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  1. 3701LetterHUC 1017

    Fragment of an anonymous letter emanating from Babylonian Geonim or members of the schools. The content emphasizes the need of communal leaders and includes biblical …

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    1. שרי המלך הגבורים ואני התחזקתי ביד
    2. י'י אלהי עלי ואקבצה מישראל [ר]אשים
    3. לעלות עמי: ולמה נקרא כל אחד
    4. מן הראשים ראש לחמשה ענינים הענין
    5. הראשון כי …

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  2. 3702LetterT-S AS 225.63

    Small fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic in a hand reminiscent of the 11th century Maghribī merchants. One legible phrase: ולם תצל רקאעה. Little …

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  3. 3703LetterENA 2738.18

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower left corner). At one point the sender calls the addressee 'my daughter' (yā bintī). Mentions the name Abū Yaʿaqov …

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  4. 3704LetterT-S Ar.38.56

    Verso: Letter to Abū l-Ḥasan from Abū Ḥājī (?). In Arabic script. The sender instructs the addressee to give the bearer, Durmī al-Qarmaṭī (probably the …

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  5. 3705LetterAIU XII.135

    Badly damaged late document in Arabic script, probably Arabic language, probably a letter. Needs further examination.

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  6. 3706LetterT-S NS 190.75

    Letter possibly in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi. 8 partial lines are preserved. Rubbed and faded. Mentions a Sar Shalom who is dead. …

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  7. 3707LetterENA 3931.13

    Probably a letter in Arabic. Late.

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  8. 3708LetterENA 1822a.50

    Letter of request in which the widow of Abu Sa'id b. Shalom, writing to a Nagid, expresses a cry for help on behalf of her …

    1. אלעבדה אלממלוכה
    2. אמראה אבו סעיד בן שלום נע
    3. בש רח
    4. והיה מעשה הצדקה שלום ועבודת הצדקה
    5. השקט ובטח עד עולם
    6. אן אללה תעאלי קד אהל סידנא אלנגיד
    7. ירום הודו ויגד…

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  9. 3709LetterBL OR 5566D.18

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl (possibly al-Makhmūrī). Mentions Avraham b. Nuṣayr; Abū l-Faḍl b. al-Dhahabī; Abū Isḥāq; Abū ʿImrān al-Segullat and Abū l-Faḍl b. al-Dhahabī. …

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  10. 3710LetterJTS MS 8254.14

    Letter by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. Following the responsum, there is a copy of Maimonides' letter to Pineḥas ha-Dayyan of Alexandria. (Information from Amir Ashur …

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  11. 3711LetterT-S Ar.7.3(1)

    Letter from Abū Manṣūr to his 'father' (it seems father-in-law) al-Rayyis Hibatallāh the judge, representative of the Nagid David, in Alexandria: Dating: Based on the …

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    1. من عند ابو
    2. منصور
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. كتابي الى الوالد العزيز الموفق السعيد
    5. اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه ونعماه
    6. ومن حسن التوفيق لا اخلاه وجمعني
    7. …

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  12. 3712LetterMoss. VII,191.1

    Recto: Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, perhaps involving a muqaddam and a communal dispute. But needs further examination. Verso: Complete but very faded Judaeo-Arabic letter. …

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  13. 3713LetterT-S 8J6.5

    Recto: Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to a certain Abū l-Surūr (probably an elder relative, since he is addressed as "father"). In Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and …

    1. ולדה אבו אלברכאת ולד אבו אלפרג בן אלריס זצל
    2. אלדי אעלם בה חצרה מולאי וסיידי ועזי וסנדי וגאיה
    3. אמלי אלמולא אלשיך אלאגל אלואלד אבו אלסרור א[דאם
    4. אללה סעא…

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  14. 3714LetterENA 1822a.6

    Letter, fragmentary, from Yisrael b. Natan, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. ca. 1065

    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה ב[קאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך מן אלקדס]
    2. ע[מר]ה אללה ליב בקין מן שבט ערפך אללה ברכתה ומ[א יליה מן אלשהור]
    3. ואלחאל סל…

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  15. 3715LetterT-S AS 182.227

    Letter fragment, probably. In Arabic script. Could also be poetry. Needs examination.

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  16. 3716LetterT-S 10J17.5

    Letter of business in which the writer requests the recipient purchase for him a measure of oil, two ‘futa’ (sari-like cloth), and two dinars of …

    1. . . . . . . ]ב מולאי . . אלתבציל ו
    2. . . . ] אמר אלמכין פהו ואלחמד עלי
    3. גמלת אלסלאמה וקד כאטבתו בן לעראקי
    4. וקד אנפד אלכתב אלדי כאנת מעה
    5. אלי אצחאבהא בעד …

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  17. 3717LetterENA 2739.9

    Mercantile letter, probably by a Maghribī trader of the 11th century, probably sent from Alexandria to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mawhūb b. ʿAmmār was present with …

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  18. 3718LetterFrankfurt 217

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. There is a name preserved (Abū something), possibly in reference to a debt owed, but not much else is preserved. …

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  19. 3719LetterMoss. Ia,10.2

    Letter sent to ha-Talmid ha-Baḥur Nissim Agostaro (אגושתארו) in Alexandria from his father Shelomo Agostaro, including a warning that he should not come to Cairo …

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  20. 3720LetterT-S 16.139

    Recto: poetic letter in square script. Each line ends in the rhyme -let and is followed by a dot. Letters are extended to give a …

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  21. 3721LetterT-S NS 219.18

    Letter from Yaʿaqov Daminshi (דמינשי) to his brother-in-law Shemuel. In Hebrew. Dating: Late. Mentions a matter of money and "סידיקי ההרגז" (is this a person?) …

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  22. 3722LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/58

    Letter from ʿOvadya ha-Kohen b. Iṣḥaq to his cousin and friend Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā ha-Kohen b. Yosef b. Yiftaḥ in Tinnīs, mentioning other kohanim. ʿOvadya …

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  23. 3723LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1762

    Letter from Yaʿaqov to his son Shemuel and wife Umm Shemuel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written over four columns and folded like a bifolium. The writer castigates …

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  24. 3724LetterBL OR 10655.21

    Recto: Informal note from Ibn al-Sukkarī to the physician Shemuel. In Arabic script. Urging him to investigate the truth of the report of the seller …

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  25. 3725LetterT-S 8J21.18 + T-S 8J22.5 + T-S 8J21.4

    Letter from Shemuʾel b. Eli gaʾon in Baghdad. Contains the names Gūlā (גולא) b. Khalaf and Manṣūr b. Kūtā (כותא). Partially written in Aramaic. Gil …

    T-S 8J22.5 Recto

    1. שמואל הלוי ראש הישיבה שלגולה
    2. בן עלי ראש הישיבה שלגולה ז'צ'ל'
    3. אשרי הגבר אשר שם שם יוי מבטחו שברו תוחלתו תקותו ונצחו
    4. איש השכל והדעת ו…

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  26. 3726LetterT-S AS 170.223

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Lower right corner.

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  27. 3727LetterENA NS 24.38

    Letter fragment addressed to the Nasi Shelomo. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Also mentions various other distinguished people: the judge of judges (qāḍī al-quḍāh) and the …

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  28. 3728LetterT-S AS 155.283

    Recto: beginning of a letter (or report), followed by a poem in Arabic script, mentioning Baghdad, which may be part of the letter. Verso: rhymed …

    1. נהר אלמלך נאחיתי : ושרחת ליהודהא קצתי : ומא גרי
    2. מן קאעדתי ענד סידנא ראס אלמתיבה נור אל יעקוב :
    3. תאג אסראייל : אלמכתץ אלמחבוב : אלמסתקים אלמחסוב
    4. אלמנס…

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  29. 3729LetterT-S NS 292.59

    Fragment from the top of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script on verso. Dating: ca. 12th century. Somewhat wide space between …

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  30. 3730LetterT-S 13J8.18

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissīm, Fusṭāṭ, to his cousin Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāhartī, probably in Egypt, ca. 1045 (Gil). Nahray anxiously mentions to Barhūn that …

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    1. כתא]בי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעא[דתך ונעמתך
    2. וחמאיתך מן מצר לו' בקין מן כסליו כתמה אללה עליך ועלינא [באחסן כאתמה ען
    3. חאל סל…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו
    2. ואת חסותו לך, מפסטאט, בכ"ד בכסלו, יחתום אותו אלוהים עלי…

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  31. 3731LetterENA 2739.16

    Letter from Khalfa to his 'brother' (brother-in-law?) Mūsā b. Sāmiḥ, in Cairo. Concerning various family matters. (1) No answer to letters. (2) Abū l-Faḍl came …

    In [Your name!]

    Just is the Lord in all his ways, etc. (Psalms 145:17)

    The righteous man has gone, etc. (Isaiah 57:1)

    Comfort, comfort my people, etc…

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  32. 3732LetterT-S AS 209.63

    Small fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the names Abū l-Munā and Abū l-Riḍā and the children of אלמחשב(?).

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  33. 3733LetterAIU VII.E.29

    Image not available. According to Schwarb Catalogue: Letter in Ladino from Masud Bonan to Judah Asio, Cairo 1764. AA

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  34. 3734LetterYevr.-Arab. II 871.1

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Contains a very detailed account of the viewing of a new moon.

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  35. 3735LetterT-S 13J28.4

    Business letter to Abu Yusuf containing information and instructions concerning various items. The letter also mentions a shipment of goods and may refer to trade …

    1. [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . [א]דאם עיזך ותאידך וסעדתך
    2. [ען חאל] סלאמה ו[ . ] . . ה יום אלתלאתה לסת אנבקיו [מן] רמדאן וקד אסת…

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  36. 3736LetterT-S AS 145.355

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. There are many elaborate titles on recto (הנכבד החכם והנב[ון] . . . אלעזיזה . . . [אלתל]מיד אלחכם הירא …

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  37. 3737LetterT-S AS 153.95

    Recto: Letter, mentioning Yehosef the Nagid of the Diaspora, and Spain. This is probably Yehosef b. Shemuel ha-Nagid (date: 11th century). Cf. ENA 3765.8–9 and …

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  38. 3738LetterT-S NS 103.40

    Verso: Three lines of faded Arabic script including the basmala and possibly the beginning of a letter (ḥaḍrat. . . . al-sāmī. . .). Reused …

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  39. 3739LetterENA 1822a.43

    IB II, 30. Letter from Madmun b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: mutual assistance. Aden, ca. 1136.

    1. [...] עדד כל צרה כ' קטעה
    2. ויצא קטעתרן רצאץ וצרה צפר קצב 
    3. אלוזן כמסין רטל וצחבתה איצא צרה פיהא 
    4. ארבעין מתקאלא מצריה וסבעין דינאר 
    5. מלכיה קדם וצל נא תפע…

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  40. 3740LetterT-S Misc.25.85

    Note in Judaeo-Arabic. Calligraphic. The sender excuses himself for cutting himself off from the addressee by offering a cryptic excuse (כאן אלשיך חנבאץ? ענדה פי …

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  41. 3741LetterT-S AS 147.112

    On recto fragment from a late letter mentioning Shmuel Bahalul contains blessings. Verso unrelated to recto, written by a different hand, regarding the Book of …

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  42. 3742LetterT-S AS 149.12

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Simha al-Naysaburi, in Alexandria, to 'Ulla ha-Levi b. Yosef, in Fustat. Gil identifies the author of the letter by his handwriting. …

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    1. ונעמתה ותאידה ותמכינה וכבת
    2. אעדאה ארגו וצל ווקף עליה אמא
    3. גרץ' כתאבי הדה באן נסאל חצרתה
    4. [                  ]א תאכר מעה
    5. מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אבו אל…

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    1. (2−1) (שלחתי לך לפני כן מכתב, אדוני ורבי, וכו', יתמיד אלוהים את גדולתך) ואת אושרך ואת עזרתו לך ואת יכולתך ויכה את אויביך, ואקווה שהגיע וכי קרא…

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  43. 3743LetterENA 4020.32

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Yiṣḥaq Ha-Kohen b. Furat written in his own hand and bearing his signature. Dating: 1029 (Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 …

    ENA 4020, f. 32 ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.186-188 (Doc. #100), C.B. 02-26-88 (p) Letter from Solomon b. Judah to Isaac Ha-Kohen b. Furat written …

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  44. 3744LetterENA NS 83.237

    Verso: Informal note addressed to 'my lord and master al-rayyis.' Unclear what the content is. Ends "waffaqahu allāh taʿālā in shāʾ allāh." On recto there …

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  45. 3745LetterT-S AS 166.61

    Small fragment from a letter, mostly related to business issues. On recto a reference is made for Jews and Muslims, but the context is unclear. …

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  46. 3746LetterT-S AS 69.108

    Recto: fragments of letters in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. The latter mentions Fuḍayl al-Naṣrānī, Ibn al-Jamal, sums of dinars, and ṣāḥib al-dār. The text in Arabic …

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  47. 3747LetterT-S 8J19.13

    Letter to Nahray b. Nissim in which the writer mentions a letter received from Nahray from his brother, and that Nahray had visited Caesarea. He …

    1. בשמך רח'
    2. וצל כתאב חצרה רבנו גדול הישיבה אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאיידה

    וסעאדתה

    1. וכבת אעדאה וכאן וצל סררת בה אלסרור אל
    2. וקראתה ושכרת אללה תע' עלי מ…

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  48. 3748LetterT-S AS 184.150

    Petition-like letter in Arabic script. (Note that it is preserved backward and verso is the beginning of the letter.) Opens with a taqbīl; the addressee …

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  49. 3749LetterENA NS 83.309

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner). Only the opening pleasantries are preserved.

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  50. 3750LetterENA 1822a.13

    Letter addressed to a Nagid (Avraham Maimuni or his son David), reporting about payments.

    1. יחיט עלם אלמגלס אלסאמי אלאגלי אלמולוי אלנגיד [. .
    2. ירום ונשא וגבה מאד ויו עמו אן אלדי וצל מן אלמו[. .
    3. פי גיבה כאדמה אול סבת סאפר סיד אלמולי.[. .
    4. ותאנ…

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