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Receipt confirming that Me'ir Ben-Naʿim paid the rent for a qāʿah related to "Argaz Sefaradim" (the communal chest of the Sephardi congregation) from 26 August …
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Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to ha-Dayyan ha-Meẓuyan, Me'ir Ben-Naʿim, dated Aug/Sept 1824 CE (Elul 5584).
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Receipt issued by the silk monopoly administration in Alexandria that was signed and stamped by the overseer ʿUmr Agha. Dated 14 Shawwal 1239 AH which …
Lists in Judeo-Arabic that mention a wide array of "ağa / אגה" official titleholders and are dated to 18 Safar [12]43 AH or [11]43, but …
Account written in Alexandria on 3 Jumada I 1236 AH/February 1821CE. The basis of the transaction in silver kuruş is explained in the heading and …
List of names and monetary contributions received by the Rambam Synagogue congregation in Cairo (ק׳׳ק הרמבם). Dated 5603 AM which is 1842/1843 CE. The heading …
Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot dated in the year 5596 which is 1835/1836CE. Each list is designated by specific …
Recto: Letter from David Ben-Naʿim to Meir Ben-Naʿim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 18 Elul 5580, which is 1820 CE. On verso there is a calendar for …
List of contributions to the communal "chest" (ארגז) of the Sephardi congregation. Dated [5]592 AM which is 1831/32 CE. The names of those listed include: …
Communal accounts for the Mustaʿrabī congregation of Cairo. Dated [5]592 AM which is 1831/32 CE. The heading states that the funds listed are incoming and …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic detailing income for the "Treasury of Silk Looms" in Alexandria, a branch of the state monopoly administration. Dated Shawwal 1239 AH which …
List in Judeo-Arabic of monetary amounts and calculations related the communal "chest / ארגז" of the Mustʿarabīm in the end of Nisan 5590 which is …
Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and pen trials of the Arabic alphabet that can be dated on the recto to the night of Simchat Torah of [5]586 …
Order of payment issued for the ṣarrāf Mūsā Naʿīm (Moshe ben Naʿim) involving the Dīwān Anwāl al-Ḥarīr in Alexandria and a certain al-Ḥajj Muḥammad Kh..iyya. …
Receipt or order of payment issued by the state administration for silk production in Alexandria. Dated 25 Ramadan[?] 1235 AH which is 1819 CE. A …
Legal document in Arabic script, with a Judaeo-Arabic filing note on verso. Dated 10 Jumāda II 1237 AH (1822 CE). The name of the notary …
Seven sides of elaborate accounts in form of a ledger, in Arabic Siyaket script. Dated Ramadan 1229 (1814 CE). Potential join to AIU VII.F.24 and …
Receipt in Arabic issued in Ḥārat al-Naṣāra, Cairo. The receipt recounts the weight and price of chickens sold to al-Ḥājj ʿAlī al-____[?] al-Dajājī by Yisḥāq …
State document in Arabic script. Dated: 1247 AH, which is 1831/32 CE.
Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Concerning the loom of textiles "anwāl al-qumāsh" in Alexandria. Mentions the dealings between Yeshūʿā the Jew and Ibrāhim Effendi. …
Two legal documents concerning the same case. The first is a Muslim legal query together with the ruling/fatwā, in Arabic script. The second is a …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ, dated 3 June 1825 CE (17 Sivan 5585 AM), with additional writing on verso. Sender: Sezano Konpanyia (Compania).
Investment partnership (ʿisqa) from Cairo, dated 1 Adar 5562 AM (= 1802 CE), in which Efrayim b. Shabbetay ʿAda receives 150 reales from Qamr the …
Letter from David ben Naʿim to Moshe ben Naʿim in Alexandria concerning business matters, dated 17 Heshvan 185 (5585 of the Era of Creation = …
Business letter to Karo y Frances from Nissim M[...], c. 1800 CE. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 20 Sivan 5568 AM, which is 15 June 1808 CE. …
Ketubba, faded, from Cairo, dated 25 March 1811 CE (29 Adar 5571 AM). Between Nissim and Esther aka Sarah, with marital payments totaling to 150 …
Series of accounts, consisting mostly of numerical sums including two notes stating the accounts are for al-mu`alim Ya`qub Shalom al-Yahudi. Dated Muharram 1233 AH which …
Late letter addressed to Merkado Karo and Shim'on Frances. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 26 Shevat 5567 AM (1807 CE). Information from Wagner, Linguistic Variety of Judaeo-Arabic, …
Copy of an engagement (shiddukhin) contract in Hebrew written in a different hand (though same hand as the pen trials underneath). Location: Cairo. Dated: 5 …
Letter to David Ben-Naim in Alexandria from his father Meir Ben-Naim in Cairo. Dated 26 Heshvan [5]580 AM (תף) which is 1819 CE.
Letter addressed to Yaʿaqov Cassuto. In Ladino. Dated: 14 Kislev 5651, which is 26 November 1890 CE. On verso is a fragment of a printed …
Late Arabic account. Dated 11 Dhū l-Qaʿda 1221 AH (January 1807 CE). The second line of the recto mentions the keyword al-ṣayrāfī. The verso also …
Apprenticeship agreement between David Dayyan (the instructor) and an apprentice whose name is badly damaged but his surname can be inferred as Karo because his …
Popular literature (nawādir) in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 19th century.
Petition addressed to the Italian consul in Cairo. Dated 10 August 1865 CE. Information from FOTM: "Although the majority of the material preserved in the …
(folio 1, ln. 19-26)
essere entrati con forza nella casa di campagna del sottoscritto e preso dalla stalla le due vacche di sua proprietà e ten…
...the fact that the aforementioned administrators [of Ibrahim Bey] entered by force the country house of the undersigned …
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Printed title page from a copy of Pirqei Avot in the Sephardi tradition (כמנהג ספרדים is in the title). Printed by "Estamperia Saʿadī ha-Levi, en …
Wedding Invitation in French. Dated February 9, 1888 CE. The fathers of the bride (Bienvenue Eliakim) and groom (Raphaël) invite an unnamed guest to the …
Elaborate Karaite ketubba, dated both according to the creation and to the 'counting of the Greeks'. The groom Yosef b. Mordechai b. Shalom is taking …
Decorated, torn, Karaite ketubah from Cairo. Dated on Thursday in 5566 AM but most of the date is lost to damage. The groom's name is …
Decorated Karaite ketubba from Cairo. Date: 12 Sivan 5570 AM (1810 CE). The groom is Shelomo b. Eliyyahu Ḥazan. The bride is Esther known as …
Decorated Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Yosef b. Yehuda Hakohen. The bride is Esther known as Qamar d. Eliyahu. Dated 25 Adar 5581 …
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 8 Elul 5588 AM = 1243 AH, which is 1828 CE. Involves Nissim ha-Levi b. Yequtiel and Menashshe b. Yūsuf …
Pre nuptial agreement between Nissim Halevi b. Eliyyahu b. Nissim and Rachel d. Mordechai b. Shalom, dated Sunday 18th Adar, 5579 Era of creation (1819).
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 …
Writing exercises of Atbash Hebrew alphabetical order and the phrase "מנצפ׳׳ך צופים אמרום" that display the surname Mosseri in the heading. Based on the format …
Writing exercises of the Hebrew alphabet. On the verso a partial date is offered in the heading with the day of the week "יום ג" …
Writing exercises of the Hebrew alphabet that display the surname Meṣlīḥ/מצליח in the heading. Based on AIU IX.A.46 in this series and other writing exercises …
Legal document of engagement (shiddukhīn, l. 6) for Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi and Esther bt. David ha-Kohen, listing the conditions and sums owed. Dated 22 August 1828 …
Betrothal document dated 11 October 1841 (26 Tishrei 5602) for Yosef the son of the late Moshe ha-Levi, represented by Avraham Jawhar "of the villages" …