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  1. 1651LetterT-S Misc.28.190

    Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. He excuses the messiness with the fact that he is writing this …

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  2. 1652LetterT-S NS 99.38

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez. Dated 13 Elul [5]569 AM (August 1809 CE). Information from Wagner, …

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  3. 1653LetterT-S AS 150.142

    Fragment of a commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning al-Dimashqī al-Tifʾeret, the arrival of "ṣāḥib al-kitāb" sums of dirhams, and a woman's speech quoted. (Information in …

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  4. 1654LetterT-S Misc.11.110

    Recto: A very formal letter (resembling a legal document or legal query) to an authority in Fustat/Cairo, regarding the daughter of [...] ha-Levi, known as …

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  5. 1655LetterT-S 13J20.1

    Letter from Avraham b. Shemuel Ha-Shlishi (third), Ramla, to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat, approximately 1035.

    1. שלום רב וברכות כפולות וחמלה וחנינה
    2. ואורך ימים ושנות חיים ויד וממשלה ועוז
    3. וגדולה וגילה וצהלה ומילאוי כל שאלה [ת]מיד
    4. נצח סלה לזקנינו ואדירנו ויקירנו ו…

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  6. 1656LetterT-S AS 151.169

    Either a letter describing a legal issue, or a legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions terms such as iʿtiqāl (arrest) and tarsīm (usually payment for house …

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  7. 1657LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/39

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Dealing with urgent and detailed business operations involving …

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  8. 1658LetterENA NS I.97

    Letter or monumental sign with a greeting text (ברוך אתה בבואך ברוך אתה בצאתך) with the name Shemuel Ashkenazi is listed in the first-person in …

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  9. 1659LetterMoss. IXa,2.2

    Very small note, faded and difficult to read. Might be related to illness judging by the words مريض and سرعة. Verso blank.

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  10. 1660LetterT-S AS 116.98

    Legal document or account in Arabic script, referring to "every month in the name ʿAbd al-Raḥīm" and payments. On verso there is piyyut. (Information in …

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  11. 1661LetterMoss. IV,80

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim, from Alexandria, to Yosef b. Eli Kohen Fasi, Fustat. Around 1055. Regarding trading in iron and coins, especially Byzantine dinar-quarters. …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא
    2. ענך ברחמתה מן אלאסכנדריה לח' בקין מן מרחשון כתמה אללה עליך ועלינא
    3. באחסן כא…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ויסלק כל רע
    2. ממך ברחמיו, מאלכסנדרייה, בכ׳׳ב (או כ׳׳א) במרחשון,…

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  12. 1662LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 661

    Beginning of a letter or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Only basmala and a few words preserved.

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  13. 1663LetterT-S J2.66

    Memorandum by Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1045 CE. The addressee in unknown; it might be Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī. Contains instructions about payment deduction …

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    1. תדכרה' וליה נהראי בן נסים נ'ע' 
    2. וצל כתאב אלאמיר יקול האת מן יגי יקבץ' אלצראר
    3. ואוגבת אלחאל אנחדארי ולם יתפק לי אלאגתמאע במול[אי]
    4. אל…

    Recto, right page, lines 1–9

    This is a memorandum from your close associate Nahray ben Nissim: A letter arrived from the amir saying: ‘Send someone t…

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  14. 1664LetterT-S 10J13.17

    Letter conveying greetings and relating that the community is expecting word from or about Yiṣḥaq who was obviously expected to come and visit. (Information from …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . ] . . אל . . . . [ . . . .
    2. ינהי לחצרתה כתרה אלוחשה ואלתאסף עלי
    3. אלפאית מן מלאחצתהא ואלדאעי ללה פי . . . . ב
    4. יקרב אלאגתמאע בה ען ק…

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  15. 1665LetterMIAC 294

    Invitation from the administration of the Paḥad Isḥak Synagogue (Kraïem) for attending the celebration which will be held in the synagogue on Passover between Saturday …

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  16. 1666LetterENA NS 2.40

    Letter sent to Abū ʿImrān Moshe ha-Kohen Tifʾeret ha-Kohanim dealing with a loan he had given to the congregation and some public affairs. Some persons …

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    1. אלשיך אלאגל אבי עמראן [כג]ק [מר]
    2. ור משה הכהן הזקן הנכבד תפארת
    3. הכהנים נאמן הסוחרים חמדת השרים
    4. עין העדה תפארת ישראל ויהודה אדאם
    5. אללה עזה וחרס מג…

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  17. 1667LetterMIAC 23973.46

    Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 35.

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    1. Basmala (i.e., in the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate).
    2. (This is) my letter to my brother and my lord, the dearest person to me, m…

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  18. 1668LetterT-S AS 175.49

    Brief letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, includes the final salutations but not the writer's signature. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.

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  19. 1669LetterT-S 8.256

    Only the bottom of the leaf is preserved, possibly a poetic letter or panegyric. Refers to Nathaniel ha-Sar (the 12th-century Gaʾon Nathaniel b. Moses?). (Information …

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  20. 1670LetterT-S AS 155.178

    Probably a letter. Very faded. Looks late. (Information from CUDL)

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  21. 1671LetterENA NS I.28

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic of a man to his social superior mentioning that a Nasi asked the writer's father to travel with him to Alexandria. The …

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    1. ] צגר משמא . [
    2. ] . ואשד . . אלממלוך [
    3. ] דלך וללממלוך מ . . . [
    4. ] . גמיע מא מתלתה . . [
    5. ] . . . . אלכאלק ולולא . . . [
    6. ] למא פאק ואלממלוך קד צ…

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  22. 1672LetterYevr. II A 1591

    Hebrew letter sent to Trakai (today in Lithuania). Mentioning a declaration given to the Karaite community in the region of Vilna and Luzka (today in …

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  23. 1673LetterT-S AS 146.172

    Secondary use: Letter fragment or draft in Judaeo-Arabic. The portion on recto has an agitated tone, mentions a sum of money, Munajjā, swearing by God …

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  24. 1674LetterT-S AS 155.13

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: first half of the 12th century. Distinctive handwriting, especially the alefs. Mentions the well known trader Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. …

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  25. 1675LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/68

    Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355) (in Cairo) to the community of Fustat about a conflict between two butchers who had caused …

    1. בסם אלרחים
    2. הנה אל ישועתי וכולי
    3. גמאעה אלזקנים ברוכים יהיו יעלמו
    4. הצור אלשיך מופק אלי ענדנא ודכר
    5. אן אלטבאכין יפסדו חאלה פלא סביל
    6. לאחד יגייר עליה עאדה א…

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  26. 1676LetterENA 2808.68

    Lower fragment, verso (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (left side only, long vertical strip). Mentions people such as [...] al-Ḥaver al-Jalīl; Abū l-Qawām; and …

    1. ] . הקבה הוא /י/ודע
    2. ] . . אללה ל . . . . . . מנה
    3. ]די אלחבר אלגליל שצ
    4. ] . . . . . ומן [א?]נא עבדה
    5. ] . . [וח]ק אבי מא לי מן אלקדר
    6. ] אן יבעת לי אלנאס
    7. ]…

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  27. 1677LetterMIAC 132

    Remainder of a letter on the lower right side of the page, and accounts on the lower left portion – undated – Museum of Islamic …

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  28. 1678LetterMIAC 150

    Commercial letter from the owners of a commercial company in lumber to the Bar Būḥay Institute in the Jewish quarter – November 30 1945CE – …

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  29. 1679LetterT-S Ar.7.11

    IB IV, 52 (ח52). Fragment of a letter, written somewhere in Spain, to Abū l-Saʿd ha-Levi (i.e., Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi). Written in a typical, …

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    1. [...] ומן אטאל אללה בקאה פי אלעז אלאדום ואלסעד אלאלזם אלאקום
    2. [...] בִמנה ويمنه כתבתה יא מולאי ادام الله عزه עמא תעלמני
    3. עליה מן אלאנקטאע אליך ו…

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    1. [...] ומי שיאריך ה' את חייו ביקר המתמיד ביותר ובאושר הקבוע ביותר, היציב ביותר 
    2. (2–3) [...] ברחמיו ובחסדיו. הריני כותב מכתב זה, אדוני, יתמיד ה'…

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  30. 1680LetterENA NS 7.47

    Original document: Accounts in very small Arabic script. Subsequent document: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to a woman. Written in the spaces around the original …

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    1. אשמעת בל[שיך] אבו . . . . . חבר קד 
    2. אסתקר ביני [ובי]נהם אנה ידכל אלי בלביס ויקדס
    3. עלא אלצגיירה פי בלביס ומן דו יק[דס] עליהא
    4. יגֿרי עליהא אלנפקה …

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  31. 1681LetterT-S K3.40

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably concerning the book trade. The sender asks for a certain maqāma to be sent to him (for copying?); mentions the …

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  32. 1682LetterENA NS 77.7

    Letter in Hebrew or Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment containing the name Shelomo and blessings.

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  33. 1683LetterT-S AS 151.121

    Letter from from Sibāʿ b. Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī, probably in Fustat, to Hibatallāh b. Menaḥem al-Jubaylī, in Alexandria. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi …

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  34. 1684LetterENA NS 70.15

    Letter fragment, addressed to Avraham ha-Talmid. What remains is the flowery introduction, in Hebrew. Several biblical verses are cited. Cf. ENA NS 19.9 (PGPID 11725).

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  35. 1685LetterT-S NS 297.162

    Letter or petition. In Arabic script. Quite fragmentary. May mention the blessed Nile. Includes a version of the raʾy clause (fa-li-l-ḥaḍra ʿuluww al-raʾy fī dhālika). …

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  36. 1686LetterT-S AS 84.311

    Letter addressed to Shelomo b. al-Gazi(?). In Hebrew. Dating: Late, based on handwriting. This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer (המוביל), who is …

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  37. 1687LetterT-S AS 155.181

    Small fragment of a letter.

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  38. 1688LetterT-S 10J9.14

    Letter from Eliyyahu b. Kalev b. Leon, a Byzantine, to the Egyptian Nagid Shemuel b. Hananya. Written en route to Cairo, Eliyyahu complains of the …

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    1. יובל לכבוד אדוננו ומרנו ורב[נו ש]מואל נגיד
    2. הנגידים ושר השרים רכב יש[ראל] ופרשיו
    3. עטרת ראשנו כליל תפ[ארתנו] מגדל עוזנו
    4. מני אליה בר כלב…

    Translated by Amir Ashur and Benjamin M. Outhwaite.

    To the dear coronet of glory, the great, holy one, our master and our teacher, our lord who is th…

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  39. 1689LetterMIAC 293

    Invitation from a charitable institution and the Jewish union in Egypt for attending a course of the educational committee and the institute at al-Ẓāhir Square …

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  40. 1690LetterT-S AS 158.1

    Letter referring to the synagogue and quoting extensively from the Hebrew Bible. Dating: probably ca. 13th–15th century based on hand, layout, and typical abbreviations. May …

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  41. 1691LetterT-S 13J27.4

    Business letter sent from Alexandria by Yiṣḥaq b. Simḥa ha-Levi, a wholesale silk-dealer, to Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Nissim ha-Levi in Fustat, dealing with goods …

    1. בשמך רח
    2. . .] כתאבי אלי [מו]לאי [. . . .] אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
    3. עזה ונעמאה ותא[י]דה [ו]תמכינה וכבת אעדאה
    4. ארגו וצולה ודכרת פיה מן אלשוק אליה וחש…

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  42. 1692LetterENA 2727.55

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, apparently addressed to Makārim, who is probably the same as Abū l-Makārim b. al-Talmid Abū l-Riḍā. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter …

    1. בר
    2. ישפוט השם בין ברכאת בן אלד/י/אן ובין מכארם
    3. לא שך אן פי קלב אלשיך אבי אלמכארם אבן אלשיך
    4. אלתלמיד אבו אלרצא החכם והנבון נע דחול מן
    5. סבב כצאמה מע אכי …

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  43. 1693LetterJRL B 5327

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Reports that Abū l-Maḥāsin is healthy and that the addressee's daughter is heartsick and fasting.

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  44. 1694LetterT-S AS 147.216

    Letter, probably. In Hebrew. Dating: likely 11th century. The text is damaged and fragmented and difficult to understand. Seems to involve receipt of a governmental …

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  45. 1695LetterCUL Or.1081 J19

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "my brother." The writer mainly communicates that he arrived at his destination safely, and that he rejoiced to learn of the …

    1. בש רחמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואעז אלכלק [עלי
    3. וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    4. עזך ונעמאך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא [[אכ]]
    5. אכלאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל
    6. במנה וכרמה א…

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  46. 1696LetterT-S NS 324.93

    Faded late letter in Hebrew

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  47. 1697LetterT-S 8.27

    IB II, 10. Memorandum to a traveler carrying Indian goods to Yiṣḥaq b. Bundar. India, ca. 1110.

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    1. [....] בעד כרוגך אללה יגמע ביננא קריב פי כיר וע[אפיה]
    2. ואעלמך אחיאך אללה אן אלדי וגהת מעך ט קטע מנהא ה [... לך ו ]
    3. בז ופוט ועדל סנבל פאמא אללך …

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    1. [. . .] {add: after your departure.} May God bring us together soon in well-being and h[ealth!...]
    2. Take notice—may God keep you alive!— that I…

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  48. 1698LetterENA 3917.5

    Letter. In Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era, based on hand and layout and vocabulary ('after the arrival of the basha... kiss the hands of Muḥammad effendi …

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  49. 1699LetterT-S 8J13.24

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his brother Abū Zikrī b. Eliyyahu. Dating: early 13th century. Almost entirely formulaic. The main substance appears to be …

    1. אלדי אעלם בה חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלאך אלעזיז אבו זכרי
    2. אדאם אללה
    3. ינהי לחצרה אלשיך אלאך אלעזיז אלחכים אבו זכרי
    4. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן
    5. אל…

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  50. 1700LetterT-S AS 151.218 + T-S AS 151.23

    Original use: Petition for charity from a woman, with reference to her poverty and hunger, her brother, the Levant (al-diyār al-Shām[iyya]), and 11 dinars. Also …

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