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  1. 151LetterT-S 13J21.2

    Letter probably sent from Malīj to Nahray b. Nissim.

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    1. א]לפתוא
    2. נהר]אי אלחבר גדול הישיבה חפצה אללה
    3. ] בן [ ] ל [ ] נע אן אתצלת במרה פי
    4. ]ם אלרייס אנהא קד בעת
    5. ] במליג וגא מן כבר אן זוגה
    6. ]א פצל [ ]תהם ו…

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  2. 152LetterT-S NS J52

    Letter referring to Saladin’s grand-nephew al-Malik al-Nasir Da’ud (‘the victorious King David’) in which he is assured of the writer’s longstanding and unfailing loyalty. Nasir …

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    1. אעלם אלמגלס אלסאמי יר הו אננא
    2. מצינא אלי כדמה אלמולי פכר אלקצא[ת
    3. דאם טלה ואגתמענא בה פי דאר
    4. אלזוארה ואנעם פי חקנא במא
    5. לא ימכן וצפה וכתב מע. .
    6. כתאב …

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  3. 153LetterF 1908.44OO

    Business letter from Shelomo to Yosef Ḥalūfī, in Fustat. Dating: Second half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. The letter deals with …

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  4. 154LetterHUC 1017

    Fragment of an anonymous letter emanating from Babylonian Geonim or members of the schools. The content emphasizes the need of communal leaders and includes biblical …

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    1. שרי המלך הגבורים ואני התחזקתי ביד
    2. י'י אלהי עלי ואקבצה מישראל [ר]אשים
    3. לעלות עמי: ולמה נקרא כל אחד
    4. מן הראשים ראש לחמשה ענינים הענין
    5. הראשון כי …

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  5. 155LetterENA NS I.39

    Letter - starting in Judaeo Arabic and later full of Hebrew quotations. The writer is asking for financial help and adorns his letter with many …

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  6. 156LetterT-S 8.255

    Letter from Farah b. Isma’il from Busir, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: around 1053 (Gil). The writer returned from Dandir where he bought flax. …

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    1. [כתאבי יאסידי ומ]ולאי א[טאל אל]לה בקאך [ואד]אם תאירך וס[לאמתך וסעאדת]ך ונעמנתך מן אבוציר טאעה 

    2. [וצולי מ]ן דנדיל ליא [ב]קין מן כסליו ואלחאל …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך, מבוציר, מיד עם
    2. בואי מדנדיל, בי"ט (או כ') …

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  7. 157LetterT-S NS 224.57

    Fragment from the upper right corner of a letter or legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi during the period of the Nagid Moshe …

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  8. 158LetterT-S 12.158

    Recto: opening of a Hebrew letter, with much of the text illegible. The poetic opening is neatly arranged in two columns, with extended letters, and …

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  9. 159LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/69

    Letter from Natan b. Avraham to Perahya b. Muʾammal, in Fustat, spring 1039.

    1. נתן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב
    2. בירבי אברהם זכרו לברכה
    3. למשוש לבנו חדות נפשנו גן טיולנו [ ] שושנת
    4. עמקנו אור עפעפנו רוח אפנו ח[ומ]ת מבצרנו חרב גאותנו
    5. מרנא ורב…

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  10. 160LetterCUL Or.1080 J172

    Letter from Yehuda, unknown location, to Shalom, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 13th century, based on handwriting, overall appearance, and linguistic evidence. …

    1. לקי כי. .
    2. ואתה שלום וג
    3. שלום לך ל. וג
    4. כי השם יהיה וג
    5. סלאם אללה תע וברכאתה ואופא תחיאתה עלי אלמולא אל
    6. גליל אלמוופק אלסעיד כהר שלום סט אדאם אללה בקאה
    7. ו…

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  11. 161LetterENA NS 77.91

    Minute fragment of a letter addressed to [Aharo]n b. Yeshuʿa ha-Rofe (active 1109–1143 CE). Requires further examination. MCD.

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  12. 162LetterT-S K25.253

    Another copy of the same letter as in Bodl. MS heb. b 3/19 + Bodl. MS heb. b 3/20; see PGPID 5595 for details. (Information …

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  13. 163LetterT-S 13J31.8

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Sahlan b. Avraham. Dating: 1048 (per Gil) and ca. 1034–1049 CE based on the years when Sahlan b. Avraham …

    1. ליקר פאר הנקוב בשבעה כינויין לרוממו על כל בני גילו
    2. להקדימו [עליהם] בבינו ושכלו גדל שמו כגק מר ורב סהלאן
    3. דמתקרי ישרן בכל אשר יפנה יצליח ישכיל מהאל המ…

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  14. 164LetterT-S K24.31

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  15. 165LetterT-S Misc.28.129

    Recto: Legal document somehow related to verso. Verso: Legal document. Dated: Tammuz 4831 AM, which is 1071 CE. Location: Zawīlat al-Mahdiyya. (This is rare; others …

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  16. 166LetterMoss. V,345.2

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 11th or early 12th century. Most of the content is lacking context and somewhat obscure but refers to various …

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  17. 167LetterT-S NS J294

    Recto (secondary use): Informal note from Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE) to ʿEli b. Yaḥyā ha-Kohen ("al-Parnas al-Neʾeman Raṣuy ha-Yeshiva"). In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking him …

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  18. 168LetterT-S AS 152.222

    Letter in Hebrew. Late. Small fragment. The sender heard that a certain woman 'went up' from somewhere to somewhere (שמעתי שעלתה הגברת...). The sender also …

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  19. 169LetterT-S AS 178.152

    Letter from ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Sulaymān to Abū l-Fakhr b. Ibrāhīm al-Amshāṭī al-ʿAṭṭar, in the perfumers' market, in Fustat. In Arabic script. The top of …

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  20. 170LetterT-S Misc.22.311

    Letter from Mordechai b. Yizhaq Shraga Feivish, perhaps in Rafah, to R. Yom Tov the Av Beit Din of Cairo, probably Yom Tov Israel Cherezli …

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  21. 171LetterT-S 20.28

    Letter by the Palestinian cantor, Yefet b. ʿAmram Ibn al-Jāzfīnī/Ghāzfīnī, praising his host Hillel, the elder son of prince Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Ibn ʿAwkal, and …

    1. ולשבחו אשור.ד
    2. . . . . .]עלי כל . .ר על הלל וכלל . .רה
    3. . . . . .]בני אדם והנציח בכל נברא
    4. . . . . .].יר צדק ובעל . . . יתפארה
    5. . . . . ]גביר מש.ה יפה מ…

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  22. 172LetterT-S 8.32

    Letter from a man, in Fustat, to his brother, probably in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender urges him to return quickly; their mother fasts out …

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    1. קלובנא מן אלשוק ולוחשה [
    2. ובלעני מא טרא עליך ובקינא פי חאל אלא יעלמה
    3. אלא אללה תעאלי מן נכד אלעיש וציק אלצדר ולם
    4. נקעד פי דכאן חתי לטף אללה תעאלי…

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  23. 173LetterT-S 10J9.32

    Fol. 2v (upper section): Letter to a ḥaver in Judaeo-Arabic. The text is faded and the phrases are quite vague—needs further examination.

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  24. 174LetterMoss. IV,71.2

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender seems to be complaining that the addressee did not inform him about the price of saffron; he heard that …

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  25. 175LetterJRL B 7440

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or early 12th century. Mentions 7 bales and documents instead of turbans (? wa-fī l-ʿamāʾim riqā).

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  26. 176LetterT-S AS 214.250

    Letter or petition. In Arabic script. Fragment (lower part only). Probably a business letter (...al-taṣarruf fī l-mawḍiʿ...), but with quite a deferential tone (...fa-yatafaḍḍal ka-mā …

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  27. 177LetterT-S 8J16.11

    Epistolarium fragment in Hebrew. (Information from Goitein's index cards) EMS Part of a letter, with widely-spaced lines, probably 11th century and from Iraq. It addresses …

    1. כפתוחי חותם באקדח[י]ם . . . . . ק [
    2. קלחים וכבין קוצים כסוחים כשושנה [
    3. מלפניו נשלחים יצילם מצנים פחים ירצה מ[
    4. החוחים יברכם בכל חשחים ממגד גרש יר[חים

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  28. 178LetterJRL B 7658

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  29. 179LetterENA NS 33.16

    Letter from [...] Sulaymān Kohen to [...] b. Mūsā. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Raḍiyy; the purchase of an ʿarḍī cloth from Fustat; 'the prices of …

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  30. 180LetterJRL B 3855

    Small fragment from the beginning of a letter, with the introduction in Hebrew and the body in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender alludes to a controversy involving …

    1. ] . . . וכפר אדמתו עמו וישים
    2. ]ת עץ החיים עם שלשה אבות
    3. אברהם י]צחק ויעקב ויגלה עפר מעיניו
    4. עם כ]ל צדיקי ישראל בקרוב אמן
    5. ] . . לך עלי מא שארכת בה מן
    6. א]…

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  31. 181LetterT-S AS 135.53

    Recto: part of a letter in Arabic. Verso: unidentified text in Hebrew characters. (Information from CUDL)

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  32. 182LetterT-S Ar.34.190

    Scribal exercises and copious jottings in Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. In the margin of verso there is the draft of an informal note in …

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  33. 183LetterT-S AS 145.327

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Fustat, [Dar?]b al-Ḥadīd, to be delivered to Yosef al-Ḥazzan al-[...]bī. Apart from the address, only formulaic content from the …

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  34. 184LetterT-S 8J21.15

    Letter from Binyām (druggist of Rashīd), probably in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd b. Abū Naṣr (al-ʿAfṣī), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. He has sent 20 pounds …

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  35. 185LetterT-S AS 170.253

    Two different letters of recommendation (one on recto, one on verso) for a scholar from a foreign land, who is apparently an eligible bachelor (ʿāzib) …

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  36. 186LetterT-S Misc.25.22

    Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century. After many nice phrases, the body …

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  37. 187LetterT-S 6J5.3

    Recto: Lower part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender heard that his brother Yosef died in India, and he asks the addressee to enquire …

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  38. 188LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/26

    Recto: "The remainder of an epistle to an important dignitary. The first four lines preserved are in verse but the metre is very faulty. . …

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  39. 189LetterT-S NS 219.18

    Letter from Yaʿaqov Daminshi (דמינשי) to his brother-in-law Shemuel. In Hebrew. Dating: Late. Mentions a matter of money and "סידיקי ההרגז" (is this a person?) …

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  40. 190LetterT-S AS 144.122

    Letter in Arabic script. Approximately 9 lines are preserved. The tone is urgent (...جواب الكتاب سرعة فيالله عليك...). Mentions that the boy Abū l-Wafāʾ has …

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  41. 191LetterBodl. MS Heb. c 72/13

    Letter addressed to Moshe [b. Yehuda]. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Dealing with business matters. The sender conveys Shemuel's request that …

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  42. 192LetterNLI 577.10/5

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. From a woman. Mentions expenses; "crazy" people (min nisāʾ wa-rijāl majānīn); the treasury (? bayt māl); being prostrated (inṭaraḥt) and "cut-off …

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  43. 193LetterAIU VII.E.46

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, dated Heshvan 5568 AM (1807 CE), from Shelomo Cesana Konpanya to Karo & Frances & Company (numerous letters to the same …

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  44. 194LetterENA 2727.45

    Letter from Avraham Kolon (קולון). Probably addressed to Yosef Ardiʿa (ארדיעה) like his other two letters. Dated: Monday, 17 Ḥeshvan [5318 AM], which is 1557 …

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  45. 195LetterP.CtYBR inv. 1705 qua

    Letter on paper in Arabic script. Appears to be secondary use, on the verso of another letter (PGPID 35236), under the address. Ink is faded. …

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  46. 196LetterAIU VII.E.171

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Unusual format and line justification. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. Mentions the pressing [of the grapes?] and …

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  47. 197LetterMoss. VII,164.2

    Note from Yosef Tamish (? טמיש) to Namir. In Hebrew. The sender is in prison (שורתיים אלו להודיע לכה איך אני בבית הסוהר) and he …

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  48. 198LetterT-S K8.96

    Letter in Arabic script. There is a very polite opening with expressions of love for the addressee, it seems leading into a request (which is …

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  49. 199LetterENA NS 36.29

    Letter addressed to Yedidya Shelomo Yisrael. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Also mentions a R. Navon. The writer mentions wishing to copy a manuscript from a …

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  50. 200LetterT-S 6J3.24

    Poetic introduction in Hebrew for a letter addressed to a Jewish courtier (sar ve-naeh li-serara).

    1. לאיש נדיב ויקום על נדיבות יפה מ[
    2. אשר זרח כאור שמש ביומם וציץ א[
    3. אשר זכה כארז בלבנון ועש פר[
    4. אשר דמה כשושן בין חדקים וגם צ[
    5. אשר הוא שר ונאה לשררה ומפ…

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