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  1. 2251LetterT-S AS 168.126

    Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-Andalus and 'Rabbenu.'

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  2. 2252LetterT-S 6J7.8

    Letter mentioning school fee. (Information from Goitein, Education in Muslim Countries, p. 106)

    1. החזן מריות בן אלדיאן יקבל ידי מולאה
    2. אלמהדב שצ ויסאלה אן יחסן עוץ ממלוכה
    3. בכמיס ארבעה אסאביע אלתי אועד בהא
    4. ממלוכה מן אגל אולאד אלתעתוע ואללה
    5. אלעצים לו…

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  3. 2253LetterT-S AS 145.226

    Letter fragment from Barhūn b. Mūsā to Nahray b. Nissim. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  4. 2254LetterJRL B 6877

    Business letter, fragment. In Ladino. Mentions "las naves" (the ships).

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  5. 2255LetterNLI 577.1/76

    Letter in Arabic script. To 'the dear brother Muḥammad (or Majd something?).' Only a few lines from the opening with formulaic expressions of longing are …

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  6. 2256LetterENA NS 54.6

    Letter from Yosef to Netanel ha-Talmid ha-vatiq ha-ḥakham ve-ha-navon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic introduction and good wishes for the holiday are preserved.

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  7. 2257LetterBodl. MS heb. f 57/104

    Letter fragment. Addressed to a certain Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm. Mentions Bū l-Khayr. May belong together with the preceding fragments.

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  8. 2258LetterT-S AS 162.14

    Small fragment of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions being preoccupied, then, "your mother went to convey your greetings to the wife of Sibāʿ, and …

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  9. 2259LetterT-S AS 201.106

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj b. Ma[ṣliaḥ?]. Addressed to Fustat (אלא מצר חמאה תע). None of the content is preserved.

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  10. 2260LetterT-S AS 145.363 + T-S AS 145.361 + T-S AS 145.362

    Letter to a Ḥaver. (Information from CUDL.) The portion preserved here deals with business matters (right margin and upper margin).

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  11. 2261LetterJRL B 7694

    Letter addressed to R. [...] and R. Avraha[m?] נאזימו(?) in Cairo. In Ladino. Quite faded. Needs examination.

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  12. 2262LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/4

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Urgently asking the addressee to send the volume of Bereshit that the writer had purchased from him in al-Maḥalla in the shop …

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  13. 2263LetterT-S 20.133

    Letter sent from Alexandria, in which the writer, Avraham b. Elazar the doctor, reports about the arrival of a ship from Marseilles, containing queries from …

    1. עבדהא אברהם
    2. בשמ רחמ בר אלעזר הרופא
    3. זצל
    4. אלדי אעלם כב חצרה מולאי כגק
    5. מ ור משה הכהן השר הנכבד תפארת
    6. הכהנים פקיד הסוחרים עין העידה
    7. תפארת בני ישראל ויהוד…

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  14. 2264LetterT-S AS 156.215

    Copy (?) of a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  15. 2265LetterT-S AS 152.114

    Letter mentioning Fusṭāṭ. (Information from CUDL.) Excerpts: אדנת לך בתסלימה . . . קד אבדת(?) עליה . . . פי מצר גיר . . . …

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  16. 2266LetterJRL B 6461 + T-S NS J180

    IB VII, 53. Letter fragment from an India trader, in Aden. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that all is well and that the first ships …

    1. לא עדמתהא ולא כלות מנהא
    2. ואמא אכבאר אלבלאד פאכבאר
    3. סארה ללה אלחמד ואלשכר עלי דלך
    4. כתירא כתירא וסטר אלממלוך הדה
    5. אלכדמה וקד וצל אול מראכב אלהנד
    6. ווצל מרכב…

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  17. 2267LetterT-S 10J18.16

    Secondary use: Letter from ʿAwāḍ b. Ḥananel to Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: 1045–96. Dealing with numerous business matters. He reports that Shemuel dropped a vessel …

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    1. על שמך
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלחבר
    3. ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה
    4. ונעמתה ומא אעלמך אן וצל
    5. כתאבך עלי יד שמואל ווקפת מנה
    6. עלי סלאמתך וסלאמת ולדך
    7. א…

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    1. (2-1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני החבר, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
    2. ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך
    3. ואת חסדו לך, אודיעך שהגיע
    4. מכתכך בי…

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  18. 2268LetterNLI 577.1/56

    There are multiple fragments under this shelfmark. B - Fragments of a letter, in Arabic script.

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  19. 2269LetterBodl. 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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  20. 2270LetterMoss. IV,20.3

    The main block of Judaeo-Arabic text is a portion of a letter. The writer reports that he arrived safely in Fustat and yearns for a …

    1. אלדי אעלם מולאי אלאך אלכרים אנני וצלת אלי
    2. מצר [עלי] גמלה אלסלאמה ואלעאפיה פלא תשגלו
    3. קלוב[כם ע]לי ואחרצו פי אן תרסלו לי [[כתא]] כתאב
    4. תער[פוני] פיה אכ…

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  21. 2271LetterT-S AS 145.119

    Original use: Probably a letter from [...] al-Dayyān to Abū Ṭāḥir b. Avraham. Secondary use: Drafts of a deed of sale of a property, specifying …

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  22. 2272LetterT-S AS 100.338

    Fragment of a business letter in Arabic script (wa-innamā katabtu... al-ḥisāb...).

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  23. 2273LetterT-S NS 224.189

    Small and very damaged fragment, barely legible, probably from a letter

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  24. 2274LetterT-S 10J12.16

    Letter from a woman, in Fustat, to her son Abū l-Maḥāsin, in Funduq al-Qamra, Alexandria. Dictated to Abū Manṣūr. Likely belongs with T-S 10J19.26 (PGPID …

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    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתך ואין למו מכשול
    2. שלום שלום לרחוק ולקרוב אמר ייי ורפאתיו
    3. אלדי אעלם בה ולדי ואלעזיז עלי וענדי גמע אללה שמלי בה קריב עלי מא י…

    Translated by Dora Zsom

    There shall be peace for those who love Your Torah; they stumble not (Psalms 119:165).

    There shall be peace, there shall b…

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  25. 2275LetterT-S AS 149.251

    Probably a letter. Faded, almost nothing legible preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  26. 2276LetterT-S Ar.48.181

    Letter fragment in Arabic script, could also be a state document given that there are large line spacing and the script is chancery-esque. Parts of …

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  27. 2277LetterJRL L 43

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe(?) Goren to Barakha Goren. Dated 20 Nissan 5571 AM (April 1811 CE). The letter sender and recipient were likely brothers …

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  28. 2278LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1468

    Letter from Shemuel to his cousin (ibn khāl) ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. Consists almost entirely of greetings and updates on the health of …

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  29. 2279LetterT-S AS 122.222

    Recto: Probably the poetic opening a letter. Verso: probably the address in beautiful Arabic script, to Abū l-Khayr Salāma b. Yashuʿā b. Jadīd al-Iskandarānī. (Information …

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  30. 2280LetterJRL B 3409

    Two fragments of a very faded family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 13th century or later. The hand is reminiscent of that of Maimonides but …

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  31. 2281LetterT-S Ar.18(1).49

    Letter from Ezra b. Hillel, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. December 28, 1063. The writer informs Nahray about businesses he has in …

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    1. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמאה

    2. פי הדא אליום אלדי הו יום אלא לד כלון מן שבט ווקפת עליה וסרני על…

    recto

    1. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך,
    2. ממש היום, שהוא יום א' ו' בש…

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  32. 2282LetterENA NS 7.30 + ENA 4011.15

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: that Peraḥya's letter arrived with ʿAyyāsh; 17 dirhams; a …

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  33. 2283LetterT-S Misc.35.8

    Letter from Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-Mānī, in Constantinople, to his father-in-law Yosef al-Baghdādī, in Egypt. Dating: Probably first half of the 12th century, based …

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    1. לכבוד אדוני ומרי ומחותני מ׳ יוסף אלבגדאדי מני חתנך אבו ע[לי
    2. דע אדוני כי כשגזר הגוזר להראותנו צרות רבות נתננו ביד שובינו

    3. והביאוני עם כמה אנש…

    Recto

    1. To the honourable, my lord and my master, my father-in-law, Mar Joseph the Baghdadi, from me, your son-in-law Abū ‘Alī.
    2. Know, my lord, that w…

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  34. 2284LetterT-S Ar.54.23

    Verso: Letter of appeal for charity addressed to al-Rayyis Yūsuf. In Arabic script, calligraphic with large letters. Asking him to bestow two garments (thawbayn) on …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. يخدم المجلس العالي المولوي
    3. المخدومي الاجلي المحترمي
    4. الريسي ريس العلامة يوسف
    5. ادام الله سعادته وينهي
    6. المملوك رجل سعلوك وف…

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  35. 2285LetterMoss. VII,137

    Recto: Letter from the yeshiva in Jerusalem to Mevorakh (b. Seʿadya?), in Fustat. In Hebrew. Fragmentary. Dating: After 1094 CE. This is a letter of …

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  36. 2286LetterCUL Or.1080 J178

    IB VI, 9. Letter from Barakāt b. Khulayf to ʿArūs b. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning a shipment of tartar and a report about the arrival …

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  37. 2287LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/11

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to a certain Rosh ha-Qehillot. It is written entirely as a Hebrew poem. There are lengthy descriptions of the …

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  38. 2288LetterT-S AS 147.153

    Bottom part of a letter referring to a Jewish community (שלקהלת ש . צורץ(??)). No further details preserved.

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  39. 2289LetterBodl. MS heb. b 3/29

    Letter from Farajallāh to the judge al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Naṣrallāh. In Judaeo-Arabic with occasional Hebrew and with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Late, probably no …

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  40. 2290LetterIOM D 55.13

    Letter from Labrāṭ b. Moshe b. Sughmār, the chief judge in al-Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: Ca. 3 August 1057 CE (Gil) …

    על שמך

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא סידי ומולאי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם חראסתה וחמאיתה ונעמאה וחסן עקבאה
    2. ועגל בלקאה מן אלמהדיה אכר אב כתמה אללה עלי מולאי באפצל כא…

    verso

    אדוני ורבי האדון הנכבד אבו יחיא, מ''ר נהוראי בי"ר נסים נ"ע, ייתן לו אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שמירתו עליו ואת חסדיו לו; לבראט בן משה נ"נ בן …

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  41. 2291LetterT-S 8J16.21

    Letter to Abu al-Ḥasan 'Ali b. Hillel, the cantor, in which the writer describes departing to the house of Abu al-Faraj and an exchange with …

    1. ] רחמ'
    2. ]יאכי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאיידך ונעמאך ותמכינך
    3. ] אך ומן תופיקה אלחסן לא אכלאך מן אלמסתקר במצר ואלחאל
    4. ] ונעמה ושוקי אליך שדיד ינמו ויזיד מא …

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  42. 2292LetterT-S NS 297.44

    Letter or official correspondence. Dating: Possibly Ayyubid or Mamluk-era. From "your slave and son" to "al-majlis al-[...] al-[...] al-makhdūmī al-thiqatī al-amīnī muʿtamad al-mulūk wa-l-salāṭīn." The …

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  43. 2293LetterT-S 13J24.17

    Letter sent from Alexandria in which a cheese-maker asks his son to send him the receipt for his capitation tax and writes that he hopes …

    1. . . . . . . . . ] מחבה ואלדה
    2. . . . . . . . . .]. אלעזיז עלי וענדי אטאל
    3. אללה] בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן
    4. אלתופיק לא אכלאה וגמע אלשמל
    5. בה עלי אסר חא…

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  44. 2294LetterT-S AS 202.439

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  45. 2295LetterT-S 8J21.25

    Unfinished note in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-ʿIzz. "I am not asking for silver nor for gold, only the copies of …

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  46. 2296LetterT-S AS 149.65

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th or 14th century. Very distinctive handwriting with crescent-shaped nun sofits. The sender seems disgruntled that someone didn't accept …

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  47. 2297LetterENA 4020.4

    Letter sent by the head of the Jews, Sar Shalom ha-Levi Gaon b. Moshe, to the community of Qalyub confirming Moshe b. Levi as slaughterer, …

    1. . . . . . . . .]יו ע[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. מ]ן שר שלום הלוי ראש ישיבת
    3. גאון יעקב ביר משה הלוי ראש
    4. ישיבת גאון יעקב נין הגאונ…

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  48. 2298LetterT-S AS 150.142

    Fragment of a commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning al-Dimashqī al-Tifʾeret, the arrival of "ṣāḥib al-kitāb" sums of dirhams, and a woman's speech quoted. (Information in …

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  49. 2299LetterT-S NS 225.12

    Letter from Yosef to his brother Elʿazar aka Abū Manṣūr b. Abū l-Surūr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Fragment (upper part of …

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  50. 2300LetterMoss. VIII,351.1

    Cryptic note addressed to Amīn al-Dawla. Seems poetic, and might mention scorpions (עקארבה). Needs examination.

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