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  1. 151

    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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    1. בשמך רחמנה
    2. קד עלם אללה תעלי מא עלי קלבי מן חצרה
    3. מולי אלואלד אלאגל אטאל אללה בקאהא
    4. ואדאם תאיידהא ועלאהא ותמכינהא
    5. וכבת אעדאהא ומציהא עלי תלך
    6. אלח…

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  2. 152

    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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  3. 153

    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 …

    1. בש רח
    2. בעד חמד אללה וכדמה אלואלד אלעזיז אבי אלעז
    3. אעזה אללה תע ינהי אלממלוך אן אלואלדה וצלת
    4. סאלמה הי ויוסף ואקאמה/ם/ פי אלבחר ד איאם
    5. ונחן ואלחמד לל[ה]…

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  4. 154

    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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  5. 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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  6. 156

    LetterT-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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  7. 157

    LetterMoss. 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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  8. 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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  9. 159

    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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  10. 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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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. ما يقول سيدنا الفقيه و فقه الله 
    3. في شخص شارب دوا من اول يوم و هوا
    4. في بيته و عرض عرض احوجه الخروج من
    5. بيته ليقضى حاجة لن…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  
    2. What does our lord, the jurisconsult, may God grant him prosperity, say 
    3. regarding the f…

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  11. 161

    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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    1. בשמך רח
    2. תקדמת כתבי אלי חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלואלד [ . . . . ] אללה [ . . .
    3. כמא לא אשך בוקופה עליהא ואלדי אוגב אצדאר הדה אלאחרף תוגה
    4. מיכאל …

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  12. 162

    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 …

    1. בש
    2. שויתי ייי לנגדי תמיד לנגדי תמיד כי מימי[ני בל אמוט]
    3. וצלת מכאטבה אלמולי אלחסנה ומכא[טבה . . . . . .
    4. אללסאן ען גואב ממא טלבתה וטיב נפסה [... אללה]

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  13. 163

    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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  14. 164

    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 …

    1. שלום חשובנו ובבת עינינו מרנא ורבנא נתנאל תלמידנו יגדל
    2. לעד וטובות יופק סלה נפרדנו ועינינו מטיפות דמע ולבינו
    3. יהמה על פרידתנו ממך יען כי הייתה לנו למשי…

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  15. 165

    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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    1. [ ] ועלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך ונעמאך מן אלאסכנדריה לג' בקין
    2. [סל]אמה ונעמה ושוק אליכם שדיד קרב אללה אלאגתמאע עלי אחסן אלאחואל במנה

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  16. 166

    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 …

    1. כאדמה
    2. שלמה
    3. ] סאמי אלאגלי אלסיידי אלאוחדי אלעאלמי
    4. ס]יידנא הנגיד הגדול ירום הודו ויגדל
    5. ]חין וצולה אלי הדא אלמוצע אלי אלאן
    6. ]ת מן אלאעדא אלדי מא ביני וב…

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  17. 167

    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 …

    1. ממלוכה ואכוה
    2. יפת ביר שמואל
    3. . . . שומר מצוה לא ידע דבר רע ועת ומשפט ידע
    4. . . . כל הנסתרים בש יעלם שדה אשתיאקה ללמולא אל[דיי]ן אלגליל
    5. כגק מרינו ורבינו …

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  18. 168

    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 …

    1. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ בין ידי אלמולי אלשיך
    2. אבו נצר חפטה אללה תעאלי ואקאם גאהה ותבת
    3. סעאדתה ויא מולאי לא תסאל מא אנא פיה מן
    4. אלמרץ וצעף אלקוה ואלקלה ואלכו…

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  19. 169

    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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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אלדי אעלם בה מולאי אלמלמד נט ר[ח
    3. אן אלשמש תאבת אלכהן כאן קד סלם אלדפאתר
    4. אלדי לך ללחבר פלמא וצלת אעלמני בדלך
    5. פאנפדת אלי חמוה אבו אלחסי…

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  20. 170

    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)

    1. כת?בי י? סידי ומול?י ?ט?ל ?ללה בק?ך ו?ד?? סל?מתך וסע?דתך וצרף ?ל
    2. ?ס…

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  21. 171

    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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  22. 172

    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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  23. 173

    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 …

    1. פצל
    2. . . ל . דאם טלה אנה למא לם יחצל לולדנא שיא אצלא מן אליהוד
    3. . . לא מתל הדא אלצבי אלעגמי ולא מתל גירה מן אקל אלעניים
    4. אלוארדין אלי הדא אלבלד ותחקקת …

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  24. 174

    Legal 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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  25. 175

    LetterENA 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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  26. 176

    LetterT-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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  27. 177

    LetterYevr.-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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  28. 178

    LetterUPenn 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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  29. 179

    LetterT-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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  30. 180

    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.

    1. ולדה שלמה געל פדאה
    2. אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ צאיעא
    3. ללה תע אמאם אלמגלס אלסאמי
    4. אלואלדי דאם עזה וינהי כתרה אלשוק
    5. אליה ואלי אלואלדה אלעזיזה דאם עזהא
    6. ואלי אלצגא…

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  31. 181

    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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  32. 182

    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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  33. 183

    LetterStras. 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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  34. 184

    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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  35. 185

    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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    1. מוגב הדה אלאסטר אערף הדרת
    2. רבינו יחי לעד אן וצלת רקעתה צחבה
    3. אלדי אנפדת מעה אלדקיק ולם ארא
    4. פי אלכתאב גואב ען אלמכדה אלדי
    5. גלטו בהא פי קמאש בן כא…

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  36. 186

    LetterT-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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  37. 187

    LetterT-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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  38. 188

    LetterT-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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  39. 189

    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 …

    1. אללה ב]קאהא [ואדאם עזהא . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ומן
    2. חסן תופיק[ה לא אכלאהא . . . . . . .] וגמע [אללה ביננא
    3. עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה וסוי דלך [

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  40. 190

    List 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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  41. 191

    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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    1. אלמולי אלשיך אבו אלחסן שצ ידפע ללצגיר
    2. אלשראב אלדי תפצל אלמולי בטביכה פאן
    3. אלממלוך שאכר לה אבתדא ואנתהא שלמה
    4. עבדו

    Verso.

    1. ...בה אללה שצ

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  42. 192

    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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  43. 193

    LetterT-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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  44. 194

    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).

    1. שלום וברכה ומרפא וארוכה ועט[רה
    2. רע לחסכה וימיו בטוב להאריכה [
    3. אפרים החבר ההולך תמים ופועל [
    4. בר שמריה תנצכה אעלם מולאי אל[חבר אן פי]
    5. יומי הדא טלע אשכא…

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  45. 195

    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 …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כאבי(!) אליך וג ען שוק שדיד עגבנא מנך יא מולאי אלוף תעלם
    3. מן תעלק קלבנא בך ואלתטלע אלי אכבאר חצרתך ולם תכתב
    4. לנא חרפין תערפנא כיף כאן וצולך ומ…

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  46. 196

    LetterMoss. 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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  47. 197

    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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    1. מ]א אנא פיה מן . . . [
    2. ] . . . . . . ללצגירה תכלי גרצהא וק . [
    3. אנא וגרי ביני ובינה כל קביח עליהא [. . . . . . עלי
    4. יד אלרשיד בן אלדיאן דינאר א…

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  48. 198

    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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    1. בשמך רח
    2. וצל כתאב חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלא[גל . . . . . . . . .
    3. וכבת [ע]דוהא פכאן אעז ואפד ופד נא[. . . . . . . . . . .
    4. ואעטמה קדרה ולם ידכר שי מן…

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  49. 199

    LetterDK 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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  50. 200

    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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    1. כי שפתי כהן ישמרו דעת וג
    2. לך יי הוחלתי אתה תענה יי אלהי
    3. אלממלוך שלמה ברבי אליה הדיין סט
    4. אל הדרת יקרת צפירת כגק מרנא ורבנא דוד הכהן החבר
    5. היקר ה…

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