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  1. 2301LetterNLI 577.6/26

    Letter or letter draft from Muʿammar ha-Kohen ("the teacher of Qalyūb") to ʿAmram ha-Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Recto consists entirely of pleasantries and flattery …

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  2. 2302LetterT-S Misc.11.132

    Probably a draft of a petition. In Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Dating: likely no earlier than 13th century based on handwriting. The text is written …

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  3. 2303LetterMoss. IIIa,11

    Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Salmān al-Ḥarīrī, in Alexandria, to his mother and father, in Qayrawān. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. The address bears the name of …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. כתאבי יאואלדתי אלעזיזה עלי אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם סלאמתהא וסעאדתהא

    3. מן אלסכנדריה סלך איאר ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק א…

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    1. בשם אלוהים הרחמן הרחום.
    2. אני כותב לך, אמי היקרה לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך,
    3. מאלכסנדריה, באחרון של אייר. שלומי טוב…

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  4. 2304LetterCUL Or.1080 J91

    IB V, 14. Business letter addressed to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Barakāt Ibn al-Lebdī; Hārūn b. Rajā; Efrayim b. …

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  5. 2305LetterT-S AS 152.227

    Letter of appeal for charity. Fragment (upper part only). The op line is in Arabic script (the address?), and the rest in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender …

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  6. 2306LetterYevr. II A 1814

    Non-Geniza. An appeal to the leaders of the community of Vilna from Ponibez (Panevėžys in Lithuania)

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  7. 2307LetterT-S 6J3.16

    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 …

    1. . . . . אמת
    2. אלשמש אלש סלימאן //שצ//
    3. יעלם חצור אלש צדקה
    4. בן אלרופא פי אלאסבוע אל
    5. כאלי והו . תשכי מן זוגתה
    6. לאנהא מא תטיעה
    7. תלזמה/א/ באלחצור אלי
    8. בית דין …

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  8. 2308LetterT-S 13J25.7 + T-S 28.18

    Letter from Yoshiyyahu Gaon. Dating: probably 1024 CE. Describing the imposition by the Muslim authorities of a special, heavy tax on the Jews of Jerusalem. …

    T-S 13J25.7

    1. ירחמם [
    2. תפלתם ויתדיר טובתם ויראם קיבוץ במרבץ טוב
    3. אל נווה טוב ונין מראהו טוב ובינין זהב הטוב בכל טוב
    4. שאו שלום רב מאיש נחמס מאנשי חמס
    5. ומאנ…

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  9. 2309LetterT-S 12.64

    Letter from Sulaymān to his brother Abū l-Manṣūr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with a blistering rebuke for the lack of letters and the failure to inquire …

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  10. 2310LetterBL OR 10656.21

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The ends of several lines are preserved, mostly formulaic. Tells someone not to "go down" (the Nile). Reused for Hebrew literary text …

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  11. 2311LetterJTS MS 8308. 9

    Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. The addressee is a notable and has a son named Moshe (ושלום רבינו משה …

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  12. 2312LetterT-S 8J19.5

    Fragment of a letter probably addressed to Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya (“ha-Nagid ha-Gadol”). In Judaeo-Arabic. Uses an unusual variant of a blessing formula: khallada allāh suʿudahā …

    1. עליה ימין [
    2. מא ביע [
    3. הדא אלאסבוע [
    4. יריד יטרח עליהם [
    5. כלד אללה סעודהא ב[
    6. אלאגל אבו אלפכר ותסתנגז [
    7. באן לא י[ט]רח עליהם לא עוד ולא עסל ואלמשרף פהו אלס…

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  13. 2313LetterT-S NS 325.9

    Opening of a letter to Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). The portion preserved consists mainly of poetical praises.

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  14. 2314LetterCUL Or.1080 J17

    Letter from Yaʿqūb b. Salmān al-Ḥarīrī, Tripoli (al-Shām), to Nahrāy b. Nissīm, Fusṭāṭ. Commodities mentioned include wheat, figs, and cotton. Goitein dates the letter to …

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    1. תוכלת עלי אללה
    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך
    3. מן אטראבלס אלשאם לי בקין מן מרחשון כתמה אללה עליך באחסן
    4. כאתמה אלדי תריד…

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  15. 2315LetterYevr. II A 1817

    A letter. On recto about the appointment of a teacher in the Bet Midrash signed by Shemuel b. Avraham. On verso discussion on some Karaite …

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  16. 2316LetterYevr. II A 1476

    Letter or letters. Ashkenazi. Dating: 1836 CE. Needs examination.

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  17. 2317LetterT-S NS 324.99

    Probably fragment from an Hebrew poetical letter

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  18. 2318LetterBodl. MS heb. b 3/24

    Letter from Avraham b. ʿAmram to Nahray b. Nissim (and Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ?), Fustat, 1067 CE. The letter includes information about the Tāhartīs who are …

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  19. 2319LetterT-S 16.261

    Recto: Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Shelomo Ha-Rofe b. Eli, Tripoli (Lebanon). Dating: ca. 1039 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE based on …

    1. השלומות התמימות המקוימות הרשומות החתומות ליקירנו וזקיננו
    2. וחשובנו כב קד מר ורב שלמה הזקן הרופא החכם והנבון העשוי נחת
    3. רוח במבצר סינים האוהב בעלי תורה …

    Translated by Amir Ashur and Benjamin M. Outhwaite.

    May complete well-being be brought about, inscribed, and sealed up for our dear one and our elder…

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  20. 2320LetterT-S AS 153.95

    Recto: Letter, mentioning Yehosef the Nagid of the Diaspora, and Spain. This is probably Yehosef b. Shemuel ha-Nagid (date: 11th century). Cf. ENA 3765.8–9 and …

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  21. 2321LetterJRL B 5479

    Verso (original use): Brief note in Judaeo-Arabic formatted like an order of payment. In which the addressee (mawlāy al-shaykh al-jalīl) is asked to provide something …

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  22. 2322LetterT-S AS 215.327

    Small fragment of a document in Hebrew, maybe a letter. Mentions the name Shemaʿya.

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  23. 2323LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 116

    Unidentified document (letter?) in Arabic script. Mentions going to Damietta (يوجه الى دمياط).

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  24. 2324LetterT-S 12.133

    Letter from Mūsā b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī and his brother Yiṣḥaq b. Barhūn, in Qayrawān, to the senior Tustari brothers (Abū l-Faḍl Sahl (Yashar), Abū Yaʿaqov …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וריסי וכבירי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וזאד פי א[חסאנה] 
    2. אליך וענדך ו ט' מרחשון ען סלאמה ועאפיה ללה אלחמד וצלת כתבך יאס…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. אני כותב, אדוני וראשי וגדולי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך וירבה את חסדו
    2. לך ולאשר לך, בט׳׳ו במרחשון. שלומי טוב, ואני …

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  25. 2325LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 463

    Letter fragment in Arabic script.

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  26. 2326LetterT-S AS 184.1

    Verso: Bottom of a letter from a dealer in silk and girdles (zunnār/zanānīr). Mentions the sky-blue girdle (al-zunnār al-samanjūnī), and a request to send red …

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  27. 2327LetterMoss. IV,18

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat, mentioning various commodities including flax. Dating: ca. 1064 CE. Also mentions a …

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    1. כתאבי אטא]ל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמתה [ 
    2. ] אלנצף מן אדר ראשון כתמה אללה עלי מולאי אלשיך באחסן כאתמה וערפ[ה
    3. ברכתה וברכה] …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך…
    2. …בחצי אדר ראשון, יחתום אותו אלוהים עליך אדוני ור…

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  28. 2328LetterT-S 12.17

    Letter to the Gaon, probably from Aleppo, complaining that the Gaon is paying too much heed to those who slander the writer, approximately 1035. Verso: …

    1. [ ] לב ונפש ומוח [
    2. [ ]ל ונפש אעיד בעצמי לפניו ובנערי [ ]
    3. דב[ ]לפני בוראינו כן לב האדם לאדם מרגישים ומגידים [
    4. ועתה אד גאון [והנ]ה לנצח תריב בלא חטא ו…

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  29. 2329LetterReinach I

    A long and flowery communal, formal letter in Hebrew, addressed to the elders of the community of Malīj, probably from the leaders of the Jewish …

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  30. 2330LetterT-S 12.340

    Letter from Shelomo b. Elʿazar, in the Fayyūm, to a certain Shelomo. In Judaeo-Arabic, beautifully written. Dating: likely 13th or 14th century. He conveys the …

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  31. 2331LetterMoss. VII,213.2

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to a dignitary (...אלגליל ירום הודה...). Recto is in Judaeo-Arabic and verso is in Hebrew, which also appears …

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  32. 2332LetterENA NS 58.17

    Letter addressed to the home (or mercantile house) of ʿArūs b. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably late 11th century. Needs examination.

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  33. 2333LetterT-S AS 149.103

    Letter (draft?) in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, ca. 16th–18th century based on handwriting and format. In the margins and on recto reused for accounts in Hebrew …

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  34. 2334LetterT-S AS 177.182

    Small fragment from the end of a letter. Greetings to Ibrāhīm al-Ṣāʾigh (the goldsmith) and others.

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  35. 2335LetterT-S AS 146.239

    Minute fragment in a poetic Hebrew. Probably from a letter (ויזכו לחזות רבים . . . סביבתם ושלום . . . ). AA/ASE

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  36. 2336LetterT-S 13J35.5

    Letter of complaint. In Judaeo-Arabic, calligraphically written, with wide line-spacing. Against an adversary who denounced the sender to the government, gave false witness against him …

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  37. 2337LetterBodl. 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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  38. 2338LetterJRL B 2909

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. In the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli he-Ḥaver;

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  39. 2339LetterT-S AS 118.231

    Recto: faded and damaged text in Arabic, possibly part of a letter, mentioning a qāḍī. Verso: piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  40. 2340LetterCUL Or.1080 J176

    Letter from ʿEli Ha-Mumḥe b. Avraham, in Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: approximately 1045 …

    1. קד כאנת כותבי צדרת אלי סיידי אלחבר
    2. אלמעולה אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    3. ותאיידה במא לא אשך פי וצולהא
    4. אליה ווקופה עליהא ולם יצל לאח[ד]
    5. גואב וארגו אן לא י…

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  41. 2341LetterT-S Misc.36.L.1

    Letter in Yiddish from Rachel b. Avraham of Prague in Jerusalem to her son Moshe in Cairo.

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  42. 2342LetterHalper 422

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Very deferential. Twice mentions "the late Mujāhid." It is cataloged in the Halper catalog as "part of a letter or …

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    1. والمحل المانوس........مكانه ثبت هذا
    2. الى يده و......ثا على قدره ومجددة لما سلف من ذكره
    3. ومعرفته عما له من الصحبة القديم عن المرحوم المجاهد
    4. قد...…

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  43. 2343LetterT-S 16.285 + T-S AS 134.204 + T-S NS 325.115

    Letter/petition addressed to a notable. In Hebrew (for the poetic opening) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). In a typical 11th or early 12th century hand. …

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  44. 2344LetterT-S NS 64.22

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century. Distinctive hand; ןs and ךs are large, with sweeping descenders. Mentions someone spreading malicious rumors …

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  45. 2345LetterENA NS I.71

    Commercial letter addressed to 'my brother' Moshe Perdonel. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with a few words in Hebrew and also Ladino דוזינה. Dating: ca. 16th century. …

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  46. 2346LetterT-S 8J25.10

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom half of recto). This portion opens with greetings for "the father and the mother." The next portion has been translated …

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  47. 2347LetterT-S AS 204.170

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

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  48. 2348LetterENA 4100.10

    Letter addressed to ʿAbd al-Karīm. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably 14th century at the earliest. The writer and addressee are Qaraites. Very long. Conveys information …

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  49. 2349LetterT-S AS 154.282

    Fragment from a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentioning flax and Nissim and Abū l-Fakhr. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  50. 2350LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/38

    Letter from Hārūn b. Sulaymān ha-Ḥaver al-Kohen to [...] b. Ṣadaqa(?) Ibn Shaʿya(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century, on paleographic grounds. The writer opens …

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