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  1. 101

    LetterT-S 10J25.3

    Letter from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin (Thābit), "the Glory of the Cantors," in Fustat. Dated: 14 …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ' אלדאעי ללה בכמאל עאפיתה יהודה המלמד
    2. אלי אלמולא אלשיך בו אלמגד כגק' מר' ור' מאיר השר היקר החזן תפארת
    3. החזנים חפטה אללה וגמלנא גמיע בב…

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  2. 102

    LetterT-S Misc.28.146

    Letter to Ḥalfon b. Berakhot (?). In a mixture of Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The letter is very long, but the substance seems quite short, occupying …

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  3. 103

    LetterT-S 8J39.9

    End of a letter from the Iraqi Gaʾon Shemuel b. Ḥofni to a friend who traveled to Fustat. Dated: Ḥeshvan [1]310 Seleucid, which is November …

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    1.                                                       ] אלסאלמין ויגמעה 
    2. מע אהלה עלי אסר אלאחואל ואסרעהא ואנא אחב אן יכון    לי 
    3. הנאך כמא כאן…

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  4. 104

    LetterENA NS 59.35

    Letter, probably. In poetic Hebrew.

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  5. 105

    LetterT-S AS 206.7

    Much damaged and faded letter.

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  6. 106

    LetterBL OR 5542.9

    Letter from Ismaʿīl b. Faraḥ (Alexandria) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), 9 September 1056. Confirms the arrival of goods and letters and sends information about …

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    1. מכתב מאסמעיל בן פרח, מאלכסנדריה, אל נהוראי בן נסים, פסטאט

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    1. סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ואצרף אלאס…

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  7. 107

    LetterT-S Ar.18(1).135

    Letter fragment from Daniel b. ʿAzarya (active 1052–62), in Palestine, to a dignitary in Fusṭāṭ. An urgent request to ask the authorities to stop an …

    1. דאכר למ[
    2. אלאמור ומ[
    3. ומא כאן יפעל [
    4. ערצו ויתגאהו פי דכרי [
    5. וקד קוית נפסה וליס לי בה[
    6. סידנא אלקאצי אלאגל תקה אלדולה [...אבו]
    7. מחמד אדאם אללה עלוהמא פי …

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  8. 108

    LetterT-S AS 150.35

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to 40 parchments; a group of merchants from Barqa (qawm Barqiyyīn); the arrival from the addressee's location of "the dogs" …

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  9. 109

    LetterT-S 10J7.1

    Letter to Abū l-Mahāṣin, in Barqa. The sender informs him that the money he sent for the capitation tax payment was finally deposited with Abū …

    1. בש
    2. כתאבי אלי מולאי וסידי אלשיך אבו אלמחאסן
    3. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה
    4. ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע אללה
    5. ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה
    6. אנשאאללה ת…

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  10. 110

    LetterENA 3842.2

    Letter in Hebrew. Mainly complaining about the conduct of a group of wicked people. Dating: Probably late. On verso there is a piyyut (in beautiful …

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  11. 111

    LetterBodl. MS heb. e 94/26

    Letter from an unidentified man, in Fustat, to his brother al-Musāfir al-Kattānī ('the traveling flax-merchant'), in Aṭfīḥ. The writer urges the addressee to come back …

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    1. יהמה אנת . . מן . . [
    2. מעוק הכדא ואנא פי כל וקת
    3. אהדיה ואקול לה לא תשגל קלבך
    4. כלמא בקי טא . ומן בעד [[רצמ]]
    5. רמצאן ית/נ/פד פי סעה ואנפדת תקול
    6. לי .…

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  12. 112

    LetterENA NS 6.11

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. There are a few words in Arabic script on verso.

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  13. 113

    LetterAIU VII.E.177

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 17 Kislev 5568 AM, which is 18 December 1807 CE.

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  14. 114

    LetterT-S AS 149.82

    Note addressed to al-Neʾeman reporting on the "red brick" (tūb aḥmar, cf. T-S NS 297.252). Mentions 29 manns, possibly 300 dinars, and the bricklayers (al-ṭawwābīn). …

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  15. 115

    LetterENA 1822a.32

    Half of a letter (left side of recto, right side of verso) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. He …

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    1. ]ים
    2. ] יהיו תמימים
    3. ] שוק אליכם ומן כוני
    4. ]עא. . .[. .] ביננא עלי כיר
    5. סל]אמה ואלעאפיה מן פצל אללה תעאלי
    6. ]י אן לילה אלעיד לחקני לכם וחשא
    7. ]כם אלי …

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  16. 116

    LetterT-S AS 200.97

    Much damaged fragment from the end of a private late letter.

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  17. 117

    LetterT-S K25.279

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From the circle of the 13th-century Mosul Nasis. Extremely faded. The beginning and ending are missing. All of recto and part of …

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  18. 118

    LetterT-S Misc.28.66

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly 11th century, on paleographic grounds. Verso contains one line of Arabic script, perhaps the address. Needs further examination.

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  19. 119

    LetterBL OR 5542.16

    Verso with the address on recto: Letter from Mubārak to his 'father' Sason Ibn Sabra. The sender may be Mubārak b. Yisḥāq and the addressee …

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  20. 120

    LetterT-S NS J291

    Beginning and end of an important business letter written after the arrival of the sender from Mahdiyya to Alexandria, containing a list of prices. Dated …

    1. מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אדאם אללה עזה וסעאדתה ונעמאה
    2. נעלמך סלמך אללה אן קד וצלנא סאלמין בחמד אללה
    3. בעהד לה יום ואלדי כאן מעי בעתה ונצת תמנה
    4. דנא מראבטיא ומ…

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  21. 121

    LetterT-S Ar.34.114

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Mentions a waraqa that is to be sent.

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  22. 122

    LetterENA NS 36.29

    Letter addressed to Yedidya Shelomo Yisrael. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Also mentions a R. Navon. The writer mentions wishing to copy a manuscript from a …

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  23. 123

    LetterJRL SERIES A 1181

    Short note by the gabbai Avraham Yuʿbaṣ affirming that Kasīm (?) Meyuḥas will rent a house in "darb al-midrash" (reading ḍarb as darb) somehow reated …

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  24. 124

    LetterT-S 12.361 + T-S 8J22.9

    Letter from Avraham Ibn Miṣbāḥ, in Alexandria to Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. Written in the hand of Avraham ha-Melammed b. Yefet. "I arrived in …

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  25. 125

    LetterT-S AS 180.128

    Family letter in Arabic, in Arabic script. There are a handful of Hebrew words, also in Arabic script. Dating: Likely 11th century, based on the …

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  26. 126

    LetterT-S AS 59.448

    45 minute fragments (44 paper; 1 vellum), of which two are probably parts of unidentified letters in Arabic (row 1, no. 8; row 4, no. …

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  27. 127

    LetterBL OR 5542.17

    Part of a copy of the same letter that is preserved in full in T-S 16.345, a letter from Mahruz to Sulayman b. Abu Zikri …

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  28. 128

    LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/16

    Recto: Petition to Masliah Gaon from a woman wishing to have a divorce. Probably 1127 CE. Discussed in detail, with translation, in Oded Zinger's dissertation, …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. יענך יי ביום צרה ישגבך שם אלהי יעקב וג
    3. אעלם חצרה אדונינו גאונינו נזרינו וכתרינו ועטרת ראשינו
    4. מצליח הכהן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יברכהו וי…

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  29. 129

    LetterMoss. IV,58.3

    Letter/petition from a certain Yehuda to a dignitary named David (Maimonides?). Refers to a [pe]siqa which took place 20 years ago. Only a small piece …

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  30. 130

    LetterT-S AS 145.26

    Fragment (right side) of a letter in Hebrew. Dating: probably ca. 16th century. (Krakowski and Rustow, Formula as Content, JSS 20, p. 141 n. 34 …

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  31. 131

    LetterT-S Misc.35.49

    Letter of recommendation written by Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq, 'av bet dinsellekol yisra'el', for Yehoshuaʿ b. Eli and David b. Shemuel.

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    1. אל רבי העדה ואצילי הצבור [
    2. ואחד לשארם כולם לפי פאירם ו[               ] מבחרם
    3.      שלום אהבה ברכה רחמים השקט מבטחה אב[
    4. המבר נוטרי ביר ונוצרי ח…

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  32. 132

    LetterT-S AS 176.209

    Letter fragment. Refers to the arrival of a raqqāṣ (runner/courier) in search of the sender (ʿabduhā).

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  33. 133

    LetterENA 4101.21

    Letter addressed to the Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Recommending the bearer, the cantor Yisraʾel who arrived this year from al-Mahdiyya, for charity.

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  34. 134

    LetterT-S AS 40.269

    Part of a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  35. 135

    LetterT-S AS 157.232 + T-S AS 157.231 + T-S AS 146.329

    Several fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to 'al-Segula' and a court case; having enclosed additional letters; refers to the addressee as חמדת לבינו …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . 
    2. לחמדת לבינו . . צ . [
    3. אלי אמיר בירות ונחן [
    4. ואלשיך אבו אלנגם הלאל [
    5. לבינו אגל סלאם ויסע[
    6. כלא[
    7. מן [

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  36. 136

    LetterBL OR 10124.21

    The closing of a family letter in Arabic script from ʿAzīza to her daughter Zubayda, dated the 23rd of Sha'ban [ ]57. ʿAzīza sends regards …

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    1. . . .
    2. وايضا تبلغوا سلامنا على اخواتك العزاز ومن خصوص لبنت
    3. اختك كحلة انك تتوصي بها واننا عينا على شانها وشان فرقتكم
    4. وايضا تبلغوا سلامنا على اب…

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  37. 137

    LetterT-S Misc.11.156

    Fragment of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably late. Torn vertically down the middle. Many people are named. Needs further examination.

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  38. 138

    LetterT-S NS 176.37 + T-S NS 176.14

    Letter sent from an unknown person, in Alexandria, to a family member named Yosef, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Probably no earlier than 15th century. …

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  39. 139

    LetterT-S NS 297.57

    Copy of a letter addressed to "the ustādh." The titles ʿAḍud al-Dawla wa-Tāj al-[...] appear. Written in Arabic script, in eloquent style but lousy handwriting …

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  40. 140

    LetterT-S 12.43

    Letter segment concerning some legal issues with the signature of Shemarya. The first concerns Nissim al-Iskandarani who has entered into a business partnership with an …

    1. ומתלמידינו הי]ושבים לפנינו המקום יגדיל[
    2. ]עלי נסים אלאסכנדראני משאט אל[
    3. וכל מא] יחצל לה מן פצל אללה פיהם כאן להא אלנצ[ף
    4. פאדא קראת יאהובנו כתאבנא ה[ד]…

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  41. 141

    LetterT-S 8.5

    Letter by a Karaite woman to three different family members. The language is opaque in many places. (1) To her mother, she opens with her …

    1. בשם ייי
    2. אלדי אעלמכם בה אנני מסתוחשה מנכם
    3. ופי קלבי מנך מא אללה עאלם בה כיף כרגתי
    4. מן ענדי ולא כאן אלמחבה תגלב קלת לך אקפי
    5. קלתי אן פארקתיהם מאתו יא אמי…

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  42. 142

    LetterT-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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  43. 143

    LetterENA 3028.2

    Informal note addressed to Abū Isḥāq. In Judaeo-Arabic, written uncharacteristically with complete vowels and diacritics, shedding light on the pronunciation of Egyptian Judaeo-Arabic. (T-S Ar.3.4 …

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  44. 144

    LetterT-S AS 148.115

    Small fragment from a top of a letter, probably for the leaders of the community. AA

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  45. 145

    LetterCUL Or.1080 4.48

    Letter, late, in Judaeo-Arabic from Yosef Yaʿveṣ to Ya'aqov Yaʿveṣ (or Yuʿbaṣ?). Information from Wagner, Linguistic Variety of Judaeo-Arabic, 24.

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  46. 146

    LetterENA NS 77.80

    Small fragment from the end of a letter, containing only greetings, but with almost all details missing. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yefet b. …

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  47. 147

    LetterENA 4101.20

    Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder to the judge Yehuda ha-Kohen (b. Ṭuviyyahu?). On parchment. Only the beginning is preserved.

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  48. 148

    LetterT-S AS 150.210

    Letter/petition for assistance in Judaeo-Arabic. Moderately wide line spacing. The addressee ([al-ḥaḍra] al-ajalliyya) is asked to investigate the sender's situation (yanẓur fī umūrī...).

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  49. 149

    LetterT-S NS J248

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj to R. Eliyya or to [...] b. R. Eliyya. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is distressed. He had sent a letter with …

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  50. 150

    LetterT-S NS 264.52

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to be delivered to the Square of the Perfumers, probably to R. Elazar ha-Dayyan who is named three lines …

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