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  1. 151LetterAIU VII.E.124

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe ben Naʿim, Fustat/Cairo, to his brother David ben Naʿim, Alexandria, dated 1820 CE (20 Rahamim [= Elul] 5580). Mentions …

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  2. 152LetterAIU VII.E.127

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic dated 1822 CE (the 36th day of Matmonim = the counting of the Omer, Iyyar 5582) from Moshe ben Naʿim to …

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  3. 153LetterAIU VII.E.135

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from the son of Me'ir ben Naʿim (Moshe?), Cairo, to his father Me'ir ben Naʿim, Damietta. Dated 26 Av (Raḥamīm) 5576 …

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  4. 154LetterAIU VII.E.136

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Yaʿīsh Ḥarrār in Alexandria from Yaʿaqov ha-Levi.

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  5. 155LetterAIU VII.E.153

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances & Company from Nissim Mshīsh.

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  6. 156LetterAIU VII.E.183

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Me'ir ben Naʿim to his son David ben Naʿim, dated 16 June 1820 CE (4 Tammuz 5580 AM).

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  7. 157LetterAIU VII.E.224

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Nissim M[...] to Karo y Frances & Company. Dated 11 Adar [5]568 AM (1808 CE).

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  8. 158LetterAIU VII.E.230

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Nissim M[...] to Karo y Frances & Company.

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  9. 159LetterAIU VII.E.234

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe ben Naʿim, Alexandria, to his brother David ben Naʿim, Cairo/Fustat. The copious blank space was reused for a literary …

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  10. 160LetterAIU VII.E.238

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Yiṣḥaq ben Naʿim, Damietta, to Me'ir ben Naʿim, Cairo/Fustat.

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  11. 161LetterAIU XI.269

    Half of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Meir b. Naʿim to David b. Naʿim, appears to be dated August 1823 (Elul 5583).

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  12. 162LetterBL OR 5544.17

    Letter from Avraham Hamān and Gavriel Ḥefeẓ to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5567 AM, which is 1806/07 CE. Needs examination for …

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  13. 163LetterBL OR 5544.18

    Letter from Avraham Hamān and Gavriel Ḥefeẓ to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Elul (Raḥamim) 5569 AM, which is 1809 CE. Needs …

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  14. 164LetterBL OR 5544.19

    Letter from Avraham Hamān and Gavriel Ḥefeẓ to [Karo y Frances] & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Adar 5568 AM, which is 1807/08 CE. Needs examination …

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  15. 165LetterBL OR 12369.7 + BL OR 12369.8

    12369.7 and 8 are drafts of several Judaeo-Arabic letters and documents by Yisrael al-Gevili (אלגוילי) writing in Cairo it seems circa 1755/6 CE (the lower …

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    1. . . .
    2. אקר ואשהד עלא נפסהי אלמחתרם אלמוכרם אלאגל אלאכמל
    3. אלאמתל מולאנה אלשיך אלאסלאם אלשיך נצר אלדין אבו
    4. זין אלדין אלאסכנדארני א…

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  16. 166LetterBL OR 12369.8 + BL OR 12369.7

    12369.7 and 8 are drafts of several Judaeo-Arabic letters and documents by Yisrael al-Gevili (אלגוילי) writing in Cairo it seems circa 1755/6 CE (the lower …

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    1. . . . יום שני
    2. אחד . . בעד מזיד אלסלאם עליכם וכתרת אלאשואק
    3. אליכם ליס יכפא ען שריף עלמכם באננא טייבין בכיר
    4. ועאפיא כדאלך נסמע ענכם אמין וגיר דאל…

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  17. 167LetterENA 2560.8

    Letter from Avraham Hamān and Gavriel Ḥefez to Karo y Frances & Company. Dated: 1 Elul, 5568 AM, which is 1808 CE. (Someone wrote the …

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  18. 168LetterENA 3698.10

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably 18th or 19th century. Mentions Jerusalem. From a certain Mordekhay al-Baḥrī[?] to Merkada and Brahem Diyalo[?] (דייאלו). Possibly a North …

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  19. 169LetterENA NS 39.4

    Recto: Large fragment of a late (18th/19th c) business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: A short note signed by Yisakhar Groso (?) and Yehuda b. (?) …

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  20. 170LetterENA NS 63.14

    Letter from Moshe b. Naʿim to his father Me'ir b. Naʿim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 3 Heshvan 5584 AM, which is 1823 CE. The letter is …

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  21. 171List or tableENA NS 74.18

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in a late hand from the 16th-19th centuries with entries designated according to the "masruf / expenses" of individual people such as …

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  22. 172LetterJRL A 559

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a certain Yehudah [...] to Karo y Frances & Company, dated 1807 CE (17 Heshvan 5568 AM).

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  23. 173LetterJRL A 734

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic fron Nissim Masos (?) to Shimʿon Frances.

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  24. 174LetterJRL A 1042

    Short letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Berakha Goren, probably in Cairo, to David Ben-Naʿim, probably in Alexandria. Dated 9 November 1820 (3 Kislev 5581). Goren recounts …

    1. היום יום ׳ה׳ في ٣ חדוש(!) כסלפ(!) س ٠٥٨١
    2. אחנו ואהובנו אלס׳׳ דוד ן׳ נעים יצ׳׳ו
    3. אחדש׳׳ו בעד מזיד אלסאלאם עאלכום וכטאת אל אשווק אלכום נערפכום
    4. יאכ'י ב…

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  25. 175LetterJRL B 2067

    Recto: Two late letter drafts (or two versions of the same letter?), one in Arabic and one in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs further examination. Verso: Accounts. The …

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  26. 176LetterJRL B 2542

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Cairo/מצרים (or Egypt) and Marseilles (l. 10, מרסליה). Dated 1 Heshvan [5]446 AM (1685 CE).

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  27. 177LetterJRL B 2672

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to ha-Dayyan ha-Meẓuyan, Me'ir ben Naʿim, dated Aug/Sept 1824 CE (Elul 5584).

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  28. 178List or tableJRL B 3070

    Late Judaeo-Arabic record of funds raised, perhaps from the Sephardic congregation. Names include Yosef Fārūkhī (?) and Yaʿaqov Portos and Kuḥla [...].

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  29. 179List or tableJRL C 9

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in which the heading's recto includes the term "מאצריפ", which may indicate these are outstanding expenses related to the "deceased Nissim Mosseri" …

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  30. 180LetterJRL L 14

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ, dated 3 June 1825 CE (17 Sivan 5585 AM), with additional writing on verso. Sender: Sezano Konpanyia (Compania).

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  31. 181LetterMoss. II,111.1

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic (16th century per FGP) from Yosef b. Adīda (?) to Yefet b. Farḥān regarding flax shipments. People named include ʿAbd al-Karīm …

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  32. 182LetterT-S 10J19.22

    Business letter to Karo y Frances from Nissim M[...], c. 1800 CE. (Information from CUDL)

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  33. 183LetterT-S Ar.30.160

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Concerning family and business matters. Mentions: 'my lord the qāḍī'; various instructions about transactions and …

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  34. 184LetterT-S Ar.47.186

    Late letter addressed to Merkado Karo and Shim'on Frances. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 26 Shevat 5567 AM (1807 CE). Information from Wagner, Linguistic Variety of Judaeo-Arabic, …

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  35. 185List or tableT-S Misc.22.192

    Mysterious document. Late. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are two lines of Judaeo-Arabic poetry about "ahl al-hawā." There follows the Hebrew alphabet. There follow three lists of …

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  36. 186Literary textT-S Misc.22.250

    Popular literature (nawādir) in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 19th century.

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  37. 187List or tableT-S NS 83.26

    Accounts with Arabic numerals, highly detailed and well-preserved. All of the columns list sums in Ottoman kurush (ق symbol) which helps to date this document …

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  38. 188LetterT-S NS 99.64

    Late letter draft (fragment) in Judaeo-Arabic that is probably 18th or 19th c. The contents of the draft include the common opening phrase that appears …

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  39. 189LetterT-S NS J311

    Late business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions R. Shemuel Būnyāl (l. 10, main body). In line 12 there's mention of "fearing what occurred[?] with the money …

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  40. 190LetterYevr. II A 546

    There are ~10 documents sharing this shelfmark. 546/9: Letter from the Qaraite community of Damascus (specifically Yosef ha-Kohen Khāṭir) to the Qaraite community of Fustat/Cairo …

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  41. 191Paraliterary textYevr. II A 814

    Numerous pages of a handbook filled with someone's exercises for learning to write either Arabic or Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Unknown, probably Ottoman era. Of documentary interest …

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  42. 192Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1297

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 8 Elul 5588 AM = 1243 AH, which is 1828 CE. Involves Nissim ha-Levi b. Yequtiel and Menashshe b. Yūsuf …

    1. סבב תסטיר האדי אלאחרוף ובמוגב תחרירהא באן חצ'רו בעץ' מן אלנאס
    2. בר׳׳כ יה׳׳ו וחצ'ר אחי׳ ואה׳ נסים הלוי יצ׳׳ו בן המנוח יקותי הלוי נ׳׳ע וטלב
    3. אנהו ושארך מ…

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  43. 193LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1511

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Damascus, to his parents. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Thursday, 25 Tammuz 5341 AM = 1581 CE (unless we are only …

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  44. 194LetterAIU VII.D.87

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe Bibas, Rashid, to Karo y Frances & Company, Fustat/Cairo. Longer than usual

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  45. 195LetterAIU VII.E.48

    Two letters, one in Ladino and one in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 23 Tammuz [5]571 AM which is 1811 CE. The remainder of the pages are filled …

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  46. 196LetterAIU VII.E.50

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Senyor Karo y Frances & Company (numerous letters to the same addressee have survived: see tag). Dated 7 Shevat [5]568 …

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  47. 197LetterAIU VII.E.74

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Shelomo Barūkh to Meʾīr ben Naʿim. Dated: 20 Av 5560 AM (August 1800 CE). Locations: the letter was sent from …

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    1. בע׳׳ה היום ב׳ כ׳ מנחם ש׳(ת)ק׳ס

    2. הודינו והדרינו ועטרת תפארת לראשינו ה׳׳ה היקר

    3. נבון וחכם כמה׳׳ר נר׳׳ו

    4. אחדש׳׳ו בעד תקבל איאדיכם אלכוראם מעא…

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  48. 198LetterAIU VII.E.125

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 7 Elul [5]577 AM which is 1817 CE . From Yosef ha-Levi, Fustat/Cairo, to Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ and Mordekhai Ḥako (?), Damietta …

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  49. 199LetterAIU VII.E.137

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Yūsuf Yaʿīsh Ḥadād in Alexandria, it seems to be from his mother Simḥa. Dated 7 Kislev [5]604 AM which is …

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  50. 200LetterAIU VII.E.182

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances & Company. A Yehezqel Ḥefeẓ is mentioned in the last couple lines.

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