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Document date

9 Kislev 5516 Anno Mundi (13 November 1755 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Location: the home of Shelomob. Aharon Kohen aka Shāmī (presumably in Cairo based on the scribe). Saʿadiya b. Elʿazar Levi aka Qayyim acknowledges a debt of 30 gold fındıklı to Moshe b.

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• karaite

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Document date

21 Heshvan 5516 Anno Mundi (26 October 1755 CE)

The document describes a quarrel between ʿOvadya b. Eliyyahu Rofe known as Ḥakīm and his wife ʿAzīza bt. […] It is not entirely clear what the first part of the story has to do with the conditional divorce in case he runs away. Scribed and witnessed b: Eliyyahu Rofe known as Zaʿir. Other witnesses: Naḥum Kohen Gabbay(?) b. Aharon Kohen known as Ḥātūm(?); Eliyyahu David Rofe b.(?)

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• conditional divorce

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Shelomo Qudsī to Yosef Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting that the addressee's brother Shelomo arrived and that they put him to work in Ḥawsh ʿĪsā.

Tags

• gurush

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Document date

2 Adar 5446 Anno Mundi (26 February 1686 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite purchase deed. Ovadya b. Gedalyah Feyruz is buying a lobby and upper hall from the widow Estīta and her two unnamed daughters from her predeceased husband Aharon Rofe.

Tags

• 17th c
• karaite
• widow
• women's property

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Document date

Sunday 29 Iyyar 5471 Anno Mundi (18 May 1711 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The current owner Aharon aka ʿAbalkarim Levi b. Naḥūm transfers possession of the property to Avraham b.

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Tags

• 18th c
• karaite
• real estate
• ruin

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Document date

22 Heshvan 5515 Anno Mundi (7 November 1754 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The document was recorded in the home of Shelomob. Aharon Kohen. The partners in this business are Moshe b. Yosef aka Berakha and his maternal uncle Shelomob. Raḥamīm Feyrūz aka Revaḥ. On a few occasions the document collectively mentions the "fallaḥīn" with whom the pair are working (ll. 5, 9, 11).

Tags

• 18th c
• cheese
• countryside
• karaite

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Long Karaite business letter. The year is given as יה אלש, might be 5431 = 1671.

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• karaite

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Document date

Sunday 16 Nisan 5438 Anno Mundi (8 April 1678 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Several communal "ḥeverīm ve-gabbayīm" listed in l. 2 agree to conditions regarding travel to and usage of the communal cemetery—in all cases, pending the authorization of the Rosh Mishmarah Avraham b. Aharon Rofe and an unnamed gabbay. One of the conditions mentions the pallbearers praying at a synagogue (אלי בית הכנסת תב׳ ות׳ ירוחו יצלו ענדה) and making payments to shamāshīm for different types of burial, perhaps denoting internal sections of the cemetery: וגעלו ללשמשאין פי אלקבר אלגדיד ארבעה פצה ופי אלעתיק תלאתה פצה ופי אלפסקיה נצפין פצה.

Tags

• cemetery
• karaite
• synagogue

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Document date

27 Shevat 5446 Anno Mundi (21 February 1686 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite agreement regarding a payment for two apartments (תבקתין) in a house. Date: 27 Shevat 5446 AM (1686 CE). ʿOvadya Feyruz receives a payment of …

Tags

• 17th c
• karaite

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Document date

Thursday 13 Tishrei 5459 Anno Mundi (18 September 1698 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Ḥilda receives payment of 300 niṣf fiḍḍa (para/medin) from her husband Yeshūʿa b. Yosef Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr mentioned in her ketubba.

Tags

• karaite
• karaite ketubba
• women

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite bill of release of a debt related to inheritance. Not dated but probably 18th century

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• karaite

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Writer and addressee unknown, but both are Qaraites. The letter describes the great solidarity of the Qaraites and how they protect each …

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Tags

• dammuh
• qaraites
• to edit

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Document date

590 Hijrī (1500 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite agreement between partners regarding the division of profit?

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• karaite

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a woman named Harja, in Jerusalem, to her brother ʿAbd al-Dā'im Ibn Firrouz, in Cairo. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. See tag for other letters …

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Tags

• harja
• to edit
• women's letters

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The document records a gift of property made by the brothers Eliyyahu Rofe and Yeshuʿa Rofe b. Elishaʿ Rofe to Aharon Kohen Ḥazzan b. Yosef Kohen.

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• gift

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Document date

16 Tevet 5525 Anno Mundi (9 January 1765 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated: Tuesday, 16 Tevet 5525 AM, which is 1765 CE. Venue: House of Shelomo Kohen nin Aharon Kohen known as Shāmī. Protagonists: Moshe b. Yosef known as Berakha and Eliyyahu b. Yashar al-Ḥakīm. The two were partners in אלסירגה, which it seems refers to the manufacture of sesame oil (sīraj); sesame (simsim) is mentioned again in line 5.

Tags

• 18th c
• karaite
• real
• sesame

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Document date

25 Nisan 5488 Anno Mundi (4 April 1728 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This does not seem to be a ketubba, per Ktiv, but rather a divorce agreement between David b. Raḥamin b. Yosef known as Ḥakīm and his wife Najma.

Tags

• 18th c
• qaraite marriage

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Document date

12 Tevet 5432 Anno Mundi (13 December 1671 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Location: Cairo, the venue is listed as Dār Simḥa Synagogue. Manṣūr b. Natanʾel Kohen appears before the beit din in order to divorce his unnamed wife of 12 years.

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• divorce
• karaite

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Document date

Wednesday 15 Kislev 5523 Anno Mundi (1 December 1762 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Their business business partners share a "dūlāb" (some type of machinery) and their agreement centers on the involvement of a certain Shalom b. Yaʿaqov. The document stipluates that if any partner violates the agreement, they are obligated to give a qinṭār of (olive? […] Verso: A declaration by Shalom b. Yaʿaqov in accordance with the agreement on the recto.

Tags

• al-azhar
• karaite
• non-jewish partners
• olive oil
• partnership
• (+ 1 more)

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Document date

2 Nisan 5406 Anno Mundi (18 March 1646 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite document corroborating (יאייד=يؤيد) the terms an earlier legal deed that had been issued in the beit din at the Dār Simḥa Synagogue. Dated 2 …

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Tags

• 17th c
• karaite

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Document date

15 Elul 5519 Anno Mundi (7 September 1759 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite commercial agreement regarding debts between: Yosef b. Shemuel Levi, Moshe b. Yisraʾel aka Ḥakīm, Yosef b. Yeshūʿa Hītī Levi, Moshe b. Mordekhay Levi, Liyahu b. Moshe aka Fūlādī, and Moshe b. […] The document was recorded in the home of Shelomob. Aharon Kohen. Dated 15 Elul 5519 AM (1759 CE).

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• 18th c
• karaite

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Document date

9 Av 5523 Anno Mundi (19 July 1763 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document listing funds from the estate of a deceased man. Dated 9 Av 5523 AM (1763 CE). The estate is connected to the income …

Tags

• 18th c
• estate
• karaite

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Document date

5415 Anno Mundi (12 September 1654–1 October 1655 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from a Qaraite in Palestine. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5415 AM (19th year of the 285th maḥzor), which is 1654/55 CE. But catalogued as 1555 …

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• ashqelon
• aviv

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Document date

20 Kislev 5422 Anno Mundi (12 December 1661 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Barukh Nasiya nin Eliʿezer Ẓemāḥ reaches an agreement with Yosef Kohen, nephew of the deceased Aharon Kohen b. Yosef Kohen, that Barukh no longer owes his surviving family members the "אלשבכה" that previously existed between them.

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• 17th c

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Document date

8 Iyyar 5509 Anno Mundi (26 April 1749 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Reconciliation agreement between two partners, the goldsmiths Yūsuf b. Gedalya Ẓaʿir and Shalom b. Yeʿaqov Fayrūz.

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• qaraite goldsmiths

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Document date

14 Av 5430 Anno Mundi (31 July 1670 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Venue: House of Barukh Nasi nin Eliʿezer Ẓemaḥ. Shelomo Fayrūz b. Shemuel Fayrūz declares that he owes his wife Sitt al-Bayt bt.

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• 17th c
• abu kalb
• gurush

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Document date

Sunday 7th Heshvan 5425 Anno Mundi (1665 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite declaration of a debt owed by two partners to a third person.

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• karaite

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Document date

Nisan 5516 Anno Mundi (1 April 1756–30 April 1756 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document draft laying out the terms for the division of a a house given to four brothers by their mother ʿAzīza bt. Elishʿa Levi …

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• 18th c
• karaite

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Document date

18 Elul 5520 Anno Mundi (30 August 1760 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document regarding the transfer of marital payments and trousseau items between David known as Naqāsh, father of the bride ʿAzīza, and the groom Shalom b. Ya'aqov Levi. Dated 18 Elul 5520 AM (1760 CE). The document was recorded in the home of Nissīm b. Yaʿaqov Levi aka Qayyīm (possibly the groom's brother).

Tags

• 18th c
• karaite
• marriage

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Document date

28 Nisan 5533 Anno Mundi (21 April 1773 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Date: 28 Nisan 5533 AM (1773 CE). The groom is Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq known as Ḥakīm and the bride Qamr b. […] The document was recorded by the scribe Eliyahu b. Moshe Rofe aka Ṣaʿīr in the home of Yeshūʿa b.

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• 18th c
• karaite
• marriage

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Document date

14 Adar 5509 Anno Mundi (4 March 1749 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Moshe Fūlādī and Avraham b. David Feyrūz aka Revaḥ. Dated on Purim 24 Adar 5509 AM (1749 CE). The document was recorded in the home of Yeshuʿa b. David Ḥazan aka Miʿmār. The groom's payments include 50 dirham for the iʿqar payment and 35 zeri maḥbūb toward the mohar. […] The bride's father is deceased therefore her paternal uncle, Yiṣḥaq b. Elīshaʿ aka Fūlādī, serves as her legal representative.

Tags

• 18th c
• karaite
• marriage
• tallit
• tarbush

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Document date

2 Nisan 5576 Anno Mundi (31 March 1816 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite marriage agreement between Hananya b. Ya'aqov Halevi and Esther known as 'Aziza d. Eliyyahu b. Sa'adya. Date: 2 Nisan 5576 AM (1816 CE). As is customary in the formulae of Karaite marital documents, 'Aziza is first listed as Esther, but the former should be read as her given name.

Tags

• 19th c
• karaite
• marriage

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Document date

Sunday 9 Adar 5511 Anno Mundi (6 March 1751 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Location: probably Cairo, in the home of Shelomob. Aharon Kohen aka Shāmī. Bride: Hana bt. Yeshūʿa Levi aka Hīti. Groom: Natanel b. Aharon ha-Kohen. No values are listed for marital payments.

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• karaite
• marriage

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Two drafts of Karaite legal documents. On recto testimony on a debt. On verso regarding inheritance. No date or signatures

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• karaite

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Document date

Monday 8 Kislev 5514 Anno Mundi (4 December 1753 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dissolution agreement and settling of accounts between two partners in a goldsmithing business (צנעה אלציאגה). Dated 8 Kislev 5514 AM (1753 CE). Location: probably Cairo, …

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• cheese
• goldsmithing
• karaite
• qaraite goldsmiths

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite bill of debt. Not complete and lacking the date.

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• karaite

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Document date

12 Av 5520 Anno Mundi (25 July 1760 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite testimony about a debt incurred by a certain ʿUziel Gabbay b. Yeshūʿa to the poor of the Jewish community totaling to 10,316 fiḍḍa (medin). […] The document was recorded in the home of Eliyahu b. Yeshūʿa Rofe and witnessed by: Shabbetay Kohen, Nissīm Kohen, and the scribe Eliyahu b.

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Tags

• 18th c
• jerusalem
• karaite

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Document date

Thursday 2 Kislev 5496 Anno Mundi (17 November 1735 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Folio 1r: An incomplete document detailing a transaction in Ottoman fındıklı coinage between Yahuda b. Shemuʾel Fayrūz aka Shāmī and Shelomo ibn Qadīs Fayrūz. Folior 1v: Another incomplete document dealing with a transaction between Shelomob. Yiṣḥaq Levi aka Darwīsh and Yeshuʿa b. […] Folio 2v: Real estate transaction for a qodesh property involving Avraham b. David Levi aka Darwīsh and multiple members of the Rofe family.

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• 18th c
• karaite
• qadi court

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Document date

Tuesday 5th Kislev, 5404 Anno Mundi (1644 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite bill of release, mentions Farja[llah] Ḥakim ben Mordekhay Ḥakim and Elʾazar Rofe.

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• 17th c
• karaite

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Document date

Friday 1 Nisan 5405 Anno Mundi (28 March 1645 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Involving the buyer Yaʿaqov b. Avraham Sahgīr, Nissim b. Shelomo Ḥakīm, and the seller Yaʿaqov Yerushalmī.

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• karaite

1 Transcription

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Magical fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: Unknown. It says Wednesday, 16 Adar 5005 AM, which is 1245 CE, but the scribe might have …

Tags

• arabic script
• illness
• illness: mental
• illness: umm al-sibyan
• jinn
• (+ 2 more)

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Document date

Tuesday, 23 Tishrei 5408 Anno Mundi (22 October 1647 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Upper part of a Qaraite legal document. Dated: Tuesday, 23 Tishrei 5408 AM = 22 October 1647 CE (not 1787 CE as stated in Ktiv). …

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• karaite

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Document date

11 Tishrei 5547 Anno Mundi (3 October 1786 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The witnesses named on verso include: Yefet b. Shelomo Dimashqī, Ḥayyim Kohen known as Ḥāṭūm, and Yehuda Shuwaykh.

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• 18th c
• karaite

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer greets a great many people by name, including the ḥakhams Yeshuʿa Rofe and Avraham Rofe b. Aharon Rofe, and Eliyya Levi. It seems some or all of these people had made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

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Document date

Friday, 12 Tishrei 5350 Anno Mundi (22 September 1589 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are five parties: (1) ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Yaḥyā; (2) his brother's son Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Karīm Miʿmār; (3) his brother Naṣrallāh; (4) his brother Yaʿqūb; (5) Dāʾūd b. […] On recto there is a piyyuṭ by Shelomo Yerushalmi.

Tags

• 16th c
• cheese
• karaite

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yaʿaqov to his son Shemuel and wife Umm Shemuel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written over four columns and folded like a bifolium. The writer castigates …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Qaraite formulary for a bill of debt drawn up in the city of Sh[ām = Damascus?]. (There is also some text that seems like it …

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• karaite

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Document date

Wednesday 23 Iyyar 5410 Anno Mundi (24 May 1650 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated Wednesday 23 Iyyar 5410 AM (1650 CE). Yeshuʿa b. Shelomo Levi acknowledges a debt of 4 guruş kilāb (esedi guruş/Lion thaler) to Avraham b.

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• karaite

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Notebook of a merchant and/or druggist. Bifolium from what was probably a larger notebook. Dating: Unknown. Catalogued as 16th century. A date is given at …

Tags

• materia medica
• notebook
• recipes
• to edit

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karaite agreement. No date preserved

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• karaite

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