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  1. 1LetterENA NS 67.6

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably sent from Alexandria to Fustat. Refers to the arrival of ʿImrān to Fustat; the addressee is to ask him for …

    Recto

    1. ואן דלך אלשכץ אקאם פי אלבלד כמסה
    2. איאם ותוגה אלי עדן אעלמת מולאי
    3. בדלך ובאללה עליך יא מולאי אן אחוגת
    4. עבדך אן יבטל אלדכאן אלי אן נסאפר
    5. למצר לאנך …

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    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    12225
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  2. 2LetterJRL Series A 284

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in what Goitein identifies as the handwriting and style of well-known India trader Abu Nasr Avraham informing recipient about events, apparently taking place in …

    1. ]פי דהלך [...............
    2. ]. פי אלגזר [.............
    3. ]בדהלך יח יומא ברי[ח
    4. ]אללה אן י..נא ריח אלסלאמה
    5. ] ואמא אלמ... פקד איסנא
    6. ]ארו. קע ווצל אנסאן מן …

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    3 Transcriptions

    • 1 / 1 leaf, recto
    • 1 / 1 leaf, verso
    In PGP since
    2004
    PGPID
    5205
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  3. 3LetterCUL Or.1081 J1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from David Maimonides, in ʿAydhāb, to his brother Moses Maimonides, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1170 CE. This is the last letter David wrote before …

    Recto:

    1. אלי אכי ואלעזיז עלי ר מש[ה ביר] מימון זצל
    2. דוד אכיך אלשאיק אליך גמע אללה בך עלי אסר חאל במנה
    3. כתבת אליך הדא אלכתאב מן עידאב ואנא עלי גמלה אלסלא…

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    2 Transcriptions 1 Translation

    • 1v
    • 1r
    In PGP since
    2018
    PGPID
    9675
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  4. 4LetterT-S 8J17.15

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn, in 'Aydhab, to his sons, before embarking again for the east. He reports that he had dismissed his traveling companion …

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    3 Transcriptions 1 Translation 2 Discussions

    • 1r
    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    7665
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  5. 5LetterT-S 28.22

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    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    India Book I, 14: Letter from Yosef Lebdi to Ḥasan b. Bundar, 'the representative of the merchants' in Aden, written in the hand of Hillel …

    recto

    1. [... מר]פע וגטא [זנה ע''ח ונצף מגסל ...]
    2. [וזנה אתנין וכ]מסין דרהמא ורבע [...] 
    3. [וזן אלכל תל]ת מאיה ותסעה וכמסין דרהמ[א ...] 
    4. [אבי יעקוב אלחכים…
    8. I asked my lord to grant me an advance on fifty bahārs pepper; you agr[eed and divided the amount]
    9. between the boat of al-Qummī and th…

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    3 Transcriptions 1 Translation

    • 1r
    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    5358
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  6. 6LetterT-S 12.392

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a novice India trader in a Red Sea Port to his brother, Libya. Dating: 1103. Complains in rhyme about the hardships of travel. …

    Recto

    1.  אנה] ולי דלך ואלקאדר עליה אן שא אללה
    2.  א]כי בל סיידי יום אלב לכד יומא כלון
    3.  [מן שהר] חשון סנה תתסד ערפנא אללה בר[כאת]       
    4. [לנא ולכל] ישראל …

    Recto

    1. … for he is master of this and has power over it, if God wills.
    2. … on Monday 24
    3. Ḥeshvan, (4)864, may God acquaint us with blessings 
    4.  for us an…
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    2 Transcriptions 2 Translations

    • 1r
    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    9690
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