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Tag: late prosopography
60 records found
Image 1: The end of an account in Arabic, along with what might be a fragment of a legal document discussing buildings in ḥārat al-yahūd. Image 2: Blank except for some sums. Image 3: A column of nearly 40 names in Judaeo-Arabic (several from the Yuʿbaṣ family) along with a column of Arabic names, most or all of which are the equivalents of the names on right. Image 4: More of a legal-looking Arabic document discussing buildings.
Ledger of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. Dating: Late; the precise date must be written somewhere. 42 folios. Merits examination.
List dated 1593 CE (referring to Elul 5353 and the beginning of 5354), headed "the remainder of the houses of the qodesh of the Musta'rib congregation. It then gives street names and lists of people, perhaps the tenants of the qodesh. Some of them have notes about rent payments as well--how much has been paid, how much remains to be paid. The list may be useful for cross-referencing people and locations from other 16th-century documents.
Another 28 folios from the ledger of donations collected in the years around 1800 CE. These entries are for the year 5559 (1798/99). ASE.
Late list of wealthy contributors, about 30 per week (Information from Goitein index cards.) Verso: There are also several lines of Arabic script.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic (and eastern Arabic numerals). Dated: 5582 AM, which is 1821/22 CE. Headed: "The expenses (maṣrūf) of the Sephardic [congregation] in Fustat/Cairo for the year 5582." Many names familiar from other Geniza documents of the period feature in this list. Needs examination. VMR. ASE.
List of Jewish and Muslim names in Hebrew script followed by what are likely alphanumerical figures connected to accounts. The dating for this fragment is likely from the 16th-18th centuries. On the recto, the names include: Mūsa Maḥmūd[?], Moshe Mafir, Mūsa 'Ali. On the verso the names include: Yiṣḥaq Yari, Avraham Foy, Yiṣḥaq Sason, Mūsa Qasab. MCD.
List of Jewish and Muslim names in Hebrew script followed by what are likely alphanumerical figures connected to accounts. The dating for this fragment is likely from the 16th-18th centuries. On the recto, the names include: Aharon Naqash, Shemuel Morgani, Yosef Simḥa Yekbin[?]. On the verso, the names include: Mordechai Shihab, Shemuel Naqash, Suleiman Sa'adi. Date: 16th c, 17th c, 18th c.MCD.
List of Muslim names in Hebrew script accompanied by alphanumerical figures which could indicate accounts. The dating for this fragment is likely from the 16th-18th centuries. The verso is blank but on the recto the names include: Abu-al-Khayr al-Majjani, Badir al-Ḥalabi, Suleiman al-Maghribi, 'Omer al-Anbabi, Sinan Reis. Date: 16th c, 17th c, 18th c. MCD.
Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 4 Jumāda al-Awwal '54. Probably 1154 AH (=1741 CE) or 1254 AH (=1838 CE). Perhaps belonging to a jeweler or to a pawnbroker. Nearly every row begins with 'in the name of X' (e.g. Eliyyahu Shtiwi, Sh. de Curiel, Ṣāliḥ Aḥmad, Ḥayyim Shaʿyā, Mordukh Bialobos), then it lists an item (silver candelabra, silver watch, pearl necklace, ring/seal), then abbreviations. Values of the items and sums are in the righthand column.
List of communal contributions. Dated: 5580 AM, which is 1819/20 CE. Many names.
Recto: On the right is list of surnames known from the late Genizah period along with numbers: Bibas (spelled Pipas here), Alarcon, Hapis (?), Pinto, Qarun, Yuʿbaṣ, Agi. On the left is a list of materia medica with numbers, then a small illustration. Verso: Numbers and sums.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 18th or 19th century.
Late list of names, including many women.
Large list, probably 18th or 19th c, of names and numbers arranged according to holidays and shabbatot, perhaps charitable donations pledged/received.
Late accounts, arranged according to parshiyot, mentioning names including: Page 1: Yom Tov (?) Aripol, Nissim Nuṣayrī, Nissim Raṣon, Avraham Hakim (?), Page 2: Eliyyahu Ṣahal, Nissim Najjār, a Pinto, David Bibas, Yiṣḥaq Bibas, Yiṣḥaq Bialobos, Yosef Bialobos, Yosef Kattawi, Moshe Yagi, Moshe Aghion.
Late accounts mentioning Merkado Karo, Me'ir ben Naʿim, Eliyyyahu b. Ṣahal, Mordekhai Bialobos.
Large list of names and sums of money (probably donations) dated Passover 1795 (5555).
From a ledger of donations arranged by the parshiyot of the year 1803/1804 (5564); most of the ledger ended up in Paris, but this fragment ended up in Manchester. In fact, this segment of JRL Series B and AIU.VII.F seem to have been acquired from the same stratum of the Genizah and then sorted by genre (in this case, accounts and donation lists)
List of donations to the fund for clothing for the poor for the year 550[8] = 1747/8 CE.
