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  1. 4601LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 420

    Small fragment of an unidentified document in Arabic script, probably a letter. May mention the kharāj and a qāḍī.

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  2. 4602LetterENA 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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  3. 4603LetterCUL Or.1081 2.42

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic—perhaps 13th or 14th-century—to the Shaykh (abbreviated אלש׳) Hārūn in Cairo.

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  4. 4604LetterENA 3616.16

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Asking Manṣūr to slaughter for Bū l-Faraj on the 14th of Shevaṭ (i.e. serve as substitute slaughterer?).

    1. ידבח אלשיך מנצור //שצ// לבו אלפרג
    2. יד שבט ושלום

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  5. 4605LetterT-S H2.133

    Letter in Arabic script, beautifully written in a chancery-esque hand with diacritical marks and dots. Dating: Fatimid period based on paleography and the ending formula. …

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    1. سيما الروم الذي لا يقبلوا العذر ولا[
    2. وقد سمعنا من جماعة من التجار الواصلين من مصر[
    3. ان وصل كثيرا من الحمل الواصل من اليمن ويحيـ[
    4. ان يبتا…

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  6. 4606LetterYevr. II A 2847

    A letter from Avraham Levi to Yosef b. Moshe Luzki

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  7. 4607LetterT-S NS J146

    An urgent summons to appear before the court from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE).

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  8. 4608LetterENA 3962.4

    Business letter in Arabic script. The sender requests the copper jars and in exchange he will send the qinṭār of sugar cane molasses (quṭāra). Mentions …

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  9. 4609LetterT-S 8.17

    Fragment of a letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Probably 1063. Mentions several types of goods as almonds and …

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    1. [            ] גיאר [

    2. מולאי וקד כתבת אלי ר אברהם אלקלעי ידפע לך אלדנא מן אלמצעני(?)

    3. אלדי כתב ביה ר אברהם סלפ[ה           ] גיר רבע אעלמת …

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    1. (2−1) .... אדוני; וכבר כתבתי אל ר' אברהם אלקלעי שישלם לך את הכספים מהמצעני (?) 
    2. שעליהם כתב ר' אברהם, דמי הובלה .... פחות רבע, זאת לידיעתך, א…

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  10. 4610LetterT-S 13J25.2

    Letter from Abū l-Faḍl and his mother, perhaps in Fustat, to his father Abū Naṣr, in Asyūṭ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Much of the letter is in …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אליך יא ואלדי ואלעזיז עלי וענדי אטאל אללה
    3. בקאך ואדאם עזך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא א[כלאך
    4. גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכר[מה
    5. אן שא אללה ו…

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  11. 4611LetterT-S 12.832

    Letter in the hand of Moses Maimonides containing instructions for a local judge on how to retrieve the assets of a murdered merchant who left …

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    1. נעלם חצרה אלחבר אלגליל שצ
    2. אן וצלת אלכתב אלתי כתבת אלינא
    3. פימא יכצהא עלי יד אלשיך
    4. ברכאת אבן אסמאעיל אלבזאז נע
    5. והי תעלם מא גרי עלי אכיה
    6. נע הנהרג …

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    1. I wish to inform the esteemed haver, may God preserve him, 
    2. that the letters which he wrote to me 
    3. and what pertains to them have arrived by m…

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  12. 4612LetterCUL Or.1080 15.51

    Letter in Hebrew (probably), but very difficult to read. Needs examination.

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  13. 4613LetterT-S NS 34.163

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mercantile, probably 11th century. Needs examination.

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  14. 4614LetterMoss. IV,63.1

    Letter from Salāma Ḥāmī, Jerusalem, to Yeshuʿa Ḥāmī, in Fustat or Cairo, more likely, based on the dating/paleography. Late. In Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.

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  15. 4615LetterT-S AS 168.199

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). Dealing with the silk trade.

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  16. 4616LetterT-S AS 183.298

    Recto (secondary use): Letter of appeal for charity from Asʿad b. al-Ḥājj Ḥusām. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. He says that "I have nothing …

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  17. 4617LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/9

    Fragment of a letter from the brothers Yosef and Nissim b. Berekhya from Qayrawan (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. Around 1017. Yosef, …

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    1. אטאל אללה יאשיכנא וכבירנא ואתירנא פי אלעז ואלנעמה בקאך ופי אלסרור ואלכיר איאמך ומן אלתופיק לא
    2. אכלאך וכאן לך פי דניאך ואכראך כתאבי לי'ג' בקין מ…

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    May God give you a long life of strength and prosperity, O our great and noble Elder, and days filled with happiness and contentment. May He no…

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  18. 4618LetterT-S Ar.34.1

    Verso (original use): Letter fragment, with very little context. The beginnings of 4 lines are preserved. The last line indicates the announcement of something, "in …

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  19. 4619LetterMoss. V,343.2

    Small letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand. Addresses "al-akhawayn al-shaykhayn al-akramayn" Abū [...] and Hiba. It seems to be from their brother Mubārak. There are only …

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  20. 4620LetterT-S 13J28.21

    Draft of an appointment deed for Yeshuʿa b. Yosef ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver to a public role, or at least a letter concerning his learnedness and humility …

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    1. ]ה קד אטלק ל. . . . . . [. . . . . . . . . .] אן יתיר בכורות(?)
    2. ולם יטלק דלך לרב [[עלי גמיעהם אלסלאם //למא ראי פי דלך מן אל עיאב// ללעל . . . …

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  21. 4621LetterMoss. IV,39.5A

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  22. 4622LetterT-S AS 149.65

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th or 14th century. Very distinctive handwriting with crescent-shaped nun sofits. The sender seems disgruntled that someone didn't accept …

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  23. 4623LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/34

    Petition from Dalāl bt. Masʿūd/Seʿadya (Umm Ibrāhīm), in Bilbays, to the dignitary Abū l-Barakāt Yehuda b. Elʿazar ha-Kohen (titled "ha-Sar" and "Sofer ha-Malkhut," i.e., a …

    1. ממלוכתהא
    2. דלאל בנת מסעוד
    3. אם אברהים תלחך
    4. עפר רגליה
    5. בש רח
    6. עקב ענוה יראת ייי וג
    7. וענוים ירשו ארץ ויתענגו על רוב שלום
    8. שלום השמים וחיי יומים לאלפי פעמים
    9. לה…

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  24. 4624LetterT-S AS 156.140

    Probably a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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  25. 4625LetterT-S Ar.42.153

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Arabic script. Written in two columns. Asking the addressee to exchange the writer's possessions for food. Mentions Abū ʿAlī …

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  26. 4626LetterJRL B 4226

    Fragment of a letter addressed to Sayyid al-Kull, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Thin strip from the middle. Mentions a ḥaver, and perhaps a wedding on …

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  27. 4627LetterENA 4100.11

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Last leaf only. The writer is begging for an urgent loan or gift of 5 dinars, on Sunday. A sum of 20 …

    1. יעקב יטאלבה מני פמא כאן ימכנני אמצי ולא יכון
    2. צחבתי ועבדהא יסאלהא תכמיל אלאצטנאע פי
    3. כמסה דנאניר תציר אלגמלה ענד עבדהא עשרון
    4. דינארא סוא פקד אנעמת במא …

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  28. 4628LetterT-S 12.274

    IB IV, 29 (ח28). Letter from Yosef b. ʿEzra and Avraham b. Muʿṭī, in Tilimsān, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. Dating: After Purim 4898 AM, which …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. קד אתקדמת כותבנא אלי חצ'רה מולאנא אלשיך אלאגל אדאם
    3. אללה עזהא וסמוהא ועלאהא וארתקאיהא ורפעתהא וכבת באלדול אלמהין
    4. חסדתהא ואעדאהא וכאן …

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    1. בשמ[ך] רחמ[נא].
    2. כבר נשלחו מכתבים שלנו אל הדרת אדוננו, השיך המפואר ביותר, יתמיד
    3. ה' את יקרו וגדולתו ועליונותו ורוממותו ומעלתו ויכניע בהשפלה מבזה
    4. …

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  29. 4629LetterMoss. 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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  30. 4630LetterT-S AS 158.208

    Letter from Nissim b. Shelomo to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to be complaining about the difficulties faced this year: "...we have …

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  31. 4631LetterT-S NS J154

    Letter from Mordekhay Ashkenazi to a family member. In Hebrew. Dating: Late. Needs examination.

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  32. 4632LetterT-S NS 306.233 + T-S NS 306.230

    Letter in Arabic script. Possibly to Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallāh (l. 2). The sender reports that "these lands" are just as he heard in terms of …

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  33. 4633LetterENA 3921.1

    Letter from Ṣāliḥ b. Ṣāʿid b. Saʿīd, in Mirbāṭ (in present-day Oman), to Abū l-Surur Faraḥ b. ʿAbbās al-ʿAsqalānī. In Arabic script. Dating: probably 12th …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتابي اطال الله بقا مولاي الشيخ وادام عزه وتاييده وسعادته وسلامته ونعماه وبركته(؟) وكبت اعداه
    3. من مرباط عن سلامة وشوق اليه شدي…

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  34. 4634LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 683

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script, likely mercantile.

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  35. 4635LetterT-S NS J370

    Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212), probably in Qalyūb, to his father Abū Sahl Levi, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in …

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    1. ולדהם מוסי
    2. שלום רב וחסד יקרב ממזרח וממערב לכולכם אלצעיר מכם ואלרב אמן סלה
    3. ואלדי תרידה עלמה אן קלבי ענדכם כתיר ליס …

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  36. 4636LetterT-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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  37. 4637LetterBodl. 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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  38. 4638LetterT-S AS 152.265

    Letter mentioning Abū l-Faraj and a Kohen, al-Bānyāsī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  39. 4639LetterBodl. MS heb. f 103/48

    Letter addressed to 'Sayyidnā.' in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 13th century, based on the handwriting. There is not much by way of content; it is heavy on …

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    1. ] . הגדול . . . . נשיא . . . [. . . . . . . . . . . . . ירום
    2. הודו ויגדל כבודו נצח סלה וינהי כתרה א . [
    3. במנן מולאה ואחסאנה ותפצלה מע אלסאעאת
    4. וא…

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  40. 4640LetterT-S Misc.28.131

    Lower part of a letter in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. He describes his great distress (poverty, dependents, …

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  41. 4641LetterT-S AS 154.403

    Fragment from a letter. (Information from CUDL.) Might also be a literary discussion, maybe calendrical.

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  42. 4642LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/26

    Letter from Manṣūr b. Maḥfūẓ, in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd b. Berakhot al-Melammed, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1487 Seleucid, which is 1175/76 CE. The …

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  43. 4643LetterT-S AS 137.17

    Part of a letter or document in Arabic script (might mention al-Ramla and a date). Reused for writing exercises in Hebrew and for piyyuṭ on …

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  44. 4644LetterT-S AS 183.246

    Letter/petition addressed to Fakhr al-Dawla. Fragment (upper right corner). Begins يخدم مجلس الحضرة السامية الاجلية العالية . . . ينهي الى جلالها . . . …

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  45. 4645LetterT-S AS 145.78

    Verso (original use): Lower part of a note from an unknown sender to unknown addressee. In the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (like recto)? It …

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  46. 4646LetterT-S AS 151.150

    Recto: Hebrew letter addressed to the judge Ḥananʾel, prefaced with Habakkuk 3:18. Verso: unidentified; the Arabic phrase al-ḥamdu lillāh appears, crossed out, and there is …

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  47. 4647LetterX893 B4798.3

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Late.

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  48. 4648LetterJRL A 489

    Business letter from Yiṣḥaq to his brother Avraham. In Ladino. Dated: 20 Raḥamim (Elul) 5544 AM = 6 September 1784 CE. The letter carrier is …

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    1. ב׳׳ה 20 רחמים (אב) תקמ׳׳ד
    2. ארש כ׳׳ר אברהם יצ׳׳ו
    3. אד׳׳ש קון חוסין קאפיט' ארנאוט ווס איסקריב'י אי ווס מאנדי אונה קאשה
    4. די 64 אוקאס זינג'יפ'רה ע׳׳י …

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  49. 4649LetterT-S 8J23.8

    Letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1051. Mentions a legal matter and several goods as pearls and …

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    1. [כתאבי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סל]אמתך וסעאדתך וציאנתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה [       ]

    2. [                                    ען חאל] סלאמה ללה…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת הגנתו לך, ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו ....
    2. .... שלומי טוב, תודה לאל על זאת; א…

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  50. 4650LetterT-S 13J21.34

    Recto: fragment of a recommendation letter from Daniel b. Azarya to Eli ha-Ḥaver b. Amram, Fustat. The name of the person who is recommended is …

    1. כאן תקדם כתאבי למולאי אלחב[ר
    2. ותאיידה וסעאדתה ונעמתה [
    3. אלי גליל חצרתה במא אסתגני ע[
    4. קריב תם אעלמתה וצול אלש[
    5. וצחבתה כתאב מן מולאי אלנגי[ד
    6. ציאנתה וקד …

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