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  1. 2451LetterT-S 13J28.21

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic script. May be addressed to a jurisconsult regarding a legal opinion, ending "wa-huwa wa-raʾyuhū abṣar." The sender and addressee are Jewish, based …

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  2. 2452LetterENA 3935.12

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Copies or formularies of letters, each starting with a new basmala. The letter starting at the bottom of verso is addressed to a dignitary called …

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  3. 2453LetterJRL B 4078

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment, from Hārūn to his 'brother' Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions having lost his blanket with the masters of the bo[a]t and being pinched and …

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    2020
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  4. 2454LetterT-S Misc.27.4.5

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yaḥyā b. ʿEli Kohen Fasi, in Qayrawān, to his brother Yosef, in Alexandria. Dating: Tishrei [= Jumādā I 444 AH] = August/September 1052 …

    recto

    1.       [בשמ]ך אלהים

    2. [כתאבי אליך יאסידי] וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך מן אל

    3. [ ] כלת מן שהר תשרי מנה [ ]

    4. [ ש]ש שמח ויזכיך לבנ…

    recto

    1. (2−1) בשמך אלוהים; אני כותב לך, אדוני וראשי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, מ־
    3. .... ב.... בחודש תשרי ....
    4. שש שמח ויזכ…
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  5. 2455LetterMIAC 219

    Document date
    Primary language
    Arabic

    Announcement from the Cairo Jewish community and by the rabbinate that all the wine sold by the company "Curiel Oriental" is not kosher, and an …

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  6. 2456LetterT-S AS 172.116

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Late letter in Judeo Arabic. Much faded and the cursive hand makes it difficult to read. Few names are mentioned: Hasan(?) b. David (also partially …

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  7. 2457LetterT-S NS 304.6

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Isḥāq b. Yaʿqūb, in Fustat, to the household of his nephew (sister's son) ʿImrān b. Abū Naṣr, in Jūjar. To be delivered to …

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  8. 2458LetterENA NS 18.7

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter sent by Yosef b. Shemuel to 'his brother from father and mother', Ṣadaqa b. Ḥakmūn, congratulating him on the birth of his son. The …

    1. הנה נחלת ייי בנים שכר פרי הבטן
    2. כחצים ביד גבור כן בני הנערים
    3. אשרי הגבר אשר מלא את א מ ל י וג
    4. אסתוהב אללה לך יאכי מן אלנעם אתמהא ומן אלמנן
    5. אעמהא ומן א…
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  9. 2459LetterENA 2160.50

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing mainly with business matters. The sender is sorting through accounts (e.g., "I checked my ledger (daftarī) and did not find anything."). …

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  10. 2460LetterT-S 18J4.24

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Report from a man called only "al-nāʾib" (the deputy), in Malīj, to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya (in office 1140–59), in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning …

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  11. 2461LetterT-S AS 151.174

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably second half of 11th century. Mentioning Hilāl b. Binyām (appears also in T-S AS 148.166 and T-S 13J27.9) and, …

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  12. 2462LetterT-S NS 327.47

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Small fragment of an unidentified document in Arabic script. A letter? Mentions Abū Mūsā Hārūn. Very faded.

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  13. 2463LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 668

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Fragment of a letter or official correspondence, Arabic script. Mentions "من يلوذ به", a fragmentary date "[جمادى؟] الاخرة", beginning of a year "سنة خمسـ"and a …

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    33363
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  14. 2464LetterT-S 6J10.5

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter signed by Shelomo, to his father Eliyyahu the judge, asking him to purchase something for the writer (perhaps some sort of covering (ghiṭāʾ)) and …

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    17084
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  15. 2465LetterT-S 10J30.14

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment by Avraham, son of the Gaon.

    ....

    1. אנה לא תכ[
    2. פיהא ואנא אסאלכם [
    3. פי מכס אלכראג וגירה [
    4. אלשוכר אלעטים מן [
    5. מן אללה תקדסת אסמ[אה
    6. בעזרת שדי סאיר אלי [
    7. פאריד אצל ואעלם גמ[
    8. אלאנסאן וכ…

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    1988
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  16. 2466LetterENA 2738.17

    Letter in a late hand with a very fancy signature. The signature seems to be : חיים ס"ט בכ"ר יעקב זלה"ה שמחון Hayyim b. Ya'akov …

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  17. 2467LetterT-S AS 170.253

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Two different letters of recommendation (one on recto, one on verso) for a scholar from a foreign land, who is apparently an eligible bachelor (ʿāzib) …

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  18. 2468LetterENA NS 2.39

    Letter, minute fragment, probably to Ḥalfon b. Menashshe from his brother

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  19. 2469LetterT-S NS 323.15

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small damaged and faded letter written on parchment. Only few words have survived.

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    2019
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    25596
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  20. 2470LetterT-S 10J17.10

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a certain Hibatallāh to the physician al-Shaykh al-Thiqa Abū l-Faḍl in the Fayyum. Since this person is independently greeted in the body of …

    1. ותשועת צדיקים מייי מעוזם בעת צ
    2. רננו צדיקים בייי והרנינו כל ישרי לב
    3. ואמרתם כה לחי ואתה [[לחי]] שלום
    4. אלדי אעלם בה חצרה מולאי וסידי
    5. אלשיך אבו אלפצל אטא…
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  21. 2471LetterT-S 13J11.8

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Shemuel b. Yehuda ha-Bavli, in Alexandria, to a notable, in Fustat. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1130s CE. Concerning the withholding of money …

    1. ואעלמתני ואמסכת
    2. בל אנני עלמת באן דאך יריד לנפסה ואנמ(א)
    3. אמסכת חסן ראי פיהא אנהא לא תעמל
    4. אלא מא פיה אלצלאח בעד אעתקאדי
    5. פיהא באנהא אלואלד אלשפיק הדא ב…

    1 Transcription 1 Discussion

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    1989
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    940
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  22. 2472LetterMoss. III,104.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment, very damaged and written in a very cursive hand. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Addressing itself to 'sayyidnā' and making some …

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    2026
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  23. 2473LetterT-S NS 327.1a + T-S NS 327.1b

    Letter from Hillel b. Ḥasan, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1070. Two fragments (a, b) of a letter regarding a shipment of …

    Recto

    1. [כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיר אטאל אללה בקאה] ואדאם סעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן אלא[סכנדריה
    2. [ וא]לחאל סלאמה ונעמה תתם בבקאיה ואלחמד ללה ר[ב אלעאלמין
      3. …

    Recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את אושרך ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה
    2. .... שלומי טוב ואני חי באושר, שיהיה שלם …
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    2017
    PGPID
    6090
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  24. 2474LetterBL OR 10112D.22

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment (top only) from Yisra'el b. Natan to Nahray b. Nissim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Yisra'el tells Nahray to add the dinars to the money he …

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    32185
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  25. 2475LetterT-S AS 145.313

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Business letter addressed to Avraham b. Shanju and Shelomo al-Shaqar. Dating: First half of the 16th century. The sender informs the addressees about a shipment …

    1 Transcription

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  26. 2476LetterENA NS 67.7

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a merchant. Around 1060. Regarding a disagreement, and both sides ask Labrāṭ b. Moshe Ibn Ṣughmār from al-Mahdiyya to decide between the parties. …

    Recto

    1. א . מ . [. . . .] ור אבן אלג . . [
    2. קד וכ[לת]ך //עלי// קבצהא ואסתכרא[ג
    3. וכאלה לא תכרג מן ענדך אלא [
    4. לא תפרט פי דאלך לאן חאגה בא[
    5. ביני ובין אנסאן…

    recto

    (3-1) נתן הרשאה, וכבר גבה אותם, וההכנסה .... אל תוציא מידך את כתב ההרשאה אלא .... אל תתרשל בזאת כי הצורך בקנייה .... 

    (6-4) ביני ובין אדם .... …

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    2017
    PGPID
    5719
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  27. 2477LetterCUL Or.1080 3.43 + CUL Or.1080 3.49b

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Opening of a letter in Hebrew to a group of important people, with wide space between the lines. The beginning of the body of the …

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    19739
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  28. 2478LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1864/8

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Abū ʿAlī to Abū l-Fakhr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the first two lines are preserved.

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    32417
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  29. 2479LetterT-S AS 152.8

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender asks how the capitation tax (al-jāliya) promises to be this coming year. The sender seems to …

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    2018
    PGPID
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  30. 2480LetterT-S 8.46

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: commercial letter. Verso: letter from Abraham b. David b. Suḡmār, ca. 1055 CE. (Information from CUDL)

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    2018
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  31. 2481LetterMoss. IV,71.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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    2020
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    26829
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  32. 2482LetterT-S NS 306.113

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Business letter in Arabic script with a few words in Hebrew (ללגויים, מן אול אדר שני, ושלום). From Maʿānī to his "brother" Mūsā. Mentions Muslim …

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    1 Transcription

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    2019
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    25140
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  33. 2483LetterT-S 8J11.20

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Recto: fundraising letter in Hebrew carried by emissaries from Hebron to Egypt. Dating: 15th or 16th century. There are 12 signatures, including Shelomo Ḥalafta who …

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    2018
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  34. 2484LetterT-S NS 264.74

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter in Hebrew. Fragment, only the first few lines are preserved. Calligraphic and formal style. Probably the beginning of a letter of appeal.

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    2019
    PGPID
    24592
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  35. 2485LetterENA 2805.10

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Isḥāq b. ʿAlī al-Majjānī, probably in al-Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: Around 1040. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter deals with disagreements …

    recto

    1. [יאסידי וריי]סי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלא[מתך]

    2. [              ] אד כרגת יאכי ולם תעלמני בכרוגך פשק עלי דלך עטים אסל [אללה]

    3. [           ] ע…

    recto

    1. אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ....
    2. .... כי יצאת, אחי, מבלי להודיע לי את דבר צאתך, והיה הדבר קשה עלי עד מאוד; אבקש מאל…
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  36. 2486LetterT-S AS 167.247

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Reused on verso for Hebrew jottings.

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    2024
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    39440
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  37. 2487LetterT-S AS 146.343

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Possibly a letter in Hebrew. The portion preserved is mostly blessings. Less likely a piyyuṭ.

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    2019
    PGPID
    21557
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  38. 2488LetterENA NS 73.1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions goods such as high-quality knives and kerchiefs and black and red necklaces and a ring.

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] . . מה או סיר צחבה אלשיך צניע[
    2. תלת סכאכין מלאח גאיה ומנדילין א . . . . . . ל פאן מא או[
    3. ] . . . טלב מנה אלמנדיל אלאכר […

    1 Transcription

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    2017
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    12247
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  39. 2489LetterT-S 12.15

    Letter from an unknown merchant from Fustat to his partner Yahya in the Maghreb. Around 1050. The writer complains about his partner and his work …

    Recto

    1. [כתאבי יאסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם] עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך
    2. מן א[למס]תקר אלנצף מ[ן שהר .... ען חאל סלאמה] פי אלנפס וסקם פי אלקלב ואלחמד
      3. …

    Recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך,
    2. מן הבית, במחצית חודש .... ; שלומי טוב בגופי,…
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    2017
    PGPID
    5837
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  40. 2490LetterCUL Or.1080 4.16

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter possibly sent from Alexandria to Fustat. In Arabic script. Fragment (right side of recto). Written on parchment. Dating: Likely 11th century. The address is …

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  41. 2491LetterT-S NS 31.14

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a certain Yiṣḥaq to a certain Avraham. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, likely 18th or 19th century. Reused for extensive accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning …

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    25263
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  42. 2492LetterT-S 10J9.15

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Beginning of a letter from Shemuel b. Hofni (977-1013) to Avraham and Tanhum, the sons of Yaʿaqov, in Fez, Morocco, in excellent calligraphic script. Dated …

    Recto

    א

    1. שמואל הכהן [רא]ש הישיבה שלגולה
    2. בן חפני הראש אב הישיבה שלגולה 
    3. [ב]ן כהן צדק ראש הישיבה שלגולה 
    4. [אל ז]קני השכל וישישי מדע ושבי החכמה [ו]שרי הת…
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    2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion

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    2004
    PGPID
    3078
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  43. 2493LetterENA NS 77.36

    Letter of recommendation on behalf of a poor man, addressed (probably) to Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuʾel haSefardi (information from Cohen, Voice of the Poor, p. 28).

    1. ... [Yiṣḥa]q the gr[eat] Rav, "the [He]lp of the Nesiut," "Head [of the Scholar]s"
    2. may his diadem blossom, son of Sam[u]el the pious the Sefaradi (S…
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    1 Translation 1 Discussion

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    2026
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    41739
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  44. 2494LetterBL OR 5554B.30

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter in Hebrew with ~25 lines of flattering praises for R. Nehoray. There is then a single line of content: "I inform my master that …

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    2020
    PGPID
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  45. 2495LetterT-S 8J14.22 + T-S NS J431

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB IV, 49a-49b (ח40). Letter from Yusuf b. al-Lukhtūsh, probably from Granada, to Ḥalfon, after leaving Granada. After October 1138. The writer writes about his …

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    1. יאמולאי ועמאדי וכבירי ומלאדי ואמירי | ועתאדי ומן אעלי אללה קדרה ואחסן דכרה תקדם
    2. כתאבי אלי חצרה מולאי ורייסי אלרייס | אל אג'ל אדאם אללה רפעתה ב…

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    1. אדוני וסומכי וגבירי ומעוזי ומנהיגי | ומגני ואשר ירומם ה' את מעלתו ויזכרהו לטובה. כבר נשלח
    2. מכתבי אל הדרת אדוני וראשי ה'ריי|ס' המפואר ביותר – ית…

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  46. 2496LetterT-S AS 152.79

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    A fragment from a letter addressed to a notable. The writer sends his wishes that the position of the addressee will continue—a usual blessing when …

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  47. 2497LetterBL OR 10590.9

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment (from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu?) with elaborate praise and good wishes for the recipient Abū l-Faraj and his children.

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  48. 2498LetterENA NS 83.56

    Small fragment from a letter in Arabic (ونعماه وتمكينه . . . )

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  49. 2499LetterT-S AS 148.86

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment. To Musallam/Muslim. Mentioning Yosef b. Efrayim. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  50. 2500LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1409

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Gedalya Fayrūz, Fustat/Cairo, to Shelomo Berakha, Jerusalem. Dating: Unknown. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to consist mostly of greetings. Needs examination.

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