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Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the ending is preserved. Greetings to Zekharya and Berakhot and to the addressee's wife. (So possibly addressed to Eliyyahu the …
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Letter in Ladino. Mentions a certain Shabbetay ha-Levi in l.8 on the right bifolium and in line 10 of the left bifolium. Long and well …
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Letter from Shelomo [...], in Damietta, to Shemuel ha-Levi, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Friday, 29 Adar II 5559 AM, which is 5 April 1799 …
Recto: Draft of a letter from Fustat to Daniel b. Azarya, concerning "tarima" - a room or apartment, made of wood, that was added to …
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Opening blessings (. . . الله عزها وادام تمكينها . . .), then possibly a query about a technical procedure …
Probably the end of a letter, quoting Daniel 6:29, 4; Proverbs 3:4, 26, 2; 1 Shemuʾel 25:6. (Information mainly from CUDL)
Official letter from the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: between the late 13th and 1355 CE. Instructing the beadle …
Letter from Yosef Mir to Efrayim ʿAda. In Ladino. Dating: Late 18th or early 19th century, based on the names mentioned and the overall appearance. …
Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. The sender intends to travel to Barqa. Mentioning Yosef b. Shāhūn. Reused on recto for Psalms 30:1-13 …
Letter sent from Jerusalem from Rachel b. Avraham Zussman of Prague, in Jerusalem, to her son Moshe, a scribe in Cairo. After opening the letter …
Letter (communal) in the hand of Yosef b. Yeshuʿa, writing on behalf of the community of Alexandria. Only the elegant rhymed prose opening of the …
Fragment of a letter of a cantor describing the visit of the Nagid in a town, probably Alexandria, during the holidays. The Nagid visited the …
Probably a letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The phrase מגאלס לאנה is preserved, but the rest is very faded. The hand is reminiscent of some of …
Segment of a letter from Shelomo ha-Kohen Gaon b. Eliyyahu, Damascus, to Ulla ha-Levi b. Yosef, Fustat, Dated: 19 Adar 1427 Seleucid = 5 March …
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Letter or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Almost complete with the top honorifics missing. The writer confirms receiving 4 dīnars (of tax?) and he set …
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Badly damaged late document in Arabic script, probably Arabic language, probably a letter. Needs further examination.
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Somewhat widened line spacing. The ends of two lines are preserved: דלך . . . פלמא וקף עבדהא …
Letter from Zekharya b. Ya’aqov b. al-Shama, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1060. The letter deals with shipments of goods and …
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך וסלאמתך ונעמתך מן אלמסתקר
אסרו חג סכות אעאדה אללה עליך סנין כתירה שש ושמח ואלחאל סלאמה…
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Letter and bills from Sicily, probably to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. Some of the bills are directed to b. Awkal for washing fabrics, …
במאזר ודכר ללגיבה [ ] יקבצ'ה אסמעיל
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Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Content unclear. Jotted accounts on verso.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "my brother." The writer mainly communicates that he arrived at his destination safely, and that he rejoiced to learn of the …
Complete letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 15th–17th century. Opens with greetings for Shemuʾel, Menashshe, and Yosef; on verso it is addressed to Yosef b. Shemuʾel …
A formula of a letter to a notable
Letter addressed to Aharon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 14th or 15th century. Alexandria is mentioned at the bottom, but it is not immediately clear …
Recto: letter, mentioning the community and the synagogue. The sender seems to be conveying a legal query from the original queriers (ahl al-suʾāl) to a …
Letter in Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Seems to be warning the addressees about a man who might trick them.
A letter from the community of Luzki to Ishaq b. Shlomo
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abū l-Ḥasan in which the writer reminds him to come and bring him the book know as Razim. Verso was not …
Large mercantile letter in Arabic script, mentioning ships. Also conveying greetings to and from various people. The left side is burnt or at least discolored. …
Recto: letter or note, in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Verso: Arabic jottings maybe mentioning al-Asyūṭī. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Mevorakh Ibn Alqāsh to Mevorakh b. Saʿadya (titled 'nagid ha-negidim'). Only the opening and address are preserved. (information from Goitein's index …
Recto: probably a Hebrew letter consisting of blessings for a group of people, 'at their head' Moshe and his brother ʿOvadyahu. Verso: qiddush for Passover. …
Fragment of a deferential letter in Judaeo-Arabic preserving only the beginning and the address in Arabic script. The writer seems to be Abū l-Ḥasan and …
Letter from a father to a son. In Arabic script. Fragment (upper half only). Recto contains only the formulaic opening greetings. Verso contains closing greetings …
11th century letter from Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq near Tripoli to his son Mevorakh b. Avraham Ibn Sabra. See Oded Zinger’s dissertation, which mentions this letter …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Short and wide piece of paper. The content is cryptic. "When what happened happened and the messengers came and brought us [to …
On recto a letter in Hebrew. On verso another text probably in Judeo Turkish
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen the descendant of Yehosef ha-Kohen Bet Din. Mentions a suftaja; 30 dinars; possibly …
Family letter from a son to his mother. Nadiv b. Saʿadya is mentioned, as are greetings to family members such as Abū l-Wafā, Abū l-Faḍl, …
Business letter from Yehuda Castro to Binyamin Castro. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century. The sender reports on business developments in crops, fruits, and vegetables, and …
Business letter in Arabic script from Yushāʿ (Yehoshuaʿ) b. Natan to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat discussing commercial information that had come to Nahray via …
A distressed letter to Abū ʿImrān, in the house of Umm Ḥasana, on the alley of the synagogue, Fustat. The handwriting and spelling are very …
Family letter addressed to Sulaymān Abū l-Faḍl. in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 14th century or later. Most of what is preserved consists of greetings.
Letter fragments in Judaeo-Arabic. לא תעמלה . . . קליל מא לי שגל אלא אתרקב אל . . . אלנאס ענכם . . . . …
Large letter from "the two congregations" of Alexandria to the Palestinian community of Fustat, and particularly to Efrayim b. Shemarya, regarding fundraising for the ransom …
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Letter in Ladino, small fragment.
Fragment of a letter in calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic, partially in rhymed prose. Refers to the dearth of proper legal documents (ketubba, barāʾa, maʿase, sheṭar) among "the …
Informal note mentioning Abū Saʿd Ibn al-Kāzarūnī and quires (kurrāsa/kurrāsāt).
Minute fragment from the top part of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), who is named …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only 2–3 lines are preserved on each side. Dating: Likely 13th century. The handwriting may be known. On one side, the …