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  1. 51LetterT-S 12.392

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a novice India trader in a Red Sea Port to his brother, Libya. Dating: 1103. Complains in rhyme about the hardships of travel. …

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    1.  אנה] ולי דלך ואלקאדר עליה אן שא אללה
    2.  א]כי בל סיידי יום אלב לכד יומא כלון
    3.  [מן שהר] חשון סנה תתסד ערפנא אללה בר[כאת]       
    4. [לנא ולכל] ישראל …

    Recto

    1. … for he is master of this and has power over it, if God wills.
    2. … on Monday 24
    3. Ḥeshvan, (4)864, may God acquaint us with blessings 
    4.  for us an…
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    2017
    PGPID
    9690
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  2. 52LetterT-S 12.7

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from [...] b. Avraham ha-Kohen to Abū l-ʿAlā' Ṣāʿid b. al-Munajjā al-Neʾeman. In Judaeo-Arabic (recto) and Arabic script (verso; the text block containing 8 …

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    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    9430
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  3. 53LetterENA 2558.30a

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from an unidentified sender, in India, to an unidentified addressee, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th century. This fragment begins cryptically: "...and he …

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  4. 54LetterT-S 13J28.15

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a certain Yosef, in Alexandria, to his brother, an India trader. Mentions people including Avraham al-Miṣrī, Abū l-Maʿānī, Abū l-Surūr, Ibn Khalaf and …

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    1. תאני
    2. בש רח
    3. אלדי תריד עלמה יא אכי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ועלאך ומן
    4. אלתופיק לא אכלך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וגודה
    5. אן שא אללה וגיר דלך …

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  5. 55LetterT-S 10J14.11

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Makhlūf b. Musa ibn al-Yatim, Alexandria, to Abu Yiṣḥaq Avraham b. Yahya Fasi, Fustat. The main part of the letter is an apology …

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    1. ק]ד עלם אללה סבחאנה מא עז עלי ספר חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל
    2. א]טאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה וכבת חסדתה ואעדאה
    3. אלדי לם] נגתמע בה וסבבה אני מן אלמ…
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  6. 56LetterF 1908.44i

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a man in Egypt to his brother or brother-in-law, an India trader in Aden. In Judaeo-Arabic. Frenkel identifies the writer's location as Alexandria, …

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    1. בש רח
    2. כתאבי אליך יא אכי ואלעזיז עלי וענדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    3. עזך ועלאך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאך גמע אללה ביננא
    4. עלי אסר חאל במנה וכפי לטפה אן…

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