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  1. 1851LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/72

    Recto: Letter from Abū l-Faraj to Shemuel. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. The scribe uses ש instead of ס for س. …

    1. עמי עשו
    2. יכדם כגק מו ואחינו וחבירנו שמואל [
    3. את ייי בכל כוחו וסוא דלך אן אל[ממלוך משתאק אלי
    4. אלמולא כתיר ולא יואכד אלמולא [ממלוכה לאנה
    5. יעלם אללה מא כאן…

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  2. 1852LetterT-S NS 324.24 + T-S AS 145.94

    Recto: Draft of letter from Efrayim b. Shemarya to the Nasi, mentioning the elder Abū Saʿīd. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when …

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  3. 1853LetterBodl. MS heb. f 103/47

    Postscript to a letter, probably. The addressee is asked to continually convey greetings to Abū l-Faḍl al-Ṣayrafī al-Kāzarūnī.

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  4. 1854LetterT-S NS 322.47

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

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  5. 1855LetterT-S AS 153.118

    Letter addressed to Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli he-Ḥaver; Judaeo-Arabic in the margin; writing exercises in Arabic and Hebrew on verso. (Information from CUDL)

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  6. 1856LetterENA NS 73.1

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions goods such as high-quality knives and kerchiefs and black and red necklaces and a ring.

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] . . מה או סיר צחבה אלשיך צניע[
    2. תלת סכאכין מלאח גאיה ומנדילין א . . . . . . ל פאן מא או[
    3. ] . . . טלב מנה אלמנדיל אלאכר […

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  7. 1857LetterCUL Or.1080 3.46

    One of a pair of letters written by Umm Sitt al-Nās to family members when she had been thrown out of her husband's and mother-in-law's …

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    1. יצל אלי אכי ואלעזיז עלי אבו
    2. עמר בן סברה
    3. מן אכתה אלמש[תאקה
    4. אליה

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    1. כתאבי אליך יא אכי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך [וצאנך ורעאך]
    2. ומן…

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  8. 1858LetterJRL B 4525

    Petition addressed to four brothers (?), the elders Abu al-Baqa, Abu al-Baha, Abu al-Faraj and Abu al-Karam, requesting charity. The supplicant, Harun, writes that he …

    1. בם
    2. ............]ואלאעיאן אלפצלא מן אטאל אללה בק[אהם
    3. ......]מהם ונעמאהם ומכן סעאדתהם ואחיא[הם
    4. ונגאהם מן נואיב אלזמאן ומן כרוב אלאחיאן אלשיך אבו
    5. אלבקא…

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  9. 1859LetterENA 4101.10b

    Letter in Hebrew. Very faded. Scattered phrases: גבולו ולהרבול שלום . . . מצרים . . . בבנינו . . . היום קרוב לשנתים ואפילו …

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  10. 1860LetterT-S 13J19.16

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to a personality in Fustat. Dating (Gil): ca. 1030 CE. Describes the aftermath of the excommunication of the Qaraites on …

    ....

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    1. עלינא מנהם מא גרא וסאל אן יוטרח דאלך ולא שרט לא לנא ולא עלינא
    2. ואוגיב אלי דאלך פלם יקבלו [ב]ל קאלו קד חצל לנא אלוקת אך זה היום
    3. שקוינוהו מצאנו …

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  11. 1861LetterT-S AS 155.119 + T-S AS 155.314 + T-S 6J4.24

    Letter from Shelomo Abū Shaʿra to a certain ʿOvadya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th–18th century. The sender's name is given in the body of …

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  12. 1862LetterT-S AS 169.98

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In a beautiful hand, different from recto. The sender seems to be in Akhmīm in Upper Egypt and to be upset …

    Verso:

    1. אללה תע באן [
    2. אלסלאמה תצמן ע[
    3. מן אכמים ויחסן כלאצי מנ[הא
    4. ואראד ודלך בלטף אללה וענאיה אלמולא פא[סל
    5. אללה תע אן יחסן תופיק אלמולא ויגעל פי עמרה

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  13. 1863LetterENA 2735.7

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from "your brother Musa" (Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi) asking the recipent to sell for him the Mishnah and Hilkhot Shehitah and …

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  14. 1864LetterT-S AS 146.340

    A few poetical phrases after בשמ רחמ. Probably from the opening of a letter, but cannot be ascertained. AA

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  15. 1865LetterAIU VII.E.98

    Letter from Moshe Yehoshuaʿ Ashkenazi, in Alexandria, to Alpalas y Sahlon, in Cairo (spelled Cairro). Dated: Sunday, 21 Adar II 5480 AM, which is 1720 …

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  16. 1866LetterT-S 12.261

    Letter from the sister of Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, in al-Mahdiyya, to her brother Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1020. The sister …

    Verso, lower margin upside down

    1. לשיכי וסידי וגלילי אטאל אללה בקאה                 מן עבדה וולדה וצניעתה צדקה
    2. עזיז [                                 …

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  17. 1867LetterBL OR 5542.10

    Letter from Shemuel b. Yaḥyā, in Fustat, to his wife ʿAzīza, perhaps in Gaza. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably no earlier than 14th century. He informs …

    Recto:

    1. סלאם אללה תע עלא עזיזה ועלא ולדי אבראהים //י[חיה] ל[עד]//
    2. ועלא כל מן יסאל עננא אלף חמל סלאם אללה
    3. ירוינא וגֿהכם פי כיר ועאפיה אֿנֿסֿ ואננא וצל…

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  18. 1868LetterT-S NS 321.65

    Letter fragment. The opening lines are poetic Hebrew blessings and the continuation is in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions hiding something in a chest lest someone buy it, …

    Recto, upper margin:

    1. כאן קד פ[
    2. דלך פלמא אן פעל [
    3. בה חצרתהא וקאלת מא אכ[תמה
    4. ארי אן ישתריהם אחד בעדה וק[
    5. אלי אלצנדוק ואכתמה אלי אן יצל אמרהא אלצ[
    6. ושלו…

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  19. 1869LetterT-S NS 292.24

    Letter addressed to al-Rayyis Rabbenu Eliyya (might be the judge Eliyya b. Zekharya). Fragment (top part only). About work on a Bible codex (muṣḥaf) in …

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  20. 1870LetterT-S NS 321.23

    IB VII, 43. Letter from an India trader, in ʿAydhāb, to his family or colleagues, presumably in Fustat. Goitein comments that "al-Asʿad is the tax …

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    1. العجوز وتفتقدها في كل وقت وانني وصلت

    2. الى عيذاب ولقيت من الفارسي كل خير في

    3. الدنيا والاسعد فعل معنا خير بلا كتب ولمن

    4. ودينا الكتاب اخذ حقه…

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  21. 1871LetterT-S AS 150.139

    Late Hebrew letter. The writer described what he wrote in his former letters, to which he hasn't received any reply. AA

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  22. 1872LetterT-S AS 210.178

    Fragment of a letter, probably,. In Judaeo-Arabic. Looks late.

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  23. 1873LetterT-S 12.251

    Letter sent from Qayrawān by Yosef b. Khalfa to Khalluf b. Faraḥ b. al-Zarbī, probably in Fustat dealing with goods and their prices in Palermo. …

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    1. אטאל אללה יאכ'י בקאך ואעזך ואכרמך ואתם נעמתה עליך כתאבי אליך מן אל
    2. קירואן אול יום מן כסליב(!) ואנא משתי ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ללה אלחמד עלי
    3. [דל]…

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    1. אחי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים וגדולה וכבוד וישלים את חסדו עליך, אני כותב לך
    2. מקירואן, בא' בכסלו; אני שוהה (כאן) בחורף, שלומי טוב ואני בריא, ת…

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  24. 1874LetterT-S 12.796

    On recto a poem. On verso a letter in another hand. Barely legible. AA

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  25. 1875LetterT-S 8J26.2

    Letter from the Karaite congregation of Alexandria to the leader of their community, complaining about the helplessness and dissolution of the community. (Information from Mediterranean …

    1. ישמרם וינצרם ויעזרם אמן ואמן נצח [סלה
    2. אלממלוך מתקבל אלארץ בין ידין סיידנא זאדה אללה ש[רפא
    3. אן יא סיידנא לא תסאל מא נחן פיה ממאליכך אלקראין [
    4. פי אסכנד…

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  26. 1876LetterENA NS 42.28

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably late. Possibly a join: ENA NS 39.21 + ENA NS 42.28.

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  27. 1877LetterMoss. II,164.1

    Letter from the raʾs al-kull (= rosh kalla) Isrāʾīl b. Dāniyāl / Yisraʾel b. Daniʾel to Abū l-Ḥasan Salāma b. ʿAllūn al-[Ṣayrafī], in Fustat. In …

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  28. 1878LetterT-S 8J41.12

    Business letter from Natan b. Nahray, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dated: ca. 1063 CE. Natan's son, and his son's eldest daughter, …

    recto

    1. פאעלמת[…אללה לא]

    2. יעדמנא בקאה ווקף אל[…אללה]

    3. יגמלנא בבקאה ויתב[קא] עליה [

    4. [                 ] ואני וכל ישראל [

    5. וקד וצלו מרכבין אנדלסיי…

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    1. (7−1) .... והודעתי .... אל יילקחו ממני חייך .... (אלוהים) ייתן לנו נוי על ידי חייך, וייתן חיים ל.... ואני וכל ישראל .... הגיעו שתי אוניות ספרד…

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  29. 1879LetterT-S NS 324.14

    Letter addressed to the officials Ẓedaqa ha-Levi and Yaʿaqov [. . .]. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. The letter concerns …

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  30. 1880LetterT-S AS 147.195

    Letter mentioning Abū Saʿīd, the writer’s nephew (sister's son) Abū l-Ḥasan and Abū l-Surūr. (Information from CUDL)

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  31. 1881LetterDK 199

    Business letter in Arabic script from the circle of Nahray b. Nissim, in Arabic script. Mentions the arrival of a certain Salmān, mentions al-Ashmunayn, Abū …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتابي الى حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل اطال الله بقاك وادام

    3. عزك وتاييدك وسعادتك وسلامتك ونعمتك وكبت

    4. بالذل حسدتك واعداك م…

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  32. 1882LetterENA NS 31.19

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Rashīd, to Yaʿaqov Malikī, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: no earlier than 14th century and likely significantly later; written …

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  33. 1883LetterT-S 32.8

    Epistle from Avraham b. Shabbetay, the Ḥaver of Minyat Zifta, to the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh, congratulating the recipient for his success in dealing with …

    Verso - address

    1. יגיע להרגיע אל מושב הדרת יקרת [מ]רנו ורבנו 
    2. אדוננו משה הנגיד הגדול נגיד עם ייי צבאות
    3. שר השרים ונגיד הנגידים עטרת השרים /ותפארתם/ 
    4. יג…

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  34. 1884LetterENA NS 16.12

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Consists entirely of blessings and praises addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. Essentially none of the body remains. Regards to Shelomo in …

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  35. 1885LetterT-S 16.308

    IB VI, 7. Letter from Dāwūd Fāsī to the cloth merchant Abū l-Afraḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein notes attached to …

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  36. 1886LetterHalper 222

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script to an unknown recipient from ʿAlī Efendi, the commander of Damietta's janissary garrison. Dated: Dhū l-Qaʿda 1119 1119 AH (1708 …

    Recto

    Upper Left Side, parallel to lines 3–5: ʿAlī Efendi’s seal 

    توكلي على الله في كل الأمور

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    [باسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]

    1. بعد وان سالتم عنا فانن…

    Recto

    Upper Left Side, parallel to lines 3–5: ʿAlī Efendi’s seal

    Trust in God in all matters.

    Verso

    [In the name of God, the merciful, the compass…

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  37. 1887LetterT-S AS 157.536

    Recto: probably a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: unidentified. (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 1888LetterENA 3955.5

    Document in Arabic script. Possibly a business letter; mentions goods (al-baḍā'iʿ) and something being sent to Alexandria (irsāluhu ilā thaghr al-Skandariyya). Dating: late, probably Ottoman-era.

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  39. 1889LetterT-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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  40. 1890LetterT-S 16.163

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, in al-Mahdiyya, to Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: August 3, 1063, based on Gil's assessment. …

    Recto

    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך מן אלמהדיה ה' כלון מן אלול
    2. ען סלאמה ונעמה ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמין וצלת כתבך פי אלמראכב …

    recto

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

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  41. 1891LetterT-S 8J16.8

    Letter, mentions consignments from the Aleppians to Fustat (the writer had written to Damascus). Verso: Letter in Arabic script, in which the writer talks about …

    1. צדקת מא [
    2. מן אלגמיל וסבאע ואהלה יע[
    3. וצל מן אלחלביין אלי מצר וקד [
    4. כתבת אלי דמשק פי סבבה ואן לי[
    5. פי כל בלד וכואתה ואמה י[
    6. עטים ואנא פי גמלה אלמסת[
    7. על…

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  42. 1892LetterT-S 10J13.12

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi b. al-Qaṭā'if to his brother Peraḥya discussing business matters, the illness and recovery of Abu al-Muna, a forwarded letter, …

    Recto:

    1. בש
    2. אלדי אעל{מ}ך בה יאכי וסידי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    3. עזך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך אן לו וצפת בעץ מא ענדי מן אלשוק ואל
    4. ארתיאח נחוכם גמיע לטאל…

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  43. 1893LetterT-S 12.304

    Special congratulations for the holidays. Left two thirds are missing. Wide spaces between the lines. Information from Goitein's note card.

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  44. 1894LetterT-S NS 204.69

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged & faded. Dating: Probably 11th century. The sender is writing from Damsīs. Mentions trade in indigo and business in the …

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  45. 1895LetterT-S AS 165.238

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Alexandria.

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  46. 1896LetterAIU VII.E.224

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Nissim M[...] to Karo y Frances & Company. Dated 11 Adar [5]568 AM (1808 CE).

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  47. 1897LetterT-S NS 339.6

    Letter in Arabic script concerning a delivery of stones and wood, and wages to be paid to manufacturers. Relatively well preserved. Merits further examination. On …

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  48. 1898LetterENA 3651.3

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The content is difficult to determine from the small bit that is preserved. The addressee is urged to do something quickly.

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  49. 1899LetterMIAC 207

    Announcement from the Or Ḥadashi association addressing a friend in Jerusalem to participate in the commemoration of the day of "outbreak of hardship on Shabbat" …

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  50. 1900LetterT-S NS J426

    IB VII, 54. Mercantile letter, possibly sent from Aden to India. Reports that Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Ḥalābū (?) was in a shipwreck at Dahlak, …

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    1. ] . . . . אלבראה אן שא אללה . . . . אקי צחבה . . . .
    2. ] ולא תאכד עלי עבדהא פי תאכרהם פוחק דין ישראל אן
    3. אד וצלני אלכתאב לם אלבת בל תאני יום וצול…

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