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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yosef al-Muṣallī to Yeshuʿa the Cantor. In Judaeo-Arabic, with 14 lines of biblical quotations at the top. In between, the body of the …

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Inferred date

1310–1355 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355) to a certain Rabbenu Avraham "the diadem of [...]." Yehoshuaʿ informs Avraham that …

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• motto

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Draft of letter(s) in Hebrew (recto) and Judaeo-Arabic (verso), addressing a noble (‘throne of the Negidut’). It refers to the community of Alexandria (‘No Amon’). …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, ca. 1050. Gil, Kingdom vol. 2, #161

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from ʿEli ha-Mumḥe b. Avraham to Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE).

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter sent by a ḥaver to "al-Ḥemdat" Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. Natan ha-Sheviʿi, complaining that he has been snubbed and persecuted by the latter's son-in-law. …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, Fustat, to his cousin Toviyya b. Eli ha-Kohen, in a smaller town, in which the writer refers to the …

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• ib-addenda
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: etiology
• illness: eye
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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter addressed to the judge Moshe. The sender asks him to approve a certain Iṣḥāq as kosher slaughterer (shoḥeṭ), "because his like are few." The …

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• informal note
• shohet

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Efrayim b. Sulaymān to [Abū] ʿAlī al-Kohen. (Information from CUDL)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 13th or 14th century (paleographic dating). (Information in part from CUDL)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from ʿIwāḍ b. Ḥananel, in Alexanria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Second half of the 10th century. The writer reports …

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Hebrew

Hebrew letter consisting almost entirely of a panegyric poem, written by the cantor Aharon b. Efrayim for a man named Shelomo. (Information from Bareket, Shafrir …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter discussing the liturgy, specifically the different siddurim of R. Shelomo (who must be Shelomo b. Natan of Sijilmāsa), the seder moʿed included in the …

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Arabic

Fragment of the address of a letter to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Yahūdī al-ʿAṭṭār.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning several ships and bundles of letters. Related to the India trade based on the reference to a nākhudhā; …

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• ib-addenda
• ib2
• ship

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Primary language

Arabic

Recto: Unidentified document in Arabic script. Verso: Possibly formularies for letters in Arabic script. Seems to be a different hand than recto.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Extremely faded. Mentions 'al-mamlūk' (so probably a letter), but also mentions two witnesses, so perhaps dealing with a legal matter.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter fragment (upper part). In Hebrew. Addressed to someone important named ʿUlla the scholar. Mainly the flattering introduction is preserved.

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Inferred date

1045–1065 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa, in Alexandria, to Nahrāy b. Nissīm, Fuṣṭāṭ. August 4, 1045. ʿAyyāsh writes about the movement of ships from Mahdiyya and …

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Abū Saʿīd, in Palermo, to his brother Abū l-Barakāt known as Ṭāriq, in Fustat. Abū Saʿīd reports that he had fled the unrest …

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• illness: children's
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Arabic

IB VI, 2. Letter from Ṭāhir, in Qūṣ, to his mother, in Alexandria. In Arabic script; large, very regular characters. Dating: Possibly 11th century. Goitein …

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• india book

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Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a business letter, with a postscript by Yaʿqūb (possibly Yaʿaqov b. Salmān al-Ḥarīrī, compare ENA 2805.5 (PGPID 718)). (Information in part from …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Involving an abused woman, the wife of Mūsā, who has petitioned for help both in activating a condition written in her …

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Inferred date

991–1002 CE

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Persian

Letter fragment concerning trade, in mixed Judaeo-Persian and Arabic. The fragment is labeled "L6" in Shaul Shaked's (unpublished) classification of Early Judeo-Persian texts.

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• arabic script
• judaeo-persian

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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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• petition

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Document date

922 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Collection of letters relating to the calendar controversy of 921–22. This is part of what Sacha Stern (2020) calls the Letters Miscellany: Letter 4 of …

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• calendar
• controversy

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Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 13th century, based on hand, formulae, and layout. Addressed to a physician (al-ḥakīm). Contains prolonged blessings and praises, hopes that …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a Qaraite leader in Damascus to a Qaraite leader in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Goitein suggests ca. 1000 CE, likely too early; Gil’s …

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• communal
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Primary language

Arabic

Letter fragment in Arabic script. Possibly official. The ends of 6 lines are preserved. Only some words are legible: ... منهم ومنعت ... الى حضرته …

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Hebrew

Letter from [...] b. Menahem to Elʿazar b. Meshullam ha-Kohen asking for assistance after losing 350 Nāṣirī dirhams (first minted under Saladin in 1187 CE) …

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• communal
• petition

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Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Letter in which a prominent person (al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Yeshaʿya) is politely asked to pay his debt. Dating: likely 13th century. Verso: Accounts in Arabic …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a letter, likely in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Urges the (male) addressee to do something with all …

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: letter to the Nasi Shelomo (probably Shelomo b. Yishay, mid-13th century). Verso: accounts in Arabic script with Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)

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• coptic numerals
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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a letter. On verso there is a booklist (see separate entry).

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• book trade

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from the congregation of Malta addressed to Moshe Levi b. Zakkār. (Same addressee as in T-S NS 31.2.) In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 15th century, …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, very deferential. The writer has been slandered by somebody and wishes the addressee to write to Abū Kathīr Efrayim b. Meshullam (dated …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto, with the address on verso: Letter from Abū ʿAlī, apparently in Fustat, to (his father) Abū l-ʿIzz al-Sharābī, also in Fustat, specifically Sūq al-Kabīr. …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Informal note from Sulaymān to Abū l-Bayān. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks the addressee to kindly bestow the favor that he previously bestowed, by coming …

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment from a letter, sending greetings to Hibatallah and Abū l-Munajjā. (Information from CUDL)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions R. Eliʿ[ezer]

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Avraham b. Shemuel Ha-Shlishi (third), Ramla, to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat, approximately 1035.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (horizontal piece from the middle). Dating: Possibly 12th century based on hand, but that is a guess. The sender reports on …

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• conflict
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Document date

Tammuz 1366 Seleucid (29 June 1055–27 July 1055 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter of appointment for Shabbat ha-Melammed (the teacher). According to Goitein, this is Shabbat b. Elʿazar ha-Melammed. Dated: Tammuz 1366 Seleucid = June/July 1055 CE. …

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Bottom of a letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions Netanʾel b. Shelomo al-Zajjāj. Very faded. Greetings to several people.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the addressee's mother.

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