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  1. 51LetterYevr. III B 647

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions Tripoli.

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  2. 52List or tableT-S NS 321.7b

    Accounts in the hand of Nahray b. Nissim from Palermo, Sicily, for the year 443 AH = 1051/52 CE. Refers several times to 'the large …

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  3. 53LetterT-S NS 292.15

    Left side of a mercantile letter addressed Marwān b. Ibrāhīm (cf. BL OR 13888.2 (PGPID 19181)). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Needs examination for content.

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  4. 54LetterMittwoch 8

    Letter in Hebrew mentioning Avraham b. ʿAllūn, 20 gold coins, a deposit and a lawsuit. Dating: Might be 11th century. Elevated style, partially rhymed, with …

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  5. 55LetterT-S 12.181

    Family letter from Sāʾir b. Yosef al-Kharazī (the dealer in beads) to Khalfūn b. Rabʿūn. Carried by Yaʿqūb al-Andalusī. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: 11th …

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  6. 56LetterT-S NS 322.116

    Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. T-S NS 322.101–17 all belong to the …

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  7. 57LetterDK 172

    Family letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda known as Ibn Abī Kharrūba, in Palermo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. The letter was written by …

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  8. 58LetterT-S NS 322.117

    Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: …

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  9. 59LetterT-S NS 314.6a

    Fragment of a letter from Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf b. Benaya. Sent to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: No later than …

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  10. 60LetterT-S 12.667

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, headed by an Arabic-script basmala. Fragment (left side of recto, left side of verso). Dating: Likely 11th century. Sent from Fustat. Addressed …

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  11. 61LetterT-S Misc.27.4.7

    Letter from Sulaymān b. Shaʾul, perhaps in Sicily, to Salmān b. Shabīb al-Kohen, perhaps in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: mid-11th century. Touches briefly on business …

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  12. 62LetterT-S AS 145.35

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. The sender intends to travel to Barqa. Mentioning Yosef b. Shāhūn. Reused on recto for Psalms 30:1-13 …

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  13. 63LetterENA 1157.8

    Maghribī mercantile letter. Dating: Probably 11th century. From Ibrāhīm b. [...], likely in Tripoli (Libya), to an unidentified addressee, likely in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The …

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  14. 64LetterENA NS 39.15

    Business letter from Saʿāda b. Yūsuf to Yūsuf b. [... b. ʿAwkal?]. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 11th century. Needs examination.

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  15. 65LetterJRL SERIES AF 32

    Business letter from Abū l-Khayr(?) Yeshuʿa b. [...] to Abū Ibrāhīm ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa. Dating: 11th century. Mentions various ships including אלמכרב אללובי (the Libyan …

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  16. 66LetterT-S AS 160.422

    Mercantile letter. Dating: 11th century. Addressed to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov [Ibn ʿAwkal?]. Mentions people including Mūsā b. Barhūn, Ibn Jashmard (a Persian? בן גשמרד), and …

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  17. 67List or tableBodl. MS heb. e 105/51

    Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Large fragment. The hand may be known (ʿArūs b. Yosef?). Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions various textiles and garments.

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  18. 68LetterAIU VII.E.55

    Recto: Mercantile letter addressed to a certain Ibrāhīm. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: mid-11th century (since verso is related to T-S 8J29.5, which is dated 1047 CE). …

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  19. 69LetterT-S K25.231

    Letter probably from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, in Tinnīs, to an unidentified addressee, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: mid-11th century. Almost completely unmentioned in the …

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  20. 70LetterT-S AS 155.443 + T-S AS 155.431

    Letter addressed to Yaʿaqov b. al-ʿAbbās al-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: Probably 11th century. Resembles some of the family letters from Ifrīqiyya to merchants …

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  21. 71LetterT-S Ar.54.46

    Multifragment. P2: Maghribī business letter from the 11th century. Nearly entirely preserved, but faded. Mentions well-known merchants such as Barhūn Ibn al-Tāhirtī (r4). Needs examination …

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  22. 72List or tableT-S NS J176

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely 11th century, likely in the hand of a known merchant.

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  23. 73List or tableT-S NS J177

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely 11th century, likely in the hand of a known merchant.

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  24. 74LetterT-S NS J202

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century, based on the locations (e.g. al-Mahdiyya and Sicily) and people named. Fragment: Right side of recto and right …

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  25. 75LetterT-S 12.278

    Mercantile letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: 11th century. Refers to coming to Alexandria and staying on the Nile or at sea for 3 days. …

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  26. 76LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/36

    Letter from Khalfūn b. Benaya(?) to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Mūsā Majjānī. (The names are very difficult to read; these may be not exactly right.) …

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  27. 77List or tableBodl. MS heb. d 65/36

    Business accounts, mentioning goods from India, myrobalan, and pepper, among many other things.

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  28. 78LetterENA NS 28.22

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Mentions Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī. Needs examination.

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  29. 79LetterENA NS 38.18

    Business letter addressed to Abū l-Faraj (Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb?) Ibn ʿAwkal. In Judaeo-Arabic. This document appears to have been overlooked by past Ibn ʿAwkal scholars. …

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  30. 80LetterENA NS 42.30

    Business letter, fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. The writer crossed out the first three lines (following the Arabic-script basmala) and began …

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  31. 81LetterENA NS 7.77

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Addressed to someone in Fustat (whose name may be legible). Dating: Probably 11th century. Deals …

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  32. 82LetterJRL SERIES B 2539

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic business letter, probably 11th century. Mentions Avraham b. Farrāḥ, Yūsuf b. Bishr, and a purchase that the writer made in al-Maḥalla.

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  33. 83LetterJRL SERIES B 3605

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter to Nahray b. Nissim (address in Arabic script). Refers to "the matter of the qaysāriyya" and ships.

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  34. 84LetterJRL SERIES B 3190

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, probably mercantile, sent from al-Mahdiyya. The addressee is Abū l-Surūr [...] b. Natan.

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  35. 85LetterJRL SERIES B 3574

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, probably mercantile, including the phrase "I sent it to Qayrawan"; an item of a specific color; and perhaps someone …

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  36. 86LetterJRL SERIES B 4657

    Letter fragment sent from Jerusalem. The body is in Judaeo-Arabic and the address is in Arabic script. Dating: Possibly 11th century, based on the hand …

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  37. 87LetterMoss. IV,34.2

    Fragment of a letter in the hand of Mūsā b. Yaʿqūb, in Damascus, to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Yūsuf b. Dāʾūd (Ibn Shaʿyā), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic …

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  38. 88LetterJRL SERIES A 684

    Letter from Abūn b. Ṣadaqa, in Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Asks Nahray to …

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  39. 89LetterENA NS 45.30

    Letter fragment from Khiyār b. Yaʿqūb to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late 11th century. Reused for business accounts on verso. On …

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  40. 90Legal documentT-S Misc.35.17

    Legal queries addressed to Shemarya b. Elḥanan regarding marital laws. One in Hebrew and one in Judaeo-Arabic (this one crossed out)

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  41. 91LetterT-S Misc.26.38

    Letter from Hārūn b. Yaʿqūb, in Tiberias, possibly addressed to Mūsā b. Ismāʿīl b. Sahl. Dating: Likely 11th century. Dealing with the indigo trade. Needs …

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  42. 92LetterT-S Misc.20.4

    Fragment of a business letter to Barhūn b. Mūsā b. Barhūn al-Tahertī from his 'brother.'

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  43. 93LetterENA NS 16.26

    Business letter sent from Tripoli, Lebanon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions terrible economic depression in the Levant and asks the addressee to send …

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  44. 94List or tableENA NS 38.8

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, extensive. Dating: Likely 11th century. Many names are mentioned, including Barhūn and al-Dustarī (=al-Tustarī) and Bunyām al-Ḥazzan. Commodities inclue ambergris.

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  45. 95LetterDK 296.9

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Mentions Ibn ʿAlī b. Raḥmūn al-Bazzāz, Abū Yiṣḥaq b. Sughmār, the brokers (dallālīn), and many other matters. Needs further …

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  46. 96LetterYevr. III B 640

    Business letter from Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq to Abū Yiṣḥaq Avraham b. Dā'ūd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions people such as: Yūsuf al-Andalusī. Mentions …

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  47. 97LetterENA 3287.1

    Letter from (Abū Saʿd) Ibrāhīm b. Sahl al-Tustarī (d. 1048) to [...] b. ʿAzarya. In Arabic script. The most common [...] b. ʿAzarya in the …

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  48. 98LetterT-S Misc.28.151

    Business letter to Mevorakh b. Avraham Ibn Sabra. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the margins of verso (the first page), there is a price list for commodities …

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  49. 99LetterENA NS 54.30

    Letter fragment sent to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Liikely 11th century. Little of the content remains. "... the response... …

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  50. 100LetterHUC 1018

    Letter fragment in the hand of Daniel b. ʿAzarya or his clerk. Conveying communal news and mentioning Abu ʿAlī and enemies. Should be checked against …

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