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  1. 51

    LetterJRL SERIES B 4263

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions an illness (maraḍ) and aṣḥābunā.

    1. ] . . . . בקאך ואדאם
    2. ] חאל סלאמה ועאפיה
    3. ] . חאל אנה ולי דאלך
    4. ] בה אנני כרגת מן
    5. ]ל מרץ אלא אסאעה
    6. כ]תיר ואיצא אנמא(?) כרגת
    7. ] . . קאת בעצהא פי אל
    8. א]צחא…

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  2. 52

    LetterJRL SERIES A 864

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning that the addressee recovered (naqahtu) from an illness. Also mentions Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm [al-Q?]ābisī.

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    1. על שמך
    2. ו[צלת] כתבך יא שיכי וסידי . . . . . . . . [
    3. מ . . א עלי מא סררת בה מן נ . אם חאלך ו[
    4. הו אלוקת אלדי נקהת מנה(?) מן מרץ כאן אול . [. . .…

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  3. 53

    LetterMoss. VII,185.1

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Neither sender nor addressee are named. The first half consists of good wishes for the addressee's recovery from illness and the writer's …

    1. קד עלם בוחן לבבות וכליות מא עלי קלבי
    2. מן מרץ מולאי רופא חנם ישלח דברו
    3. וירפאהו וימלט משחיתות נפשו ויוקף לה
    4. אלצדקות ואלמעשים טובים אלדי יפעלהא
    5. הו ומולא…

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  4. 54

    LetterJRL SERIES B 3848

    Draft of the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is typical to the 13th century, and is probably that of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu …

    1. יקבל אלארץ אמאם מגלס אלמולי אל[מו]פק אלסייד אלאמין
    2. אלנפיס אלראיס אלאדיב אלפהים אלואלד אלגליל אלאציל אלחכים
    3. אבו עלי דו אלפכר ואלמעאלי סייד אלחכמא תאג…

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  5. 55

    LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/80

    Note of a person confined to his house owing to illness this evening, requesting a friend to lend him the Book of Creation by Saadya. …

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    1. יא מולאי וסידי אעלי אללה קדרך ואגרי אלי אפצל מא תכתארה גמיע
    2. אמרך לולא פרץ (?) צעף לחקני הדה אלעשיה לכנת מכאן
    3. כתא{ב}תי (??) הדה אליך ראגבא פי …

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  6. 56

    LetterT-S AS 169.251 + T-S AS 151.205

    Letter fragment (two pieces comprising the lower left corner). The sender mentions that he was sick with a fever and cold and nobody (or nobody …

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  7. 57

    LetterT-S NS J361

    Letter from Eli b. Yakhin, probably from Alexandria, to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Aaron, Fustat. Around 1050. Regarding money and payments, including a debt of 50 …

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    1. בשרח

    2. כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אדאם אללה סלאמתה וסעאדתה ונעמאה

    3. וכבת באלדל אעדאה ומן אחסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה וכאן לה ומעה ולייא

    4. ונאצרא …

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  8. 58

    LetterENA NS 60.18

    Letter of appeal or recommendation addressed to Moshe ha-Kohen. The introduction is in Hebrew and the body in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that the bearer …

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  9. 59

    LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/45

    Letter addressed to Abū Sahl ha-Levi (the cantor of the Palestinian synagogue in Fustat, who died in 1211), with greetings also to his brothers Moshe …

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  10. 60

    LetterENA 1157.23

    Business letter from a Maghribi merchant. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Not mentioned in the literature. Avraham b. Yamān is mentioned. The sickness of …

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  11. 61

    LetterENA 3792.5

    Letter from Shemarya to his brother Yaʿaqov. Written in non-fluent Hebrew (e.g. uses אהיה as a copulative when there is no need; and more). The …

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  12. 62

    LetterT-S Ar.13.15

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely ca. 12th–14th century. "When the letter arrived which you sent with the wife of my maternal uncle to Ibn Ṣaghīr …

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  13. 63

    LetterBL OR 10794.16

    Letter of appeal for charity. There are 10 lines of flowery Hebrew praises for the recipient followed by a space and then six lines of …

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  14. 64

    LetterT-S NS 225.12

    Letter from Yosef to his brother Elʿazar aka Abū Manṣūr b. Abū l-Surūr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Fragment (upper part of …

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  15. 65

    LetterT-S NS J480

    Recto: Beginning of a letter/petition addressed to a judge named Peraḥya. In Judaeo-Arabic, with three Hebrew biblical citations at the top. The sender has sent …

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  16. 66

    LetterT-S NS J95b

    Letter to the judge Peraḥya (b. Yosef?). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender (also a judge?) woke up sick, so instead of coming to work he sends …

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  17. 67

    LetterAIU VII.E.167

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner). Rudimentary spellings. The sender expresses concern about the addressee's illness and the capitation tax (kharāj); also mentions describe …

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  18. 68

    LetterT-S 10J18.6

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his father-in-law Abū l-Faraj. The addressee's daughter Sitt Ghazāl is well. Shelomo writes that when two letters went unanswered, …

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  19. 69

    LetterMoss. VII,160.1

    Letter in which the sender addresses a cantor, who has been sick, and whom the writer has not recently seen, and from whom he now …

    1. פארקת מולאי אלחזאן אלגליל נט רח
    2. והו עלי מא כאן עליה מן אלוגע
    3. ואלי אלאן לם נגתמע וקלבי בה
    4. משגול אללה לא ישאהדני פיה
    5. מכרוה וסאלתה יתפצל ינפד אליי
    6. מא כ…

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  20. 70

    LetterMoss. VII,188.3

    Fragment of a begging letter addressed to Avraham Maimonides in the name of a poor, sick man.

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  21. 71

    LetterENA 2744.4

    Upper fragment: Letter fragment addressed to Ṣadaqa ha-Ḥakham. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer conveys his sympathy for the addressee's illness. He mentions that R. Sasson has …

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  22. 72

    LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is recovering from illnesses and is in difficult financial straits. He asks for a loan of 62 dirhams. Dating: likely …

    1. ירום] הודו ויגדל
    2. כבודו . . . . . . . . . . .] . מולנא אן אלשיך . . . . . אכד
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ען שהרין מן [אלשיך] אלסדיד
    4. . . . . . .…

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  23. 73

    LetterT-S 13J21.15

    Letter, draft, from Shelomo to Avraham ha-Sar, Ner ha-Maʿaravi, in childish script. He is unable to come because his father is ill. Information from Goitein's …

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  24. 74

    LetterT-S 13J18.5

    Letter from Natan ha-Kohen b. Yosef to Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen b. Yaʿaqov the judge, whom he calls his son. He writes about some small business matters …

    1. בשמך רחמנה
    2. ברוך הגבר אשר יבטח בייי והיה ייי מבטחו בורא
    3. ניב שפתים שלום שלום לרחוק ולקרוב אמר ייי ורפאתיו
    4. ישא ייי פניו אליך וישם לך שלום ואמרתם כה לאח…

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  25. 75

    LetterT-S 13J18.9

    Letter from Shabbetay b. Moshe to Peraḥya b. Sasson 'ḥemdat ha-yeshiva'. Mainly in Hebrew, with a few phrases in Judaeo-Arabic and part of the address …

    1. בש רח
    2. אשרי כל ירא יהוה ההלך בדרכיו
    3. אשרי תמימי דרך אשרי ההוגים
    4. בתורת יהוה יומם ולילה
    5. משמים שלומות יאספו שרים ברכות יתוספו
    6. הצלחת מעשים יתעופפו בנאות ד…

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  26. 76

    LetterT-S 8J33.7

    Upper part of a letter from Musa b. Yusuf b. Nissim, possibly to Ishaq al-Nafusi (line 8), who had written regarding the wife of his …

    1. ממלוכה שאכר תפצלה
    2. מוסי בן יוסף בן נסים נע
    3. בשמ רחמ ותשועת צדיקים מיוי וג
    4. וצלת כתב מולאי וסיידי וסנדי ועזתי ואעתמאדי אטאל אללה
    5. בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה ו…

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  27. 77

    LetterT-S 12.227

    Letter from Mūsā b. Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥisda, in a city in middle Egypt, to Yosef b. ʿAwkal. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 11th century. The covering …

    1. כתאבי אליך יאשיכי ורייסי וגלילי ...[אטאל אללה בקא]ך ואדאם נעמאך ותולאך
    2. ורעאך ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך ען חאל [סלאמה לא עדמתהא ונע]מה לא כלות מנהא ואלחמד

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  28. 78

    LetterT-S 12.389

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl, in Fustat, to Khallūf b. Mūsā, in Palermo. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמאך מן אל

    2. פצטאט לה איאם מצת מן אייר ערפך אללה ברכתה וסעאדה מא יליה ברחמתה

    3. ואלח…

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  29. 79

    LetterT-S 8K13.5

    Short letter from Bū l-Majd (Meir b. Yakhin), Fustat, to Bū l-Futūḥ (Yehuda b. al-ʿAmmānī), Alexandria. Meir reports that he received the letter containing the …

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  30. 80

    LetterT-S 8J19.23

    Letter from Abūn b. Ṣedaqa (Jerusalem) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat). Dating: 10 March 1064 CE (Gil). Abūn mentions that he is unable to travel …

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  31. 81

    LetterT-S NS 99.7

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter addressed (in Arabic) to Abū l-Ḥasan Bishr b. Hilāl al-Baghdādī. The writer refers to his illness ([mā] anā ʿalayhi min …

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  32. 82

    LetterT-S NS J139

    Letter addressed to the Nagid Abū l-Faḍl Shemuel (= Shemuel b. Ḥananya?). In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). Evidently a letter …

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  33. 83

    LetterT-S 8J15.12

    Letter from Eliyyahu the Judge to his son Shelomo (Abu l-Barakāt). The writer asks Shelomo to come immediately to his mother, who is ill, because …

    1. יברכך ייי מציון ואלדה אליהו היב'
    2. אעלם ולדי אבו אלברכאת רזקה אללה אלברכאת
    3. אנני עמלת פי הדא אלעיד מצוה עצימה יכאפיני
    4. אללה בהא חית אנני אפתרק תמנה (?) …

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  34. 84

    LetterT-S AS 145.19

    Informal note in Hebrew. Asking for money for supporting the sick people (?חולין) in the writer's household. (Information from Goitein's index card)

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  35. 85

    LetterT-S AS 146.182

    Letter fragment (lower part of recto). The recipient's brother-in-law is to pay something to Ḥayyim b. [...]. The writer urges the recipient to help him, …

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  36. 86

    LetterCUL Or.1080 J26

    Letter in which an heir informs his correspondent that no one, the government included, had any claim on his inheritance and adds that his case …

    1. בשמ
    2. תקדם כתאבי אליך יא סיידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    3. נעמאך אעלמתך פיה וצולנא אלי קוץ ואן מצית בתוקיע
    4. אלי מולאי אלקאצי יוגת (!) פיה אן מא להם ואר…

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  37. 87

    LetterT-S 13J24.18

    Letter sent from Fustat by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu ha-Dayyan to Sitt Rayhan, expressing concern about her health (r3–11, v20, address), dealing with a house of …

    1. אלי סת ריחאן וגה אללה להא באלעאפיה
    2. וגמע שמלנא בהא קריבא במנה
    3. נעלמהא אן מא יעלם אחד מא עלי
    4. קלובנא מן אגל מרצך ולם יתגדד
    5. לנא כתאב ולא כבר יטמן קלובנא

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  38. 88

    LetterT-S 13J35.13

    Letter from Abū l-Riḍā to his brother Shelomo. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Asking for urgent help with "ghathth al-bayt" (a problem …

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  39. 89

    LetterENA 1822a.32

    Half of a letter (left side of recto, right side of verso) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. He …

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    1. ]ים
    2. ] יהיו תמימים
    3. ] שוק אליכם ומן כוני
    4. ]עא. . .[. .] ביננא עלי כיר
    5. סל]אמה ואלעאפיה מן פצל אללה תעאלי
    6. ]י אן לילה אלעיד לחקני לכם וחשא
    7. ]כם אלי …

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  40. 90

    LetterT-S 12.38

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. The Arabic document is the first page of a letter. The formulaic greetings extend to three lines from the bottom, …

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  41. 91

    LetterENA NS 12.12

    Letter, draft, very cursve and hard to decipher. Mentions an illness, a ghulām. Telling a narrative. Recto contains few words in large Arabic script. Also …

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  42. 92

    LetterENA 2808.25 + T-S AS 148.117

    Recto: Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe to his 'brother' Abū Naṣr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a previous rebuke; the arrival of the physician …

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  43. 93

    LetterT-S Ar.40.117

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Possibly a draft, as it is covered with subsequent jottings. Addressed to 'the brother' Abū l-ʿAlā' (this is not completely …

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  44. 94

    LetterMoss. V,353.1

    Recto: Note from a sick man to a physician, it seems beseeching him to assist an older family member who is also sick. "By the …

    1. וחק אלשריעה לו כשפת חאל מולאי לקד כנת תרתי לה ממא הו פיה
    2. מן אלשדה ואלהמום אלתי עליה ואנת אלטביב אלמאהר ואנא
    3. אלמריץ בין ידיך אפעל מעי לאגל כאלקך תדאפ…

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  45. 95

    LetterMoss. VII,159.2

    Letter from Mevorakh b. Natan ('the son of the Nezer') to Abū l-Maḥāsin al-Tājir, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer includes a request for medicinal …

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  46. 96

    LetterT-S 6J2.30

    Letter from Yeḥezqel, unknown location, to Avraham ha-Melammed, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks the addressee to find out from Abū l-Bahā' if …

    1. ב
    2. חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלתלמיד אלגליל ר אברהם המלמד החכ[ם
    3. והנבון שצ מכצוצה באגל סלאם מן כאדמהא אלדאעי להא
    4. יחזקאל וינהי אלי גלאלהא אנה כאן סאל תפצלהא פי …

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  47. 97

    Legal documentT-S NS 327.51

    Legal testimony. The witnesses have examined (bāsharū) the Jew Ibrāhīm b. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, and found that he had developed leprosy (judhām) on account of a …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. شهد من يضع خط واثبت اسمه وهو المسلمون [الاحرار]
    3. الامنا والمقبولو القول في سهادتهم انهم باشروا ابراهيم بن بو العلا 
    4. اليه…

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  48. 98

    LetterMoss. VII,150.2

    Letter from Peraḥya b. Yosef Yijū to Saadya b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī. Fragment. Dating: ca. 1160s. Same writer and addressee: Moss. VII,152.1, ENA 4020.1, ENA …

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  49. 99

    LetterT-S Ar.35.276

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (lower part only). In lines 2–3 there is a report on the illness of a woman, who is now doing …

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  50. 100

    LetterT-S AS 152.227

    Letter of appeal for charity. Fragment (upper part only). The op line is in Arabic script (the address?), and the rest in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender …

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