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Fragment of a letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310– d. 1355 CE), possibly a recommendation for Yosef al-Ṣabbān (the soap boiler).
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From the circle of the 13th-century Mosul Nasis. Extremely faded. The beginning and ending are missing. All of recto and part of …
(1-5) . . . and in the sukka. . . the conflict broke out, and they erected mangonels against the city. On the day of Simḥat Tora they took the …
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Bifolio with copies of letters addressed to dignitaries. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Damaged. The letters' addressees include: Shelomo …
Letter in Hebrew from a man, Yiṣḥaq _____[illegible], in Jerusalem to Samson, in Derbent, calling for him to immigrate to "Zion and Jerusalem." Dated 24 …
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Letter describing the claims of the writer's brother-in-law on the half of a house that was sold by the mother to her daughter, the writer's …
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Fragment of a letter, comprising the upper left corner. Medieval-era. The recipient is addressed in line 1 as "mawlāy al-shaykh al-jalīl." Requires further examination. MCD.
Family letter from a brother to his sister trying to dissuade her from marrying a certain man whom he describes as being "not a Jew, …
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Minute fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, containing formulaic blessings. Reused on recto for Hebrew literary text.
Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. In the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli he-Ḥaver;
Letter from Yisrael b. Natan, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: March 1062 CE. Among other matters, Yisrael reports that he is in bad …
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IB II, 9. Letter from Khiyār b. Yaʿaqov to Netanʾel b. Yefet (aka Abū l-Mufaḍḍal Hibatallāh b. Ḥusayn). In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter concerns a consignment …
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Fragment from near the beginning of a letter in Arabic script, chancery-esque hand.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The first four lines are preserved. Probably a letter of appeal asking for charity or aid from the distinguished addressee. The latter's …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, likely an appeal for help.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee may be Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Moshe.The sender reports that he paid the 'tarsīm' (fee for house arrest) and …
Recto: Note from a sick man to a physician, it seems beseeching him to assist an older family member who is also sick. "By the …
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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 …
A letter to Biמyamin Yerushalmi from the Karaites of Qal'a
Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, probably in Qalyūb, to a family member, in Fustat. Fragment: left side of recto, right side of verso, tapering …
Letter from Barhūn b. Mūsā, in Alexandria, to his father Mūsā b. Barhūn, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1055. Mentions the capitation tax (jizya); Yosef b. …
כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וריס[י ותא]ג ראסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצ[רף]
אלאסוא ענך במנה וצל כתאבך ווק[פת עלי] מא דכר[תה] וגמיע מא ד…
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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 …
Letter fragment. The ends of ~7 lines are preserved. Dating: probably 12th or 13th century.
Verso (secondary use): poem in Hebrew, possibly for use in a letter of appeal for charity by a poor person.
IB VI, 38a. Letter from Makārim b. Mūsā Ibn Nufayʿ, in ʿAydhāb, to (his son-in-law?) the ḥaver Yeshuʿa b. Yoshiyya the descendant of Shemaʿya Gaʾon, …
Letter containing a note of congratulations for a marriage contract and wishing the new husband a fertile union, citing the biblical blessing conferred on Ruth …
Letter of business written in the 11th century by Yeshuʿa b. Ismaʿīl, sent to Alexandria to [...] b. Abī l-Ḥayy. (Information from CUDL)
Letter to a certain Shemuel. In Judaeo-Arabic, in a crude hand. Mentioning the currency nuṣṣ (= nuṣf, which generally refers to the muʾayyadi first coined …
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Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Mentions Alexandria; business negotiations with Abū Naṣr, concluding with a purchase for only 30 dinars; refers to …
Letter, probably, in a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. The addressee is instructed to obtain a certain amount of oil …
Business letter, referring to the purchase of commodities and their prices, e.g. almonds and top quality Qifṭī sugar, mentioning Yaʿaqov b. Khallūf. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Bū Manṣūr b. Abū Saʿd Shemuel to Avraham al-Maḥallī al-Talmid (the student/scholar). Addressed to Fustat, the synagogue of the Palestinians, situated in Zuqāq …
Petition of a cantor, son of a judge, who is sick and poor, asking God and a Nasi for help (the Nagid Mevorakh per Goitein's …
A short incomplete note, probably written by Shelomo b. Elya, asking to give half a cup (קדח) to the bearer of the note and also …
Recto: The last few lines of an Arabic letter. Needs further examination. Verso: The lower part of a letter of appeal signed by the cantor …
Fragment of a letter from Yosef b. Berekhya from Qayrawan (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #147) …
Begging letter from a certain Yosef (top right-hand corner) to Natan b. Yefet known as Ibn Tinnīsī (top left corner). In Hebrew. The writer complains …
Letter from somebody in Qūṣ to a family member named Ibrāhīm b. Wāfī, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th–13th century. The beginning is missing. The …
Letter from Elʿazar b. Avner to Abū l-Rabīʿ Sulaymān b. ʿImrān. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No later than 1237 CE (the year of Avraham Maimonides' death). …
Woman’s letter, introduced by Psalms 45:17, mentioning a certain Abū l-M[...]. (Information from CUDL)
Letter written to "my brother," apparently from Qus, dealing primarily with family members' medical issues. There are many eccentric spellings. Recto 4-12: The writer has …
Second leaf of a letter from an unidentified merchant, probably in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 1052 by Gil and 1066/67 by Goitein (in Mediterranean Society, …
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Fragment of a letter, possibly, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Six lines are preserved, with wide line spacing. Explaining that …
Letter of appeal for financial assistance by the elders of the community of Corfu (קורפו). In Hebrew. The date does not appear to be preserved, …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic opening phrases are preserved, in a high register.
Fragment of a letter from Yisrael b. Natan, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. The letter deals with trades, especially of fabrics. Yisrael b. Natan …
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Letter from Yosef b. Yehuda b. Simḥa (Alexandria) to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1050. The writer mentions a number of deals in …
אטאל אללה יא[שיכי] וסידי וריסי בקאך וצאנך בנפסך ואמואלך וא[ ]ך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאך [ ]
נעלמך אן וצלת אלי רקעתך ווגדת פיהא ראחה כת…
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th century. Mentions a bill of divorce (possibly); a gentile; and some commodities and prices.
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' …
Letter from a woman named Archondou, in Alexandria, to her son Fuḍayl, in Fustat. Her main purpose in writing emerges at the end: she wants …
[ ]ומו'ת'[ ]ת' [ ] ובות' משוכן
ער'בות אל'[ ]י יחידי' ידידי מ'
פודאיל' מ[ ] א'מ'ך' ארכודו ומבעלי'
מ' אליה קבל ר…
[Blessings etc. ?] from Him who dwells
in the heavenly expanse. To [my son?] my beloved only son Mar
Fudhail, from me, your mother Arc…
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Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Written in purple ink. Late, probably 18th or 19th century.