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  1. 1

    LetterT-S 13J11.2

    Letter to Eli b. Amram, recommending to him Moshe b. Yosef the Ha-Sephardi, that is Moses. b. Joseph Ibn Kaskil, whose compositions and wanderings around …

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    1. שלומי אדירי ואבירי כגק מר ור עלי החבר המעולה בחבור[ה]

    2. ירבה אלהי השמים לנטות אליך חנו וחמלתו ברחמיו בר

    3. עמרם זל ... הקדמתי פני אדירי החבר ב…

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    LetterT-S 16.300

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj, unknown location, to his father Abū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Daniel, in Alexandria. Abū l-Faraj recommends the bearer of the letter, al-Asʿad, in …

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    LetterT-S 13J19.24

    Very short letter of recommendation from Abu 'Ali son of Abu al-Ma'ali on behalf of a stranger, a 'Ra'is on his way to the addressee's …

    1. אלעבד
    2. בר שמואל
    3. אור זרוע לצדיק וג
    4. וידעת כי שלום וג
    5. שלום רוב לאוהבי וג
    6. אלעבד יקבל ידי מולאה קרן אללה באלתופיק חלה
    7. ועקדה ואהלך חאסדה וצדה ועמר באלסעד
    8. נ…

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    LetterT-S 13J21.34

    Recto: fragment of a recommendation letter from Daniel b. Azarya to Eli ha-Ḥaver b. Amram, Fustat. The name of the person who is recommended is …

    1. כאן תקדם כתאבי למולאי אלחב[ר
    2. ותאיידה וסעאדתה ונעמתה [
    3. אלי גליל חצרתה במא אסתגני ע[
    4. קריב תם אעלמתה וצול אלש[
    5. וצחבתה כתאב מן מולאי אלנגי[ד
    6. ציאנתה וקד …

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    LetterT-S 8J27.8

    Recommendation letter in the hand of Peraḥya b. Yosef, mentioning Abū l-Makārim, Avraham and his brother Ḥananʾel, Abū Isḥāq, Moshe (Maimonides), Rabbenu al-Maskil, and Sitt …

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    1. [ . . . ] . . . מן . [ . . . . . . . ] דתהא פי אכתר אלאוקאת
    2. וכדלך מולאי אלשיך אבי אלמכארם ואכותהא אלהי
    3. ישראל יחמדהם אלעאקבה פי אנפסהם ופי אלחצ…

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    LetterT-S Ar.42.55

    Letter/petition/recommendation from Ṭalḥa (Nabaṭī?) to a dignitary, probably in New Cairo. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably Ayyubid-era or later, based on hand and formulary. Not …

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    LetterCUL Or.1080 5.3

    Recto: fragment of a recommendation letter from Daniel b. Azarya to Eli ha-Ḥaver b. Amram, Fustat. The name of the person who is recommended is …

    1. [ ]קדו מר ור עלי החבר המעולה יברכהו אלדינו
    2. [ ושלומו] ירבה לעד תצל הדה אלשטור אלי אדירנו
    3. [ ישמרו] קדושנו מן גהה סידי ומחמד עיני אבו
    4. [ נט]ריה רח והו י…

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    LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/103

    Letter addressed to an important person (perhaps Eliyyahu ha-Kohen Av Bet Din, who is greeted 3 lines from the bottom). In the hand of Yefet …

    1. קד עלם אללה יתרומם ויתעלה ש[מו . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . לא
    2. אחסן אשרח בעצהא וייי ברוב רח[מיו
    3. יעזרו ופי וקתנא הדא ורדת כותב [
    4. צולח גרא בין אל…

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    LetterT-S 6J3.28

    Letter of recommendation concerning one of the chief people in Sunbat, who had to flee because he could not afford to pay his own and …

    1. בר עבדו מודה חסדו

    יהודה

    1. אלדי אעלם בה חצרה מולאי אלחסיד אלאגל אלדיין
    2. שצ אן חאמלהא כאן מן אעיאן סנבאט וכאן
    3. ביתהם לכל עובר ושב ומא טלב מן אחד
    4. קט ולא …

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    In the n(name of the) M(erciful) Your slave [who thanks you]

    for your kindness,

    Judah

    I inform your excellency my master the most illustrious l…

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    LetterT-S 8.71

    Fragment of a 'magnificent' letter of recommendation. In Hebrew. Refers to the bearer's release from prison, and how he is appropriately abashed. (Information from Goitein's …

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    LetterENA NS 19.5

    Letter addressed to Rabbenu Ḥayyim. Letter of recommendation for the bearer, the nephew of the Kohen Abū l-ʿIzz(?). Small fragment. Verso is filled with Hebrew …

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    LetterENA NS 21.10

    Letter of recommendation on behalf of a proselyte. The conversion took place by the time of R. Menahem (b. Sasson?) and the proslyte was imersed. …

    1. בששון ועלצ[ון
    2. וסואה אעלאמה דאם עזה ול. . . .להא
    3. אלשיך מ[בור]ך גר הצדק כ[. .]ה כאן מן
    4. מדה [סני]ן פי זמאן רבינו מנחם זקל חצר
    5. אלי מגלסה ומלו אותו לפניו…

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    LetterHalper 424

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Reminding the addressees to give the money to a certain poor man that they had promised to give.

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    LetterT-S 12.433

    Letter addressed to Abū l-Faraj b. al-Rayyis (=Eliyyahu the Judge?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Regarding a certain Abū l-Bayān al-L[evi?] (=Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi?). Apparently Abū l-Bayān …

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    LetterCUL Or.1080 J44

    Letter of recommendation for a poor woman.

    ULC Or 1080 J 44, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp. 430-431 (Doc #570), N.H.11-22-87 (p).Letter of recommendation to a poor woman.

    1. [והיה] מעשה הצדקה שלום
    2. [בש]…

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    LetterENA 4101.21

    Letter addressed to the Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Recommending the bearer, the cantor Yisraʾel who arrived this year from al-Mahdiyya, for charity.

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    LetterT-S 13J13.2

    Letter from Yehuda b. Avraham b. Faraj, in Ṣahrajt (Goitein) or Jerusalem (Gil), to ʿEli b. ʿAmram (aka Abū l-Husayn ʿAllūn b. Muʿammar), in Fustat. …

    1. שלומות רבות כמימי ארובות וחמלה
    2. וחנינה מלפני דר מעונה ורוח והצלה
    3. מלפני שוכן מעלה לכ גקד מר ור ואדוני
    4. ועטרת ראשי וכתרי וניזרי ופארי אדוני
    5. עלי החבר המע…

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    LetterT-S 12.734

    Letter addressed to a community. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Dating: Probably 11th century. The addressees are instructed to honor, assist, and raise money for (or …

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    LetterT-S NS J96

    Informal note from Eliyyahu, in Alexandria, to Yefet ha-Kohen ha-Ḥazzan. In Judaeo-Arabic. Urging him to heed the letters that have already been sent from Alexandria …

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    LetterT-S NS 113.45 + T-S NS 152.218

    Recto: Letter of recommendation in Arabic script. Abū Yūsuf Munajjā asks the addressee in Alexandria to help the bearer, Abū l-Faraj the scholar. (Join by …

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    LetterT-S AS 145.325

    Letter of recommendation for charity, probably. Describing an unfortunate man. "... in this city... in all places, because... his condition... he was robbed (nuhiba) of …

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    LetterENA 3616.10

    Letter from Khayr b. Yūsuf Ibn S[...] to Abū l-Ḥasan Mevorakh, in Fustat. The letter is to be delivered to Fusṭāṭ, al-Murabbaʿa, the shop of …

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    LetterT-S 18J3.11

    Letter of recommendation. Avraham Maimonides recommends the Nasi ʿOvadya to the community of Bilbays ('to honor him and give him hospitality') after having given special …

    1. אלחאל באן לא יקע
    2. מן אלגמאעה בר יה
    3. פי כדמה מושב אדוננו
    4. הנשיא רבנו עבדיה ירום הודו
    5. ויגדל כבודו בל יבאדרון אלי
    6. אכראמה וציאפתה ואלקיאם
    7. בואגב חקה ותלביה …

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    LetterT-S 8J19.10

    Letter of recommendation from Daniel b. Azarya to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Yitzhak b. Furat. (Information from Gil, Palestine, vol. 2 p. 672, #360). VMR

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. מוצל הדה אלרקעה אטאל אללה בקא מולאיי אלשיך אלגליל שר העדה פאר הכהונה

    השר

    1. האדיר יברכהו אלהינו וישמרהו רגל מן אכיאר אלנאס וממן יגב אלנט[ר] …

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    LetterT-S Ar.46.253

    Circular letter written by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic Dating: Summer 1229 CE. Letter of recommendation for the bearer Ibrāhīm b. Ḥasan, a …

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    To the holy communities in Egypt, may they be saved and guarded and protected against all evil and fear surrounding them. May He fulfill throug…

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    LetterENA 3788.5

    Letter of recommendation from Yosef ha-[...] b. Seʿadya ha-Bavli addressed to the communities of Sūra(?) and Qaryat Ismāʿīl(?). Written in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The bearer …

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    LetterAIU V.B.48

    Letter from Netanel b. Ḥalfon to Moshe Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1 Nisan 1485 Seleucid, which is 1174 CE. Describing the plight of the bearer …

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    LetterT-S NS 305.61

    Petition / letter of recommendation. In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps ca. 13th century. From Ibn al-Miṭrān ('son of the bishop'). Seems to be recommending the …

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    LetterT-S NS 257.21

    Letter of recommendation for charity. In Hebrew. Late.

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    LetterT-S AS 84.311

    Letter addressed to Shelomo b. al-Gazi(?). In Hebrew. Dating: Late, based on handwriting. This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer (המוביל), who is …

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    LetterT-S Misc.28.80 + T-S Misc.28.81

    Letter of recommendation in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. He describes the suffering two people underwent and asks for help on their …

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    LetterT-S 20.114

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Benveniste (possibly from Narbonne, France), Dimyāṭ (Damietta), to Yehoshuaʿ b. Dosa asking for letters of recommendation to the government in order …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . אש . .
    2. . . . . . . . . עם גבורו[ת] . . . . אך . .
    3. . . . . . . . . צעדים העזר לשית לרגלים כדו
    4. . . . . . . . האד…

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    LetterT-S K3.26

    Recto: Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer, a Persian man (ʿajamī), who is suffering …

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    LetterT-S AS 147.22

    Letter of recommendation for a needy widow with two children from Damascus who, on recommendation of a letter from the muqaddam of Ascalon, had received …

    1. כבוד גדולת קדושת מרנו ורבנו
    2. יצחק הרב החסיד המהניין בכל ענין יברכו
    3. שומר נפשות חסידיו ויגן בעדו ויחיה
    4. חמודו יראהו שמחתו וחופתו אמן סלה
    5. ביר כגק מרנו ור…

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    LetterT-S NS J399

    Official letter from the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids. Headed with an elaborate Emet. Perhaps instructing Avraham ha-Zaqen to help the bearer …

    [Calligraphic Arabic heading] 

    To Abraham the Elder of the Community, (may) G(od) b(e your succor) and provide as [your] successor a good son, living…

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    LetterENA NS 64.4

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the upper right corner is preserved. Recommends the bearer for charity and probably asks the addressee to intervene on his behalf …

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    LetterT-S 13J17.20

    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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  38. 38

    LetterT-S Misc.28.207

    Letter from Yosef b. Labrāṭ al-Fāsī (identified on the basis of the handwriting), probably writing from Qayrawān, to Yaʿaqov b. Yosef Ibn ʿAwkal. Refers to …

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    LetterT-S 12.192

    Letter from Moses Maimonides (in his own hand with his own signature), in Fustat, to al-Shaykh al-Thiqa, in Minyat Zifta. This is a letter of …

    May God grant long life to your excellency, my prop and support, the elder "the Trusted" (al-Thiqa) "the Trustworthy" (al-Amīn), and perpetuate your …

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    LetterT-S 10J30.11

    Letter in which Avraham Maimonides (1205-1237) recommeds to the judge Perahia and his sons a man who wishes to marry the judge's daughter.

    1. הנה אל ישועתי וכול'
    2. מוביל זאת האגרת לכבוד
    3. הדיין רבנו פרחיה היב'
    4. ולהדרת בניו החכמים ישצ'
    5. לא קיבל ולא נתפייס והוא
    6. עומד באהבתו מוסיף בבקשתו
    7. ואמר בחסדך …

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    LetterMoss. VII,149

    Letter of recommendation for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks the addressee to arrange a collection (jibāya) to raise funds for the letter-bearer, the cantor …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. מוצל הדה אלאחרף אטאל אללה
    3. בקא מולאי רבנו ואדאם עלא[ה
    4. וכבת עדאה(!) אלחזן אלעזר בן יאש[יה
    5. אנפדתה אליה ליתפצל במא לם
    6. יזל ויפעל פי באבה מא הו לא…

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    LetterBodl. MS heb. f 103/39

    Letter of recommendation for charity for the judge Avraham b. Yosef. The addressee is on a boat and about to set out for a voyage. …

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    LetterBodl. MS heb. f 107/52

    Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Addressed to someone important, possibly the Nagid, and possibly specifically Maṣliaḥ Gaon (based on some flattering phrases …

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    LetterJRL Series B 4168

    Letter of recommendation from Bū l-Barakāt to a dignitary. In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking for assistance for the bearer. The writer mentions an earlier conversation that took …

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    1. ממלוך אלמולי אלאגל אלשי[ך
    2. ואקאם גאהה ורזקה א.[
    3. אנה אהדי ללמולא הדיה ל[
    4. בנכות אלמולא והו חאמלה [
    5. מנקטע פקיר פי אשד מא [
    6. אלשיך אלמכין אן יכלם ל…

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    LetterENA NS 58.14

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to al-Ḥedvat. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Letter of recommendation for the poor man al-Shaykh al-Kohen al-Talmid Abū l-Riḍā.

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    LetterT-S NS J294

    Informal note from Hillel b. ʿEli to Eli b. Yaḥya ("al-Parnas al-Neʾeman"). In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking him to look after Ṣedaqa b. Nufayʿ and his father …

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    LetterCUL Or.1080 J115

    Letter by Shemuel b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Sefaradi to [Shemarya] b. Elḥanan. In Hebrew. Dating: Early 11th century, probably. Letter of recommendation for a proselyte of noble …

    1.       [...             ]  הממולא בכל מידה טו[בה...  ]

    2.       ק..צו(?) [.... י]חכים פיהו ועל שפתיו יוסיף [לקח ..... בן כבוד]

    3.       גדולת קדושת…

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  48. 48

    LetterT-S Misc.35.49

    Letter of recommendation written by Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq, 'av bet dinsellekol yisra'el', for Yehoshuaʿ b. Eli and David b. Shemuel.

    TS Misc. Box 35, f. 49, (formerly LOAN 49) ed. Mann, Texts, vol. 1, pp. 352-354, 07-02-90, Y.S. (p) Letter of recommendation written by Abraham b. Is…

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    LetterT-S 10J13.13

    Letter of recommendation for the bearer, a certain Yefet, an inhabitant of Fustat, who is said to be a respectable man who fell on hard …

    1. שלום עד אין קץ ואין מספר וברכות רבות כחול וכעפ[ר
    2. וברית עולם אשר לא יופר וחן מפואר והוד והדר
    3. ועטרת רצון וגיל ועלצון ואריכות ימים ומשוכות
    4. הזמן לכבוד ג…

    I send peace unbounded and infinite / and multitude of blessings like sand and dus[t]/, and everlasting covenant which will not be broken, / glorious…

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    LetterT-S 8J24.6

    Fragment of a letter (right margin, top and bottom cut off). First part discusses the plight of a 'humble' cantor and teacher of small children …

    1. ] ופיה אלברכה ויקים
    2. ] יעגב מנך אלדי מא חנית עליה יום כמא. . .יק
    3. ] לא אבעתת לה קט תחפה פכם יריד אלחזאן אלעניו
    4. ] שגל תקים בה והו יריד פצה אלכתאב וכלף …

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     [...] the blessin[g] and remain [...] surprised that you did not take pity on him for a day, as befits [him] [...] you never sent him any gift…

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