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  1. 201LetterPUL Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 584e.33 (Michaelides 33)

    Business letter in Arabic script. On verso there is a separate text block in Coptic; the response to the letter? Needs examination.

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  2. 202LetterENA 4011.20

    Letter of thanks. In Judaeo-Arabic. Praising a scholar who had spent a certain amount of time, it seems during the High Holidays, in a provincial …

    1. כר]אמה מקאם נפסה [
    2. אל]שיך אלתקה בן אלשיך אבו גאלב //זל// דן ויו[
    3. פ]אן אללה קד חאשאהם ו כאצך אלשיך [
    4. ירצא באלמסאל תגמלת אלבלד ואלכניסה [
    5. ופרחו בה אלי…

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  3. 203LetterT-S AS 176.291

    Recto is an unidentified text in Arabic script, which at first glance looks like a state document, though mentions "yawm al-dīn," which sounds more like …

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  4. 204LetterENA NS 77.89

    Minute fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 12th century. Besides the opening of the first two lines (recto) a portion of the address …

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  5. 205LetterT-S 20.154

    Recto and verso: Last leaf of a letter from a woman to Sitt Khuṣrawān. In Judaeo-Arabic. Expressing deep regret that the addresse, whom she revered …

    1. מא עלמנא בממרה ולו דרינא
    2. מא כנא כלינאה ראח ובקיו
    3. בעד ממרך ומא מתאספין
    4. עליך לם יקטע דכרך מן בינהם
    5. ובקיו בעד ממרך כגנם ליס
    6. להם מן ירעאהם וממא אעלמך
    7. בה…

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  6. 206LetterT-S AS 177.102

    Recto: Lower left piece of a letter in calligraphic Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era, based on the hand and the names. Mentions al-Ḥājj Yūsuf and …

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  7. 207LetterAIU VII.A.36

    Letter of appeal for charity, probably. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, possibly 18th or 19th century. Very long-winded, and full of kabbalistic drashes about Satan and …

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  8. 208LetterJRL B 6018

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Narrow strip torn from the middle.

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  9. 209LetterYevr. II A 1732

    Later to Dov Ber Hakohen

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  10. 210LetterENA NS 22.13

    Letter from Yusha` b. Natan to Nahray b. Nissim.

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    1. על שמך
    2. תקדמת כתבי למולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה [ואדאם עזה וס]עאדתה

    3. וסלאמתה ונעמתה עדה ואכ'רהא עלי יד[י              וכנת מ]נתטר

    4. לוצול כתאב…

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    1. (1 – 2) על שמך; שלחתי לך לפני כן, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת אושרך
    2. ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך, מכתבים אחרים, האח…

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  11. 211LetterT-S Ar.34.332

    Letter in Arabic script. Addressed to a 'brother.' The sender has recently traveled from Damascus to Cairo (ll. 5–6 where he describes the journey and …

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  12. 212LetterT-S Ar.39.120

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (bottom part only). Needs examination for content.

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  13. 213LetterT-S Misc.26.21

    Business letter addressed to Yiṣḥaq Sholal ha-Kohen. Dating: Before 1502 CE, because Yiṣḥaq Sholal was not yet the Nagid at the time this letter was …

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  14. 214LetterT-S 10J13.27

    Letter from David ben Naʿim to Moshe ben Naʿim in Alexandria concerning business matters, dated 17 Heshvan 185 (5585 of the Era of Creation = …

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  15. 215LetterT-S 13J17.9

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Abū Naṣr David b. Yiṣḥaq. In Hebrew. The sender explains that he had been forced to flee from …

    1. [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . וש]מחותיו
    2. וטובותיו יגלמוהו גלום ויתברך מעתה ועד
    3. עלמי עילום בזכות אתא ממזרח ובא
    4. מאורח וחלם חלום…

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  16. 216LetterCUL Or.1080 J287

    Note from David b. Yehuda ha-Ḥaver, in Bilbays, to Avraham Maimonides, in Fustat/Cairo. Dated: 1532 Seleucid, which is 1220/21 CE. He asks to receive the …

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  17. 217LetterT-S AS 148.147

    Fragment of a letter from the Yeshiva in Sura. Regarding donations to the Yeshiva. Mentions the relationships between the community and the Yeshiva in the …

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    1. ה]גיעו לפני מר רב הילאי גאון שלנו בן מר רב נטרונאי גאון שלנו זכרם לברכה תהא נשמתם [ 
    2. ט]רחנו [                                              ]וה…

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  18. 218LetterENA 2808.10

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a beautiful hand with wide line-spacing. Quite faded. Approximately 9 lines are preserved from the main text and another 8 lines …

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  19. 219LetterT-S 10J12.12

    Recto: Letter fragment in which the writer complains that Abū Bishr al-Mushrif (the government supervisor) claims from him a payment which has already been paid. …

    1. . . . . . . . . ] אבו בשר אלמשרף וכאנה
    2. קד קתלת לה קתיל והודא אקאסי מנה
    3. מא לא אחסן אצפה מן סו אלעשרה
    4. ואלענת פי טלב אלחסאב ויטאלבני במא לא
    5. ילזמני מן ס…

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  20. 220LetterBodl. 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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  21. 221LetterT-S 8J28.4

    Letter in Hebrew, complete but letters smudged on right side and crossed out in line 7. Apparently an appeal for charitable assistance.

    1. יבא דבר אדוננו אם יצלח לי
    2. . . . . . . . . . . המתוק בעת אשר
    3. . . . . . . . עומד אל עם רמון
    4. ואמוץ מימיו אם //אכל// לחמו בתוך
    5. . . . עמים עדיין אני עומד

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  22. 222LetterT-S AS 181.11

    Recto and verso are two different letters of excuse, written with petition-like language. They might be two versions of the same letter (only the left …

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  23. 223LetterT-S AS 147.114

    Letters in Hebrew. Narrow vertical strip. Only the beginnings of the lines are preserved. Recto: Mentions Sar ha-S[arim]. Verso: Communal letter, written in a different …

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  24. 224LetterT-S 16.273

    Letter from Khalaf b. Mūsā (=Ḥalfon b. Moshe) al-Ḥaver al-Kohen on behalf of the whole congregation of "Ḥaṣer Adar" (חצר אדר). Saʿadya Gaʾon translates this …

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  25. 225LetterL-G Misc. 109

    Letter from Sulaymān to his father. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. There is also a basmala in Arabic script …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم المملوك سليمان
    2. מודדה סלימאן כתאבי אלי אלשיך ואלדי אלעזיז
    3. גמע אללה ביננא אן שא אללה ואן וצלו כתאבך
    4. ואנה תוציני עלי אלמגי…

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  26. 226LetterT-S AS 123.268

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

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  27. 227LetterENA 2727.6b

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī. Dating: May 12, 1052 CE. Business letter with many details about ships going west. The sender reports on the …

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    1. ואעלמה חרסה אללה אן תאכר כתאבי לי' איאם מצ'ת מן סיון אסל אללה יערפה ברכתהויתם
    2. עליה נעמתה ויבלגה אמתאל הדא אלמועד אלמבארך שנים רבות שש ושמח ולא

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    1. ואודיעך, שומרך אלהים, שמכתבי התעכב עד לי' בסיון, אבקש מאלוהים שיודיעך את ברכתו וישלים
    2. חסדו עליך ויגיעך כדוגמת המועד המבורך הזה שנים רבות שש וש…

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  28. 228LetterT-S NS J539

    Letter of appeal for charity for assistance in paying the capitation tax. In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). From the cantor …

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  29. 229LetterMoss. IV,10

    Letter from Yosef ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to Ephrayim b. Shemarya, ca. 1035.

    1. נקדום נקדמו מכתבי אושר אלי אח הכושר חכם הפשר מתיר אגודי קשר שלומיהן יובל
    2. לשוי תשר הוא כבוד גדולת קדושת מר ור אפרים החבר המתמשר יזכה נין ונכד לשרשר
    3. מ…

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  30. 230LetterMoss. IV,72.3

    Verso (original use): Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The address is missing, so this sender/recipient identification …

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  31. 231LetterT-S NS 321.57

    Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa, in Alexandria, to Barhūn and Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Tāhartī, in al-Mahdiyya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Summer 1050 CE. Some of the …

    recto

    1.                 ]רב אלעאל[מין

    2. וצ]לת כתבכם סלמכם אללה מ[

    3.     ] לאן אלקיסאריה מא ק[

    4.                               אעד]אל פי אלמראכב מוקתה…

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    1. (6−1) (...שלומי טוב, תודה לאל) ריבון העולמים .... הגיעו מכתביכם, ייתן לכם אלוהים שלום .... מפני שה'קיסאריה' לא .... משואים באוניות, בזמן שנקבע…

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  32. 232LetterT-S AS 145.178

    Brief letter to Saʿadya the cantor. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 13th century. Politely asking him to obtain a response to the letters (legal queries?) which …

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  33. 233LetterCUL Or.1080 J3

    Letter draft. In the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel. Addressed to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal al-Kohen. Consists solely of poetry and poetic praises.

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  34. 234LetterT-S 16.46

    Letter written by [Joseph b.] Elʿazar in Palestine, mentioning various individuals including Abū l-Faraji, Elʿazar the doctor, Joseph the doctor, ʿAbd al-Karam, Sulayman b. ʿAbd …

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  35. 235LetterENA 3616.29

    Letter from Mūsā b. Yaḥyā al-Majjānī, Alexandria, to Binyamin b. Yūsuf Ibn ʿAwkal. Around 1025. The writer has returned from travels in Sicily, where he …

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי יאסיד[י ו]שיכי וריצי(!) ואלעזיז עלי א[טאל] אללה בקאך

    3. ואדאם איאם סלאמתך ו[ר]עאיתך וציאנתך [וכאן] לך ומעך

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  36. 236LetterT-S NS 327.101

    Business letter in Arabic script, 11th century, to do with the India trade, including pepper and lac. Name of sender and recipient missing. Aodeh: "difficult …

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  37. 237LetterT-S AS 181.178

    Informal note from Eliyyahu to a certain Kohen asking him to give Umm ʿAzīza the sister of al-Makīn one dirham so that she can buy …

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  38. 238LetterENA NS 63.17

    Recto: Letter from Ḥayyim b. S[..], in Damietta, addressed to a certain Yiṣḥaq, presumably in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dated: שנת והלך לפניך צדקך, which is …

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  39. 239LetterT-S AS 145.98

    Letter. Small fragment. In Hebrew, rudimentary handwriting. The sender mentions amīr al-[...], money perhaps received from "your congregation," and the city of Arsūf.

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  40. 240LetterT-S 8J14.15

    Fragment of letter containing polite formulae and mentioning the fast day of Yom Kippur. EMS

    1. ] אללה תע וקרב לקאה ורזקני ב
    2. ] כתבתה יא מולאי ען קלב
    3. יטיר שוקא אליך ונפס תתשוק ללוקוף בין
    4. ידיך ואללה תעלי (!) יקרב דלך לם תצל
    5. אליי אלכתב אלדי דכרת א…

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  41. 241LetterBL OR 5544.5

    Letter, probably. In Hebrew. On one side there is a poem (panegyric?). On the other side there is the lower part of an elaborate letter, …

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  42. 242LetterENA 3691.2

    Letter fragment or petition, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a fight with Abū l-Najm in which the sender was possibly wounded (וגרחת ובלג בי אלעטאים) and …

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  43. 243LetterMoss. 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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  44. 244LetterJRL L 214

    Letter from Shemuʾel ha-Shelishi ba-Ḥavura to Maymūn b. David. Consisting entirely of greetings and blessings for the addressee and his son Abū l-Ḥusayn (possibly on …

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  45. 245LetterT-S 13J21.16

    Letter from Abū Zikrī b. Abū l-Riḍā to Yeshuʿa b. Zekharya (same addressee as T-S AS 161.172). He expresses sorrow that he had neglected his …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ן [ . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . ] עבדך בו זכרי אבן אבו אלרצא נע
    3. אלי חצרת …

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  46. 246LetterAIU XII.64

    Arabic letter, with the format closely resembling the Judaeo-Arabic letters ca.1800 CE.

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  47. 247LetterCUL Or.1081 J23

    Letter from Makārim b. Yūsuf to the sons of Merayot ha-Kohen, who seem to be the tax farmers of Shubrā. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address …

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  48. 248LetterT-S Misc.28.18

    Letter of appeal for public charity. In calligraphic Hebrew. The writer is a foreigner who wishes to return to his land, but has no money …

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  49. 249LetterT-S 8J16.1

    Note in which a physician is asked to help a captive woman, imprisoned probably due to debt. The addressee responds with a brief note on …

    1. בל אנא ממלוכהא
    2. אגתמע [[עבדהא]] מע גלאלהא פי אל
    3. כניסה אלמעמורה בבקא נצר (?) וערפתהא
    4. מא גרי לעבדהא מע אלגיראן פי מעני
    5. אלמראה אלמעתקלה אכת סידהם
    6. וקד שה…

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  50. 250LetterT-S 16.267

    Letter to a hazzan, Ben Sadoq, who is asked to intervene on behalf of the writer, Menashshe nin Shemaiah, before Sar Salom, head of the …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . . . . והחזן זקן תורה אלוף [י]רא[ה]. . . .
    2. . . . ] . . . הנטועה והיתד הקבועה הנקוב בשם טוב והמעוט[ר] . . . לקח
    3. ] . . . וה…

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