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  1. 4651LetterNLI 4°9463.9

    Letter from Ḥasan b. Isḥāq, in ʿAsqalān, to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh al-Parnas, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and …

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  2. 4652LetterT-S 20.120

    Petition addressed to Yaḥyā ha-Sar. In Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. The handwriting may be known from other documents. Dating: Possibly ca. 1100 CE, based on …

    1. . . . רחמ
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . לשרינו שר בי[ת
    3. ישראל זקן התפארה הוד השררה ישמרהו אביר יעקב
    4. . . . מן . לק . . . דכר הדא אלע…

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  3. 4653LetterT-S AS 150.175

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Almost none of the substance is legible. Mentions a certain Yefet (מר ור יפת הזקן הנכבד בן).

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  4. 4654LetterT-S NS J4

    Letter of a prisoner mistreated by a Maghribi guard and affected by illness, who asks a notable ("my brother, Abu Imran") to intervene for him …

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  5. 4655LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/14

    Letter from Salāma b. [...] to Abū Saʿīd Makhlūf al-Neʾeman al-Nafūsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter is written in pairs of lines with wide space in …

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  6. 4656LetterT-S AS 146.440

    Verso: Letter in the same hand as recto, in a mixture of Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The sender swears by God (including by the name Ehyeh …

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  7. 4657LetterMoss. VII,152.2

    Fragment from the opening of a short note, addressed to Abū l-Munā and instructing him regarding the choice of two copies of a book, one …

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    1. א]מתתלת אמר מולאי

    2. אלשיך אבו אלמני אדאם 

    3. אללה עזה פי אלתכייר בין

    4. אלנסכתין ואלדי ענדי אן כאן 

    5. אלתמן ואחד פכד אלרק

    6. ואן כאן אלרק אזיד ת…

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  8. 4658LetterMIAC 67

    Letter – 1882CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 67) – in Judaeo-Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / …

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  9. 4659LetterENA 2739.6

    Lower fragment: Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe probably to his brother Ḥalfon or Peraḥya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Essentially none of …

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  10. 4660LetterAIU VII.E.183

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Me'ir ben Naʿim to his son David ben Naʿim, dated 16 June 1820 CE (4 Tammuz 5580 AM).

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  11. 4661LetterMIAC 23973.44

    Letter from Naṣr b. Kanz al-Dawla to the Nubian eparch Uruwī in Ibrīm, appearing to establish a new relationship between Naṣr (son of Kanz al-Dawla) …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتبت اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك ونعماك وتمكينك
    3. وكبت اعداك معلما له ادام الله عزه اني قد وجهت
    4. غلامي يسمى شريف بجمل اصهب ال…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. I have written—may God prolong your life and cause your strength, your wellbeing and your …

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  12. 4662LetterENA 4101.18b

    Letter to the community of Mahalla, two lines of the opening. Only the poetical praises survived. On verso part of the address.

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  13. 4663LetterT-S 20.149

    Letter from the Egyptian physician ʿAfīf b. Ezra, in Gaza (detained there en route from Cairo to Safed), to Shemuel b. Yequtiel al-Amshāṭī, in Cairo. …

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    1. בש' רח'
    2. יחנ'
    3. אשרי תמימי דרך ההול'
    4. אשרי תמימי דרך ההול
    5. והמשכילים יזהירו כזו'
    6. וידע כל יש מ כ נ שמואל
    7. יוי עוז
    8. קומי אורי כי בא אורך וכ[בוד] יוי ע…

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  14. 4664LetterT-S 13J15.24

    Letter sent by a ḥaver to "al-Ḥemdat" Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. Natan ha-Sheviʿi, complaining that he has been snubbed and persecuted by the latter's son-in-law. …

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    1. שלומות מוחשות לא זזות ולא משות לבקרים חדשות לא זחות
    2. ולא פורשות ופרודות לא עובשות וברכות מכל מגרשות באות
    3. ומתחדשות לזקן ושר פחה וטפסר איש מוסר ל…

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  15. 4665LetterT-S 10J29.14

    Fragment of a letter sent from Alexandria to the Head of the Congregations, perhaps R. Eliyyahu the Dayyan, describing a meeting of about fifty elders …

    1. לאדון התורה שר התעודה נג[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. כבוד גדולת קדושת מרינו ורבינו אדונינו [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. . . . …

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  16. 4666LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/42

    Large fragment of an interesting family letter in the handwriting of Toviyya b. Eli addressed to Avraham b. Saadya and another recipient. Mentions a tax-farmer …

    1. האמור ה[. . . . . . .]. . . . .שיך. . . .[. . . . . .
    2. ורבנא אברהם הזקן הנכבד החכם והנבון [הירא
    3. את ייי הצדיק והחסיד בדורו ישמרו צורו ויהא
    4. בעזרו וישמח…

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  17. 4667LetterCUL Or.1080 J176

    Letter from ʿEli Ha-Mumḥe b. Avraham, in Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: approximately 1045 …

    1. קד כאנת כותבי צדרת אלי סיידי אלחבר
    2. אלמעולה אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    3. ותאיידה במא לא אשך פי וצולהא
    4. אליה ווקופה עליהא ולם יצל לאח[ד]
    5. גואב וארגו אן לא י…

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  18. 4668LetterT-S 13J22.35

    Late letter from Yehuda Levi, mentioning people including Yosef, several women including Rika and Qamr, and Raḥamim Buḥayrī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  19. 4669LetterT-S AS 165.74

    Letter or petition from a group of people in Fustat. Headed by a biblical verse, then the rest is in Judaeo-Arabic. "We the undersigned of …

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  20. 4670LetterJRL B 7034

    Two fragments stuck to each other. The upper one looks like a letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Mentions charity and quotes Ezekiel …

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  21. 4671LetterBL OR 5561B.24

    Letter of recommendation. Late. In Hebrew, with some Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic. The bearer Saʿīd b. Manṣūr the Yemeni is from a good family and has …

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  22. 4672LetterT-S NS J134

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing a beautifully styled request. This may not be addressed to the writer's mother and father. Rather, the sender is making …

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  23. 4673LetterJRL L 75

    Letter from Yoshiyyahu, the grandson of Yoshiyyahu Gaon (Gil's identification). Dating: ca. 1030 CE. Quite faded and damaged. Refers to correspondence with notables of Fustat …

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  24. 4674LetterT-S 20.170

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (right lower part only). Dating: Late 11th century. Describing communal strife and what appears to be an uprising of common people …

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    1. . . . . [
    2. אלריס פלמא כאן בכרא אגתמע אל[
    3. מע אלדיאן קאל אעזם בנא פי דל[ך
    4. אן כאן לה חאגה יגי עלי דמאגה [
    5. וזראה בן עון אנה ואבן גמאהר ו . [
    6. עליה ב…

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  25. 4675LetterENA 2875.40

    Letters in Judaeo-Arabic, probably copies of letters sent in the name of Avraham Maimonides. There are at least two letters sharing the same folio. Only …

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  26. 4676LetterAIU VII.E.78

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe Bibas to Karo y Frances & Company. Dated Adar 5568 AM (1808 CE).

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  27. 4677LetterT-S NS 324.41

    Letter from Elʿazar b. Yaʾir the cantor to his teacher Aharon b. [...]. In Hebrew. Consisting almost entirely of blessings; possibly requesting charity or assistance. …

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  28. 4678LetterT-S 10J16.28

    Letter (draft) mentioning Abba, Abraham, and Shemuʾel Ibn Sid. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th or 17th century. Sent by Yehoshuaʿ [...]. Postscript by Avraham Shaʾul (this …

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  29. 4679LetterT-S Misc.20.202

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, torn vertically down the middle. It is difficult to extract any information from what remains. Ends אن شا الله …

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  30. 4680LetterENA 3276.9

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to [...] Abū ʿImrān. Mentions the intercalation of the calendar and something the sender intended to do before he fell …

    1. א]דאם אללה סעאדת אלמולא [
    2. ] אלשיך אבו עמראן כאן אלמולא [
    3. ס]אל לי עלי עמל עיבור פעמל[ת
    4. ] . . וכנת עאזם עלי אני אנקל [
    5. ] ורקה(?) פוקעת פי אלמרץ ול[
    6. ] …

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  31. 4681LetterMoss. III,199

    Letter (?) in a Spanish, possibly early modern; requires examination.

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  32. 4682LetterT-S 10J14.16

    IB III, 47. Letter from Moshe b. Yosef Yiju, in Alexandria, to his brother Perahya in Fustat. Sent to the shop of Abū l-Fakhr b. …

    III, 47 recto:

    1. אלי אכי אל עזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאה וצאנה ווקאה ומן
    2. חסן אל תופיק לא אכלאה וכאן לה ולי ונאצר וחאפט
    3. פי גמיע אמורה וכפאה במא יהמה וצד ענה…

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    1. To my dear brother—may God give you long life, protect you and guard you,
    2. not deny you His superior gift of success, be for you a guardian and…

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  33. 4683LetterT-S 10J31.9

    Letter from the judge Natan b. Eliyya ha-Kohen. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic (often rhymed), with biblical verses at the top. A request for help, it seems …

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  34. 4684LetterCUL Or.1080 J40

    Petition from the daughter of Hilāl 'Shaykh al-Yahūd' of Ashqelon to Yaḥyā ha-Sar. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). Gil identifies the …

    ULC Or 1080 J 40, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.508-509 (Doc. #597), C.B. 10-13-87 (p)Letter of a woman from Ascalon to the dayyan Hiyya b. Isaac,approximat…

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  35. 4685LetterENA NS 67.8

    Letter fragment (bottom half) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. The entirety has to do with financial transactions and …

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  36. 4686LetterYevr. III B 904

    Letter from Yosef and Nissim b. Berakhya (Qayrawan) to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Ibn ʿAwkal (Fustat), ca. 1020, on the death of the Nagid, Avraham b. …

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    1. אטאל אללה יא שיכנא וכבירנא ואתירנא עמרך פי אלנעים ואלסרור ואמאט ענך כל אלמ'
    2. מחדור ואגראך עלי אלתופיק פי כל אלאמור כתאבנא יאכינא לח' כלון מן מר…

    O our great and chosen Elder—may God grant you a long life in blessing and happiness, may He ward off all misfortune, and may He bestow upon you succ…

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  37. 4687LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/58

    Letter from ʿOvadya ha-Kohen b. Iṣḥaq to his cousin and friend Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā ha-Kohen b. Yosef b. Yiftaḥ in Tinnīs, mentioning other kohanim. ʿOvadya …

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  38. 4688LetterT-S Misc.20.225

    Nearly complete family and business letter from a father Mawhūb b. ʿAbdallāh Ibn al-[...] to his son. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. …

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  39. 4689LetterT-S AS 173.169

    Address of a letter to the Nagid Shemuel (b. Ḥananya), in Fustat, in the Muṣāṣa neighborhood. In the Arabic-script portion it seems he is referred …

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    1. מושב אדוננו שמואל הנגיד ירו הו[
    2. תובלנה בשמחות וגיל תבואנה בה[יכל מלך
    3. يصل الى مصر المحروسة الى المصاصة الى يد سيد[نا
    4. الريس ريس اليهود سليمان اد…

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  40. 4690LetterBodl. MS Arab. c 56.30

    Letter from Abū Zikrī b. Sulaymān, probably in Wanā (in the Fayyūm, mentioned verso, l. 5), to [...] b. Yūsuf, likely in Fustat. He might …

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  41. 4691LetterT-S AS 153.46

    Small fragment of a letter, with address on verso. It seems like none of the substance is preserved.

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  42. 4692LetterT-S 10J17.29

    Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Kohen. Contains initial greetings, a request for assistance, a congratulations on recovering from an illness, and wishes for the forthcoming high …

    1. עזרי מעם ייי עושה שמים וארץ
    2. ויהי דויד לכל דרכיו משכיל וייי עמו
    3. חזקו ויאמץ לבבכם כל המיחלים //לייי//
    4. אשרי משכיל על דל וג ימלטיהו ייי
    5. מלוה ייי חונן דל…

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  43. 4693LetterENA NS 68.13

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. 10 damaged lines are preserved but hard to discern much of the content. On verso there are writing exercises of the …

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  44. 4694LetterT-S 16.295

    Esther writes to her parents in law after having returned from Safed to Cairo, describing how she learned certain needle work and expressing thanks to …

    1. בה
    2. שלומות רבות לאלפים ורבבות מלפני שוכן ערבות
    3. כולם יחולו על ראש //אדוני// מי תיא/ו/ה כתר ועטרה לראשי
    4. ועל ראש אדונתי עטרה לראשי ממני אסתר כלתכם
    5. הנני …

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  45. 4695LetterMoss. Ia,10.2

    Letter sent to ha-Talmid ha-Baḥur Nissim Agostaro (אגושתארו) in Alexandria from his father Shelomo Agostaro, including a warning that he should not come to Cairo …

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  46. 4696LetterT-S 12.533

    Letter from a mother, probably near or in Qayrawān, to her merchant son, in Fustat. Dating: ca. early 11th century. Includes some information about the …

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    1. ] בקאך [אל]לה יאבני אני פי שגל קלב מן שוקך [ 
    2. ] וכאן מ[א] צדרה אלי וקת מגי אלמראכב פכאן עלי דלך [ 
    3. אד לם תגי אנת בסלאמתך מעהם וקת סמעת במסירך …

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    1. …ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים, בני, יש לי עוגמת נפש מרוב געגועים אליך… 
    2. …לא שלח אותו עד הזמן של בוא האוניות, והיה על זאת…
    3. כי לא באת אתה, כפי שאמ…

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  47. 4697LetterT-S K25.240.38

    Recto: Letter fragment from Yehuda b. Ṭoviyya ha-Kohen, in Bilbays, to Avraham Maimonides, in Fustat. Only the tarjama with Yehuda's name is preserved.

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  48. 4698LetterT-S 8J18.21

    Letter from Salman b. Harun, maybe from Mazar, to Aaish b. Sedaka, Alexandria. Around 1045. The writer asks Aaish to take care of two shipments …

    1. כתאבי ימולאי אטאל אללה בקאה וס אה ען חאל [
    2. וען שוק לנא תך קרב אללה אלאגתמאע בך עלי [
    3. אחואל וא אלמ אעלם מולאי אני אסתכרת אללה תע[
    4. וחמלת עלי מרכב אלנצ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויעזור לי להיפגש עמך, כאשר שלומי טוב ואני מאושר,
    2. השבח לאל על חסדיו; אני מתגעגע אליך, יקרב אלוהי…

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  49. 4699LetterT-S NS 163.86

    Draft of the beginning of a letter to a woman addressed as "al-Sitt al-Fāḍila." Probably written by Ḥalfon b. Elʿazar ha-Kohen, active in the early …

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  50. 4700LetterENA NS 2.33

    Letter, fragmentary, from Daniel b. Azarya. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. Maybe a part of the same letter in ENA NS 45.31 + T-S 20.90. (Information …

    1. בי ואילי פלו[ ]יע [ ]יע [ ] בשרח [
    2. ] [ ומן ספסאף חולה וקד כתבת אלי אלקדס עמרה אללה
    3. ואשערתהם במא גרי ואנא כאשי עליה אן ינפ]ד[ פיה אמר פי הדה
    4. אלסבת ול…

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