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  1. 51Legal documentAIU VII.D.47

    Legal document dated 8 October 1801 CE (1 Heshvan 5562 AM), from Cairo involving the brothers Yiṣḥaq and Mordekhay Bialobos. The younger will receive 20% …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בפ׳׳עח׳׳מ הודו האחים היקר [נ]שא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר יצחק בילובוס יצ׳׳ו והבחור ונחמ׳
    3. כה׳׳ר מרדכי בילובוס יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מד…

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  2. 52Legal documentAIU VII.D.73

    Legal document from Cairo, dated 28 December 1812 CE (25 Tevet 5570 AM) in which David Dayyan b. Avraham declares that he owes 12000 silver …

    1. ב׳׳ה                                     למלמה(?)
    2. בפנינו עדים ח׳׳מ הודה היקר וחשוב כמה׳׳ר דוד דיין יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר אבררהם יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמורה שרירה
    3. וקיימת…

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  3. 53LetterJRL Gaster ar. 221

    Commercial letter. In Arabic script. Dated: 123[6?] (which would be 1820 CE). The letter is torn at the top and the right margins. Alexandria and …

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  4. 54List or tableT-S Ar.34.269

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably early 19th century based on the names mentioned and paleography. Mentions Yaʿaqov Bibas; Yiṣḥaq Fransīs; Yaʿaqov Shalom; Gedalya Rosal(?); …

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  5. 55Legal documentJRL SERIES A 1044

    Legal document from 1818 CE (5578) as per Shmuel Glick's FGP transcription—regarding an investment partnership involving Yaʿaqov ha-Levi aka ʿAkūbas and Eliyyahu b. Ṣahal.

    Transcription from FGP Metadata (with minor emendations by Matthew Dudley)

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    1. ...]ו הוו עלי ע׳׳נ. וקנו מיד[ו] קגו׳׳מ במדל׳׳ב בלשון מעכשיו כתחז׳׳ל…

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  6. 56Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 56

    Receipt in Arabic issued by a waqf overseer (ناظر وقف), probably for ground rent (ḥikr) on a property in Cairo. Dated Shawwal 1214 AH (1800 …

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  7. 57LetterT-S Ar.35.5

    Letter drafts in Judaeo-Arabic on verso, epistolary writing exercises repeated on recto. Dated: 7 Elul 5597 AM which is September 1837 CE. Given the educational …

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  8. 58List or tableJRL SERIES C 97

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic of a wide array of purchases in the year [12]55AH which can be inferred by the usage of the Hijri months Sha'ban …

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  9. 59List or tableJRL SERIES C 57

    List of monetary figures in Arabic from one Ibrāhīm Malikī in which one of the entries on the verso mentions the year 1256 AH and …

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  10. 60Legal documentENA NS 56.6

    Legal deed. In Hebrew. Dated: End of Tammuz, 5562 AM = July 1802 CE. Yisraʾel leases his cheese shop in Ḥārat al-Ṣaqāliba to Yosef Medina …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שחזקת החנות שבמקום היהודים שכנגד חארת אלצקאלבה היא להיקר ונע׳ כה׳׳ר ישראל פינטו יצ׳׳ו הן עתה
    3. השכיר הר׳י הנז׳ החזקה הנז׳ עם כלי(!) תשמיש …

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  11. 61List or tableJRL SERIES C 56

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew related to communal contributions that are organized in a format similar to JRL SERIES C 63. In the second line …

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  12. 62List or tableAIU VII.F.31

    List of payments in Judaeo-Arabic dated as 14 Shvat 5595 or 13 February 1835CE. In both headings on the recto and verso Ḥayyim Griyani is …

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  13. 63Legal documentT-S 12.437

    Ketubba, nearly complete. Location: Cairo. Dated: Sunday, 10 Kislev 5583 AM = 24 November 1822 CE. Between Hayyim b. Shelomo Ḥazzāq and Esther b. Eliyyahu …

    1. באחד בשבת בעשרה ימים לחדש כסלו שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות ושמנים ושלשה ליצירה הכא בעיר אל קאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט
    2. מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה אנן סהדי איך ה…

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  14. 64Legal documentT-S 8J20.33

    Legal document concerning financial matters, signed by Yosef Benyamin, and mentioning Yehuda Bunan and Yosef’s son Nissim. Dated 1 Shevat 5579 AM (= 1819 CE). …

    1. אקר ואשהד עלא נפסי אן חצל אתפאק ביננא ובין סי׳
    2. יאודה בונאן מן גיהת ולדנא נסים יכדם ענד אלמדכור
    3. ויאכוד כול סדר עשרין פצה ٢٠ מן אבתדא יום תאריכו 
    4. לגאי…

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  15. 65LetterAIU VII.E.121

    A ledger containing copies of about ten business letters in Judaeo-Arabic from 1814–16 CE (5575–76). On verso, most are to Yosef Shammāʿ (or Shamānī?) & …

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  16. 66List or tableAIU VII.F.51

    List of donations (?) collected dated 1820/21 CE (5581 AM). Surnames include Pinto, Yagi.

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  17. 67List or tableAIU VII.F.60

    List of donations collected on various Shabbatot of the year 5567 AM (1806/7 CE).

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  18. 68Legal documentT-S 10J6.21

    Dissolution of ṣarraflık partnership. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: 14 Nisan 5576 AM = 12 April 1816 CE. Between Yosef Romano and Nissīm Ḥāmī. Witnessed by Yaʿaqov …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהיתה חברה ושותופות בין היקר וונעלה כה׳׳ר יוסף רומאנו יצ׳׳ו ובין היקר ונעלה כה׳׳ר נסים חאמי יצ׳׳ו
    3. בעסק הצירפליק וכעת נתפרדה החבילה ויפרד…

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  19. 69Legal documentT-S K10.10

    Left side of an ornate ketubba fragment. Based on the names mentioned and David Ben-Naʿīm's signature, the dating is likely mid-nineteenth-century. Only the bride's first …

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  20. 70Legal documentAIU VII.D.69

    Legal document from Fustat/Cairo, dated March 1802 CE (Adar II 5562 AM). Me'ir ben Naʿim had borrowed 150 reals from the old woman Raḥel known …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בהיות שהאשה הזקינה מ׳ רחל המ׳ כחלה ת׳׳ם בת המ׳ כה׳׳ר שלום נרבונה נ׳׳ע היה לה
    3. ביד הח׳ כמה׳׳ר מאיר ן׳ נעים יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר שלום יצ׳׳ו סך מאה וחמשים…

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  21. 71Legal documentCUL Or.1080 9.21

    Ketubba, beautifully illuminated, from Cairo, dated 16 April 1821 CE (14 Nisan 5581 AM) for (Benyamīn) Ḥayy Dayyān b. David Dayyān and Mazal Ṭov bt. …

    1. בסימן טוב וחצלה
    2. יתן י׳׳י את האשה הבאה אלביתך כרחל וכלאה
    3. בשני בשבת בארבעה עשר יום לחדש ניסן שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות ושמנים ואחת ליצירה הכא בעיר אל[ק…

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  22. 72Legal documentYevr. II K 59

    Rabbanite ketubah from Cairo that may have been preserved in the Dār Simḥa Synagogue geniza, although it seems more likely that Avraham Firkovich acquired it …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בסט׳׳ו גדול יהיה כבוד הבית הזה האחרון מן האאכי׳׳ר
    3. בששי
    4. בשבת בשלשה עשר לחדש תמוז שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות ושבעים וחמש ליצירה
    5. הכה בעיר אלקאהרה …

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  23. 73LetterAIU VII.E.123

    Letter in Ladino from Av[raham?] Til[?] in Alexandria to Efrayim 'Ada in Cairo dated 11 March 1814 (19 Adar 5574). Within the letter David Dayan …

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  24. 74LetterAIU IX.B.25

    Copies of letters in Ladino dated 9 December 1811 (23 Kislev 5572), likely a fragment from a broader letter copybook. Senders and recipients are unclear …

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  25. 75List or tableBL OR 12369.24

    Communal accounts for two synagogues in Cairo. Dated 5584 AM (1823/24 CE). The right side of the bifolio mentions the Ḥayyīm Capoussi Synagogue and the …

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  26. 76Legal documentMIAC 130

    Measures for the founding of a Jewish association in Egypt as a branch of the overarching association by the name of Kinisat Israel, and they …

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  27. 77List or tableJRL SERIES C 157

    Ledger fragment in Judeo-Arabic in three folios from across the year 1239AH which is 1823/24CE. The ledger's heading on the first scan begins with the …

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  28. 78Legal documentENA NS 51.28

    Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: 1 Shevat 5578 AM, which is 1818 CE. Declaring that Rica bt. Avraham ha-Kohen טרייקלי is "rebellious" (moredet) …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהר׳ יוסף קשטיל יצ׳׳ו נשוי עם אשתו המ׳ ריקה ת׳׳מ בכורה מכת בת המ׳ אברהם 
    3. הכהן ידיע טרייקלי נ׳׳ע עד עכשו -  והנה בעתה שעברו דברי ריבות וק…

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  29. 79List or tableAIU VII.F.30

    Accounts in Judeo-Arabic from 1829/30 CE (1245 Hijri). The top heading labels the accompanying entries as "מצרופ" which may indicate expenses or outgoing payments. The …

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  30. 80Legal documentMIAC 13

    Reconciliation agreement between the spouses Avraham b. Ḥayyīm Shelomo and Shamaʿ (שמעה) bt. David al-Denḥī(?) (אלדנחי). This fragment is dated incorrectly in the MIAC catalogue …

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  31. 81Unknown typeT-S AS 209.166 + T-S AS 209.168

    Modern accounts with a wide variety of names mentioned. Dating: 19th-century based on paleography and lined paper.

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  32. 82Legal documentMIAC 50

    Bill for an amount received from the owner of a printing house in Jerusalem, Samuel Zuckermann. Dated 1872. Museum of Islamic Art – (number 50) …

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  33. 83LetterMIAC 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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  34. 84Legal documentJRL Series L 130

    Legal document in Hebrew, very damaged. Location: Cairo. Dated 16 ___[month missing] ___52 AM. Based on the paleography the year is most likely 5552 AM …

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  35. 85LetterENA 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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  36. 86List or tableT-S NS 83.25

    Modern note containing monetary account in Ottoman gurush coinage. Location: Cairo. Dating: August (אגסטס) __69 CE. Based on the usage of pre-lined paper and scribal …

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  37. 87LetterENA NS 63.5

    Letter from Eliyyahu b. Seʿadya, in Fustat/Cairo, to the Ḥakham Avraham ha-Levi b. Moshe ha-Levi the Qaraite, in Jerusalem. Scribed by Yaʿaqov Ḥayna (? חיינה) …

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  38. 88Legal documentENA NS 50.8

    Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: End of Heshvan, 5562 AM = October/November 1801 CE. Meʾir Ben-Naʿim invests 100 reales (1 real = 90 …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. [בפע]ח׳׳מ הודו היקר נשא ונע׳ כה׳׳ר רחמים תאגירי יצ׳׳ו ואשתו היקרה וצנועה מ׳ מזל ת׳׳ם הודאה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימ׳
    3. מעכשיו מדעתם ורצונם הטוב והגמו׳ ב…

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  39. 89List or tableJRL SERIES C 18

    List of "מצרופ/expenses" related to food/household items that is dated in Cheshvan [55]97JC which is 1836CE. The fragment may have been folded and sent from …

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  40. 90Legal documentBL OR 12369.11 + AIU VII.D.99 + Yevr. II A 1292

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: end of Sivan 5582 AM, which is June 1822 CE. Dissolution of partnership and settling of accounts between …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. להיות שהיתה חברה ושותפות הכה׳׳ר אליאו ן׳ צהל יצ׳׳ו והכה׳׳ר יעקב הלוי ידיע עכובס והכה׳׳ר מרדכי
    3. קפנטון יצ׳׳ו בעסק הצרפליק וסחורות ופרקמטיאות וכ…

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  41. 91Legal documentJRL SERIES A 607

    Investment agreement (ʿisqa). Dated: Adar I 5562 AM, which is 1802 CE. In which Joya bt. Yehuda Ashiyahu invests 100 riyāls with Meir ben Naʿim …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה הר׳ מאיר ן׳ נעים יצ׳׳ו גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונ[ו]
    3. הטוב וקגמ׳׳ו בלי זכר שום מין אונס כלל שקיבל מהיקרה וצנועה מ׳ גויי…

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  42. 92Credit instrument or private receiptJRL SERIES B 8394

    Rent receipt in Judaeo-Arabic documenting that Yaʿaqov Maṣliaḥ has paid three years' rent for his ṭabaqa in advance, from July 1819 through July 1822 (Av …

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  43. 93List or tableT-S AS 207.119

    List of Italianate names and corresponding monetary values, perhaps communal contributions. The paleography, ink, and pre-lined paper all point to the nineteenth century as a …

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  44. 94List or tableT-S AS 190.115

    Preprinted accounting documents, unused. 19h-century.

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  45. 95LetterT-S 8J13.28

    Recto: note from Khalīfa Ḥasan. Verso: letter by Meʿir Naʿīm (cf. CUL Or.1080.4.40) to Khalīfa Ḥasan concerning business matters. 18th-19th century. (Information from CUDL)

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  46. 96LetterMoss. IXa,3.6

    Note or letter from Shimʿon Ben-Nāʾīm (נאיים) addressed only to someone or some institution with the honorific title "jināb al-muḥtarim". Dated: 15 ___[month] 1284 AH …

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  47. 97Legal documentT-S 13J5.8

    Records of three betrothal agreements. The first is a receipt dated Monday, first day of Pesaḥ, mentioning the groom Yaaqov Ḥanan b. Yosef Ḥanan and …

    1. בס׳׳ט
    2. אלה פרטי מה שהכניסה הכלה הבוגרת מב׳׳ת כחלה בת היקר דוד גנאח
    3. לחתן המ׳ כה׳׳ר י[ע]קב חנן בכ׳׳ר המ׳ יוסף חנן נ׳׳ע ג׳ ח׳׳ש נבב(?) נרמסותא
    4. בקצב א גו…

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  48. 98LetterENA 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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  49. 99List or tableJRL SERIES C 93 + JRL SERIES C 77

    Lists in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot dated in the year 5596 AM which is 1835/1836 CE. Each list is designated …

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  50. 100List 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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