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  1. 151LetterT-S NS 264.11

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for charity. From Abū l-Majd to al-Shaykh al-Rashīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th or 14th century. The sender is in difficult straits …

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  2. 152LetterT-S 12.14

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter requesting aid for the poor of Palestine, 11th century. Recto: Fully vocalised poetry in a very crude (almost unreadable) hand. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. [ ] ואין משדל נשדל לא שמטה
    2. [ ] אשר הם צעקות ברננות
    3. [ ] מכורים ואין מקבל מוספיה
    4. [ ] שקר מכוער לאין חקר כנואם [ ]
    5. [ ]מו וירחם עמ[ו] אשר בחר נאמן …

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  3. 153LetterENA 2808.26b

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Writer and addressee are unknown. The letter is an appeal for private charity. The writer is under duress from difficult times (awqāt …

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  4. 154LetterT-S Ar.40.48

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script (with the words שער הנשיאות in Hebrew) to a Nasi, by ʿImrān b. Muhājir. According to Goitein's note card, it …

    1. المملوك الاصغر 

    2. عمران بن مهاجر

    3. يقبل الارض بالمقر الشريف المولوي النبوي اعاد الله علينا

    4. وعلى اولادنا بركاته واعتقادنا في شرفه وفي اعراقه

    5. الز…

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  5. 155LetterBodl. MS heb. f 107/53

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer needs help paying the capitation tax (jāliya). The addressee had previously said something about talking to …

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  6. 156LetterENA NS 7.78

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer explains that the family has no money for the coming holiday and no wood or oil; …

    Recto

    1. ] . .אלנא [. . . . .] . מן אנק . . . . . צ[
    2. ] ואלעאילה ולנא בהדא אלחאל מדה
    3. ] . כנא נג[א]ז(?) אלזמאן ונדאפעה
    4. . . אקק כימא(?) אן לא נקול לאחד . …

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  7. 157LetterT-S 8J26.14

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for assistance from a dignitary. Begins in Hebrew, including a Hebrew taqbīl (העבד מנשק . . . . ידיו ורגליו), and ends …

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  8. 158LetterT-S 8Ja1.2

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for charity from Abū l-Majd to the physician (ḥakīm) Yeshuʿa ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer needs help paying 20 silver dirhams (nuqra) …

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  9. 159LetterT-S NS J389

    Letter in which a man who calls himself the father of the cantor who is "sick, poor, and naked" asks a prominent physician to arrange …

    Recto

    Truth

    I kiss the ground before and inform my master [...] the honored Dignitary, the wise and discerning, physicia[n], C[rown] of the Sages and…

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  10. 160LetterL-G Misc. 34

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for charity. A needy man from Qayrawan had applied for assistance from his relative, the esteemed Ifrīqiyyan merchant and scholar, Nahray b. …

    Recto

    1. אהבת צדק ותשנא רשע על כן מ[
    2. שמן ששון מחבריך ותגזר אמר ויקם לך [
    3. נגה אור
    4. שיכי וריסי ומולאי אדאם <אללה> עזך א[נא] רגל מן אהל אלקירואן
    5. מן אלמערופין באל…

    Recto

    "You love righteousness and hate wickedness; rightly [has God, your God, chosen to] a[noint you] with oil of gladness over all your peers" (Psa…

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  11. 161LetterENA 3927.1

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Recto: Letter from Barakāt b. Abū l-Faraj al-Dayyān (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to Abū l-Ḥasan. In Arabic script. Pleading for a loan of 20 dirhams against …

    1. مملوكه بن مملوكه صنيعته بركات بن الديان ابو الفرج

    2. يقبل يدي المولى السيد الاجل المنعم المحسن المتفضل الكريم الشيخ

    3. الجليل الفاضل الاصيل الكبير ال…

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  12. 162LetterHalper 418

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for help. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written on behalf of a woman, probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. "A divorced woman complains …

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  13. 163LetterMoss. IV,68.1

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Rabbenu Ḥananel. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer has been paralyzed (marīḍ bi-l-fālij) for two and a half …

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  14. 164LetterNLI 577.6/26

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter or letter draft from Muʿammar ha-Kohen ("the teacher of Qalyūb") to ʿAmram ha-Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Recto consists entirely of pleasantries and flattery …

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  15. 165LetterMoss. VII,194.1

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    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. 166LetterT-S 13J18.10

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    In this appeal, typically addressed to the community ('your excellencies, my masters, the illustrious lordly judges, and...the elders of Israel'), a widow and mother of …

    1. גאריתכם מרה ארמלה
    2. מסכינה מדיונה
    3. ומעהא ארבעה איתאם
    4. בשם המביט אל עני ונכה רוח
    5. קד געלת אללה תע שפיעי אלי חצרה מואליי אלדיאנין
    6. אלסיידין אלאגלין ואלי זקנ…

    Recto

    Your slave woman, the wife // widow //,

    destitute and debt-ridden 

    with four orphans 

    In the name of "Him who looks after the poor and broken-s…

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  17. 167LetterT-S 8J37.7

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    Hebrew

    Letter from Mordechai b. Simḥa who is in the Persian city of Kashan. In Hebrew. Dating: Possibly 17th century. The sender also signs his name …

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  18. 168LetterT-S 13J13.19

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    Arabic, Hebrew

    Letter from Mūsā (or Musallaḥ?) b. Ṣāliḥ to an unknown addressee. In Hebrew and in Arabic script. Appealing for help from the addressee. (Cf. Geoffrey …

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    1. [עבדה] מוסא . בן צאלח
    2. אלבגדאדי
    3. דודי שכלולו יצריח: ואהלו יפריח: בכתר כילולו:
    4. והוא מבין ונעלם יאמצנו: ויהי בעזרו ויחלצינו רבות עוז
    5. יקר וה/י/לו…

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  19. 169LetterT-S 10J19.17

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Reuse: Letter sent to Shelomo ha-Nasi. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender asks him for help on account of his illness, poverty, and "hot bedbugs. May God …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] תפצל אלמגלס
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] אלעאלמי אלאוחדי
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . ] נשיאנו שלמה
    4. . . . . . . . . נשי]א גליו…
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  20. 170Legal documentT-S 13J34.8

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter/petition from a cantor apparently addressed to Moshe Maimonides. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender asks him for assistance with the payment of the capitation tax, …

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  21. 171LetterENA NS 42.8

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal. The writer states, "The illness was enough for me, and then the capitation tax assailed me." The tone is aggrieved; he complains …

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  22. 172LetterENA 4100.12

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Abū ʿImrān al-Kohen. Written in Hebrew (the opening poem and formulae) and Judaeo-Arabic (the body). The writer cites …

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  23. 173LetterT-S Ar.30.163

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    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic script. The sender is a man from Alexandria who was forced to flee from that city because he was unable to pay …

    1. ] سيدنا حفضه الله تعالا ان رجل من اهال
    2. اسكندرية ان له عشرة ايام بلمشي هو وابنه
    3. ضلموه في ابنه طلبو يوزنوه وما جله(؟) واحتجت احدنا
    4. وهربت ولم املك خروب…
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  24. 174LetterT-S Ar.40.84

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso (secondary use): Petition/letter of appeal for charity in Arabic script. From Manṣūr. The sender and his family have perished from illness (maraḍ, awjāʿ), poverty, …

    Margin:

    1. [المملوك]
    2. منصور

    Top:

    1. يقصد الله تعالى ويقصد مولانا

    Margin:

    1. المملوك
    2. منصور

    Main text:

    1. قد علم الله تعالى ان ما له وجه يتجه به اليه
    2. الى باب…
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  25. 175LetterT-S 8J41.1

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Brief letter/petition from a person in dire straits suffering from illness and lack of clothing, and unable to buy anything to eat for the …

    1. יקבל אלארץ וינהי בין ידי אל [ . . . . . . .
    2. אלאגל [ . . . . . . . . . . ] הבחור ביקר סט
    3. אלמנעם אלמתפצל עלי עבדה וגלט.
    4. פי כל וקת ואלממלוך שאכר מן
    5. . .…

    Recto

    [...k]isses the ground and informs the most illustrious [...] “the Precious Chosen One,” (may your) e(nd be) g(ood), the beneficent, who acts k…

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  26. 176LetterENA NS 48.10

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Petition for help addressed to a Jewish notable. Written in Hebrew, for the introduction, and Judaeo-Arabic, for the body. The sender is a goldsmith in …

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  27. 177LetterMS 8254, fol. 21

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Verso: Letter of appeal from a poor man [...] ha-Levi addressed to the Nagid David I Maimonides (r. 1237–1300) or David II Maimonides (r. 1355–1410). …

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  28. 178LetterT-S AS 181.219

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Petition/letter of appeal for charity, in Arabic script, addressed to the qāḍī ʿImād al-Mulk. The writer mentions his distress (al-shidda wa-l-ḍīqa wa-l-khawf). Later (three lines …

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  29. 179LetterT-S AS 147.10

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter from the lepers of Tiberias to Furayj b. Ḥasan. Dating: ca. 1030 CE. Asking for donations be given to the emissaries from Tiberias collecting …

    1. ונחך ד' תמיד והשביע בצחצחות נפשך ועצמתיך וג
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] מרנא [ . . . . . . . . . ] המשובח
    3. במעשיו הטובים ובדר…

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  30. 180LetterT-S 6J3.30

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for charity/help from a man who is housebound on account of his illness and poverty (wajaʿ, ḍuʿf, ḍīq ḥāl). Mentions Yiṣḥaq ha-Rav, …

    1. ע[
    2. כאנת כותבי תמצי אלי אלשי[ך
    3. רחמים ומא כאן אלא מן ורא[
    4. כיאר עמלה ואנא י [
    5. וגע וציק חאל חתי אני אקים [
    6. אלבית מן אלצעף ויגב עליך ועל[י
    7. אלא יתואנא פיי…

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  31. 181LetterT-S Ar.30.150

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal addressed to a Jewish dignitary (ha-dayyan ha-maskil). The introduction is in Hebrew and the body is in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer prays that …

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  32. 182LetterT-S NS J411

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from an old cantor to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. He is complaining that his post was taken by someone …

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  33. 183LetterT-S 13J20.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a tax farmer in the Fayyum who was cheated of his share by his partners, was unable to pay his debts, and was …

    Recto

    1. עבדהא
    2. צדקה בן תאמאר
    3. בשמך רחמנה
    4. אלמסתגאר באללה ובחצרה סידנא תבת אללה
    5. מגדהא וצאעף סמוהא וכבת עדוהא
    6. גיר כאף ענהא חאלה ומא הו עליה מן
    7. אלפקר וכתרה …

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  34. 184LetterENA 2727.16

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter begging for help from a communal authority ('sayyidnā'), written by Abu Sahl b. al-Ahuv during a famine. Likely early 13th century. He opens with …

    Recto:

    1. ממלוכה אבו סהל

    ולד אלאהוב זל

    1. אלממלוך //יקבל// אלארץ וינהי למאלך רקה אנה ערף מא יאול אמרה אליה מן
    2. סבב מות אכיה ואיקאעה //פי אלתהמה// ומותה ו…

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  35. 185LetterT-S 6J3.3 + T-S Ar.7.26

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter of appeal for help, mentioning a recent death, apparently of a husband, leaving the writer (the widow) without livelihood and unable to live with …

    T-S 6J3.3

    1. מולאי מא ענדנא מן שוגל
    2. אלקלב וממן תופי פי הדה אלאשהר
    3. אללה תעאלי יעוצהא ומא לי לא עיש
    4. ולא קראר מע אלכבירה והי כל
    5. יום תטלב מני אלמגי אלי ענד…

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  36. 186LetterT-S 12.3

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a Maghribi silversmith named Efrayim b. Ishaq of Ceuta, Morocco, who had fled Almohad persecution in his native country about 35 years earlier. …

    1. לו בכם זכרים [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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  37. 187LetterT-S AS 146.15

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter to the judge Eliyyahu b. Zekharya requesting he intervene with the Nagid on behalf of the bearer of the letter, who had spent six …

    1. ורבצת ואין מחריד וג
    2. אלי אלמגלס אלעאלי אלריסי אלאגלי [ . . . . . .
    3. אלאגל כגק מרינו ורבינו אליהו הדיין
    4. והנבון שצ . . . . אליה ירום הודו אן מוצל
    5. הדה אל…

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  38. 188LetterT-S 8J20.12 + T-S NS 99.17

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Natan b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Sefaradi, in Jerusalem, to Shelomo b. David Ibn al-ʿArīshī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address written both in Hebrew …

    1. למולאי אלמעלם שלמה בן דויד בן אלערישי סלמה אללה מן תלמידה נתן בן //יצחק//
    2. כתאבי אליך יא מולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך ונעמאך
    3. מן אלקדס מאצי …

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  39. 189State documentT-S AS 124.135

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Hebrew

    Fragment of a petition from a woman, in Arabic script. She complains about her poverty and the vicissitudes of fate, but it seems she has …

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  40. 190LetterCUL Add.3348

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Verso (original use) Letter of appeal for charity. The writer lost his wealth "in an instant" and had to wander in search of help. He …

    1. יש מתעשר ואין כל מתרושש וג
    2. יש הבל אשר נעשה על הארץ וג
    3. את הכל ראיתי בימי הבלי יש צדיק וג
    4. ואני אמרתי בשלוי בל אמוט לעולם וכמעט
    5. הייתי בכל רע בתוך קהל ו…
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  41. 191LetterT-S 10J18.17

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Petition of a pregnant woman describing herself as a 'lonely foreigner' (gharība qatīʿa). Ibrāhīm, the scribe, emphasizes the great reward and place in heaven the …

    1. אן וצל כתאבך וכא[ן
    2. חלפת מא אפכה אל[
    3. תעאלי שוק . . [
    4. אולהא ומא קדרת [
    5. אללה ישאהדני . [
    6. למן נסתנד אלא ל[
    7. גריבה קטיעה חז[ינה
    8. ולולא חבלי אלא וכ[
    9. לך מא א…

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  42. 192LetterMoss. II,198

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Saʿdān to ʿEli. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that he is prostrated in his house (maṭrūḥ fī l-bayt) and the doctor …

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  43. 193LetterMoss. Ia,13.1

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Upper part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic written in a scribal hand to ha-Nasi ha-Gadol, reporting on the writer's troubles while traveling with Rabbi …

    Recto:

    1. בשמך
    2. קד עלם אללה גלה קדרתה שדה
    3. שוקי אלי חצרה סיידנא אלאגל [[הנש]]
    4. הנשיא הגדול ירום הודו ויגבה מזלו
    5. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם נעמאה
    6. ותאיידה ותמכינה…

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  44. 194LetterCUL Or.1081 J10

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Ibrāhīm, in Sunbāṭ, addressed to a Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Requesting assistance for his family in time of need. His family members are all …

    1. עבדהא אברהים אלמקים
    2. בסנבאט
    3. עבד הדרת הנגידות תכון משרתה לנצח ינהי אלי סאמיהא
    4. אנה מקים בסנבאט וענדה אולאד ועאילה
    5. ואלכל מרצא וקד קצרת ידה אן ינפק עליהי…

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  45. 195LetterT-S Ar.40.187

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    Arabic

    Letter of appeal/private petition in Arabic script. The writer, Faḍā'il al-ʿŪdī b. Baṣīla (?), had lived for 6 years in Alexandria until he had to …

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    مملوكه فضائل اليهودي بن بقيلة

    2 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    3 عبدها يقبل يديها ويعرفها بان عبدها له اليوم

    4 في اسكندرية ستة سنين مقيم باودي والجالية…

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  46. 196LetterENA 2738.37

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Petition in Judaeo-Arabic from Yaʿqūb b. Abū l-Yaman to the Nagid. The writer was sick for 8 months and is hiding at home because of …

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    1. עבדהא יעקוב
    2. בן אבו אלימן
    3. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימל׳
    4. קד עלם אללה תע מא עבד הדרת
    5. הנגידות תכון משרתה לנצח //עליה// וינהי
    6. אלי סאמיהא חאלה ופק…

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    Your slave Yaʿqūb 

    b. Abuʾl-Yumn 

    ln (your name, O Mercifu)l

    "Happy is he who is thoughtful of the wretched; in bad times may the Lord keep him…

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  47. 197LetterT-S 6J8.4

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (d. 1237) or his son David asking a cantor to arrange a collection in the synagogue on a …

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    1. אמת     
    2. אלחזן אבואלרצא ש"צ     
    3. ידבר חאמלהא פי
    4. פרוגין וכבז יום   
    5. אלכמיס פי בית   
    6. הכנסת תחצלהם לך         
    7. ענד כרוג ספר     
    8. תורה  המקודש   …

    Truth  

    May the cantor AbuʾI-Riḍā, (may your) R(ock) p(rotect you), kindly arrange a collection for the bearer for two chickens and bread on Thursday…

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  48. 198LetterT-S 13J18.18

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the wife of Maʿānī. Desperate letter of appeal to the 'courts' (judges) from a blind woman whose husband had fled to Alexandria and …

    1. אשריכם זורעי על כל מים משלחי רגל ה(שור) והח(מור)
    2. אשרי שומרי משפט עושה צדקה בכל עת
    3. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו ד'
    4. ד' ישמרהו ויחייהו ואשר בארץ וא…

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    "Happy shall you be who sow by [all waters, Who let loose the feet of (cattle) and (asses)" (Isaiah 32:20).

    "Happy are those who act justly, wh…

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  49. 199LetterBL OR 5544.1

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    Hebrew

    Letter from a Spanish community to Egypt concerning an impoverished and aging man from Rhodez, France, who appraoched the ruler of his land for redress …

    1. הם אחינו מקהילות קדש תפוצת הגולה [
    2. הו[ ]רים אוצרי חיים בוחרי [
    3. [מ]צניעי לכת מ...לימ. מליאי מצוות ברוכי ייי [
    4. אלופים מסובלים לשונם מרפא ייראי אים [ ]…

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  50. 200LetterENA NS 2.8

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel. Possibly addressed to Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter is an extremely polite reminder to give the …

    1. בר
    2. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ אמאם אלמגלס
    3. אלסאמי אלאגלי אלמולוי אלמנצורי
    4. נצרה אללה תע ותבת מגדה וצאעף
    5. סעדה ובלגה אמאלה אלסארה
    6. וכפאה כל מחדור וינהי אנה יותר
      7. …

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