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  1. 4001LetterMoss. V,346.3

    Un-conserved and damaged. Letter from Aharon to his brother Abu Sa’d al-Kohen. AA

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  2. 4002LetterT-S 8.256

    Only the bottom of the leaf is preserved, possibly a poetic letter or panegyric. Refers to Nathaniel ha-Sar (the 12th-century Gaʾon Nathaniel b. Moses?). (Information …

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  3. 4003LetterT-S Misc.28.136

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Dating: likely 11th century. Dealing with a matter of communal/political strife in the yeshiva. Some phrases: עלי אלמתיבה . . . …

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  4. 4004LetterJRL B 4205

    Letter. Fragment refers to someone designated as 'the elevated presence.' Verso of the letter mentions the murder of Fakhr al-ʾUmara near Alexandria and also mentioning …

    1. ........................]...
    2. .......].שד(?) קלת פי מא נצדר
    3. מן כת[א]בי מא אגני בה ען אעאדה
    4. דלך ופי מא [א]קתרן אליה בהדה
    5. אלסטור [פליע?]תקד הדה אלחצרה
    6. …

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  5. 4005LetterT-S 20.138

    Verso: Another letter in a different hand, from a husband to his wife. He encourages her to send their two sons to school in the …

    Verso

    1. אלתורה יתו[
    2. לכיר מתל [
    3. הדא אלדי כ[
    4. ורד אללה עאקבתהם [. . . . . .] נחן
    5. מא נחן מכדומין ענד אלנאס אלא בסבב
    6. אלעלם ובמא תבת פי אדהאננא פי חאל
    7. צגרנא…

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  6. 4006LetterT-S 16.7

    Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Ismail al-Andalusi, in Sicily, to Yoshua b. Natan al-Andalusi, in Fustat. Dealing with business matters and listing prices of goods in …

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    1. כתאבי לסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם איאם סלאמתך וכאן לך ומעך ופי גמיע אמורך וליא וחאפטא 
    2. מן אלמסתקר ה' איאם כלת מן שהר אלול ערפנא אללה ואי…

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    לאדוני ורבי הנכבד מר אבו אלסָרוּר יושע בן נתן נ"ע, ייתן לו אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומו ואת אושרו ואת דאגתו לו; מאוהבו, יעקב בן …

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  7. 4007LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/10

    Letter from Moshe b. Yiṣḥaq the Qaraite, in Jerusalem, greeting various Qaraite notables in Fustat including Shemuel b. ʿAzarya b. Mevasser, ʿEzra b. Shemuʾel b. …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלפאצל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה
    2. וחראסתה וסלאמתה מן אלמסתקר אלקדס אלשריף חרסה אללה ועמרה
    3. בבקאיה לתמאן כלון מן שעבאן …

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  8. 4008LetterMIAC 219

    Announcement from the Cairo Jewish community and by the rabbinate that all the wine sold by the company "Curiel Oriental" is not kosher, and an …

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  9. 4009LetterENA 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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  10. 4010LetterT-S 8.41

    Letter from Yosef b. Hiba, unknown location, to Abū Sahl Menashshe b. Ṭoviyya, in Jubayl (likely Byblos in present-day Lebanon, but there is also a …

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  11. 4011LetterT-S 16.68

    Letter from Shemuel the Third b. Hoshana, Jerusalem, to Shemarya b. al-Hanan, the leader of the Babylonian Jewish community in Fustat ca. 1010. Shemuel writes …

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    1. שלום לשוחר [טוב ]ממון [ ] כל המון ראש כברוש אסקובטר
    2. גם חכמון יקר שמו במקהלות פאר ערמון הולך וגדל כרקח בשמון קנמון
    3. ככוד גדולת קדושת מרינו ורבינו שמ…

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  12. 4012LetterT-S AS 149.264

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Not much is preserved apart from greetings. Mentions the parnas Yiṣḥaq and Musallam ha-Kohen.

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  13. 4013LetterT-S AS 206.6

    Much faded and damaged fragment of a letter, not much can be saved. Probably a recommendation for a certain Yosef (wa-huwa rajul jayyid....).

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  14. 4014LetterT-S AS 183.301

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Written (unusually) on a bifolio. Mentions in the beginning that 'the owner of the myrobalan' (ṣāḥib al-halīlaj) came …

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  15. 4015LetterT-S 13J28.5

    Letter sent in response to a message from the addressee, with well-wishes related to the addressee's illness or frailty (iltiyāth). Elevated register. Dating: 11th or …

    1. בסם אללה
    2. וצל כתא[בך . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]י אטאל אללה בקאך ווקפ[ת]
    3. עליה וסא [ענדי מא ד]כרתה מן אלתיאת גסמך ואללה ימיט
    4. ענך סאיר אלאלאם במנ…

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  16. 4016LetterT-S 6J4.34

    Recto: late letter, to someone described as ‘a great man among giants’ and ‘the great tamarisk’, who is also praised as ‘[possessing more wisdom] than …

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  17. 4017LetterCUL Or.1080 J231

    Fragment of a letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda.

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    1. [ ] אפלו בשמעו דבריהם כי מבקשי מחלוקת
    2. [ ] פנים הסביר ובכבוד הדביר אז אשר
    3. [ ] בראש השבעה עלה בלב טוב לו לפרעה
    4. [ ]ה להשמיעה ולאשרו בטוב שמועה כי…

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  18. 4018LetterENA 2805.17

    Letter from Salāmah b. Ibrahīm (Būṣīr) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat). Ca. 1053 (Gil). The writer is preparing flax to be loaded onto ships for …

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    1. על שמך
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עז[ה וסלאמתה]
    3. וסעאדתה אעלם מולאי אני קד חמלת פי אלעשארי ח' אעדל לך
    4. וללשיך אבי אלסרור ולם אתמכן מן…

    recto

    1. (2−1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת אושרך: אודיעך, אדוני, ששלחתי בעשארי ח' משוא…

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  19. 4019LetterJRL B 8250

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged. Mentions three days and (in the margin) news about the collector (al-jābī).

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  20. 4020LetterCUL Or.1080 J16

    Letter from Avraham Ibn Sughmār, from Fustat, to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Nahray traveled to Alexandria and the writer is sorry that he did not …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך ומן אל

    2. תופיק אלחסן לא אכלאך ראש חדש כסליו געלה אללה עליך ועלינא

    3. אימן אלשהור ואברכהא ואסעדה…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך
    2. ואל ימנע ממך את מיטב ההצלחה, בראש חודש כסלו, ישימו אלוהים לך ולנו
    3. המוצל…

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  21. 4021LetterENA 2592.3

    Letter addressed to the Nasi Shelomo b. Yishay from the town of Bilbays containing local news and sending greetings to the Nagid David b. Avraham …

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    1. בש] רח
    2. אל]לה תע לא יוחשנא מן גמאל אלמגלס
    3. אל]סאמי אלאגלי אלסידי אלאוחדי אל . . רי
    4. אלכבירי אלדאוודי נשיאנו שלמה הנשיא
    5. הגדול יר הו ויג כבו אלכאלק…

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  22. 4022LetterCUL Or.1081 J11

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The name Yosef b. Seʿadya appears on the other side (technically recto); perhaps this is the name of the sender. The sender …

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  23. 4023LetterMoss. IXa,2.22

    Letter in Arabic script, with a few words in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). The sender congratulates the addressee on the holidays, alludes to the …

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  24. 4024LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/116

    Letter from a woman in Fustat to her brother Yūsuf al-Kharrāṭ (?) in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. The scribe writes …

    Recto

    1. כתאבי אלי מולי ואכי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדם עזה ושלמתה
    2. ונעמתה גמע אללה ביננא פי כיר ועאפיה ואלדי תריד
    3. עלמה אן מא וצל לי מנך כתאב ולי גואב ובקי
    4. קלב…

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  25. 4025LetterT-S NS J386

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably to one of his brothers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Large fragment (lower right corner of recto). Mentions: Abū …

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  26. 4026LetterT-S 8J33.6

    Letter from Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli to Elʿazar b. Yosef, the brother of "the great rabbi" Seʿadʾel b. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Fragment (upper …

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  27. 4027LetterENA 2728.6

    Letter addressed to Binyamin ha-Sar ha-Rofe (the physician). The name of the sender's father appears to be Eliyyahu—so the writer may be Shelomo b. Eliyyahu.

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  28. 4028LetterT-S 8J16.16

    Letter addressed to Shelomo Ḥalafta Yerushalmi and Meir Ashkenazi, concerning business, the commodity saffron (זעפראן)" is mentioned. R. Yiṣḥaq Luria (ha-Ari) was a part of …

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    1. סלאם אללה תעלא ורחמתה עאלי אלא . . אלעזיז . . .
    2. אלכתב אליך מן אבוך ואמך ואוכתך ומלכ . נסאלם עליך
    3. כתיר ונעלמך יום אלכמיס אך' פי אדר גא צהרך ור…

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  29. 4029LetterJRL A 1162

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to a captive virgin woman (בתולה שבויי[ה]) and includes the phrase "whether a Jew or [...]."

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  30. 4030LetterT-S AS 158.83

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is very cursive and very hard to read (and seems familiar from other 11th- or 12th-century mercantile documents). Refers …

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  31. 4031LetterCUL Or.1080 J251

    Letter from a son to his father. He complains about difficult circumstances. To make matters worse, ʿIwāḍ al-Bazzāz (the clothier) died owing the sender 60 …

    1. כתאבי אל חצרה מולאי וסיידי אלואלד
    2. אלעזיז אלמשפק וצאחב אלראי אלמופק
    3. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
    4. עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה
    5. וגמע בינאנא ואיאה במנה ו…

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  32. 4032LetterT-S 12.309

    Letter from Abū Manṣur to his 'brother' Abū Saʿd. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee has promised to come for Rosh Hashana. The sender has sent …

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  33. 4033LetterT-S AS 153.491

    Recto: small fragment of a letter or note. Verso: unidentified Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  34. 4034LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1465

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Writer and addressee unknown. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions the currency ashrafī. The letter deals in great depth with a …

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  35. 4035LetterMoss. Ia,17

    Letter to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Menashshe b. David al-Ṣayrafī. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender might be Faraḥ b. Yūsuf al-Qābisī (the usual correspondent of Yehuda …

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  36. 4036LetterT-S 12.304

    Special congratulations for the holidays. Left two thirds are missing. Wide spaces between the lines. Information from Goitein's note card.

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  37. 4037LetterT-S 10J13.19

    Letter from Mevorakh b. Natan to Elazar ha-Kohen expressing sympathy at the death of his father. The writer notes that he had already sent a …

    1. נחמו נחמו עמי יאמר אלהיכם וג
    2. בשמ רחמכי ייי יהיה בכסלך ושמר רגלך מלכד
    3. כי תלך במו אש לא תיכוה ולהבה לא וג
    4. ורבצת ואין מחריד וחלו פניך רבים
    5. והיה ראשיתך …

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  38. 4038LetterENA 2558.16

    Letter that mentions Avraham Maimonides - it seems that the writer asked him a question regarding legal procedure and now he is asking the recipient …

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  39. 4039LetterMoss. IV,52

    Letter fragment (lower right corner). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions an amīr, a community, al-Shaykh al-Muwaffaq, and it seems some sort of controversy.

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  40. 4040LetterT-S AS 168.137

    Brief notes in Judaeo-Arabic, probably one each on recto and verso. The one on verso may be addressed to 'al-shaykh al-nafīs.' Unclear how much of …

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  41. 4041LetterT-S AS 147.267

    Very damaged and barely legible fragment of a letter. AA

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  42. 4042LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1511

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Damascus, to his parents. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Thursday, 25 Tammuz 5341 AM = 1581 CE (unless we are only …

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  43. 4043LetterF 1908.44BB + F 1908.44DD

    End of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Same hand as F 1908.44DD, which is very likely the beginning of the same letter. Dating: No earlier than …

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  44. 4044LetterENA 4100.5a

    Letter, probably 11th century Babylonia. The content is unclear, It's probably dealing with a death of a Rabbi. The line spacing and the script is …

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  45. 4045LetterENA 4020.33

    Letter by Sahlan b. Avraham to Menashshe b. Hayyim, congratulating him on his marriage. Dated ca. 1030. (Information from E. Bareket, Shafrir misrayim, pp. 181, …

    1. ליקירנו רצויינו אהובנו חביבנו חשוקנו דבוקנו חמודנו ידידנו מרב מנשה החתן
    2. המתנהג בחסדים ומנתן ומדומה למוצא אחיו בדותן ומצליח בכל טובות ונחלתן
    3. ימצא חן …

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  46. 4046LetterT-S 12.286

    Letter from a certain Yosef to Yiṣḥaq he-Ḥaver, in Valencia (בלנסיה). In Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is Egyptian rather than Spanish (per Amir Ashur) though the …

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  47. 4047LetterJRL B 3856

    Document or notes in Arabic script. Perhaps a draft of a letter or petition. Needs examination. On the other side there is Hebrew literary text. …

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  48. 4048LetterYevr. II A 1804

    Letter sent from Jerusalem to Egypt/Cairo. In Hebrew. Asking for support for the poor and the scholars of the community of Jerusalem. The sender describes …

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  49. 4049LetterT-S AS 177.95

    Letter in Arabic script. Beginning with taqbīl, formal addresses/blessings, and a report ("anhā al-mamlūk..."). Dating: Probably Ayyubid or early Mamluk era. The sender reports that …

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  50. 4050LetterENA NS 49.16

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th century, based on the regards to Eliyyahu the Judge. Same hand as T-S 10J15.23 and T-S NS 163.86.

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