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  1. 1701LetterT-S 8J7.4

    Recto: Letter to David the Nasi b. Daniel, in which the writer informs him that he has arrived in Alexandria. Verso: jottings in Arabic script. …

    1. בברכות להגי..ל בישע להגדיל בחסד להפליל א
    2. במצולות להצליל ע יו להקמיל ולה ל גזעו באדם
    3. להשתיל. לקיים עליו קרא דכת ויצא הוא כבוד גדלת
    4. קדשת מרינו ורבינו …

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  2. 1702LetterMoss. X,35

    Letter in Arabic script, beautifully written. Fragment (right side of the page, only the beginnings of the lines are preserved). Addressed to Fusṭāṭ. Little of …

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  3. 1703LetterT-S 13J20.14

    Letter addressed to a certain Shemuʾel. In Hebrew. Large but very damaged. Goitein identifies the hand as "European." Mentions Yehoshuaʿ and Moshe. Also mentions a …

    1. . . . . ף בברכות תמוכות . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . ]כות . . . . . . . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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  4. 1704LetterT-S NS 324.49

    Small fragment probably of a letter. Wide line spacing. Could potentially be literary, too. מא . . פי נפסה ואלחדתאן ובואיקה פי עקבה אנמא עלם …

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  5. 1705LetterT-S NS J454

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From 'their brother' al-Mumḥe Ibn al-Shofeṭ to Surūr and [...] Ibn Ṭaybūs(?). Also mentions the names Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan and al-Kohen al-Dimashqī …

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  6. 1706LetterBL OR 5542.11

    Fragment of a circuit judge's report about actions with estate of Abū l-Fakhr in Damīra, written December 1258 CE (late Tevet 1570 Seleucid). Abū l-Fakhr …

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [תנוח]

    1. דעתך שהנחת דעתי ווצול ולד אלממלוך תהא
    2. משכרתך שלימה ואיצא וצל כתאב סיידנא ירום הודו
    3. שלהי …

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  7. 1707LetterT-S Ar.39.490

    Letter addressed to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal, in Alexandria. Fragment (left side of recto). In Arabic script, in an eloquent style. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. …

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  8. 1708LetterT-S Misc.28.225

    Letter from Barhūn b. Mūsā ha-Tāhartī, in Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: about 1045 (Gil). Business letter discussing trade in silk and …

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    1. [כתאבי יאסידי ו]מולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וציאנתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך
    2. [ ] ערבה צום כפור געלה אללה עלינא ועליך יום מחילה וסליחה וכפ…

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  9. 1709LetterHUC 13

    Family and business letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Probably late and related to the Kurdistani material in the rest of the HUC collection. Needs examination. …

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  10. 1710LetterT-S 13J15.8

    Letter of appeal for charity. From Yeḥizqiyyahu b. Shelomo ha-Ṣarfati ("the Frenchman") to Yosef ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver. Long letter containing rhymed prose and biblical quotations. In …

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    1. . . . . . . . . ]יוי. . עילום וברכות ייי וחזות נועם ייי
    2. ובצל] שדי יתלונן ודרך ישרה ופדות ועזרה
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] וכושר וזרע …

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  11. 1711LetterT-S NS 322.113

    Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. In Arabic script. T-S NS 322.101–17 all …

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  12. 1712LetterT-S Misc.27.4.17

    Letter fragment addressed to Ṣadaqa ha-Sar. In Hebrew (poetic introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Only the beginning is preserved. …

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  13. 1713LetterENA 2806.4

    Petition from Abū l-Manṣūr b. Abū l-Faraj al-Qubaybiyya to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. He reports that he has opened a shop in Suwayqat [...] near the shop …

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  14. 1714LetterT-S AS 153.173

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting and spelling. Small fragment (upper left corner). The sender wishes to be united with their son (or father, since this …

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  15. 1715LetterENA NS 33.22

    Letter fragment (lower left part). In Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting seems familiar. ". . . betroth her and take her, and let him not be absent …

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  16. 1716Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 20

    On verso there is a letter draft from Barakāt b. Bū l-Faraj = Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Maḥāsin, mentioning his sadness at hearing the …

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  17. 1717LetterMoss. II,141.3

    Letter fragment (the end only) from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya, referring to a debt. Dating: ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years …

    1. [לכב] מר ורב אפרים החבר בסנהד גדולה ישמרהו
    2. [בור]אהו ויצליחהו בכל מעשהו ושלום רב ישקיטהו
    3. [ומחר]ב יצילהו ובסתר כנפיו יסתירהו וארך ימים [ישביעהו]
    4. [בן מ…

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  18. 1718LetterENA 2808.57

    Letter with a long Hebrew prologue, followed by Judaeo-Arabic. Written in an elegant square book hand, and indeed this sender seems to be a professional …

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  19. 1719LetterT-S 13J27.7

    Business letter to ʿArūs b. Yosef, probably in Alexandria, since he is asked about prices in Alexandria in line 21. Aodeh thinks the author of …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتابي اطال الله بقا مولاي الشيخ الجليل وادام
    3. عزه وعن شوق اليه في هذه الاعياد وناسف
    4. على مفارقته اسل الله قرب الاجتماع بم…

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  20. 1720LetterT-S AS 204.170

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script.

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  21. 1721LetterT-S 12.325

    Letter from Dūnash b. Yiṣḥaq from Tripoli (Libya) to Yiṣḥaq b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, Fustat. Around 1030. Describes imagery or exaggerated event, of an attack against …

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    1.                    על שמך
    2. כתאבי אכי וסידי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך וצאנך ווקאך וכאן לך
    3. ומעך פי גמיע אמורך וליה וחאפצ'ה מן אטראבלס לי' כלון מן

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  22. 1722LetterENA NS 45.6

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj b. Sāl[im] to Abū l-Fuḍayl Ibn al-Amshāṭī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Not a great deal of the content remains. It seems that the …

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    1. בש רח
    2. חצרה מולאי וסיידי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    3. וכבת חאסדתה ואעדאה ומן חסן תופיקה [לא אכלאה
    4. גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכר[מה
    5. ואמא גיר …

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  23. 1723LetterT-S NS 99.33

    Recto: Bottom of a Judaeo-Arabic letter to a more important person, begging him to do some sort of favor ("wa-yubayyiḍ al-mawlā wajh al-shafāʿa fī dhālik") …

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  24. 1724LetterT-S AS 183.298

    Recto (secondary use): Letter of appeal for charity from Asʿad b. al-Ḥājj Ḥusām. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. He says that "I have nothing …

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  25. 1725LetterT-S Misc.27.4.7

    Letter from Sulaymān b. Shaʾul, perhaps in Sicily, to Salmān b. Shabīb al-Kohen, perhaps in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: mid-11th century. Touches briefly on business …

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  26. 1726LetterDK 215

    Letter of extremely elaborate flattery and good wishes for Purim addressed to a Jewish dignitary (rayyis al-ru'asā). There are a few lines of Hebrew, then …

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  27. 1727LetterENA NS 34.23

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, maybe 15th century or later, based on handwriting, abbreviations, formulae, format. The main letter on recto deals with various business …

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  28. 1728LetterT-S AS 200.184

    Likely a letter, or possibly a literary narrative, in which a person is describing their tribulations in rhymed Hebrew: אדוני תשורה נאה והדורה . . …

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  29. 1729LetterENA 2808.21a

    Letter from Avraham Maimonides (autograph) to Fakhr al-Dawla al-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. He has heard that Fakhr al-Dawla is upset at him, and he is shocked …

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  30. 1730LetterT-S AS 152.200

    Letter from Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to his cousin the judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (active 1125–50). Quite damaged. Mentions a document in the handwriting …

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  31. 1731LetterJRL B 5592

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a chest of coral (3 lines from bottom). Very close to the hand of Avraham Ibn Yijū, although does not …

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  32. 1732LetterENA NS 18.7

    Letter sent by Yosef b. Shemuel to 'his brother from father and mother', Ṣadaqa b. Ḥakmūn, congratulating him on the birth of his son. The …

    1. הנה נחלת ייי בנים שכר פרי הבטן
    2. כחצים ביד גבור כן בני הנערים
    3. אשרי הגבר אשר מלא את א מ ל י וג
    4. אסתוהב אללה לך יאכי מן אלנעם אתמהא ומן אלמנן
    5. אעמהא ומן א…

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  33. 1733LetterT-S Misc.27.4.19

    Letter in the hand of the judge Shela b. Mevasser on behalf of the community of Alexandria addressed to the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, in …

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  34. 1734LetterT-S AS 152.314

    Recto: Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq and 'kissing the earth.' Verso: Genealogical list in Hebrew in a different hand, mentioning …

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  35. 1735LetterDK 320

    Letter in Arabic script. Complete, filling all of recto and verso. The sender is Christian: he (or she) swears by the baptism in r15 (wa-ḥaqq …

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  36. 1736LetterJRL A 1112

    Small fragment (upper left corner) of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Dating: 11th or 12th century. None of the substance is preserved.

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  37. 1737LetterYevr.-Arab. II 871.1

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Contains a very detailed account of the viewing of a new moon.

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  38. 1738LetterJRL B 2744

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter with wide space between the lines, probably too faded to read. The names or titles of the addressee may appear …

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  39. 1739LetterCUL Or.1080 J166

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, from Tinnis, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1056. The writer just arrived in Tinnis and he is astonished to …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסלאמתה

    2. ונעמתה מן תניס ען סלאמה פי אלנפס ושגל סר לא יעלם עלמה

    3. גיר אללה עז וגל וקד ערפתך …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדו לך, מתניס, שלום לי בגופי, אבל אני מודאג כ…

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  40. 1740LetterT-S NS 224.208

    Small fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Damietta; someone's cousin (ibn ʿamm) Abū l-Surūr who is in Fustat; speaking to 'the Nazir' (Heb.); and …

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  41. 1741LetterT-S AS 145.359

    Letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, probably to Nahray b. Nissim. Probably in February 9, 1053. Mentions collecting debts from Kamel and b. Hajaj, which …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם [עזך…וצרף אלאסוא]

    2. ענך ברחמ ליב בקין מן אדר [ראש]ון ואלחאל סל[אמה

    3. ענכם מן יום וצלת סוא כתאב ואחד …

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    1. (1–4) אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך …. ויסלק כל רע ממך ברחמיו, בי"ח באדר ראשון. שלומי טוב .... (לא קיבל…

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  42. 1742LetterENA 2560.9 + ENA 2727.35

    Letter from Natan ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh and one other person, in Ashqelon, to Avraham b. Elʿazar, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1130 CE. Bottom missing. …

    ENA 2727.35

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. עבדא אלחצרה אלסאמיה אלאגליה אלתקתיה אל[שר]יעיה הדרת כגק מרנו ורבנו נז[רנו]
    3. וכתרנו אברהם השר הגדול המשכיל בתורת האלהים החכם והנבו…

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  43. 1743LetterYevr.-Arab. I 4907

    Letter from an unknown writer in Egypt to Moshe Kohen in an unknown location. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably 16th century at the earliest. Mentions …

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  44. 1744LetterENA 2738.23

    Two letters. (a) Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Yosef [..]ān al-Barqī to Shemarya b. Shemuel. He decribes the difficult winter they have had, not to mention …

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    1. בשמ
    2. ואלדי אעלמך [ב]ה אנני קד אנפדת לך מע בן קשישאת
    3. כתאב ואשרחת ל[ך פיה] אלאמור וקד גמני עודאך (?)
    4. פי הדא אלעיד ואנת תערף חאלי ומא לחקני מן אלמ…

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  45. 1745LetterJRL B 1924

    Letter draft in Italian on a bifolium which may have constituted a broader notebook. The year 1814 CE appears on the left bifolium of the …

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  46. 1746LetterT-S 8J18.6

    IB IV, 48 (ח51). Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Shabbā, al-Andalus, to Spain Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel, probably 1138–39. The writer expresses longing for Ḥalfon, comparing separation …

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    1. מן עבדה אל קאיל בפצ'לה אסחק בן שבת
    2. יאמולאי וסידי אלמנעם אלמופצ'ל אלמוג'מיל
    3. אלמחסן אלדי לא אנס לי דונה ולא וחשה מעה
    4. ומן אטל אללה בקאה וקרב יום …

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    1. מעבדו המשבח את חסדו, אסחק בן שבת.
    2. אדוני ומרי הגומל טוב, העושה חסדים, המיטיב,
    3. העושה טובות, מי שבלעדיו אין לי שום התרועעות ועמו אין שום בדידות,

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  47. 1747LetterMoss. V,349.2

    Un-conserved. A short note informing Hillel the cantor about an issue between Avraham b. Yeshu’a and his wife. AA

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  48. 1748LetterT-S 18J1.1

    Letter, probably from Damascus, in which fifteen elders admonish a community in another country to bring to court a merchant against whom a widow held …

    1. . . . .]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]. .א. . . .
    2. . . . .]. .פד חסאב מפרד לחאדין אלעד . . . . . . . . . . …

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  49. 1749LetterMoss. V,349.1

    Un-conserved. Fragment of a letter contains personal and business issues. Probably 13th century.

    1. אן ענדכם פי מצר אמור [
    2. . . .מה פאללה תע יפרג ברחמתה וחדית
    3. א[בו] אלפרג תקול ען ענדי פי [מ]ליג דאר צ̇רב
    4. מה[מא] תצל לי אנא אסירה לכם ופי קל[ב]י
    5. אלנ[אר]…

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  50. 1750LetterMoss. IXa,3.36

    Three notes, two on lined paper, one in Hebrew with an elaborate signature. Presumably 20th c.

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