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Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe Bibas to Karo y Frances & Company. Dated Adar 1808 CE (5568).

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances & Company.

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe Bibas to Karo y Frances & Company. Dated Heshvan 1807 CE (5568).

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Merkado Karo and Shimʿon Frances (of Karo y Frances & Company). Fragment: missing the lower part.

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic (1809 CE) to Karo y Frances & Company, from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez. Information from Wagner, Linguistic Variety of Judaeo-Arabic, 24.

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic (1807 CE?) to Merkado Karo [of Karo y Frances & Company], from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez. Information from Wagner, Linguistic Variety of Judaeo-Arabic, 24. Goitein's attached transcription belongs to a different shelfmark.

98 pages of donations collected on the Shabbats of the first years of the 19th century.

Late accounts including for part of 1824 CE (1239 Hijri).

List of donations or communal payments in Judeo-Arabic. The heading may be dated as [5]565 (1804-1805CE) but this estimate is inconclusive given that lack of clarity in the alphanumerical figures קסה. This dating is plausible, however, because of the handwriting and the confluence of surnames and individuals who appear commonly in other late-18th to early-19th-century fragments. For each payment in silver coinage "פצה", the contributor's name appears: Baruch Shalom, Yaʿacov Zardil, Avraham ha-Levi, Ḥayyīm ha-Levi, Israel Dayyan, Nissim Molẖo, and many others. MCD.

Probably a 19th-century list of donations received, but needs examination. The date 55[..] appears at top left, perhaps 5579.

Accounts in Judeo-Arabic from 1829/30 CE (1245 Hijri). The top heading labels the accompanying entries as "מצרופ" which may indicate expenses or outgoing payments. The numerical figures are often listed under two parallel columns that appear with recurring headings, one of which is the symbol for silver kuruş (so the other heading is perhaps another coinage label). In the early entries a financial "coffer / צנדוק" is mentioned. MCD.

List of payments in Judaeo-Arabic dated as 14 Shvat 5595 or 13 February 1835CE. In both headings on the recto and verso Ḥayyim Griyani is mentioned as the recipient of payments which are listed in eastern Arabic numerals in parallel columns. Each numerical figure is often accompanied by a description– many mention houses and a variety of individuals, namely: Musa Nanusi[?] (l.3r), Khalifa 'Afif (l.15r), Yosef Binyamin (l.5v), Avraham ha-Levi (l.10v), and others. MCD.

List of donations collected in Shevat and Adar, perhaps of [5]600 = 1840. Family names include Bibas and Mosseri and Ḥaqīm.

List of donations collected for the year 5580 = 1819/20. Family names include Romano, Skandari, Palombo, Yuʿbaṣ, ʿAfīf, Pinto, Yagi, Mizraḥī, Mosseri. At 90 degrees there are also data about sums disbursed. Verso contains another list of donations.

List of honors purchased for the services on various Shabbatot along with how much money paid or to be paid. Probably early 19th century, since Yāqūtī Yuʿbaṣ does not seem a very common name, and he is mentioned here and in AIU VII.D.85 dated 1817 CE.

List of donations (?) collected dated 1820/21 (5581). Surnames include Pinto, Yagi.

Late accounts in sloppy handwriting, probably dated 5582 = 1821/22.

List of donations collected probably for the year 5590 = 1829/30.

List of donations collected on various Shabbatot of the year 5567 = 1806/7.

Late accounts, dated January 1827 (Jumāda al-Thāni 1242 Hijri)