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LetterT-S 13J21.13
Letter sent by a son to his father in a silk shop in Minyat al-Qa'id. He inquires about the eye disease of the addressee and …
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- בשמך רחמנה
- קד עלם אללה תעלי מא עלי קלבי מן חצרה
- מולי אלואלד אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאהא
- ואדאם תאיידהא ועלאהא ותמכינהא
- וכבת אעדאהא ומציהא עלי תלך
- אלח…
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LetterT-S AS 154.326
Family letter sent to Moshe, Yaʿaqov and Avraham. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender fell off of a stair or ladder (sullam) and hurt their back and …
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LetterT-S 12.345
Letter from Abū ʿAlī to his father Abū l-ʿIzz. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that his mother and Yūsuf arrived safely after four days of travel …
- בש רח
- בעד חמד אללה וכדמה אלואלד אלעזיז אבי אלעז
- אעזה אללה תע ינהי אלממלוך אן אלואלדה וצלת
- סאלמה הי ויוסף ואקאמה/ם/ פי אלבחר ד איאם
- ונחן ואלחמד לל[ה]…
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LetterENA NS I.14
Letter from Abū Manṣūr to his father Yaʿaqov. In Judaeo-Arabic. He complains about his terrible misfortunes this year ("everything that I had is buried," perhaps …
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155
LetterT-S 13J7.12
Verso: Letter in the handwriting of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. He has arrived safely (presumably from Fustat to Qalyub). He tells the addressee to take …
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View document detailsLetterT-S AS 215.344
Petition from a woman to a group of men, presumably communal leaders: [...] wa-sādatī wa-l-ʿazīzīn ʿalayya wa-ʿindī. She says "I am perplexed (wa-anā ḥāʾira) and …
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View document detailsLetterMoss. II,163.1
Letter from a woman to a female family member. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: Ibn al-Rayyis Abū l-B[arakāt] (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu); the addressee's sister; "he does not …
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158
LetterENA NS 31.5
Letter, possibly a draft, from a man to his family members Moshe and דאני(?). The relationship is unclear: at one point he addresses "my father" …
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List or tableT-S Ar.4.10
Verso: Account of payments to a physician (al-Rayyis) by five patients: Bū ʿAlī, Ibn Shahrīn or Shahrayn (a 2-month-old boy?), Muslim, Muḥsin, and Karīm. He …
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160
Legal documentT-S Ar.38.87
Legal query in Arabic script. Question addressed to a Muslim jurisconsult (faqīh) with regard to a man who was frightened by another man concerning the …
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- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- ما يقول سيدنا الفقيه و فقه الله
- في شخص شارب دوا من اول يوم و هوا
- في بيته و عرض عرض احوجه الخروج من
- بيته ليقضى حاجة لن…
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- In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
- What does our lord, the jurisconsult, may God grant him prosperity, say
- regarding the f…
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LetterT-S 12.31
Letter sent from a village to the capital asking for news and discussing shipments as well as what appear to be seasonal laborers. The writer …
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- בשמך רח
- תקדמת כתבי אלי חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלואלד [ . . . . ] אללה [ . . .
- כמא לא אשך בוקופה עליהא ואלדי אוגב אצדאר הדה אלאחרף תוגה
- מיכאל …
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LetterT-S 16.297
Letter. The hand and style resemble those of Abū Zikrī the son of Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic, high register, rhymed prose. The contents are …
- בש
- שויתי ייי לנגדי תמיד לנגדי תמיד כי מימי[ני בל אמוט]
- וצלת מכאטבה אלמולי אלחסנה ומכא[טבה . . . . . .
- אללסאן ען גואב ממא טלבתה וטיב נפסה [... אללה] …
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LetterT-S 18J4.2
Letter from Shelomo b. Ḥayyim b. Shelomo to Avraham ha-Sar b. Natan ‘the Seventh’. Dating: Ca. 1100 CE. Information from CUDL. There is a rhymed …
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LetterT-S 8J20.1
Letter from Natan b. Avraham, probably in Damietta, to Natanel b. Ravah, in Fustat. In Hebrew. Dating: Probably Spring 1038 CE. Natan is on his …
- שלום חשובנו ובבת עינינו מרנא ורבנא נתנאל תלמידנו יגדל
- לעד וטובות יופק סלה נפרדנו ועינינו מטיפות דמע ולבינו
- יהמה על פרידתנו ממך יען כי הייתה לנו למשי…
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LetterT-S 8J22.6
Letter from Mevorakh b. Yiṣḥaq from Alexandria to his father in law, Seror (Surur) b. Ḥayyim b. Sabra in Fustat. Written a month after another …
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- [ ] ועלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך ונעמאך מן אלאסכנדריה לג' בקין
- [סל]אמה ונעמה ושוק אליכם שדיד קרב אללה אלאגתמאע עלי אחסן אלאחואל במנה …
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LetterT-S 8J24.16
Letter in which Shelomo, who was appointed to a new post, complains that he found only opponents and asks advice of the Nagid. He also …
- כאדמה
- שלמה
- ] סאמי אלאגלי אלסיידי אלאוחדי אלעאלמי
- ס]יידנא הנגיד הגדול ירום הודו ויגדל
- ]חין וצולה אלי הדא אלמוצע אלי אלאן
- ]ת מן אלאעדא אלדי מא ביני וב…
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LetterT-S 8J40.5
Letter from Yefet b. Shemuel to Moshe ha-Sar b. Peraḥya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Regarding the affairs of scholars and inquiring about the needs of a little …
- ממלוכה ואכוה
- יפת ביר שמואל
- . . . שומר מצוה לא ידע דבר רע ועת ומשפט ידע
- . . . כל הנסתרים בש יעלם שדה אשתיאקה ללמולא אל[דיי]ן אלגליל
- כגק מרינו ורבינו …
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LetterCUL Or.1081 J13
Letter sent from al-Mahalla by a man who is sought by the controller of revenue, asking a friend to obtain for him a letter from …
- אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ בין ידי אלמולי אלשיך
- אבו נצר חפטה אללה תעאלי ואקאם גאהה ותבת
- סעאדתה ויא מולאי לא תסאל מא אנא פיה מן
- אלמרץ וצעף אלקוה ואלקלה ואלכו…
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/129
Letter from Nissim b. Shela to the teacher Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥayyim Nafūsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Contains detailed information about the sending and selling of books. People …
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- בשמ רחמ
- אלדי אעלם בה מולאי אלמלמד נט ר[ח
- אן אלשמש תאבת אלכהן כאן קד סלם אלדפאתר
- אלדי לך ללחבר פלמא וצלת אעלמני בדלך
- פאנפדת אלי חמוה אבו אלחסי…
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/46
Letter from Nahray b. Nissim, in Būṣīr, to Abū Isḥāq Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tahirti and his cousin Barhun b. Mūsā, in Fustat. Dating: February 11, …
(יש כ?ן דברימ ש?י ? ברורי? מן הטקסט המודפס ויש לבדוק בכתב היד, ?ך ל?
מצ?תי ?ותו)
- כת?בי י? סידי ומול?י ?ט?ל ?ללה בק?ך ו?ד?? סל?מתך וסע?דתך וצרף ?ל
- ?ס…
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LetterENA 3796.11
Letter from a man, in Fustat, to his brothers Yūsuf and Ibrāhīm, unknown location. He blames his delay on the ״כר״ that belongs to Baqā', …
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Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/126
Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides. Reuven b. Yaʿaqov married a widow. He sickened and died, when she was 6 months pregnant. He left behind …
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LetterT-S 10J16.3
Letter. Postscript to a letter addressed to the Nasi Shelomo by the scion of the house of David in Mosul who also wrote Bodl. MS …
- פצל
- . . ל . דאם טלה אנה למא לם יחצל לולדנא שיא אצלא מן אליהוד
- . . לא מתל הדא אלצבי אלעגמי ולא מתל גירה מן אקל אלעניים
- אלוארדין אלי הדא אלבלד ותחקקת …
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View document detailsLegal documentMS 8254, fol. 14
Responsum by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. The responsum corresponds to #355 in Blau's edition ("I am very troubled by various matters, and my body is …
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View document detailsLetterENA 2808.26b
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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View document detailsLetterT-S Misc.25.65
Letter from Khalaf b. Ghanīma, probably in Alexandria, to 'my brother' Bū Yaʿqūb b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he went …
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View document detailsLetterYevr.-Arab. II 1458
Letter from David Ḥazzan, in Jerusalem, to Eliyya Levi, in Fustat/Cairo. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer describes the difficult financial state of himself and of …
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View document detailsLetterUPenn E 16522
Letter from a Jewish shipowner from Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1212 CE. He provides an exciting story about traveling to Cyprus but being diverted by a …
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View document detailsLetterT-S NS 338.50
Verso: Letter addressed to a certain Abū l-Faraj. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer has been sick ever since he last saw the addressee, and his illness …
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LetterT-S 13J22.13
Invitation by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his father to spend the Sabbath with him. Shelomo has "turned toward health" after an illness.
- ולדה שלמה געל פדאה
- אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ צאיעא
- ללה תע אמאם אלמגלס אלסאמי
- אלואלדי דאם עזה וינהי כתרה אלשוק
- אליה ואלי אלואלדה אלעזיזה דאם עזהא
- ואלי אלצגא…
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LetterT-S 8.11
Letter from the muqaddam of Malij, congratulating R. Aharon ha-Qarawi (or: "who is called") Abu l-Ḥasan on God's miracles and Aharon's deliverance from wicked people. …
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LetterT-S 8.258
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a certain Abū l-Ḥasan b. Ḥassūn. The writer recounts the legal proceedings following somebody's death and various people bearing false testimony. …
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View document detailsLetterStras. 4110/90
Complete letter in the same unmistakeable hand as several others (see the tag). In other letters, he writes to his father in Minyat Qa'id and …
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LetterT-S 10J11.7
Letter (draft) from individuals in physical discomfort, appealing for help. The writers may be lepers, as they refer to their flesh being damaged and their …
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LetterT-S 12.298
Letter from Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen, in the Rīf, to his cousin and brother-in-law Natan b. Shelomoha-Kohen. Mainly to ask him to settle a debt …
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- מוגב הדה אלאסטר אערף הדרת
- רבינו יחי לעד אן וצלת רקעתה צחבה
- אלדי אנפדת מעה אלדקיק ולם ארא
- פי אלכתאב גואב ען אלמכדה אלדי
- גלטו בהא פי קמאש בן כא…
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View document detailsLetterT-S Ar.42.146
Letter of condolence from Abū Naṣr to his brother's son ʿImrān. In Arabic script. Aodeh notes that the introduction contains formulae similar to those in …
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View document detailsLetterT-S Ar.48.113
Letter fragment to an unidentified physician. In Judaeo-Arabic. The format is notable: written in a narrow column, with the width of the margin almost equal …
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View document detailsLetterT-S Ar.7.28
Letter probably from a man, in Jerusalem, probably to a woman named Marḥaba, perhaps in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with many colloquial forms (incl. the suffix …
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LetterT-S AS 147.54
Letter to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee had left when she was ill (marīḍa). The writer mentions Sulaymān, whom they had not seen for …
- אללה ב]קאהא [ואדאם עזהא . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ומן
- חסן תופיק[ה לא אכלאהא . . . . . . .] וגמע [אללה ביננא
- עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה וסוי דלך [ …
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View document detailsList or tableT-S J1.49
Various accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. One section may list the expenditures for a funeral, items include the gravediggers (ḥaffārīn) and the perfume for the corpse or …
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LetterT-S AS 148.7
Shelomo b. Eliyyahu asks Abu l-Ḥasan to give the (medicinal) syrup that he kindly cooked to the young boy for delivery. (Information from Goitein's index …
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- אלמולי אלשיך אבו אלחסן שצ ידפע ללצגיר
- אלשראב אלדי תפצל אלמולי בטביכה פאן
- אלממלוך שאכר לה אבתדא ואנתהא שלמה
- עבדו
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- ...בה אללה שצ
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LetterENA 2964.19
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions an illness and Manṣūr al-Ḥarīrī. Also mentions Shimʿon and "fulān" suggesting it could be a draft or something legal. On …
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View document detailsLetterT-S AS 177.599
Informal note from Abū l-Faraj. In Arabic script. He complains about his illness and inability to go out (on account of the jāliya?). He asks …
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LetterENA 4010.32
Letter from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat, approximately 1030. The writer cites his illness as an excuse for something (recto, 18–19).
- שלום וברכה ומרפא וארוכה ועט[רה
- רע לחסכה וימיו בטוב להאריכה [
- אפרים החבר ההולך תמים ופועל [
- בר שמריה תנצכה אעלם מולאי אל[חבר אן פי]
- יומי הדא טלע אשכא…
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LetterT-S 13J26.20
Letter from an unknown writer to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer rebukes the addressee for failing to write with his news. Everyone has …
- בשמ רחמ
- כאבי(!) אליך וג ען שוק שדיד עגבנא מנך יא מולאי אלוף תעלם
- מן תעלק קלבנא בך ואלתטלע אלי אכבאר חצרתך ולם תכתב
- לנא חרפין תערפנא כיף כאן וצולך ומ…
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View document detailsLetterMoss. VII,154.1
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Dating: 11th century. The sender excuses himself from something on account of his illness (ḍuʿfī) and worry (shughl sirrī). Mentions …
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LetterENA NS 54.1
Family and/or business letter addressed to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely late 12th or early 13th century. The sender is sick and throws up …
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- מ]א אנא פיה מן . . . [
- ] . . . . . . ללצגירה תכלי גרצהא וק . [
- אנא וגרי ביני ובינה כל קביח עליהא [. . . . . . עלי
- יד אלרשיד בן אלדיאן דינאר א…
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LetterT-S 13J19.5
Letter from ʿEli b. Hillel to his brother-in-law Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer opens with expressions of mourning for the death of a …
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- בשמך רח
- וצל כתאב חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלא[גל . . . . . . . . .
- וכבת [ע]דוהא פכאן אעז ואפד ופד נא[. . . . . . . . . . .
- ואעטמה קדרה ולם ידכר שי מן…
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View document detailsLetterDK 311 (alt: 3, 6)
Business letter from Shelomo b. Avraham [. . .] Ruqqī to Abū l-Faraj Nissim b. Shelomo Ruqqī. "Abū l-Faraj Nissim, the recipient of this letter, …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/63
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Dāwūd b. Yehuda ha-Kohen asking him to read out a letter of condolence—enclosed with the present letter—to Moshe ha-Kohen …
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- כי שפתי כהן ישמרו דעת וג
- לך יי הוחלתי אתה תענה יי אלהי
- אלממלוך שלמה ברבי אליה הדיין סט
- אל הדרת יקרת צפירת כגק מרנא ורבנא דוד הכהן החבר
- היקר ה…
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