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  1. 201

    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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  2. 202

    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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  3. 203

    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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  4. 204

    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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  5. 205

    LetterT-S 12.415

    Letter sent from Alexandria by a father to his son, who had run away to the army, trying to bring him back. (Information from Goitein's …

    1. אלדי אעלם בה ולדי ולעזיז עלי [ו]ענדי קרב
    2. אללה אלאגתמאע בה קר/י/ב אן שא אללה
    3. וגיר דאלך מא עמל אחד קבלך ולא בעדך
    4. מא עמלתה אנא מעך קבל ספרך ביומין וקת

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  6. 206

    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 …

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  7. 207

    LetterMoss. II,103.2

    Fragment of a family letter, same writer and addressee as T-S NS 338.71, mainly rebuking the addressee for the lack of letters. "Your mother and …

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  8. 208

    LetterMoss. II,123.2

    Fragment of a business letter, probably sent from Qūṣ (between lines 1 and 2). Mentions "the 8th of Shuwwāl, which is Shevat"; the writer's preoccupation …

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  9. 209

    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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  10. 210

    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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  11. 211

    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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  12. 212

    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 …

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  13. 213

    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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  14. 214

    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 …

    Recto.

    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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  15. 215

    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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  16. 216

    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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  17. 217

    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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  18. 218

    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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  19. 219

    LetterT-S 13J17.2

    Letter from Yosef b. ʿEli ha- Kohen al-Fāsī, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1057. In the handwriting of Salmān b. Hārūn. Yūsuf b. …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה

    2. מן אלמסתקר ערבה אלסכות אדרכך אללה אמתאלה אעיאד כתירה שמיח וטוב ל…

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  20. 220

    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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  21. 221

    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. 222

    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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  23. 223

    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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  24. 224

    LetterT-S 16.36

    Letter from Jalāl al-Dawla, in Fustat, to Shelomo ha-Nasi b. Yishay, in Bilbays. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1240 CE. The writer describes the difficult economic …

    1. וצל אלכתאב אלצאדר ען אלמגלס אל[..............] אלעאלי [.....
    2. שלנשיאנו שלמה......ל.. .אל... .ל אלמנפד מן בלביס ול[.
    3. .ואה. .דנא בוצולה אלא ענד נאמן אל…

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  25. 225

    LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/17

    Business letter sent from Qayrawan by Efrayim b. Ismail, probably to Yaʿaqov b. Yosef b. Awkal in Fustat (Gil) or from Ifrīqiya by 'Allush b. …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] כתיר ואלכרא
    2. . . . . . . . .…

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  26. 226

    LetterT-S 16.163

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Mūsā al-Tahirtī, in al-Mahdiyya, to Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: August 3, 1063, based on Gil's assessment. …

    1. כתאבי יא סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך מן אלמהדיה ה(!) כלון מן אלול
    2. ען סלאמה ונעמה ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמין וצלת כתבך פי אלמראכב ווק…

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  27. 227

    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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  28. 228

    LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/36

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Avraham b. ʿAṭā' (=Natan), in Malīj, to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Mūsā. The writer is not the same person as the …

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  29. 229

    LetterT-S 8J41.1

    Brief letter from a person in dire straits suffering from illness and lack of clothing, and unable to buy anything to eat for the upcoming …

    1. יקבל אלארץ וינהי בין ידי אל [ . . . . . . .
    2. אלאגל [ . . . . . . . . . . ] הבחור ביקר סט
    3. אלמנעם אלמתפצל עלי עבדה וגלט.
    4. פי כל וקת ואלממלוך שאכר מן
    5. . .…

    Recto

    [...k]isses the ground and informs the most illustrious [...] “the Precious Chosen One,” (may your) e(nd be) g(ood), the beneficent, who acts k…

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  30. 230

    LetterT-S AS 207.180 + T-S AS 207.198 + T-S AS 207.179 + T-S AS 207.178

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. All four fragments likely belong to the same letter. T-S AS 207.180 + T-S AS 207.198 is almost a direct join, and …

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  31. 231

    LetterDK 230.4 (alt: 11, I)

    Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Yosef b. Ismāʿīl al-Iṭrābulusi, Ascalon, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Circa 1060. Discusses the import and export of goods through Ascalon. …

    1. כתבת אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה וחראסתה
    2. וכבת אעדאה מן עסקלאן לד כלון מן תשרי אללה תעאלא יתקבל מנה פיה
    3. צאלח אלדעא ויעיד עליה שנים…

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  32. 232

    LetterENA 2804.4

    Letter fragment on behalf of the lepers of Tiberias to Efrayim b. Shemarya in Fustat.

    1. שלום] ממלאכי השלום וסוכת שלום
    2. אוהב שלו]ם ורודף שלום הוא כבוד גדולת
    3. [קדושת מר ור אפ]רים החבר היקר והנכבד והמיוקר
    4. ] בן כב גק מרנא ורבנא שמריה רוח
    5. [יוי…

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  33. 233

    LetterENA 4100.12

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Abū ʿImrān al-Kohen. Written in Hebrew (the opening poem and formulae) and Judaeo-Arabic (the body). The writer cites …

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  34. 234

    LetterENA 4100.8a

    Letter from Abūn b. Ṣadaqa, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Abūn conveys a detailed tale of a serious falling-out with another merchant and urges …

    Letter from Abon b. Tsedakah, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat(ENA 4100, f. 8, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 3, pp. 252-256 (Doc. #503))2-23-87 JH(P)…

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  35. 235

    LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/73

    Letter, Somewhat cryptic. "As for what you mentioned about the istiʿmāl and the musakhkhināt (warming drugs?) and the [...], and as the 'season' (of illnesses?) …

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  36. 236

    LetterT-S 13J23.2

    Letter from Efrayim b. Isḥāq, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: Ca. 1070 CE. The writer owns several apartments in Alexandria and …

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    1. וצל כתאב מולאי אלחבר אלגליל גדול הישיבה נטרוהי מן שמיא וגברוהי למזלי ווקפת עליה ושכרת אללה

    2. גל אסמה עלי מא תצמנה מן עלם סלאמתה וסאלתה אדאמתה…

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  37. 237

    LetterT-S AS 152.34

    Letter to a doctor with his reply (CUDL). "Medical enquiry to a doctor with his reply. This document type is a responsa type dealing with …

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  38. 238

    LetterBL OR 5544.4

    Letter of Ḥalfon b. Yiṣḥaq to the eminent scholar Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel (the Spaniard). The entire letter is a refu'a shelema for the Rayyis Abū …

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  39. 239

    LetterT-S Ar.40.84

    Verso (secondary use): Petition/letter of appeal for charity in Arabic script. From Manṣūr. The sender and his family have perished from illness (maraḍ, awjāʿ), poverty, …

    Margin:

    1. [المملوك]
    2. منصور

    Top:

    1. يقصد الله تعالى ويقصد مولانا

    Margin:

    1. المملوك
    2. منصور

    Main text:

    1. قد علم الله تعالى ان ما له وجه يتجه به اليه
    2. الى باب…

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  40. 240

    Legal documentENA NS I.70

    Upper part of a letter by Berakhot b. Shemuel mentioning his being cut off from the recipent on account of his illnesses, including ophthalmia at …

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  41. 241

    LetterHalper 419

    Letter from an unknown man, unknown location (not Fustat or Alexandria), to his mother Umm Mufaḍḍal, in Alexandria. Written in Judaeo-Arabic with the address in …

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  42. 242

    LetterENA NS 4.17

    Family letter in Hebrew. May be in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. The writer sends wishes for the recovery of a woman in …

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  43. 243

    LetterENA NS 42.8

    Letter of appeal. The writer states, "The illness was enough for me, and then the capitation tax assailed me." The tone is aggrieved; he complains …

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  44. 244

    LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/31

    Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi, in Alexandria, to Yiṣḥaq Ibn ʿEzra, in Spain. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter deals with the death of Ḥalfon's brother …

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    1. יא מולאי וסידי עמאדי ודכירתי אלפאצ'ל אלאסעד אלחכים אלאמגד
    2. ומן אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם נעמתה וארתקאה וסמוה וסנאה ובסטתה
    3. ונמוה ועלאה ובלגה ובלג פיה…

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  45. 245

    LetterT-S NS J29

    Letter from the physician Abū Zikrī, in Alexandria, to his father Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. Dating: Shortly before 1227 CE. Abū Zikrī tries to …

    1. ולא עדם בקאה
    2. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך ואין למו מכשול
    3. וצלת [[כתב]] כתב אלמולי אלסייד אלאגל אלואלד
    4. אלאעז אלאכץ אלמפצל אלמכרם אלמחתרם
    5. אלמחסן אלמנעם אלמתפצ…

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  46. 246

    LetterENA 1822a.3

    Recto: Letter from a teacher to a parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely late 11th or early 12th century, based on the mention of Abū l-Bishr …

    Recto:

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. צבח אללה מולאי אלפרנס אלנאמן באנעם צבאח ו . . . .
    3. וכפאני פיה כל מחדור ואחיא ולדה קד עלם אלכאלק
    4. תעאלי דכרה מא אנא פיה מן ציקה דאת אליד…

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  47. 247

    LetterT-S 10J25.3

    Letter from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin (Thābit), "the Glory of the Cantors," in Fustat. Dated: 14 …

    Recto:

    1. בשמ' רחמ' אלדאעי ללה בכמאל עאפיתה יהודה המלמד
    2. אלי אלמולא אלשיך בו אלמגד כגק' מר' ור' מאיר השר היקר החזן תפארת
    3. החזנים חפטה אללה וגמלנא גמיע בב…

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  48. 248

    LetterT-S NS 320.11 + T-S NS J209

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Simḥa al-Nīsābūrī ha-Levi to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Salāma b. Hillel al-Ḥalabī. The sender reports that he arrived in Alexandria on Tuesday after …

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  49. 249

    LetterT-S 13J23.14

    Letter from Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef (active 990s–1030s CE), in Qayrawān, to his brother-in-law ʿAyyāsh b. Nissim. The sender reports that the addressee's son …

    1. אטאל אללה אכי וסידי אלעזיז עלי בקאך וחפצך ווקאך ואדאם נעמאך
    2. כתאבי אליך ערב צום כיפור תקבלה אללה מנא ומנך ומן כל ישר באלגפראן ואלרצואן
    3. ען סלאמה ועאפי…

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  50. 250

    LetterMS 8254, fol. 21

    Verso: Letter of appeal from a poor man [...] ha-Levi addressed to the Nagid David I Maimonides (r. 1237–1300) or David II Maimonides (r. 1355–1410). …

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