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  1. 51Legal documentT-S 16.332

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Cairo. Dated: Friday, 6 Elul 5576 AM, which is 1816 CE. Groom: Refael Tortos b. Merkado. Bride: Esther Tantan (? תנתן) …

    1. בסט׳׳ו ובנים ועושר ורוחה
    2. בששי בשבת בששה ימים לחדש אלול שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות וששה ושבעים ליצירה הכה בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר נילו…

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  2. 52Legal documentAIU VII.D.47

    Legal document dated 8 October 1801 CE (1 Heshvan 5562 AM), from Cairo involving the brothers Yiṣḥaq and Mordekhay Bialobos. The younger will receive 20% …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בפ׳׳עח׳׳מ הודו האחים היקר [נ]שא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר יצחק בילובוס יצ׳׳ו והבחור ונחמ׳
    3. כה׳׳ר מרדכי בילובוס יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מד…

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  3. 53Legal documentAIU VII.D.73

    Legal document from Cairo, dated 28 December 1812 CE (25 Tevet 5570 AM) in which David Dayyan b. Avraham declares that he owes 12000 silver …

    1. ב׳׳ה                                     למלמה(?)
    2. בפנינו עדים ח׳׳מ הודה היקר וחשוב כמה׳׳ר דוד דיין יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר אבררהם יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמורה שרירה
    3. וקיימת…

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  4. 54List or tableJRL SERIES A 663

    Accounts for rent collected on qodesh properties held by the Turkish congregation (ק׳׳ק טורכייא) of Cairo during the year 5572 AM = 1811/12 CE. In …

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    1. [ע]לם אל ואצל מן אגר בייות ק׳׳ק טורכיא ש׳ תקע׳׳ב
    2. ______
    3. ٦٨٠        מן אצלן [ח]אשר עלא אמראר
    4. ٦٠٠         מן יחזקאל בשירי ען תמוז
    5. ٦٠٠     …

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  5. 55LetterJRL Gaster ar. 221

    Commercial letter. In Arabic script. Dated: 123[6?] (which would be 1820 CE). The letter is torn at the top and the right margins. Alexandria and …

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  6. 56List or tableT-S AS 206.226

    Bifolio of accounts. Dated on the verso Adar II-Tammuz 5627 AM (March-July 1867 CE). Many of the names are abbreviated beyond direct recognition but a …

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  7. 57List or tableAIU VIII.E.11–12

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

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  8. 58List or tableJRL SERIES C 114

    Communal contribution list in Judaeo-Arabic, the heading mentions the scribe Barūkh Meyuḥas. Dated Elul [55]93 which is 1833 CE. This JRL folder is mostly or …

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  9. 59LetterAIU VII.E.128

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

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  10. 60LetterAIU VII.E.150

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

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  11. 61Paraliterary textBL OR 5561A.6–6a

    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 …

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  12. 62LetterAIU VII.E.186

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

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  13. 63LetterAIU IX.B.17

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

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  14. 64Legal documentAIU VII.D.100

    Legal document from Cairo, dated September 1829 (end of Elul 5589). Missing a large chunk from the upper left, but the remnant details an investment …

    1. [בפנינו] עדים החתומים מטה בא היקר [...
    2. גשו׳׳ק מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמור בלי [...
    3. לנו הוו עלי עדים גמורים וקנו מידי קנ[ין ...
    4. של זכות ויפוי כח שבעולם …

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  15. 65LetterAIU VII.F.17

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

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  16. 66List or tableAIU VII.F.26

    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 …

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  17. 67List or tableAIU VII.F.43

    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 …

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  18. 68List or tableAIU VIII.E.13

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

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  19. 69LetterJRL Series L 269

    Hebrew document(s) of some kind, dated Adar 5579 AM = 1819 CE. Probably epistolary writing exercises.

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  20. 70List or tableENA 2373.3

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic (and eastern Arabic numerals). Dated: 5582 AM, which is 1821/22 CE. Mentioning R. Petro and Se. Shemuel, and the holidays of Sukkot, …

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  21. 71LetterENA 2425.17

    Letter from an unknown writer in Jerusalem addressed to R. Maʿūẓa and his sons Sālim and Yaḥyā. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 19th century, as …

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  22. 72LetterENA 2560.7

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

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  23. 73Literary textCUL Or.1080 14.24 + CUL Or.1080 14.15

    From a diwan of Arabic poetry dating from 1847/48 CE.

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  24. 74Legal documentCUL Or.1080 4.21

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

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  25. 75Legal documentBL OR 10653.6

    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 …

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  26. 76Legal documentBL OR 10653.7

    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 …

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  27. 77Legal documentBL OR 10655.25

    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 …

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  28. 78Literary textCUL Or.1080 14.15 + CUL Or.1080 14.24

    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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  29. 79Legal documentBL OR 5543.8

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

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  30. 80List or tableAIU XII.30

    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.

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  31. 81Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. IXa,2.59

    Receipt dated 1247 AH (1831/32 CE). The document involves a ṣarrāf, Dāwūd Naʿīm, who was working for one of the state's dīwāns (likely related to …

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  32. 82Legal documentT-S 13J18.30

    Recto: unsigned draft or copy of a legal document in Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: first decade of Elul 5586 AM = September 1826 CE. Moshe …

     M. Dudley, Dissertation Appendix 3

    1. בפעח׳׳מ הודו היקר ונבון נשא ונע כה׳׳ר משה ן׳ נעים בה׳׳ר המנוח אדונינו ועט׳׳ר הח׳ הש׳ הדיין המצויין כמהר׳׳ר מאי…

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  33. 83List or tableJRL Gaster heb. ms 1865/9

    List of communal contributions. Dated: 5580 AM, which is 1819/20 CE. Many names.

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  34. 84LetterT-S 10J19.24

    Business letter from Moses Ḥadād to Shim'on Frances in Cairo, with European numerals. Dated Shevat 5567 AM (1807 CE). (Information from CUDL)

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  35. 85LetterT-S 10J20.22

    Letter in Ladino to Efrayim ʿAdda (עדה) from David, mentioning Livorno, Ragusa and Senor Vidal. Dated 563 (5563 of the Era of Creation = 1802 …

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  36. 86Legal documentT-S 13J4.24

    Legal document in which Moshe Ḥakim (חכים) receives money from Yaʿaqov, to invest in his business. The latter partner's surname may be Kohen, based on …

    1. בפעח׳׳מ הודה [.]כה׳׳ר משה חכים יצ׳׳ו ב[..................................
    2. מדעתי ורצונו הטוב והגמור מבלי זכר שום[ מין אונס כלל .............
    3. כמודה בפ…

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  37. 87LetterT-S 13J9.18

    Letter from a woman named Raḥla Naʿmīṣ, dated Shevaṭ 162 (= 5562) of the Era of Creation (= 1802 CE). (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 88List or tableT-S AS 190.115

    Preprinted accounting documents, unused. 19h-century.

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  39. 89LetterMoss. IXa,3.6

    Note or letter from Shimʿon Ben-Nāʾīm (נאיים) addressed only to someone or some institution with the honorific title "jināb al-muḥtarim". Dated: 15 ___[month] 1284 AH …

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  40. 90LetterT-S 8J13.28

    Recto: note from Khalīfa Ḥasan. Verso: letter by Meʿir Naʿīm (cf. CUL Or.1080.4.40) to Khalīfa Ḥasan concerning business matters. 18th-19th century. (Information from CUDL)

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  41. 91List or tableJRL SERIES C 7

    Accounts. In Arabic script. Dated 6 Jumada I [12]35 AH which is 1820 CE. One of the entries toward the middle of the document mentions …

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  42. 92List or tableJRL SERIES C 145

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic listing income from "debts and sales" around Ṭanṭa. Dated Dhū l-Qaʿda 1237 AH which is 1822 CE. MCD.

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  43. 93List or tableJRL SERIES C 165

    Accounts related to various coinage types such as gold mahmudiye and kuruş thaqīl (heavy kuruş). The former helps date this fragment as no earlier than …

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  44. 94List or tableJRL SERIES C 172

    Accounts in Arabic on a large fragment that may originate from a broader financial ledger that is dated on the lower right corner of the …

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  45. 95List or tableJRL SERIES C 33

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic of food and possibly charity-related communal expenses in the year 5560JC which is 1799/1800CE. The lists mention a wide array of food …

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  46. 96List or tableJRL SERIES C 2

    List of payments in the name of S[eñor] Yeshuʿa related to ownership or a lease for a house that is dated in the years [55]97AM–[5]600AM …

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  47. 97LetterJRL Series L 3

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps dated 1818/1819 CE ([5]579 AM). The letter recipients are Menaḥem Barakha and Barakha Goren, sender: Shelomo Sonino. Requires further examination for …

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  48. 98List or tableJRL SERIES C 27

    Ledger bifolium in Arabic dated on the recto's left heading as Rabi' II 1238 AH which is 1822 CE. The scribal hand is highly trained …

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  49. 99List or tableJRL SERIES C 42

    Accounts in Arabic dated on the verso's heading as Jumada I[ or perhaps II?] of the year 1238 AH which is 1823 CE. The structure …

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  50. 100List or tableJRL SERIES C 49

    Accounts in Ladino dated in the first line of the recto as 8 Elul 5588 AM which is 18 August 1828CE. There are many detailed …

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