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  1. 3751LetterT-S Ar.34.259

    Recto: Letter, in Arabic script. Mentions qamḥ (wheat), and probably an inquiry related to its price. Contains the glyph. Needs examination.

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  2. 3752LetterT-S 8J40.1

    IB VI, 23. Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel Dimyāṭī. Accusing him and Abū Naṣr b. Elishaʿ of conspiring to …

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  3. 3753LetterDK 233.2 (alt: 7, 120, 233/A)

    Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Eli ha-Kohen b. Yeḥezqel, in Jerusalem, to Eli ha-Kohen b. Ḥayyim (aka Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh), in Fustat. Dating: second …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלפרנאס אלכהן אלנאמן ואדאם
    2. עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה ען חאל
    3. סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק אליה שדיד גמע אללה ביננא עלי
    4. אפצל אל…

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  4. 3754LetterT-S AS 117.131

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew referring to someone who cursed (וגידף בנפשו). Reused on recto for literary text.

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  5. 3755LetterT-S NS 304.5

    A late letter from a mother to her son Yosef b. Ghunaym (may appear also in T-S 28.10). Among other news she informs him that …

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  6. 3756LetterT-S AS 177.159

    Business letter in Arabic script, with one name in Hebrew, from an anonymous trader from the circle of Abū Saʿīd (Yūsuf) al-Tāhartī

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كنت قد دفعت لمولاي اطال الله بقاه
    3. وادام تاييده وعلاه كتاب ר שבתי שצ
    4. وسالته ان يكتب في معناه كتاب
    5. سيدي ابي سعيد بن التاه…

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  7. 3757LetterT-S NS 324.117

    Recto (secondary use): Informal note from Sitt Abū l-Ḥasan to Ṣadaqa, asking him to [...] for the old woman by coming up to Cairo tomorrow.

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  8. 3758LetterT-S NS 228.49

    Letter from Iṣḥaq b. Eli al-Majānī (al-Mahdiya?) to his son Wāfī (Fustat?), probably spring 1059. Badly preserved. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, p. 114.)

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    1.                         ] להדא אלוקת פוצל כתאבכם מע
    2.            וז]נת עליהא ח דנא ושק עלי דלך ווצל אל
    3.                 ]יס טויל אלרוח כמא ת…

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    1. .... עד הזמן הזה, ואז הגיע מכתבכם בידי
    2. .... שילמתי בעדם ח' דינרים, והיה הדבר קשה עלי. והגיע
    3. .... בעל אורך רוח כפי שידוע לך. בני הוא כפי שהיה.
    4. …

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  9. 3759LetterT-S 18J3.2

    Appeal to the public by a young woman to help her against her neglectful husband, her cousin Yosef b. Kulayb al-Kohen, the brother-in-law of Ibn …

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  10. 3760LetterT-S AS 147.208

    Minute fragment. On verso opening lined of a letter to Nahary (spelled נהריי). AA

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  11. 3761LetterT-S G1.61

    IB VI, 42. Letter from Abū l-Faḍl Shela, in Alexandria, to his son Ismāʿīl al-Fāṣid al-Yahūdī, in Aden. Probably dictated to his son Yosef b. …

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  12. 3762LetterT-S AS 145.16

    Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣedaqa, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. ʿAyyāsh buys goods in Alexandria for Nahray. The …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא

    2. ענך ברחמתה מן אלאסכריה לי כלון מן סיון אערפך אללה בר[כת]ה וכתמה עלינא

    3. …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ויסלק ממך כל רע
    2. ברחמיו, מאסכריה, בי' בסיון, יודיעך אלוהים את בר…

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  13. 3763LetterT-S 8J15.15

    Recto: Letter by Shemuʾel to his brother Abū l-Rabīʿ Shelomo. Verso: Jottings in Hebrew and Arabic script and the draft of another letter (introduction only) …

    1. בר אוהבו שמואל
    2. יכדם חצרה מולאי אלאך אלגליל אלעזיז
    3. אלשיך אבו אלרביע אדאם אללה עזה
    4. יא מולאי לא אללה אלא אללה לו ראית
    5. הדא פי מנאם למא צדקתה אן תרוח
    6. מן …

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  14. 3764LetterT-S Ar.39.23

    Business memorandum in Arabic script. Reporting on the arrival and shipment of different loads, mainly firewood. 30 loads of firewood reached Minya al-Qays at the …

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    1. واما الحطب فقد وصل الى القيس ثلثلين حمل من حساب
    2. ثلثة دراهم وربع الحمل  وبقية الحطب جميعه باقي في
    3. منبال من حساب درهمين الحمل الى النيل يحمل
    4. ودر…

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    1. And as for the firewood, it has reached [Minya] al-Qays, 30 loads at the price of

    2. 3 dirhams and ¼ per load, and all of the remaining fire…

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  15. 3765LetterJTS MS 8254.12

    Recto: Letter fragment, probably in the hand of the judge Meʾir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq, addressed to Moshe Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting on the arrival …

    1. [                                             ] תפארת כבוד גדולת קדושת מרינו ורבינו אדוננו נגידנו
    2. [                                      מרד]כי הזמן…
    1. [. . .] תפארת כבוד גדולת קדושת מרינו ורבינו אדוננו נגידנו
    2. [. . . מרד]כי הזמן ועם קדושים נאמן אור עולם ופלאו ממזרח
    3. [שמש עד מבואו עבדו מנשק את] רגליו …

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  16. 3766LetterT-S AS 174.219

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions going to a Muslim (וקד וצלת אנסן גוי)

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  17. 3767LetterT-S 10J30.9

    Letter written by a man on behalf of his wife to her brother, inviting him to come out to the countryside for a full month …

    1. כאדמהא יוסף
    2. כתאבי אלא(!) חצרת מולאי וסיידי אלשיך אלאגל אבראהים
    3. אטאל אללה ואחיאה ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע אללה
    4. ביננא עלא אסר חאל אן שא אללה ואמא …

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  18. 3768LetterT-S AS 147.127

    Letter or possibly legal document with oral speech. Mentions the prayer book (siddur) of Rabbenu Shelomo (Sijilmāsī?). Reused for accounts on recto. (Information in part …

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  19. 3769LetterT-S 20.28

    Letter by the Palestinian cantor, Yefet b. ʿAmram Ibn al-Jāzfīnī/Ghāzfīnī, praising his host Hillel, the elder son of prince Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Ibn ʿAwkal, and …

    1. ולשבחו אשור.ד
    2. . . . . .]עלי כל . .ר על הלל וכלל . .רה
    3. . . . . .]בני אדם והנציח בכל נברא
    4. . . . . .].יר צדק ובעל . . . יתפארה
    5. . . . . ]גביר מש.ה יפה מ…

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  20. 3770LetterYevr. II A 2889

    A letter to Yosef b. Ishaq from Simha b. Ya'aqov Qubtzani

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  21. 3771LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/53

    Mirror image (imprint) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic concerning communal issues (the synagogue, insubordinacy). Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century.

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  22. 3772LetterT-S AS 146.190

    Verso: Note in Arabic script to someone addressed as al-Shaykh al-Muwaffaq. Mentions the bearer ʿImrān, two houses (ʿan al-dārayn al-mukhtaṣṣa bi-[...]), Masjid al-Qubba (a mosque …

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  23. 3773LetterENA 2727.38

    Letter addressed to Avraham ha-Talmid. Small fragment (upper left corner).

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  24. 3774LetterT-S 10J19.20

    Letter. A second copy of the same letter as in T-S 10J14.20 (PGPID 5810).

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  25. 3775LetterT-S NS 226.50

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi. He is agitated about something ("the knife has reached the bone"), mentions a qāḍī and appeals to ʿaṣabiyya to …

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  26. 3776LetterT-S AS 123.188 + T-S AS 126.60

    Letter addressed to Makārim b. Ṭayyib in 'the land of Egypt' (diyār Miṣr), indicating that it was sent from outside of Egypt. In Hebrew (for …

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  27. 3777LetterNLI 577.5/1

    Letter from Moshe Zussman, in Cairo, to his mother Rachel b. Avraham Zussman of Prague, in Jerusalem. In Hebrew and Yiddish.

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  28. 3778LetterT-S 8J15.10

    Fragment of a business letter, mentioning Abū al-Muna. (Information from Goitein’s index card). EMS

    1. ]ם אללה בקאך
    2. ]סמווך וכבת חסדתך ואעדאך
    3. ] במנה וכפי לטפה:
    4. ] מע אבולמנא (!) אנא והו
    5. ]דתה ליס ענדה אלא נכוה
    6. ]א כון ענדי גוי אנתכה
    7. ] עמלת מעה אלי כיר ואע…

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  29. 3779LetterENA 1822a.102

    Right side fragment: Letter addressed to Shemuel b. Sīd. In Hebrew. Dating: Early 17th century. In the upper margin of recto, it refers to the …

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  30. 3780LetterT-S Ar.41.98

    Letter from ʿAlī b. [...] addressed to Sharaf al-Dīn of apparently requesting clarification of a decree. Full address (unclear where Baker/Polliack got this from): al-malik …

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  31. 3781LetterT-S 10J11.19

    Letter fragment to [...] b. Ḥayyīm. In this note, the writer states that he had previously sent with the letter-bearer two books, one containing Talmud …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. חבילות השלום ו . . . . . הברכות ונועם ששונות
    3. ושובע . . . . ות . . . . . . . . . . . . . חמדתינו כב גד
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  32. 3782LetterT-S AS 161.180

    Verso (original use): Bottom of a petition or letter in Arabic script. Mentions the benefaction of sayyidnā al-qāḍī in the first line. The remainder needs …

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  33. 3783LetterAIU VII.E.0

    Letter from Yishaq b. Avraham al-Mishmar (ha-Kohen?) from Fustat, to his son in Qayrawan (Ifrīqiya). The writer instructs his son to pay his debts and …

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    1.                           וסלא]מתך וכאן לך ולי וחאפץ' פי גמיע
    2. [אמורך ....] איאם בקין מן אלול ען סלאמה פי אלנפס ועאפיה
    3.            ] וען שוק אן …

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  34. 3784LetterT-S AS 184.6

    Minute fragment from a letter that was probably originally in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Only a few letters in Hebrew from the …

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  35. 3785LetterENA 2727.42

    Letter from Jerusalem to Avraham ben Yiṣḥaq Sholal in Egypt. edited by Avraham David in Ḥayyim Beinart Festschrift

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  36. 3786LetterT-S AS 145.122

    Late letter, apparently written by a certain Dhārā (?). The marginal section mentions "trousers for children" and something carried or delivered by a certain Meʾīr. …

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  37. 3787LetterT-S 13J24.22

    IB VI, 54. Letter from a woman named Najma, in Fustat/Cairo (l. 4), to her father Moshe Perdonel. Dating: ca. 16th century. There is a …

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  38. 3788LetterT-S 8.23

    Letter from (or to?) Minyat Zifta in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (ha-Gevir?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning various community affairs and expressing concern about the …

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  39. 3789LetterT-S AS 145.216

    Letter fragment (middle third, missing both right and left sides). A lot of text remains, but it is frustratingly vague. The name(s) on verso may …

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  40. 3790LetterT-S AS 150.64

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Barely any content preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  41. 3791LetterCUL Or.1080 J145

    Letter from Yosef b. Avraham to Abū Ibrāhīm Ismāʿīl b. Yaʿaqov al-Andalusī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning that the sender sent textiles marked with his name, and …

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    1. כתאבי יאכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך
    2. ען סלאמה ונעמה ללה אלחמד ודארך וצביאנך פי כל אלעאפיה
    3. ארגו מן אללה אן יגמע בינך ובינהם עלי אסר אלאח…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אחי ואדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך
    2. (כאשר) שלומי טוב ואני מאושר, תודה לאל, ואשתך ובניך בבריאות טובה,
    3. אקווה …

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  42. 3792LetterMoss. II,120.4

    Small fragment from the beginning of a letter to a notable in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  43. 3793LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/21

    Mid-11th-century letter from Umm Faḍā'il, a widow in Fustat, to a family friend, Abū Zikrī b. Yosef (Yehuda b. Yosef Rosh ha-Seder), in the West. …

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  44. 3794LetterT-S AS 148.184

    Letter to the sender’s mother, in Cairo (yaṣil ilā maḥrūsat al-qāhira). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Not a great deal of the …

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  45. 3795LetterX893 Se62 pt. 3.12

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Persian.

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  46. 3796LetterT-S AS 146.281

    Verso: Extremely faded letter in Hebrew, with wide line spacing. Portions of four lines preserved. Reused on recto for Hebrew poetry for a wedding.

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  47. 3797LetterENA NS 77.80

    Small fragment from the end of a letter, containing only greetings, but with almost all details missing. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yefet b. …

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  48. 3798LetterT-S Ar.39.306

    Recto: Business letter, Verso: Jottings of numerical figures, some of which are crossed out - needs examination. Needs examination

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  49. 3799LetterT-S AS 204.188

    Letter addressed to Yaʿaqov Cassuto. In Ladino. Dated: 14 Kislev 5651, which is 26 November 1890 CE. On verso is a remnant of a printed …

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  50. 3800LetterENA 2805.23

    Letter from Yeshu'a b. Ismāʿīl al-Mahmuri, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Mentions the safe arrival of (probably) relatives to Fustat; a female slave who …

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    1. בש רח

    2. תקדמת כתבי לחצרה מולאי גדול החברים אטאל אללה

    3. בק[א]ה ואדאם עזה ותאידה ונעמתה אעלמת מא וצל

    4. אלי מן שדה אלוחשה אסל אללה קרב אלגמע עלי…

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    1. (2−1) בשר"ח. כתבתי לך לפני כן מכתבים, הדרת אדוני גדול החברים, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות
    2. ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו ואת חסדו לך, והודעתיך בה…

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