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Tag: avraham ha-levi
8 records found
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic (1807 CE) from Karo y Frances & Company to Avraham ha-Levi.
Legal document dated 1802 CE (Sivan 5562) involving a partnership between Hayyim ha-Levi, Merkado Karo, Avraham ha-Levi, and Pinhas b. Yom Tov Aripol (? אריפול).
Legal document involving a partnership between a large number of the Jewish merchants active in Egypt ca. 1800 CE: Shelomo Cesana, Ḥayyim Cesana, Avraham Cesana in Alexandria; and Merkado Karo and Avraham ha-Levi and Hayyim Nuṣayri (?) and Shimʿon Frances and Khalifa Pinto and Yaʿaqov Bibas and Meʾir ben Naʿim. This appears to be a draft of JRL SERIES L 18. MCD. ASE.
Letter from Avraham Haman and Avraham ha-Levi to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 24 Elul (Raḥamim) 5568 AM, which is 1808 CE. Needs examination for content.
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, dated 29 January 1807 (20 Shevat 5567), from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Hefez to Merkado Karo and his partner Avraham ha-Levi.
Letter from Avraham ha-Levi, in Damietta (קפוטקיא), to Karo y Frances & Company, in Cairo/Fustat. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tuesday, 25 Ḥeshvan 5569 AM, which is 1808 CE. Mentions people such as ʿUmar Serada(?), Ḥasan Abū l-Faḍl, Aḥmad Shaltūt, Yisrael ha-Levi, Saʿd Pinto, Avraham ha-Levi Skandari, and Avraham Maymūn. Also mentions 4 French ships.
Letter from the brothers Shelomo Cesana, Ḥayyim Cesana, and Avraham Cesana to Merkado Karo and Avraham ha-Levi. Dated: 4 Shevaṭ 5566 AM, which is 23 January 1806 CE. Mentions numerous business partners, including the relatively well-known Daniel Mondolfo ha-Levi. (Information in part from CUDL and Khan's edition.)
Letter from the brothers Shelomo Cesana, Ḥayyim Cesana, and Avraham Cesana to Merkado Hayyim Avraham ha-Levi (although this looks like a single name, it may actually be 2 or 3 people). Dated: 18 Ḥeshvan 5565 AM, which is 23 October 1804 CE. Information from Wagner, Linguistic Variety of Judaeo-Arabic, 24.
