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  1. 2951LetterT-S AS 160.281

    Letter addressed to a certain Shemuel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Mentions the shop of the bāshā and פלוס דיואן אלקטר. Needs …

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  2. 2952LetterAIU VII.E.79

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances & Company.

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  3. 2953LetterT-S 18J3.13

    Two letters (attached to each other), from Farah b. Isma’il b. Farah and from Yosef b. Eli ha-Kohen Fasi, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, …

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    1. וצל כתאב סיידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם תאיידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתך ונעמתך [                  ]

    2. קריב דכר מולאי אן אלצרר לם תצל לאלאן וארגו אן…

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך…. (ויאפשר את פגישתנו)
    2. בקרוב. כתבת, אדוני…

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  4. 2954LetterT-S AS 153.291

    Beginning of a letter. None of the content is preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  5. 2955LetterT-S AS 151.196

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions, presumably sarcastically, that "I am grateful to him for how he insults me... I don't know what I've ever done …

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  6. 2956LetterT-S AS 179.219

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions someone sick, the community, and a price the addressee should obtain from the teacher ʿIwaḍ. Reused on …

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  7. 2957LetterENA NS 50.16

    Letter addressed to Abū Saʿīd Ibn al-ʿAfṣī ("the gallnut merchant") al-ʿAṭṭār, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. The addressee is known …

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  8. 2958LetterT-S AS 155.344

    Small fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  9. 2959LetterT-S AS 168.180

    Texts in Judaeo-Arabic, maybe from a letter.

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  10. 2960LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 90

    Letter addressed to Shimʿon and [...], in Ḥārat al-Yahūd, in Cairo. In Arabic script. Dated 22 Jumada I 1224 AH (July 1809 CE). Needs examination …

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  11. 2961LetterUnknown (excavation images 1974_P04_08A-09 and 1974_P04_09A-10)

    Letter from Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān(?) to ʿUbayd Allāh ʿAlī, probably the secretary (kātib) of the eparch Uruwī in Qaṣr Ibrīm. The sender asks the …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. العبد يسل حضرة مولاى الشيخ الاجل الكاتب ادام الله عزه
    3. قبول يدى مولاى الاجل صاحب الخيل روى بن مولاى الاجل [يسو]
    4. عبده وعب…
    1. In the name of God the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. The slave asks my honourable master, the sublime elder, the secretary, may God cause his strength…

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  12. 2962LetterT-S Ar.40.117

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Possibly a draft, as it is covered with subsequent jottings. Addressed to 'the brother' Abū l-ʿAlā' (this is not completely …

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  13. 2963LetterT-S Misc.35.46 + T-S Misc. 35.53 + T-S Misc. 35.55 + T-S Misc. 35.56 + T-S Misc. 35.57 + T-S Misc. 35.63 + T-S Misc. 35.64 + T-S Misc. 35.70 + T-S Misc. 35.74 + T-S Misc. 35.75 + T-S Misc.35.19

    Letter; Literary Fragment from a codex containing copies of the correspondence and poetry of Judah ha-Levi.

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  14. 2964LetterT-S 18J3.9

    Letter in which Shelomo b. Ṣemaḥ, Ramla, describes the earthquake, probably to Efrayim b. Shemarya, or to the community of Fustat, December 1033 CE. The …

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    2. יצאו מן הבתים לרחובות כי ראו הבתים הכתלים מטים ועומדים והקורות יוצאות
    3. נפרדות מן הקירות ושבות חוזרות והבינינ[ו]ת המחוזקות נופלות והדירות החדשות
    4. …

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    (ln. 9-11) Many resigned themselves to divine judgement, reciting ‘The LORD is the true God, the living God and the everlasting King etc’ (Jere…

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  15. 2965LetterT-S AS 149.164

    Recto: Fragment of an official Arabic-script document. Includes a blessing: (...wa-stafliḥ...). Verso: Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  16. 2966LetterT-S Ar.7.19

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). There is also an incomplete address to their other brother Abū …

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  17. 2967LetterT-S AS 146.312

    Letter fragment (lower left of recto, upper right of verso). The writing is legible and the script distinctive, but so few words have remained that …

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  18. 2968LetterT-S 13J21.10

    Recto (secondary use): Late letter in Hebrew to R. Shelomo ha-Sofer from "your wife Dona Soro (=Sara?) and your daughters Reina and Raḥel and your …

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    1. שלום רב וישע יקרב למורי ואדוני אור עיני ועטרת
    2. ראשי אדוני אישי כבוד ר שלמה הסופר יל קבל
    3. רוב שלום מאדון השלום ומני דונה סורו זוגתך
    4. ובנותיך ריינה…

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  19. 2969LetterT-S Ar.41.9

    Letter in Arabic script from Naṣrallāh (he begins the letter "mamlūkuhu akhūhu Naṣrallāh," line 2) to his brother Sharaf al-Dīn (line 3). The writer seems …

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  20. 2970LetterT-S Misc.36.178

    Letter and panegyric from ʿEli b. ʿAmram the ḥaver to Shemuel ha-Nagid Ibn Naghrela of Granada. Dating: Before 1056 CE (the year of the death …

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  21. 2971LetterT-S AS 181.128

    Family letter in Arabic script. Numerous greetings to various people are preserved (e.g., to "ahl bayt mawlānā" and the sender's paternal uncle Makārim), also a …

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  22. 2972LetterT-S 13J36.3

    IB ח57. Letter from Saʿdān b. Thābit Levi al-Baghdādī, Alexandria, to Avraham b. Muʿṭī, Tlemcen. Dated: 15 Iyar, probably 1139. The writer is known from …

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    1.  ב̇ש̇מ ̇ר̇ח̇מ
    2.  תקדמת כתבי נחו ח̇צִ[רה מו]לאי אלשיך אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאהא ואדאם
    3.  תאיידהא ועלוהא ור[פעת]הִא וסנאהא וסמוהא וארתקאהא …

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  23. 2973LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/27

    Letter from the Maghreb regarding business and family matters. Unfinished. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. At the bottom of recto, the writer says that he …

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  24. 2974LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1452

    Letter draft from the Qaraite community of Cairo to the Qaraite community of Damascus. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Unknown. Regarding a marriage-related legal case that reached …

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  25. 2975LetterMoss. 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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  26. 2976LetterT-S 12.280 + T-S AS 153.190

    Letter to Yiṣḥaq b. ʿOvadya in Granada, Spain, from Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham b. Ezra (Toledo, Spain). "I believe Mar Joseph is traveling to your place …

    1. יא מולאי וסידי אעזך אללה ואטאל בקא[ך . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. נחוכם פי כל חין וכל זמאן פלא חילה . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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  27. 2977LetterT-S 13J28.21

    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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  28. 2978LetterHalper 350

    Verso: Informal note, instructing the scribe of the court to write a promissory note on 96 dirhams—obviously the outcome of former litigation. Writtnen in Judaeo-Arabic …

    1. ינעם ר אברהם שצ ישהד עלי בו אלפצל
    2. אן עליה ליעקב אבן אבו אלסרור אללוי דין באל
    3. סתה ותסעין דרהמא ואנה אברי רב אלדין
    4. מן אלשבועות ואלחרמות ואן הדא אלדין
    5. …

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  29. 2979LetterT-S 13J24.8

    Letter from Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel, in Fustat. Dating: 1141 CE. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ reports on quarrels and intrigues within the Alexandrian …

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    1. בשמ
    2. תאכדת אשואקי למולאי וסיידי אטאל
    3. אללה פי אלנעמה בקאה ואדאם עלוה
    4. וארתקאה וחבאה ווקאה ותאכרת
    5. אכבארה ען מנתצרהא גמע אללה בה
    6. עלי אלמרגוב אנה אל…

    In Your Name.

    My longing for my master—may God grant you long days of happiness, make your high rank and greatness endure, protect you and keep you!—…

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  30. 2980LetterT-S AS 170.226

    Letter/petition from a man to a group of judges asserting that he pays sufficient support to his wife [...] bt. Ḥayyim(?) b. [..]hā(?) and to …

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  31. 2981LetterENA 2808.25

    Upper fragment: Letter in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya (court scribe, active ca. 1181–1209). He is describing a marital dispute: "...four sessions... …

    1. ] . . . [
    2. ]ארבע מגאל[ס
    3. אל]מגלס אלאכר ואנהם יש[
    4. ] מעהם פלמא קיל לי דלך ארסלת [
    5. במא קיל לי וובכתה ורדעתה פי דלך פקאל [
    6. לה אלואגב אן תנתקל מן הדא אלמכא…

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  32. 2982LetterT-S 8J20.30

    Letter from Salāma b. Yosef to his son Abū l-Makārim b. Salāma. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 12th century. Mentions goods such as costus (קסט) and …

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  33. 2983LetterYevr. II A 1754

    A letter to Shlomo b. Nahmo Yerushalmi (his name is written in acrostic on the write column) asking for financial support. The writer residing in …

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  34. 2984LetterT-S AS 29.287

    28 minute fragments (4 paper; 24 vellum), of which one is possibly part of a letter in Arabic (row 1, no. 1). (Information from CUDL)

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  35. 2985LetterT-S AS 115.101

    Recto: Letter fragment addressed to a notable, in Hebrew. Verso: Remnant of an official letter or document in Arabic script. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  36. 2986LetterENA 2160.54

    Letter fragment conveying concern for "the girl" (al-ṣabiyya) and inviting her to spend a month in the writer's location. Mentions receiving a letter sent with …

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  37. 2987LetterT-S AS 150.57

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Probably an 11th-century mercantile letter. Mentions [D]āʾūd Ibn Sughmār and [...] b. Hārūn. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  38. 2988LetterENA NS 83.300

    Business letter in Arabic script. Small fragment (lower left corner).

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  39. 2989LetterT-S 24.33

    Letter perhaps from [...] b. Yosef to Shemuʾel b. Shelomo he-Ḥaver. In Hebrew, in an elevated register. Long and poorly preserved. The sender praises a …

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  40. 2990LetterT-S 12.282

    Letter from Salah b. Barhun al-Taharti from Qayrawan, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal from Fustat. Around 1010. Regarding a shipment of silver which b. …

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    1. [כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה] בקאך ולא אכלאך מן תופיקה וכאן לך וליא ונצירא פי גמיע אמ[ורך] 
    2. [                                       אסאל] אל…

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    1. אני כותב, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ואל ימנע ממך מזל, ויהיה לך קרוב ומושיע בכל ענייניך,
    2. …(אני מתגעגע, וכו') מאלוהים אבקש כי יפגיש…

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  41. 2991LetterENA NS 68.6

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports on receiving authorization (al-ʿalāma) to collect the kharāj tax from the official in charge of estates (ʿāmil al-mawārīth). …

    1. כ]אן פי אלכתאב אלמ[דכור

    2. ]כרג לעאמל אלמוארית בכמסה ועשר[ין דינארא ברסם

    3. אבו אלמפצ̇ל ואכדת אלעלאמה עליהם וסל[מת] אלבר[אה אלי אבו]

    4. אלמפצ̇ל וקבצ̇…

    1. [...] in the af[orementioned] document [...]

    2. it came out to 25 [dīnārs] to the administrator of estates [for]

    3. Abū l-Mufaḍḍal. I obtained the r…

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  42. 2992LetterT-S 8J10.11

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand. Mentions two bales; a chest (ṣafaṭ); requesting something from the addressee; Abū Sulaymān Dāwūd; 5 dinars.

    1. ]כתה עדלין
    2. ] מן ולי מעה
    3. ]פי אלצפט ואלשיך
    4. ]תחאסב ענדה והי
    5. ]פאנא אסאל מול[
    6. ]ר ויעאזיה י [
    7. ] מא קד ערפתה בה
    8. ]כתי מעה פי אלאשנ
    9. ] לתחטע עליה אנה
    10. ]יסמך מכ…

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  43. 2993LetterT-S AS 173.102

    Small fragment from the beginning of a letter in Arabic script. Consists of formulaic greetings. The addressee is referred to as 'al-ḥaḍra al-ṭāhira' which in …

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  44. 2994LetterENA 4020.18

    Letter by Sahlan ha-Mumḥe (b. Avraham) discussing the meaning of difficult words in a piyyut by ha-Qalir. In Hebrew with the address in Arabic script.

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  45. 2995LetterT-S 13J28.12

    Letter from a father living in the countryside to his son's grandmother residing in Fustat. The father expresses his concerns that bad company is leading …

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    1. בש רח
    2. ואלדי אערפך [א]נה וצל צהרך לילה אלגמעה . . . . . . . .
    3. אלסלאמה ואלעאפיה וגד אלצגיר בניה //פרח// מר[יץ] . . . . . . .
    4. ואסבתנא בין אלכוף ו…

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  46. 2996LetterT-S 20.127

    Letter from Isma’il b. Ya’aqov al-andalusi, probably from Mahdiyya, to Yoshe’a b. Natan al-andalusi, Fustat. Around 1050. Regarding goods that are being sent to the …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאולדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם איאם סלאמתן וסעאדתך ואתם נעמתה עליך
    2. וצל אלי כתאבך ודכרת לי פיה ממא אתפצ'ל בה עלי אלשיך אחיאה אללה מן אל…

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    1. אני כותב לך, בני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את ימי שלומך ואושרך וישלים את חסדיו לך;
    2. קיבלתי את מכתבך. כתבת לי בו על המקדמה שהואיל האדון…

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  47. 2997LetterT-S AS 150.140

    Recto: (draft of a?) letter with jottings. The sender mentions "his headache" and the sender's intention to travel east (אלממלוך קד עזם קולא ואחדא עלי …

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  48. 2998LetterHalper 426

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 17th or early 18th century. Mention is made (ll. 17, 21, 25) of The Nazir Joseph ha-Levi (d. …

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  49. 2999LetterNLI 4°9463.11

    Letter addressed to "the Parnasim." Fragmentary (upper right corner). In elevated Hebrew style. Mentions names such as Yeshuʿa, Avraham, and Netanel. This letter is probably …

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  50. 3000LetterBodl. MS heb. e 94/28

    Informal note (with a legal purpose) in the hand of Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef Kohen (active ca. 1132–1148) addressed to a judge called 'Rabbenu …

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