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  1. 351LetterT-S 8J19.33

    Letter from a Greek-speaking Jewish man to a woman in Fustat. "The beginning of the letter is missing, and it is impossible to reconstruct the …

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    1.                 ]מ'[  ] ל'א אהיה בטוב כי
    2.              ] מיש'תין מצא אותנו עת רעה

    3.            ]יה חמשה ואחר כך מלטנו האל

    4.           ]..ות המ…

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    1.         ... I am not well because
    2.          ... found us at a bad time

    3.          ... five and then God rescued us

    4.           … the east to S…

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  2. 352LetterT-S AS 116.392

    Unidentified text in Arabic, probably a letter or state document. On verso there is piyyut. (Information from CUDL)

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  3. 353LetterMIAC 118

    Personal letter from Jerusalem – February 6 1953 CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 118) – in Judeo-Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, …

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  4. 354LetterT-S 12.30 + JRL B 2367

    Fragment of a letter composed circa 1236 CE by Abu l-Ḥasan Yedutun b. Abu Sahl Levi, at one time the cantor of the Palestinian synagogue …

    T-S 12.30, recto:

    1. תופא ואלדנא מר ורב לוי החב{ר} זל פי יום אלאתנין כד מן תשרי שנת אתק[כג לשט׳
    2. אלמואפקה לשנת דתתקעב ליצירה והי אליג׳ מן מחזור רסב ותם …

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  5. 355LetterMIAC 76

    Letter reporting the date of one of the brother's arrival from traveling to Alexandria – 1924CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 76) – …

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  6. 356LetterT-S NS 205.144

    Horizontal strip from a letter in Arabic script. 3 lines preserved on recto. Likely a family letter dealing with small business matters. Mentions (Abū) Sahl.

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  7. 357LetterT-S AS 127.158

    Unidentified text in Arabic, probably part of a letter. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)

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  8. 358LetterX893 Se62 pt. 3.4

    Letter from Avraham to Yosef in Judaeo-Persian. There are also accounts. ASE.

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  9. 359LetterT-S AS 178.117

    Unidentified document in Arabic script.

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  10. 360LetterT-S Ar.41.42

    Recto: Commercial letter in Arabic script. Mentioning [...] b. Yaʿqūb al-Tustarī; Dār al-Anmāṭ; Abū Saʿd al-Tustarī; sending a suftaja (bill of exchange); someone called al-shaykh …

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  11. 361LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/1

    A long letter of recommendation on behalf of Obadiah the Proselyte, by Barukh b. Yiṣḥaq of Aleppo, written in elegant and vocalized Hebrew. For more …

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  12. 362LetterT-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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  13. 363LetterT-S AS 153.263

    Recto: letter with another fragment of a document stuck to it; letter mentions [...] ha-Kohen ‘the wise judge’. Verso: jottings. (Information from CUDL)

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  14. 364LetterJRL B 8325

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Dating: likely Mamluk-era based on the hand. The sender refers to witnesses in the village or estate (fī …

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  15. 365LetterT-S 8J13.11

    Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Shela to Yaʿīsh al-Ḥaddād (the smith). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly 11th century. The addressee is asked to pay the money he …

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    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אליך יא שיכי ואלעזיז עלי וענדי
    3. אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עיזך ען
    4. חאל סלאמה ועאפיה וללה אלחמד
    5. ואערפה אן על[ת] אכון עוט כתאבי
    6. לאתשר…

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  16. 366LetterT-S Ar.30.228

    Letter from a man to his son. In Judaeo-Arabic. In rudimentary handwriting and orthography. He reports that the 10 dirhams have arrived and that he …

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  17. 367LetterT-S Ar.39.193

    Note from an unidentified sender to Abū Manṣūr. In Arabic script. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. The sender reports that Abū ʿAlī b. Dāʾūd …

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  18. 368LetterT-S Misc.25.19

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat, to Salāma b. Nissim al-Barqī, in Buṣīr. Dating: ca. 1046 (Gil). Asking him to acquire various items in …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך מן מצר לג' כלון
    2. מן טבת ערפך אללה ואיאנא ברכתה וסעאדה מא יליה ואלחאל סלאמה ונעמה למוליהמ…

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    1. אני כותב, אדוני וראשי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, מפסטאט, בג'
    2. בטבת, יודיע אלוהים לך ולנו את ברכתו ואת אושרם של (החו…

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  19. 369LetterT-S AS 29.264

    Possibly part of a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  20. 370LetterT-S 8J13.26

    Fragment of a letter in which the writer describes a business affair in which he was under threat (taḥta al-tahdīd) and also involved the sultan. …

    1. ]א[ ]מכנני
    2. ] אלכתאב בל ילקא עני תאוילאת
    3. ק]יאם אלגמאעה עלי בעץ אלנאס
    4. ] ל עליי מתרסם בכתאב דכר אנה
    5. ] דנ ונצף ואנא תחת אלתהדיד
    6. ]לין ללוקוף ללסלטאן ינהו…

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  21. 371LetterT-S 10J19.15

    Note with instructions to draw up a draft of a marriage contract leaving out the names of the bride and groom. (Information from Goitein's index …

    1. . . ] כיין רבנו משה כמאל אלזקן
    2. . . ] לאני . . . לא יכלינא מן ברכאתה
    3. . . . . ] יעלם אן [ . . . . . . ] . . פי אמר
    4. . . . . ] אלדי . . . אללוי עבד אלוא…

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  22. 372LetterT-S AS 161.131

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on a reused scrap of Arabic-script accounts. Mentions that "we demanded the oath from Abū Saʿd... he said that he …

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  23. 373LetterT-S AS 205.79

    Letter fragment in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212). In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning business mainly in materia medica and/or metals. Mentions antimony (rāṣakht) …

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  24. 374LetterT-S AS 178.217

    Fragment of an 11th-century Maghribī mercantile letter, or account, or letter containing an account. Mentions Ismāʿīl b. Jabbār, al-Mahdiyya, and a barqalū (a mid-size bale).

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  25. 375LetterT-S NS 70.1

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic written in a cipher. The cipher was cracked by Gideon Bohak in 2025 and the document will be published by Bohak, …

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  26. 376LetterYevr. II A 1829

    A 'thank you' letter to Ezra the Karaite

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  27. 377LetterT-S AS 165.49

    Small fragment from the top of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The address is partially preserved, including the name Abū l-[...] [...] b. Hillel al-Dimashqī.

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  28. 378LetterT-S AS 201.98

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 14th century. Needs examination.

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  29. 379LetterCUL Or.1081 2.53

    Late letter (or a copy of one) in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  30. 380LetterMoss. V,352

    Fragment of a letter from Yisrael b. Natan, Jerusalem, probably to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. The letter deals with trades, especially of fabrics. Nahray is …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלעז[יז] עלי אטאל אללה [בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך
    1. מן אל]
    1. קדס עמרה אללה ל[ ] ועשרין מן סיון [ערפנא] אל[לה ברכתה ו]ברכה

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  31. 381LetterYevr. II A 1693

    Non-Geniza. Letter from Moshe b. Yaʿaqov to Simḥa b. Ẓadoq. Dated: 1731 CE.

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  32. 382LetterJRL B 7042

    Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Avraham ben Yiju. This fragment contains the Judaeo-Arabic opening on recto (with an internal address) and an Arabic-script external …

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  33. 383LetterHalper 422

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Very deferential. Twice mentions "the late Mujāhid." It is cataloged in the Halper catalog as "part of a letter or …

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    1. والمحل المانوس........مكانه ثبت هذا
    2. الى يده و......ثا على قدره ومجددة لما سلف من ذكره
    3. ومعرفته عما له من الصحبة القديم عن المرحوم المجاهد
    4. قد...…

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  34. 384LetterENA 2461.15

    Multi-fragment shelfmark with two documents. The upper fragment is from a letter to a Nasi, opening with the formula: אלממלוך יקבל ידי סידנא הנשיא. MCD.

    1. ב
    2. אלממלוך יקבל ידי סידנא הנשיא
    3. הגדול ירום הודו ויסאלה קבול
    4. עדרה ויחמל ענה אמר אלשהאדה
    5. פאלמולא תוגנא אללה בבקאה
    6. אכבר באלוקת ושלומו יגדל
    1. In [your name, o Merciful]
    2. The slave kisses the hands of our master the great
    3. Nasi - may his glory be lofty - and asks him to accept
    4. his apology and…

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  35. 385LetterT-S AS 183.105

    Small fragment from a letter or legal document. Dating: Ottoman-era.

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  36. 386LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1860/13a

    Informal note. Mercantile. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Asking the addressee to arrange for one of the writer's representatives or colleagues in Alexandria or …

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  37. 387LetterF 1908.44ii

    Letter from Yisra'el b. Daniel, in one of the towns of the Rīf, to Salāma b. ʿAllūn al-Ṣayrafī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. …

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    1. כתאבי יסידי ומולאי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך סלך צפר ען סלאמה

    2. ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמין וכאן קד וצל אלחאיך אלי הונה וסט אלעיד וגאתני

    3. רס…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי ו'ראשי', ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך, באחרון של צפר. שלומי טוב,
    2. השבח לאל ריבון העולמים. הגיע האורג הנה…

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  38. 388LetterENA NS 83.300

    Business letter in Arabic script. Small fragment (lower left corner).

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  39. 389LetterENA 2806.1

    Letter from Yehosef b. Shemuel Bavli to the judge Anatoli b. Yosef. In Hebrew. He states that he will not hand over a security to …

    1. לחכם דורינו המחזיק בדקינו המסיר סדקינו
    2. הגודר פרצותינו אדונינו ומרינו ורבינו
    3. אנטולי הרב הגדול ה[מעוז] המגדול
    4. הנכפל בצדקו כאז בציפורי ובית [רבי]
    5. בן כב…

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  40. 390LetterENA NS 63.17

    Recto: Letter from Ḥayyim b. S[..], in Damietta, addressed to a certain Yiṣḥaq, presumably in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dated: שנת והלך לפניך צדקך, which is …

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  41. 391LetterT-S 10J9.32

    Fol. 2v (upper section): Letter to a ḥaver in Judaeo-Arabic. The text is faded and the phrases are quite vague—needs further examination.

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  42. 392LetterBL OR 10578E.52

    Beginning of a letter from [Ba]qāʾ Ibn al-ʿAjamī to a higher-ranked person, with several lines of Hebrew blessings, several lines of formulaic Judaeo-Arabic, then the …

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  43. 393LetterENA 2808.19

    Letter from a young man named Sibāʿ, in Alexandria, to his mother, in Fustat, but addressed to his brother Abū l-Najm. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender …

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    1. [בשמ רחמ]
    2. כתאבי אליך יא ואלדתי א]טאל אללה בקאך ומן חסן אל
    3. תופיק לא אכלאך וכבת באלד]ל חסדתך ואעדאך גמע
    4. אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במ]נה וכרמה פ[אנה…

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  44. 394LetterT-S Misc.22.191

    Letter from Yeshuʿa al-Ḥāmī to Namir ויריוטי (?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th or 16th century. Deals with business matters. Mentions the a "gold …

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  45. 395LetterJRL B 7595

    Possibly a brief letter with its response on verso, both in a high/poetic register of Hebrew.

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  46. 396LetterMoss. VII,182

    Letter from the cantor Yedutun ha-Levi, Fustat, to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub. Narrow strips were torn from both the left and right …

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    1. בש רח
    2. ותגזר אומר ויקם לך
    3. כי ייי יהיה בכסליך
    4. לא יאונה לצדיק כל און
    5. לא תאונה אליך רעה
    6. בש[וט ל]שון תחבא ולא
    7. תירא משוד כי יבוא
    8. השלך על ייי יהבך ו…

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  47. 397LetterT-S Ar.48.42

    Recto, with address on verso: Letter of appeal. In Judaeo-Arabic. From a certain Yiṣḥaq, in Malīj, to a certain Nissim, probably in Fustat. Goitein identifies …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אליך יא מולי ואל
    3. עזיז עלי גמע אללה ביננא
    4. אן שא אללה וקד כרגת
    5. אלי מליג ומא כרגת חתי
    6. בלגת אלסכין אלעטם ומא
    7. בקי לי לא תוב לא ללסבת
    8. ולא…

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  48. 398LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 2111/17

    Letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to one of his brothers. He reports that 'your mother and sisters' are well. He sends regards to …

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  49. 399LetterENA 4100.4b

    Letter In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning communal controversy and politics. Mentions an apostate to Islam (al-posheaʿ), the community of Ṣahrajt, a ban of excommunication, a Jew who …

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    1. ] גמענא ואיאך וכל ישראל פי בניאן קדסה
    2. ] . דיה אלמניה מנהא במנה וכרמה ואן
    3. ] פמא אדע שהד אללה אלסואל ען אכבארך
    4. א]שכר אללה עליה ואסלה אלזיאדה לך

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  50. 400LetterT-S 24.49

    Letter from Evyatar ha-Kohen to ʿEli ha-Parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: 1070 CE (per CUDL). Containing an agreement about sending …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. וצל כתאב מצלאי אלפרנאס אלסיד כב גד קד מר ור עלי הכהן הפרנס
    3. נאמן בית דין הגדול אהוב הישיבה נטר מן שמ ביר חייא הכהן
    4. המומחה תנצבה ווקפת עליה…

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