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Letter of recommendation in German for Rabbi Barukh Löb Alpern, mid-19th-century. The place name appears to be Agram, which turns out to be the German name for Zagreb in the Habsburg era. Bears a red wax seal. See AIU VII.E.239 for the LORs Rabbi Barukh collected in Livorno and Turin.

Writing exercises in German, in a lovely Gothic script. "Ein Murrkopf ist ein Mensch dem es ärgert dass spree nicht bei Wien und die Donau nicht bei Berlin vorbei lauft." (A grumbler is a person who is annoyed that the Spree does not run past Vienna and the Danube does not run past Berlin.) There is also some Hebrew including נפוצות יהודה.

Letter from the mayor of Likrik[?] regarding the eligbility of a person named Shemuʾel who has been residing in the city for forty-seven years – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 101) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 63). MCD.

Letter from Herzl to Doctor M.I. Bodenheimer about their negotiations with von Richthofen – 1899CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 245) – in German. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 62). The full names of those mentioned in the catalogue description are most likely: Theodor Herzl, Max Isidor Bodenheimer, and Freiherr von Richthofen. Although it is unclear from the MIAC description whether this was a printed or handwritten letter, it is crucial to note that Theodor Herzl visited Cairo in 1903 and thus the letter may have been a draft or copy once held in Herzl's possession. For more information on Herzl's time in Cairo, see: Desmond Stewart, "Herzl's Journeys in Palestine and Egypt," Journal of Palestine Studies 3, no. 3 (1974): 18-38. MCD.

Letter addressed to Yaʿaqov Cassuto. In Ladino. Dated: 14 Kislev 5651, which is 26 November 1890 CE. On verso is a fragment of a printed form in German.

Letters of recommendation, probably. For Barukh Löb (here also called Barukh Lion). Written in Mainz. Presumably the language is German. Dated: 30th and 31st August 1842 CE, signed by Moritz […], Samuel Jonas Bondi and Jacob Levy. There is a second fragment here, also written in Latin script, which appears to be dated 1845 CE. See also AIU VII.E.239 and AIU VII.E.243, which are letters that Barukh Löb picked up in Livorno and Torino in 1852 CE and in Zagreb. (Information in part from CUDL.)

Printed catalogue of the Orientalischer Zeitschriftenverlag Iranschähr, a press founded by Hossein Kazemzadeh in 1918 in Berlin. Mainly in German and Arabic and Persian.