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  1. 1551LetterT-S 8J27.19

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, to ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣedaqa al-Maḡribī, Jerusalem. Dating: ca. 1067 CE, Gil's estimate based on another letter that it mentions, …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאמ סלאמתך וסעאדתך
    2. [ועאפ]יתך מן מצר גד אלכיפור ואנא מהניא לך בהדה אלאעיאד דרכך
    3. [אללה אמ]תאלהא ואעאדהא עלי…

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  2. 1552LetterENA 3765.10 + T-S 18J4.16

    Letter from Shemarya b. Maṣliaḥ, in Fustat, to the Nagid Yaʿaqov b. ʿAmram, in Qayrawān. Dating: probably spring or summer of 1039 CE, and in …

    A: ENA 3765, f. 10r B: TS 18 J 4.10v ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.332-335 (Doc. #192) C.B. 02-03-88 (p) Rough draft of a letter written by Ghalib Ha…

    [ . . . ] He spoke to him in a manner the likes of which are not [per]mitted, and gathered about him a group of young men like himself [and] assumed …

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  3. 1553LetterT-S NS 99.7

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter addressed (in Arabic) to Abū l-Ḥasan Bishr b. Hilāl al-Baghdādī. The writer refers to his illness ([mā] anā ʿalayhi min …

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  4. 1554LetterT-S 32.10

    Letter from a certain Elishaʿ to a notable titled Rabbenu Moshe Av Bet Din (הרב המובהק הפטיש החזק . . . דגל הרבנים הרב הגדול …

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    1. אתה סתר לי וג
    2. שלום משמים נשקף . סד . . 
    3. [מ]ארבע רוחות הארץ נ . ק . 
    4. לאשכול הכופר ה[נות]ן אמרי
    5. [שפ]ר יקרת מעלת תפארת
    6. ועטרה מרנו ורבנו אור עי[ני…

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  5. 1555LetterT-S AS 116.377

    Unidentified text in Arabic, probably a letter. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)

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  6. 1556LetterMoss. IV,83.1

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 11th century. Difficult handwriting, with downsloping lines. Mentions various numbers and sums of money. Reused for jotted accounts on …

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  7. 1557LetterT-S 13J18.27

    Abū ʿAlī b. ʿImrān, Alexandria, writes to the son of his dead sister, to Abū Mūsā Hārūn b. al-Muʿallim Yaʿaqov, Fusṭāṭ, the shop of Abū …

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  8. 1558LetterT-S Misc.28.50

    Probably a letter of appeal for charity. From a certain Yefet. In Hebrew.

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  9. 1559LetterT-S 10J31.5

    Letter to Abū Saʿd Yaḥyā b. ʿEzra from his cousin (ibn ʿamm). In Judaeo-Arabic. Reminding the addressee that al-Ḥemdat had sent with him אלדרקה (probably …

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  10. 1560LetterENA NS 79.188

    Fragment of a commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Medieval-era. Very fragmentary. Refers to "going up" (al-ṭulūʿ); a gentile who must write to someone about something (wa-yaḥtāj …

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  11. 1561LetterT-S 12.276

    Letter addressed to the Nasi Yoshiyyahu. Dating: ca. 1230s CE. In Judaeo-Arabic with some interspersed Arabic script. Mentions the addressee going before the ruler (אלמולא …

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  12. 1562LetterMIAC 259

    Personal letter from individuals named Rafael, Yosef, and Shemuʾel asking for the issuance of citizenship papers for their father because the Egyptian government acknowledged it …

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  13. 1563LetterT-S 12.581

    Letter to Abū ʿImrān in which the writer, a perfumer and judge in Minyat Zifta, describes repairs to the local synagogue along with news of …

    1. ממלוך חצרה מולאי ותאג ראסי וסיידי אלעזיז עליי וענדי
    2. אלתלמיד אלגליל אלפאצל אלעאמל אלעאלם אלשיך בן עמראן שצ
    3. יקבל ידיה אלכרימה ומואטי קדמיה וינהי שוקה …

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  14. 1564LetterT-S NS 327.14

    Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "It is not hidden from your presence. . . Avraham . .. a dinar. . . since he said …

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  15. 1565LetterCUL Or.1081 2.21

    The opening of a letter in rudimentary Judaeo-Arabic (e.g. ממלוכה אלאצרג), from one Barukh, to Shelomo (?) Nasi Galuyot Kol Yisra'el.

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  16. 1566LetterT-S 13J19.25

    Late letter to Abd al-Karim Kashani dealing with orders for goods. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. לקי
    2. סלאם אללה תעאלה וברכאתה וזכי תחייאתה
    3. עלה אלאך אלעזיז עבד אלכרים ואלקפץ וצל לי
    4. יום אלתלאת וקלבתה חאזה ואלתרנגביל
    5. אלי הוא אלאצל מא ראיתה ואשכית אנ…

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  17. 1567LetterT-S AS 156.127

    Probably a family letter, consisting mainly of greetings. May mentions Fayrūz.

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  18. 1568LetterT-S 8J18.2

    IB IV, 19 (ח62). Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel to Yūsuf b. al-Khāzin (Almeria). Ḥalfon requests Yūsuf's help with a shipment sent by the judge …

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    1. יא מולאי וסידי ואעלי עדדי ודכירתי לאבדי בעד כתב אלכתאב
    2. אתפקת חסבה וארדת תכמילהא עלי ידך ודלך אמר רסאלה
    3. וצלת מן אלדיין אלאגל רבי אלעזר בן אלקצב…

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    1. אדוני ומרי ועזרי הרם ביותר ואוצרי לכל חיי. אחרי כתיבת האיגרת
    2. הזדמנה מצווה ורציתי להשלימה על ידך, היינו דבר משלוח
    3. שהגיע מן הדיין המפואר ביותר ר…

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  19. 1569LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 146

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script, probably mercantile. Little of the content is preserved. There is an unrelated fragment sharing this shelfmark, which …

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  20. 1570LetterENA 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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  21. 1571LetterENA 2558.30e

    Letter from Yehuda b. [...] to Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. The name of the city Tripoli appears after the sender's name, much of which is …

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  22. 1572LetterMoss. IXa,3.37

    Postcard in Hebrew from Moshe Ḥayy Benaim in Jerusalem to "Monsíeur Le Rabbín" Yosef Ghebra in Cairo. Dated 23 Elul 5670 AM (עת׳׳ר) or 27 …

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  23. 1573LetterT-S K24.16.1

    Letter fragment possibly concerning trade, in mixed Judeo-Persian and Arabic in Arabic script. The Arabic-script text on verso may be unrelated personal notes. The fragment …

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  24. 1574LetterT-S AS 148.52

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brothers. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentions business matters and a boat. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  25. 1575LetterT-S 8J21.24

    Letter from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Jerusalem, to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim, Fustat, ca. 1060

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    1. כתאבי אטאל א]ללה בקא מולאי אלכהן אלפרנאס ואדאם עזה ותאיידה מן אלקודס יום כ בטבת
    2. קד עלם אללה שדה] שוקי אליך ווחשתי לך ושוגל קלבי במא אנת פיה .…

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  26. 1576LetterT-S 10J20.5

    Petition from Hibatallāh b. Bū l-Faḍl Ibn al-Shofeṭ to Moshe Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1180 CE or generally 1168–1204, based on the years Maimonides was active …

    1. מפתח חרצובות ומשלחף עצבות ומ[ר]חק אובות[
    2. להקים חוקי משנה ולהסיר תואנה ולהדוך רוש ולענה יזכהו שוכן
    3. מעונה לבנין עיר חנה ולחזות ישועה ולשננה אני יי בעת…

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    1. looses the bands, removes sadness, dismisses the ghosts . . .

    2. (2-3) to confirm the rules of the Mishnā, to abolish any pretext, to pull dow…

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  27. 1577LetterT-S AS 150.131

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Mentions animals, fruit, the countryside, and people rejoicing over something. On verso a few words of unidentified Hebrew text. (Information …

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  28. 1578LetterT-S 6J2.30

    Letter from Yeḥezqel, unknown location, to Avraham ha-Melammed, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks the addressee to find out from Abū l-Bahā' if …

    1. ב
    2. חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלתלמיד אלגליל ר אברהם המלמד החכ[ם
    3. והנבון שצ מכצוצה באגל סלאם מן כאדמהא אלדאעי להא
    4. יחזקאל וינהי אלי גלאלהא אנה כאן סאל תפצלהא פי …

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  29. 1579LetterT-S AS 150.17

    Letter to a judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that he has sent a copy of a power of attorney (nuskhat al-wakāla) involving al-Shaykh al-Ajall …

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  30. 1580LetterBodl. MS heb. f 107/33–34

    Letter in Arabic script. Some kind of (state?) report on agricultural activities this year? وقد زرع في هذه السنة... وجميع الفلاحين فيها فلاحين السلطان... احد …

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  31. 1581LetterT-S 13J17.9

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Abū Naṣr David b. Yiṣḥaq. In Hebrew. The sender explains that he had been forced to flee from …

    1. [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . וש]מחותיו
    2. וטובותיו יגלמוהו גלום ויתברך מעתה ועד
    3. עלמי עילום בזכות אתא ממזרח ובא
    4. מאורח וחלם חלום…

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  32. 1582LetterT-S 8.244

    Letter regarding business from Mūsā b. Nissim b. Surrī to Abū ʿImrān. On verso another, unidentified text is written. May have been sent from Qayrawān, …

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  33. 1583LetterT-S AS 147.215

    Fragment (upper left corner) of a letter to Eliyyahu ha-Dayyan ha-Gadol.

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  34. 1584LetterT-S NS 308.119

    Business letter from Musa b. Ishaq b. Hisda to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ibn Awkal. This letter is a response to a letter sent by the …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאשיכי ורייסי וגלילי וכבירי אטא<ל> אללה בקאך ואדאם געמאך
    2. ותולאך ורעאך ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך ען סלאמה ושגל פי אלקלב ממא
    3. ורד עלי קלבי מ…

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  35. 1585LetterENA 962.49

    Multifragment. There are two different letters in Judaeo-Arabic stuck together. The larger one mentions Qayrawān; various business matters; and the health of the body. The …

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  36. 1586LetterT-S AS 143.383 + T-S AS 143.439

    Probably a letter concerning legal matters, or else a legal query. Mentions "our master" and "Gaʾon" and witnesses and oaths several times. The join is …

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  37. 1587LetterT-S 8J20.13

    Note in a rudimentary hand. describing that money for cheese had not arrived, and may be lost "on both sides." (Information from Goitein's index cards) …

    1. שלום רב לאהבי תרתיך ואין למו מכשול
    2. אעלם אל[[צ]]חצרה אדאם אללה עזה אן
    3. רגאל לחקהם אלגבן פ[[ג]]גו עלי גאה
    4. אלחצרה ושכו מתל דלך כונה פי אלטריק
    5. פאלאגנ . א…

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  38. 1588LetterT-S 8J17.5

    Note from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi probably to his brother Yedutun, in which he repeats five times that the recipient is urgently invited to a …

    1. ג
    2. שלום רב לאוהבי וג' אללה תעאלי יזכיכם שנים
    3. רבות ושנים נעימים מבורכים וטובות
    4. ואלדי תרידו עלמה אני מן [[צ]] פצל אללה תעאלי
    5. עלי גמלה אלסלאמה ואלעאפיה …

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  39. 1589LetterT-S 13J21.15

    Letter drafts from a certain Shelomo. Rudimentary handwriting. On recto he states that he is unable to come because his father is sick. The draft …

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  40. 1590LetterT-S 13J21.6

    IB VI, 10. Letter from Khiyār b. Yaʿqūb to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. …

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  41. 1591LetterT-S AS 152.222

    Letter in Hebrew. Late. Small fragment. The sender heard that a certain woman 'went up' from somewhere to somewhere (שמעתי שעלתה הגברת...). The sender also …

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  42. 1592LetterT-S AS 46.85

    Recto: possibly part of a letter in Arabic. Verso: Ezekiel 41:7. (Information from CUDL)

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  43. 1593LetterT-S 12.414

    Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat, dealing with sundry small business matters. He orders walnuts, sugar, and Sinnārī …

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    1. [ ] פי קלבה [. . .] וק . . לאכי . . . כבר אלכתב אלדי קאל לי ענהם אבראהים שלום

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקאכם ואדאם עזכם
    2. ונעמאכם ומן חסן…

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  44. 1594LetterNLI 577.1/76

    Letter in Arabic script. To 'the dear brother Muḥammad (or Majd something?).' Only a few lines from the opening with formulaic expressions of longing are …

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  45. 1595LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1456

    Letter from the Qaraite community of Damascus to the Qaraite community of Cairo. Dated: Wednesday, 10 Tammuz 5512 AM (ואתה על), which is 1752 CE. …

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  46. 1596LetterT-S 13J8.5

    Letter from Yosef b. Musa al-Tāhartī, from Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1059. Mentions trading with Byzantium and Sicily. Writes about beads, especially …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך מן אלמהדיה ה כלון מן

    2. שבט ען סלאמה ונעמה ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמין תקדמת כתבי אליך פי א…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ממהדייה, בה'
    2. בשבט. שלומי טוב ואני מאושר, תודה לאל ריבון העולמים…

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  47. 1597LetterT-S AS 151.142

    Recto: Small fragment of a letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. "You have forgotten me." On verso there is a Judaeo-Arabic translation of Psalms 116:3–6 (including a novel …

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  48. 1598LetterT-S AS 150.174

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Conveys greetings for Abū ʿAlī b. Abū …

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  49. 1599LetterBL OR 10112B.21

    Letter of condolence. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The hand may be known. No names or specifics preserved.

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  50. 1600LetterT-S NS 183.15

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic text. Possibly a letter, but everything preserved consists of ethical exhortations, so might also be from a literary text.

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