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  1. 351LetterT-S AS 152.75

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 11th century. Mentions something which Rabbi Yosef brought with him; 100 dinars; 22 dinars for Isḥāq; …

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  2. 352LetterENA 3379.21

    Letter in Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Seems to be warning the addressees about a man who might trick them.

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  3. 353LetterBodl. MS heb. d 73/24

    Drafts of the opening of a letter, quoting Esther 6:11. Maybe to the writer's father. Dating: Late, probably 18th or 19th century.

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  4. 354LetterL-G Misc. 13

    IB VI, 32 (ח72). Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Aharon al-Sijilmāsī, in Dahlak, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. Dated: 8 Tammuz, apparently of 1140 CE. Yiṣḥaq continues …

    1. כתאבי אלי ח̇צר̈ה מולאי אלשיך אלא̇גל אטאל אללה
    2. פי אלכיר בקאהא ואדאם תאיידהא ותבת
    3. סעאדתהא וסלאמתהא ונעמתהא ורפעתהא
    4. ואחיאהא ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאהא ו…

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  5. 355LetterT-S NS J101

    Letter from Yefet to Eliyyahu the Judge giving him instructions for drawing up a deed of rent (ijāra) for a building between Yefet and Abū …

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    1. יתפצל אלואלד אלדיין אלגליל רבינו אליהו שצ
    2. יכתב אלאגארה עלא אלשיך אבו אלברכאת שצ
    3. במא אקנא מנה ויביין אמר אלעמארה כמא
    4. וקע אלקניין וכאן דלך יום א…

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  6. 356LetterT-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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  7. 357LetterENA NS 57.8

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Addressed to al-Shaykh al-Melammed Tamīm(?). Telling him to ask (yataqaḍḍā ilā) Maḥāsin al-Ṭabīb to attend the court …

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  8. 358LetterT-S AS 14.198

    Tiny fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  9. 359LetterT-S Ar.39.188

    Mercantile letter in Arabic script. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. The sender mentions requesting the 'marsūm' and something which came out to 700 dirhams; …

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  10. 360LetterT-S NS 308.122

    Letter from the yeshiva in Pumbedita to two people from Qayrawan, around 850. The yeshiva members complain about the economic support that they get from …

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    1. [האיי] בן דויד ראש[כלה( ?) לרבנא ]ם בן רבנא הנניה ולרבנא יהודה בן רבנא שאול ולשאר כל קהל הדרין
    2. [בקירואן] שבארץ אפריק[י]ה האהובים והכב[ודים וה…

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  11. 361LetterT-S K3.26

    Recto: Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer, a Persian man (ʿajamī), who is suffering …

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  12. 362LetterMoss. II,111.1

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic (16th century per FGP) from Yosef b. Adīda (?) to Yefet b. Farḥān regarding flax shipments. People named include ʿAbd al-Karīm …

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  13. 363LetterENA 4009.12

    Mercantile letter. Dating: probably 11th century. On verso vocalized piyyut. Needs further examination.

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  14. 364LetterMoss. V,333.1

    Letter fragment from the cantor Yefet b. ʿAmram b. Moshe ha-Mumḥe known as Ibn al-Jāzfīnī, in the Rīf, to the elder and cantor Yakhin b. …

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  15. 365LetterCUL Or.1080 J276

    Letter from Isḥaq b. ʿImrān, probably in al-Maḥalla, to the parnas Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Yahya, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic …

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    1. ב֗ש֗מ֔ ר֗ח֗מ֔
    2. וצל כתאב מולאיי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    3. ותאידה וסלאמתה ונעמתה ופהמתה ואמא מא דכרה 
    4. בסׅבב אפרים פאנני אנפדת אליה וגא אלי…

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    1. In (Your) name, O Merci(ful)

    2. The letter of my lord has arrived, may God prolong your life and make lasting your honor, 

    3. strength, health,…

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  16. 366LetterT-S AS 203.50

    Letter fragment in Hebrew. Late. Mentions payment for cheese. There is a stylized signature at the end after ושלום.

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  17. 367LetterT-S 12.407

    Letter fragment. Only a small part of the first few lines of recto are preserved—addressing Sayyidnā al-Rayyis al-Ajall Ra's al-Kull (Rosh Kallah)—along with 4 full …

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  18. 368LetterENA 3935.11

    Verso (original use): Bottom part of a letter or decree in Arabic script. Refers to a ḍāmin and someone whom "we need, but he does …

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    1. ويقرر ذلك وانما غاب …ليس …

    2. وهو جمال الناىب عنه عما …المسلمين

    3. وان تتفضل بشي حتى نحضرها واذ

    4. سيرنا لك الذي لك على الضمنا ف…

    5. واخذ/واحد ل…

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  19. 369LetterMoss. VII,210

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to someone addressed as Sayyidnā, likely the Nagid Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya, reporting that on Friday, the 24th of Adar I, R. Shemarya …

    1. קד עלם אללה גלה קדרתה שוקי לחצרה
    2. סיידנא ירום הודו וממא אעלם בה סיידנא
    3. אן למא כאן יום אלגמעה אלדי הי כד יום מן
    4. אדר ראשון פנזל ר שמריה אלכהן אלי אלסוק
    5. …

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  20. 370LetterT-S NS J533

    Business/family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower left corner). Mentions Abū ʿImrān. T-S NS J533 and Moss. II,176.2 appear to be in the same hand and …

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  21. 371LetterMoss. V,338.6 + Moss. V,338.7 + Moss. V,338.5

    The fragments are missing. Contains letter per Mosseri catalogue

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  22. 372LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 513

    Verso (original use): Upper left corner of a brief letter or petition in Arabic. The text is fragmentary and the context is missing but the …

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  23. 373LetterT-S Ar.18(1).113

    Letter from Berakhot b. Shemarya, in Damietta, to his parents or at least elder relatives or in-laws (ואלדיה). The address is made out to his …

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  24. 374LetterT-S 12.44

    Recto: Letter from the Palestinian Gaon, Daniel b. Azarya (1051-1062), to the head of the Palestinian congragation in Fustat, Eli b. Amram, concerning ‘what was …

    1. [ ] וינצרהו ויעודדהו ביר עמרם זכרו
    2. [לברכה לע]ד נתאחרו כתבי נכבדנו החבר המעולה
    3. [ ]קדם ולא עוד אלא שאנו שואלים
    4. [בשלומהו ודור]שים ב[ש]קטהו וכשמע השלום …

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  25. 375LetterJRL A 734

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Shimʿon Frances, probably in Cairo (למצ[ר), from Nissim Masos(?) or Mshish(?). Mentions Shelomo Barūkh, Yaʿaqov Portas, and Eliyyahu Ben-Ṣahal. Requires …

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  26. 376LetterT-S AS 153.253 + T-S AS 153.252

    Letter addressed to a Nagid. On verso there are accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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  27. 377LetterT-S Misc.28.50

    Probably a letter of appeal for charity. From a certain Yefet. In Hebrew.

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  28. 378LetterENA NS 14.4

    Informal note/order addressed to Abū Saʿīd (al-ʿAfṣī?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Giving him an instruction concerning the cup/jug (kūz) of mercury that is with the bearer of …

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  29. 379LetterMoss. II,193

    Letter from Ismāʿīl b. Salāma al-Ghazāl, al-Bahnasa, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1051. Details about payments and business with local government officials in …

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך

    3. מן אלבהנסה ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק שדיד קרב אללה אלאגתמאע ע…

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    1. (2−1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך,
    2. מבהנסה, שלומי טוב ואני…

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  30. 380LetterT-S NS J538

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Consists mainly of lists of goods and numbers. Mentions people such as Abū Iskandar(!) and Abū l-Ḥasan.

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  31. 381LetterT-S NS 33.137

    Recto: Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to buying good quality musk (אלמ]סך אלטיב) for 'whatever price.' Refers to a qinṭār of something; …

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    1. ]مع صورته ..[
    2. بي والله خاب..[
    3. ولم افعل ابتعه وبالقول.....لي
    4. الدراهم وهي ثلثة وثلثين درهما بعد[
    5. وذكر الجمال ان ما وجد مولاي حا...
    6. في السوق واري…

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  32. 382LetterT-S 16.274

    Letter possibly sent from Alexandria by a merchant to his relative, including details about accounts and mentioning orders of perfumes and spices. (Information from M. …

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    1. [                                                                         ] ואחד
    2. [                                                            …

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    1. (1–16) .... אחד .... עם אדוני.... ואת המקובל(?) .... קניתי בק"נ .... לא היתה להם יכולת על מה שהשליכו .... שתי האוניות ונכנסו .... הערבים, וחזר…

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  33. 383LetterHalper 401

    Letter from David b. Shekhanya to David b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi, an elder of the Qaraites in Fustat and a protector of the Jews in the …

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  34. 384LetterT-S Ar.30.64

    Informal note from ʿAbd al-Karīm to R. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: perhaps Mamluk-era; Yemeni hand? The sender asks the addressee to urgently send his grandmother …

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    לא תכליהא תקעד וכתבה

    עבד אלכרים

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    1. אלמולא אלאגל אלשיך רבי יוסף
    2. ופקה אללה תעאלי יעלם אן
    3. סאעה וקו…

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  35. 385LetterNLI 577.10/3

    Recto: Letter draft in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing his trademark phrase "when I had turned toward health." He says many …

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  36. 386LetterENA 3928.5

    Fragment of a family letter in Arabic script. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century, possibly from the circle of Eliyyahu the Judge (based on the …

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  37. 387LetterT-S 10J32.4

    Fragment of a copy of a letter by Sherira Gaʾon. (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 388LetterENA 4045.12

    Verso: Informal note in Arabic script. ما هوذا يستقر لي معك قول صحيح امضي للحمام اليوم حتى اجي بلعشى واعرفك ايش افعل فقد جتني المرة …

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  39. 389LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 97

    Address of an (official-looking) letter for David ben Naʿim in Fustat/Cairo, mentioning his capacity as [...] of the looms (al-anwāl) in Alexandria ( يصل الى …

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  40. 390LetterT-S AS 145.377

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with greetings. (Information from CUDL)

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  41. 391LetterJRL B 4277

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq de Curiel. In Ladino and western Arabic numerals. Dating: early 19th century. Opens with a list of items received (ריסיוי...), including a …

    1. ריסיוי רימונים פאר 1 פונטירו 1 נארגילי 1 קוג̇יאו 1
    2. קוג̇אראס קטנים 3 קוג̇ארה גדולה 1 פירוניס 2 באקראג̇ 1
    3. זארפ̇יס 4 סינייא 1 סך פידאסוס דייס אי סייטי …

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  42. 392LetterT-S AS 200.447

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic petition, with the tarjama in Arabic script (only the word ʿabd is preserved). Of the petition itself only the middle …

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  43. 393LetterT-S Misc.27.4.10

    Letter/report/petition addressed to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Concerns Ḥāzim the tax rallier (ḥashshār) who was placed under house arrest (tarsīm) and relieved of his …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כי שמש ומגן ייי אלהים חן כבוד
    3. יתן ייי וג ומצא חן ושכל טוב בעיני אלהים ואדם
    4. להדרת יקרת אדוננו נגידנו שמואל הנגיד
    5. [הגדול] שר השרים ונגיד…

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  44. 394LetterT-S AS 184.421

    Likely a letter in Arabic script. Very faded/damaged.

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  45. 395LetterT-S 16.59

    Appeal for charity for captives, with several signatures. Dated: 5382 AM = 1621/22 CE. Mentioning an appeal by several poor men who are imprisoned in …

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  46. 396LetterDK 228.2 (alt: 228/A, XVIII)

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, the paternal cousin of Nahray b. Nissim, in Alexandria, to Nahray's son, Abū Saʿd Nissim b. Nahray, in Fustat, after …

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    1. עלקת אליך האדה אלוקעה ען סרעה יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך 
    2. ונעמאן ען סרעה וקד תקדמת כתבי אליך עדה ארג'ו וצולהא אליך אן שא אללה וא…

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    1. אני מחבר פתק זה בחיפזון, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו
    2. ואת חסדיו לך, בחיפזון. שלחתי לך לפני כן מכתבים אחדים, אקווה שה…

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  47. 397LetterT-S 10J14.12

    Letter from Mansur b. Salim in Alexandria to a friend in Cairo inquiring about his son, who had run away to the army and had …

    1. שאכר תפצלהא
    2. מנצור אבן סאלם
    3. קד עלם אללה תעאלה(!) שדד(!) שוקי לחצרה מולאי
    4. אלשיך אלאגל אלמונעם אלמותפצל שצ וגיר
    5. דאלך יא מולאי ממלוכה יעלם אלמולא אן
    6. ולד…

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  48. 398LetterT-S 6J3.3 + T-S Ar.7.26

    Letter of appeal for help, mentioning a recent death, apparently of a husband, leaving the writer (the widow) without livelihood and unable to live with …

    T-S 6J3.3 (Edited by Goitein)

    1. מולאי מא ענדנא מן שוגל
    2. אלקלב וממן תופי פי הדה אלאשהר
    3. אללה תעאלי יעוצהא ומא לי לא עיש
    4. ולא קראר מע אלכבירה והי כל
    5. יום תט…

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  49. 399LetterT-S AS 153.357

    Recto: document, mentioning Hillel and Elʿazar. Verso: Arabic document; possibly a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  50. 400LetterT-S AS 177.384

    Letter in Arabic script. Rudimentary hand. Mentions small business transactions.

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