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  1. 201LetterT-S AS 146.172

    Letter fragment or draft in Judaeo-Arabic. The portion on recto has an agitated tone, mentions a sum of money, Munajjā, swearing by God (וחק אהיה …

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  2. 202LetterT-S AS 151.144

    Letter addressed to Ibn Shemarya al-Siqillī (the Sicilian). Little of the content remains. (Information from CUDL)

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  3. 203LetterT-S 13J10.7

    Verso: Letter fragment in Arabic script. 7 lines are preserved. The sender reports on the price of wheat and bread. Mentions Alexandria and Abū ʿAlī. …

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  4. 204LetterNLI 577.8/15

    Letter from al-Ḥājj Muḥammad [...] to his son. In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Mamluk-era. The father mentions the son sending him something, whereas he doesn't …

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  5. 205LetterT-S 6J2.19

    Fragment from a copy of a letter by Efrayim b. Shemarya to the community of Ṣahrajt concerning unlawful divorces. Dating: ca. 1034 CE. See also …

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  6. 206LetterCUL Or.1080 15.18

    Letter in a Romance language, perhaps Spanish, signed in Hebrew: Yehuda Maḥriẓ (? יהודה מחריץ). An alternate reading for the surname is "Madin / מאדין".

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  7. 207LetterT-S NS 70.112

    Small fragment of a letter addressed to Isḥāq b. ʿAllūn. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script on verso. On the …

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  8. 208LetterT-S AS 171.6

    Letter from a certain Yefet to a certain Bū l-Ḥajjāj. In Judaeo-Arabic, in a childlike, large, square script. The address is in Arabic script on …

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  9. 209LetterMoss. IV,78.1

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom half). Dating: early to mid-12th century. Mentions ṭabarī cushions, Abū Kathīr, something 'narjisiyya,' and a silver zabdiyya (a kind …

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    1. . . .
    2. דינ אלמדכורה ינפד יעלמני . . [
    3. אלפצה אדא חצר חאמל כתאבי הדא א[לי חצרתך
    4. וסלם אליך סבעה דנא אלא תמן תשתרי [לי בהא
    5. מכאד טברי ברסם אלבית ואר…

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  10. 210LetterT-S AS 158.200

    Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to a certain Abū l-Makārim. Asking him to pawn 'this book' for 10 dirhams, because the need is pressing. Cf. …

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  11. 211LetterT-S AS 147.238

    Small fragment of a letter: closing greetings and the phrase "send it to me with whomever..."

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  12. 212LetterENA 1822a.50

    Letter of request in which the widow of Abu Sa'id b. Shalom, writing to a Nagid, expresses a cry for help on behalf of her …

    1. אלעבדה אלממלוכה
    2. אמראה אבו סעיד בן שלום נע
    3. בש רח
    4. והיה מעשה הצדקה שלום ועבודת הצדקה
    5. השקט ובטח עד עולם
    6. אן אללה תעאלי קד אהל סידנא אלנגיד
    7. ירום הודו ויגד…

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  13. 213LetterT-S AS 156.153

    Possibly a letter. Mentions [...] al-Baṣrī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  14. 214LetterT-S AS 145.230

    Letter in Hebrew. Small fragment from the end.

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  15. 215LetterT-S AS 153.432

    Very faded. Might be from a letter

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  16. 216LetterCUL Or.1081 J16

    Letter in eloquent Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Requesting a Nagid to intervene with the government officers (ʿummāl) in Shaṭnūf during his forthcoming visit to the place. …

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  17. 217LetterBL OR 5563C.17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender asks the recipient to represent him in kissing the ground before the Nagid (Sayyidnā Rayyis al-Zaman wa-Qudwat al-Inas). He asks …

    1. אלשריפה כתרה אלשוק אל[יה . . . . .
    2. ואלארתי/א/ח אלי מבשרתה ומחאדת[תה
    3. פאללה יגמע שמלנא בה עלא מא
    4. יחב וירצאה וס/ו/אל אלממלוך מן
    5. אלאך אלעזיז חפצה אללה ו…

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  18. 218LetterT-S 12.254

    Letter from Marduk b. Musa in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. Contains details concerning a number of complex, but interesting, accounts between Nahray …

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    1. על שמך 
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ונעמתה מן אסכנדריה 
    3. לד' איאם בקין מן טבת כתמה אללה עלינא ועליך באחסן כאתמה ואלחאל…

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    1. על שמך. 
    2. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה,
    3. בכ"ו בטבת, יחתום אותו אלוהים ע…

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  19. 219LetterCUL Or.1080 J143

    Letter in Arabic script. Possibly from a mother to a son. Handwriting and spelling are dreadful. There are many greetings as well as instructions about …

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  20. 220LetterT-S AS 145.124

    Small fragment of a letter to a Nasi. Mentions Arabic documents. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  21. 221LetterMS Meunier

    Letter from an unknown trader to the Tustarī brothers Abū l-Faḍl Sahl, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf and Abū Sahl Saʿīd b. Yisraʾel b. Yaʿaqov. The trader …

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    1. [                                                  ]תי זה 
    2. [                                                  ]ו הושיעם 
    3. [                    …

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  22. 222LetterT-S AS 155.357

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning that the writer had arrived in Rashīd and al-Mahdiyya. (data from CUL)

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  23. 223LetterT-S 12.306

    Extremely faded letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. The overall tone is distressed. When the content starts to …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [
    2. אמליה בדמעתי . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [
    3. . . תה אכרר אב . . . . . . וכתוב ד…

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  24. 224LetterT-S AS 199.295

    Minute fragment from the beginning of a letter to a notable.

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  25. 225LetterT-S NS 163.86

    Draft of the beginning of a letter to a woman addressed as "al-Sitt al-Fāḍila." Probably written by Ḥalfon b. Elʿazar ha-Kohen, active in the early …

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  26. 226LetterT-S NS 226.96 + T-S NS 184.54

    Petition of a woman, regarding her marital problems. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). The join was created by Oded Zinger. Might be …

    TS NS Box 184, f. 54, ed. Friedman, Jewish Polygyny, pp.265-267, N.H. 04-26-88,(P).Letter of a woman, regarding her marital problems. Might be connec…

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  27. 227LetterENA NS 17.34

    Communal letter of some kind. In Hebrew. Dated: End of Iyyar 5791 AM, which is 1031 CE. Approximately 18 signatures are preserved, including that of …

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  28. 228LetterT-S AS 210.114 + T-S AS 210.115 + T-S AS 210.116

    Small fragments from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, referring to [...] b. Saʿadya and the Ṣāḥib al-Khabar (the head of the police/intelligence). AA. ASE.

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  29. 229LetterT-S NS 324.117

    Recto (secondary use): Informal note from Sitt Abū l-Ḥasan to Ṣadaqa, asking him to [...] for the old woman by coming up to Cairo tomorrow.

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  30. 230LetterT-S AS 166.194

    Verso: Letter fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Address to a notable. The portion preserved is probably the end of the introduction and the beginning of …

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  31. 231LetterT-S 16.14

    Promissory note written by Yefet b. David, given by Moshe b. Shahariyar to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov on June 1007. (Information from Bareket) (SGD edition, small …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . אנחנו העדים החת]ומים למטה הדרים בפסטס
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]. .לנו יוסף בן גדולת קד מר ור
    3. . . . …

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  32. 232LetterMoss. IXa,2.22

    Letter in Arabic script, with a few words in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). The sender congratulates the addressee on the holidays, alludes to the …

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  33. 233LetterT-S AS 149.129

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only a small corner remains. The writer seems to be a woman: "When I remained a widow (tarammaltu). . ." Also …

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    1. ] ענדהם קמחה חלפת נשתרי
    2. ] אלתלתה קבל מא יגי ציחת(?) אלביד(?)
    3. ]ו צאבת אמראת עמהא עדה(?)

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    1. . . .
    2. ]אניה אני כמא תרמלת כאן
    3. ]ליה מא חסית בכ…

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  34. 234LetterENA NS 75.9

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing with business in brazilwood and two containers of kohl. Mentions Banīn the boy of al-Maḥālī (probably = al-Maḥallī). Greetings to …

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  35. 235LetterT-S AS 156.4

    Small fragment from a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  36. 236LetterENA 2762.9

    Small letter fragment, seems to be written by Efrayim b. Shemaryah. AA

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  37. 237LetterBL OR 5566D.34

    Recto: The lower part of a letter mostly in Arabic (concluding blessings in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic) from a parent to a son. The addressee is …

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  38. 238LetterMoss. VII,196.1

    Letter of appeal in Hebrew, probably 14th century or later, including lengthy praises for the addressee and then a request to help with the [poll?] …

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  39. 239LetterT-S 13J7.16

    Family note from Hilal. He is requested to meet Avi al-Fakhar, the brother-in-law of the writer, because the Christian Ibn Badir is not being trusted; …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. ממלוכה
    3. אלאצגר הלאל
    4. וצלני כתאב מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלאכרם אדאם
    5. אללה סעאדתה וקרב סרעה גמע אלשמל בה עלי
    6. מא יסר ברחמתה ולם ידכר אלמולא שי מן אלשוק…

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  40. 240LetterT-S NS 321.34

    Letter describing two meetings with physicians. At least part of the letter is addressed to the sender's mother. The first meeting was a visit to …

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    1. פי קלבי אלנאר ולא תסאלו מא [עלי קלבי מן ציקה]
    2. אלצדר וצאקת עלי . מ . ך ואלקא . . []
    3. מנך ולעלי מא אנא גריב אלא ב[אפתראקי מנך?]
    4. ולא כן בפרקתי מנך…

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  41. 241LetterAIU VII.E.13

    Fragment (lower left corner) of a Judaeo-Arabic letter probably from a woman to a male family member. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. She requests …

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  42. 242LetterT-S 13J23.7

    Beginning of a calligraphic letter in Hebrew rhymed prose by Shemuel ha-Levi b. Eli, the gaʾon ("head of the academy of the diaspora") in Baghdad …

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    1. שמואל הלוי ראש הישיבה שלגולה
    2. בן עלי ראש הישיבה שלגולה ז'צ'ל'
    3. [                      ובע]לי בריתנו הקהלות הנסגלות בשם אלהינו נדגלות ממעשי עולה

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  43. 243LetterT-S Ar.7.19

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. (There is also an incomplete address to their other brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya, but …

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  44. 244LetterT-S 12.46

    Recto: Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. With several expressions of deference and petition-like language. Might be a request for a loan of 2 dinars …

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  45. 245LetterAIU VII.E.126

    Late letter in Hebrew, probably either 1829 or 1729 CE (the ע and the כ are marked in the citation from Psalms 37:40. . . …

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  46. 246LetterT-S AS 225.138

    Fragment from a letter, small, very damaged

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  47. 247LetterT-S 20.140

    Letter from Shemarya b. Elhanan (966–1011 CE) about a woman abandoned by her husband (an ʿaguna) for seven years. The letter is apparently written to …

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    1. (שא שלום מאת יושב שמים וכיו"ב ...ומ)מנו ו(מחמודנו אלחנן)
    2. ומתלמידינו ה(יושבים) לפנינו יהי רצון לה..(
    3. לך השלום בא לפנינו דבע קובל על חבח בן
    4. אחו…

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  48. 248LetterAIU XII.60

    Letter of complaint, calling on the harassment of Abū l-Najm the filthy "al-Khabīth". Abū l-Najm broke the writer's trust, disobeyed their friendship (lit. sold off …

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    1. الى حضرة اخي وسيدي الشيخ ا[….

    2. اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه ونعماه [وجمع الشمل به عن

    3. قريب وانهي للمولى ما لحقني من الشيخ ابي النجم

    4. الخبيث اب…

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  49. 249LetterT-S NS J289

    Letter in which the writer reports that he stayed for the Sabbath in Qalyub and continued his travel on Sunday. (Information from Mediterranean Society, I, …

    1. יצל כתאב חצרה מולאי אלואלד
    2. אחיאה אללה וגעלני מן גמיע
    3. אלאסוא פדאה ומן תופיקה לא
    4. אכלאה עלי יד מולאי אלשיך אבו
    5. אלחסן בן אלדמיאטי שמצ ידכר
    6. פיה תאכר כתאב…

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  50. 250LetterMoss. III,216.2

    Business letter in Spanish. Mentions Samuel. Perhaps 16th or 17th century.

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