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  1. 5851LetterJRL L 219

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Ezra Shelomo Barūkh(?) to Mūsa Ḥanan. Dated: 5 Adar I [55]86 AM (February 1826 CE). Given how cursive this scribal hand …

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  2. 5852Credit instrument or private receiptT-S 6J3.10

    Verso: Note in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking the addressee to pay the bearer one dirham, "because the need for it …

    1. אלשיך א[בו] אלעז ידפע למוצלהא
    2. דרהמא [ . . . ]א לאן אלחאגה אליה
    3. דאעיה ואללה עאלם באלחאל אלדי אנא
    4. פיה פלא תעיק אלרסול ותוצלה
    5. אלדרהם סרעה והו יפתח לה מ…
  3. ...May He open to you his treasure
  4. and relieve you from (having to resort to)human beings.
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  6. 5853Legal documentT-S AS 152.21

    Fragment of a deed of lease. The property is in Qaṣr al-Rūm (the Jewish quarter of Fusṭāṭ), in or related to Dār al-Qubba. A sum …

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  7. 5854LetterT-S K15.69

    Verso (original use): Letter from a certain Majd to his 'brother.' In Arabic script. Dating: Maybe ~13th century, but this is a guess. Fragment (right …

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  8. 5855LetterT-S NS J5 + T-S 13J7.13 + T-S K25.252

    India Book II, 17, II, 18, and II, 19: Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan, in Aden, to Avraham Ben Yiju. Dating: 1133–40 CE. This is …

  9. ايشو الاسرائيلي حرس ﷲ نعمته        مضمون بن الحسن بن بندار
  10. T-S NS J5 recto (IB II, 17)

    1. וצל כתאב אלשיך אלאגל מולאי אדאם אללה
    2. סלאמתה וחרס מדתה וכבת חסדתה פכאן
  11. ...From thisisto be deducted
  12. verso, Hebrew address (IB II, 17)

    1. (To) The most illustrious elder, my lord Abraham
    2. Ben Yishū—May God preserve your well-being!

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  13. 5856Legal documentT-S NS J550

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Monday, 1 Kislev 1632 Seleucid (=[...] 720 AH), which is November 1320 CE. Damaged & faded. Perhaps a settlement of …

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  14. 5857LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1456

    Letter from the Qaraite community of Damascus to the Qaraite community of Cairo. Dated: Wednesday, 10 Tammuz 5512 AM (ואתה על), which is 1752 CE. …

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  15. 5858LetterMoss. VII,194.1

    Letter of appeal from a blind (maḍrūr) man Moshe who is unable to work and distressed on account of the capitation tax. Rather than asking …

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  16. 5859Legal documentT-S K25.240.18

    The word used for the money (salaries) due to communal officials is mezonot, the same term used to designate bread distributed to the poor.

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    2. אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ'
    3. יוצל ללגריב אלטליטלי מ'
    4. בחיה שצ' ת[ל]תה דרהם
    5. שבת אם בחקתי

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  17. 5860LetterENA NS 67.6

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably sent from Alexandria to Fustat. Refers to the arrival of ʿImrān to Fustat; the addressee is to ask him for …

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    1. ואן דלך אלשכץ אקאם פי אלבלד כמסה
    2. איאם ותוגה אלי עדן אעלמת מולאי

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  18. 5861LetterT-S NS J248

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj to R. Eliyya or to [...] b. R. Eliyya. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is distressed. He had sent a letter with …

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  19. 5862LetterT-S AS 149.184 + T-S AS 146.12 + T-S NS J181 + T-S 10J12.5

    India Book III,4–6a: Letter from Yosef b. Avraham to Avraham b. Yiju, reconstructed from four fragments (the last, discovered after the publication of the English …

    T-S AS 149.184, recto (III,6a)

    1. וצלאח חאל[...]
    2. תפצל בה [...]
    3. היל קימה [...]
    My lord, when] [(III,5) I learned this]} news, that he was traveling to Ceylon, I became distressed. Afterwards I took courage and saw that Ḍafīr b.

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  20. 5863LetterMoss. V,353.1

    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 …

    1. וחק אלשריעה לו כשפת חאל מולאי לקד כנת תרתי לה ממא הו פיה
    2. מן אלשדה ואלהמום אלתי עליה ואנת אלטביב אלמאהר ואנא
    3. אלמריץ בין ידיך אפעל מעי לאגל כאלקך תדאפ…

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  21. 5864LetterAIU VII.E.58

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Se[nyores] Karo y Frances from Nissim Mshīsh. Dated Kislev [55]69 AM (בסט= in the [year] 69) which is 1808 CE. …

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  22. 5865LetterAIU VII.E.241

    Letter in Spanish from Abram Nunez (?) to Sehid Barda, Cairo, dated 1712 CE (4 Nisan 5472 AM). The letter is on Page 1 and …

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  23. 5866Credit instrument or private receiptBL OR 10112D.24

    Order of payment of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Khalīl is to give the bearer a half pound of soap (ṣābūn), an eighth of lye (ghāsūl), and …

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  24. 5867List or tableENA 3766.10

    List in Arabic with Coptic alphanumerals. There is some Judaeo-Arabic text on the same page that might be related to the list, i.e. "מאל אביך". …

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  25. 5868Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3906.1

    Receipt or legal document in Arabic script. Mīkhāʾil al-Dabbāgh (the tanner) sold cow hide(s) to Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad. "30 hides" is mentioned lower down. On …

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  26. 5869LetterENA 3915.6

    Letter. In Arabic script. Mentions the sender's brother ʿAbd al-Kāfī who is with him in the house. Also refers to someone as 'sayyidnā' in the …

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  27. 5870LetterENA NS 13.35

    Letter with wide spacing. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Originally from a larger rotulus. This portion seems to contain mainly …

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  28. 5871Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 837

    Order of payment. Mainly in Arabic script, with an אמת in Hebrew in the upper margin. Abū l-Faraj is instructed to pay the bearer 10 …

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  29. 5872LetterT-S 10J19.25

    Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 20 Sivan 5568 AM, which is 15 June 1808 CE. …

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  30. 5873LetterT-S Ar.34.331

    Writing exercises in Arabic script. Dating: Late, probably 18th or 19th century. Of documentary value because there is a copy of the beginning of a …

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  31. 5874LetterT-S Ar.39.396

    Recto: Letter in beautiful Arabic script. Dating: ca. mid-11th century based on the dating of verso. Many of the phrases are legible but the overall …

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  32. 5875Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 3v: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of lemon syrup …

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  33. 5876LetterT-S AS 145.321

    Letter addressed to Shelomo ha-Zaqen. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded; not much is legible without special imaging. Mentions something 'they are saying'; something 'ugly'; …

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  34. 5877LetterT-S AS 151.120

    Letter, probably. In Hebrew. Seems to consist entirely of blessings and flattery, but it is very faded, so there might be more. In the hand …

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  35. 5878Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 153.178

    An Abū Zikrī Kohen order. Abū l-Faraj is to give the bearer 2 ounces of oxymel (sakanjabīn) and rose. On verso there are Arabic and …

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  36. 5879LetterT-S AS 168.162 + T-S AS 168.161

    Verso: Letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic. Beginning with a taqbīl and referring to the addressee, probably a judge (al-dayyān), as 'my master' (mālik riqqī). Unclear how much …

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  37. 5880LetterT-S AS 179.279

    Letter from Mubārak b. Ṣadaqa al-Ṭarābulsī to an addressee whose name is mostly faded. In Arabic script. The first four lines on recto are preserved, …

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  38. 5881LetterT-S J2.71

    Copies of various epistles of historical importance, at least some attributed to Ḥasdai ibn Shaprut. There are also piyyutim of Dunash b. Labrat. There is …

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  39. 5882List or tableT-S K15.44

    Memorial list of a Levite family headed by Shela. It is not clear whether the names on verso belong to the same family or not. …

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  40. 5883LetterT-S K25.240.40

    Verso (original use): Letter addressed to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). Probably a letter of recommendation on behalf of the bearer. Not much is preserved …

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  41. 5884State documentT-S NS 305.23

    Petition, or maybe its draft, to the Fatimid Caliph al-ʾĀmir bi Aḥkām Allah. Verso is also some form of state document in a chancery hand, …

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    1. بسـ]ـم الله الرحمن [الرحيم]
    2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته [وافضل تحياته على سيدنا ومولانا

    3. [الامام] الامر باحكام الله امير المؤمنين وعلـ[…

    1. In the name] of God the merciful [and compassionate]
    2. The blessings of God, his benedictions and increased benefactions [and best greetings be upon our master and leader
    3. [the imām] al-ʾĀmir bi-Aḥkām Allah, commander of the faithful, and [on his pure ancestors and
    4. [nob]le and awaited descendants the slave [kisses the ground in the presence of his majesty]
    5. may God be at his help, and support him.

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  42. 5885LetterENA NS I.33

    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 …

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    1. בש רח
    2. אלי אכי ואעז אלכלק עלי וענדי מן אלשוק ואלוחשה

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  43. 5886LetterAIU VII.E.4

    Letter from Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq al-Andalusi, Jerusalem, to his partner Abū Yaʿqūb Yosef b. ʿEli ha-Kohen Fāsī, Fustat, ca. 1052. This was Avraham's first sojourn …

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    1. כתבת אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך מן אלקדס אל
    2. [מ]ב[א]רך ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ללה אלחמד לד כלון מן שעבאן ושוק למא

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  44. 5887LetterCUL Or.1080 J109

    Letter from a certain ʿEli, unknown location, to the cantor Isḥāq, in Damietta. Addressed specifically to the shop of Abū l-Surūr al-Ṣayrafī. In Judaeo-Arabic with …

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  45. 5888LetterCUL Or.1080 3.43 + CUL Or.1080 3.49b

    Opening of a letter in Hebrew to a group of important people, with wide space between the lines. The beginning of the body of the …

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  46. 5889LetterCUL Or.1080 J251

    Letter from a son to his father. He complains about difficult circumstances. To make matters worse, ʿIwāḍ al-Bazzāz (the clothier) died owing the sender 60 …

    1. כתאבי אל חצרה מולאי וסיידי אלואלד
    2. אלעזיז אלמשפק וצאחב אלראי אלמופק
    3. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
    4. עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה
    5. וגמע בינאנא ואיאה במנה ו…

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  47. 5890LetterENA NS 33.27

    Letter from Yeshuʿa to his father Saʿīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 14th century or later, based on handwriting and abbreviations used. This letter was written …

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  48. 5891LetterENA NS I.52

    Letter to El'azar ha-talmid, beautiful and full of blessings (among which that his brother Yeshu'a will return home safely). The hand looks like Berakhot b. …

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  49. 5892Legal query or responsumNLI 577.5/21

    Legal query in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu addressed to Avraham Maimonides, who is referenced with the title "Nagid" (post-1213 CE). Regarding a man …

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  50. 5893LetterReinach II

    Letter to Abū Yūsuf Yaʿaqov ha-Ḥaver b. Yiṣḥaq, the leader of the Jewish community in Aleppo. In Hebrew. Mentions a letter recieved from the addressee's …

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  51. 5894LetterT-S 8J36.1

    Letter to Abu al-Faraj Nissim b. 'Ayyash from an unidentified sender in Alexandria concerning the payment of 43 dirhams. Reference is made to a woman …

  52. . . . . . . . . . . ] . ון מן אעלאני פי האדא
  53. Top margin, parallel lines written upside down. }

    אלי שי ותדפע לה אלגמ דרה ורב [ . . . . . . .

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  54. 5895LetterT-S 8J36.7

    Letter from Mubarak ha-Levi b. Yosef to Alexandria concerning business matters. The writer calculates how much he has paid the addressee and how much of …

    . . . . אלאסכנדראני אלסלם וסידי אלשיך דאוד בן נחום אלסלם מתפצל

    Bottom margin, parallel lines written upside down. Address. }

    לסיד. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .בןמן מבארך הלוי ביר יוסף זצל

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  55. 5896LetterT-S 12.840

    Letter in Arabic script. In the last line refers to 'kitāb mawlāy al-sayyid,' probably a prior letter from the addressee. The address is partially preserved; …

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  56. 5897LetterT-S 16.251

    An epistle from the community of Alexandria to that of Mastuara (in Byzantium). The letter deals with the ransoming of Byzantine Jews taken captive, and …

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    בשמ רחמנא

    1. אל [ ] שלום אל עמו יפרש סוכת שלומו אשר בה יחופפו כל חסי בו ועליה

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  57. 5898LetterT-S AS 146.137

    Letter from Khaṣīb b. Musāfir to Abū Isḥāq [...] Ḥemdat ha-Yeshiva, the son of somebody who had the title Sheviʿi — likely Avraham b. Natan …

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  58. 5899LetterT-S AS 147.175

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. To Abū l-Ḥasan b. al-faqīh(?) ʿAbdallāh. Little of the content of the …

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  59. 5900LetterT-S AS 157.121

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe probably to one of his brothers. Perhaps to Peraḥya, since Abū Saʿīd (probably Ḥalfon) is greeted at the bottom. Fragment …

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