Geniza Lab

Official document in Arabic script. Dated: 1231 AH, which is 1815/16 CE. On a printed template perhaps from the customs bureau (ديوان كمرك . . مصر). It is filled out in the name of a certain Khwaja Eliyyahu. Needs further examination.

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Letter in Ottoman Turkish. Needs examination.

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Legal document. In Arabic script. Yaʿqūb Balūl al-Khayyāṭ ("the tailor") b. Khiḍr al-Yahūdī who lives in ḥārat al-yahūd owes Shūʿā Zayn(?) b. Ibrāhīm al-Yahūdī a sum of 122 Rūmī qirsh (piasters), 1 qirsh equaling 40 medins (niṣf fiḍḍa). Yaʿqūb must make repayments of 4 qirsh/week. If he fails to do so, he will have to pay the entire sum. 3 (or perhaps 4?) witnesses are signed on this contract. On verso there are records of payments totaling 45 qirsh over a period of about 4 months (significantly lower and less frequent than 4 qirsh/week). (Information mainly from the JRL catalogue.)

Official document of some sort. In Arabic script. Dated: 1236 AH, which is 1820/21 CE. (Information from JRL catalogue.) Needs examination.

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Legal testimony. In Arabic script. Dated: 26 Jumādā II 1205 AH, which is 1791 CE. Involves Mīkhāʾīl Nāyūtī(?) al-Kātib(?) and Yaʿqūb Ḥarrāf(?). There are four witness signatures at the bottom as well as an inscription and a stamped seal in the right margin. (Information in part from JRL catalogue.) Needs examination.

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Medical prescription. In Arabic script. Involves lavender and licorice and a few other ingredients. The diet should be cooked pullet (farrūj maṣlūq/maslūq).

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