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  1. 1Legal documentT-S 13J4.17

    Recto: legal document in which Abraham Shami (שאמי) b. [...] Shelomo Abū l-Khayr b. Saʿadya affirms that the widow of Judah Abū l-Khayr owes money …

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  2. 2LetterT-S 13J9.16

    Fragment of a 16th-century letter from David Badūssī in Būlāq, who was a teacher in Jerusalem, to Abraham סורג, philanthropist in Egypt, seeking financial assistance. …

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  3. 3LetterMoss. II,104.1

    Fragment from a 16th-century letter in rhymed prose. (Information from CUDL) On the verso a name appears possibly as the recipient of the letter: Abraham …

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  4. 4LetterT-S 8J15.31

    The end of a late letter, signed with elaborate sigla (c. 16th century). (Information from CUDL)

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  5. 5LetterT-S 8J15.29

    Letter to Yehuda Daud in which the writer references previous correspondence with the addressee and mentions exile (גולה). EMS From ʿEli Sanbakro (סנבקרו), c. 16th …

    1. בר (?)
    2. סלם אללה תעלא עלא אלאך אלעזיז
    3. כר יהודה יצו מן כתבו תעלם
    4. . . בעתלך גולה ובעתלך מעא
    5. אלפכין חבלא תום תבעאהם
    6. מוחקא אסנה מן גהת כ . . .
    7. ובעתלך כתב…

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  6. 6Legal documentENA 3974.1

    Legal document, probably a partnership deed, but this is admittedly speculation. Mentions a sum of 53 new Sulaimānī dīnārs. Dated: 19 Shaʿbān 955 AH. Needs …

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    2. الرمان الهندي؟ الديان؟ الصيرفي بالديوان العالي بالد[

    3. مبلغا جملته من الدنانير الجديد السليماني التام ..

    4. والعين ومعاملة الديار ال…

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  7. 7LetterMoss. IV,86.2

    Letter from Mordechai. Dating: probably 16th century. It is headed by an ornate בע''ה. Verso and the margin on recto contains jottings (signature practice) in …

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  8. 8Legal documentMoss. VII,23

    Financial agreement (partnership?) between Daniel b. Eliyya and Yaʿaqov b. Avraham, dated 1512/13 CE ([5]273) and citing sums in peraḥim.

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  9. 9Legal documentMoss. VII,24

    Bifolium of legal records, one of which is dated 1519 CE (Sivan 1830 Seleucid).

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  10. 10LetterT-S AS 162.61

    Recto: letter from the 16th century, mentioning the names Abraham Ibn Ṣūr, Reuben the Babylonian, Abraham Nuniʾel (נוניאל), Faraj Allah the proselyte, and Yequtiʾel. Verso: …

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  11. 11List or tableENA 3738.1

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Dated on the verso 14 Heshvan (שנת ברחמים)– which is a gematria given that the month Elul is normally …

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  12. 12Legal documentENA NS 59.34

    Legal deed, fragment. In Hebrew. Only the beginnings of the last few lines are preserved. Dated: 10 Tevet 5325 AM, which is December 1564 CE. …

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  13. 13Legal documentENA 3932.7

    Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 1518 CE, since on recto (probably the side of later use) appears to mention the year 924 kharājī.

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  14. 14LetterT-S 8J23.1

    Letter, consisting mainly of greetings, from Yehuda Levi to his family, including his brother-in-law Sulaymān, his brother Raḥamīm, his cousin Sawād, and the addressee’s sister, …

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  15. 15Legal documentMS 9160, fol. 1

    Authorization of takanot from the Mustarab community in Egypt from 1595 CE– which reflects the date 9 Sivan בשמח׳׳ה in the final line of the …

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  16. 16Legal documentT-S 8J6.20

    Deed of remittance, dated 3 Shevat 5316 (= 1556 CE) between Isaac b. ʿOvadya (possibly including his brother-in-law, Yaʿir) and Zephaniah b. Ḥayyim Saragossi (סרגוסי). …

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  17. 17LetterENA NS 29.1

    Letter to Yiṣḥaq Ḥevroni on financial matters. Dated: 1559 CE [?]. This date from FGP is likely incorrect given that the month listed is Shawwāl …

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  18. 18Credit instrument or private receiptENA NS 43.10

    Receipt for payments related to the residence of Natan Abravanel, issued and signed by Meir Somech. Dated at the end of Iyyar 5320 AM (May …

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  19. 19List or tableT-S AS 186.8

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated Rabīʿ I 984 AH in the upper left corner of the recto (1576 CE). Among the names mentioned are: (recto) Yahuda …

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  20. 20LetterT-S AS 208.161

    Letter addressed to Avraham Shānjī, a well-known merchant who appears in a variety of sixteenth-century fragments and had died by 1547 CE. Only the first …

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  21. 21Legal documentT-S 8J6.22

    Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 17 Sivan 5323 = 8 June 1563 CE. In which Zeraḥ Dammūhī (cf. CUL Or.1081 2.26 + …

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    1. בפנינו עדים חתומי מטה הודה כ׳׳ר זרח דמוהי יצ׳׳ו שקבל מכ׳׳ר
    2. משה מתקן הספרים ידיע מגמגם יצ׳׳ו ארבעה בנאדקה זהב
    3. בהלואה …

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  22. 22LetterENA NS I.56

    "The first document is a letter (lacking, however, a few lines at the end) that was sent by an anonymous merchant to R. David Ibn …

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  23. 23LetterF 1908.44OO

    Business letter from Shelomo to Yosef Ḥalūfī, in Fustat. Dating: Second half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. The letter deals with …

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  24. 24LetterT-S 13J25.23

    Letter in Ladino by Abraham Palieche to his sister, dated 28 Elul 5324 (= 5 September 1564 CE). He is in Egypt/Cairo and wants her …

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  25. 25Legal documentYevr. II A 1256

    Qaraite legal documents, one each on recto and verso. Both are from "the capital" Constantinople, both are signed by Yaʿaqov b. Yosef Ashkenazi and Yosef …

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  26. 26Legal documentT-S 13J4.19

    Power of attorney (שטר הרשאה) from Rachel the widow of Eliezer Zussman to her son Moses Zussman. Dated Friday 2 Iyyar 5324 (= April 1564 …

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  27. 27LetterT-S 13J24.21

    Letter, c. mid-16th century, from Avraham Sagis, in Jerusalem, to Yosef Qorqos, who is normally resident in Jerusalem but is currently visiting Egypt, regarding the …

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  28. 28LetterT-S 13J24.28

    Letter, c. 16th century, written on behalf of and signed by Yosef Karo, in the land of Israel, to Yaʿaqov Villarreal, in Egypt. Yosef requests …

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  29. 29List or tableENA NS 54.18

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tishrei 5354 AM = Muharram 1002 AH, which is 1593 CE, a few months after the records on recto.

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  30. 30Legal documentENA NS 54.18

    Legal deed In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tammuz 5353 AM = Shawāl 1001 AH = July 1593 CE. It seems to be the copy of a reconciliation …

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  31. 31Legal documentT-S NS 99.25

    Partnership document in Hebrew between Moshe and Me'ir & his brother. 16th century per Avraham David. The partnership is to last for two years. The …

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  32. 32Literary textT-S NS 99.4

    First page of the Cairene Purim Scroll (Megilat Purim), the Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic verses alternating, mentioning the date 5284 AM (= 1524 CE). Information from …

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  33. 33Legal documentMoss. VII,84.1

    Legal document in Hebrew. 16th-century. Yaʿaqov b. Faraj Allāh the Qaraite, known as Fayrūz, attests that he owes Moshe Ḥazzān b. Yiṣḥaq(?) a certain sum …

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    1. בפנינו אנו עדים חתומי מטה הודה יעקב בן פרג'אללה אל קרא 
    2. ידיע פירוז' שהוא חייב ל[כ"ר] משה חזאן בכ"ר יצחק נ^"ע^ [...]
    3. מאידי חוב גמור ומלוה זקופה…

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  34. 34LetterMoss. II,118

    Fragment of a 16th-century business letter. Faded and damaged, so the contents are difficult to determine. Appears to be a letter from an agent to …

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  35. 35LetterT-S AS 150.154 + T-S Misc.22.6

    Business letter, first half of the 16th century. The subject matter is a dispute between merchants who dealth in skins, pepper, and tin. An Avraham …

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  36. 36LetterDK 243 (alt: XII)

    Business letter to Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi (Avraham David does not think it is Luria).

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  37. 37List or tableJRL SERIES C 136

    List of names that was recorded alongside a column of numerical values before the paper was torn. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the …

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  38. 38List or tableJRL SERIES C 117

    Accounts related to real estate rentals and other properties in Cairo. Dated on the recto as 1 Heshvan 5319 AM which is 1558. This reading …

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  39. 39List or tableAIU VII.F.19

    List of donations (?) for the end of Adar of the year of "ezreinu" (perhaps 70+7+200+50+6 = [5]333 = 1573 CE. But everything else in …

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  40. 40List or tableBL OR 10578N.1

    List of payments, 16th century.

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    1. אלרייס יוס[ף] [ס]עד טויל יעיש גבאן

    טו לב ח

    1. שמסל [סע]יד קמאט יוסף סכנד[רי]

    יב ה ח

    1. מעאפה לוי ....סדיד נסים חזן

    ד י טו

    1. מוסי נק.. נצ…

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  41. 41LetterENA NS 31.10

    Letter sent by Ḥayyim b. Avraham Skandari, probably in Cairo, to his son, probably in Alexandria. The date is the 2nd of Adar I, probably …

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  42. 42LetterENA NS 34.2

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably 16th century. Written by Yehuda al-Ashqar b. Yiṣḥaq b. [...], a resident of Jerusalem who, …

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  43. 43Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1051

    Court notebook, probably Qaraite. Many pages. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated with individual entries spanning the 1570s CE, such as 8 Tevet 5337 AM which is 1576 …

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  44. 44Legal documentT-S 13J37.1

    Partnership settlement recorded in the home of Rabbi Moshe Damūhī in Cairo that bears a date in line 34 of 9 Ḥeshvan 5304 AM (1543 …

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  45. 45List or tableMS 9160, fol. 9

    List of communal accounts dated in variety of places throughout the text, for example the first intact date on the recto is 12 Sivan 5352 …

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  46. 46List or tableT-S AS 209.199

    Large bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, difficult early modern scribal hand. Dating: 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The main heading on the recto …

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  47. 47Legal documentENA NS 49.19

    Deed of sale. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1 Heshvan 5294 AM = 20 October 1533 CE. Yaʿaqov b. Moshe בכוש and his brother Efrayim …

    1. בפנינו אנו עדים חתומי מטה מכרו יעקב בכ׳׳ר משה ידיע בכוס
    2. אפרים אחיו ספר תורה למ׳ מסעד בכ׳׳ר דוד ידיע דוארה 
    3. [ש]לש מאות וחמשה ועשרים מאידי גדולים והוד…

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  48. 48List or tableT-S J1.59

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated on the verso, 6 Shawwal 954 AH (1547 CE). The entries involve a dīwān, the Bāb Zuweyla, and perhaps other locations …

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  49. 49Legal documentT-S 10J13.25

    Legal document with testimony concerning orphans and Isaac Horoshban (הורושבן), who died. Mentions various people including Isaac Shanji (שאנגו). Originally dated 1586 CE in FGP …

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  50. 50Legal documentMoss. VII,32.1

    Legal document dated 6 July 1564 CE (16 Tammuz 5324) in Cairo/מצרים, in which Sulaymān Ṣafiyy and the treasurers of the heqdesh of the Mustaʿrib …

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    1. בפנינו עדים חתו[מי] מטה [הו]דה סלימאן צפי שהוא חייב להקדש של 

    2. קהל המסתערב י"צ [מא]ה וש[לו]שה ועשרים מאידי מצד שכירות 

    3. העלייה ש[הוא] ד[ר ב…

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