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  1. 1LetterT-S AS 145.96

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    Hebrew

    Letter from Avraham b. Yaʿish, in Constantinople/Istanbul. Dating: Probably Ottoman era; Avraham David suggests 16th century. He refers numerous times to the holy congregation(s) and …

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  2. 2LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/4

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    Hebrew

    Letter in Hebrew dated 1726/27 CE (487 = לך לאות), begging for charity from the Jewish community of Pisa. The writers, in Istanbul, call themselves …

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  3. 3LetterJRL SERIES B 2730

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Salonica and Constantinople. In the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi.

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  4. 4Legal documentYevr. II A 1249

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    Aramaic, Hebrew

    Court record. Location: Istanbul (קושטנדינה). Dated: Nisan 5401 AM, which is March/April 1641 CE. David b. Avraham Levi and his brother Yosef b. Avraham Levi …

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  5. 5LetterT-S AS 212.25

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    Hebrew

    Letter fragment from which only the address has been preserved. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The letter recipient, Shemuʾel Ḥefeṣ, is …

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  6. 6LetterYevr. II A 1409

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    Hebrew

    Letter addressed to Avraham Kohen, in Istanbul. Dated: Shevat 5409 AM, which is 1649 CE. In Hebrew. "We have not received any letter from you …

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  7. 7LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1739 + Yevr.-Arab. II 1408

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter draft in Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps intended to be sent from Fustat/Cairo to Jerusalem. Dating: Unknown, catalogued as 18th century. The writer reports on the money …

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  8. 8LetterAIU VIII.B.32

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter (fragment) of which only the bottom section of the body and marginal portion of the text remains. In l. 15r one S[eñor] Curiel is …

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  9. 9LetterJRL SERIES B 1999

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Beginning of a late Judaeo-Arabic business letter (abandoned after 6 lines), listing a number of goods the writer has to sent to his "brother."

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  10. 10LetterENA NS 47.13

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    Hebrew

    Letter of recommendation, likely a draft, from Cairo. Dated: 5375 (מעֿשֿהֿ) AM = 1614/15 CE. The bearer, Avraham b. Shemuel Ashkenazi, fell into Ottoman captivity …

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    1. מוסדי ארץ העומדים בפרץ רודפי צדק מחזיקי הבדק אשר עליהם יציב ונכון הבית ואולם נצר מטענה
    2. להתפאר קורא ומורה לצדקה להשבי…
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  11. 11LetterAIU XII.85

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    Arabic

    Arabic business letter sent from Istanbul (or written by someone named Constantine??), with the format closely resembling the Judaeo-Arabic letters ca.1800 CE. Needs further examination.

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  12. 12LetterT-S 12.522

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    Hebrew

    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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  13. 13List or tableT-S J1.41 + T-S NS 321.7m

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Two bifolios from a ledger of accounts concerning ships departing from Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Appears closely related to ENA 3730.2 (PGPID 39645) dating to 1534/35 …

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  14. 14List or tableENA 3730.2

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Bifolio from a ledger of accounts concerning ships departing from Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated (leftmost text block of ENA 3730.2v): 941 AH = 1535/36 CE. …

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  15. 15LetterENA 1846.3–4 + ENA 1846.3 + ENA 1846.4

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    Hebrew

    Letter mostly consisting of praises for the addressee, then a request for personal assistance. The writer is Avraham ha-Yakhini (f.3, l.12), in Istanbul, to ʿAzarya …

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  16. 16LetterENA 1846.4 + ENA 1846.3

    Letter mostly consisting of praises for the addressee, then a request for personal assistance. The writer is Avraham ha-Yakhini (f.3, l.12), in Istanbul, to ʿAzarya …

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  17. 17LetterT-S K24.31

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Binyamin de Curiel and Avraham Krispin to Avraham Dayyan. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: the date is probably too faded to read, but these men …

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  18. 18Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1275

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Drafts of Karaite conditional divorce documents in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated Sivan 5503 AM, which is 1743 CE. Two of the drafts provide detailed record of how …

    :Draft one

    1. לו טייב אני ארוח ללחכם ואקל לו-
    2. פצבח נהאר אלגמעה אראח ללחכם 
    3. החכם השלם כמוה׳׳ר אליאו רופא נין המנוח
    4. החכם השלם כמוה׳׳ר אלישע רופא נ׳׳ע
    5. וקא…

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  19. 19Legal documentCUL Or.1080 4.31

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    Hebrew

    Partnership agreement. Location: Alexandria. Dated: 19 Tishrei 5575 AM, which is 3 October 1814 CE. Between Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi from Istanbul ["Costa"] who pitched in 10,000 …

    1. בסימן טוב והצלחה בפנינו עדים ח׳׳מ נשתתפו ו[.]ו לאחרים הלא המה החכם המעולה כה׳׳ר -
    2. יצחק הלוי הי׳׳ו ת׳׳ו מתא קושט׳׳א יע׳׳א העומד היום פה עמנו במתא נא …
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  20. 20Legal documentAIU VII.D.13

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    Hebrew

    Bifolium with seven legal document entries, likely from a court register. Dated in several entries as Tishrei 5491AM (September/October 1730 CE). (1) The first document …

    1. ...]המנוח כה׳׳ר יאודה .הר(?) תושב פה קושטנדינא
    2. ...]שאיר אחריו אלמנתו מ׳ מלכה תמ׳׳כ ושלשה
    3. ...].ל המכונה בכורה אשת הר׳ שלמה ן׳ משולם
    4. ...] והיקרה מ׳ קא…
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  21. 21LetterT-S Ar.38.111

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    Ottoman Turkish

    Letter in Ottoman Turkish addressed to Maʿallim Salmūn in Alexandria from Sulaymān Bostancı[?] dating from the sixteenth-eighteenth centuries. There is some damage to the sender's …

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  22. 22LetterAIU VII.D.102

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    Hebrew

    Letter in Hebrew from Azarya Zeevi, Jerusalem, to Yiṣḥaq Castro, Cairo/Fusṭāṭ. Dating: mid-seventeenth century. Should be read together with T-S 20.67—same writer and addressee. The …

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