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  1. 1901LetterT-S 13J24.2

    IB III, 37. Letter of request, addressed apparently to Madmun b. Yefet, by a person in inland Yemen, for help against Ibn Yiju, involving a …

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    1. מעה [...] 
    2. אלסדיד אט[א]ל [אללה בקאה ... ]
    3. אנעם אלנאכדה אלאגל במא קד 
    4. דכלת פיה אנת ואלתנא ואלשכר
    5. מא הו אלא לך פקד יא מולאי
    6. אעתנית בשי פאתמה לאן

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    1. [...] with him [...]
    2. al-Sadīd—may [God] pro[lon]g [his life!—. . .]
    3. the most illustrious nākhuda was kind enough (to assist) in what
    4. you had a…

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  2. 1902LetterT-S 10J17.23

    Verso (original use): Letter in Arabic script conveying a request not to hold back a man who is 'one of the peasants of my brother' …

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  3. 1903LetterT-S AS 204.265 + T-S AS 218.101

    Letter in Ladino on grid paper. From 1886/87 CE if the '647' is the date. Needs further examination. Join by Oded Zinger.

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  4. 1904LetterL-G Misc. 12

    Ff. 1-2: Beginning of a letter from a certain Nissim to Eliyyahu b. Zekharya the Judge and to his son the physician Abū Zikrī. The …

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    1. יודו לייי חסדו ונפלאותיו לבני אדם
    2. אלדי אעלם בה מולאי וסיידי ועאפיה
    3. אלדהר ביד[ה] אטאל אללה בקאה
    4. ואד]אם עז[ה ונעמ]אה ומן חסן
    5. אלתופיק לא אכלאה וג…

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  5. 1905LetterT-S NS 324.126

    Letter from Barakāt b. Sason to ʿImrān b. Benaya, in al-Maḥalla (אלמחללא). In Judaeo-Arabic, with some unusual orthography (including ש for ס and ת for …

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    1. בשמך
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקא[ך ואדאם עזך ומן
    3. אלחסן לאכלא ען חאל סלאמא ועאפיא [
    4. אגתמע במאנו וכרמו ואלדי אעלמך בו [
    5. ימרו אלי …

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  6. 1906LetterT-S AS 150.226

    Letter from Salāma b. Abī l-Ḥayy to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal. The writing place is unknown. Mentions several partners of b. Awkal and it …

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    1. אטאל אללה יאשיכי וסידי וריסי ואל[                                            ] וסערתך וכאן 
    2. לך ומעך וליא וחאפט'א ונאט'רא [                    …

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    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי וראשי… (אריכות ימים ויתמיד, וכו') ואת אושרך ויהיה
    2. לך ואתך מגן ושומר ומשגיח… (אני כותב) מִפָּלֶרְמוֹ,
    3. בה' בתשרי, שלו…

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  7. 1907LetterT-S NS 306.51

    Letter addressed to Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq ha-Rav ha-Gadol, in Fustat. This is probably Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi. With the address both in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic …

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  8. 1908LetterT-S NS 324.17 + T-S 8J13.25

    Pastoral letter with widely-spaced lines, from a Nasi, possibly David b. Daniel. Announcing that Meʾir ha-Sar and Yiṣḥaq ha-Dayyan will appoint all ritual slaughterers (טבחים) …

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    1. ויעמ[י]ד שופטים בכל ערי יהודה הבצורות וככה | נעשה
    2. והניחוץ אינה טובה אלא מתון מתון ארבע מאה שויא
    3. והנה צוינו לאדירנו מרנו ורבנו מאיר השר היקר
    4. הח…

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  9. 1909LetterT-S 8.80

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner). Asking a dignitary for help on behalf of a group of people, by loaning them money or …

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  10. 1910LetterT-S AS 154.116 + T-S 24.66

    IB II, 16. Letter from Madmun b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ben Yiju. Dating: 1133–40 CE. This is the scribe's copy of Maḍmūn's original …

    T-S 24.66 recto (IB II, 16)

    1. ברחמתה ואנתהית אלי מא דכרה
    2. פי כתאבה אלעזיז מן אנפאדה פי
    3. מרכב אלנאכדא ראמשת מן אלפלפל
    4. אתני עשר בהאר באלצגיר וקד וצל
    5. דלך ו…

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    1. ...] in His mercy. I noted that you mentioned
    2. in your esteemed letter
    3. that you had sent some pepper in the ship of the nākhudā Rāmisht
    4. —twelve…

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  11. 1911LetterJRL B 5366

    Three distinct fragments. First fragment: Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Contains greetings and may mention the Kārim, but the context is missing. Also mentions …

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  12. 1912LetterMoss. IV,40.3

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary spellings, especially the use of י in place of א. Sitt Ṣawāb sends a message to the addressee regarding money.

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  13. 1913LetterT-S 10J19.25

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 20 Sivan 5568 AM, which is 15 June 1808 CE. …

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  14. 1914LetterENA NS 29.30

    Letter from Shemuel b. Sīd. In Hebrew. Dating: 1600–35 CE, based on Avraham David's assessment. It is unclear whether Shemuel wrote this letter while still …

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  15. 1915LetterT-S NS 264.7

    Verso, with the address at the top of recto: Family letter addressed to 'my child, Rivqa.' In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 14th century. Likely sent from …

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  16. 1916LetterT-S AS 147.10

    Letter from the lepers of Tiberias to Furayj b. Ḥasan. Dating: ca. 1030 CE. Asking for donations be given to the emissaries from Tiberias collecting …

    1. ונחך ד' תמיד והשביע בצחצחות נפשך ועצמתיך וג
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] מרנא [ . . . . . . . . . ] המשובח
    3. במעשיו הטובים ובדר…

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  17. 1917LetterT-S AS 102.80

    Small fragment of a letter or petition in Arabic script. Addressed to an amīr. Only a few formulaic phrases preserved: وغير ذلك يتفضل الامير ادام …

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    1. وغير ذلك يتفضل مولاي الامير ادام الله عزه يفعل به ذلك ما عهد من تفضله
    2. ويجرينا على جميل عادته في ذلك ان شا الله

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  18. 1918LetterYevr. III B 1105

    IB IV, 33 (ח41). Letter from the trader Salmān, in Spain, to Abū Saʿīd (likely Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi). Dating: fall 1138 (Goitein and Friedman). …

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    1. אלשיך אלגליל אבו סעיד מולאי אדאם אללה עזה מעטם קדרה (סלמאן?)
    2. אבן אבי אלק...
    3. יא מולאי וסידי ודו אלפצל קבלי ועבדי ומן אטאל [אללה בקאה]
    4. ואדאם עזה…

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    1. (אל) השיך המפואר אבו סעיד, אדוני, יתמיד ה' את יקרו. (מאת) המפאר את מעלתו סלמאן 
    2. אבן אבי אלק[...].
    3. אל אדוני ומרי ועושה החסדים עמדי ואצלי ומי שי…

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  19. 1919LetterT-S 8J15.3

    Petition of a cantor, son of a judge, who is sick and poor, asking God and a Nasi for help (the Nagid Mevorakh per Goitein's …

    1. בשם רחמ
    2. על כן מלאו מתני חלחלה צירים אחזוני כצירי יולדה
    3. עד ישקיף ו[ירא ייי] משמים
    4. חסדי יי כי לא תמנו כי לא כלו [רחמו (רחמיו)
    5. שלום שלום מארץ השלום העו…

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  20. 1920LetterPER H 86

    Informal note from Ibn al-Ḥarizi (apparently the famous Spanish Hebrew-language poet Yehuda al-Ḥarizi) to Eliyyahu the Judge. Dating: Before 1225 CE and probably after ca. …

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  21. 1921LetterENA NS 48.19

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 12th century. The sender was pained by the news from the addressee's letter. "I did not cast it from …

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    1. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אלאגל ואנתהי
    2. כאדמה אלי מא דכרה מן ציק צדרה
    3. פלא יסאל מא לחקה מן אלגם ומא רמית
    4. כתאבה מן ידי חתי טלעת אלי מן
    5. כלד ייי מלכהא ו…

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  22. 1922LetterJTS MS 8254.12

    Verso: Letter from Moshe Maimonides. Autograph. Giving instructions to al-Dayyan al-Maskil (i.e., Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi) to go to the dyehouse (maṭbakh, maṣbagh) where Abū …

    1. [הדר]ת אלדיין אלמשכיל [אח]יאה אללה פי אל[כיר] אל[כלי]
    2. [           ] אל[אמ]ל[א]ך לליתו[ם] וכדלך ת[תפצל] אן
    3. [           ] . . . אעתראף [. . . .] אבו א…
    1.  הדרת הדיין המשכיל [יח]יהו ה' בטוב [מושלם]
    2. [. . .] הנכסים ליתום וכן תואיל ל. . .
    3. [. . .] הודאה [. . .] אבו אסחק בחצי
    4. בית המלאכה לעשיית צבע ליתום ואח…

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  23. 1923LetterT-S 16.276

    Letter containing a complaint about a weak muqaddam (head of a local community). (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. לם ישתכיה בשר פקצי עליה תופא ואפתקד אנ. .[. . . . . . . .
    2. אגתמע גמיע אלעאמה ואסתגאתו אלי מתולי אלוקת לא[. . . .
    3. עאדה אלעואם אומות העולם יסתגיתו אלי …

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  24. 1924LetterT-S 8J21.5

    Letter from a certain Avraham, in Gaza, to his mother, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic, in an unskilled hand. The sender is en route to Damascus. …

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  25. 1925LetterENA 3616.23

    Letter fragment from Menaḥem to Eliyyahu. Onlly the first few lines are preserved. Verso contains the name Abū l-Faraj in giant faded letters.

    1. אוהבו כנפשו
    2. מנחם
    3. בש רח
    4. וצלנא כתאב חצרה אלמולא אלאגל כבוד
    5. גדולת קדושת מרנא ורבנא אליהו השר
    6. הנכבד החכם והנבון ישמרו אלהינו ויהיה

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  26. 1926LetterT-S AS 145.292

    Letter addressed to a certain Shelomo. Small fragment (lower left corner of recto and part of the address). Mentions Khallūf. The addressee is to act …

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  27. 1927LetterL-G Ar. I.43

    Letter, possibly. In Spanish. (Information from CUDL.) Needs examination.

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  28. 1928LetterENA NS 17.34

    Communal letter of some kind. In Hebrew. Dated: End of Iyyar 5791 AM, which is 1031 CE. Approximately 18 signatures are preserved, including that of …

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  29. 1929LetterMIAC 240

    Complaint against a Jewish teacher cursing the Jewish faith and Jews in front of the non-Jews in the Jewish school in ʿAbbāsiya, and also the …

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  30. 1930LetterENA NS 64.4

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the upper right corner is preserved. Recommends the bearer for charity and probably asks the addressee to intervene on his behalf …

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  31. 1931LetterENA NS 55.27

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Addressed to al-Kohen al-Peqid(?). Giving instructions concerning a visit(?) of Eliyyahu the Judge. Needs further examination.

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  32. 1932LetterT-S 16.260

    Letter from a woman, in Jerusalem, to her brother, in Egypt. In Hebrew, with several Judaeo-Arabic terms mixed in. Dating: Probably late 15th or early …

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  33. 1933LetterENA NS 7.75

    Small fragment of a mercantile letter dealing with book binding and production. On verso what looks like a remain from a list of a book …

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  34. 1934LetterAIU VII.E.146

    Image not available. According to Schwarb Catalogue: A letter to Avraham b. Salah b. Zerahya. AA

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  35. 1935LetterPER H 136

    Letter from Ibrahīm b. Yosef al-Ṣabbāgh (Fustat) to Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī (Alexandria), ca. 1050. Avraham b. Yosef al-Ṣabbāgh, one of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. …

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    1.                                      בסם אללה
    2. כתאבי יאכי וסיידי ואלעזיז עליי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם געמאך ותולאך ורעא[יתך]
    3. ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך י…

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  36. 1936LetterAIU VI.B.100

    A 16-page Ottoman-era notebook with diverse contents. Pages 1–2: Judaeo-Arabic translation of Daniel 1:4–10. "Chief of the eunuchs" is translated as "Sārī l-Aghawāt." There follow …

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  37. 1937LetterT-S 18J4.3

    Letter from ʿIwaḍ to Peraḥya the judge. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, with the address in Arabic script and Hebrew. Written on a very long strip …

    1. ישלח עזרך מקדש
    2. גיר כאף ען מגלס כבו' גדו' קדושו
    3. מר' ור' אדונינו אור עינינו מחמד
    4. לבינו צניף תפארתינו פרחיה
    5. יברכהו צורו ויעזרהו יצרו ויהיה
    6. בעזרו וכן יה…

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  38. 1938LetterDK 230.1 (alt: 22)

    Letter from Maymūn b. Khalfa, Palermo, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. 18 August 1056 (Gil). Describes the movement of goods and ships to and from …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף ענך [אל]אסוא ברחמתה מן אל

    2. מדינה לה כלון מן אלול כתמה אללה עליך ועלינא באחסן כא…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו,
    2. מפלרמו, בה' באלול, יחתום אותו אלוהים עלי…

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  39. 1939LetterT-S AS 171.164

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded. Very little substance preserved.

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  40. 1940LetterENA 4020.58

    Official letter to 'the gate of the yeshiva,' that is, the yeshiva of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Dated: Kislev 1442 Seleucid = November/December 1130 CE. The bearer …

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  41. 1941LetterT-S AS 146.374

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic opening phrases are preserved, in a high register.

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  42. 1942LetterT-S AS 147.114

    Letters in Hebrew. Narrow vertical strip. Only the beginnings of the lines are preserved. Recto: Mentions Sar ha-S[arim]. Verso: Communal letter, written in a different …

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  43. 1943LetterT-S AS 204.170

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

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  44. 1944LetterENA 3361.1–2

    Letter or letters. Dating: Probably 19th century. The first page is entirely in Hebrew. Mentions Alexandria, a certain Pinkerli, and includes the line, "If you …

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  45. 1945LetterT-S AS 147.169

    Recto: Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: probably poetry in a crude hand. (Information from CUDL)

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  46. 1946LetterENA 2804.15

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda, apparently to Fustat, concerning a dispute in the community, ca. 1026.

    ENA 2804, f. 15, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.124-125 (Doc. #72), C.B. 03-15-88 Letter from Solomon b. Judah, apparently to Fustat, concerning a dis…

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  47. 1947LetterT-S NS 232.81

    Letter of recommendation, or maybe conveying the arrival of a certain Najīb al-Dawla. The writer introduces Najīb al-Dawla to the addressee and conveys his desire …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اتا نجيب الدولة على مولاي الشيخ اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه
    3. وتايده وسعادته ونعمته يسل الحاجة واذا عرضت
    4. وعيلتي(؟) عليك يسل حضوره …

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  48. 1948LetterCUL Or.1080 J78

    Fragment of a letter from Yisrael b. Natan, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. The letter deals with trades, especially of fabrics. Yisrael b. Natan …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בק[אך ואדאם]
    2. נעמאך מן אלקדס עמרה אללה יד כלון מן כסליו ואלח[אל סלאמה]
    3. ונעמה ושוק אליך קרב אללה אלאגתמ…

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  49. 1949LetterT-S AS 152.253

    Probably opening of a letter to a notable.

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  50. 1950LetterENA 2747.9

    Letter from a woman (possibly the wife of al-Ramlī named on verso) to Rabbenu [...] b. Shelomo ha-Kohen he-Hasid. In Judaeo-Arabic. She thanks him for …

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