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Legal documentENA NS 34.19
Responsum (FGP). Dating: 17th century. There is a detailed description and edition on FGP.
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Unknown typeT-S 8J16.30
Goitein's note card describes a letter from Moshe b. al-Ashqar, who wished to travel to Safed but heard that there was an epidemic (dever) in …
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LetterENA NS 52.21
Letter from an unknown writer, in Rashīd, to the sage R. Badosa, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century. The writer …
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LetterT-S AS 146.199
Letter, probably a draft, mentioning that Abū Zikrī died in the year of the epidemic (wabā'). (Information from CUDL.) ASE.
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LetterT-S Ar.35.300
Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is in Sammanūd. On recto, there are greetings and expressions of longing, "We have not enjoyed a day of …
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Literary textAIU VI.C.10
Two different fragments. First fragment: An abridgement of some of the dietary and lifestyle advice from Chapter 4 of the Hebrew plague treatise "Moshiaʿ Ḥosim" …
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LetterT-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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LetterHUC 1034
Business letter from Avraham Kolon (קולון) to Yosef Ardiʿa (ארדיעה). In Hebrew. Dating: Monday, 5 Adar [5318 AM], which is 1558 CE (see A. David's …
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LetterDK 237.2 (alt: XV)
Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. David b. Sughmār, Fustat, to his partner Makhlūf b. ʿAzarya, Jerusalem. (DK XV, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 3, pp. 178-183.) The …
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כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וציאנתך 1
מן אלפסטאט י בקין מן טבת ען סלאמה ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמין ושו…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 8J22.6
Letter from Mevorakh b. Yiṣḥaq from Alexandria to his father in law, Seror (Surur) b. Ḥayyim b. Sabra in Fustat. Written a month after another …
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[ ] ועלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך ונעמאך מן אלאסכנדריה לג' בקין 1
[סל]אמה ונעמה ושוק אליכם שד…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S NS J432
Letter from Menashshe, in Damsīs, to Abū Hārūn Akhlābū ha-Kohen b. Hārūn, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: January 1, 1063. Regarding a purchase of shoes …
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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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LetterMoss. Ia,10.2
Letter sent to ha-Talmid ha-Baḥur Nissim Agostaro (אגושתארו) in Alexandria from his father Shelomo Agostaro, including a warning that he should not come to Cairo …
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LetterMoss. I,80.3
Letter from Moshe b. Binyamin Ashkenazi, probably in Fustat/Cairo, to Avraham Castro, probably in Alexandria or Jerusalem. Dating: 16th century. The sender describes how "from …
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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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LetterT-S 13J17.6
Letter from Moshe b. Yaʿaqov, in Damascus, to Abū l-ʿAlā Yūsuf b. Dā'ūd b. Shaʿya, in Fustat. Dating: 29 December 1057 CE (Gil) or ca. …
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כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולי אלשיך 1
ואדאם עזה מן דמשק סלך ש…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterCUL Or.1080 J161
Letter sent from Jerusalem in later medieval times by a woman named Jamila, the widow of Yehuda, addressing two brothers-in-law in Cairo, explaining that she …
האחים המשובחים אשר בצל ה ית ובצלם אני 1
יושבת כמהר ישועה //נרו// וכמהר [[זלמא .]] יעקב 2
זלמאטי //נרו// אלו השורותים מאת אח…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterCUL Or.1081 J24
Letter from Mūsā b. Yiṣḥaq b. Nissim, in al-Mahdiyya, to Ismāʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhirti. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1030. The writer is looking forward to …
כתאבי יאכי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואעזך ואכרמך וכאן לך וליא. . . . 1
פי. . . . . . . .פה וצל כתאבך ווקפת מנה עלי סלאמתכם אגמעין…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 12.80
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda very early in his public career, when he was Av Bet Din, to a notable in Fustat, ca. 1025. He …
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List or tableT-S NS 320.7
List of deaths in Fustat from the last day of Tevet to the 29th of Nisan 1437 (27 December 1125 - 23 April 1126). By …
ומאת אפרים אבן אבו נצר אלדי כאן יקול אלשיך פי אלכניסה ומאתת 1
איצ אם …1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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List or tableCUL Or.1080 14.47
Calendar (astronomical/agricultural) for Eygpt for four of the Coptic months (Hātūr, Kiyāk, Ṭūba, and Amshīr), also giving the names of the corresponding Gregorian months (in …
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Legal documentAIU VII.D.11–12
Recto: The main text is a Judaeo-Arabic sermon/exhortation that in order to avert the evil decrees and the plague and the economic depression, all members …
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LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1770/19
Letter of recommendation sent from Ramla, presumably to Fustat. In Hebrew. On behalf of Moshe b. Shemuel. His father Shemuel died this winter, as there …
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LetterT-S 12.58
Letter from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Jerusalem, to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim, Fustat. Discusses the matter of the 18 dinars owed to the poor of …
[כתא]בי אטאל אללה בקא [מולאי] אלח[בר ואדאם עזה] ותאידה מן אלקודס 1
[ ] מן אלול וחאלי סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק [אליך שדיד קרב אללה עז וגל …2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterCUL Or.1080 J263 + T-S NS J285
Letter from Madmun b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: safe conduct and assistance for brother. Aden, ca. 1145. (8) [I shall take care of] sending …
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עבדה
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LetterT-S 6J6.20
Letter from a sick man, complaining about illness in general and death among the population. Information from CUDL. Dated: Kislev 1528 Seleucid, which is 1216 …
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אלמהדב אלמתסוק מן מצר 1
חואיג עטר ארגוה וצולהא אלינא 2
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LetterT-S Ar.30.150
Letter of appeal addressed to a Jewish dignitary (ha-dayyan ha-maskil). The introduction is in Hebrew and the body is in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer prays that …
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LetterT-S Misc.20.234
Letter probably sent from Palestine to Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. There are four pages. On the first page, the writer reports that "not only …
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LetterT-S 10J13.24
Recto: Letter from (or written on behalf of) a woman to her son Avraham ('Rabbenu'). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably no earlier than 14th century, and …
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סלאם אללה תעאלי ורחמתה וברכאתה עלי אל 1
ולד אלעזיז כהר אברהם רבינו יצו [[אעלם]] 2
מן אמך תסלם עליך ואעלם באן אלדי בתעמלו 3
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LetterT-S Ar.54.91
Family letter written by Abū l-Faraj to Abu ʿImran in Fustat at the time of R. Ḥananel (early 13th century). The writer reports that he …
בינו עמי עשו ממלוכה אבו אלפרג 1
אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ בין ידי אלמולא אלאגל אלמופק 2
אלסעיד אלסיד אלפ…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 18J2.11
Letter from Minyat Zifta to Fustat. The writer had been sent to Minyat Zifta to deliver an instruction to the judge Shabbetay b. Avraham (active …
בשמ רחמ 1
עבד אלחצרה אלסאמייה אלאגלייה אלרייסייה אלשיכיה תבת …2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 10J24.4
Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter contains information about trade in silk …
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בשמ' רחמ' 1
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LetterT-S 10J15.15
Letter from Isma’il b. Farah, Alexandria, to his son Farah, Fustat. Dating: November 1056. The writer describes the terrible famine in Egypt, which even leads …
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LetterENA NS 32.18
Letter from חצרייה(?) and her mother to פוצילא. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably no earlier than 14th century. The writers report on the condition of the …
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LetterT-S 13J7.30
Letter in Ladino from the merchant Avraham Mayo to his father, probably from Alexandria to Fustat/Cairo, dealing with numerous business transactions and the arrival of …
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LetterT-S 13J13.27
Letter sent by a man from Sicily who had immigrated to Tyre, describing a civil war in Sicily and the bad economic conditions under which …
כתאבי יאכי וסידי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך 1
וסע/א/דתך מן צור ז מצא מן כסלאב ען סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק א…3 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S NS 321.93
Letter from Jalāl al-Dawla (or at least a person from the family of Shelomo b. Yishai the Nasi), written during an epidemic, and mentioning the …
TS NS Box 321, f. 93, ed. S. D. Goitein, "Chief judge R Hananel B.Samuel, in-law of R. Moses Maimonides" (Hebrew), Tarbiz, 50(1981), p.375…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 10J13.10
Letter from Manṣūr b. Sālim, in Alexandria, to Eliyyahu the Judge (Abū l-Faraj b. al-Rayyis), in Fustat. Manṣūr asks Eliyyahu to help find his son, …
שאכר תפצלהא 1
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LetterENA NS 17.19
Letter from Moshe b. Elʿazar the teacher (ha-Melammed) to Elʿazar the scholar (ha-Talmid). In Hebrew (for the introduction and address) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). …
אשרי אדם מצא חכמה וג 1
הבוטח בייי חסד יסובבנו וג …1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterBodl. MS heb. b 13/52
Family letter from Natan b. Yehuda (Alexandria, ca. 1160) to Moshe b. Ṣemaḥ and his brother (Fustat), the writer’s cousins-in-law. Natan b. Yehuda reports that …
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LetterT-S 13J20.10
Letter from an unknown writer to Abu Zikri Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef. The main purpose of the letter is to ask Abū Zikrī to send …
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LetterT-S 13J27.15 + T-S 8J13.2
Letter from Eliyahu b. Nissim, in Alexandria, to Shela b. Isḥāq, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century. The sender, a foreigner, asks …
בש רח . . . . . תוחלת ממשכה מתלה לב . . . . אצגר אלממאליך אליה בר נסים נע 1
יקבל אלארץ בין ידי…2 Transcriptions 2 Discussions
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LetterT-S 13J18.11
Letter from Avraham b. Seʿadya the Hebronite, in Bilbays, to Moshe ha-Kohen b. Ghulayb, in Fustat. Dating: beginning of the twelfth century. Recto 1-15: Flowery …
בשמך רחמ 1
שלום וחמלה וישועה מעולה ופדות וגאולה ורוח והצלה 2
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LetterMoss. VII,138.2
Letter fragment from Ḥalfon b. Menashshe's wife, in Fustat, to her brother Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli b. Hillel, probably in Bahnasa (based on T-S 13J21.18). In …
וצל כתאבך יא מולאי אטאל אללה] בקאך ואדאם תאיידך ונעמאך ומן חסן 1
אלתופיק לא אכלאך וכאן לך וליא] פי גמיע אמורך פכאן אגל ואצל וצל ווארד …1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterENA 3793.6
Letter from Yosef b. Yehuda b. Simḥa (Alexandria) to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1050. The writer mentions a number of deals in …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/13
Letter from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen, in Fustat, to his father ʿEli b. Avraham ha-Kohen, in Banyas/Dan. Dating: May 28, 1112. The son and father …
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בשמך רחמ 1
כתאבי א[ליך] יאואלדי ואלעזי…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 8J41.12
Business letter from Natan b. Nahray, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dated: ca. 1063 CE. Natan's son, and his son's eldest daughter, …
פאעלמה . . . . . . . . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
יעדמנא בקאה ווקף אל. . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . …2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterMoss. IIIa,11
Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Salmān al-Ḥarīrī, in Alexandria, to his mother and father, in Qayrawān. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. The address bears the name of …
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LetterT-S Misc.28.171
Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Eli ha-Kohen (identification based on comparison with DK 233.2), evidently in Jerusalem, to Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan b. Isḥāq al-Ṣārifī (!), in …
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LetterT-S 16.305
Letter from Yehuda ha-Melammed b. al-Ammani, in Alexandria, to Avraham Maimonides in Fustat. Dated: Adar 1528 Seleucid, which is 1217 CE. Yehuda devotes the bulk …
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עבדו ומשרתו 1
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