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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks for a copy of Saadya Gaon's tafsīr of Ezra and Daniel or his tafsīr of Proverbs and Job or …
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Second folio of an irate letter addressed to a son. In Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly in the hand of the judge Eliyyahu b. Zekharya (and therefore might …
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Letter in Hebrew. Probably late and related to the Kurdistani material in the rest of the HUC collection. Mentions "that idiot Moshe." Needs examination. NB: …
Fragment from the end of a letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there is a Talmudic commentary in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Bottom of a letter in Arabic. Only the concluding greetings are preserved.
Letter in Arabic script. The addressee is asked to send something (dirhams?) with the bearer. On verso there is piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)
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India Book (IB) IV,64 (ח88). Letter from Saʿdān b. Thābit al-Baghdādī ha-Levi, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. …
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Recto: part of a letter in Arabic. Verso: unidentified text in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Natan ha-Kohen ha-Mumḥe b. Mevorakh (a.k.a. Wahb b. Barakāt), in Ashqelon, to the parnas ʿEli b. Ḥayyim ha-Kohen (a.k.a. Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. …
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Address of a letter. Addressed to Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi. (Information from CUDL)
Letter addressed to to Moshe, probably Moshe b. Yehuda, the head of the community of Alexandria in the last quarter of the 15th century. In …
Letter of Ḥalfon b. Yiṣḥaq to the eminent scholar Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel (the Spaniard). The entire letter is a refu'a shelema for the Rayyis Abū …
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Recto: calligraphic note (complete) to Abu 'Imran regarding the binding of a book. Also mentions the color of the silk. As for a certain person …
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Letter draft(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. From someone in Sammanud who is in need and usually earns enough not to have to ask ('uncover his face'). Dating: …
Tiny fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. The writer's name may appear on verso: "min [Man?]ṣūr b. [...]"
Address of a letter to the Nagid Shemuel (b. Ḥananya), in Fustat, in the Muṣāṣa neighborhood. In the Arabic-script portion it seems he is referred …
Recto and verso contain two different letters to "sayyidnā" from a certain Menaḥem. The one on recto is more legible. He says that he met …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Lovely handwriting. Mentions the addressee's father, the neighbors, and going up to see the Rayyis. On verso there is poetry in …
Letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. On recto, from Menashshe ben Naʿim to [...] ben Naʿim. Dated: (5400 +) 182 = 5582 AM, which is 1821/22 CE. Mostly …
Letter from Nahray b. Nissim to a person in Alexandria. Mentions merchandise and textiles, along with books and various texts that someone is copying for …
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Letter from Farah b. Avraham, probably from Qayrawan, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal. Regarding b. Awkal’s merchandise that arrived in Qayrawan and the writer's …
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Letter or letters from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (early 13th century). Many greetings at the bottom of verso, including to 'your paternal aunt Umm Abū l-Surūr,' …
Two fragments of a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi to his brother Halfon (1100-1138 CE).
Letter in the hand of the cantor Abū Sahl Levi b. al-Ahuv, to one of his sons, probably Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi in Qalyūb. On …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th century. Headed by the motto הנה אל ישועתי. Fragment (upper part only). The occasion of the letter is to …
Recto: Letter fragment. Very narrow. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides? Verso: memorial list of the family of Sheʾerit b. Yefet. (Information in part from CUDL and …
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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 …
Recto: Hebrew letter. Verso: unidentified Arabic. Very faded. Mentions numbers. (Information from CUDL)
Late letter (or letters?) in Judaeo-Arabic from Ya'aqov Bibas in Cairo (פה מצרים) to Shimʿon Frances in Alexandria (נאאמון). Based on the people referenced, this …
Letter from Shelomo [...], in Damietta, to Shemuel ha-Levi, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Friday, 29 Adar II 5559 AM, which is 5 April 1799 …
Fragment of a letter in Hebrew. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Describing hearing bad news on the 3rd of Ṭevet which caused the sender to …
Bifolio with letter formularies or copies in Hebrew. One of them, on behalf of "so-and-so the captive," mentions Palermo, Constantinople (קוסטנטיפולי), Barqa, and apparently Qayrawān …
Small fragment of a letter in Arabic. Faded. Mentions 'al-shaykh adāma ʿizzahū' and 'mawlāy'
Letter from an older Maghribī traveler, in Alexandria, to his cousin, somewhere in the Maghrib. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1100 CE. Evidently this letter was …
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Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Se[nyores] Karo y Frances from Nissim Mshīsh. Dated Kislev [55]69 AM (בסט= in the [year] 69) which is 1808 CE. …
Informal note from Umm Ḥasan bt. al-Shofeṭ (or at least written in her name) to a certain judge. She asks for her share of the …
Letter fragment in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshuaʿ ha-Nagid regarding taxation, including the fee for the police (tarsīm). Mentioned in Goitein, "The Twilight …
India Book VII, 35: Letter from Natan b. Avraham, in Fustat, to Abū Yūsuf Elʿazar b. Ismāʿīl, in Qūṣ. Dating: ca. 1035 CE (Gil). The …
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Recto: probably a Hebrew letter consisting of blessings for a group of people, 'at their head' Moshe and his brother ʿOvadyahu. Verso: qiddush for Passover. …
Letter fragment in Arabic script.
Formularies for letters of condolence. (Information from Goitein's index card.) Hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu?
Letter from a woman, unknown location, to her son Makhlūf b. ʿAqbān the in-law of the physician (ṣihr al-ḥakīm), in al-Ushmūnayn. To be delivered to …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. With a prolonged respectful/flattering introduction. Most of the substance is preserved in the five lines in the margin. Dealing with business …
Letter from Yusuf ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon, writing from Jerusalem or Ramla, informing the Jewish chief justice of Aleppo that it had taken seven months …
Petition in Judaeo-Arabic to the Nagid. Mentioning real estate and rent. The handwriting is likely that of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Very faded.
Recto: liturgical text in Hebrew. Verso: note in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)
Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. "The slave did what the master ordered, and my delay pains me."
Late letter in Hebrew to Yeḥezqel Ḥefeẓ from Shabbetay ʿAdda, discussing a business partnership, 400 reals, Jerusalem, and people including Pini Lavan (?), Yosef ha-Levi, …
Invitation for attending a gathering at Abu al-Sabāʿ Street in Cairo, and on the page there is a letter between friends in Hebrew – July …