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  1. 1601LetterENA NS 61.3

    Fragment of a bussines Letter. Unusual hand, probably Italian. Venice is mentioned.

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  2. 1602LetterT-S NS J186

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, to Musa b. Abi al-Hayy. Around 1063. The writer informs the addressee about Nahray b. Nissim’s illness. Seems …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה

    2. ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה מן אלמסתק[ר ל ] בקי מן אב יהפך

    3. לשמחה כתמה אללה עלי מולאי באחסן כאתמ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיר את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדיו לך ויכה את אויביך, מן הבית .... ב.... באב ייהפך
    3. לשמ…

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  3. 1603LetterYevr. II A 142

    Includes 6 different shelfmarks. Most are literary, but the fragment 3 contains a copy of a letter yo Hasdai the Nassi

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  4. 1604LetterT-S NS 322.47

    Verso: Formulaic phrases and blessings in Judaeo-Arabic from a letter for a dignitary.

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  5. 1605LetterT-S NS 322.109

    Letter fragment probably in the hand of Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ of Tyre (see neighboring fragments).

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  6. 1606LetterT-S 16.186

    In the form of a legal document (see lines 3-4), a fragment of a petition to a Nagid from a small town, signed by twenty-six …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . . נא [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]פה טאע[ . . . . . . ] דא [ . . . . . . . .
    3. …

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  7. 1607LetterT-S Ar.30.160

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Concerning family and business matters. Mentions: 'my lord the qāḍī'; various instructions about transactions and …

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  8. 1608LetterT-S NS 224.209

    Letter from Abū Zikrī to Abū Saʿīd Halfon b. Moshe, Trustee of the Yeshiva. This person is unknown and is not listed in Goitein's index …

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  9. 1609LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/87

    Letter from Abū l-Riḍā, it seems in Fustat, to his wife's brother Meʾir, perhaps in Damīra or at least nearby in the Rīf. In Judaeo-Arabic. …

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  10. 1610LetterYevr. II A 1861

    A letter to the Karaite community of Istanbul from Shmuel.

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  11. 1611LetterT-S 12.501

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly sent from Alexandria to an unidentified dignitary in Fustat (though Goitein suggests that the sender is in Fustat and the addressee …

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  12. 1612LetterENA 3722.10

    Letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. Remnants of 7 lines on recto and verso. Seems entirely formulaic; might be from a formulary. The hand may be known.

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  13. 1613LetterT-S NS 320.136

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (bottom part only). Part of the address is preserved, but it is probably illegible. The sender complains about receiving no news …

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  14. 1614LetterT-S Ar.30.228

    Letter from a man to his son. In Judaeo-Arabic. In rudimentary handwriting and orthography. He reports that the 10 dirhams have arrived and that he …

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  15. 1615LetterT-S 8J19.17

    Letter of petition, draft, addressed to “our lord” Mevorakh during his first term in office, from the “holy community of Malij and its cantor.” Only …

    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למ. מכ
    2. שלום שלום מאדון השלום העושה במרומיו שלום וברכות
    3. עד אין חקר ועוז ותעצומות ורני פלט עם שאר הברכות
    4. האמורות על יד הנבי…

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  16. 1616LetterMIAC 24

    Appeal concerning a warning to youth about the thoughts of some outsiders in the teachings of religious law and the appeal is from the Aḥbāb …

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  17. 1617LetterT-S 13J24.13

    Fragment of a rotulus containing an exchange of poetic letters between a notable ("dāma ʿizzahū") and the late Abū Zikrī. On verso there is a …

    1. . . . . . . .]ק[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. כי על פי שליחך שמעה ו. . . . . .[. . . . . . .
    3. . . . .ן עד יהשה.[. .]. [. . …

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  18. 1618LetterENA NS 28.22

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Mentions Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī. Needs examination.

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  19. 1619LetterT-S 12.410

    Letter sent from the Maghreb by the Judayla family to Ismail b. Barhun al-Tahati, asking him to obtain flax from Sha'ya in return for the …

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    1. אבקאך אללה ואדאם סלמתך וכאן לך ומעך סידי נחן עיאל
    2. גדילה דלנא עליך ונתמתל ארואחנא [               ] מן אלצור מא
    3. לא נטיק נצפה מן כול וגה וכאן עט…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ויהיה לצדך ועמך, אנחנו, משפחת
    2. ג׳דילה, משתחווים לפניך וסרים למשמעתך …. מרוב נזק, עד
    3. שאי אפשר…

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  20. 1620LetterT-S AS 179.83

    Recto: Informal mercantile letter in Arabic script. Dating: Probably 11th or early 12th century. The sender reports that he sent the garment with Mūsā. Mentions …

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  21. 1621LetterT-S Ar.54.61 + Moss. V,339

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1218 CE or slightly before, based on the date listed in the accounts on verso. The writer is in desperate …

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  22. 1622LetterT-S 13J7.2

    Letter from a certain Yaʿqūb to Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. Abū Saʿīd known as al-Yatīm. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's mother has been sick. The addressee has …

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    1. אעלם חצרה מולאי אלשיך
    2. אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאה
    3. ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ומן
    4. חסון תופיקה לא אכלה גמע
    5. אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל
    6. במנה וכרמה אן שא אללה
    7. ולדי תרי…

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  23. 1623LetterT-S AS 145.277

    Fragment from an opening of a letter to Perahyahu the Judge - Perahya b. Yosef, of the Ben Yiju family who was the muqaddam of …

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  24. 1624LetterT-S 18J3.16

    Letter from Tanḥum b. Sulaymān, in Jerusalem, to his mother and three brothers, Abū Mūsā, Ḥayyim and Aharon (or two brothers, Abū Mūsā Ḥayyim and …

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  25. 1625LetterT-S Misc.25.65

    Letter from Khalaf b. Ghanīma, probably in Alexandria, to 'my brother' Bū Yaʿqūb b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he went …

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  26. 1626LetterT-S 6J4.1

    Recto: family letter, ca. 11th century, from Abraham to his son-in-law Elijah and his daughter אתוכלי, Itwakkilī (Arabic, but unattested as a name). There are …

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    1. ]ת רבות וברכות עצומות לחתני מ׳ אליה ולבתי אתוכלי
    2. ] אביך ואמך ואחיך אליה ואחותך שטירומי וזקנה ומן 
    3. ]ך [ ]בת אחותך דעו אנו לחיים ובוטחים לאל וגם…
    1. […] great [wellbeing] and mighty blessings to our son-in-law Mar Elijah and to our daughter ’TWKLY  
    2. […] your father and mother and your brother Eli…

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  27. 1627LetterENA 2808.31

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Mostly blessings

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  28. 1628LetterT-S AS 178.36

    Note addressed to Abū l-Faḍl. Reused for additional jottings.

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  29. 1629LetterT-S AS 168.183

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Not much is preserved. Mentions "we are worried" (naḥnu masghūlīn)...

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  30. 1630LetterT-S Ar.53.37

    Letter from a blind man in Salonica to his son Ismāʿīl in Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written on parchment in a scholarly hand. The first page …

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    1. מע צביה [[נ]] צגירה ולהא חט ואיצא אליהוד מא
    2. יתחשוני ומא ענדי שי נכרג בה אליכם ואנא פי
    3. ג נפוס ואכשא אן נתקל עליכם ואכתר מא
    4. בשרתמוני אנכם מא תחת…

    Verso

    1. … with an attractive young girl. The Jews here do not
    2. treat me as a stranger. I have no means for the voyage to you (plural). We are
    3. three per…

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  31. 1631LetterT-S NS 264.51

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic (upper margin only on recto, address only on verso), from Ḥasan b. ʿAmram to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal Netanel b. …

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  32. 1632LetterT-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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  33. 1633LetterT-S 6J5.15

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 13th–14th century. Recommends the bearer for assistance, something to do with the charitable collection (jibāya) which was done for him …

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  34. 1634LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 461

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions the currency ghurūsh.

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  35. 1635LetterT-S NS 99.67 + T-S NS 99.69

    Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic (recto) and Arabic (verso). Probably a letter.

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  36. 1636LetterMoss. VII,188.1 + Moss. VII,188.2

    Two fragments of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Sulaymān Palias (?).

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  37. 1637LetterENA NS 45.30

    Letter fragment from Khiyār b. Yaʿqūb to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 11th century. Reused for business accounts on verso. On …

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  38. 1638LetterENA 2889.50 + ENA 2889.49

    Two fragments of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 12th century. Refers to al-Ṭarābulsī; something which Ibrāhīm sent; pepper; and probably saffron. Legible phrases: …

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  39. 1639LetterT-S AS 147.176

    Letter in the hand of Abraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). Mentions a certain Elijah - probably Elijah b. Zekharya. AA

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  40. 1640LetterT-S F11.26

    Bifolio. The main text is a very detailed list of the forbidden sexual relations (ʿarayot). In the margin at the bottom of recto, there is …

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  41. 1641LetterT-S NS 225.19

    Recto is a piece of a letter or petition describing legal negotiations, in which a woman makes a declaration, someone is granted permission to meet …

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  42. 1642LetterT-S NS J187

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, probably to Musa b. Abi al-Hayy, Fustat. Around 1063. Seems like several of the writer’s relatives want to …

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    1. כ[ת]אבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך […וכבת]
    2. אעדאה מן אלמסתקר לה כלת מן [
    3. כאתמה ומא אעלמך ביה סלמך אללה [
    4. בעהד אן קריב ואחכאו ען ארום [
    5. …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים (וכו' .... ויכה)
    2. את אויביך, מן הבית, בה' בחודש .... (יחתום אותו אלוהים עליך אדוני במיטב)
    3. ח…

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  43. 1643LetterENA 2808.34

    Note from a certain Mūsā to a notable. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely ca. 13th century (the hand may be known). The sender reminds the addressee …

    1. ב .
    2. אלממלוך עבד
    3. אחסאנה מוסי
    4. יקבל אלארץ ויסאל אחסאנה נגאז ועדה
    5. פי מא סאלה אלממלוך לצדקתה אלבארחה
    6. ויחמל אלממלוך פי תהגמה עלי צדקאת מולאנא ואלעבודיה
    7. פמ…

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  44. 1644LetterENA 2805.16

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī to Nahray b. Nissim, ca. 1045-1096. Contains details regarding flax shipments that were arranged in partnership with Nahray. The …

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    1. וכאן אלבארח באלליל תנפיד דכרו אן מרכב דכל אלמינא ארגו אן יכון כדלך ואן יסמענא כיר ברח' ותקרי סידי אבי עמראן 
    2. מוסי אלאספאקצי אלסלם ויתערפה קד א…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך, ביום א', בכ"ח באב, יחתום אותו אלוהים עליך
    2. במיטב חו…

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  45. 1645LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/40

    Bitter letter by a public officer complaining about his lot. The sender's name is not preserved. Refers to Rabbenu; acknowledges receipt of a letter from …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]יד כלעה פאוצא בכ דינ ננצב
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .].ה הם והדא אלדי ערפת אן כשף
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  46. 1646LetterT-S AS 157.220

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. With a negative tone, talking about losses and how someone can ינקל אלף נקלה whatever that means, and how …

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  47. 1647LetterT-S 13J35.11

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting. Mentions Barhūn and al-Rayyis Abū Zikrī. From the Maghreb? (Information from Goitein's note card.) Possibly a join: T-S 13J35.11 …

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  48. 1648LetterENA NS 22.6

    Left side of a letter concerning a slanderous woman (al-Shāmiyya) who is always insulting people and her two daughters, one of whom is the wife …

    1. ] ל אללה בקאהא ואדאם עזהא . .ואהא
    2. ]מן בית אבו עלי בן אלכהן ומן בנתהא זוגה
    3. ]. . ואצל דלך אן גאת [[אלי בי]] אלשאמיה אמראה
    4. ] תדכר אגלא אלנאס באלקביח וא…

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  49. 1649LetterT-S 8J20.22

    The document begins with four faint lines from the end of a text concerning a halakhic problem and ends with the expression ישע רב , …

    1. שליח בית דין תחצרהם גמיע ותערפהם מוגב
    2. אלשרע פי דלך פקד(?) מאתן(?) ואכד . . . . לחיים
    3. ואלא פיטלעו חתי . . צלה ואן . . . פכד עליהם אל
    4. שהאדה חתי ינפד פ…

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  50. 1650LetterENA NS 77.9

    Minute fragment. only few words, but most probably from a letter. The name Yaaqov is written. On verso in a different hand: only the name …

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