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  1. 1LetterYevr. II A 1295

    Letter from the Qaraite community of Fustat/Cairo to the Qaraite community of Istanbul. In Hebrew. Dating: Ottoman-era. The purpose of the letter is to request …

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  2. 2Literary textYevr. II A 1683

    Literary work (the writer calls it a "dīwān") that preserves copies of two letters. The first: A letter from a Qaraite authority to David b. …

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  3. 3LetterT-S AS 161.179

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to something al-Majīdī, which might place this during the period of al-Ḥāfiẓ (1132–49). Then refers to "the life of" (could …

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  4. 4LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1447

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Dating: ca. 1224 CE (this date is mentioned in the text of the letter). Contains a fascinating and long-winded tale about …

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  5. 5Legal documentYevr. II A 1724

    Non-Geniza. Legal document. Agreement between the Qaraite and Rabbanite congregations in Lithuania (specifically Samogitia?) concerning taxation. Dated: 1654 CE.

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  6. 6LetterNLI 577.3/11

    Letter from a Qaraite, in Jerusalem, to al-Shaykh al-Rashīd Hārūn Ibn Saghīr, in Cairo. To be read to the whole Qaraite community. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: …

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  7. 7LetterYevr.-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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  8. 8LetterENA 4100.17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Missing its top part. Dated 8 Tammuz יהפך אבלו לששון, but no year is given; likely 14th or 15th century. The sender …

    1. אלכלאם אלדי תקולו בה עלי אלממ וכל מא
    2. רסלת פתוי לשופט מן גהה אלממ מע ענאיה
    3. אללה סב ות יקול אלשופט ען אלממ חאשא פלאן
    4. אנה יקע פי שי מן דלך ויפתי ללממ ב…

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  9. 9LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1417

    Letter to Eliyya Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ottoman-era. Recto consists of greetings. On verso the writer relates various types of bad news (violence, financial losses) …

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  10. 10LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1480

    Letter from the Qaraite community of Jerusalem to the Qaraite community of Damascus. The scribe is Meir Rofe Tawrīzī, and the letter is also signed …

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