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  1. 401LetterENA NS 8.1

    Letter or letter draft from a son to father. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 16th century. Mainly consists of greetings, including from …

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  2. 402LetterT-S AS 148.35

    Verso: Informal letter in Arabic script, apparently signed by Yūsuf Khalīl (per CUDL). Seems to be dealing with small business transactions. Needs examination.

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  3. 403LetterT-S 13J15.21

    Calligraphic letter from Ya'qub to someone named Ismail in Alexandria, asking urgently for some cloth. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. כתבי(!) אל אלולד אלעזיז אדם(!) אלה בקאה ובקאך ומן חסן
    2. אלתופיק לא אכלאה הו יסלם עליכם כתיר ולא יפעל .והך
    3. עבדו באן מא בקה יבצר מוטנו ואן כאן פי קלבך
    4. ט…

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  4. 404LetterT-S AS 152.76

    Two lines from a letter in Hebrew. Wide space between the lines. Dating: may be late 11th or early 12th century based on similar format …

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  5. 405LetterT-S 8J13.22

    Letter from Abū Saʿīd b. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Abzārī, possibly in al-Mahdiyya, to his mother, probably in Fustat. He also addresses the letter to his brother …

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    1. יאואלדתי ומולאתי וסידתי אלמנעמה עלי
    2. אלמחסנה אלי ומן אדאם אללה מדתהא וחרס עלי
    3. מהגתהא וגמע בהא ושיכא עלי אבלג אמל
    4. ואסוג גדל(?) סבב כתאבי יא מולא…

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  6. 406LetterYevr. II A 2674

    A letter contains mostly discussion on the calendar from Ishaq b. Shlomo

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  7. 407LetterMoss. II,141.3

    Letter fragment (the end only) from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya, referring to a debt. Dating: ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years …

    1. [לכב] מר ורב אפרים החבר בסנהד גדולה ישמרהו
    2. [בור]אהו ויצליחהו בכל מעשהו ושלום רב ישקיטהו
    3. [ומחר]ב יצילהו ובסתר כנפיו יסתירהו וארך ימים [ישביעהו]
    4. [בן מ…

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  8. 408LetterJRL B 2652

    Fragment of a late document in Judaeo-Arabic, probably a letter. Mentions sesame and the price of 110 gurush per ardab. The mention of the Ottoman …

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  9. 409LetterT-S 12.325

    Letter from Dūnash b. Yiṣḥaq from Tripoli (Libya) to Yiṣḥaq b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, Fustat. Around 1030. Describes imagery or exaggerated event, of an attack against …

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    1.                    על שמך
    2. כתאבי אכי וסידי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך וצאנך ווקאך וכאן לך
    3. ומעך פי גמיע אמורך וליה וחאפצ'ה מן אטראבלס לי' כלון מן
    4. …

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  10. 410LetterT-S AS 160.277

    Short letter from Bayān to his 'brother'. Mostly pleasantries, discussing a business affair and inviting the addressee to come spend the sabbath. (Information in part …

    1. אכוה ביאן
    2. געל פדאה
    3. אללה אלעאלם מא] עלי קלבי מן אלאלם מן גהה
    4. מפארקתך אללה] יקרב גמע אלשמל בך עלי אסר
    5. חאל במנה ו]כרמה וגיר דלך אן קד גאב
    6. ]לס מע מן אנפ…

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  11. 411LetterT-S AS 147.274

    Letter from a certain Ibn Nufayʿ. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Fragment (left side only). Most of the substance is lost. He mentions 'a little bit …

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  12. 412LetterT-S AS 149.22

    Fragment from the end of an 11th-century mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Either the sender or the scribe is named Abū l-Surūr, and he greets [...] …

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  13. 413LetterMoss. III,216.2

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

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  14. 414LetterT-S AS 172.106

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to a woman. Surviving phrases: מא קדרתי . . . עלי כתאב תעלמיני בכבר . . . …

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  15. 415LetterAIU VII.E.179

    Letter in Ladino and Hebrew addressed to Moshe Reuben dated 6 August 1754 CE (28 Av 5514 AM). The sender's calligraphic signature is damaged and …

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  16. 416LetterT-S AS 153.215

    Recto: Letter fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, with widened space between the lines.

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  17. 417LetterT-S 8J23.13 + T-S 13J27.17

    Letter from Abū Saʿīd b. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Abzārī, somewhere in the Maghrib, to his brother Abū l-Barakāt, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Last decade of …

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    1. בין אלמס|למין ובין אלרום ומא בקי אחד יגסר ידכר
    2. ס]פר פי אלבחר פבקית אנתטר אחד אלמראכב
    3. אמא] אלפכרי ואמא אלגיטאני פשא אללה אנהם …

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    1. . . . between the Mus]lims and the Rūm. Nobody dared to talk any more

    2. about t]ravel by sea. I had indeed awaited the arrival of a ship,

    3. e…

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  18. 418LetterT-S 13J28.10

    Letter of appeal for charity from Yeḥezqel b. Ibrāhīm (the writer) and the former judge Moshe b. Shemarya to Abū ʿImran Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy, …

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    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתך ואין למו מכשול
    2. סבב כתאבנא הדא אלי סידי הזקן היקר המכובד סגלת הישיבה
    3. הקבה יאריך ימיו בטוב ויתן לו חן וחסד ורחמים ויזכה לח…

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  19. 419LetterT-S AS 185.88

    Writing exercises or the draft of the opening of a letter in Arabic to "al-shaykh al-Fāḍil ʿAbd [...]."

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  20. 420LetterT-S AS 153.167

    Woman’s letter, introduced by Psalms 45:17, mentioning a certain Abū l-M[...]. (Information from CUDL)

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  21. 421LetterT-S 8.42

    Fragment from a letter in a 12th-century hand, which continues into the right-hand margin and closes with greetings for the high holiday. (Information from CUDL; …

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  22. 422LetterT-S AS 128.48

    Verso (original use): Remnant of an address of a letter from Hārūn b. Binyām, sent to Abū Zikrī Kohen, who then reused it as scrap …

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  23. 423LetterBodl. MS heb. e 107.19

    Letter of request for financial support, from Mordekhai ha-ger. Scheiber interpreted it as 'a proselyte', though it can equally be a foreigner - as the …

    1. [........]הזקן הנכבד

    2. .....א]ב טוב עין מאכיל רעבים מלביש

    3. [ערומים מתיר אסורים אבי י]תומים אשר ידו פתוחה לכל עני

    4. [..... ולתת [פעולתו ו]ל[ה]כ…

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  24. 424LetterENA NS 72.13

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the formulaic ending is preserved. Regards to Abū Zikrī b.(?) Sar Shalom.

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  25. 425LetterT-S NS 323.8

    A letter sent to the head of the community R. Yehuda, in the second half of the 16th century. The writer is complaining about Yehuda …

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  26. 426LetterJRL AF 168

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. Mentions a dukkān and [Abū] l-Surūr.

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  27. 427LetterT-S 16.26

    Part of a letter written by a Samaritan carpenter, Joseph b. Ismaʿīl, asserting his devotion to the Law and seeking employment for the writer. It …

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  28. 428LetterBL OR 5542.32

    Recto: calligraphic note (complete) to Abu 'Imran regarding the binding of a book. Also mentions the color of the silk. As for a certain person …

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  29. 429LetterENA 2806.7

    Letter, complete and poetic, written by same hand as ENA 2806.5, contains mostly blessings. ENA 2806.5–7 are copies of letters to Shelomo Gaʾon and his …

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  30. 430LetterJTS MS 8254.12

    Verso: Letter from Moshe Maimonides. Autograph. Giving instructions to al-Dayyan al-Maskil (i.e., Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi) to go to the dyehouse (maṭbakh, maṣbagh) where Abū …

    1. [הדר]ת אלדיין אלמשכיל [אח]יאה אללה פי אל[כיר] אל[כלי]
    2. [           ] אל[אמ]ל[א]ך לליתו[ם] וכדלך ת[תפצל] אן
    3. [           ] . . . אעתראף [. . . .] אבו א…
    1.  הדרת הדיין המשכיל [יח]יהו ה' בטוב [מושלם]
    2. [. . .] הנכסים ליתום וכן תואיל ל. . .
    3. [. . .] הודאה [. . .] אבו אסחק בחצי
    4. בית המלאכה לעשיית צבע ליתום ואח…

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  31. 431LetterT-S AS 145.106

    Letter from Yitzhak ben Avraham (data from FGP by Abraham David)

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  32. 432LetterT-S AS 152.95

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to multiple people. The sender hopes to see the addressees in the place where he is traveling …

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  33. 433LetterBL OR 5545.2

    Letter of appeal to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE), begging for financial assistance, mentioning an old man who is sick and the plight of at …

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  34. 434LetterCUL Or.1080 J81

    Letter from Bu l-Khayr to the local school teacher, asking him for a loan of 400 dirhams against a security to help him out until …

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    1. כאדמה
    2. בו אלכיר
    3. ב
    4. יכדם מולאי אלשיך אלאגל
    5. אלמלמד אדאם אללה עזה
    6. יא מולאי כאן סבק ועדך
    7. לי בן תסלף ממלוכך שי
    8. ואלאן קד אחתאג אלכאדם
    9. אלי סלף ארבע מא…

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  35. 435LetterT-S 10J11.6

    Recto: Letter fragment (or rather Hebrew poetry?), mentioning Abraham. Verso: Unusual text, possibly part of a prayer. Several words are written in hollow letters. (Information …

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  36. 436LetterT-S 13J28.2

    Business letter from Farah b. Yosef in Alexandria to Yehuda b. Menashshe in Fustat concerning the delivery of goods, namely items of silver, olive oil, …

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    1. תקדמת כתבי למולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה עדה לא אחציהא
    2. פלם ארא לאחדאהא גואב ארגו אללה תעאלי אן ישגלה פי אל…

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    1. שלחתי לך לפני כן, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך ויכה את אויביך, מכתבים אחדים שלא ספרתים,
    2. אב…

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  37. 437LetterT-S 18J3.8

    Letter to Yaḥyā ha-Sar. In Judaeo-Arabic, with an elaborate opening in Hebrew. In the hand of one of the 13th-century Mosul Nasis? (Information in part …

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    1. א[ל הדרת] כגק . . . . רנו פארנו מרנ ורבנ
    2. יחיה השר האדיר החכם האביר אשר חכמותיו
    3. על הסדר הסדיר ולבו לקנות חכמה יומם
    4. ולילה הדיר פאר(?) השרים תפא…

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  38. 438LetterT-S 10J17.10

    Letter from a certain Hibatallāh to the physician al-Shaykh al-Thiqa Abū l-Faḍl in the Fayyum. Since this person is independently greeted in the body of …

    1. ותשועת צדיקים מייי מעוזם בעת צ
    2. רננו צדיקים בייי והרנינו כל ישרי לב
    3. ואמרתם כה לחי ואתה [[לחי]] שלום
    4. אלדי אעלם בה חצרה מולאי וסידי
    5. אלשיך אבו אלפצל אטא…

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  39. 439LetterT-S 12.792

    Letter from Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria, to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm (a.k.a. ʿIwāḍ) b. Ḥananel, Fustat. Abū l-Khayr became ill following ʿIwāḍ's departure, and his mother …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסיידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך
    2. ונעמתך מ[ן אלאסכנ]דריה לח' כלון מן כסליו ערפך אללה ואיאנא ברכתה
    3. וסעאדה מא יליה ו…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך
    2. ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה, בח׳ בכסלו, יודיעך אלוהים ויודיע לנו את…

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  40. 440LetterHUC 1038

    Letter from Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā, in Egypt, to his father Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd al-Jarīdī, in Dhamār, Yemen. Dating: probably 19th century. Needs examination.

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  41. 441LetterCUL Or.1080 15.28

    Drafts of a note to a certain Abū l-ʿIzz. No content preserved. Pen trials on verso.

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  42. 442LetterENA 2808.10

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a beautiful hand with wide line-spacing. Quite faded. Approximately 9 lines are preserved from the main text and another 8 lines …

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  43. 443LetterT-S NS 64.37

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is somewhat unusual—possibly late and/or Yemeni. Mentions ʿAbdallāh twice (or two different ʿAbdallāhs); may ask for a mithqāl of silver …

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  44. 444LetterJRL B 3201

    The beginning of a Judaeo-Arabic letter to an important woman addressed in hyperbolic terms: she who confounds minds and blinds gazes, al-mutafaḍḍila, al-ʿazīza, al-rashīda, al-mufīda, …

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  45. 445LetterT-S AS 184.44

    Small fragment from the beginning of a letter in Arabic script.

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  46. 446LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 114

    Draft of a letter or writing exercises, in Arabic script, late. One paragraph is written thrice. Reused for accounts on verso. Needs examination.

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  47. 447LetterT-S NS J116

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Asking the addressee to try to sell a commodity in his location.

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  48. 448LetterT-S AS 186.204

    Partial interior section of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Medieval-era. Line 5 includes the phrase: "ביד אלממאליך". Requires further examination.

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  49. 449LetterT-S 16.186

    In the form of a legal document (see lines 3-4), a fragment of a petition to a Nagid from a small town, signed by twenty-six …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . . נא [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]פה טאע[ . . . . . . ] דא [ . . . . . . . .
    3. …

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  50. 450LetterJRL 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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