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  1. 1501LetterBL OR 5557B.19

    Business letter, or possibly a letter between state officials. In Arabic script. Mentions: al-Shaykh al-ʿAfīf; Tripoli (presumably the Syrian one); that the addressee must not …

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  2. 1502LetterT-S NS 324.51

    Verso (original use): Letter from Mūsā, probably addressed to Shelomo. Asking the addressee's help in doing something on Sunday. Recto (secondary use): Letter from Shelomo …

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  3. 1503LetterT-S NS 225.15

    Letter from Mevasser b. David (Tinnis) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1052. Mevasser b. David appears to have recently arrived from the Maghreb (al-Mahdiya). …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וכלאיתך
    2. ורעאיתך מן תניס לו כלון מן תשרי ערפה אללה ברכה הדי אלסנה אל
    3. מבארכה וברכה …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסותו לך
    2. ואת השגחתו עליך, מתניס, בו' בתשרי, אלוהים יודיעך את…

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  4. 1504LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1489

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Arabic script in the margin and the address written in Arabic script. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions …

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  5. 1505LetterT-S Ar.30.118

    Letter, small fragment from the opening, mostly formulaic. Probably a letter of appeal for charity, as it mentions unemployment (al-ʿuṭla) followed by blessings for the …

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  6. 1506LetterT-S 13J7.28

    Letter addressed to Makhlūf al-Maghribi in Jerusalem, in the 'house of Natan,' about various commercial matters. Yehuda al-Ashkenazi and Abu Khalifa are also mentioned. EMS

    1. לקי'
    2. ס]לאם אללה תע' וברכאתה ואזכא תחיאתה
    3. עלי מולא אלגליל אלמוופק אלסעיד אלשיך
    4. מכלוף אדאם אללה בקאה וחרסה ותולאה ומן
    5. חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה ויגמע אלשמל

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  7. 1507LetterUnknown (excavation images 1966A_P06_27A-28 and 1966A_P06_28A-29)

    Letter from a certain Jāmiʿ, in Aswān, to his brothers Khalīl, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān. The sender is in desperate straits "without clothes" and urges his …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتابى الى الاخ خليل والاخ عثمان
    3. وعمر اطال الله بقاهم وادام سلامتهم
    4. ونعمتهم والذى اعلم به اننى وصلت
    5. الى اسوان وتعب معى ا…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. (This is) my letter to my brother Ḵalīl and my brother ʿUthmān
    3. and ʿUmar, may God prolong …

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  8. 1508LetterBodl. MS heb. c 13/24

    IB VI, 55. Letter from a certain Yosef, in Aden, to Yosef Ibn Shanju, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Early 16th century, based on the …

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  9. 1509LetterT-S 13J15.15

    Letter to Abu al-Ḥasan 'Allun the parnas (Eli b. Yahya, dated documents 1057-1107) about a case of inheritance, with a recommendation for a bashful young …

    1. בש רח
    2. לו דהבת אשרח לחצרה מולאי אלשיך אלואלד אטאל אללה בקאה
    3. ואדאם תאיידה ועלאה ותמכינה וכ[ב]ת א[עדאה . . . ]לת אלשרח
    4. אלשרח(!) ליכן אלי אללה אלשכוי וה…

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  10. 1510LetterCUL Or.1080 J29

    Letter that mentions the death of Aharon b. Yeshu'a Ibn al-'Ammani. A man writes to his two brothers in Alexandria. He left Alexandria for Fustat …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. כתאבי אליכם יא כואתי ואעז אלכלק עלי וענדי אטאל אללה
    3. בקאכם ואדאם סלאמתכם ואחיאכם ומן חסן אלתופיק לא
    4. אכלאכם אערפכם פיה אנני כרגת מן ענ…

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  11. 1511LetterT-S Ar.31.76

    Two fragments, both probably in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Fol. 1: Fragment (upper right corner) of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a …

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    1. תאיידהא [
    2. . . . . . . . [
    3. וכפי לט[פה
    4. מדה י יום [ 
    5. כאן יום . . [
    6. תצל אליך בע[
    7. פי בייע מה אמ[רתני
    8. אלמרכב פלא [
    9. כל מן פיה [

    Recto - right margin

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  12. 1512LetterT-S 8J16.1

    Note in which a physician is asked to help a captive woman, imprisoned probably due to debt. The addressee responds with a brief note on …

    1. בל אנא ממלוכהא
    2. אגתמע [[עבדהא]] מע גלאלהא פי אל
    3. כניסה אלמעמורה בבקא נצר (?) וערפתהא
    4. מא גרי לעבדהא מע אלגיראן פי מעני
    5. אלמראה אלמעתקלה אכת סידהם
    6. וקד שה…

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  13. 1513LetterT-S K25.190

    Letter from the office of Yehoshua the Nagid (d. 1355), a grandson of a grandson of the Rambam, to the Jerusalemite synagogues concerning an erection …

    TS Box K 25, f. 190, ed. S. D. Goitein, "The synagouge building and its furnishing according to the records of the Cairo Geniza", Eretz Israel, 7(196…

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  14. 1514LetterENA NS 47.3

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Ṣafar 613 AH = Sivan 1528 Seleucid = May/June 1217 CE. Most of the remaining content is formulaic.

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    1. לו וצף מא הו [עליה מן 
    2. ווחשתה מן נטרהם ואל . . . . . . . פראק
    3. כדמתהם ואלתרשף עלי מתול בין ידיהם
    4. למא וסעה כתאב ולא חואה כטאב אללה תע
    5. יגמע שמלה …

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  15. 1515LetterAIU VII.D.87

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe Bibas, Rashid, to Karo y Frances & Company, Fustat/Cairo. Longer than usual

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  16. 1516LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/95

    Letter of appeal for charity from Abū Dāniyāl to Maṣliaḥ Gaon. The house where the writer lives with all his family is collapsing around them. …

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  17. 1517LetterT-S 12.153

    Upper half of a long letter in Hebrew from the congregation of Jerusalem to Elḥanan b. Shemarya (d. ca.1025)

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  18. 1518LetterT-S AS 148.9 + T-S AS 148.197

    IB II, 49 (ח21). Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, in Aden, to Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Netanel, in Bharuch, India (see v14). Dating: ca. 1134 CE. …

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    [...ות]מן פוטה ושראב[יתין ...]

    1. מסך אלקדח פיה י' מתאקיל מ[סך ...]
    2. מנה דינארין קימה מחבסין [...]
    3. ולחצרתך מחבסין אבאע דלך פי אלתמן [...]
    4. אלי דיאר…

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    [... ומ]חיר 'פוטה' ושתי 'שראב[יות' …] 

    1. [...] מושק, הגביע ובו י' מת'קאלים מ[ושק...]
    2. ממנו שני דינרים, מחיר שני 'מחבסים' [...]
    3. ולזכות הדרתך שני '…

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  19. 1519LetterT-S NS 321.64

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: a 'moshav' (court session?) on Thursday; Rabbi Yiṣḥaq; a dispute over expenses accrued over 9 months, and sums of 8 …

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    1. . . . [
    2. ג . . ואנא קאעד בת . אך [
    3. אלסאעה ומא כתבת האדא אלכתאב
    4. ואנא פי אלדניא ולא נערף מא . . . . .
    5. ואלמולא מכצוץ באתם אלסלאם
    6. ואלפרעין אלנגיבי…

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  20. 1520LetterCUL Or.1080 J97

    Letter addressed to Moshe ha-Dayyan, who has a son named Yosef. The sender reports that Avraham was grateful for the favor of the addressee and …

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  21. 1521LetterENA NS 77.189

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a neat scribal hand. Very faded. The sender seems to be a woman (based on "sākina" in l. 8). She seems …

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  22. 1522LetterT-S AS 176.198

    Informal note mentioning Abū Saʿd Ibn al-Kāzarūnī and quires (kurrāsa/kurrāsāt).

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  23. 1523LetterMoss. IV,72.4

    Recto: Fragment of a letter from a group of people ("his slaves") to an unidentified dignitary. in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Verso: Accounts, probably, in Arabic …

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  24. 1524LetterT-S G1.74

    Fragment of a large and beautifully-written letter or sermon addressed to a community. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). The purpose …

    1. ] . . . 
    2. ]אמה פי אלדארין גמיעא
    3. וכקולה כבוד חכמים ינחלו וג לאן קולה הדא קול עמום יעם
    4. דאר אלדניא ודאר אלאכרה פמן פאז בברהם ואסעאפהם ונהץ
    5. אלנהוץ אלדי י…

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  25. 1525LetterT-S AS 146.107

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: Yosef; Ibn Bayān; al-Muhadhdhab; and Abū l-Ḥaẓẓ. May also mention the al-Buḥayra region of the Nile Delta and its administrator …

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  26. 1526LetterT-S NS 321.52

    Letter from Mūsā, in Damīra, to Abū l-Faraj al-[...]. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender, an absent husband, reprimands his wifeʼs family for accusing him publicly of …

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  27. 1527LetterT-S 6J6.14

    Bottom of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Mentions pearls; Abū ZIkrī Ibn Sughmār; a request to buy camphor; his sister's son Ḥammād(?); …

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  28. 1528LetterT-S Ar.18(1).165

    Letter from Abūn b. Ṣedaqa (Goitein says perhaps from Israel b. Natan), in Jerusalem, probably to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fusṭāṭ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. …

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  29. 1529LetterT-S NS 264.1

    IB VI, 52. Letter fragment from Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Abū l-ʿAlā b. Abū Naṣr ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. In Hebrew (for the …

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  30. 1530LetterCUL Or.1080 J167

    Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim. Offers details of ill-fated ships that were destroyed in a storm or met with …

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה

    3. מן אלאסכנדריה לנצף מן תמוז כתמה אללה עלינא ועליך בא…

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    1. (2−1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו,
    2. מאלכסנדריה, בחצי תמוז, …

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  31. 1531LetterENA NS 22.20

    The writer addressing his first cousin, a woman, who probably was his in-law, expresses the wish that the extended family may be reunited in one …

    1. ש[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. אנני [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. מן אלכיר ו.[. . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  32. 1532LetterT-S NS 320.115

    Letter from an unknown sender, in Alexandria, to a certain Shalom who has a son named Yehuda, in Fustat/Cairo. (In the actual address, the letter …

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  33. 1533LetterT-S NS 297.3

    Letter/petition addressed to Abū Isḥāq. Asking for charity. In Arabic script. The sender's name appears in the tarjama at upper left but is difficult to …

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  34. 1534LetterT-S 12.181

    Family letter from Sāʾir b. Yosef al-Kharazī (the dealer in beads) to Khalfūn b. Rabʿūn. Carried by Yaʿqūb al-Andalusī. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: 11th …

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  35. 1535LetterENA 2558.16

    Letter that mentions Avraham Maimonides - it seems that the writer asked him a question regarding legal procedure and now he is asking the recipient …

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  36. 1536LetterT-S NS 133.97

    Letter, probably. Looks like a draft of a letter of appeal in Hebrew, with only formulaic phrases. In the margins and all over verso, there …

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  37. 1537LetterBL OR 5542.25

    Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his brother, the physician Abū Zikrī, written in an extremely cursive script. He informs Abū Zikrī that the turban …

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    1. אבו אלברכאת געל פדאה
    2. אלי אלאך אלחכים אלעזיז אדאם
    3. אללה סלאמתה יערפה אן קלובנא משתאקה
    4. אלי נצרך וא[ן] אלעמאמה אלדי סיירתהא ואלעשרה
    1. כאתם פקד וצ…

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  38. 1538LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 669

    Letter from Muslim b. [...] al-ʿAṭṭār to Nahray b. Nissim. In Arabic script. Only the top of recto and the address on verso are preserved.

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  39. 1539LetterT-S NS 321.22

    Letter from Seʿadya ha-Talmid ve-ha-Sofer b. Yisra'el ha-Hazzan to Shemul b. Shela. Dating: Ca. 1040, based on the assessment of Gil. It is known from …

    TS NS Box 321, f. 22, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.415-416 (Doc. #226), C.B. 01-18-88 (p)Letter from Saadya b. Israel to Samuel b. Shela, approximately 104…

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  40. 1540LetterT-S 13J8.30

    Letter from Yosef Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon, Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1050 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the …

    1. ] ואדאם [עזה] ותאיי[דה וסלאמת]ה וכבת אעדאה
    2. ] אלסלאמה מתם בדואם נעמאיה
    3. ] אעלם מולאי אלחבר אדאם אללה עזה אן פי יום עשיה לילת[ין]
    4. ] מן רמצאן ערפה ברכה …

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  41. 1541LetterAIU VII.E.75

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.

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  42. 1542LetterT-S AS 148.87

    Minute fragment, only few words preserved including אדוננו which might be from a letter or legal deed.

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  43. 1543LetterMIAC 23973.21

    Letter from Ḥiṣn al-Dawla ibn al-ʿAsqalānī to the Nubian eparch Uruwī in Ibrīm. Ibn al-ʿAsqalānī begins by acknowledging having received the eparch's letter and responds …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. وَصل كتاب مولاي الاكشيل صاحب الخيل اطال الله بقاه 

    3. وادام نعماه وكبت اعداه     ووقفت عليه وقوف مسرور بوروده

    4. مبت…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.

    2. The letter of my master the Ikshīl, Master of the Horses— may God prolong his life

    3. an…

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  44. 1544LetterCUL Or.1080 J124

    Letter fragment from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in Jerusalem, to his father Judge Eliyyahu, in Fustat. Reporting on 'irregularities' of his brother Abu Zikri. See Goitein …

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  45. 1545LetterENA 3582.17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a woman. Fragment: Bottom part only. The sender is anticipating something that will happen "very, very, very" soon and urges …

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  46. 1546LetterT-S 13J20.17

    Letter to Eli b. Amram from a junior colleague, as court scribe, specifying the fees received for writing documents (marriage contracts, divorce documents, a power …

    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למו מכשול
    2. קד עלם הקדוש ברוך הוא מא עלי קלבי ומא אגדה לגיבה
    3. מולאי אלחבר המעולה שצ והוא ברחמיו הרבים יושיעהו
    4. ויצילהו ויסתיר…

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  47. 1547LetterMoss. IV,27.2

    Note from the cantor Yedutun ha-Levi, Fustat, to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub. Yedutun requests an update on the circumcised boy and the …

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    1. יאכי ואללה קלבנא כלנא ענדך ואשגלת קלבנא בעאקה כתבך ואמרתי //לך// הגיד לי דבר הנימול
    2. ולא שלחתה ואמך בלסאעה תחב תכרג אליך לאגל עאקה כתבך ועמך ע…

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  48. 1548LetterT-S 10J11.19

    Letter fragment to [...] b. Ḥayyīm. In this note, the writer states that he had previously sent with the letter-bearer two books, one containing Talmud …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. חבילות השלום ו . . . . . הברכות ונועם ששונות
    3. ושובע . . . . ות . . . . . . . . . . . . . חמדתינו כב גד
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  49. 1549LetterENA 2806.7

    Letter, complete and poetic, written by same hand as ENA 2806.5, contains mostly blessings. ENA 2806.5–7 are copies of letters to Shelomo Gaʾon and his …

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  50. 1550LetterT-S 6J5.10

    Note on verso. "Let the ruqʿa be read. Its contents are that they are asking her to lend them drapery and curtains." Seems like a …

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