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  1. 301List or tableAIU IX.A.48

    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 …

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  2. 302Legal documentAIU VII.D.10

    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 …

    1. בסט׳׳ו בעושר ובנים והצלחה והרוחה
    2. שידך הבחור ונחמד החתן המפואר חמד
    3. בחורים יצחק הלוי יצ׳׳ו את הכלה הכלולה
    4. יעלת חן וכלילת יופי הבתולה הבוגרת
    5. מב׳׳ת אסתר…

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  3. 303Legal documentAIU VII.D.16

    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" …

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  4. 304Legal documentAIU VII.D.24

    Fragment (left side) of an illuminated ketubba from Cairo with an elaborate floral design that was rendered with watercolor paint inside a predrawn grid. The …

    1. ...]מה בינו .מ.עש׳׳ו(?) אכי׳׳ר
    2. בש]שי
    3. ...] שנת חמשת אלפים ושש מאות ושלש
    4. ... פסט]אט מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה אנן
    5. ...] כה׳׳ר יעקב יצ׳׳ו בן המנוח הנ.׳׳…

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  5. 305Legal documentAIU VII.D.28

    Ketubba dated 1821/2 CE (5582 AM) from Cairo, for Eliyyahu Amaryo b. Yaʿaqov. The total of the ketubba is 750 esedi gurush. There is extensive …

    1. בעהי׳׳ת ס[סט ...] גד [...] ידיה הבור הבית הזה מצא אשה ט[וב]
    2. בשש [...] ב. .ש. וים [...] .. לחדש שבת(?) - חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות ושמנים ושתים ליצירה הכא…

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  6. 306Legal documentAIU VII.D.52

    Legal document from Cairo, dated 17 (יום טו׳׳ב) Adar I 5589 (1829 CE), in which Avraham ha-Levi certifies that he has received his entire share …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. לפנינו עדים חו׳׳מ בא לפנינו הבחור ונחמד כה׳׳ר אברהם הלוי [...
    3. ואמר לנו אתם הוו עלי עדים גמורים וקנו ממני קגו׳׳ש מעכשיו בדלא אניסנא ו[... .....…

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  7. 307LetterAIU VII.D.87

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe Bibas, Rashid, to Karo y Frances & Company, Fustat/Cairo. Longer than usual

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  8. 308LetterAIU VII.E.50

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Senyor Karo y Frances & Company (numerous letters to the same addressee have survived: see tag). Dated 7 Shevat [5]568 …

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  9. 309LetterAIU VII.E.125

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 7 Elul [5]577 AM which is 1817 CE . From Yosef ha-Levi, Fustat/Cairo, to Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ and Mordekhai Ḥako (?), Damietta …

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  10. 310LetterAIU VII.E.137

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Yūsuf Yaʿīsh Ḥadād in Alexandria, it seems to be from his mother Simḥa. Dated 7 Kislev [5]604 AM which is …

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  11. 311List or tableAIU VII.F.9 + AIU VII.F.12 + AIU VII.F.88 + JRL SERIES B 2003 + JRL SERIES B 3546

    List of donations collected on the week of Hayei Sarah (recto) and Toldot (verso), October-November 1803 CE (Heshvan 5564). Legible surnames of donors include Frances …

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  12. 312List or tableAIU VII.F.16

    Communal register, 34 pages of donations collected on various Shabbats, including for the year 1814/15 (5575). Moshe Bibas appears throughout.

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  13. 313List or tableAIU VII.F.63

    List of communal expenses for the Maghrebi congregation of Cairo (ק׳׳ק מערבים). Dated [5]569 AM which is 1808/1809 CE. The list is very detailed with …

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  14. 314Credit instrument or private receiptAIU XII.42

    Probably a receipt for a rent payment by Yashūʿ (?) al-Yahūdī for his store (? ḥānūt) in ḥārat al-yahūd, mentioning the date Dec 1832/Jan 1833 …

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  15. 315LetterAIU XII.87

    Letter in Arabic addressed to Muhammad Ḥasan al-ʿAttar in Fustat/Cairo, from a certain Hajj Muhammad ʿAthari (?) al-Attar. Appears to be dated 5 April 1809 …

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  16. 316List or tableAIU XII.106

    4 pages. 3 of them are brief notes, along with accounts, signed and sealed by Anṭūn al-Wakīl aka Anṭūn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf to a certain muʿallim …

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  17. 317LetterAIU XII.118

    Recto: A brief note in Arabic addressed to David ben Naʿim and signed by [...] ʿUmar [...] Nāẓir al-Amwāl. There are also accounts/sums at the …

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  18. 318Legal documentBL OR 12369.27

    Engagement (shiddukhin) contract on recto. Dated: 11 Tishrei 5567 AM (התקסז), which is 1806 CE. Groom: Moshe Ẓvi. Bride: Simḥa bt. Barukh. Verso is a …

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    1. ב[סט׳׳ו] ובנים ועושר והרוחה
    2. שידך הבחור ונחמד החתן המפואר כה׳׳ר משה צבי
    3. את הכלה יעלת חן וכלילת יופי הבתולה הב[וג]רת מב׳׳ת שמחה 
    4. מב׳׳ת בת המ׳ ב…

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  19. 319Unknown typeCUL Or.1080 11.21

    Flyleaf of a codex containing the Rosh to Gittin, labeled in a 19th century hand: "Purchased from Rabbi [Nachman Natan] Coronel May 15 1848. Price …

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  20. 320Literary textCUL Or.1080 14.41

    The Arabic title page of the Quran with al-Zamakhsharī's commentary, edited by William Nassau Lees (وليم ناسو ليس الايرلندي), printed in Calcutta, 1856.

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  21. 321List or tableENA 2715.19 + ENA 2715.20 + ENA 2715.21

    Accounts in Ladino and Hebrew. Western Arabic numerals are in use with one entry on the recto dated 26 Sivan [5]632 or July 2 1872CE. …

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  22. 322List or tableENA 2856.8

    List of names with western Arabic numerals. Dating is likely 19th-century based on the paleoography. Some of the surnames mentioned are: Bialobos, Aripol, Fes, ʿAkūbas, …

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  23. 323Paraliterary textENA 2857.56

    Calendrical text and table for three months in the year 5594 AM (1833/34 CE) on the recto and verso. The recto provides an exceptional level …

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  24. 324Legal documentENA NS 29.17

    Legal deed in Hebrew detailing a sarraflık partnership involving members in Cairo and Rashīd. Dated: Shevat 5562 AM, which is 1802 CE. The shared purse …

    1. [ב]פנינו עדים חותמי מטה גש.[...] והיו לאחרים הר׳ הר׳ י.[...
    2. י[..] העומד היום פה מצרים [...] על היקרים ומ.[...
    3. חיים וא[ברה]ם(?) הלוי ה׳׳י בכל מ[... .…

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  25. 325Legal documentENA NS 45.14

    Legal document, partnership. In Hebrew with business phrases in Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Cairo. Dated: 15 Adar II 5578 AM, which is 23 March 1818 CE. Partnership …

    1. בסט׳׳ו
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודו הכהר מרדכי הכהן יצ׳׳ו הכה׳׳ר אברהם אל וילדה יצ׳׳ו הודאה נמורה
    3. שרירה וקיימת מדעתם ורצונם הטוב והגמור מבלי זכר שום מין אונס כלל אל…

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  26. 326Credit instrument or private receiptENA NS 71.5

    Financial receipt (waqf related) with a seal. Dated [1]256 AH which is . Issued to Hārūn al-Yahūdī and another name appears with the title Hoca.

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  27. 327Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Gaster ar. 53

    Ottoman-era rental receipt, in Arabic script written on a bifolio. The object of rent might be a mill (Ṭāḥūn) in the Ḥārat al-Yahūd, the payer …

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  28. 328LetterJRL Gaster ar. 120

    Mercantile letter, in Arabic script, late. Dated 22 Ṣ[afar(?)] 1244 AH. The sender, Muḥammad al-Firqī(?) expresses his affection for the addressees Shimʿon Francis and Ishāq …

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  29. 329State documentJRL Gaster ar. 157

    State-issued order of payment from the Treasury of Silk Looms in Alexandria. Date: 14 Jumāda II 1237 AH (1820 CE). A total of 150 kuruş …

    1. باسم
    2. مذكورين والفتالين من أجل أجرة فتل الحرير الوارد منهم في شهر جماد
    3. اخر سنة ١٢٣٧ بيع وثلاثون .....(?) عما دفع قدر على مرتبهم
    4. محمد حجر بدوي حجر علي…
    1. In the name of
    2. the spinners mentioned below, receipt of compensation for spinning the silk, the income from them in the month of Jumād[a]
    3. Ākhr 1237,…

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  30. 330LetterJRL SERIES A 120

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Hefez to Karo y Frances & Company, dated 1807 CE (19 Tishrei 5568 AM).

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  31. 331LetterJRL SERIES A 701

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Raḥamim Abzaradel to Moshe ben Naʿim dated 14 September 1827 (22 Elul 5587 AM).

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  32. 332LetterJRL SERIES A 946

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe (b.?) Avraham Bibas to Yaʿaqov Bibas and his partner Shomal (Shemuel?) Azulay, dated 3 September 1818 (2 Elul 5578). …

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  33. 333LetterJRL SERIES A 1053

    "The three fragments known as JRL SERIES A 1053, JRL SERIES B 2699, and JRL SERIES B 2977 are from three copies of another invitation, …

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  34. 334List or tableJRL SERIES B 2003 + AIU VII.F.9 + AIU VII.F.12 + AIU VII.F.88 + JRL SERIES B 3546

    From a ledger of donations arranged by the parshiyot of the year 1803/1804 (5564); most of the ledger ended up in Paris, but this fragment …

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  35. 335LetterJRL SERIES B 2400

    Letter in Ladino to Yehuda Gatenio, from a business partner in Alexandria, dated 10 August 1823 (3 Elul 5583 AM). Deals entirely with business transactions; …

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  36. 336LetterJRL SERIES B 2699

    "The three fragments known as JRL SERIES A 1053, JRL SERIES B 2699, and JRL SERIES B 2977 are from three copies of another invitation, …

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  37. 337LetterJRL SERIES B 2977

    "The three fragments known as JRL SERIES A 1053, JRL SERIES B 2699, and JRL SERIES B 2977 are from three copies of another invitation, …

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  38. 338List or tableJRL SERIES C 51

    Lists of contributions in Judaeo-Arabic related to the kosher meat tax known as "gabela". This fragment may have once been part of a larger register …

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  39. 339List or tableJRL SERIES C 110

    Alphabetized list of contributors and their payments toward the communal kosher meat tax (gabela) in the month of Elul (Raḥamīm). The dating is likely 19th-century …

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  40. 340List or tableJRL SERIES C 127

    List of communal accounts for the "ʿQ[ehil] Q[edosh] ʿEzra ha-Sofer" congregation (ק׳׳ק עזרא הסופר). Dated 21 Tishrei– the seventh day of Sukkot "יום הושענא רבא"–on …

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  41. 341LetterJRL Series L 4

    Late letter (or letters?) in Judaeo-Arabic from Ya'aqov Bibas in Cairo (פה מצרים) to Shimʿon Frances in Alexandria (נאאמון). Based on the people referenced, this …

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  42. 342List or tableJRL Series L 29

    Verso: lists of names organized alphabetically with corresponding payments toward the communal kashrut tax (gabela) for the months of Nisan, Iyyar, Sivan, 5582 AM. Recto: …

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  43. 343LetterJRL Series L 192

    Letter from Avraham ha-Levi, in Damietta (קפוטקיא), to Karo y Frances & Company, in Cairo/Fustat. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tuesday, 25 Ḥeshvan 5569 AM, which …

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  44. 344LetterJRL Series L 205

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, from David b. Na'im in Cairo to his brother Moshe b. Na'im in Alexandria. Same writer as in AIU VII.E.26. Dated …

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  45. 345LetterMIAC 46

    Letter sent from the committee of the Jewish community in Jaffa and Tel-Aviv to Rabbi Yaʿacov Meʾīr on the occasion of reaching the age of …

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  46. 346LetterMIAC 154

    Personal letter – unclear – possibly 1928CE – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 154) – Judaeo-Arabic and the introduction in Hebrew …

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  47. 347Legal documentMIAC 169

    Invoice from a Jewish synagogue in Cairo – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 169) – in Hebrew and French. (information from Ḥassanein …

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  48. 348LetterMIAC 238

    Personal letter for Yeḥiʾel al-Qahlānī [from Yosef b. Shalom Siman] – 28 Kislev __96 [first two digits illegible on document] – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum …

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  49. 349Legal documentT-S 10J6.20

    Partnership agreement from Cairo, for partners in the "ṣarraflık trade" who were working for a state bureau (דיואן אלמירי) under Muḥammad ʿAlī Pasha's administration. Dated …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. להיות שמאז וקדם יש חברה ושותפות בין הכה׳׳ר יעקב הלוי ידיע עכובס יצ׳׳ו ובין הכה׳׳ר משה צבי
    3. ידיע חבאך יצ׳׳ו עז׳׳ה דהיינו שהר׳׳י היה מתעסק בעסק ה…

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  50. 350LetterT-S 12.522

    Perhaps three letters of recommendation for Yaʿaqov b. Yehuda. The first was written in Istanbul and signed by Nissim Yaʿaqov [...]. The second is difficult …

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