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Type: Letter
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Judaeo-Arabic epistle (bottom part only) in a lovely calligraphic hand and eloquent turns of phrase from a distant friend. Verso contains a few calligraphic Hebrew letters
Fragment of a letter. 6 lines in Hebrew with praises for an important person (including that his enemies drink poison?), then 1 line in Judaeo-Arabic beginning a letter of recommendation for the bearer.
Letter (distressed) in Judaeo-Arabic. "If the girl is alive, I wish you to send me the letters, and if she has died, may God. . . . My mind is distressed [tashawwasha khāṭirī] on her behalf. Do not tell anyone where I am. . . because I am scared and my enemies are close behind." Abū Zikrī is mentioned in the middle of the enemies sentence (ואסתכתם אבו זכרי) but it is not immediately clear how he is related.
Bottom of a letter in Ladino from Damascus to Fustat, addressed to Yosef Pisho (?) the student of Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi (very possibly Isaac Luria). The writer describes how he has wept day and night since their separation and "you know that the foreigner (el forastero), no matter how rich he may be undergoes hardships (por muncho rico que sea pasa fatigas)" He sends regards to several people: his sister, his brother Yosef, Moshe Rozal, el Hakham R. Hayyim Lavita and his wife, and to Doña Dona ("she of munyon" = the stump?) and to tell her that he was unable to pass on her message to R. Meir Cohen, because he is now in Sefat. He also mentions Masʿud Kohen and the brother of Yiṣḥaq.
Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly from Sulaymān to Sitt Ṭāwūs. Rudimentary hand. The writer sends regards to his (or her) son and daughter and mother.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with Arabic script in the upper margin. Mentions Menashshe, the fayj, Abū l-Barakāt, Nāṣir al-Juyūsh, [...] al-Dawla, "the Muslims and the Jews." ASE.
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Abū Zikrī Kohen. Fragment. Mentions saffron.
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with Arabic script in the margins. The letter deals with business matters, mentioning Fustat, Abū Muḥammad b. ʿĀmir, al-Shaykh Mahdī. The writer also inquires about the news of the 'Beit Midrash.' Verso: Jottings in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic, some of which are probably related to recto, some of which are probably not.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. One side deals with routine business matters. The other side reads, ". . . out of your favor (inʿāmak), prescribe for me. . . I have been sick with a sneeze (ʿaṭsa, spelled ʿatsa). . . in the fever. The doctor attended me with a syrup (sharāb) and almond oil (duhn al-lawz). I arose from the illness for a period. . . from my place, and I remained for a period. It became. . . . " ASE.
Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he is preparing to travel on Friday morning, so he bids farewell to the addressee, Abū l-Ṭāhir Tif'eret ha-Soḥarim ('the glory of the merchants').
Late letter draft (fragment) in Judaeo-Arabic that is probably 18th or 19th c. The contents of the draft include the common opening phrase that appears in the body of correspondence "בעד מזיד אלסלאם עליכום" (l. 1r). Further down the draft mentions "the Ashkenazim" or "אלאשכנזים". MCD.
Informal note to Abū l-Riḍā, involving someone named Raḍiyy al-Dawla, a copy to be made, and Abū l-Faraj. Verso has the remains of single word in large, calligraphic Arabic script.
Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic (recto) and Arabic (verso). Probably a letter.
Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic. Probably a letter. The name Eliyyahu appears.
Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic (recto) and Arabic (verso). Probably a letter.
Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter addressed (in Arabic) to Abū l-Ḥasan Bishr b. Hilāl al-Baghdādī. The writer refers to his illness ([mā] anā ʿalayhi min al-wajaʿ).
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Probably medieval. The last few lines ask the addressee to meet with 'sayyidnā.'
Late letter in Hebrew (and perhaps another language as well). Fragment. Needs examination.
Late letter in Hebrew. Fragment. Needs examination.
Letter in Arabic addressed (in Judaeo-Arabic) to a certain Hiba in Alexandria, urging him to come quickly and mentioning the purchase of wheat. Needs further examination.
