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  1. 101Legal documentCUL Or.1080 4.21

    Ketubba from Cairo dated 22 November 1822 (8 Kislev 5583), for Khalīfa Pipa and Sulṭāna bt. Nissim Qanini (?). The grand sum of the ketubba …

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  2. 102Legal documentBL OR 10655.25

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dated 2 Ṣ[afar] 1248 AH which is 1832 CE. Part of a pair with BL OR 10655.24. There are multiple …

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  3. 103Legal documentBL OR 10653.6

    Typewritten copy of a ketubba from Essaouira (Morocco), 21 December 1876 (5 Tevet 5637), with a handwritten note at the bottom, "this is the form …

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  4. 104Legal documentBL OR 10653.7

    Typewritten copy of a ketubba from Essaouira (Morocco), 16 September 1891 (13 Elul 5651), with a note at the bottom, "this is the form of …

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  5. 105Literary textCUL Or.1080 14.15 + CUL Or.1080 14.24

    Poem in elegant Arabic script followed by a curious note: (the poet and/or scribe?) "Mukhliṣ al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad Hādī l-Islām Iyādi (?) was …

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  6. 106Legal documentBL OR 5543.8

    Legal document dated April 1822 (beginning of Iyyar 5582), Fustat. Probably a partnership agreement between David Dayyan and Moshe אלפרון.

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  7. 107Legal documentAIU VII.D.52

    Legal document from Fustat/Cairo, dated 20 February 1829 (17 Adar I 5589), in which Avraham ha-Levi certifies that he has received his entire share from …

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  8. 108List or tableENA 2373.3

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic (and eastern Arabic numerals). Dated: 5582 AM, which is 1821/22 CE. Mentioning R. Petro and Se. Shemuel, and the holidays of Sukkot, …

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  9. 109LetterENA 2425.17

    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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  10. 110List or tableJRL 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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  11. 111LetterENA 2560.7

    Letter from Shelomo Kohen and Yaʿaqov Portos to Efrayim [...]. Dated: 12 Elul 5566 AM (1806 CE). (Someone wrote the date 1706 CE on the …

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  12. 112LetterAIU VII.F.17

    Short note in Judaeo-Arabic from Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ (like AIU VII.F.68). Dated D[hū] l-Ḥijja 1240 AH (1825 CE).

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  13. 113List or tableAIU VII.F.26

    List of communal contributions or perhaps "sales of wheat[?]" (עלם מביע קמח) for the year 5589 AM which is 1828/29 CE (התקפט). Although the year …

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  14. 114List or tableAIU VII.F.43

    List of honors purchased for the services on various Shabbatot along with how much money paid or to be paid. Probably early 19th century, since …

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  15. 115List or tableAIU VIII.E.13

    12 pages of calendrical writing, with molad calculations and Islamic calendar conversions, for the first decade of the 19th century.

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  16. 116List or tableENA 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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  17. 117LetterAIU VII.E.128

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Eliyyahu Turki to Yūsuf Yaʿīsh Ḥadād. Dated 1 Iyyar 5601 AM which is

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  18. 118LetterAIU VII.E.150

    Late letter in Hebrew to Yishmaʿel ha-Kohen dated November 1829 (Heshvan 5590).

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  19. 119Paraliterary textBL OR 5561A.6–6a

    A magnificent illuminated certificate/amulet for a circumcision. Assuming we're meant to add up all the red numbers at the bottom to find the year, it …

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  20. 120LetterAIU VII.E.186

    Letter in Ladino to Efrayim [...] dated 1806/7 CE (20 Sivan[?] 5567 AM). Requires further examination.

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  21. 121List or tableAIU XII.30

    Late accounts in Arabic in a neat blue/red/black grid. Dated on the first page as J[umada] I[?] 1246 AH which is 1830/31 CE.

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  22. 122List or tableJRL SERIES C 114

    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 …

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  23. 123Legal documentAIU VII.D.98

    Partnership agreement probably dated 1820/1 CE ([55]81)—but conceivably a century earlier if the half-missing digit is a ת rather than a ק—between Shelomo b. ידע …

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  24. 124List or tableAIU VIII.E.11–12

    16 pages of calendrical writing with molad calculations for years in the 19th century.

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  25. 125Legal documentAIU VII.D.100

    Legal document from Fustat/Cairo, dated September 1829 (end of Elul 5589). Missing a large chunk from the upper left. It seems to be a record …

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  26. 126LetterAIU IX.B.17

    Letter from Mordekhai b. Yiṣḥaq to Ḥayyim Avraham Levi. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 22 Iyyar 5565 AM, which is 1805 CE.

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  27. 127LetterENA 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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  28. 128List 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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  29. 129LetterAIU 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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  30. 130List or tableAIU VII.F.51

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

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  31. 131List or tableAIU VII.F.60

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

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  32. 132Legal 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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  33. 133LetterAIU 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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  34. 134List 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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  35. 135Legal 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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  36. 136List 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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  37. 137Legal 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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  38. 138Legal 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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  39. 139Legal 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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  40. 140List 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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  41. 141Legal 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. 142Credit 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. 143List 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. 144Credit 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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  45. 145List 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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  46. 146Legal 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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  47. 147Legal 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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  48. 148List 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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  49. 149List 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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  50. 150LetterT-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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