מסמך משפטי: BL OR 5561B.26

תיאור

Legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: 15 Sivan 5590(?) AM, the final digit is unclear and this document may be older than 1830 CE based on the identical witness/scribal signature c. 1750-1770 appearing on JRL Series L 20 (PGPID 30227). The communal gabbay Mordechai Bialobos (בייאלובוס) attests that he has received a deposit of 700 esedi gurush ("arayot") from Luna the widow of Shemuel Malkhi, which it seems he will use for investments and business, and a portion of the proceeds will go toward supporting the orphans of the deceased, Eliyyahu and Saʿd. The document also mentions the communal chest of the Miṣrīyīn congregation as well as two non-Jewish men who are involved in the legal arrangements. The pair's names are Alişan and Morisho, which may be an erratic spelling of Mauricio or Maurizio. The latter individuals are each referenced in an uncommon manner as "העמלק" (ha-ʿAmalek), instead of the formulaic convention "gentiles." For the usage of the term "ʿAmalek" in connection with non-Jews in the Ottoman Empire, see: Aryeh Shmuelevitz, "Relations Between Jews and Christians in the Ottoman Empire: The Armenian Case," In Ottoman History and Society (Piscataway, NJ, USA: Gorgias Press, 2010), 84-89. ASE. MCD.