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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 …
תעתוק אחד
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 …
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 …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe Bibas, Rashid, to Karo y Frances & Company, Fustat/Cairo. Longer than usual
אין רשומות קשורות
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Communal register, 34 pages of donations collected on various Shabbats, including for the year 1814/15 (5575). Moshe Bibas appears throughout.
List of communal expenses for the Maghrebi congregation of Cairo (ק׳׳ק מערבים), noting in the heading: "from the hand of ha-r[av] A[vraham(?)] Zaytūn". Dated [5]569 …
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 …
Letter in Arabic addressed to Muhammad Ḥasan al-ʿAṭṭār in Cairo, from a certain Hajj Muhammad ʿAshrī al-ʿAṭṭār. Dated 16 April 1808 CE (19 Safar 1223 …
A good supplement.
The peace of God the exalted and his mercy and blessings, and his most abundant greetings—with these we greet
his nob…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
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 …
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 …
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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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. …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Hefez to Karo y Frances & Company, dated 1807 CE (19 Tishrei 5568 AM).
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Raḥamim Abzaradel to Moshe ben Naʿim dated 14 September 1827 (22 Elul 5587 AM).
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). …
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 …
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; …
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 …
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 …
List of communal accounts for the "ʿQ[ahal] Q[adosh] ʿEzra ha-Sofer" congregation (ק׳׳ק עזרה הסופר). Dated 21 Tishrei– the seventh day of Sukkot "יום הושענא רבא"–on …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, from David Ben-Na'im in Cairo to his brother Moshe Ben-Na'im in Alexandria. Dated 15 Sivan [5]584 AM which is 1824 CE. David …
Invoice from a Jewish synagogue in Cairo – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 169) – in Hebrew and French. (information from Ḥassanein …
Personal letter for Yeḥiʾel al-Qahlānī [from Yosef b. Shalom Siman] – 28 Kislev __96 [first two digits illegible on document] – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum …
תרגום אחד דיון אחד
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 …
Perhaps three letters of recommendation for Yaʿaqov b. Yehuda. The first was written in Istanbul and signed by Nissim Yaʿaqov [...]. The second is difficult …
Ketubba in an exquisite scribal hand, possibly that of Shalom Sasportas based on his handwriting and the placement of his signature. Location: Ṣafad (צפת). Dated: …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Document in Arabic script, an official receipt for expenses in the name of the ship captain Raʾīs Muḥammad Barakāt. Dated 28 Rajab 1237 AH which …
Accounts in Hebrew and Ladino on dated alphanumerically on 1v and 7v as 5600AM (התר) which is 1839/1840CE. There is a large title on 1r …
Accounts in Arabic dated June/July 1824 (Dhū l-Qaʿda 1239).