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  1. 301LetterENA 4020.64

    Letter from Sibāʿ b. Surūr to Avraham b. Shemaʿya. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. All that is preserved here is formulaic blessings and the standard complaint …

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  2. 302LetterT-S AS 150.170

    Minute fragment of a letter. On recto a few words from the beginning (prefaced כי רם ייי) and in the margin. On verso part of …

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  3. 303LetterT-S NS J454

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From 'their brother' al-Mumḥe Ibn al-Shofeṭ to Surūr and [...] Ibn Ṭaybūs(?). Also mentions the names Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan and al-Kohen al-Dimashqī …

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  4. 304LetterT-S Misc.25.71

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he still has to rest in the house for several days after every one day in the market. …

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  5. 305LetterT-S AS 177.230

    Letter in Arabic script. Approximately 6 lines are preserved from each side. The content is obscure. Verso is the front of the letter, and recto …

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  6. 306LetterT-S Misc.20.234

    Letter probably sent from Palestine to Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: ca. 13th–15th century (paleographic dating). There are two folios, which probably originally joined, …

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  7. 307LetterBodl. 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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  8. 308LetterT-S AS 149.8

    Informal note from David to a certain Nasi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely early 13th century. The sender reports that he has met with one of …

    1. . . . . . . ] עבדו דוד
    2. . . . . ] מושב אדוננו הנשיא
    3. . . . . ] ירום הודו ויגדל
    4. כבודו וינהי אנה
    5. אגתמע בואחד מן אכוה
    6. אבי אלמגד ודכר אנה
    7. יסירה לי ואלכאדם…

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  9. 309LetterJRL B 3097

    Fragment of a letter addressed to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Excerpts: "... Sunday the day of my departure from Granada (אגרנאטה) . . …

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  10. 310LetterMoss. IV,52

    Letter fragment (lower right corner). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions an amīr, a community, al-Shaykh al-Muwaffaq, and it seems some sort of controversy.

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  11. 311LetterL-G Misc. 43

    Letter sent by Yiṣḥaq the Jerusalemite to an old friend, judge Eliyyahu b. Zechariah, excusing himself for traveling from Bilbays directly to Alexandria, without making …

    1. יצח]ק ירושלמי
    2. בשמ רח
    3. מושב הדרת כגק מרינו ורבינו אליה
    4. הדיין החכם והנבון שצ ינהי אלממלוך
    5. בעץ שוקה אלי אלפאטה אלמפידה וטלעתה
    6. אלסעידה פאסאל בורא עולם אן…

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  12. 312LetterJRL B 2961

    Recto: A few lines of an Arabic document, probably a letter or order addressed to a 'wakīl.' Verso: The introduction to a Judaeo-Arabic treatise, either …

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  13. 313LetterENA 2808.11b

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary. The sender orders good needles (or lead? אבר, cf. DK 232.2) and thanks the addressee for depositing certain goods in …

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  14. 314LetterPER H 129

    Autograph letter from Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE), in Cairo, to a physician known as al-Muhadhdhab, unknown location. Dated: Heshvan 1646 Seleucid = October …

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  15. 315LetterT-S 13J27.9

    Letter sent from Alexandria by Zikrī b. Ḥananʾel to ʿArūs b. Yosef in Fustat. It is a copy of a previous letter informing the recipient …

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    1. כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל
    2. אללה פי אלכיר בקאה וחפצ'ה ותולאה
    3. ומן חסן תופיקה לא אכלאה ען חאל
    4. סלאמה ועאפיה ושוקי אליה שדיד
    5. אסל אללה קרב אל…

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    1. (2-1) אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים לטובה וישמרך וישגיח עליך 
    2. (4-3) ואת מיטב המזל אל ימנע ממך (כאשר) שלומי טוב ו…

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  16. 316LetterT-S NS 305.15

    Letter addressed to al-shaykh Abū l-[...] al-Yahūdī in Fustat. From his family members (maybe a brother?) outside of the capital. They urge him to come …

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  17. 317LetterHUC 8

    Letter from Shimʿon to Yosef. In Hebrew. Probably late and related to the northern Iraqi material in the rest of the HUC collection.

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  18. 318LetterMoss. VII,188.1 + Moss. VII,188.2

    Two fragments of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Sulaymān Palias (?).

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  19. 319LetterT-S 6J4.12

    Addendum to a letter from Abū l-Ḥasan b. Makhlūf (cf. T-S 10J17.20 and JRL Gaster heb. ms 1860/5), Abū l-Faḍl b. Yaʿaqov, Abū l-Manṣūr b. …

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  20. 320LetterHUC 1105

    Late letter in Hebrew with multiple signatures including Matitya b. Binyamin Zeʾev Ashkenazi, Yaʿacov Mizraḥī, addressed to the congregation of upper and lower Amadiya (in …

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  21. 321LetterCUL Or.1080 6.30

    Business letter in Persian.

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  22. 322LetterT-S AS 164.228

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. May be the handwriting of Abū Sahl Levi and addressed to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Not a great deal of …

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  23. 323LetterMoss. IV,42

    Letter of greetings written and signed by Abraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237), to Anatoli b. Joseph. (Information from CUDL)

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  24. 324LetterT-S Misc.20.202

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, torn vertically down the middle. It is difficult to extract any information from what remains. Ends אن شا الله …

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  25. 325LetterMIAC 34

    Invitation to the Jews of Egypt to donate and assist 1200 Torah students in the cities of Palestine in their poverty or because they are …

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  26. 326LetterT-S 10J10.14

    Letter from Abū l-Ḥayy b. Ṣāliḥ al-Ṣabbāgh, in Palermo, to Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1050 CE. The sender came to Palermo …

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    1. על שמך
    2. אטאל אללה יאסיידי ומולאי ורייסי וגלילי ואתירי ומן אנא מעתרף בגמילה בקאך ואד[אם]
    3. עזך וסעאדתך וציאנתך ואצרף גמיע אלאסוא ענך ואחלהא דונך ע…

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    1. (1–2) על שמך ; ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי וראשי ונכבדי ואצילי, ושאני אסיר תודה לחיים ארוכים ויתמיד את
    2. גדולתך ואת אושרך ואת שמירתו עליך ויסלק…

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  27. 327LetterENA NS 57.33

    Lower fragment, verso: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Excerpts: מע האדי אלכתאב . . . ותשהד בלקצייה וקד חצלנא שא . . . מן אללה ומנך …

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  28. 328LetterAIU VII.E.158

    A much damaged letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, probably writing from Qalyub, to a family member, probably his father in Fustat. He has sent …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקאכם וקרב אל . . . [
    2. למען שמו פאנה אלקאדר עליה [
    3. קד סירת לכם צחבה חאמל הדה אלרק[עה
    4. דרהם (?) אתפצלו [[כדו]] כלו מולא [
    5. אלסכרנ…

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  29. 329LetterT-S NS 325.31 + T-S 8J22.3

    Petition addressed to Masliah Gaʾon, requesting that he allow Abū l-Riḍā b. Yehuda he-Ḥaver to lead services in the synagogue of the Palestinians (אלשאמיין), because …

    1. צדק ממרומים וחסד מהרומים לאמצו פת מ
    2. להעטו כצדיקים הולכי תמים : עם כל מבטח ותקוה
    3. הנואמים הגלויים והסתומים יהיו זר ונזר ועטרה על
    4. ראש כגק מרנו ורבנו וא…

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  30. 330LetterNLI 577.1/3

    Document in Arabic script. Probably a letter. Recto and verso have different formats and probably different hands.

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  31. 331LetterT-S K5.2

    Page from a children’s Hebrew textbook consisting of the consonants alef to tet with the various different Tiberian vowels. (Information from CUDL) Leaf with letters …

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  32. 332LetterCUL Or.1080 J82

    Document in Arabic script, in a calligraphic hand, without wide space between the lines. Likely a letter. Five lines are preserved, but they are very …

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  33. 333LetterJRL A 685

    This is the verso of another letter, though the two seem to be unrelated. It is likely that this letter is a draft, as it …

    1. ממא אלי כבר חצרה מולאי [
    2. אדאם אללה ע[ז]ה אן אלעגוז תס[
    3. עליה ..מ.. אם אלי [
    4. והם יסאלו חצרה אן יאר[...
    5. אגרא ... בן אלפרג [......
    6. .ל. הו כאתב ........[

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  34. 334LetterT-S NS 224.208

    Small fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Damietta; someone's cousin (ibn ʿamm) Abū l-Surūr who is in Fustat; speaking to 'the Nazir' (Heb.); and …

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  35. 335LetterT-S AS 149.223

    Small fragment. Bottom part of a letter signed by [... b.] Shlomo Head of the Yeshiva. Maybe Masliah Gaon is intended. AA

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  36. 336LetterT-S AS 160.130

    Recto: commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "That man... to you, you said to me several times... I don't know what he needs, and if he asks …

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  37. 337LetterENA NS 77.331

    Small fragment, possibly from a letter. Contains poetic Hebrew lines about the ingathering of exiles, then a blessings for Abū ʿAlī (last line).

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  38. 338LetterENA 2486.4

    Letter fragment in Hebrew. Requesting a favor. Mentions various names of respected people along with blessings for them including Daniel and Avraham Alexandri (אלכסנדרי).

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  39. 339LetterT-S AS 149.98

    Letter fragment mentioning the servants (ghilmān) of the amīr, going to Caesarea, a ḥaver, and a broker. Also mentions "I brought it/him to the Morning …

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    1. ענדה פקאל . [
    2. ואכון פי גמלת אלאמר אלמט . [
    3. . . . לי אן גלמאן אלאמיר . . [
    4. ותברז ברסמנא פאנכרת ע[ליה
    5. וקלת לה אן דינך יתלף [
    6. אן ימר אלי קיסאריה …

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  40. 340LetterT-S 12.374

    Letter from Ḥayyim He-Ḥaver b. Shelomo, Jerusalem, to Yitzhak b. Ya'akov He-Ḥaver, Fustat, mentioning enormous sums deposited with various people, around the middle of the …

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    1. כתאבי יסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך
    2. מן אלקדס עמרה אללה ען סלאמה ללה אלחמד קד
    3. כאן כתאבי נפד אליך ערפך פיה חצול אלדנינר (!) מן
    4. תאבת גיר אנהא נק…

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  41. 341LetterCUL Or.1080 J47e

    Letter fragment from Daniel b. Yaʿīsh to Avraham b. Natan Av ha-Yeshiva. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the top of recto and the address on verso are …

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  42. 342LetterT-S AS 149.117

    Recto: small fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: Hebrew quotations, similar to Psalms 137:6. (Information from CUDL)

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  43. 343LetterT-S 10J15.13

    Mercantile letter. Dating: Probably 11th century. The sender's hand may be known. His relationship with the addressee is very strained. He complains of his bad …

    1. פכתיר אעזך אללה מן אלנאס ממן יתכלמוא דלך ולכ וט . . אלי מנך ולך מני
    2. אן לרבנו ישכי . זה לזה . . . לא זגל ולא אמגנא אלא לג . אחד לאבינו שבשמים
    3. אן שית …

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  44. 344LetterENA NS 50.11

    Letter from Shelomo Barukh, in Damietta (Kapotakia), to a certain Me'ir, in Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 20 Tevet 5561 AM, which is 1801 CE. Needs …

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  45. 345LetterT-S NS 226.150

    Letter from the daughter of Manṣūr al-Zayyāt [...] al-Sofer. Only the introduction and a few partial lines in the left margin are preserved. Mentions a …

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  46. 346LetterT-S AS 166.135

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender regrets his departure.

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  47. 347LetterT-S AS 155.321

    Recto: Opening lines of a letter introduced by quotations such as Psalms 31:2. Verso: unusual note that does not seem to be a classic address; …

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  48. 348LetterT-S 6J3.30

    Letter of appeal for charity/help from a man who is housebound on account of his illness and poverty (wajaʿ, ḍuʿf, ḍīq ḥāl). Mentions Yiṣḥaq ha-Rav, …

    1. ע[
    2. כאנת כותבי תמצי אלי אלשי[ך
    3. רחמים ומא כאן אלא מן ורא[
    4. כיאר עמלה ואנא י [
    5. וגע וציק חאל חתי אני אקים [
    6. אלבית מן אלצעף ויגב עליך ועל[י
    7. אלא יתואנא פיי…

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  49. 349LetterMoss. V,365

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, complaining about his bad fortune. Mentions al-Shaykh al-Thiqa and Ibn al-Shaykh al-Rashīd Abū l-Faḍl b. Nuʿmān. AA

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  50. 350LetterT-S AS 146.349

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu.Refers to Rabbenu Simḥa he-Ḥakham; Cairo; [...] b. Abū Sahl; that …

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