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Letter to Yiṣḥaq Ḥevroni on financial matters. Dated: 1559 CE [?]. This date from FGP is likely incorrect given that the month listed is Shawwāl …
תעתוק אחד
Authorization of takanot from the Mustarab community in Egypt from 1595 CE– which reflects the date 9 Sivan בשמח׳׳ה in the final line of the …
אין רשומות קשורות
Letter, consisting mainly of greetings, from Yehuda Levi to his family, including his brother-in-law Sulaymān, his brother Raḥamīm, his cousin Sawād, and the addressee’s sister, …
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). …
Receipt for payments related to the residence of Natan Abravanel, issued and signed by Meir Somech. Dated at the end of Iyyar 5320 AM (May …
Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 17 Sivan 5323 = 8 June 1563 CE. In which Zeraḥ Dammūhī (cf. CUL Or.1081 2.26 + …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated Rabīʿ I 984 AH in the upper left corner of the recto (1576 CE). Among the names mentioned are: (recto) Yahuda …
Letter addressed to Avraham Shānjī, a well-known merchant who appears in a variety of sixteenth-century fragments and had died by 1547 CE. Only the first …
The end of a late letter, signed with elaborate sigla (c. 16th century). (Information from CUDL)
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 …
Legal document, probably a partnership deed, but this is admittedly speculation. Mentions a sum of 53 new Sulaimānī dīnārs. Dated: 19 Shaʿbān 955 AH. Needs …
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الرمان الهندي؟ الديان؟ الصيرفي بالديوان العالي بالد[
مبلغا جملته من الدنانير الجديد السليماني التام ..
والعين ومعاملة الديار ا…
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: …
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 …
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. …
Legal deed, fragment. In Hebrew. Only the beginnings of the last few lines are preserved. Dated: 10 Tevet 5325 AM, which is December 1564 CE. …
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 1518 CE, since on recto (probably the side of later use) appears to mention the year 924 kharājī.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Dated on the verso 14 Heshvan (שנת ברחמים)– which is a gematria given that the month Elul is normally …
דיון אחד
Financial agreement (partnership?) between Daniel b. Eliyya and Yaʿaqov b. Avraham, dated 1512/13 CE ([5]273) and citing sums in peraḥim.
Bifolium of legal records, one of which is dated 1519 CE (Sivan 1830 Seleucid).
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 …
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 …
Deed of sale. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1 Heshvan 5294 AM = 20 October 1533 CE. Yaʿaqov b. Moshe בכוש and his brother Efrayim …
List of communal accounts dated in variety of places throughout the text, for example the first intact date on the recto is 12 Sivan 5352 …
Legal document dated 6 July 1564 CE (16 Tammuz 5324) in Cairo/מצרים, in which Sulaymān Ṣafiyy and the treasurers of the heqdesh of the Mustaʿrib …
בפנינו עדים חתו[מי] מטה [הו]דה סלימאן צפי שהוא חייב להקדש של
קהל המסתערב י"צ [מא]ה וש[לו]שה ועשרים מאידי מצד שכירות
העלייה ש[הוא] ד[ר …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated on the verso, 6 Shawwal 954 AH (1547 CE). The entries involve a dīwān, the Bāb Zuweyla, and perhaps other locations …
Legal document with testimony concerning orphans and Isaac Horoshban (הורושבן), who died. Mentions various people including Isaac Shanji (שאנגו). Originally dated 1586 CE in FGP …
Large bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, difficult early modern scribal hand. Dating: 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The main heading on the recto …
Legal document. Partnership agreement in a press (?maʿṣara). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Sunday 4 Tamuz 5275 AM, which is 1515 CE. Currencies: Peraḥim. The …
Accounts and calculations in Ladino, sixteenth-century (based on the paleography and post-1497 coinage). The coinage types listed are the Spanish corona (קורונה) and the copper …
Engagement (shiddukhin) agreeement. Fiance: Yosef b. Yehuda Menaḥem. Fiancee: Estīta bt. David ha-Kohen. Currency: Venetian ducats (פרחים זהב בנאדקה). Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: 12 Ḥeshvan [5]330 …
Accounts and calculations in Ladino, sixteenth-century (based on the paleography and post-1497 coinage in neighboring shelfmark). A variety of individuals are referenced along the right …
Legal testimony. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Thursday, 24 Shevat 1816 Seleucid = Shaʿbān 910 AH, which is 1505 CE. The document first lists the assembly …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. 16th-century based on the paleography and mention of Ottoman-era jadid coinage. On the recto the name Yiṣḥaq Mar Ḥayyīm is mentioned in …
Partnership agreement between Moshe and Yiṣḥaq, specifying each party's liabilities. Written in Hebrew. Location: Salonika. Dated: Friday, 19 Av 5330 AM = 21 July 1570 …
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Legal deed. Location: Rashīd (Rosetta). Dated: 17 Tevet 5318 AM = 8 December 1557 CE. Settling debts between Shelomo, Rahamim and Reʾuven. Signed by Avraham …
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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 …
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 …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tishrei 5354 AM = Muharram 1002 AH, which is 1593 CE, a few months after the records on recto.
Legal deed In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tammuz 5353 AM = Shawāl 1001 AH = July 1593 CE. It seems to be the copy of a reconciliation …
Letter, c. mid-16th century, from Avraham Sagis, in Jerusalem, to Yosef Qorqos, who is normally resident in Jerusalem but is currently visiting Egypt, regarding the …
Letter, c. 16th century, written on behalf of and signed by Yosef Karo, in the land of Israel, to Yaʿaqov Villarreal, in Egypt. Yosef requests …
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 …
Power of attorney (שטר הרשאה) from Rachel the widow of Eliezer Zussman to her son Moses Zussman. Dated Friday 2 Iyyar 5324 (= April 1564 …
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 …
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 …
List of incoming payments with the heading "[sic?]עלם אלחאסאל". Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The currency mentioned throughout is mashṭ (משט)– …
Accounts related to real estate rentals and other properties in Cairo. Dated on the recto as 1 Heshvan 5319 AM which is 1558. This reading …
Court notebook, probably Qaraite. Many pages. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated with individual entries spanning the 1570s CE, such as 8 Tevet 5337 AM which is 1576 …
Business letter to Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi (Avraham David does not think it is Luria).
List of payments, 16th century.
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