לם תדפע לה סוא
    3. [                       …

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    1. (1–5) .... בן פרח נ"ע מאת מרדוך .... האדון אבו אסחק, שאתה לא שילמת לו אלא .... אצל .... יותר מט"ו הדינרים .... דינרים עד שאבוא ואעשה עמו את הח…

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  42. 1442LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/129

    Letter from Nissim b. Shela to the teacher Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥayyim Nafūsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Contains detailed information about the sending and selling of books. People …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אלדי אעלם בה מולאי אלמלמד נט ר[ח
    3. אן אלשמש תאבת אלכהן כאן קד סלם אלדפאתר
    4. אלדי לך ללחבר פלמא וצלת אעלמני בדלך
    5. פאנפדת אלי חמוה אבו אלחסי…

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  43. 1443LetterT-S 8J13.27

    Letter fragment written in a largish hand with widely-spaced lines. It is addressed to an individual (ואנשי ביתך). The extant text consists mostly of blessings …

    1. ] ב החג הזה סימן [
    2. ]ה וגאולה ותזכו לחזות המשיח בן דויד עם [
    3. ] עדן לראות שכינת יוי עין בעין לקיים דכת [
    4. ] הגילות תבאתה לראש מרנו ורבנו הכ[
    5. ] אלעזר ומ…

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  44. 1444LetterT-S NS 306.113

    Business letter in Arabic script with a few words in Hebrew (ללגויים, מן אול אדר שני, ושלום). From Maʿānī to his "brother" Mūsā. Mentions Muslim …

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  45. 1445LetterAIU XII.135

    Badly damaged late document in Arabic script, probably Arabic language, probably a letter. Needs further examination.

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  46. 1446LetterENA 4020.43

    Letter from Farah b. Isma`il b. Farah (Busir/Abusir) to Abu Zikri Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sigmar. Udovitch's edition was corrected and updated according to Gil's …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאיידה ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה מן בוציר
    2. לד' בקין מן תשרי ואלחאל סלאמה ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמין ושוק אלי גרתה אלס…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו ואת חסרו לך ויכה את אויביך, מבוציר,
    2. בכ"ז בתשרי. שלומי טוב, תודה לאל ריבון …

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  47. 1447LetterT-S AS 151.167

    End of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely from Hilāl b. Yosef, as the handwriting appears identical to that of T-S NS J197 (PGPID 4296). …

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  48. 1448LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1861/17

    Fragment (lower part) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with two large words in Arabic remaining from an earlier document. The subject matter is difficult to …

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  49. 1449LetterT-S NS 264.11

    Letter of appeal for charity. From Abū l-Majd to al-Shaykh al-Rashīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th or 14th century. The sender is in difficult straits …

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  50. 1450LetterT-S NS 183.84

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged. Mentions the names Yosef and Manṣūr. Likely a business letter.

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