List or table: JRL A 586

List or table JRL A 586

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Shelfmark
JRL A 586
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Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Accounts related to commerce in silk on a bifolium that is undated yet can be estimated as late-18th to early-19th-century given the mention of Meʾīr Ben-Naʾīm (fl. 1785-1825 CE) and the general paleography of the document. The monetary sums are expressed in silver "פצה" coinage. Many partners in trade are listed such as: Avraham Yaʿabeṣ, Ḥajj Ḥasan Miʾmar[?], Yaʿaqov Portos, and Moshe Hakīm. On the left page of the bifolium the financial instrument "polisa / פוליסה", common in moneylending, is mentioned. Date: 18th c or 19th c. MCD.

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Mentioned
Meʾīr Ben-Naʿīm

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Collection
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
JRL SERIES A 586;
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In PGP since 2019
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JRL A 586 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto

JRL A 586 1 / 1 leaf, verso

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1 / 1 leaf, verso
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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL A 586. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/28292/ (accessed August 7, 2026).