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  1. 351LetterENA NS 70.19

    Three fragments of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, all in the same hand, probably all from the same letter. Mentions the sons of al-Baradānī; R. Natan he-Ḥaver …

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  2. 352LetterT-S AS 153.467–69

    Letter to the elder Yosef b. Abū l-Karīm. (Information from CUDL)

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  3. 353LetterT-S NS 211.46 + T-S NS 211.53

    Letter. In Hebrew. Appeal for help, possibly from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen, the Palestinian Gaon, to the community of Alexandria. It includes a description of a dire …

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  4. 354LetterT-S NS 225.112

    Beginning of an informal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. It reads, "They sent (or: send) the little paper for al-Shaykh al-Asʿad al-Levi the cantor, the son of …

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  5. 355LetterT-S NS J608

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century. The beginning and ending are missing, along with a strip from the right side. Regards to …

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  6. 356LetterYevr. II A 2871

    A letter from Mordechai b. Nisan to Shalom and Moshe

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  7. 357LetterMoss. III,216.2

    Business letter in Spanish. Mentions Samuel. Perhaps 16th or 17th century.

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  8. 358LetterT-S NS 269.170

    Wedding Invitation in French. Dated February 9, 1888 CE. The fathers of the bride (Bienvenue Eliakim) and groom (Raphaël) invite an unnamed guest to the …

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  9. 359LetterT-S AS 123.268

    Letter fragment in Arabic script: . . . . وسيدي . . . اطال الله . . . . الاجتماع به . . . . …

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  10. 360LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/3

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1028 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo …

    1. ליקירנו וחשובנו וחברנו וגדולנו כב גד קד מר ורב
    2. אפרים החבר בסנהדרין גדולה ישמרו צורנו וינצרו
    3. יוצרנו ויעודדו משגבנו ברבי שמריה המלמד נוחו עדן
    4. ישא החבר…

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  11. 361LetterENA 3944.12

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner). With text in the margins. Begins with a basmala and the phrase 'mamlūk al-ḥadra al-sāmīya' (the …

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  12. 362LetterMoss. V,342.2

    Letter from Avraham b. Farrāḥ (Gil, on the basis of handwriting) from Alexandria to an unknown recipient, ca. 1055. Mentions various wares – raisins, clothes, …

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    1. [וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך] אטאל אללה בק[אה ואדאם עזה מ]ע אלפיג דכר אמר אלזביב ובקיה [                     ] פי כתאבה
    2. [מולאי] אלשיך אבו סעיד דאוד ב…

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך, בידי נושא המכתבים. כתבת על עניין הצימוקים ושאר .... במכתבו
    2. אדוני ורבי אבו…

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  13. 363LetterT-S AS 112.276

    Recto: unidentified text in Hebrew. Verso: part of a letter in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  14. 364LetterAIU VII.E.32

    Image not available. According to Schwarb Catalogue: Letter in Arabic or Judeo Arabic to a woman in Kairouan, Oshtak(??) Elia b. Ibrahim. AA

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  15. 365LetterUPenn E 16522

    Letter from a Jewish shipowner from Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1212 CE. He provides an exciting story about traveling to Cyprus but being diverted by a …

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    1. ויחיה חמודו השרים הנכבדים הבחורים המחירים
    2. יזכה לראות שמחתם וחופתם אמן לרצון וכן יהי
    3. רצון     וינהי אנני למא אנפצלת מן בין ידין אלחצרה
    4. מעזם אלי…

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    May He keep your boys, the esteemed notables, the brilliant youth, and may you be granted to see their joy and wedding. Amen, may it be ordaine…

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  16. 366LetterT-S 18J4.6

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Simḥa ha-Levi (Nīsābūrī), in Alexandria, to Ṣadaqa b. Yaḥyā al-Nāʾib ('the deputy'), in Fustat. He writes about a partnership in a …

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    1. בשמך רח
    2. תקדם כתבי אלי חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלגליל
    3. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה
    4. ועלאה וסמוה וסנאה ותאידה ותמכינה
    5. וכבת אעדאה כתב עדה ומא וצלני
    6. גו…

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  17. 367LetterMIAC 259

    Personal letter from individuals named Rafael, Yosef, and Shemuʾel asking for the issuance of citizenship papers for their father because the Egyptian government acknowledged it …

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  18. 368LetterT-S NS 224.214

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged; the content is unclear. There are greetings to 'the sisters' (al-khawāt al-sādāt) and expressions of longing due to separation.

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  19. 369LetterT-S Misc.24.56

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. Mentions that all slaughtering in Damsīs has been put on hold; asks the addressee to obtain a fatwā in …

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  20. 370LetterT-S 8J20.28

    Letter from Yosef b. Peraḥya to an unidentified addressee or addressees (the address is too faded to read). Possibly addressed to a group of pietists. …

    1. שלום שלום לרחוק ולקרוב וג
    2. ואמרתם כה לחי ואתה שלום וג
    3. יפיפית מן בני אדם וג
    4. טוב שם משמן טוב ויום וג
    5. נבחר שם מעושר רב
    6. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתך
    7. לגבורי התורה…

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  21. 371LetterENA 2700.34

    Informal note from Umm Ḥasan bt. al-Shofeṭ (or at least written in her name) to a certain judge. She asks for her share of the …

    1. . . .
    2. יא מולאי אלדיין אללה יכמל
    3. עאפיתך ויסתגיב פיך
    4. צאלח אלדעא ממלוכת[[ת]]ך
    5. אם חסן בנת אלשופט
    6. תקבל ידיהא אלכרימה
    7. ותסאל חצרתהא אן תנפד
    8. להא רסמהא אלדי …

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  22. 372LetterT-S NS 107.37

    Verso: three unrelated documents glued together for the sake of the Hebrew reuse on recto (a dirge with condolences for Saʿadya and Avraham). From top …

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    1. ]تها او في مونه الـ[
    2. ]ـا مالكة ومتصرفة والوصولات شاهدة عليها
    3. و]صول الا ميزك عن عبدها بتاريخه ومبلغه
    4. او تعلم الحضرت ان ما يخفى عن عبده…

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  23. 373LetterT-S AS 118.54

    Recto, and margin of verso (secondary use): Letter or draft in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic involving Abū Naṣr al-Dustarī (=al-Tustarī) (d. 1049/50), something from "the West," …

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  24. 374LetterT-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 fragment of a printed …

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  25. 375LetterENA NS 42.24

    Eloquent late letter of appeal for charity with a Hebrew and Aramaic prologue and a Judaeo-Arabic body. The writer is Yiṣḥaq [. . .]

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  26. 376LetterENA 3787.10

    Letter of appeal/recommendation from the community of Damascus to the community of Fustat. The senders are writing on behalf of an ʿaguna who has been …

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    There is a woman [here] who has been “a widow in [her husband’s] lifetime” for more than three years now. We have heard that her …

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  27. 377LetterT-S 8J36.8

    Beginning of a letter from a certain Abū l-Faraj to "the judge" (perhaps Eliyyahu the Judge). Dating: ca. early 13th century. Opening with blessings and …

    1. אלממלוך אבו אלפרג
    2. בש רח
    3. אלדי נעלם בה מולאי וסיידי רבינה אלדייאן
    4. אדאם אללה בקאה ועזה ועלאה ורפעתה וסנאה
    5. וופק חרכאתה בתקואה וגמעני ואיאה בעד קציאן
    6. אלח…

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  28. 378LetterENA NS 7.13

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, 12th c sefaradi hand, should be checked against Maimonides, Yehuda ha-Levi and other known quantities. The writer signs his name Yosef b. …

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  29. 379LetterT-S K22.11

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: 11th century. Mentions Abū l-Ḥasan; Salāma b. Mūsā (al-Ṣafāqusī?); Farrāḥ al-Iskandarānī. Very faded; uncited in the literature.

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  30. 380LetterMIAC 23973.59

    Letter to a Nubian eparch in Ibrīm from Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad, son of the sincere commander Crescent of the Dynasty (Hilāl al-Dawla), the elder Treasure …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. وصل كتاب حضرة مولاي صاحب الخيل اطال الله بقاها وادام 
    3. تاييدها وعلاها ورفعتها وسناها وتمكينها وكبت بالذل المهين 
    4. كافة ح…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. The letter of your honour, my lord, the Master of the Horses—may God prolong his life and …

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  31. 381LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/16

    Letter from Yehuda Pinto and Moshe Ḥaddād to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 22 Av 5568 AM = 15 August 1808 CE. …

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  32. 382LetterT-S 6J1.28

    Letter from a Yehuda. Beginning only. The writer acknowledges receiving a letter from the majlis of 'our lord and crown of the heads' the 'Nagid' …

    1. בר
    2. ורד עלי אלממלוך אלאצגר אלמתאל
    3. אלשריף אלצאדר מן מגלס סידנא
    4. ותאג רוסנא כב גד קד מרנו ורבינו
    5. אדונינו נגידנו נשיאנו נ.[. . . .
    6. מלכינו שלמה נשיא גל[וי…

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  33. 383LetterT-S Misc.28.140

    Hebrew letter, likely a draft, from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi to a distinguished physician (but probably not Maimonides: Moshe b. Levi blesses his "sons" rather …

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    1. שלום רב וג
    2. והאיש משה וג
    3. כי ארך ימים וג
    4. גביר רופאים עטרת חכמים
    5. אבי [ה]שרים וגזע התמים
    6. וגם נדיב וגם צדיק וישר
    7. וירא מנעוריו דר מרומים
    8. שמו משה [[…

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  34. 384LetterAIU VII.D.18

    Official letter in Hebrew. Dating: Uncertain, probably no earlier than 16th century. Addresses the members of 'the holy congregation,' exhorting them about something to do …

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  35. 385LetterMIAC 238

    Personal letter for Yeḥiʾel al-Qahlānī [from Yosef b. Shalom Siman] – 28 Kislev __96 [first two digits illegible on document] – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum …

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  36. 386LetterCUL Or.1081 J8

    Letter of appeal in the name of an old woman, whose mantle was stolen while she was about to wash it in the Nile, asking …

    1. בש רח
    2. אשריכם זורעי על כל מים משלחי רגל ה והח
    3. אשרי שומרי משפט עושה צדקה בכל עת
    4. ציון במשפט תפדה ושביה בצדקה
    5. אעלם מואלי אלדיאנין נר ואלגמאעה ברוכים
    6. יהי…

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  37. 387LetterT-S 6J3.11

    Letter from an unidentified sender who uses the ʿalāma/motto "yeshaʿ rav" to a certain Yisraʾel. In Hebrew. Apologizing for the delay in the delivery of …

    1. ואני בייי אעל[וזה] וג
    2. אל אשכול הכופר שושנת העמקים עטרת הפז . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. ה יק צ ת מר ור ישראל ה[י]שר בעיני האל אשר עדה [[. . . . .…

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  38. 388LetterT-S 12.43

    Letter segment concerning some legal issues with the signature of Shemarya. The first concerns Nissim al-Iskandarani who has entered into a business partnership with an …

    1. ומתלמידינו הי]ושבים לפנינו המקום יגדיל[
    2. ]עלי נסים אלאסכנדראני משאט אל[
    3. וכל מא] יחצל לה מן פצל אללה פיהם כאן להא אלנצ[ף
    4. פאדא קראת יאהובנו כתאבנא ה[ד]…

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  39. 389LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 381

    Note addressed to al-Shaykh al-Ṣafiyy. In Arabic script. Has the glyph. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. The first 4 lines are completely preserved and …

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  40. 390LetterT-S 8.35

    Letter from Sason b. Shemuel to a notable named Elʿazar (or perhaps [...] b. Elʿazar). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The sender alludes to his bad …

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  41. 391LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/3

    Letter from Yehosef ha-Kohen Av Bet Din b. Shelomo Gaon. In Hebrew. Dated: Shevat 1359 Seleucid, which is Jan/Feb 1048 CE. May be a fragment …

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  42. 392LetterBL OR 2598.162

    What purports to be a copy of an excerpt from a letter of appointment to the attendant of the synagogue at Ezra's tomb north of …

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    1. אן ירתב ולדה מעה פי כדמה אלמכאן לינוב מנאבה ויקום מקאמה
    2. ויסאעדה מדה חיאתה פי אלכדמה עאגלא ויכון כלפה אגלא ואלדי
    3. גרת אלעאדה מן אלאיגאב ען כדמה …

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  43. 393LetterL-G Misc. 103

    Letter from Daniel b. ʿAzarya (in the handwriting of his scribe), probably in Jerusalem, to ʿEli b. ʿAmram, in Fustat. The sender mentions the praises …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. שלום נכבדנו וחשובנו והנסגל עדינו כב גק מר עלי החבר המעולה
    3. בחבורת האמת והצדק יהי צור עזרו וצל סתרו לשמרו לנצרו ביר
    4. עמרם זכ לב ירבה לעד ישא נ…

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  44. 394LetterT-S NS 176.3 + T-S NS 176.2

    Letter from one community (of Jerusalem?) to another (of Fustat?). In Hebrew. Dating: likely 11th century. There is a long introduction with biblical verses and …

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  45. 395LetterT-S 8J9.11

    Letter (petition) addressed to a certain notable named Perhaya. AA

    1. אליה ואלאשתמאל עליה ואלאחתפאל
    2. בה ואלאנתהא אלי כדמתה אלי חין
    3. אנפצאלה והו שאכר ואן כאן אלמולי
    4. מא יחתאג אלי מנבה פי חק מתלה
    5. לאני אעלם מן ..אנתתה ועקלה

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  46. 396LetterENA NS 16.26

    Business letter sent from Tripoli, Lebanon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions terrible economic depression in the Levant and asks the addressee to send …

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  47. 397LetterENA NS 52.21

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Rashīd, to the sage R. Badosa, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century. The writer …

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  48. 398LetterENA NS 77.172

    Epistle or literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. There are some narrative portions, but mainly it seems to be quoting and interpreting biblical verses. Needs examination.

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  49. 399LetterT-S AS 156.344

    Fragment from the opening of a letter.

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  50. 400LetterT-S AS 148.46

    Business letter to Zikrī, mentioning Ibrahim Ibn al-Fawsalī (אלפוסלי) (?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 14th or 15th century. Asks the addressee to obtain something …

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