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List of names and calculations in a disorderly format, based on the paleography, likely from the 18th or 19th centuries. Along the right side of the recto, the structure is clearest with heading entries that follow the format of "from the hand of Eliyyahu", for example. Date: 18th or 19th c. MCD.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic of a wide array of individuals known from other 18th/19th-century documents with eastern Arabic numerals. Although the meaning is unclear, the lists are clearly titled with the heading "עלם אלשוכוך סבלך". MCD.

List of names and monetary figures related to communal finances and/ or charity in the year 5603JC which is 1842/1843CE. MCD.

Accounts. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century.

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Probably Cairo. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century. Mikha'el b. Moshe appoints Refa'el b. Shuʿa Berakha as his agent for giving a bill of divorce to his betrothed Ruḥama bt. Moshe. On verso there are sums including with western Arabic numerals

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

Lists of payments and possibly other financial data in Judaeo-Arabic. The evidence of payment structure is clearest on the recto when the author notes on the left heading: "וצל מן יד כליל" or "coming from the hand of Khalīl". The monetary figures are expressed throughout in silver kuruş which is frequent referenced by the shorthand symbol "ق". The usage of this coinage helps to date the fragment as post-1703CE (when kuruş began to appear in wide circulation: Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, 160). In the same list of incoming funds "by the hand of Khalīl" there is occasional reference to the Ottoman-era legal document known as "temmesük" which is here rendered as "ּתמסוך" and could represent the act of taking ownership of something and/or the paper title deed of property ownership. On the verso, the lists are more scattered yet follow a format similar to the recto. MCD.

Lists in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot. Each list is designated by individual contributors and specific weeks of the liturgical calender that are indicated by each respective parsha reading (i.e. Mishpatim and Pekudei). At the top of the recto and verso the year 5538JC appears which is 1777/1778CE. This fragment is serving the same purpose of communal recordkeeping as surrounding shelfmarks that also record Shabbat donations such as JRL SERIES C 76, JRL SERIES C 77 and JRL SERIES C 93. This particular shelfmark is not a join to these two others, however, because the scribal hand and layout are distinct. MCD.

Accounts in Ladino with a wide variety of detailed entries, which based on the numerical flow may be monetary gains and some expenses. Although the paper size is slightly distinct, this fragment is a clear join with the scribal hand and recordkeeping style of JRL SERIES C 89. Further examination needed.

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Kislev 5580 AM, which is 1819/20 CE. Partnership agreement for a sarraflık business. On verso there are sums.

Lists in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot. Each list is designated by individual contributors and specific weeks of the liturgical calender that are indicated by each respective parsha reading (i.e. Qedoshim, Bechukotai). This fragment is therefore serving the same purpose of communal recordkeeping as surrounding shelfmarks that also record Shabbat donations such as JRL SERIES C 77 and JRL SERIES C 93. This particular shelfmark is not a join to these two others, however, because the scribal hand and layout are distinct and it's even possible that red ink was used here but has since faded. MCD.

Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot dated in the year 5596 which is 1835/1836CE. Each list is designated by specific weeks of the liturgical calender indicated by each respective parsha reading. On the right page of the recto there are many surnames listed with corresponding monetary amounts in Ottoman silver kuruş, which is indicated by the "ق" at the top of each column in eastern Arabic numerals. Among the surnames listed, there is mention of: ʿAkubas, Romano, Kohen, Karo, Yaʿabeṣ, ʿAfif, Lombrozo, and many others. On the left side of the recto, the purpose of various entries is more clear with the common phrase "וצל" and then a surname– which is likely indicating incoming payments. The same bookkeeping format continues on the verso. MCD.

List of names and corresponding figures in eastern Arabic numerals. Based on other lists of this structure from the 18th and 19th century these may be monetary sums in the generic unit "silver / פצה" which commonly appears at the top of columns in nearby shelfmarks. Among the names listed, there is mention of: David Safriel[?], Abraham Meyuhas, Shaḥata Danon, Shmuel 'Ajmi, Yakov Metzliḥ, and many others. Although the meaning of the main list's heading is unclear, on the lower left portion of the recto a smaller list is labeled "אלדי וצל מן מדכורין" which translates to "that which has been paid from those mentioned". Along these lines, it possible that the other lists also indicate incoming payments. MCD.

Accounts in Judeo-Arabic listing a variety of individuals and corresponding monetary sums in "silver / פצה". At the beginning of each entry before the name appears "טרפ / taraf" is written, which is in Ottoman Turkish is literally a "side" or "place". In this context, however, it means "for Moshe Mizrahi's [part]". This usage is common more generally in early modern Ottoman financial recordkeeping. Other names mentioned include: Shelomo Barukh, Mordechai Guner[?], Efrayim ʿAkubas, and others. Based on the paleography of this fragment, the dating is likely 18th/19th-century. MCD.

List of contributors to the ʿarikha (communal tax). In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: 18th or 19th century.

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

Accounts in Judeo-Arabic from a broader ledger attested within the nearby join: JRL SERIES C 92. Like its join, where an Ottoman Ağa, this fragment might also be mentioning status-based titles such as Muḥammad Çelebi[?] ("גלבי") and the title "קאצי / qāẓī" appearing on the verso. The bookkeeping in these joins has a distinctly concise style of description and makes use of both eastern and western Arabic numerals. MCD.

List of names and corresponding monetary values in silver kuruş. At the top of the list's columns, the year is barely legible in the heading but is possibly ה]תקנב] which is 1791/1792CE. Although the year is unclear, the usage of silver kuruş indicated by the "ق" at the top of the numerical columns assists in the dating of the document as no earlier than 1703CE (when the coinage began to appear in wide circulation: Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, 160). Among the first names listed we find: Manṣūr, Ahmed, and Muhammed. MCD.

Accounts in Judeo-Arabic related to the finances of Mordechai Bilobos and Yiṣḥaq Bilobos expressed in "פצה/silver". On the right side of the recto the list is titled "אל מטלוב למרדכי בילובוס מן חסאב אל גדיד" in which the key operative word is "matlūb". The latter may indicate that these are debts owed to or by Bilobos and before this "new calculation / חסאב אל גדיד" the top of the column mentions that the "his remainder from before / באקי לו מן קדים" was 12,213 fidda. When the heading on the right is read together with the one on the left "אל ואצל למרדכי" it does seem possible that the right portrays Bilobos' debts and the left are incoming payments to him. The paleography and the names of those involved help to estimate the dating of this fragment as 18th/19th-century. MCD.

Accounts and calculations in Ladino which may be in silver reales based on the note at the bottom of the verso "kuento de los reales". On the recto, one of the entries on the left side appears to offer the date 22 Cheshvan 5496 (November 1735CE) and the entry below that is 30 Cheshvan. Then on the right side of the recto, the next entry passes into the subsequent month Kislev, which is in a difficult cursive hand but legible as a date with 5496 alongside it. MCD.