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Letter from an unknown writer in Jerusalem addressed to R. Maʿūẓa and his sons Sālim and Yaḥyā. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 19th century, as …
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Letter from Shelomo Kohen and Yaʿaqov Portos to Efrayim [...]. Dated: 12 Elul 5566 AM (1806 CE). (Someone wrote the date 1706 CE on the …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1 Shevat 5578 AM, which is 1818 CE. Declaring that Rica bt. Avraham ha-Kohen טרייקלי is "rebellious" (moredet) …
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 …
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 …
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) …
Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: First decade of Ṭevet 5561 AM, which is 17–26 December 1800 CE. Moneychanging (sarraflık) partnership agreement between three …
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 …
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. …
List of communal contributions. Dated: 5580 AM, which is 1819/20 CE. Many names.
Partnership/investment agreement (עסקא). Location: Cairo. Dated: First third of Shevaṭ 5577 AM = January 1817 CE. Khalīfa ʿAfīf acknowledges that David ʿAfīf has invested 17,000 …
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 …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentiong Menaḥem Mizraḥī in the heading. Dated 3 Sivan [55]94 AM which is 1834 CE. The entries below each heading on the …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic dated 28 Sivan '85, probably 5585, corresponding to 14 June 1825 CE. The writer is Nissim Sabbāḥ and the addressee is Yaʿaqov …
Recto: Engagement (shiddukhin) document for Moshe b. Nissim Ṭawīl and Simḥa bt. [...] ha-Levi known as al-ʿAjamī, dated August 1818 CE (Av 5578). Verso: Halakhic …
Legal document from Cairo dated January 1802 CE (Shevat 5562), in which Nissim Romano acknowledges that he has received 180 silver muayyadis from the orphans …
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, …
Calendar in Hebrew for 5582 AM. The calendar retains a reference to the calendrical correspondence of Rabīʿ I 1243 AH which is 1827 CE.
Accounts in Ladino dated 22 Heshvan [5]590 = 1829 CE.
From a ledger of donations arranged by the parshiyot of the year 1803/1804 CE (5564 AM). See joins.
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 …
List of payments in the name of S[eñor] Yeshuʿa related to ownership or a lease for a house that is dated in the years [55]97AM–[5]600AM …
Accounts. In Arabic script. Dated 6 Jumada I [12]35 AH which is 1820 CE. One of the entries toward the middle of the document mentions …
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 …
Ledger bifolium in Arabic dated on the recto's left heading as Rabi' II 1238 AH which is 1822 CE. The scribal hand is highly trained …
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 …
Lists in Judeo-Arabic of monetary contributions for children that were recorded in 5576 which is 1815/16CE. The contents of this shelfmark may be related to …
Lists in Judaeo-Arabic of food and possibly charity-related communal expenses in the year 5560JC which is 1799/1800CE. The lists mention a wide array of food …
Accounts in Arabic dated on the verso's heading as Jumada I[ or perhaps II?] of the year 1238 AH which is 1823 CE. The structure …
Accounts in Ladino dated in the first line of the recto as 8 Elul 5588 AM which is 18 August 1828CE. There are many detailed …
Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew related to communal contributions that are organized in a format similar to JRL SERIES C 63 (PGPID 31913). In the …
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 …
List of names and corresponding payments in "פצה / silver." The list's heading on the recto describes these values as "מטלוב עלם חסאב קיימה טרפ …
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 …
List in Judeo-Arabic related to the communal "chest / ארגז" of the Sephardim in Adar I [55]93 which is March 1833CE. The monetary figures are …
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 …
Communal contribution list in Judaeo-Arabic, the heading mentions the scribe Barūkh Meyuḥas. Dated Elul [55]93 which is 1833 CE. This JRL folder is mostly or …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic listing income from "debts and sales" around Ṭanṭa. Dated Dhū l-Qaʿda 1237 AH which is 1822 CE. MCD.
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 …
Accounts related to various coinage types such as gold mahmudiye and kuruş thaqīl (heavy kuruş). The former helps date this fragment as no earlier than …
Accounts in Arabic on a large fragment that may originate from a broader financial ledger that is dated on the lower right corner of the …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps dated 1818/1819 CE ([5]579 AM). The letter recipients are Menaḥem Barakha and Barakha Goren, sender: Shelomo Sonino. Requires further examination for …
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 …
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 …