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Fragment of a letter, mentioning Egypt but mostly too faded to read. In Hebrew. The name R. Yakhin appears at upper left, but not clear …
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Letter of blessing to a notable, maybe on a happy occasion, such as a birth of a child. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Dating: Probably …
Poetic letter of congratulations, from the Ḥaver, thein-law of the 'head,' Abū Is[ḥāq] b. Saʿadya, to Yeshuʿa b. Yehuda, on the occasion of the circumcision …
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Letter from a certain Peraḥya to the Nasi Shelomo. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting that he had intended to pay him a visit on the …
Letter in which the writer sends greetings to R. Hananel, “al-dayyan al-jalil” (the illustrious judge) and to the judge Yehiel b. Eliakim (of Aleppo). The …
מכתב אל הדיין אליה מאת בן אחות אשתו ברכאת אבן אלעטאר.
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Letter from Abū l-Bishr to Abū l-Bahāʾ. Also addresses Abū l-Riḍā on verso. In Arabic script. Dating: Likely ca. 13th or 14th century, based on …
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Shelomo b. Eliyyahu’s hand? Mentions an old woman, then somebody's (probably the writer's) intention to bring a matter before the state …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Abū l-Ḥusayn b. Hārūn (?).
Letter from Hayya Gaʾon (d. 1038), in Baghdad, to the brothers Avraham and Tanḥum b. Yaʿqov of Fez, in Fustat (possibly to be forwarded to …
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Letter from Hillel Ha-Ḥaver b. Yeshuʿa Ha-Hazzan, Tiberias, probably to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat, approximately 1050.
Verso (original use): Lower part of a family letter in Arabic script, with greetings to several qāḍīs (ʿImād al-Dīn, Zayn al-Dīn, and Tāj al-Dīn), al-Ḥājj …
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Request for aid from Jerusalem to Cairo. Undated but likely late 19th or 20th-century based on the paleography and the findsite (the Bassatine Cemetery). The …
IB VI, 32 (ח72). Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Aharon al-Sijilmāsī, in Dahlak, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. Dated: 8 Tammuz, apparently of 1140 CE. Yiṣḥaq continues …
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Fragment of a letter in the hand of Mūsā b. Yaʿqūb, in Damascus, to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Yūsuf b. Dāʾūd (Ibn Shaʿyā), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic …
IB VII, 50. Letter (memo) from an unnamed India trader, probably in Aden, to Mufaḍḍal Ibn Abī Saʿd, in Qūṣ. Dating: first third of the …
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Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Reports on a legal dispute. Includes the phrase "he arrested me," followed by the sender asking the addressees to …
Recto: Bottom of a letter of appeal for assistance. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. early 12th century. in Judaeo-Arabic. The address is asked to meet with …
Probably a letter (only a few words are legible), apparently sent to Fusṭāṭ, mentioning al-Maḡribī and Abū [Ni]ssim (?). (Information from CUDL)
Letter from eight paupers, in debtors' prison, to Shemuel ben Sīd. Dating: ca. 16th century. The senders are Yosef Malili, David Maymūn, Ṣemaḥ הבהב, ʿEzer …
Letter of Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: ca. 1030 CE (per Gil?) and, in broad strokes, ca. 1025–1051 CE based on the …
IB IV, 34 (ח58). Letter drafts from Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1139 CE. This fragment contains three different drafts of …
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Letter fragment, probably. In Hebrew. Dating: late, probably Ottoman-era. Only the first few words of 12 lines are preserved. Seems to contain praises for somebody …
Letter from Yehoshuaʿ b. Yakhin to Shelomo b. Shelah starting with 18 lines of bible quotations (l. 1, Genesis 5:18; l. 2, Psalms 24:5; l. …
IB IV, 57 (ח64). Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel, probably in Qalyūb, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel in Alexandria, ten days after his previous …
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Part of a letter, possibly to [Ṭoviyyahu ha-Kohen b.] ʿEli ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver ha-Meʿulle, which refers to sending a letter to 'the distinguished prince' (השר הנכבד) …
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Beginning of a letter from Daniel b. Azarya Gaon or David b. Daniel to a community, ca. 1092. NB: The shelfmark has since changed, and …
Verso: Draft of a letter to a judge. The sender reports that a certain Abū l-Ḥasan settled in Bilbays and owed 200 nuqra dirhams to …
Form letter from the community of Hebron. In Hebrew. Dated: 5539 AM, which is 1778/79 CE. The name Refa'el Ḥannuka is filled in in big …
Probably a letter describing a legal conflict, or else a legal document containing testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Referring to the opponent; a Jewish person; "I threw …
Beginning of a letter. Only the blessings have survived.
Fragment of a letter addressed to the Gaʾon 'at the gate of the Yeshiva.' The sender reports that he has fulfilled the order, and a …
Letter from the Maghreb regarding business and family matters. Unfinished. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. At the bottom of recto, the writer says that he …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic - from the end of the 12th or first half of 13th century. Mentions "Sayyidnā may he live forever," which may be …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a brother-in-law. Looks late.
Difficult-to-read and very brief Arabic document, containing the common but mysterious glyph لے at the top of recto and phrases such as "mamlūkuhu", 'li l-sharṭ' …
Letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. It is not immediately clear if recto and verso are in the same handwriting or not. On recto, the addressee is a …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "my child Ibrahim" . After the usual greetings we read: "I have no instruction to you except that do not let …
IB VII, 70. Letter from ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn, Aden, after his return from a difficult voyage to the southern coast of India, to ʿArūs b. …
[Your servant took notice of... and your yearning] for him, a feeling shared by me. [May God ordain that]
prosperity and he…
IB VII, 48. Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. "1200 Malikī dinars. . . I was distressed by (the state of) those poor children. . . " …
Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya by Hayyim b. Immanuel to Mevorakh b. Saadya in Fustat, dealing with a purchase of books for Mevorakh from the estate …
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Petition in the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā, possibly in Alexandria, addressed to a judge, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Makhlūf was active ca. …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic (for the body) and Arabic script (for the closing greetings).
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era, based on handwriting, spelling, and vocabulary. Needs examination for content. Quite faded. Might mention a commodity called qiṭmīr. (Information …
Informal note addressed to a mother. In Hebrew. Dating: ca. 15th–17th century. The sender says that a certain gentile is harassing him for money but …
Family letter in Arabic script. It seems the sender is congratulating his father on his move to New Cairo, together with the sender's mother and …
Letter of appeal for charity. Draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there is also a maxim: "Indeed the world is a market, containing . . . …
Communal letter addressed to the community of Fustat, in Hebrew. Dating: probably 11th century. Requesting that they come to the senders' aid by calling a …
Recto: A faded letter (of three lines only) addressed to Ibrahim al-Yahudi al-Ḥawāyirī (?) from [...] al-ʿAṭṭār, either addressed to or written in Wikālat al-[...]. …
Letter from Ibrāhīm, in Sunbāṭ, addressed to a Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Requesting assistance for his family in time of need. His family members are all …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. In which the sender asks the addressee to check if the merchants of Barqa (al-Barqiyyīn) arriving in …