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  1. 1LetterENA 2739.3

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably sent to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner of recto). Refers …

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  2. 2LetterENA NS 77.148

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to one of his brothers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Seems to refer to a shipwreck (cf. …

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  3. 3LetterT-S 13J17.20

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recommendation letter for an Iraqi merchant who lost everything in a shipwreck. He is advised to write to Abu al-Bishr and his cousin. (Information from …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אנא שדיד אלאשתיאק אלי רבנו אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עלאה ותמכינה וכבת
    3. אעדאה ונזלת אמס יומי הדא אלי מצר וקצדת אלאגתמאע בה ולם יסהל
    4. דלך ואתצל בי א…

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  4. 4LetterENA 2575.7 + ENA 2575.8

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter reporting the sinking of a ship in the Red Sea, dating probably from the 14th century or later based on the mention of the …

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    1. [...]ם אכוך

    2. [...]ב אמארה כל

    3. [...]לה וגרם אלף וכמס מאיה

    4. דרהם ומן גהה אלעבד מבארך פשעיה פי אסכנדריא

    5. ואכדה אלמחתסב בלאש מא סלם פיה שי וגרם…

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  5. 5LetterT-S Misc.25.103

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    India Book III, 15: Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq in Aden to Avraham Ibn Yijū in Jurbattan (Srikandapuram), dated Elul 1458 Sel. (August 1147). Written …

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    1. בשמֹ רחֹ
    2. בלכתך לא יצר צעדיך ואם תרוץ לא תכשל
    3. והיה שדי בצריך וכסף תועפות לך
    4. כי יו יהיה בכסליך ושמר רגלך מלכד
    5. וצלת כתב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל מולאי אט…

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful.

    2. You will walk, without breaking stride; when you run, you will not stumble.

    3. And Shaddai be your treasure, and p…

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  6. 6LetterCUL Or.1080 J22

    Letter from Yosef b. Shemuel al-Dani in Palermo to Isma’il b. Avraham in Damsis. The first part of the letter deals with the tragedy that …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך
    2. וזאד מן פצ'לה וגזיל מואהבה לדיך מן צקליה לו' כלון מן תשרי
    3. געלהא אללה עלינא ועליך וע' גמ…

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    My elder and master, may God prolong your life and make your welfare and happiness permanent. May he augment his bounty and spiritual gifts gra…

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  7. 7LetterT-S 24.64

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    India Book III,10: Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq in Aden to Avraham Ibn Yiju in Dahbattan on the Malabar coast. Goitein dated the letter to …

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    1. בשמֹ רחמֹ
    2. וצל כתאב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל [אטאל אללה בקאה]
    3. ואדאם עזה ועלאה ורפעתה וסנאה וע[לוה וארתקאה]
    4. ולא עטל מן גמיע אל̇כיראת סאחתה ופנאה [וחרס]
      5. …

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful. 

    2. The letter of your excellency the illustrious Sheikh, has arrived—[may God prolong your life/]

    3. and make perman…

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  8. 8LetterPER H 161

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    India Book (IB), II, 71. Letter from Saʿīd b. Marḥab on behalf of the court, in Aden, to the druggist Hillel b. Naḥman (aka Sayyid …

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    1. לשיבה טובה אזורה / עוז והדר ותפארה / יסובבנה בזיו
    2. וזוהר ואורה / דיע מנדע וכוח וגבורה / במו בשבתה
    3. ובקומה להתגברה / נחולה עטיית הוד ושררה / מנוי…

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    1. [lines 1-18 contain a poem, not translated in Goitein/Friedman]

    19. Your distinguished letter, my lord, arriv…

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  9. 9LetterCUL Or.1080 J167

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim. Offers details of ill-fated ships that were destroyed in a storm or met with …

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה

    3. מן אלאסכנדריה לנצף מן תמוז כתמה אללה עלינא ועליך בא…

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  10. 10LetterDK 231.3 (alt: XI)

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Detailed letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Simḥa Naysābūrī, Alexandria, to Abū l-ʿAlā Sā'id (i.e. ʿŪllā) b. Yosef ha-Levi the Trustee of the rabbinical court of Fustat …

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    1. [ ע]ל שמך רח

    2. [         חצ]רה מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל

    3. [   ] ונעמאה ותאידה ותמכינה

    4. [   ] אלכתב אלואצלה מן חצרתה

    5. [ ] כתאבנא מציבה עלי אל…

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  11. 11LetterT-S 8J20.8

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter apparently from Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Fusṭāṭ, to an unidentified addressee, apparently in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing news about Aden. Commodities include: pearl (luʾlūʾ), …

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  12. 12LetterT-S 8J27.2

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Musa b. Abi al-Hayy in Alexandria to Abu Yahya Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1057 (Gil). This is one of two …

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    1. אעלמך יאמולאי אן תקדם כתאבי אליך מע אלפיג תם כתבת כתאב אכר מן קבל אלמועד ולם ימצי אלפיג

    2. ובקי מעי למא כאן אכתב רקעתי הדה דפעתה ללפיג וכאן על…

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  13. 13LetterMoss. Ia,22.2

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Interesting, late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from "the land of the Christians" to al-Muʿallim Yūsuf, the shammas of the synagogue, Cairo. The writer narrates in brief …

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  14. 14LetterT-S 13J26.10

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Abū Saʿīd, in Palermo, to his brother Abū l-Barakāt known as Ṭāriq, in Fustat. Abū Saʿīd reports that he had fled the unrest …

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    1.              וא'מרתם כ'ה' ל'חי' וא'תה' ש'לום' וביתך שלום וג'
    2.             י'י ישמרך מכל רע ישמור את נפשך
    3.             י'י ישמר צאתך ובואך מעתה ו…

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    1. And say to him: All your life - peace upon you, peace upon your house, etc.
    2. The Lord will guard you from all evil, he will guard your soul,
    3. T…
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