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  1. 10851LetterCUL Or.1080 J144

    Letter from an unknown man. In Judaeo-Arabic, in a blocky hand and with אללה spelled אלי. He alludes to a terrible misfortune afflicting him. "If …

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  2. 10852LetterT-S AS 158.252

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Gives instructions about the sale of madder (fuwwa) either for 1 dinar or for whatever the addressee sees fit. Mentions Abū …

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  3. 10853LetterT-S 12.46

    Recto: Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. With several expressions of deference and petition-like language. Might be a request for a loan of 2 dinars …

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  4. 10854LetterLehnardt 7

    Three different text blocks. (1) Recto: qinnot. (2) Note in Judaeo-Arabic possibly in the same hand as the qinnot. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ tells "my rabbi and …

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  5. 10855LetterT-S AS 152.52

    Lower left corner of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Tells he addressee not to worry about something; mentions Abū l-Ḥasan and two volumes; a request to …

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  6. 10856LetterT-S AS 149.87

    Letter or note in Arabic script, fragmentary and faded, difficult to read. Seems to mention an Ibn Salama (l. 1). Also seems to contain a …

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  7. 10857LetterT-S AS 178.88

    Letter or other document in Ottoman Turkish. Needs examination.

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  8. 10858LetterT-S AS 178.95

    Petition/letter of appeal for charity. In Arabic script. From Dāʾud the son of the sister of Menashshe (this reading is uncertain). He is a "blind, …

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  9. 10859LetterYevr. II A 1565

    A letter to the Karaites in Crimea. Contains a legal query and responsum regarding a marriage of two brothers- one married Simha's sister and the …

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  10. 10860LetterT-S NS 304.31

    Letter from the Jewish physician (al-ḥakīm al-yahūdī) Mūsā b. Nāṣir the perfumer (al-ʿaṭṭār), unknown location, to an unkown addressee, in Fustat, in the perfumers' market …

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  11. 10861LetterT-S AS 126.167

    Opening of a letter or state document in Arabic script, written in a chancery hand and with wide line spacing, but might in fact be …

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  12. 10862LetterT-S AS 117.270

    Verso: unidentified text in Arabic, probably a letter: واما الثالثة ان واعوذ بالله ولم يوفق(؟) مملوك سيدنا من حسن رايه وكثرة رحمته ورافته وبركة تدبيره …

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  13. 10863LetterT-S AS 162.49

    Beginning of a petition/letter of appeal for charity from Yūsuf al-Ṣaʿīdī to a qāḍī. Dating: Likely 13th century or later based on hand and layout. …

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  14. 10864LetterMoss. II,144.3

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner of recto, upper right corner of verso). Refers to a woman's separation from the addressees; "your accompanying …

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  15. 10865LetterT-S AS 147.127

    Letter or possibly legal document with oral speech. Mentions the prayer book (siddur) of Rabbenu Shelomo (Sijilmāsī?). Reused for accounts on recto. (Information in part …

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  16. 10866LetterCUL Or.1080 J151

    Verso (earlier side): Letter from Yaḥyā to a qāḍī. In Arabic script. Opens "aṣghar al-mamālīk [...] Yaḥyā yujaddidu khidmata sayyidinā l-qāḍī al-ajall al-awḥad al-qāʾim al-mutafakkir(?)...." …

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  17. 10867LetterJRL SERIES A 617

    Fragment of a letter from a certain Abū ʿAlī. In Judaeo-Arabic, headed by Hebrew verses. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Only the beginning of …

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  18. 10868LetterJRL Gaster ar. 137

    Fol. 1: Letter fragment, possibly. Mentions 3 dirhams. Accounts on verso. Needs examination.

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  19. 10869LetterENA 4010.37

    Petition or very deferential letter in Arabic script. Unclear if or how it is related to the Hebrew-script letter on the other side. Addressed to …

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  20. 10870LetterCUL Or.1080 J82

    Document in Arabic script, in a calligraphic hand, without wide space between the lines. Likely a letter. Five lines are preserved, but they are very …

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  21. 10871LetterT-S Ar.30.184.1

    Verso (original use): Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Includes the phrase "anā al-ghāʾib wa-anta al-ḥāḍir." The sender set sail on a boat/ship.

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  22. 10872LetterENA 3946.3

    Address of a letter in Arabic script sent to Alexandria, to al-Muʿallim Dāʾūd al-ʿĀmil(?). The letter itself is not preserved.

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  23. 10873LetterENA 3949.4

    Informal note addressed to Abū l-Faraj concerning a settling of accounts in the Dār al-Wikāla, involving 10 dirhams and the months of Ramaḍān and Shawwāl. …

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  24. 10874LetterENA 3733.1

    Business letter. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 16th century. Mentions Shemuʾel b. ____[?] in the first legible line, but this is likely …

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  25. 10875LetterJRL SERIES A 1254

    16 small fragments. Fol. 1 (1–2) + Fol. 4 (7–8): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning [...] al-Amshāṭī. Also mentions, "I have asked the bearer..."; and "until …

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    • 1 / 8 leaves, recto
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  26. 10876LetterT-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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  27. 10877LetterENA 2160.50

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing mainly with business matters. The sender is sorting through accounts (e.g., "I checked my ledger (daftarī) and did not find anything."). …

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  28. 10878LetterENA 2730.4

    End of a communal letter with signatures. The surviving signatures are [..]riya b. Ḥasan, [...] b. Ḥasan, Daniel b. Yishaq Shaʾul. [...] Kohen b. Bundar. …

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  29. 10879LetterJRL SERIES B 4412

    Letter, fragment, written at the back of a state document, in Judaeo-Arabic. "until he will reach us and describe...". Needs examination.

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  30. 10880LetterJRL Gaster ar. 146

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script, probably mercantile. Little of the content is preserved. There is an unrelated fragment sharing this shelfmark, which …

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    • 2 / 2 leaves, recto
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  31. 10881LetterJRL Gaster ar. 136

    Letter or petition. Fragmentary. In Arabic script. Heavily reused for writing exercises on recto and possibly also between the lines of the original document. From …

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  32. 10882LetterT-S 10J9.32

    Fol. 2v (upper section): Letter to a ḥaver in Judaeo-Arabic. The text is faded and the phrases are quite vague—needs further examination.

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  33. 10883LetterT-S 10J9.32

    Fol. 2v (lower section): Fragment of a mercantile letter in Arabic script. The sender refers to someone who was delayed in Rashīd (Rosetta). Also mentions …

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  34. 10884LetterENA 2712.46

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Too damaged to extract much of the content.

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  35. 10885LetterT-S 8.186

    Note on parchment. Addressed to al-Shaykh al-Makīn. Making a request about obtaining silver for the sender, and passing on a message to Abū Saʿd al-Ḥazzān(?) …

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  36. 10886LetterJRL Gaster ar. 692

    One fragmentary line from a letter or official correspondence. Reads as "adām Allah tawfīquhu".

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  37. 10887LetterT-S AS 116.451

    Bottom of an unidentified document in Arabic script, possibly a letter or petition. On verso there is piyyut. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  38. 10888LetterT-S AS 52.5

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Reused on recto for a list of parshiyot: ḥayye Sarah (Genesis 23:1), va-yeḥi (Genesis 47:28) and ki tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1) …

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  39. 10889LetterT-S 8.91

    Top four lines of an official-sounding letter in Arabic script. Might be a draft. Dating: Maybe 13th or 14th century. Begins: "Uṣdirat/aṣdartu hādhihi l-[...] ilā …

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  40. 10890LetterT-S AS 115.101

    Recto: Letter fragment addressed to a notable, in Hebrew. Verso: Remnant of an official letter or document in Arabic script. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  41. 10891LetterT-S AS 158.23

    Small fragment of a letter, with a partial address on recto. Probably from a sister to a brother (מן אכתוה). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  42. 10892LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/1

    A long letter of recommendation on behalf of Obadiah the Proselyte, by Barukh b. Yiṣḥaq of Aleppo, written in elegant and vocalized Hebrew. For more …

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  43. 10893LetterENA 2727.7c

    Letter probably to a dignitary called Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm/Avraham. With a long Hebrew introduction, the body in Judaeo-Arabic, and the address in Arabic script. (The …

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  44. 10894LetterT-S 10J12.32

    Letter from Yosef כיטו(?), in Alexandria, to Yaʿaqov אלחנאצי (=al-Ḥanesī = "of Ḥanes (Damietta)"), in Fustat/Cairo. In Ladino. Dated: Monday, 17 Shevaṭ 5500 AM = …

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  45. 10895LetterJRL SERIES AF 23

    Fol. 7: Text in Hebrew listing the names of various Nasis, e.g., Ḥizqiyya ha-Nasi and Shelomo ha-Nasi b. David ha-Nasi Rosh ha-Gola. Containing phrases typical …

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  46. 10896LetterT-S AS 127.158

    Unidentified text in Arabic, probably part of a letter. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)

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  47. 10897LetterMoss. Xa,3.24

    Recto: letter (to judge by the words من مولاي), three lines and the top half of a fourth from the right side. Cut and reused …

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  48. 10898LetterJRL SERIES AF 23

    Fol. 6: Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Fragment (right side of recto). Regarding business in …

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  49. 10899LetterT-S AS 185.120

    Small letter fragment in Arabic. Requires further examination.

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  50. 10900LetterT-S 20.84

    Letter from one community to another (possibly from Byzantium to Egypt). On parchment. In Hebrew. Large but extremely faded. Appealing for assistance on behalf of …

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