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  1. 3901LetterT-S Ar.12.17

    Recto: Letter fragment from Khalaf b. Mubārak al-Ḥazzān or al-Jazzār. In Arabic script. Only the basmala, tarjama, and part of the first line are preserved. …

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    1. عبده خلف بن مبارك
    2. الجزار[
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. عبد مولاي] الشيخ الاجل اطال الله بقاه وادام تمكـ[ـينه
    1. His slave, Khalaf b. Mubārak
    2. the butcher [
    3. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate
    4. The slave of our master] the elder, the illustrious, m…

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  2. 3902LetterBodl. MS heb. d 80/45

    Letter from a father to a son. On vellum. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. This fragment opens with updates on the health of various …

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  3. 3903LetterAIU VII.E.122

    Late pair of letters in Judaeo-Arabic dated 30 November 1808 CE (11 Kislev 5569 AM). The first is from Moshe Bibas, Rashid, to Karo y …

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  4. 3904LetterT-S 12.192

    Letter from Moses Maimonides (in his own hand with his own signature), in Fustat, to al-Shaykh al-Thiqa, in Minyat Zifta. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based …

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    1. אטאל אללה בקא חצרה עמאדי וסנדי אלשיך אלתקה
    2. אלאמין ואדאם עזהא <ו>מגלהא עבדהא משה יסלם
    3. עליהא ויסתוחש מן בעדהא ויסאל תפצלהא פי
    4. מסעאדה מוצלהא יצחק…
    1. May God grant long life to your excellency, my prop and support, the elder "the Trusted" (al-Thiqa)
    2. "the Trustworthy" (al-Amīn), and perpetuate your…

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  5. 3905LetterCUL Or.1081 2.3

    Letter in Arabic script. The writer is Barakāt b. al-Dayyān (presumably Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, cf. ENA 3927.1 and CUL Or. 1080 J155 for other specimens …

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  6. 3906LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1452

    Letter draft from the Qaraite community of Cairo to the Qaraite community of Damascus. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Unknown. Regarding a marriage-related legal case that reached …

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  7. 3907LetterCUL Or.1081 J4

    Letter in which a father writes to the teacher of his boys complaining about insufficient attainments and explaining their being late.

    1. בש רח
    2. כאטבת אלמעלם אדאם אללה עזה פי מעני אלולדין אחיאהמא
    3. אללה וסאלתה אן יזיד פי אלאהתמאם בהמא וכאצה אבי מנצור יש צו
    4. פימא יחפטה ויקראה ואן יכון יעיד …

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    In Y(our name,) O Mer(ciful) !

    I have written you before, most esteemed teacher, about the two boys — may God keep them alive — asking you to p…

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  8. 3908LetterT-S NS 264.7

    Verso, with the address at the top of recto: Family letter addressed to 'my child, Rivqa.' In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 14th century. Likely sent from …

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  9. 3909LetterJRL B 4525

    Petition addressed to four brothers (?), the elders Abu al-Baqa, Abu al-Baha, Abu al-Faraj and Abu al-Karam, requesting charity. The supplicant, Harun, writes that he …

    1. בם
    2. ............]ואלאעיאן אלפצלא מן אטאל אללה בק[אהם
    3. ......]מהם ונעמאהם ומכן סעאדתהם ואחיא[הם
    4. ונגאהם מן נואיב אלזמאן ומן כרוב אלאחיאן אלשיך אבו
    5. אלבקא…

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  10. 3910LetterT-S AS 149.50

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably to Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Binyām al-Rashīdī. Greetings to Sitt Naʿīm and to Abū …

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  11. 3911LetterJRL B 7317

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 11th century. Very damaged. One of the only readily legible phrases is a reference to "al-amīr al-juyūsh" (אלאמיר אלגיוש).

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  12. 3912LetterJRL B 2842

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Defending a communal leader against a litany of accusations against him. One of them has to do with orphans …

    1. ] פאן [. . .] . . חאשאה מן . . [
    2. ] .. . אכדו אלאיתאם ואלאראמל מא . [
    3. ]א ערפנאה ואלי אליום ושי אלהקדיש מ[
    4. ]י אלא.ד פי דלך אלי שיוך אליהוד ואמא קולה […

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  13. 3913LetterT-S 24.43

    Letter from Shelomo Ha-Kohen Gaon b. Yehosef to a notable in Fustat and to its Jewish communities. This is the second leaf of a longer …

    1. [ ] שלום אל רב[נ]א [י]פ[ת] בן רבנא טוביה הידוע אלנילי
    2. [ ] הזכירך בכתב[יו ] באהבה ואל דויד בן [י]צחק
    3. [ ] בעדו [ ]שלמה בן חכים אלפאסי ולכל
    4. עוזרי אמת ו…

    "Second postscript" [ll. 39-end]

    May our lord, the king, son of kings, be exalted forever; may his days be prolonged and his years multiplied and his…

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  14. 3914LetterENA NS 63.3

    Letter addressed to the brothers Yosef Yerushalmi ̣Ṣaʿir and Eliyyahu Yerushalmi Ṣaʿir b. Elishaʿ, in Cairo. The writer may be in Jerusalem and may be …

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  15. 3915LetterT-S Misc.25.146

    Draft of a letter from Yefet b. Shekhanya, from Fustat, to Daniel b. Azarya, around 1053. Daniel did not reply to Yefet's requests to supervise …

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    1. כתב עבד סידנא הנשיא הגדול וראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יכונניהא אל
    2. עד עולם סלה אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עלאה ותאיידה וסעאדתה ונעמאה
    3. וכבת אעדאה ואחיא סאדתי…

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  16. 3916LetterT-S NS J396

    Letter from Malīj containing a detailed description of a legal case involving a fabric manufactured while evading the tax due on it and sold to …

    1. . . . . .]. . . . . .[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. פימא גרי בינה ויבין
    3. פגצתנא תלאתתנא אליהמא פקאל פרח אן למא
    4. וצל אבו עלי אלי מליג נזל ענדי וס…

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  17. 3917LetterENA 1822a.71

    Letter sent from the Egyptian capital by a man to his brother in the countryside, reporting that their mother is well and praying for him …

    1. אלדי אערפך בה בעד אלסלאם
    2. עליך אן אלסת בכל נעמ[ה
    3. וללה אלחמד וסוא דלך אן
    4. כאן אלקמח בד אלויבה כד
    5. מנה מא אמכן חמלה ואמא
    6. אלפראריג פקד אכדוא לא
    7. תאכד שי ול…

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  18. 3918LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 573

    Letter fragment, or probably literary if the text continues on verso. Emphasizes on some sort of calculation "يعتد بهم بالجملة لا اولا ولا آخرا". Needs …

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  19. 3919LetterMoss. IV,33.3

    Fragment of a letter, possibly intended to be sent from Fustat to Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely ca. 1039 CE, since the content is related …

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    1. ]מן אלעין אלמדכור [
    2. ]קבל וצול אלכתאב קד כוטב הדא [
    3. ] ואלעלה פיהא בספתגה מן אלשיך אבי [נצר שלמה בן]
    4. [סעדיה אלמערוף] באבן צגיר ומבלגהא יד דינא…

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  20. 3920LetterT-S 20.140

    Letter from Shemarya b. Elhanan (966–1011 CE) about a woman abandoned by her husband (an ʿaguna) for seven years. The letter is apparently written to …

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    1. (שא שלום מאת יושב שמים וכיו"ב ...ומ)מנו ו(מחמודנו אלחנן)
    2. ומתלמידינו ה(יושבים) לפנינו יהי רצון לה..(
    3. לך השלום בא לפנינו דבע קובל על חבח בן
    4. אחו…

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  21. 3921LetterT-S AS 146.366

    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; …

    1. אלשיך [
    2. אן אלכתאב אל[
    3. תדכרת אלחק . [
    4. אלמרכב מן קל . [
    5. אלדי פיהא . [
    6. אקצר פי אלכת[
    7. חזמה כתב פי [
    8. וחזמה כתב . [
    9. פי מרכב אלנ . [
    10. מרכב אלנאכד[א
    11. משאיך אל…

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  22. 3922LetterT-S NS 99.18

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to one of his brothers. in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower left corner of recto). Mentions: brazilwood (baqqam); other business deals; regards …

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  23. 3923LetterENA NS 21.8

    Letter, fragmentary, in which the writer complains that a woman's outfit was incomplete and asks for money to buy flour. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. . . . יא. אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך
    2. . . . . . .]ן אסכנדריה לחכלין ואן א. .[. .] . .ל.מה ושוק אליך קרב אלל.
    3. . . . . . . . .]…

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  24. 3924LetterENA 2556.9

    Letter from a physician named Menahem b. Ṣadoq ha-Kohen from Aleppo including greetings from many men including his nephew Yahya b. Mevorakh ha-Kohen, the physician …

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  25. 3925LetterMoss. V,359

    Un-conserved. Fragment from a letter dealing mostly with personal issue. The writer announced that the news about the French had arrived- might be relating to …

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  26. 3926LetterT-S AS 143.381

    Possibly the address of a letter to [Ḥal]fon ha-Levi b. M[...] from [...] b. Yiṣḥaq Sijilmāsī.

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  27. 3927LetterT-S 20.78

    Letter from the judge Yefet b. Shelomo to Meshullam b. Elʿazar ha-Kohen. Greetings to the addressee's sons Elʿazar and Shelomo. There are many lines of …

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  28. 3928LetterT-S AS 161.183

    Recto: letter fragment in rhymed Judaeo-Arabic. Consisting of flattery and praises for the addressee. Verso: unidentified text in Hebrew; very faded; written at 90 degrees …

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  29. 3929LetterYevr. III B 1152

    Letter fragment from Saʿadya b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Dayyan to Shemuel ha-Sar. What remains is in Hebrew. Only the opening and address are preserved. The same sender …

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  30. 3930LetterMoss. IV,67.1

    Recto (secondary use): Complete letter from ʿEzra to Seʿadya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written on a thin strip of paper, with sharply upslanting lines. Dating: Perhaps 13th …

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    1. ממלוכה עזרא
    2. וצלתני רקעה מולאי
    3. וסידי ר סעדיהו נט רח
    4. ומא תאכר גואבהא ען
    5. מולאי אלא לכוני מא
    6. וגדת מן יוצלה ומע
    7. הדא פאני בכרה
    8. נהאר אלאתנין אלדי
    9. הו …

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  31. 3931LetterL-G Misc. 51

    Secondary use: list of books in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli, with a note stating "owed to me by Abū Saʿd." (Information from CUDL …

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  32. 3932LetterT-S 12.355

    IB II, 43. Memorandum from Yosef b. Avraham to Abu Nasr al-Halabi. Aden, ca. 1130-50.

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    1. בשם רחמ' 
    2. תדכ[ר]ה מבארכה ביד אלשיך אבו נצר בן מוסי אלחלב[י]
    3. כתב אללה סלאמתה.          לעבדה יוסף בן אברהם
    4. אצחבת מולאי צרה פלפל אלוזן בהאר וארב…

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful.
    2. A Blessed Memorandum carried by Sheikh Abū Nasr b. Mūsā (?) al-H alab[ī].
    3. May God decree his (= your) safe arrival! …

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  33. 3933LetterT-S AS 183.146

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Addressed to 'my brother' ʿAbd al-Salām (r3). The sender reports that he or she obtained a maymūn (a kind of …

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  34. 3934LetterT-S AS 145.280

    Letter from Eliyyahu the Judge to David ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver. Only the top is preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

    1. חבר אני לכל אשר יראוך
    2. אל הדרת כבוד גדולת ק מר ור דוד הכהן
    3. החבר ה . ו . . שמ צו ויהיה תמיד בעזרו
    4. אהבו כנפשו אליהו
    5. יערפה כתרה שוקה [אליה ו]אלי גמיע מן…

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  35. 3935LetterT-S AS 154.416

    Official letter in Judaeo-Arabic, ordering somebody to appear before the court. Mentions al-Fayyūm. Dated: Elul 1505 Seleucid = 1194 CE. The handwriting resembles that of …

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  36. 3936LetterT-S 10J13.21

    Letter from Yaḥyā b. Saʿāda the physician (al-ṭabīb), in Ashqelon, to Abū Naṣr Yehuda b. Mūsā al-Dimashqi, in Tyre. Informing him about payments he had …

    1. על שמך
    2. וצלת כתב מולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה
    3. ואדאם תאיידה וחראסתה ונעמתה וסרני מא
    4. תצמנתה מן סלאמתך וסלאמה מן תחוטה ענאיתך
    5. וסאני תאכרך ען אלמגי ואללה י…

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  37. 3937LetterT-S 10J13.17

    Letter conveying greetings and relating that the community is expecting word from or about Yiṣḥaq who was obviously expected to come and visit. (Information from …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . ] . . אל . . . . [ . . . .
    2. ינהי לחצרתה כתרה אלוחשה ואלתאסף עלי
    3. אלפאית מן מלאחצתהא ואלדאעי ללה פי . . . . ב
    4. יקרב אלאגתמאע בה ען ק…

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  38. 3938LetterJRL B 6327

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, probably. Too faded to read.

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  39. 3939LetterT-S NS 297.260

    Business letter from Mufaḍḍal al-Kohen to Abū l-Banīn. In Arabic script. The sender apologizes for his delay. He has sent camphor candles (shamʿ kāfūrī, also …

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  40. 3940LetterT-S NS 303.29 + T-S NS 303.28

    Letter in Arabic script. Damaged and faded. Needs examination.

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  41. 3941LetterT-S 13J10.3

    Top of a rhymed letter. The heading is decorated with small fleurs de lis over each letter. In the poetic opening of the letter, a …

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  42. 3942LetterT-S K25.85

    Letter from a man to his brother. In Judaeo-Arabic, in a lovely hand. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Refers to the addressee's pilgrimage the preceding …

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    1. [] . .לם ארא מא 
    2. [] . אן קד חגגת פי אלסנה אלמ
    3. [] . . . . אללה תעאלא יגעלו לך חג אן 
    4. [] . ף לך מא צאע מ . פי מא ירציה והו לך מן
    5. []ה אגר אלמחסני…

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  43. 3943LetterENA 3954.9

    A learner's exercise of the beginning of a letter in Arabic script. On verso there are additional jottings in Arabic script, and a drawing.

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  44. 3944LetterT-S 13J21.21

    Declaration of support for a Gaʾon, written by at least three different scribes, and containing the signatures and names of approximately a dozen communal notables …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  45. 3945LetterYevr. II A 1859

    A long letter from the communities of Poland and Lithuania to Shlumiel b. Shmuel.

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  46. 3946LetterENA NS 7.29

    Letter fragment from Faraḥ b. Yosef al-Qābisī. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Mentions a legal case and a female …

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  47. 3947LetterT-S NS J491

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. Probably addressed to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE), since their other brother Abū l-Surūr …

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  48. 3948LetterMoss. V,363.5

    Letter in the hand of Nahray b. Nissim. In Judaeo-Arabic The writer had paid 60+ dinars to gentiles to save Yeshuʿa al-Fāsī. He had asked …

    1. אפרדת יאסידי וכבירי הדה אלרקעה בחא[ג]ה מפרדה לת[כון]
    2. ענאיתך פיהא אוכד והי אני אערפך מא עאמלת בה ישעיה
    3. אלפאסי ואני כלצת רוחה מן אידי אלגוים ואכרגתה ב…

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  49. 3949LetterJRL B 3315

    Recto: Draft of a formal letter in Judaeo-Arabic to a superior by ha-Qaṭan Shemuel. After a long string of honorifics, "sabab iṣdār hadhihi l-khidma. . …

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  50. 3950LetterT-S 12.251

    Letter sent from Qayrawān by Yosef b. Khalfa to Khalluf b. Faraḥ b. al-Zarbī, probably in Fustat dealing with goods and their prices in Palermo. …

    Recto

    1. אטאל אללה יאכ'י בקאך ואעזך ואכרמך ואתם נעמתה עליך כתאבי אליך מן אל
    2. קירואן אול יום מן כסליב(!) ואנא משתי ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ללה אלחמד עלי
    3. [דל]…

    recto

    1. אחי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים וגדולה וכבוד וישלים את חסדו עליך, אני כותב לך
    2. מקירואן, בא' בכסלו; אני שוהה (כאן) בחורף, שלומי טוב ואני בריא, ת…

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