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LetterT-S 8J15.29
Letter to Yehuda Daud in which the writer references previous correspondence with the addressee and mentions exile (גולה). EMS From ʿEli Sanbakro (סנבקרו), c. 16th …
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- סלם אללה תעלא עלא אלאך אלעזיז
- כר יהודה יצו מן כתבו תעלם
- . . בעתלך גולה ובעתלך מעא
- אלפכין חבלא תום תבעאהם
- מוחקא אסנה מן גהת כ . . .
- ובעתלך כתב…
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Unknown typeMS 9160, fol. 1
Authorization of takanot from the Mustarab community in Egypt from 1595
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LetterENA NS 29.1
Letter to Yiṣḥaq Ḥevroni on financial matters. Dated: 1559 CE. (Information from FGP.)
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Legal documentT-S AS 209.262
Legal document dated 1553 CE (1 Shevat 5313). Reconciliation agreement between Yiṣḥaq and his wife, in which she agrees to not go out of the …
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Legal documentENA NS 59.34
Legal deed, fragment. In Hebrew. Only the beginnings of the last few lines are preserved. Dated: 10 Tevet 5325 AM, which is 1564/65 CE. Witnesses: …
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Legal documentMoss. VII,23
Financial agreement (partnership?) between Daniel b. Eliyya and Yaʿaqov b. Avraham, dated 1512/13 CE ([5]273) and citing sums in peraḥim.
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Legal documentMoss. VII,24
Bifolium of legal records, one of which is dated 1519 CE (Sivan 1830).
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List or tableBL OR 10578N.1
List of payments, 16th century.
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- אלרייס יוס[ף] [ס]עד טויל יעיש גבאן
טו לב ח
- שמסל [סע]יד קמאט יוסף סכנד[רי]
יב ה ח
- מעאפה לוי ....סדיד נסים חזן
ד י טו
- מוסי נק.. נצ…
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LetterENA 2808.2 + ENA NS 45.16
Business letter from Yehuda Castro to Binyamin Castro. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century. The sender reports on business developments in crops, fruits, and vegetables, and …
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LetterENA NS I.56
"The first document is a letter (lacking, however, a few lines at the end) that was sent by an anonymous merchant to R. David Ibn …
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LetterENA NS 31.10
Letter sent by Ḥayyim b. Avraham Skandari, probably in Cairo, to his son, probably in Alexandria. The date is the 2nd of Adar I, probably …
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Legal documentT-S 8J6.22
Legal document from Egypt dated 5323 (= 1563 CE), between Hoda b. Zeraḥ Damuhi and Moses, a repairer of books, known as מג׳מגם (on verso, …
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Legal documentT-S 13J4.17
Recto: legal document in which Abraham Shami (שאמי) b. [...] Shelomo Abū l-Khayr b. Saʿadya affirms that the widow of Judah Abū l-Khayr owes money …
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LetterT-S Misc.22.6 + T-S AS 150.154
Business letter, first half of the 16th century. The subject matter is a dispute between merchants who dealth in skins, pepper, and tin. An Avraham …
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LetterDK 243 (alt: XII)
Business letter to Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi (Avraham David does not think it is Luria).
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LetterMoss. II,118
Fragment of a 16th-century business letter. Faded and damaged, so the contents are difficult to determine. Appears to be a letter from an agent to …
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Legal documentT-S NS 99.25
Partnership document in Hebrew between Moshe and Me'ir & his brother. 16th century per Avraham David. The partnership is to last for two years. The …
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Literary textT-S NS 99.4
First page of the Cairene Purim Scroll (Megilat Purim), the Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic verses alternating, mentioning the date 5284 AM (= 1524 CE). Information from …
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LetterMoss. II,104.1
Fragment from a 16th-century letter in rhymed prose. (Information from CUDL) On the verso a name appears possibly as the recipient of the letter: Abraham …
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LetterMoss. IV,86.2
Letter from Mordechai. Dating: probably 16th century. It is headed by an ornate בע''ה. Verso and the margin on recto contains jottings (signature practice) in …
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LetterT-S 13J24.21
Part of a letter, c. mid-16th century, from Abraham Sagis, in Jerusalem, to Joseph Qorqos, who is normally resident in Jerusalem but is currently visiting …
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LetterT-S 13J24.28
Letter, c. 16th century, written on behalf of and signed by Joseph Karo, in the land of Israel, to Jacob Villarreal, in Egypt. Joseph requests …
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LetterT-S 13J9.16
Fragment of a 16th-century letter from David Badūssī in Būlāq, who was a teacher in Jerusalem, to Abraham סורג, philanthropist in Egypt, seeking financial assistance. …
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LetterT-S 8J15.31
The end of a late letter, signed with elaborate sigla (c. 16th century). (Information from CUDL)
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LetterT-S 8J23.1
Letter, consisting mainly of greetings, from Judah Levi to his family, including his brother-in-law Sulaymān, his brother Raḥamīm, his cousin Sawād, and the addressee’s sister, …
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LetterT-S AS 162.61
Recto: letter from the 16th century, mentioning the names Abraham Ibn Ṣūr, Reuben the Babylonian, Abraham Nuniʾel (נוניאל), Faraj Allah the proselyte, and Yequtiʾel. Verso: …
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LetterENA NS 34.2
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably 16th century. Written by Yehuda al-Ashqar b. Yiṣḥaq b. [...], a resident of Jerusalem who, …
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LetterT-S AS 150.154 + T-S Misc.22.6
Business letter, first half of the 16th century. The subject matter is a dispute between merchants who dealth in skins, pepper, and tin. An Avraham …
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Legal documentT-S 13J37.1
Partnership settlement recorded in the home of Rabbi Moshe Damūhī in Cairo that bears a date in line 34 of 9 Ḥeshvan 5304 AM (1543 …
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Legal documentT-S 8J6.20
Deed of remittance, dated 3 Shevat 5316 (= 1556 CE) between Isaac b. ʿOvadya (possibly including his brother-in-law, Yaʿir) and Zephaniah b. Ḥayyim Saragossi (סרגוסי). …
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List or tableENA NS 54.18
More accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tishrei 5354 AM = Muharram 1002 AH, which is 1593 CE, a few months after the records on recto.
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Legal documentENA NS 54.18
Legal deed In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tammuz 5353 AM = Shawāl 1001 AH = July 1593 CE. It seems to be the copy of a reconciliation …
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LetterT-S 10J16.28
Letter (draft) mentioning Abba, Abraham, and Shemuʾel Ibn Sid. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th or 17th century. Sent by Yehoshuaʿ [...]. Postscript by Avraham Shaʾul (this …
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List or tableAIU VII.F.19
List of donations (?) for the end of Adar of the year of "ezreinu" (perhaps 70+7+200+50+6 = [5]333 = 1573 CE. But everything else in …
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Legal documentMoss. VII,32.1
Legal document dated 6 July 1564 CE (16 Tamuz 5324), Fustat, in which Sulaymān Ṣafiyy and the treasurers of the heqdesh of the Mustaʿrib congregation …
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Legal documentMoss. VII,84.1
Legal document in Hebrew. 16th-century. Yaʿaqov b. Faraj Allāh the Qaraite, known as Fayrūz, attests that he owes Moshe Ḥazzān b. Yiṣḥaq(?) a certain sum …
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LetterF 1908.44OO
Business letter from Shelomo to Yosef Ḥalūfī, in Fustat. Dating: Second half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. The letter deals with …
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LetterCUL Or.1080 J134
Letter from David al-Qalʿī, perhaps in Minyat Zifta or nearby, to Yosef al-Faranji (it seems his uncle), perhaps in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: mid-16th century, …
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Legal documentT-S NS 99.59 + CUL Or.1081 2.26
Legal document fragment connected to the Mustʿarab congregation of Cairo—perhaps an acknowledgment of a deposit and a commitment not to benefit from it. The document …
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List or tableT-S Ar.30.279
A list of payments from around 1550 CE describes a payment made for “visiting the sick (bīqqūr ḥōlīm)—3 jadīd; buying clothes for the poor (kesūt …
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Legal documentT-S 10J13.25
Legal document with testimony concerning orphans and Isaac Horoshban (הורושבן), who died. Mentions various people including Isaac Shanji (שאנגו). Dated 1st Tammuz 1586 CE. (Information …
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Legal documentT-S 13J4.18
Part of a legal document dated Wednesday, 1st Adar II 5323 (= 1563 CE) in Rashid. Signed by Pinḥas b. Moses (descendent of) Janāḥ (גנאח) …
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Legal documentT-S 13J4.19
Power of attorney (שטר הרשאה) from Rachel the widow of Eliezer Zussman to her son Moses Zussman. Dated Friday 2nd Eyar 5324 (= 1564 CE) …
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LetterENA 1822a.78
Recto: Note in Portuguese. Mentions Jose Loise. There is further text underneath also Latin script. Verso: Accounts in Hebrew script. Currency: fulūs. 16th century?
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LetterBL OR 5561A.5
Letter from Yosef Qolon b. Pereẓ, in Jerusalem, to Nissim Bibas, in Fustat. In Hebrew. Dating: First quarter of the 16th century, almost certainly 1511 …
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LetterT-S Misc.28.143
Letter from Me'ir Saragos, in Fustat/Cairo, to Yaʿaqov Mar Ḥayyim, probably somewhere in the Levant. The writer was a judge active in Cairo in the …
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LetterT-S Misc.28.168
Business letter in Hebrew. Late. Dating: Second half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. Mentions currencies such as coronas and peraḥim. Most …
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LetterT-S Misc.20.166
Fragment of a letter from Jerusalem to Egypt, beginning of the 16th century. The writer describes a financial/communal crisis that prevented the functioning of the …
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LetterT-S Misc.24.187
Letter from Rachel b. Avraham Zussman, in Jerusalem, to Yaʿaqov Katz, in Venice. In Yiddish. Dated: 16 Heshvan 5327 AM, which is November 1566 CE. …
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LetterMoss. II,111.1
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic (16th century per FGP) from Yosef b. Adīda (?) to Yefet b. Farḥān regarding flax shipments. People named include ʿAbd al-Karīm …
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