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Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Merkado Karo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 12 Ḥeshvan 5572 AM, which is 30 October 1811 CE.
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State document, ending line of a petition containing the raʾy clause. Hebrew liturgical text on verso.
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Petition, in Arabic script. Dated: 12th C Ayyubid period. A group of poor workers (ṣunnāʿ) petition the Caliph and remind him of his promise of …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
المماليك يقبلو الارض بالمجلس [الكريم وينهون ان … ؟]
واهلك اعاديه وحساده [
من جملة صناع مقامه الكريم و[
بانه ل…
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Receipt for tax dated 701 (1302)
Receipt for tax, possibly Mamluk
Petition (formula: al-mamlūk yuqabbil al-yad al-ʿāliya), 1106H (?)
Legal document: Bill of sale for property. Dated: 396 (?). Parchment ; 19 lines ; 65 x 185 mm. and 215 x 230 mm. Some …
Legal document: Bill sale for property to Saqina ibn Yuḥannis by his sister. Buljusuq (Fayyum), early 5th/11th c. Parchment ; 16 lines ; 205 x …
Bill of sale for property to Yuḥannis ibn Saqina and his wife. Buljusuq (Fayyum), Rajab 369 [Jan.-Feb. 980]. Parchment ; 16 lines ; 170 x …
Bill of sale for property. Dated: Jumādā al-Ūlā 394 [Feb.-March 1004]. Parchment ; 16 lines ; 250 x 300 mm. Upper edges mutilated and several …
Account, fiscal, probably Fatimid, with amounts listed in dinars and dirhams. Current folio number unclear; item 15 in DPUL.
Report to an official, possibly early Ottoman. Item 7 in DPUL
Possibly a tax receipt or an order of payment. Two endorsements, end of Dhū l-Qaʿda of the year 403 (?) 6x8 cm, verso blank. Item …
Receipt for payment of a tax farmer (dāmin, line 2) in Fustat. The month of Ramadan al-Muʿaẓẓam of the year 701. Alama: al-ḥamdu lillāh sallama …
Letter (?), left half only, narrow folds like a letter, mentioning quantities of something and a certain Nūr al-Dīn, so maybe Ayyubid? Item 16 in …
Fiscal register (?), mentioning a sum of 100 dirhams, folded vertically once then rolled and folded horizontally. Item15 in DPUL.
Tax receipt, Fatimid, possibly for the year 414? 11.5 x 10.5. NB: There is a discrepancy between the numbering of the manuscripts and the photos; …
Deed of manumission of a slave, dated 591H (?). Photo needs to be identified in DPUL.
Legal document dealing with property sale, mentioning the name Saqina ibn Yuḥannis. Buljusuq (Fayyum), Rabīʻ al-Awwal 407 [Aug.-Sept. 1016]. Parchment ; 22 lines ; 360 …
Legal deed (fragment) [12th century?], calligraphic, with wide line-spacing. Approximately 250 x 450 mm at the widest points. Gift of Robert Garrett, 2953. Many other …
Legal document: testimony in the name of Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad. Four signatures, one in Kufic script (!). Item 10 in DPUL; unclear what current folio …
Business letter from Moses Ḥadād to Shim'on Frances in Cairo, with European numerals. Dated Shevat 5567 AM (1807 CE). (Information from CUDL)
Several fragments in the same hand, mostly bizarre Judaeo-Arabic compositions reminiscent of clanging in thought disorders (words associated on the basis of sound rather than …
Secondary use: Efrayim b. Shemarya (11th c) uses and reworks passages from the Sheʾiltot of Aḥay of Shabḥa (8th c) for a sermon. Written on …
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Letter from the brothers Shelomo Cesana, Ḥayyim Cesana, and Avraham Cesana to Merkado Karo and Avraham ha-Levi. Dated: 4 Shevaṭ 5566 AM, which is 23 …
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Legal document dated June 1802 CE (3 Sivan 5562 AM) involving a partnership in Alexandria between Hayyim ha-Levi, Merkado Karo, Avraham ha-Levi, and Pinhas b. …
Letter of business from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez (חפז) to Merkado Karo and Shim'on Frances, dated 1797/1798 CE (looks like 7 Adar 5557 or …