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  1. 1LetterT-S AS 149.203

    Letter mentioning [Abū] Zikrī and illnesses. Small fragment. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  2. 2LetterENA 3276.9

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to [...] Abū ʿImrān. Mentions the intercalation of the calendar and something the sender intended to do before he fell …

    1. א]דאם אללה סעאדת אלמולא [
    2. ] אלשיך אבו עמראן כאן אלמולא [
    3. ס]אל לי עלי עמל עיבור פעמל[ת
    4. ] . . וכנת עאזם עלי אני אנקל [
    5. ] ורקה(?) פוקעת פי אלמרץ ול[
    6. ] …

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  3. 3LetterENA 2739.9

    Mercantile letter, probably by a Maghribī trader of the 11th century, probably sent from Alexandria to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mawhūb b. ʿAmmār was present with …

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  4. 4LetterENA NS 8.50

    Fragment of a letter from Alexandria to Fustat. The recipient was ill when the writer departed Fustat.

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  5. 5LetterT-S AS 161.11

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a return from somewhere; Purim; the capitation tax (al-jāliya); a severe illness (marḍa shadīda); entering Fustat; Sammanūd; "my hand and …

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  6. 6LetterMoss. II,193

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Missing only the first couple lines. The writer mentions exchanges of goods (ll.2–3); he has sent a dinar for someone's …

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  7. 7LetterENA NS 71.4

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. The writer excuses himself from attending in person on account of the illness of a female slave (ll. 7–8). Verso: …

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  8. 8LetterT-S AS 149.38

    Family letter, mentioning the addressee’s brothers and mother. (Information from CUDL)

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  9. 9LetterT-S AS 153.159

    Part of a letter with holiday greetings; writer describes his illness and explains that he is spending the holiday in the house of his brother’s …

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  10. 10LetterJRL 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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  11. 11LetterT-S 13J24.1

    Recto: Letter sent from Damascus. In Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein describes it as a lovely family letter praising the town for its opportunities to make a living …

    1. . .]. . עלי [. . . .]ן מן אמי . . .
    2. מנך לאנהא כאיפה מן אללה וכל
    3. שוקהא [[ל]] בכם ומא ביעוזנא אלא
    4. נצרך והי מחתרקה אלקלב עלי נצרכם
    5. גמיע פלא תכשי אמר ומ…

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  12. 12LetterT-S 10J17.17

    Letter with a special request from the addressee to report about his illness. [An assumption that he was ill after not having heard from him …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. קד עלם אללה תעאלי מא [כא]ן
    3. עליה מן אלוחשה ליקירינו
    4. ואהובינו אלשיך אבו אלחסן יעזריהו
    5. קדושינו על דבר כבוד שמו
    6. ומא מנענא אן נכתב אלי חצרתה
    7. רקעה…

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  13. 13LetterT-S AS 155.78

    Small fragment of a family and/or business letter. Refers to someone's illness (r2), and evidently the sender was also sick because God sent him health …

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  14. 14LetterT-S 8J25.4

    Letter to [... b.] Ḥalfon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning business issues, mentioning commodities such as gum and walnuts. Containing an order of Abbadani mats, which were …

    1. . . . . .]שלום שלום לר[.]ול[. . . . . . .]וא[. .] ר חלפון
    2. . . . . .]לה תע ורחמתה [. . . .]תה עלי אלש מרדוך שצ
    3. . . . .] אן אלממלוך פרג [. . . . .] יס…

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  15. 15LetterT-S 6J11.11

    Business note in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions the arrival of the merchants and a request that the addressee write something in his …

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  16. 16LetterT-S Ar.35.192

    Letter mainly consisting of business accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Tripoli and Cairo. Concludes with a note, "how shall we divide it? Perhaps .... because I …

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  17. 17LetterT-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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  18. 18LetterT-S NS J186

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, to Musa b. Abi al-Hayy. Around 1063. The writer informs the addressee about Nahray b. Nissim’s illness. Seems …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה

    2. ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה מן אלמסתק[ר ל ] בקי מן אב יהפך

    3. לשמחה כתמה אללה עלי מולאי באחסן כאתמ…

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  19. 19LetterMoss. 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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  20. 20LetterT-S AS 149.40

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions numerous items of clothing and textiles. Written during an epidemic (wa-l-zamān zamān maraḍ, 3 lines from the bottom of recto). The …

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    1. ולי דלך [
    2. כתב ולם [יצלני] גואב וקד . . . . [. . . . . . .] . את . אן אני
    3. קאל . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ולם יח…

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  21. 21LetterT-S NS 327.10

    Letter in Arabic script. Likely sent from Jerusalem (since it refers to people "coming up" from al-Ramla this week). Addressed to a woman. The sender …

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  22. 22LetterBodl. 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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  23. 23LetterENA 2558.15

    Letter addressed to Eliyya b. Mishaʾel ha-Levi. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called "the mighty prince" (ha-Sar ha-Adir) and his father is called …

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  24. 24LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/76

    Fragmentary letter (on vellum) from Tunisia by Manashe b. Ammar to Joseph b. Salman b. Ya'ish, expressing the wish to give up the hard "service …

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  25. 25LetterT-S NS 305.60

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner). The sender has been sick. Not much else is preserved.

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  26. 26Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 20

    On verso there is a letter draft from Barakāt b. Bū l-Faraj = Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Maḥāsin, mentioning his sadness at hearing the …

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  27. 27LetterT-S AS 56.106

    Letter/report in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in a formal layout, with slightly widened space between the lines. This is the lower left corner of what must have …

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  28. 28LetterT-S A26.97

    Letter fragment addressed to the Nagid [Mevorakh] b. Saʿadya. Very faded. Refer to illnesses (amrāḍ. . . maraḍan. . .). Needs further examination. Reused on …

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  29. 29LetterT-S Ar.38.100

    Letter from someone, probably in Barqa, to his or her "father" the judge Mūsā b. ʿImrān (or else this Mūsā is simply mentioned in the …

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  30. 30LetterT-S 13J23.3

    Letter of Benayahu b. Musa, an Alexandrian from Maghribi origin, to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. The letter contains severe complaints on the local Alexandrian …

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    1. בשמך רחמ

    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל גדול הישיבה ואדאם סלאמתה

    3. וסעאדתה ונעמתה מן אלמסתקר כאן קד בלגנא אן מולאי אלשיך לחקה וגע

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  31. 31LetterT-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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  32. 32LetterT-S NS 321.70

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that his cousin (ibn khālatī) Berakhot has arrived and conveyed the news that the addressee came down with …

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  33. 33LetterJRL 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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  34. 34LetterENA NS 22.9

    Letter from the cantor Abū l-Majd (Meir b. Yakhin), in Fustat, to his brother Abū l-Najm Hilāl, presumably in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th …

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    1. אכוהא בו אלמגד
    2. חצרה אלאך אלשקיק ואלרכן אלותיק
    3. אלשיך בו אלנגם הלאל אדאם אללה
    4. עזה ועלאה ומן אלתופיק לא כלאה
    5. גמע אללה אלשמל בה עלי אחסן חאל
    6. ואנע…

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  35. 35LetterT-S NS 164.63

    Fragment from a private letter. On recto there is the end of a legal query concerning an alley and a qāʿa and a majlis. This …

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  36. 36LetterCUL Or.1080 J99

    Family letter, partly in Hebrew and partly in Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting seems to be that of the judge Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: End of Ṭevet …

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  37. 37LetterT-S NS 321.71

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mostly about personal/family matters but also some business issues. The letter is probably from a man to his brother …

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  38. 38LetterDK 315

    Letter from Najm [...] al-Muʿallim the brother-in-law of Kamāl b. Yūsuf, in Fustat, to his 'brother' the cantor Musāfir ha-Bavli, in Alexandria. Spellings are eccentric. …

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  39. 39LetterT-S 8J19.18

    Letter in which the writer complains about his financial state. The sender gives advice to the addressee about leaving some place and taking his childrens' …

    1. אלקלוב ואלדי אשיר בה עליך אן תגעל לך טריק תכרג [
    2. מע רחל צביאנך ותכון מראעי לה פי אלטריק ואנ [
    3. ויזול שגל אלקלב ומא תחתאג לא וכאלה ולא גיר דלך [
    4. כנת מ…

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  40. 40LetterJRL 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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  41. 41LetterT-S AS 121.278

    Family letter in Arabic script. Mostly crossed out with copious squiggles. Mentions the illness of the addressee's daughter (ولا تسال ما على قلبنا من . …

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  42. 42LetterJRL 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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  43. 43LetterT-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 …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאשיכי ורייסי וגלילי וכבי[רי אטאל אללה בקא]ך ואדאם נעמאך ותולאך 
    2. ורעאך ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך ען סל[אמה לא עדמתהא ונע]מה לא כלות מנהא …

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  44. 44LetterT-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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  45. 45LetterMoss. 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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  46. 46LetterMoss. VII,188.3

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

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  47. 47LetterT-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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  48. 48LetterCUL 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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  49. 49LetterJRL Gaster ar. 352

    Letter addressed to Abū Saʿd. In Arabic script. The sender begs for an urgent loan of 5 dirhams, because he is sick. He will try …

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  50. 50LetterCUL Or.1080 4.42

    Letter probably from a cantor named Sayyid al-Ahl, in Alexandria, to his son Faḍāʾil and other family members, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Well preserved. …

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