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  1. 1901LetterCUL Or.1081 1.64

    Letter fragment mentioning someone's arrival from Jerusalem, "kitāb al-jamāʿa," and someone who departed when some people were sick. The hand looks familiar from the 13th …

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  2. 1902LetterCUL Or.1081 J4

    Letter in which a father writes to the teacher of his boys complaining about insufficient attainments and explaining their being late.

    1. בש רח
    2. כאטבת אלמעלם אדאם אללה עזה פי מעני אלולדין אחיאהמא
    3. אללה וסאלתה אן יזיד פי אלאהתמאם בהמא וכאצה אבי מנצור יש צו
    4. פימא יחפטה ויקראה ואן יכון יעיד …

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    In Y(our name,) O Mer(ciful) !

    I have written you before, most esteemed teacher, about the two boys — may God keep them alive — asking you to p…

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  3. 1903LetterT-S 12.384

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic from Musa to his brother Meir ha-Sar ha-Adir ha-Dayyan ha-Mufla. Only the upper part of recto and the address are preserved …

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  4. 1904LetterT-S NS 99.20 + T-S 16.30

    Fragment of a letter written by Daniel b. Azarya, probably in 1051. A complaint about harassment by the brothers Yosef and Eliyyahu ha-Kohanim, sons of …

    1. _____________________________: ]כתך מן אשבאב סביל אלאנסאן אן יקול

    ש[ ]

    1. [ ]בת קץ [ ] סידנא הרביעי פי אלסלאם כאן

    סידנא יקתצי

    1. [ אדאם] אלל[ה] עלוה ו…

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  5. 1905LetterENA 2711.22

    Letter from Yosef in a mixture of Hebrew and Ladino. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century. Needs examination.

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  6. 1906LetterT-S 16.350

    Recto: letter of recommendation from Jerusalem to all cities on behalf of Shabbetay Karira b. Raphael (שבתי כרירא בן רפאל). Dated Adar 5596 AM = …

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  7. 1907LetterENA 4100.11

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Last leaf only. The writer is begging for an urgent loan or gift of 5 dinars, on Sunday. A sum of 20 …

    1. יעקב יטאלבה מני פמא כאן ימכנני אמצי ולא יכון
    2. צחבתי ועבדהא יסאלהא תכמיל אלאצטנאע פי
    3. כמסה דנאניר תציר אלגמלה ענד עבדהא עשרון
    4. דינארא סוא פקד אנעמת במא …

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  8. 1908LetterMoss. VII,135.1

    Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (Date: 1100-1138). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender has sent the two documents (kitābayn) concerning the consignment of musk …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אצבח] אללה חצרה מולאי באנ . ם [צבא]ח וכפאני //פיהא//
    3. כל מח]דור קד אנפדת אליהא אלכתאבין באלמסך ואל
    4. כתאב אלדי עלי אלשיך אבו אלברכאת יש צו באלק…

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  9. 1909LetterT-S 16.259

    Late commercial letter from Yaʿaqov Za..a(?) to Isaac regarding the shipping of goat wool. Mentions a number of individuals, including Cosimo (קוזמו), Simon (סימון), Moshe …

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  10. 1910LetterT-S 6J7.23

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Written by Hananel b. Shemuel. He exhorts the addressee to assist al-Shaykh al-Nafīs, evidently concerning a legal query which the latter …

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  11. 1911LetterENA NS 41.21

    Business letter. Mainly in Hebrew, with scattered words in Judaeo-Arabic and perhaps other languages. Late. Dealing with flax, clove, frankincense, aloe vera, cassia fistula. Mentions …

    1. ........]והמעלה השרים י׳׳א אחרי
    2. .....שושו]תים להודיע לגבירי כי הגיענו
    3. .....] א׳ ומה שגזר כ׳׳ת הנה אנו עושים
    4. ....מ]רסום עם כר׳ ישראל ואם יגזור ה׳ קוד…

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  12. 1912LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/16

    Mercantile letter addressed to Abū Saʿd Khalaf (possibly Abū Saʿd Khalaf b. Salāma, the same addressee as T-S 8J16.19 + T-S NS 323.13, though the …

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  13. 1913LetterENA 4010.37

    Verso: Letter addressed to the parnas ʿEli b. Yaḥyā ha-Kohen ha-Shofeṭ. Fragment (right side only). The sender may be asking for help of some kind. …

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  14. 1914LetterENA 3261.4

    Letter in Hebrew. Preserving copious praises for the addressee.

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  15. 1915LetterT-S 10J14.23

    Letter from Avraham b. Saadya to Moshe b. Avraham (Barhun) al-Taharti in Fustat, who is about to sail from Qayrawan to Jerusalem. The writer wants …

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    1. ישלח עזרך [מ]קדש ו[מציון] יסעדך 
    2. ישלח מלאכו אתך ויצליח דרכך 
    3. כתאבי למולאי ושיכי וסידי תמם אללה אמלה ובלגה סנין [כתירה 
    4. ועאנה עלי מא המה עלי רו…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי ומנהיגי, יגשים אלוהים את תקוותך ויגיעך לשנים רבות
    2. ויעזרך במה שתקבל על עצמך ועל מה שתחליט(?) ויהיה לך עוזר, וכו'
    3. וי…

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  16. 1916LetterT-S NS 329.218

    The fragments comprising the binding seem to be a cut-up Judaeo-Arabic letter or possibly an account. Dating: 11th century?

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  17. 1917LetterMoss. X,10.1

    Letter fragment addressed to a certain Elʿazar. In Judaeo-Arabic. Reports that the addressee had sent a pair of tefillin with 'the mamlūk,' whom the sender …

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  18. 1918LetterCHAPIRA 1*

    Letter from Salama Ha-Kohen b. Yosef, Ramla, to Shema'ya Ha-Ḥaver b. Yeshu'a, Jerusalem, May 1054. Gil called this fragment "Chapira 1*" because it was published …

    1. כתאבי למולאי וסידי אלחבר א{ל}גליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעדתה
    2. וסלאמתה מן אלמסתקר ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה גמע אללה ביננא עלא אסר חאל
    3. במנה וכרמ…

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  19. 1919LetterT-S 8J7.1

    Short letter from Avraham b. Natan Av ha-Yeshiva ("the head of the (Palestinian) Academy") to an unknown recipient (called only Rabbenu). In Judaeo-Arabic. Acknowledging the …

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  20. 1920LetterT-S 8.48

    Letter or letters from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (early 13th century). Many greetings at the bottom of verso, including to 'your paternal aunt Umm Abū l-Surūr,' …

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  21. 1921LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/45

    Letter addressed to Abū Sahl ha-Levi (the cantor of the Palestinian synagogue in Fustat, who died in 1211), with greetings also to his brothers Moshe …

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  22. 1922LetterT-S Misc.22.208.3–4

    Letter from Daniel Cafsuto (aka Cassuto) and Shemuel Cafsuto (aka Cassuto) to a certain Saʿīd (or the son of Saʿīd), possibly Saʿīd Bardaʿ, in Fustat/Cairo. …

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  23. 1923LetterT-S AS 153.192

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only a few phrases are preserved, including "the deliverance of the girl" (khalāṣ al-ṣabiyya), a phrase which often refers to childbirth.

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  24. 1924LetterENA NS 28.18

    Letter of appeal. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is under house arrest (tarsīm). He asks the addressee to take care of a wicked man. Excerpts: פלמא …

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  25. 1925LetterT-S 10J8.12

    Fragment of a letter consisting mostly of greetings.

    1. . . . . . ] . . . . . דה
    2. ואדאם] עזה ומן חסן אלתופיק
    3. לא אכ]לאה ואגמעני ואיה עלי
    4. אסר] חאל ויע . . י עלי מכאפאתכ
    5. אלדי אעלם א]למכ בה אנ נחן וצלנא פי
    6. ] .…

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  26. 1926LetterT-S 8J22.14 + T-S 13J16.11 + T-S 13J22.21

    An Instruction to Avraham (b. Sahlan) to find money for a poor man.

    1. ראש כלא
    2. רבנא אברהם היקר המיוקר אהובנו חביבנו חשובנו תהי
    3. ברכה ותשא שלום אנת שמ צור דאכר חאל
    4. אלכמסה דראהם אלמאכודה ללצ'עיף מן אלפסיקה ואן אלכהן
    5. אלפאצ'…

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  27. 1927LetterJRL B 6043

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew (with two words in Arabic script after the basmala). The tone is hostile and sarcastic; the specific issue is difficult …

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  28. 1928LetterT-S 8.76

    Letter from a certain Shemuʾel to a dignitary called Thiqat al-Dawla. On parchment. In Hebrew. Consisting entirely of blessings and flattery for the addressee and …

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  29. 1929LetterT-S AS 176.45

    Small fragment from the lower right corner of a letter or petition.

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  30. 1930LetterT-S NS 97.5

    Two bifolios containing various Hebrew texts, a jotting of a quadruped, and two pages of Arabic text in a rudimentary hand, apparently excerpts or drafts …

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  31. 1931LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/37

    Letter or letters in Judaeo-Arabic. In at least two hands. There is an address made out to R. Yisrael (whose surname may be legible). The …

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  32. 1932LetterT-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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  33. 1933LetterT-S AS 151.58

    Small fragment of a letter or legal document. Mentioning "our master Shemuel," i.e., Shemuel b. Ḥananya (נגיד] עם ייי צבאות). Mentions ten daftars. (Information in …

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  34. 1934LetterT-S AS 171.241

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  35. 1935LetterT-S 24.51

    Letter in the hand of Shemuel b. Natan to a circuit judge (Goitein's index cards). Nine persons mentioned by name acting as a board of …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]ואלמקאבלה עלי אל . . . . . . ולם מאעד.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . אסת]חלאף אל . . נה עלי מא תסתחקה כמא יגב
    3. . . . . .] כתאב אל…

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  36. 1936LetterT-S 13J21.34

    Recto: fragment of a recommendation letter from Daniel b. Azarya to Eli ha-Ḥaver b. Amram, Fustat. The name of the person who is recommended is …

    1. כאן תקדם כתאבי למולאי אלחב[ר
    2. ותאיידה וסעאדתה ונעמתה [
    3. אלי גליל חצרתה במא אסתגני ע[
    4. קריב תם אעלמתה וצול אלש[
    5. וצחבתה כתאב מן מולאי אלנגי[ד
    6. ציאנתה וקד …

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  37. 1937LetterT-S AS 148.147

    Fragment of a letter from the Yeshiva in Sura. Regarding donations to the Yeshiva. Mentions the relationships between the community and the Yeshiva in the …

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    1. ה]גיעו לפני מר רב הילאי גאון שלנו בן מר רב נטרונאי גאון שלנו זכרם לברכה תהא נשמתם [ 
    2. ט]רחנו [                                              ]וה…

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  38. 1938LetterT-S AS 117.131

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew referring to someone who cursed (וגידף בנפשו). Reused on recto for literary text.

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  39. 1939LetterT-S AS 170.226

    Letter/petition from a man to a group of judges asserting that he pays sufficient support to his wife [...] bt. Ḥayyim(?) b. [..]hā(?) and to …

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  40. 1940LetterYevr. II A 1592

    Karaite letter mentions various place in Lithuania ?

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  41. 1941LetterENA 2716.11 + ENA 2716.10

    Letterbook in Judaeo-Arabic (fragment) likely eighteenth- or ninteenth-century that contains drafts and possibly copies of business-related correspondence. The letters frequently use the phrase "יא אכי/ …

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  42. 1942LetterT-S 8J17.26

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein's index card contains several conflicting suggestions about the handwriting of the sender and the dating. The sender is pained that his …

    1. סבב הדה אלאחרף אלי מולאי אלחבר שצ תאכיר
    2. גואב כתבי פקד שגל דלך קלבי וקד כנת
    3. א]נפדת אלי ענדי מע אבו אלצאלח כרוף ושק
    4. עלי דלך כם תתקל עלי נפסך מא תריד
    5. .…

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  43. 1943LetterT-S AS 146.215

    Damaged fragment in poetic Hebrew, probably from top of a letter to a notable who is also a kohen. Very large. AA/ASE Excerpts: תשיתמו לשרים …

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  44. 1944LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 792

    Extremely fragmentary document, in Arabic script, probably a letter. A fragmented basmala can be read. Needs examination.

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  45. 1945LetterYevr. II A 1771

    An appeal from the Karaite community of Qal'a to the community of Kafa/Kana

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  46. 1946LetterT-S AS 160.374

    Letter from Sadīd to an unidentified addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a basmala in Arabic script. In a crude hand. Dating: Likely ca. 13th century. The …

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  47. 1947LetterT-S AS 147.80

    Letter to Efrayim (b. Shemarya?) al-Ḥaver, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script on verso. Distinctive scribal hand. (Information in part from …

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  48. 1948LetterT-S AS 151.87

    Letter, probably in the hand of Abraham Maimonides. (Information from CUDL)

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  49. 1949LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 90

    Letter addressed to Shimʿon and [...], in Ḥārat al-Yahūd, in Cairo. In Arabic script. Dated 22 Jumada I 1224 AH (July 1809 CE). Needs examination …

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  50. 1950LetterT-S 12.250

    Letter from Nissim b. Berekhya, in Qayrawān, to Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāhartī, in Fustat. Mentions shipments of goods from Egypt to the Maghreb. The writer …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסידי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמאן וכאן לך ול[יא]
    2. פי גמיע אמורך וכפאך אלאסוא לעשרה איאם בקין מן אב ען שוק שדיד…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. מכתבי אליך, אדוני וראשי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך, ויהיה לך מגן
    2. כבל ענייניך וימנע ממך רעות, (נכתב) ב…

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