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Document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Legal document in Arabic script. Dated 1235 AH, which is 1819/20 CE.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentioning pepper... Abū Naṣr.... Needs examination.

Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 1243 AH, which is 1827/28 CE.

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Court document. Financial settlement between a husband and his wife? All the parties are Jewish. Dated: 26 Dhū l-Ḥijja 1056 AH, which is 2 February 1647 CE. There is a stamp at the head of the document. The beginning of the document is framed as a letter written to a higher authority. On verso there is an additional note concerning the same case from the following month. Needs further examination; the document is very clearly written, and most of it should be legible. (Information in part from JRL catalogue.)

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Petition, possibly. In Arabic script. The ends of 4 lines are preserved: على ايديهما منشور كريم يوفر فيه المملوك... تسلطهم... الوالي... Needs further examination.

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Table of women's names with additional notes. In Arabic script. Mentions Fāṭima (and underneath ḥurra—are the others slaves?); Sitt al-Bashr; and Sitt al-Karam. On verso the word ṭabbākha (cook) appears.

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Letter(s) in Arabic script. Addressed to 'our son Sulaymān' in 'al-Maḥrūsa' (Fustat/Cairo), Ḥārat al-Yahud. Dating: Late, probably 18th or 19th century. The last line of the first section seems to be a verse of poetry, probably referring to separation rather than to an actual dispute: "And when God's decree persists between me and you (pl.), I will die a stranger, wa-l-salāmu ʿalaykumū." The next section begins by addressing itself to 'our beloved daughter Sarah' and continues with wishes for her good health and informing her of the writers' good health and their yearning to see her. The letter is written in semi-colloquial Arabic. (Information in part from JRL Catalogue.)

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