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Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

Awaiting description. (This folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.)

List of names designated according to a column of sequential eastern Arabic numbers. Although the meaning is unclear, a preliminary reading of the cursive is "אורל עלה פראד אורז רשידי לא איסר". The bifolium's list includes a wide variety of surnames attested in the 18th/19th-century fragments such as: Ḥayyim Mosseri, Mordechai Suares, Eliyyahu ʿAkubas Levi, Yehuda Romano. The verso is blank yet the fragment's overall structure as a bifolium and its distinctive crease is suggestive of the existence of broader register that could perhaps be dated to specific years. MCD.

Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. Dated: 19 Sivan and 24 Av 5569 AM, which is 1809 CE.

Accounts related to the Must'arabi community of Cairo in the year 5556 which is 1795/1796CE. In the remnant of the recto's heading the communal "chest / ארגז" is mentioned.The bifolium is very damaged along the edges but the paper's extensive length is still apparent and suggests that this was possibly a part of a broader communal charity register. Many individuals are listed as orphans or widows "[נה]אלמ" with corresponding figures in eastern Arabic numerals, namely: the widow of Nissim Binyamin, the widow of Ḥayyim 'Esur, the orphan of Nissim Kohen, the orphan of Shemuel 'Eṣmi. It is crucial to note that the first names of the widows and orphans themselves do note appear. The verso is blank. MCD.

Accounts related to the Must'arabi community of Cairo in the year 5556 which is 1795/1796CE. The bifolium is very damaged along the edges but the paper's extensive length is still apparent and suggests that this was possibly a part of a broader communal charity register. Many individuals are listed as orphans or widows "[נה]אלמ" with corresponding figures in eastern Arabic numerals, namely: the widow of Nissim Binyamin, the widow of Ḥayyim 'Esur, the orphan of Nissim Kohen, the orphan of Shemuel 'Eṣmi. It is crucial to note that the first names of the widows and orphans themselves do note appear. The verso is blank. MCD.

List in Judeo-Arabic of itemized food ingredients, quantities, and associated dates. Based on the paleography the dating is likely 18th/19th-century. The food items include sesame seeds, sesame oil, meat, eggs, lemon, ṣarma, and cucumber. MCD.

List in Ladino and Hebrew that is brief in length and uses western Arabic numerals. Based on the paleography the dating is potentially 17th/18th-century. Among the six entries, the mention of "gasto" is helpful and may suggest that the list is related to expenses. There is also mention of "mercado" which is likely a literal "market" in this case, rather than a male first name. On of the entries in Hebrew mentions a book "הספר במעון הקונטאנטי". The first entry includes the ק׳׳ק so the expenses may be related, in part, to the Jewish community. MCD.

List in Judaeo-Arabic of coinage types and monetary calculations. Based on the mintage of its contents the list is 18th/19th-century.The types of coinage include gold mahbub, qit'a "קוטע", rub'iye "רובעיה", and general silver "פצה". To the left of each column, the "ق" symbol for silver kuruş appears. MCD.

List in Judeo-Arabic of monetary amounts and calculations related the communal "chest / ארגז" of the Mustʿarabīm in the end of Nisan 5590 which is April 1830CE. The monetary figures are expressed in two columns, one in "silver / פצה" and the other "גה" which must be an abbreviation but is unclear in meaning. Many individuals of the community are listed such as: Efrayim Hakīm, Shemuel Mizraḥi, Yaʿacov Yaʿabeṣ Saraf, Ḥayyim Ḥazaq, Yosef Manṣuri, and many others. On the verso another list appears that is recorded with a similar structure as the recto. MCD.

List in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot of the year 5556 = 1795/96CE. The weekly parshas are listed such as "אחרי מות" and the formula for each weekly entry repeats, as "עלם מקבוץ ס[דר] אחרי מות של שנת התקנו" which translates as "notice of the [contributions] received [for] seder Acharei Mot for the year of 5556". The week of Passover also appears among the entries on the recto and verso. There are many examples of this communal register type from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, such as AIU VII.F.60 and JRL SERIES B 2003. MCD.

Ledger fragment in Judeo-Arabic in three folios from across the year 1239AH which is 1823/24CE. The ledger's heading on the first scan begins with the blessing "דפטר מובארך אן שא אללה / may this register be blessed God willing" and goes on to depict the first series of entries as being related to sales "מוביע ". This first series of sales is in dirāhim and related to four individuals: Sayyid Aḥmed al-Sāde[?], Manṣūr al-Jihāmi, Nasla[?] Yūsuf, and Aḥmed Sa'ūdi. These individuals are mentioned on subsequent folios long with others such as Daūd Sulaymān, though it is unclear if the later document content is related to the same purchases or other business dealings. MCD.

Account calculations in Judeo-Arabic in which the surname Ṣarfati is mentioned on the verso and eastern Arabic numerals are in use. In the entry below that there may be reference to some type of register with the word "סג׳ל / sijil". Based on the paleography the dating is likely 16th-18th-century. MCD.