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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Ketubba from Cairo dated 22 November 1822 (8 Kislev 5583), for Khalīfa Pipa and Sulṭāna bt. Nissim Qanini (?). The grand sum of the ketubba …

العلامات

• 19th c
• ketubba

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Document date

2 Ṣafar 1248 Hijrī (1 July, 1832 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Legal document in Arabic script. Dated 2 Ṣ[afar] 1248 AH which is 1832 CE. Part of a pair with BL OR 10655.24. There are multiple …

العلامات

• 19th c
• late arabic script

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Document date

5 Tevet 5637 Anno Mundi (21 December, 1876 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Typewritten copy of a ketubba from Essaouira (Morocco), 21 December 1876 (5 Tevet 5637), with a handwritten note at the bottom, "this is the form …

العلامات

• 19th c
• morocco

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Document date

13 Elul 5651 Anno Mundi (16 September, 1891 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Typewritten copy of a ketubba from Essaouira (Morocco), 16 September 1891 (13 Elul 5651), with a note at the bottom, "this is the form of …

العلامات

• 19th c
• morocco

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Primary language

Arabic

Poem in elegant Arabic script followed by a curious note: (the poet and/or scribe?) "Mukhliṣ al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad Hādī l-Islām Iyādi (?) was …

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العلامات

• 19th c
• arabic poetry

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Document date

Iyyar 5582 Anno Mundi (22 April, 1822 – 20 May, 1822 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document dated April 1822 (beginning of Iyyar 5582), Fustat. Probably a partnership agreement between David Dayyan and Moshe אלפרון.

العلامات

• 19th c
• partnership

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Document date

17 Adar I 5589 Anno Mundi (20 February, 1829 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document from Fustat/Cairo, dated 20 February 1829 (17 Adar I 5589), in which Avraham ha-Levi certifies that he has received his entire share from …

العلامات

• 19th c
• ladino words

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Document date

Rabīʿ I 1243 Hijrī (22 September, 1827 – 21 October, 1827 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Calendar in Hebrew for 5582 AM. The calendar retains a reference to the calendrical correspondence of Rabīʿ I 1243 AH which is 1827 CE.

العلامات

• 19th c
• calendar

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Document date

12 Elul 5566 Anno Mundi (26 August, 1806 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Shelomo Kohen and Yaʿaqov Portos to Efrayim [...]. Dated: 12 Elul 5566 AM (1806 CE). (Someone wrote the date 1706 CE on the …

العلامات

• 19th c
• late ja

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Document date

Dhū l-Ḥijja 1240 Hijrī (17 July, 1825 – 15 August, 1825 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Short note in Judaeo-Arabic from Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ (like AIU VII.F.68). Dated D[hū] l-Ḥijja 1240 AH (1825 CE).

العلامات

• 19th c
• yu'bas

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Document date

5589 Anno Mundi (9 September, 1828 – 27 September, 1829 CE)

List of communal contributions or perhaps "sales of wheat[?]" (עלם מביע קמח) for the year 5589 AM which is 1828/29 CE (התקפט). Although the year …

العلامات

• 19th c
• late donations

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List of honors purchased for the services on various Shabbatot along with how much money paid or to be paid. Probably early 19th century, since …

العلامات

• 19th c
• late prosopography

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12 pages of calendrical writing, with molad calculations and Islamic calendar conversions, for the first decade of the 19th century.

العلامات

• 19th c
• calendar

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Document date

1 Iyyar 5601 Anno Mundi (22 April, 1841 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Eliyyahu Turki to Yūsuf Yaʿīsh Ḥadād. Dated 1 Iyyar 5601 AM which is

العلامات

• 19th c
• late ja

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Document date

5590 Anno Mundi (28 September, 1829 – 17 September, 1830 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Late letter in Hebrew to Yishmaʿel ha-Kohen dated November 1829 (Heshvan 5590).

العلامات

• 19th c
• late heb

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Primary language

Hebrew

A magnificent illuminated certificate/amulet for a circumcision. Assuming we're meant to add up all the red numbers at the bottom to find the year, it …

العلامات

• 19th c
• circumcision

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Document date

5567 Anno Mundi (13 September, 1806 – 2 October, 1807 CE)

Primary language

Ladino

Letter in Ladino to Efrayim [...] dated 1806/7 CE (20 Sivan[?] 5567 AM). Requires further examination.

العلامات

• 19th c
• ladino

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Document date

1246 Hijrī (22 June, 1830 – 11 June, 1831 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Late accounts in Arabic in a neat blue/red/black grid. Dated on the first page as J[umada] I[?] 1246 AH which is 1830/31 CE.

العلامات

• 19th c
• ledger

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Primary language

Hebrew

Partnership agreement probably dated 1820/1 CE ([55]81)—but conceivably a century earlier if the half-missing digit is a ת rather than a ק—between Shelomo b. ידע …

العلامات

• 19th c
• partnership

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

16 pages of calendrical writing with molad calculations for years in the 19th century.

العلامات

• 19th c
• calendar

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Document date

29 Elul 5589 Anno Mundi (27 September, 1829 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document from Fustat/Cairo, dated September 1829 (end of Elul 5589). Missing a large chunk from the upper left. It seems to be a record …

العلامات

• 19th c
• investment

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Document date

22 Iyyar 5565 Anno Mundi (21 May, 1805 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mordekhai b. Yiṣḥaq to Ḥayyim Avraham Levi. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 22 Iyyar 5565 AM, which is 1805 CE.

العلامات

• 19th c
• late ja

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Modern note containing monetary account in Ottoman gurush coinage. Location: Cairo. Dating: August (אגסטס) __69 CE. Based on the usage of pre-lined paper and scribal …

العلامات

• 19th c
• late ja

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Document date

5575 Anno Mundi (15 September, 1814 – 4 October, 1815 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A ledger containing copies of about ten business letters in Judaeo-Arabic from 1814–16 CE (5575–76). On verso, most are to Yosef Shammāʿ (or Shamānī?) & …

العلامات

• 19th c
• late ja

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Document date

5581 Anno Mundi (9 September, 1820 – 26 September, 1821 CE)

List of donations (?) collected dated 1820/21 CE (5581 AM). Surnames include Pinto, Yagi.

العلامات

• 19th c
• late prosopography

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Document date

5567 Anno Mundi (13 September, 1806 – 2 October, 1807 CE)

List of donations collected on various Shabbatot of the year 5567 AM (1806/7 CE).

العلامات

• 19th c
• late donations

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Document date

19 Adar 5574 Anno Mundi (11 March, 1814 CE)

Primary language

Ladino

Letter in Ladino from Av[raham?] Til[?] in Alexandria to Efrayim 'Ada in Cairo dated 11 March 1814 (19 Adar 5574). Within the letter David Dayan …

العلامات

• 19th c
• ladino

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Document date

Sivan 5582 Anno Mundi (21 May, 1822 – 19 June, 1822 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: end of Sivan 5582 AM, which is June 1822 CE. Dissolution of partnership and settling of accounts between …

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العلامات

• 19th c
• partnership

1 نسخ

Inferred date

1800 – 1850 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Partnership in sarraflık business between two groups: (1) Mordekhay Bialobos, Moshe ha-Levi Ṣanūʿa, Raḥamīm b. Eliyahu Najjār, Yiṣḥaq ʿAfīf, Avraham ha-Levi aka Skandarī and (2) …

العلامات

• 19th c
• partnership

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Primary language

Hebrew

Left side of an ornate ketubba fragment. Based on the names mentioned and David Ben-Naʿīm's signature, the dating is likely mid-nineteenth-century. Only the bride's first …

العلامات

• 19th c
• ketubba

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Document date

Adar II 5562 Anno Mundi (5 March, 1802 – 2 April, 1802 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document from Fustat/Cairo, dated March 1802 CE (Adar II 5562 AM). Me'ir ben Naʿim had borrowed 150 reals from the old woman Raḥel known …

العلامات

• 19th c
• ben na'im

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Hebrew, Italian

List of Italianate names and corresponding monetary values, perhaps communal contributions. The paleography, ink, and pre-lined paper all point to the nineteenth century as a …

العلامات

• 19th c
• italian

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Document date

14 Shevat 5595 Anno Mundi (13 February, 1835 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of payments in Judaeo-Arabic dated as 14 Shvat 5595 or 13 February 1835CE. In both headings on the recto and verso Ḥayyim Griyani is …

العلامات

• 19th c
• payment

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Document date

7 Elul 5597 Anno Mundi (7 September, 1837 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter drafts in Judaeo-Arabic on verso, epistolary writing exercises repeated on recto. Dated: 7 Elul 5597 AM which is September 1837 CE. Given the educational …

العلامات

• 19th c
• learning

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