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  1. 151LetterMIAC 67

    Letter – 1882CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 67) – in Judaeo-Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / …

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  2. 152LetterMIAC 245

    Letter from Herzl to Doctor M.I. Bodenheimer about their negotiations with von Richthofen – 1899CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 245) – in …

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  3. 153LetterENA NS 29.23

    Letter in Arabic, from a state official within Meḥmed ʿAlī Pasha's administration detailing a variety of transactions involving individuals with the title Effendi. Dated 16 …

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  4. 154List or tableENA 2689.3

    Calendar for the year 5574 AM (1813/14 CE) with Jewish holidays and some notes about corresponding dates within the Ḥijrī calendar and the constellations (Cancer, …

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  5. 155LetterENA 3903.6

    Business letter. In Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era, based on overall appearance and use of the honorific "effendi." The dated accounts on the verso may be …

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  6. 156List or tableAIU IX.A.49.10

    Writing exercises mostly of the Hebrew alphabet in a large notebook of 12 folios on lined paper. The latter feature helps to estimate the dating …

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  7. 157Legal documentJRL SERIES A 892

    Legal document from Fustat dated January 1802 CE (Shevat 5562), in which Nissim Romano acknowledges that he has received 180 silver muayyadis from the orphans …

    1. בפעח׳׳מ הודו היקר ונבון ונע׳ כה׳׳ר נסים רומאנו יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳
    2. שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמו׳ בלי זכר שום
    3. מין אונס כלל שקיבל מיתומי ה…

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  8. 158List or tableJRL SERIES C 29

    List in Judaeo-Arabic of payments dated in the year 1207-1208AH which is 1792/93CE. Although the document itself is dated with the Hijri calendar the payments …

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  9. 159Legal documentJRL Series L 155

    Late marriage-related legal document issued in Cairo, probably an engagement or betrothal agreement given the clause in lines 5-6 is: "שזמן החופה יהיה מעכשו עד …

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  10. 160Legal documentENA NS 63.16

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: First decade of Ṭevet 5561 AM, which is 17–26 December 1800 CE. Moneychanging (sarraflık) partnership agreement between three …

    1. בע׳׳ה בסט׳׳ו
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודו היקר נשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר חיים הלוי יצ׳׳ו והיקר נשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר מרקאדו קארו יצ׳׳ו והיקר נשא ונ׳׳ע לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר אברה…

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  11. 161Paraliterary textT-S AS 144.7

    Fols. 1r–2r: Geomancy castings in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew: (1) "If a man will come from outside of Egypt and take over justice and religion …

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  12. 162Legal documentCUL Or.1081 2.58

    Legal document from Cairo, dated 1817 CE (end of Heshvan 5578) in which David Dayyan declares an investment partnership with Barakha Goren. A specific profession …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בפ׳׳עח׳׳מ הודה כ׳׳ר דוד דייאן [יצ׳׳ו] הודאה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מדעתו ורצונו והגמור עלי זכר שום מין
    3. אונס כלל ש[נ]תחייב צלא.ר(?) להר׳ ברכה גורין …

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  13. 163Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/41

    Ketubba dated 15 September 1847 CE (5 Tishrei 5608 AM) from Tangier for Ḥayyim Naḥmias b. Avraham b. Moshe b. Yiṣḥaq and Ordueña bt. Menaḥem …

    1. בסימנא טבא ובמזלא יאיא ובשעת רצון ברכה וחצלחה
    2.                            ברב׳׳ש
    3. בשבת חמשה ימים לחדש תשרי שנת חמשת אלפים ושש מאות ושמונה לבריאת עולם …

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  14. 164Legal documentBL OR 5543.6

    Ketubba for David Farāsh known as Buqji (?) b. Avraham and Esther bt. Yaʿaqov Medina. Currency: medin. Dated 2 April 1802 CE (29 Adar II …

    1. בע׳׳ה בסט׳׳ו גדול יהיה כבוד הבית הזה אכי׳׳ר
    2. בששי בשבת בתשעה ועשרים יום לחדש אדר השני שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש
    3. מאות וששים ושתים ליצירה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הס…

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  15. 165List or tableT-S AS 185.123

    List in Judaeo-Arabic, written with a graphite pencil. The writing method and paleography help date this fragment to the 19th-century. The list names חנין סמען …

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  16. 166Legal documentBL OR 10578O.5

    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) …

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  17. 167Legal documentT-S 16.110

    Ketubba. Location: New Cairo. Dated: Friday, 3 Ṭevet 5581 AM = 8 December 1820 CE. Bride: Sūsār (or Sūkār?) bt. Yehuda Nabālī. Groom: Moshe b. …

    1. בסט׳׳ו יתן י׳׳י (השם) את האשה הבאה אל ביתך כרחל וכלאה
    2. בששי בשבת בשלשה ימים לחדש טבת שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות ושמנים ואחת
    3. ליצירה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הסמ…

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  18. 168Legal documentBL OR 5543.12

    Ketubba for Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi b. Shemuel and Sara bt. Aharon Ḥedef (חידיף). Currency: esedi guruş. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 11 Sivan 5591 AM = 23 …

    1. בסט׳׳ו ובעושר ובנים
    2. ובשעת ברכה והצלחה במזל צומח ועולה אכי׳׳ר - מצא אשה
    3. מצא טוב ויפק רצון מ׳׳ה ∵
    4. בשני בשבת באחד עשר ימים לחודש סיון שנת חמשת אלפים וח…

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  19. 169List or tableJRL Gaster ar. 99

    Recto: Accounts of a moneylender(?). In Arabic script. Dated: Thursday, 19 Dhū l-Ḥijja 1253 AH which is 1838 CE. In the right column, ʿĀʾisha bt. …

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  20. 170Legal documentJRL SERIES A 604

    Partnership/investment agreement (עסקא). Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: First third of Shevaṭ 5577 AM = January 1817 CE. Khalīfa ʿAfīf acknowledges that David ʿAfīf has invested 17,000 …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה היקר נשא ונעלה לשט׳׳ו כמה׳׳ר כליפה עפיפ יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמורה שרירא
    3. וקיימת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמור מבלי זכר שום מין אונס וכפיי…

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  21. 171Legal documentAIU VII.D.101

    Partnership agreement from Cairo, dated 13 October 1800 CE (24 Tishrei 5561 AM), between David Dayyan, Eliyyahu Palombo, and Avraham Ḥaqīm. The context of the …

    1. בע׳׳ה בסט׳׳ו
    2. בפ׳׳עח׳׳מ הודו היקר ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר דוד דיין יצ׳׳ו והיקר ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו אליאו פאלומבו יצ׳׳ו והבחור ונחמד החתן 
    3. המפטר כה׳׳ר אברהם חאקים י…

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  22. 172Legal documentAIU VII.D.98

    Partnership agreement dated 1821 CE (Sivan [55]81) between Shelomo b. ידע (?) and Shelomo ha-Levi [here there is an unfortunately placed archival sticker] and Moshe …

    1. ב׳׳ה בסט׳׳ו ובשעת ברכה כי׳׳ר
    2. לפ[נ]ינו עדים ח׳׳מ הודו היקר נשא ונע׳ כה׳׳ר שלמה ן׳ ידע יצ׳׳ו והיקר נשא ונע׳ כה׳׳ר שלמה הלוי [.........]
    3. י[צ]׳׳ו והיקר …

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  23. 173Legal documentBL OR 5543.7

    Engagement (shiddukhin) agreeement between Eliyyahu b. Moshe Riman/Diman/DeMan (?) of Manṣūra and Raḥel known as Kuḥla bt. Ḥassūn. The bride's father is no longer living, …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. בסימן טוב והצלחה וששון ושמחה אכי׳׳ר
    3. בפנינו עדים ח׳׳מ שידך הנער הבחור כה׳׳ר אליהו רימאן/הימאן יצ׳׳ו ע׳׳י אביו היקר
    4. כה׳׳ר משה הימאן יצ׳׳ו מתו׳ עי…

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  24. 174Legal documentAIU VII.D.27

    Replacement ketubba dated 12 September 1802 (15 Elul 5562 AM) from "Kafr al-Nāqir" on the Nile. Line 6 notes that the couple's original ketubba is …

    1. ב׳׳ה              בסט׳׳ו
    2.      בשבת בחמשא עשר לחדש אלול
    3. שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות וששים ושתים ליצירה הכא בכפר אלנאקר דעל נהר
    4. נילוס מותבה אתא קדמנא היק…

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  25. 175Legal documentBL OR 5561B.25

    Investment partnership agreement (עסקא) for one month dated 1 Av 5575 AM (1815 CE), in Cairo (מצרים). Between Khalīfah b. Ḥayyīm Najjār and Ḥabibah bt. …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. בפנינו עדים ח׳׳מ הודה היקר נשא ונעלה לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר כליפה נג'אר יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר המנוח חיים נ׳׳ע הודאה
    3. גמורה שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והג…

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  26. 176Legal documentCUL Or.1080 4.32

    Recto: Legal agreement between Nissim b. Ḥayyim Mosseri and Yosef al-[...] b. [...]. Location: Cairo. Dated: Elul 5589 AM = August/September 1829 CE. The document …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. לפנינו עדים חותמי מטה בא לפנינו היקר נשא ומאוד נעלה ע׳׳כ מ׳׳ר לשט׳׳ו כמה׳׳ר
    3. נסים מוצירי יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר הכה׳׳ר חיים יצ׳׳ו ואמר לנו אתם הוו עלי עדי…

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  27. 177Legal documentENA NS 58.30

    Legal testimony. In Hebrew, with one signature in both Hebrew and Latin script. Location: Alexandria. Dating: 5624 AM in the month of Shevat which is …

    1. בשלישי בשבת שנת חמשת אלפים ושש מאות ועשרים וארבע ליר׳׳ח שבט למנין שאנו מונים פה נא אמון נתגרשה לפנינו האשה מרת ויניזייאנה דמתקריא
    2. יטא ברת אברהם מאת …

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  28. 178Paraliterary textENA 3901.4

    Writing exercises in Arabic on recto and verso. The recto is dated 2 November (نوڤمبر) 1856 CE and the verso, 3 November 1856 CE. It …

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  29. 179Legal documentENA NS 36.29

    Verso: Draft of a legal document regarding a ketubba payout following a divorce. The dating is likely early nineteenth century based on the verso note …

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  30. 180Paraliterary textJRL SERIES A 1273

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

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  31. 181Paraliterary textJRL SERIES A 1030

    Sermon composed for the week of Parashat Bereshit or Simhat Torah. Dating: post-1825 CE. The verso references a collection of weekly sermons, Sefer Yoshev Ohalim, …

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  32. 182LetterAIU VII.E.101

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 25 Tammuz 5567 AM (1807 CE) from Karo y Frances & Company to Avraham ha-Levi.

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  33. 183LetterAIU VII.E.124

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe ben Naʿim, Fustat/Cairo, to his brother David ben Naʿim, Alexandria, dated 1820 CE (20 Rahamim [= Elul] 5580). Mentions …

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  34. 184LetterAIU VII.E.127

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic dated 1822 CE (the 36th day of Matmonim = the counting of the Omer, Iyyar 5582) from Moshe ben Naʿim to …

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  35. 185LetterAIU VII.E.183

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Me'ir ben Naʿim to his son David ben Naʿim, dated 16 June 1820 CE (4 Tammuz 5580 AM).

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  36. 186List or tableBodl. MS heb. c 54/22

    Tabular calendar for the year 1815/16 CE (5576), probably connected to the previous shelfmark.

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  37. 187List or tableBodl. MS heb. c 54/21

    Beautiful calendar for the year 1815/16 CE (5576) with information about each month in a medallion set in a floral pattern.

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  38. 188LetterAIU VII.E.189

    Letter in Ladino dated 27 December 1803 (12 Tevet 5564 AM) from Moshe ha-Levi Karaso, Rashid, and Yaʿaqov ha-Levi to Yiṣḥaq de Curiel, Fustat/Cairo.

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  39. 189LetterAIU VII.E.230

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Nissim M[...] to Karo y Frances & Company.

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  40. 190LetterAIU VII.E.234

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe ben Naʿim, Alexandria, to his brother David ben Naʿim, Cairo/Fustat. The copious blank space was reused for a literary …

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  41. 191LetterAIU VII.E.45

    Letter drafts in Judaeo-Arabic from an unknown sender to Yaʿaqov Maṣlīaḥ. Dated 15 Tammuz 5578 AM which is 1818 CE. There is writing on Page …

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  42. 192LetterAIU VII.E.76

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to David ben Naʿim, 1821/22 CE (5400+182). Only the upper part of the fragment is here.

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  43. 193LetterAIU VII.D.33

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic dated 1802 CE (the 17th of matmonim i.e. the omer, 5562) from Yiṣḥaq ben Naʿim to his brother Me'ir ben Naʿim. …

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  44. 194LetterAIU VII.E.79

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances & Company.

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  45. 195Legal documentAIU VII.D.70

    Legal document dated 1819 CE (Shevat 5579) in which Yosef Yuʿbaṣ makes a declaration about 400 gurush that had been invested with him. The day …

    1. ב׳׳ו
    2. לפנינו עדים החותמים מטה בא החכם המעולה נשא ורם למוה׳׳ר יוספ יעבץ ואמר לנו אתם עלי
    3. עדים גמורים וקנו ממני קגו׳׳ש במדל׳׳ב היות אמת שנטלתי וקבלתי מ…

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  46. 196Legal documentJRL Gaster ar. 49

    Official and/or commercial document issued for the ṣarrāf Mūsā Naʿīm (Moshe ben Naʿim) involving the Dīwān Anwāl al-Ḥarīr in Alexandria and a certain al-Ḥajj Muḥammad. …

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  47. 197Literary textAIU XII.148

    Leaf from the diwan of ʿAbd al-Ghaffār al-Akhras (1804–73), a Mosul-born poet who lived most of his life in Baghdad.

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  48. 198LetterAIU VII.E.83

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Merkado Karo and Shimʿon Frances (of Karo y Frances & Company). Fragment: missing the lower part.

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  49. 199LetterAIU VII.E.46

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, dated Heshvan 5568 AM (1807 CE), from Shelomo Cesana Konpanya to Karo & Frances & Company (numerous letters to the same …

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  50. 200LetterAIU VII.E.60

    Late document in Judaeo-Arabic addressed Karo y Frances & Company (see tag). There does not appear to be an actual letter left, but Page 1 …

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