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  1. 201LetterYevr. II A 1809

    A letter from Vilna

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  2. 202LetterJRL A 1282

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Not a lot of content remains. Dating: ca. 11th century. Might mention Tinnīs and customs (mukūs). Abū Isḥāq and …

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  3. 203LetterT-S NS J5 + T-S 13J7.13 + T-S K25.252

    India Book II, 17, II, 18, and II, 19: Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ben Yiju. Dating: 1133–40 CE. This is …

    T-S NS J5 verso, Hebrew address (IB II, 17)

    1. אלשיך אלאגל מולאי אברהם          עבדה מצמון
    2. בן ישו חרס אללה נעמתה              בן אלחסן בן בנדאר

    T-S NS…

    recto (IB II, 17)

    1. The letter of my lord, the most illustrious elder, has arrived—may God make permanent 
    2. your well-being, may He guard your life and…

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  4. 204LetterJRL B 7079

    Letter fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Wide line spacing. Mentions greetings for the holiday and payments.

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  5. 205LetterCUL Or.1080 J28

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in Fustat, to Abū l-Barakāt b. Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥarīrī, in Alexandria. Contains many greetings to and from various family members. …

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    1. אלממלוך שלמה ברבי אליה הדיין סט
    2. אתה ייי לא תכלא רחמיך ממני
    3. סבב אצדאר הדה אלאחרף אלי אלאך אלעזיז אלאציל
    4. אבו אלברכאת הדרת הנשיאות אדאם אללה סעא…

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  6. 206LetterT-S AS 151.180

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (right side only). With greetings to a certain Ṣedaqa, his wife, and various other people and family members including Faḍāʾil, Abū …

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  7. 207LetterYevr. II A 1815

    A letter to Mordechai b. Shmuel

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  8. 208LetterT-S NS 320.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in an unusual hand; Goitein calls it "papyri script," probably referring to the early documents edited by Blau and Hopkins in …

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  9. 209LetterT-S AS 146.405

    Bottom of a family letter in Hebrew. On parchment. Dating: uncertain, potentially 11th century. Consisting mainly of greetings to and from family members. Specifically mentions …

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  10. 210LetterT-S Ar.18(1).33

    Letter from Moses the schoolmaster petitioning ʿAmram ha-Levi for a charitable donation. He had not earned any fees over the holiday period. He asks for …

    1. שאכרה משה
    2. ר עמרם הלוי היקר הנכבד התלמיד
    3. ישמרו שומר נפשות חסידיו ויצליח
    4. מעבדיו מכדום באתם סלאם ואלף תחיה
    5. ואכראם מן שאכרה משה בלא שר אן
    6. כנת סירת לחצרת…

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    Moses, who thanks you 

    I honor R. Amram ha-Levi, the precious, the honored, the scholar, may the Guardian of the souls of the Pious guard you a…

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  11. 211LetterYevr. II A 1576

    Letter.

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  12. 212LetterT-S 10J5.24

    Letter from Yehuda b. Isma’il al-Andalusi, from Sicily, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. August 9, 1062. Regarding shipments of textile, especially silk, to Nahray. Nahray …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה פי אלכיר בקאך וצאנך ווקאך ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך מן אלמסתקר מסתהל אלול

    2. ערפך אללה ברכתה וברכה מא יליה מן אלש…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים ימים ארוכים וטובים וישמרך ויגן עליך ואל ימנע ממך הצלחות, מהבית, בא' באלול,
    2. יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ואת …

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  13. 213LetterT-S 12.292

    Letter from Shemuel b. Ḥananya to "ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver," in Malīj. In Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Dating: ca. 1140–1159 CE, if Shemuel b. Ḥananya was serving …

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  14. 214LetterT-S NS 298.18 + T-S AS 202.383

    Letter in Yiddish from Rachel b. Avraham of Prague in Jerusalem to her son Moshe in Cairo. Join by Esther-Miriam Wagner, "Vis, liber zun, ikh …

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  15. 215LetterENA 4045.8

    Informal note from Abū l-Majd and Abū l-Faraj to 'the kind brother' (al-akh al-shafīq) Abū ʿAlī and to Abū Manṣūr. In rudimentary hand and spelling. …

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  16. 216LetterENA 2806.15

    Petition from Avraham al-Qushāshī to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. He says that he used to work and earn a living like everyone else [but now he is …

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  17. 217LetterT-S AS 152.89

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Mentioning dirhams, the capitation tax, and names such as Binyamin, Yaʿaqov and Yaḥyā. Also mentions 'Rabbenu'; …

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  18. 218LetterMoss. IV,71.2

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender seems to be complaining that the addressee did not inform him about the price of saffron; he heard that …

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  19. 219LetterENA 1822a.23

    Letter about betrothal of minor girls from David b. Daniel.

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. אלדי תעלק בה אבן אלעדי שצ אדאם אללה
    3. [עזה] אבן רבנו לאגל [ ] זוגתה
    4. זוגת והי דון אלבלוג והי יתימה ואמא
    5. הדה אלדי דכר אנהא לם יטהר להא
    6. אל[שער…

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  20. 220LetterT-S Ar.39.100

    Business letter describing dire market conditions where prices are high and an environmental catastrophe destroyed most of the crops. In Arabic script. Mentions cotton and …

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    1. عزه بسبب عدل كان فنا(؟) عدلي فرنسي وانا ان شا الله[

    2. واقدم مسيري فاعلم ذلك وقد كانت عادته سبقت في امر القطن وبيعه بالتخريج قليل قليل علي

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  21. 221LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1420

    Letter from an unknown writer in Jerusalem to Yeshuʿa Rofe, Fustat (Ẓoʿan), possibly his place of residence given the specificity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: …

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  22. 222LetterCUL Or.1080 15.28

    Drafts of a note to a certain Abū l-ʿIzz. No content preserved. Pen trials on verso.

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  23. 223LetterMoss. IV,66

    Beginning of a letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (upper right corner). Written on behalf of a group …

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  24. 224LetterT-S AS 166.278

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged.

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  25. 225LetterT-S AS 145.227

    Letter. Polite, refers to addressee repeatedly as אלמולא. Fragment from toward the end, including the end of business matters involving dirhams and then the greetings-to-the-family …

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    1. [              ]. [ ]....[                 ]
    2. [              ]אלמולא אלגזיל ותערפה
    3. [              תעא]לא דכרה אללה בכיר
    4. [              ] דראהם …

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  26. 226LetterMoss. IV,14.3

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Interesting format: the opening praises are written in large blocky Hebrew, with the remaining content in …

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  27. 227LetterDK 239.2 (alt: III)

    Letter from the cantor David b. ʿEli to the notable Ḥujayj (whose father's name is left blank). With a long Hebrew introduction followed by the …

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  28. 228LetterT-S AS 62.4

    Large part from a poetic Hebrew letter, contains mostly praises and expressions of longing. Contains the idea that "even if the bodies are separated the …

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  29. 229LetterENA NS 32.14

    Letter from Abū Sahl Levi probably to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer conveys the news that the adressee's brother Abū …

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    1. בש רח
    2. אללה תעלא לא
    3. יוחשני מן אלולד
    4. אלמבארך משה
    5. ויגמע אלשמל
    6. בה ברזק ואסע
    7. אמן ואן אכוך
    8. אלשיך אבו אל
    9. חסן עלי גמלה
    10. אלסלמה ואלעפיה
    11. מן פצל אללה
    12. ומא…

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  30. 230LetterENA NS 48.4

    India Book VI, 36. Letter from Yūsuf b. Ibrahīm to Abū ʿImrān Ibn Nufayʿ. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. …

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  31. 231LetterT-S AS 150.15

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly addressed to the physician Abū l-Faḍl (אבו אל]פצל אלחכים אלסד[יד). Dating: ca. late 12th or early 13th century. The sender mentions …

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    1. ] . . וכאצה ב . [
    2. אבו אלפ]צל אלחכים אלסד[יד
    3. ] . אל . . . . . . לעשירתנא(?) פאללה לא [
    4. ] . .  בהא סראג כשההו(?) גיר כאפי ען מגל[ס
    5. אלסדיד חפצה א…

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  32. 232LetterENA NS 45.9

    Tiny fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter.

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  33. 233LetterT-S 13J23.9

    Request for help sent by Ya'ish b. Sahl of Nahrawan the cantor to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Haggai Hasid, mentioning the addressee's son (Abu 'Ali Ḥasan), …

    1. אגירת ברכות ואסיפת שלומות והקשבת תפילות והצלחת
    2. מפעלות והעדפת ט[ו]בות והשג ישועות והנחת רוחות ונטיעת
    3. אהבות ותענוג ועושר ושם טוב בעולם הזה ולעולם הבא …

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  34. 234LetterT-S NS 323.8

    A letter sent to the head of the community R. Yehuda, in the second half of the 16th century. The writer is complaining about Yehuda …

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  35. 235LetterENA NS I.14

    Letter from Abū Manṣūr to his father Yaʿaqov. In Judaeo-Arabic. He complains about his terrible misfortunes this year ("everything that I had is buried," perhaps …

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  36. 236LetterT-S AS 183.29

    Letter in Arabic script, giving instructions about paying sums of money. Also mentions a jūkaniyya (a type of garment). On verso in Judaeo-Arabic: "al-dayyān." Excerpts: …

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  37. 237LetterT-S AS 150.161

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: List of names in Arabic script. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  38. 238LetterYevr. II A 1862

    A letter to Biמyamin Yerushalmi from the Karaites of Qal'a

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  39. 239LetterENA NS 7.80

    Recto: Letter fragment (upper part only) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (identification based on handwriting). In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a group of people, it seems. …

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  40. 240LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/73

    Letter, Somewhat cryptic. "As for what you mentioned about the istiʿmāl and the musakhkhināt (warming drugs?) and the [...], and as the 'season' (of illnesses?) …

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  41. 241LetterGeneva 121

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably from Damīra or Tinnīs to Fustat. Mercantile. The writer reports on the vicissitudes of purchasing flax and cotton in Damīra, Damietta, …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
    2. מא אנא עליה מן אלוחשה ואלשוק אלי חצרתה
    3. אלמחרוסה ועצם אלארתיאח ואלתאסף
    4. עלי מא …

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  42. 242LetterT-S AS 145.4

    Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ha-Bavli Rosh ha-Seder. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The sender asks the addressees to help him pay his debts. Greetings and …

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  43. 243LetterT-S AS 170.222

    Small fragment of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Only the first couple lines on recto …

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  44. 244LetterT-S AS 112.188 + T-S AS 112.157

    Recto: piyyuṭ in Hebrew. Verso: part of a letter(?) in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  45. 245LetterT-S AS 152.318

    Letter, probably written by Surūr b. Ismaʿīl the dyer (al-sabbāgh). (Information from CUDL)

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  46. 246LetterT-S AS 153.371

    Much damaged late poetic Hebrew fragment, might be from a letter of appeal.

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  47. 247LetterENA 2727.57

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a man to a business associate and/or family member. Mentions "your father" and "your paternal uncle Abū l-Faḍl." The overall tone …

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    1. מתלך מן [
    2. מא תריד וא[ס]עה קד וצ[יתך
    3. עמך אבו אלפצל ואנת מן [. . . . . . .] מא
    4. תדהל(?) חתא תנבא[ע] אלדכאן  ולא יבקא
    5. עליך ותקול מן אבוך אן כאן מ…

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  48. 248LetterBodl. MS heb. b 12/25

    Letter from Neḥemya ha-Kohen, Gaʾon of Pumbedita, probably to the Babylonian community in Fustat. Dated: Kislev 1274 Sel. = November 962 CE. Asks for financial …

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    1. [                                                                                                                  יגדיל שלומו] בתדירה [וישריש…

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  49. 249LetterBL OR 10578H.25

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1764 CE. Mentions numerous names: Yaḥyā b. Hādī, ʿAlī and his brother Ṣāliḥ, ʿAlī Ḥusayn, ʿAzīz b. Sinān, Yūsuf al-ʿAzīzī, …

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  50. 250LetterAIU VII.D.18

    Official letter in Hebrew. Dating: Uncertain, probably no earlier than 16th century. Addresses the members of 'the holy congregation,' exhorting them about something to do …

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