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  1. 1LetterBL OR 10578C.46

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Informal note. Possibly in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. An order for various food items and materia medica, with the amounts listed, …

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  2. 2LetterT-S 13J28.13

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides regarding a collection (jibaya), ordering that the addressee's 'wife' (bayt) and the wife of the beadle Sulayman collect …

    1. אל[ג]באיה ויגתהד פיהא ויחלצהא
    2. ענדה וערפנאה איצא באן
    3. ביתה ובית אלשמש אלש(יך) סלימאן
    4. הם אלדי יגבו מן אלנשים ויגתהדו
    5. פי אלגבאיה [ול]א תכלונא מן
    6. כואטרכם…

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  3. 3LetterT-S 6J6.21

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the chancellery of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (d. 1355) concerning a needy orphan. The first line is in Arabic characters, characteristic of letters …

    1. בסם [אלרחים]
    2. הנה אל ישועתי וכול
    3. אלחזן אלש פרג אללה שצ יעלם [ אן
    4. חאמלהא אליתום מוסי ותסל [ענה
    5. אלש יצחק ומתי לם ירצאו יאו[וה
    6. ארסל ערפנא מן כל בד חתי […

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  4. 4LetterT-S 8K13.7

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of recommendation for a poor man with a family from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides.

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  5. 5LetterT-S 8J17.12

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    Stern letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides, requesting the addressee’s quick appearance together with money he owes. An Arabic basmala (or perhaps authentication mark, …

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  6. 6LetterT-S 8J23.4

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355) to the community of Fustat asking them to arrange a charitable collection (Information from Goitein, Tarbiz …

    1. <>
    2. הנה אל ישועתי וכול
    3. אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימ[ין
    4. במצר יברכם צורם אנס יעלמו
    5. אן מצות צד[קה] אגרהא עטים בין
    6. ידיה [תע] וכצוצא למן הו עני בח[וסר
    7. כל וזקן ו…

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  7. 7Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1367

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    Deed of lease. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 27 Tammuz 1613 Seleucid = Shawwāl 701 AH, which is June 1302 CE. The elders of the Qaraite …

    1. בשם ייי אל עולם.

    2. הדא מא אתפקו עליה משאיך אליהוד אלקראיין ברוכים יהיו והו אן יאג'רו ללשיך

    3. אלאג'ל אלצאפי אבו אלמחאסן ופקה א-ללה תעאלי אבן אלשיך א…

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  8. 8LetterT-S NS J290

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a letter in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides including the following bitter statement: "What is the reason of this? Don't …

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  9. 9LetterT-S NS J336

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    The beginning of a letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides, for a man named Eliyyahu "who has no tongue [in Arabic] or …

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  10. 10LetterT-S NS J456

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter with greetings for the holidays, likely in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. There appears to be a genealogy in a different …

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  11. 11List or tableT-S NS J130

    Accounts, it seems a list of loans granted by a broker of the 14th century. Information from Goitein's note card.

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  12. 12LetterT-S NS J146

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    An urgent summons to appear before the court from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides.

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  13. 13LetterT-S Misc.28.64

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides to a certain Avraham ha-Sar (likely the same addressee as in T-S 8J40.2) regarding an excommunication. Muslim courts …

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  14. 14Legal documentT-S NS 321.97

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    Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document likely in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. Concerning a man and his wife who was the daughter of the late …

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  15. 15LetterT-S NS 324.11

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    Hebrew

    Letter in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides, it seems conveying greetings for the holidays.

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  16. 16LetterT-S NS 321.103

    Strong censure from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides that the addressee had left a guest recommended by him without food on Friday and Shabbat and, …

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  17. 17LetterMoss. VII,176

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter to Yehoshua Maimonides (1310–55) reminding him of somebody who was excommunicated when his father Avraham II Maimonides (1245–1313) was Nagid. The letter is rather …

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  18. 18Legal documentMoss. V,387

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Partnership agreement, likely in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides, involving a certain [...] b. Sulaymān known as al-Ashyāfī (seller of ophthalmics) and …

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  19. 19Legal documentT-S 13J4.15

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    Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Two betrothal contracts. First is of Wazira bt. ___ b. Yishaq. The groom's name is effaced, but his marriage payment is 5+30. The second is …

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  20. 20LetterT-S AS 158.62

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides, possibly a recommendation for Yosef al-Ṣabbān (the soap boiler).

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  21. 21List or tableCUL Or.1081 1.36

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Account, listing names, commodities, and quantities. Probably 14th century or later (among other reasons, since "son of" is written with a nun sofit).

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  22. 22Legal documentCUL Or.1081 1.39

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    Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Legal document, draft of the opening, giving only the (difficult-to-read) date. At the top is named Abdallāh the son of the brother of the Nagid …

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  23. 23Legal documentCUL Or.1080 4.61

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    Arabic

    Recto: Deed of sale of a property. Bottom half. In beautiful Arabic script. Dated 777 AH on recto which is 1375/76 CE. Verso: Two columns …

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  24. 24LetterBL OR 5544.2

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Mamonides, to be read in the synagogue, on behalf of an elderly, poor man Yiṣḥaq who wishes …

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  25. 25LetterENA 4046.6

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Petition in Judaeo-Arabic to the Nagid. Mentioning real estate and rent. The handwriting is likely that of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides.

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  26. 26LetterENA 2958.2

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshua Maimonides. An instruction to a cantor to warn a woman that her husband had submitted …

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  27. 27LetterT-S 12.608

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355) warning against a traveling preacher, popular in the community, who "speaks of secrets whose meanings he …

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  28. 28Legal documentT-S 24.8

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Dating: ca. 1337 CE, since the same witnesses appear on T-S 13J2.18 from that year. Groom: ʿOvadya b. Avraham b. Shelomo. Bride: …

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  29. 29LetterENA NS 50.12

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    Hebrew

    Letter of friendship from Moshe, in Damascus, to Yosef b. Eliezer, probably in Jerusalem. In Hebrew. Dated: [5]148 AM, which is 1387/88 CE. See FGP …

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  30. 30LetterT-S K15.18

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Pledges for charity on Sabbath lekh lekha of the year 1647, the third week of the Jewish liturgical year, falling in October 1335 (Goitein). The …

    1. שבת לך לך אסמו ללפ[קרא]
    2. הד' מר ור שמואל הדיין הכה[ן
    3. 20
    4. אלשיך אלמופק אכיה יצחק
    5. 5 5
    6. אלכ' יוסף אלשיך צדקה אלשיך
    7. 5 10 5
    8. אברהם אבן נגיב נאצר בן יעקב
    9. 1 1
      10. …

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  31. 31Paraliterary textENA 2433.9

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    Hebrew

    Colophon for a machzor that was completed on 1 Elul 5092 AM "on the island of Mallorca." The scribe's name has been intentionally effaced and …

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  32. 32LetterT-S 8J40.2

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragmentary letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides to a certain Avraham, concerning the affairs of a man, his wife, and a young boy, and …

    1. הדרת החכם הנכבד . . . . . . . . [ . . . . . .
    2. ורבנו אברהם עטרת החכמים [ . . . . . . .
    3. הוד החשובים ישמרו שוכן מעונים [ . . . . . .
    4. איתנים אנס יעלם בא…

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  33. 33LetterT-S AS 145.15

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    Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (introduced with his usual motto) to the community in Cairo concerning a lawsuit between Hiba b. Abū l-Faraj …

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  34. 34LetterT-S 16.296

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    The Nagid R. Yehoshuaʿ warns against disqualified kosher butchers. Middle of the 14th century.

    1. יברכם
    2. [אלמקי]מין במצר
    3. [נא]צר אלגואלי ביחרק
    4. שונאי ישראל מן אלאצל
    5. הם שנוא ותמעיר
    6. אנתבהו לאנפסכם ותזנו כל אחד גאליתה
    7. ואלמגרם אלדי נאבהם ותעלמו אן אחד מ…

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  35. 35LetterT-S 8J9.15

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides to be read in "the two synagogues," to help an old man named Yeshuʿa to travel …

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    1. بسم الرحيم
    2. הנה אל ישועתי וכול'
    3. אל ג'מאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין
    4. במצר יברכם צורם אנ"ס יעלמו אן
    5. מצות צדקה אגרהא עט'ים ב[ין ידי]ה
    6. תע' וכצוצא למן יכון ע…

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  36. 36LetterT-S NS J258

    Letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides for the bearer who is named Moshe. See Moss. II,177 for another version of the letter, …

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  37. 37Legal documentT-S 13J17.13

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    Marriage contract containing details of a dowry and written at the time of the Nagid ʿAmram (1378-1383). The name Avraham is preserved. (Information from Goitein's …

    1. ה[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. רשותיה דאדוננו נגידנו הודנו והד[ר] . . . . . . . . . תפארתינו
    3. ועטרת ראשנו…

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  38. 38Legal documentMoss. V,8

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    Marriage contract from September 1301 CE (13 Tishrei 1613 Sel), under the authority of Avraham Nagid. Bridegroom: Jephthah b. Avraham.

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    1. בתלאתא בשבא דהוא תלאת עשר
    2. לירח תשרי דשנת אלפא ושית מאה
    3. ותלאת עשר שנין לשטרות למנינא
    4. דרגילנא לממני ביה הכא בפסטאט
    5. מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה
    6. ר…

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  39. 39LetterMoss. II,177

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    A letter of recommendation from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides, for a poor man Shelomo to be read in the synagogue in Fustat. …

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  40. 40LetterENA 3796.12

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355) to Fustat against improper competition in the making of cheese. Information from Goitein's index card.

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  41. 41LetterT-S K25.190

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of Yehoshua the Nagid (d. 1355), a grandson of a grandson of the Rambam, to the Jerusalemite synagogues concerning an erection …

    TS Box K 25, f. 190, ed. S. D. Goitein, "The synagouge building and its furnishing according to the records of the Cairo Geniza", Eretz Israel, 7(196…

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  42. 42LetterENA 2559.11

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355) seeking to bring peace to the community and also urging them to be charitable and especially …

    1. הנה אל ישועתי וכול
    2. אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר
    3. י]ברכם צורם אנס' יעלמו אן קד וצל
    4. ללגמאעה כתאב מן ענד אדוננו הנגיד יצ
    5. באלכלאם עליכם ואלדעא לכם ולאול…

    (1) Behold God is my salvation, etc. 

    (2) The esteemed community living  in Fustat 

    (3-4) may their Rock bless them, a(men) n(esah) s(elah), are  her…

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  43. 43LetterT-S 8J17.30

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Official letter from either the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (r. 1310–55) or his father Avraham II Maimonides (served 1300 to ca. 1316). (Goitein favors the …

    1. ותכלי ביתך ובית אלשמש סלימאן יגבו
    2. מן אלנשים וכדלך אלגבאיה מא יגביה
    3. אלא אנת ותגתהד פיהא ומהמא ת
    4. מן אלגמיע תכליה ענדך חתי נערפך
    5. איש תעמל ומא נערף הדה …

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  44. 44Legal documentBL OR 13888.8

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Bill of divorce (get) fragment from Fustat, dated 26 Elul 1633 Seleucid which is 1322CE. Despite the document's damage, the husband's name is legible as …

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    1. .................... היה ............ כל מ^ה שיצטר[ך] [...]                                

    2. [ק]בל עליו לפרוע לר' שמואל הנז' בעד [...]

    3. …

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  45. 45Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 2336

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Responsum in Judaeo-Arabic in a Karaite scribal hand. Dated on the recto as 19 Adar 1707 Seleucid (1396 CE). The name Yefet b. David b. …

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  46. 46LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/68

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355) (in Cairo) to the community of Fustat about a conflict between two butchers who had caused …

    1. בסם אלרחים
    2. הנה אל ישועתי וכולי
    3. גמאעה אלזקנים ברוכים יהיו יעלמו
    4. הצור אלשיך מופק אלי ענדנא ודכר
    5. אן אלטבאכין יפסדו חאלה פלא סביל
    6. לאחד יגייר עליה עאדה א…

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  47. 47LetterT-S NS 31.7

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (d. 1355) in which the cantor Faraj Allāh is ordered to arrange a collection for a …

    1. בסם אלרחים
    2. הנה אל ישועתי וכול
    3. אלחזן אלשיך פרג אללה שצ יעלם
    4. באנך(!) תתוצא בחאמלה אלשיך
    5. יוסף שצ ידיע צפתי לאנה מן
    6. בתי אבות וכאן ללה עליה נעמה
    7. וגאר אל…

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  48. 48Legal documentT-S 13J6.28

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    Aramaic

    Recto: Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: New Cairo. Dated: Friday, 24 Adar 1[6]50 Seleucid, which is 5 March 1339 CE. Husband: ʿEzer b. Yehoshuaʿ. Wife: …

    1. בששי בשבת בארבעה ועשרים יום לירח אדר שנת אלף וש....
    2. וחמשים לשטרות למנינא דרגילנא לממני ביה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה
    3. הסמוכה לפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה …

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  49. 49LetterT-S 8J17.13

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter, possibly from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides, in which the nagid asks the community in Fustat to take up a charity collection for a …

    1. אלגמאעה אלכרימה אלמקימין במצר יברכם
    2. צורם ויהיה בעזרם יוצרם אנס יעלמו באן
    3. מצות צדקה עטימה ענדה תע וכצוצא
    4. למן פיה ריח תורהו וקאצד אלתוגה אלי ירושלם
    5. עי…

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  50. 50LetterMoss. V,336.1 + Moss. V,338.1

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides to Avraham ha-Sar (for the same addressee, see T-S Misc.28.64 and T-S 8J40.2). He reports that he met …

    1. [הנה אל ישועתי] וכול'     

    2. [.................................] [א?]מת           

    3. [..................] [מעלת הי]קר המכובד          

    4. [.........…

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