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  1. 3801LetterCUL Or.1080 J247

    Formulary or draft of a get-well-soon card. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th–17th century. Very florid.

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  2. 3802LetterENA 3586.6

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded. Chastising the addressee for something (it is not entirely clear what). "That which you did, an enemy wouldn't even do it …

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  3. 3803LetterT-S 12.74

    Recto: Letter from Yefet b. David, Tyre, to his father, David b. Shekhanya, Fustat, informing him of his arrival in Tyre and expressing his disappointment …

    1. בשמך רח
    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי ומן גועילת פדאה אטאל אללה לך
    3. בקאך ואדאם עזך מן צור לתסעה מצת מן שהר טבת
    4. ואעלמך אנני וצלת אלי צור יום אל/א/תנין וכאן באלע…

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  4. 3804LetterT-S 13J19.13

    IB IV, 61 (ח78). Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Netanel, in Qalyūb or Fustat/Cairo, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Netanel, probably in Alexandria. Dating: November 17, …

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    1. פארקת מולאי ואכי ומן געלת פדאה ואנא
    2. משגול אלקלב כיף מכנתה מן אלאנחדאר פי
    3. מר̇ץ וחדה וליס מעה לא ראכב ולא תאגר
    4. וכאן לה כטר עצים הק' בר' הוא יעקב…

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    1. נפרדתי מאדוני אחי ומי שיעשה כפרתו, בשעה
    2. שאני מוטרד, איך קרה שהנחתי לו לנסוע לאלכסנדריה,
    3. כשהוא חולה, לבדו, כשאין אתו שום נוסע אחר או סוחר.
    4. והיה…

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  5. 3805LetterT-S AS 145.314

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the merchants who traverse the provinces (al-tujjār al-mujtāzīn bi-l-rīf). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  6. 3806LetterT-S 8J14.26

    Recto: Note to a man with many titles. In the margin there is the actual information: someone had gone to Rashid and Abu l-Faraj and …

    1. קד עלם אללה תע' שדת שוקי לנצר
    2. מרינו ורבינו אדונינו הודינו והדרינו ועטרת
    3. רשינו (!) ומחמד נפשינו ואור עינינו אור הבהיר
    4. והכוכב המזהיר העולם ופלאו ממזרח
    5. …

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  7. 3807LetterJRL B 3968

    Letter fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions two sacks of flax; someone's brother Yaʿaqov who went down to …

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  8. 3808LetterENA 3593.4

    Letter or report, probably. In Arabic script. Small fragment, with the beginning of 6 lines. Includes the word (or title) al-thiqa. Reused for a copy …

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  9. 3809LetterT-S AS 177.457

    Possibly a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged and faded. On the other side there is an unidentified text in Arabic script.

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  10. 3810LetterT-S NS 338.6

    Business letter. In Hebrew. Beginning only. Dating: Late, perhaps 16th century. Mentions someone named David Ibn al-Khayr as well as the goods אפלמור (lime or …

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  11. 3811LetterBL OR 10578E.46

    Letter to Damsīs. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the mother of someone... something to be purchased for the writer... three capitation tax payments... taking the receipts... someone …

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  12. 3812LetterAIU IX.B.20

    Letter from Yosef Mir to Efrayim ʿAda. In Ladino. Dating: Late 18th or early 19th century, based on the names mentioned and the overall appearance. …

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  13. 3813LetterT-S 8J27.13

    Letter from Farah b. Yosef b. Farah in Alexandria to Abu Sa'd Khalaf b. Sahl in Fustat mentioning a shipment of coats, turbans, robes, and …

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    1. תקדמת כתבי למולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם תאידה ונעמאה 
    2. ארגו וצולהא אולהא צחבה בן עקבאן וערפתך אנני חמלת אליך צחבתה 
    3. ג' צרר וזנהא קק…

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    1. כתבתי לך לפני כן, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו ואת חסדיו לך, מכתבים אחדים,
    2. אקווה שהגיעו אליך. הראשון עם בן עֶק…

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  14. 3814LetterMoss. VII,143.2

    Letter in Hebrew. Small fragment. Asks for a letter with news. Mentions "across the sea." Greets people by name, but their names are torn away. …

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  15. 3815LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/21

    Letter from the Nagid Shelomo b. Yosef to the community of Alexandria. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 1470s or 1480s. The letter reports that …

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  16. 3816LetterT-S AS 149.96

    Letter from Maḥrūz b. Yaʿaqov (active ca. 1131–50), either in Aden or in India, to (his brother-in-law Abū Zikrī) Yehuda ha-Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. …

    Recto, right margin

    1.  . . . . 

    2. ברסם פיצית?

    3. ואיצא ברסם

    4. אלשיך סלימאן

    5. אחיאה אללה

    6. עבד הנדי צגיר

    7. ומ . . . אלי [ . . . ]

    8. וברסם אלבית 

    9. . . …

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  17. 3817LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/19

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 9 Tishrei 5569 AM, which is 30 September …

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  18. 3818LetterT-S AS 184.321

    Letter in Arabic script containing an order for materia medica, mentinioning simples such as endive, Armenian bole, and red arsenic (realgar) and yellow arsenic. Many …

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  19. 3819LetterT-S AS 60.13

    Small fragment of a letter from a son to his father (al-wālid al-makhdūm). (Information from CUDL)

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  20. 3820LetterT-S 6J7.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Fragment (upper right corner). The addressee is called al-shaykh al-ajall... al-muwaffaq al-ṣadīq al-kohen al-vatiq. The sender complains …

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  21. 3821LetterT-S AS 216.103

    Much damaged and faded letter by Yefet b. Menashshe. Almost illegible

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  22. 3822LetterT-S NS J563

    Opening of a letter from Mūsā b. Isḥāq b. Barhūn to Abu al-Faḍl Sahl b. Ḥasan b. Salāma al-Sukkarī, Fustat. Mentions the purchase of two …

    Verso, address

    1. חצרה סידי ומולאי אבו אלפצל אט[א]ל אללה מן וליה מוסי בן יצחק ננ בן בר[הון
    2. בקאה וא[ד]א[ם עזה]
    3. סהל בן חסן אלסכרי ננ אללה ו[ליה] يصل…

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    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את ימי שלומך ואושרך ואת עזרתו לך ואת חסדיו לך.
    2. אני כותב מהבית, בעשור הראשון של חודש אלול. שלומי…

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  23. 3823LetterT-S 8J18.22

    Letter from Natan b. Avraham to Ḥalfon. Dating: ca. 1037 CE. The writer excuses himself for not seeing the recipient off. The writer was not …

    1. ]אל כבוד גדולת קדושת מרנא ורבנא חלפון
    2. ] החכם והנבון יברכהו אדון האדונים וינצריהו שוכן
    3. עליו]נים וינחילו שומר אמונים חיים ארוכים ושנים נעימים
    4. לחדש לו …

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  24. 3824LetterENA 3616.29

    Letter from Mūsā b. Yaḥyā al-Majjānī, Alexandria, to Binyamin b. Yūsuf Ibn ʿAwkal. Around 1025. The writer has returned from travels in Sicily, where he …

    Recto (verso as conserved)

    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי יאסיד[י ו]שיכי וריצי(!) ואלעזיז עלי א[טאל] אללה בקאך

    3. ואדאם איאם סלאמתך ו[ר]עאיתך וציאנתך [וכאן] לך ומעך

      …

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  25. 3825LetterBodl. MS heb. b 13/44

    Letter from the office of the Nagid David II b. Yehoshuaʿ II Maimonides (in office ca. 1355–1410) addressed to the congregation of Fustat. The Nagid's …

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  26. 3826LetterT-S 10J29.9

    Fragment of a letter, mentioning Egypt but mostly too faded to read. In Hebrew. The name R. Yakhin appears at upper left, but not clear …

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  27. 3827LetterMoss. IV,25.2

    Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks Abū Isḥāq to obtain for (?bi-rasm) Abū l-ʿAlā' a piece of fabric of high quality (jayyid rafīʿ) and …

    1. ענד וצול אלשיך אבו אסחאק אן שא אללה
    2. יאכד ברסם אלשיך אבו אלעלא מקטע
    3. גיד רפיע צפיק מליח עלי הד/א/ אלטרח
    4. בלא תואני

    Margin:

    1. יתפק הדא אלטרח אלמדכור ולא…

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  28. 3828LetterT-S AS 209.361

    Fragment from a business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a landlord (ṣāḥib al-dār) and a garment (shuqqa muthallath).

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  29. 3829LetterT-S 10J19.10

    Letter from Benaya b. Musa in Ibyar to Abu l-Ḥusayn Ṣedaqa b. Nissim (Gil read "Naḥum") in Fustat (sūq) al-ʿAṭṭārīn. Dating: 1046 CE, according to …

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    1. כתאבי יאכי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם

    2. עזך ותאיידך וסלאמתך ונעמאך מן אביאר ען סלאמה

    3. פי אלגסם ושגל קלב עטים מן אגל אבו עמראן

    4. אללה י…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אחי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את
    2. גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך, מאביאר. שלומי טוב
    3. בגופי, אבל אני מו…

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  30. 3830LetterENA NS 7.27

    Letter fragment (left side). In Judaeo-Arabic. Little of the subject matter remains; the writer may be requesting a favor.

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  31. 3831LetterT-S AS 176.355

    Recto: Fragment from the beginning of a petition, or a private letter in the style of a petition. The addressee is reminded that he had …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المملوك يقبل الارض وينهي
    3. قد اسار الي ذكر قصيد مـ[

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  32. 3832LetterMoss. X,114

    Letter sent from Ṣanʿāʾ to Jerusalem. Dating: probably 19th century. Addressed to Sālim b. Hārūn al-Ḥamdī. It seems to be from his daughter Ghazāl and …

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  33. 3833LetterT-S AS 207.180 + T-S AS 207.198 + T-S AS 207.179 + T-S AS 207.178

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. All four fragments likely belong to the same letter. T-S AS 207.180 + T-S AS 207.198 is almost a direct join, and …

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  34. 3834LetterT-S AS 149.124

    Minute fragment from an opening of a letter to a notable. AA

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  35. 3835LetterT-S AS 149.106

    Opening of a faded letter written (and signed) by Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE), addressed to the the Great Dayyan [...] b. Yosef - probably …

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  36. 3836LetterT-S AS 210.186 + T-S AS 157.12 + T-S AS 202.400 + T-S AS 208.186 + T-S AS 168.129 + T-S AS 199.15

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in a striking purple ink. Dating: Probably 19th century. Joins: Oded Zinger (the first five pieces) and Alan Elbaum (T-S AS …

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  37. 3837LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 601

    Informal note addressed to Abū l-Faraj. Mainly in Arabic script, with several words in Hebrew (in Hebrew script). The sender is making a request concerning …

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  38. 3838LetterT-S K16.72

    Draft of a note written on the back of a page of Hebrew poetry. Begins with the glyph. Then, "Know that from the day I …

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  39. 3839LetterT-S 16.289

    Letter to Mar Shabbetai Ravilon from his brother, Mar Yaqub, dealing with the trade of hides, including a shipment to Crete (l. 9) and business …

    1. שלום רב אל אחי מ שבתי רבי לוי מני אחיך מ יעקב דע כי
    2. אודה אני וביה אבטח גם אתה וכל נפשות ביתיך לחים
    3. דע מ שבתי כי באמונת האל הגלדים שהיו לך אומַא טוב
    4. …

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  40. 3840LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/25

    Letter from a son to a father. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer thanks the addressee for the wuṣūl (official receipt), since the tax (mas) was threatening. …

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  41. 3841LetterT-S 16.161

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, in Alexandria, probably to Barhūn b. Isḥāq, in al-Mahdiyya. The writer mentions details concerning goods from the Maghreb and …

    verso

    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי [אטאל] אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך [ 

    2. וכאן לך וליא וחאפטא [ו] צר[ף אלא]סוא [ענך] ברחמתה מן ס[כנדרי]א נצף תמוז [ען חא…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך.... 
    2. ויהיה לך מגן ושומר ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו, מאלכסנדריה, במחצ…

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  42. 3842LetterJRL B 4412

    Letter, fragment, written at the back of a state document, in Judaeo-Arabic. "until he will reach us and describe...". Needs examination.

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  43. 3843LetterENA 2808.18

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. "I had a few durayhims, hardly worth mentioning, and I tried to purchase yarn with them, but I could not. For …

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  44. 3844LetterENA 2805.18.2

    Letter from Da'ud b. Ammar (Alexandria) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1065. Deals mainly with the silk trade and the events happening in Sicily. …

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    1.                           ] פיג וכ'יר יכון אן שא אללה                 ולו אנפתחת אלסרה
    2.                           ]ת'ר מרץ' וקד דכר לה אבן אל  …

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך, מאלכסנדריה, בי' בתמוז ; שלומי טוב .... ואני מאושר
    2. .... (לפני כן …

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  45. 3845LetterT-S Ar.38.91

    Business letter from Ṭayyib b. Majjānī to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAwda b. Ismāʿīl b. ʿAwda. In Arabic script. Dating: Second half of the 11th century. Sabih …

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  46. 3846LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 639

    Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic, probably a letter fragment.

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  47. 3847LetterT-S Ar.54.42

    Mercantile letter from Yaḥyā b. Isḥāq, in Alexandria, to Mawhūb or [... b.] Mawhūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Maghribī hand. Dating: 11th century. Fragment (left side of …

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  48. 3848LetterAIU VII.E.92

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances & Company, from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez. Dated 29 Elul [5]569 AM Information from Wagner, Linguistic …

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  49. 3849LetterT-S AS 83.33

    Minute fragment. Only few words

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  50. 3850LetterT-S NS 342.132

    Minute fragment from the top part of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), who is named …

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