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  1. 151LetterT-S NS 226.161

    Recto: Possibly a legal fragment, in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: Fragment of a letter or draft of one, in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  2. 152LetterENA 2727.6c

    Letter fragment from [...] b. Mūsā to sent to Abū l-Ḥasan Ṣedaqa b. Nissim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Might be the same addressee as …

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  3. 153LetterT-S AS 96.96

    Recto: the beginning of a letter. Verso: one line of very faint script. (Information from CUDL)

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  4. 154LetterT-S 10J11.7

    Letter (draft) from individuals in physical discomfort, appealing for help. The writers may be lepers, as they refer to their flesh being damaged and their …

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  5. 155LetterAIU XII.117

    Recto: Letter/petition, or letter in the style of a brief petition, from "your student Bū l-Majd" to a high-ranking physician. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably …

    1. الحكيمي

    2. بو المجد تلميذه

    3. المملوك يجدد الخدمة الكريمة المولوية المالكية

    4. الحكيمية ويسأل اجابة حضوره فان

    5. المملوك حصل له الم في رجله وباب العمار…

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  6. 156LetterMoss. II,106.1

    Fragment of a letter from Peraḥya b. Yosef (Yiju) to Saʿadya b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī. Almost nothing remains apart from the opening verses and the …

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  7. 157LetterT-S NS 338.100

    Letter from a woman to her son. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. She may be writing from Ifrīqiyya (based on typical handwriting and orthography). …

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  8. 158LetterT-S AS 123.268

    Letter fragment in Arabic script: . . . . وسيدي . . . اطال الله . . . . الاجتماع به . . . . …

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  9. 159LetterT-S NS 324.137

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic beginning is preserved. Written on a reused page that already had a few words in Arabic script written …

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  10. 160LetterT-S AS 154.400

    Fragment from a letter, mentioning a certain Yosef and Fusṭāṭ. Also mentions "finding khalwa," which could refer either to a mystical retreat or a beehive. …

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  11. 161LetterT-S NS 245.62

    Probably draft of opening of letters- on recto for Moshe b. Mevorakh (?), and on verso for a person named Yeshu'a. Some Arabic script between …

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  12. 162LetterT-S 16.63

    Recto: Letter in the hand of Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya in Fustat. Discussed in various publications by M. A. Friedman. …

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  13. 163LetterT-S 12.298

    Letter from Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen, in the Rīf, to his cousin and brother-in-law Natan b. Shelomoha-Kohen. Mainly to ask him to settle a debt …

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    1. מוגב הדה אלאסטר אערף הדרת
    2. רבינו יחי לעד אן וצלת רקעתה צחבה
    3. אלדי אנפדת מעה אלדקיק ולם ארא
    4. פי אלכתאב גואב ען אלמכדה אלדי
    5. גלטו בהא פי קמאש בן כא…

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  14. 164LetterENA 2739.17

    IB VII, 60. Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a husband to his wife. Note that Goitein calls this manuscript ENA 2739.16 in Letters of Medieval Jewish …

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    In (Your name!)

    A. DEATH OF THE JUDGE

    Just is the Lord in all his ways, etc. (Psalm 145:17)

    The righteous man has gone, etc. (Isaiah 51:1)

    Co…

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  15. 165LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/21

    IB VII, 58. Letter from a woman, in Aden, to her son Moshe b. Elʿazar (aka Mūsā b. ʿAyzūr), in Egypt. Dating: 1226–28, according to …

    1. בעד
    2. מן אלואלדה אלעזיזה תכץ חצרה אלולד אלעזיז אלמופק ופקה אלל : תע
    3. ואנא בטול בקאה וסהל סרעה לקאה עלי אסר חאל ואנעם
    4. באל במנה וכרמה ותנהי וצול כטך אלכר…

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  16. 166LetterT-S AS 183.212

    Document in Arabic script, probably a legal document involving a property in Fustat (الدار التي بمصر بخط . . . يعرف هذا المنزل . . …

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  17. 167LetterENA 2727.11d

    Communal letter in Hebrew. Fragmentary, with little preserved. Addressed 'the sages of the yeshiva, the tannaim, the scribes, and the student[s]'. Mentions [...] b. Avraham …

    1. ] יהיו בכם מ. . . . . . . . כל אש[
    2. ] כל חכמי הישיבה והתנאים והסופרים והתלמיד[
    3. ]מם לנצח                       ומודיעים כי אנשי .[
    4. ]. . בעשותם הטוב בע…

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  18. 168LetterT-S AS 153.211

    Letter. With a long Hebrew introduction (quoting Psalms 19:6 and 92:3) and the body mostly in Judaeo-Arabic. The body of the letter begins with congratulations …

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  19. 169LetterT-S Ar.41.108

    IB VI, 6. Letter from Ibrāhīm b. Hillel, Alexandria, to ʿArūs b. Yūsuf on the conclusion of the latter’s second or third voyage to the …

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  20. 170LetterENA 2727.7c

    Letter probably to a dignitary called Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm/Avraham. With a long Hebrew introduction, the body in Judaeo-Arabic, and the address in Arabic script. (The …

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  21. 171LetterT-S Ar.39.188

    Mercantile letter in Arabic script. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. The sender mentions requesting the 'marsūm' and something which came out to 700 dirhams; …

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  22. 172LetterBL OR 5566B.18

    Letter from Ḥananel (حاننال), it seems in Tyre (recto, l. 3), to an unidentified addressee, in Fustat. In Arabic script. A vertical strip from the …

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  23. 173LetterCUL Or.1080 J269

    Letter of appeal from Moshe to R. Yiṣḥaq ha-Sar. In Judaeo-Arabic.

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  24. 174LetterT-S AS 173.209 + T-S AS 153.293

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century. The section preserved here opens with asking for a favor from the addressee involving conciliating someone else. Goes …

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  25. 175LetterT-S 6J10.10

    Letter draft or writing exercise in a crude hand; on verso jottings and drafts in the same hand. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  26. 176LetterT-S NS 322.109

    Letter fragment probably in the hand of Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ of Tyre (see neighboring fragments).

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  27. 177LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/39

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Dealing with urgent and detailed business operations involving …

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  28. 178LetterENA 4020.42

    Fragment of a letter from Shelomo ha-Kohen Gaon b. Yehosef. Spring 1025.

    ENA 4020, f. 42 ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.85-87 (Doc. #50), C.B. 03-24-88 Fragment of a letter from Solomon Ha-Kohen Gaon b. Yehosef. Spring 1025…

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  29. 179LetterT-S 16.368 + T-S NS 292.18

    Very damaged and faded Hebrew letter, with many Biblical verses, seems to contain some moral instructions? Addressed to 'our brothers'. T-S 16.368 seems to be …

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  30. 180LetterT-S 12.215

    Second leaf of a letter from an unidentified merchant, probably in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 1052 by Gil and 1066/67 by Goitein (in Mediterranean Society, …

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    1.              ב'
    2. במולאי אלשיך אבי אלבדר דפעאת אד כאן הו אלעאני [[בצאחב]]
    3. באלכצם צאחב אלגיל ותכאצמת //מע// וכילה עבד אללה בקצרהם
    4. לאנה שד מ[ן] צא…

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    1. (2−1) ב(שמך רחמנא). .... באדוני ורבי אבו אלבדר פעמים מספר כי הוא שטיפל (מחוק: באדוני)
    2. בבעל הדין, בעלי הניל, והיתה לי מחלוקת עם מיופה הכוח של…

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  31. 181LetterT-S NS 327.15

    Letter, in Arabic script. Written in a petition-like fashion. Letter from Khidr to a dignitary, probably, titled Shams al-Riʾāsa. The sender, identified in the tarjama …

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    1. المملوك
    2. خضر

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المـ[ـملوك] يخدم بين يدي المولى المملوك الشيخ الاجل
    3. شمس الرياسة ادام الله سعادته و…

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  32. 182LetterT-S Misc.25.16

    Brief letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Addressed to Abū Yaʿqūb, wishing him a good morning and reminding him to …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. צבח אללה חצרה מולאי אלשיך [
    3. אבו יעקוב אטאל [אל]לה בקאהא [ואדאם
    4. תאיידהא ועלא[ה]א ותמכינ[הא
    5. באנעם צבאח וא[. . .]בה וכפא[
    6. כל מחדור . [ . . .] …

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  33. 183LetterT-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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  34. 184LetterCUL Or.1080 J194

    Letter in Ladino, written probably in the first half of the 16h century. It mentions R. Abraham ibn Shoshan, whom Sambari lists amongst the exiles …

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  35. 185LetterT-S 18J3.18

    Fragment of a letter from Sharira Gaon. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #35) VMR

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    1. [                                                                               חזקיה] בן מר רב שמואל ראש הסדר ומן [         ]
    2. [             …

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  36. 186LetterT-S AS 168.10

    Beginning of a letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (or at least one of the later Maimonidean Nagids) directing the beadle Sulaymān to summon …

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  37. 187LetterT-S NS 224.202

    Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Beautiful handwriting. The sender is exhorting the addressee (an in-law?) to treat his wife well. Also …

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    1. ואיצא אלצביה צאחבה ביתך אלדי קד אלתגת אלי אללה ואליך פלא תקטע
    2. בהא פאנהא מא תבקי פי מא תעמלה מעהא מן אלגמיל ואלכיר ממא
    3. תסוסהא ותקאסיהא ותדור חו…

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  38. 188LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 715

    Letter in Arabic script. It seems addressed to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllān al-Ḥibr (the ḥaver), whose name appears both at upper left and in the first …

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  39. 189LetterT-S NS 306.216

    Letter in Arabic script. In a chancery-esque hand with a tarjama. Addressed to a 'brother.' Quite faded. On verso, there is the header "al-ḥamdu lil-lāh …

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  40. 190LetterT-S Misc.28.151

    Business letter to Mevorakh b. Avraham Ibn Sabra. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the margins of verso (the first page), there is a price list for commodities …

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  41. 191LetterHUC 1110

    Letter of recommendation for the bearer, Ḥayyim Kalev of Amadiya. Needs further examination.

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  42. 192LetterT-S 13J13.16

    Petition to David b. Daniel from a destitute woman with no family and afflicted with a serious illness (leprosy, it seems). Dating: ca. 1090 CE. …

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    1. יענך יי ביום צרה ישגבך שם אלהי יעקב 
    2. ישלח עזרך מקודש ומציון יסעדך 
    3. יחוס על דל ואביון ונפשות אביונים יושיע 
    4. לכבוד גדולת קדושת הדרת נזר ועטרת וש…
    1. ‘The Lord answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of  Jacob protect you!’ (Pss 20:2).  
    2. ‘May He send you help from the sanctuary, and …

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  43. 193LetterT-S 8J15.23

    Letter addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaon (r. 1127–1139 CE) with fourteen lines of poetry in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel ha-haver written on the back …

    מכתב למצליח גאון

    1. בעדת יהודה וישראל ישמרו צורו וינצרו יוצרו
    2. ויעזרו קדושו ויגיה שמשו וירים קרנו ויתמיד חינו
    3. בעיני המלכות ובעיני כל רואיו ויקוים בו
    4. כל …

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  44. 194LetterT-S AS 145.321

    Letter addressed to Shelomo ha-Zaqen. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded; not much is legible without special imaging. Mentions something 'they are saying'; something 'ugly'; …

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  45. 195LetterT-S 8J23.6 + T-S 6J2.21

    Fragment of a letter in the hand of Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaon, confirming receipt of money, and two suftajas (payment orders), one if them which …

    1. כתאבי יא שיכי וסידי אטאל אלל[ה בקאך...מן אל]
    2. רמלה יום אלאתנין יז מן אב ען [חאל סלאמה...
    3. וקד כאן נפד כתאבי אליך יא סידי ב[
    4. מן אלגמאעה חרסהא אללה והי …

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  46. 196LetterT-S 24.26

    Letter from Maṣliaḥ Gaon (autograph) to a communal leader or judge Avraham, in Malīj. In Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Dated: Shevaṭ 1442 Seleucid, …

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  47. 197LetterT-S AS 221.18

    Minute fragment from an opening of a letter. Much faded

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  48. 198LetterT-S NS 31.14

    Letter from a certain Yiṣḥaq to a certain Avraham. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, likely 18th or 19th century. Reused for extensive accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning …

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  49. 199LetterT-S AS 145.195 + CUL Or.1081 J14

    Recto and part of verso: Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to his father in Fustat. He is concerned about how they will pay …

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    1. . מנדיל וחא . . . . . . מ [   ]

    2. ואן כונתו דפעתו אלדרהמ[ין]

    3. לבנת עמי ואיש ביקולו ענ . [   ]

    4. ע . י אחתמלוהם וקולו להם אני [   ]

    5. [[אנשאל…

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  50. 200LetterT-S AS 177.265

    Letter, probably. Content unclear. Three lines are preserved, and a few words in the margin.

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