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LetterENA 2727.16
Letter begging for help from a communal authority ('sayyidnā'), written by Abu Sahl b. al-Ahuv during a famine. Likely early 13th century. He opens with …
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ממלוכה אבו סהל 1
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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 8J16.2
Letter (bottom part) from Alexandria to Fustat, dictated by Abu l-Najm Hilal, written down by Abu l-Muna, and addressed to Abu Ishaq b. Yaʿaqov at …
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ותבלג סואלי לזוגתך ולא [ 1
לי פי אלסטל מן כל בד ואנא [. . . . . . . . . . ] והדא 2
פתח אללה בשי א…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 13J24.19
Note to R. David to summon a Maghribi named Abu Dawud Khayyat, whose grown-up son had died and whose wife is critically ill with dysentery …
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סבב אצדאר הדה אלאחרף לחצרה אלשיך 1
אלחבר אלאגל ר דויד שצ בקדר אלשוק אליה 2
ויעלמה באן יתפצל יכלם שכץ מגרבי 3
אבו ד…1 Transcription 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 13J25.11
Letter from Abū l-Ḥayy b. Avraham, in Ifrīqiyya, to his uncle, Moshe b. Abī l-Ḥayy, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Mid-11th century. A moving letter, …
בשמך רחמאנה שלום רב משמי מרו[מים 1
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LetterT-S 18J4.10
Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen (Alexandria) to his father-in-law Eliyyahu the Judge (Fustat), explaining a recent incident involving two cloaks worth 109 dirhams and a brush …
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עקב ענוה יראת יי עושר 1
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 76/65
Letter from Suhayl, in an unknown location, to his wife Umm Wuhayb and to his son, in Fustat. He asks in the most urgent terms …
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בשמ רחמ 1
אלדי תרידו עלמה אנני משתאק אליכם 2
ואלי אכבארכם ו…2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion
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LetterT-S 8J22.31
Letter, likely sent to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1216/17 CE (1528 Seleucid). The writer urges the addressee to come …
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אדאם אללה [עז]ך וקרב אלאגתמאע בך אן לי מדה שהרין לם יגיני מנך כתאב 1
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LetterBodl. MS heb. b 13/49
Letter from Labrāṭ b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in al-Mahdiyya, to his brother Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in Fustat. Dating: July 30 (26 Av), 1057, …
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LetterENA NS I.85
Letter from Saʿīd, in Alexandria, to his brother Bū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin the cantor, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand and phonetic spellings throughout, …
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LetterENA NS 48.6
Letter of a woman, who was seriously ill, requesting her sister to provide her younger daughter with a proper education. Concerning the illness: "This is …
אעלמך יאסתי יאכתי געלני אללה פדאך 1
אנני קד וקעת פי מרץ צעב בעיד אלכלאץ 2
מנה והודא ארי מנאמאת מקארבה 3
לר…1 Transcription
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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 13J24.10
Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen (in Alexandria) to his parents-in-law Eliyyahu the Judge and Sitt Rayḥān (in Fustat). In Judaeo-Arabic. Simḥa describes in moving terms the …
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ממלוכה אלאצגר ר שמחה 1
בש רח צדקת יי עשה ומשפטיו וג 2
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