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IJA 3407

Handwritten Notebook with Possible Financial Information

Description

This is a personal notebook, possibly a ledger with financial information. Inserted are a few letters on stationary from Jacob H. Joseph Haim, Baghdad, M. A. Sasson in Calcutta (dated 1920), and Mrs. R. Belilios (dated 1920). An envelope found in the book is addressed to Mrs. L. D. Sasson.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3407
Item Number: 15855
Date: Approx. January 1, 1911 to December 31, 1920
Languages: English, Judeo-Arabic
Keywords: Calcutta, Correspondence, Envelope, Handwritten, Judeo-Arabic, Letterhead
Height: 21.60 cm
Width: 13.90 cm

AI en Translation, Pages 1-25

Page 9

<del>How much for the blood. If the turn of Salem entered into below me ⟦illegible⟧</del> 774
<del>Debts</del> 2885
<del>2211</del>
<del>0774</del>
837
⟦illegible⟧
774
122
Debts of Salem, if Salem's turn entered in | 774
And the wages entered | 118
And | 090
Debts | 076
Instruction | 1048
| 0021
| 1069
Transfer of the group of companions | 0017
On Tuesday, if the turn | 1400
| <del>2486</del>
And like this, the turn that entered in | 2476
| 2864
| 1612
And like this, the turn that was sold in ⟦illegible⟧ | 0864
| 0748
5
37

To all that is with the furnace - with gold | 107
Hand of the mountain khasi 30th of Iyar ⟦illegible⟧ | 21
⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧ | 422
| 421
⟦illegible⟧ poison with | 8952
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ | 422
| 240
| 1537
422
240
662
⟦illegible⟧ with ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ | 15672
| 0672
| 180
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ | 22292
| (16982)
Hand of the mountain khasi ⟦illegible⟧ with ⟦illegible⟧ | 0540
| 0422
Hand of the mountain 30 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ | 932
| (222)
| 1205
⟦illegible⟧ - ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
1561 gold ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦the teacher⟧
1205
1422
1827
1827
(1561)

Page 11

⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Price of ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ | 276
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ | 422
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ | 1242
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ | 432
| 2372
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
864
⟦...⟧ 200
1064

Page 20

Musa'ida Raphael Saleh Sasson
| 992
Balance | 1152
Balance that ⟦illegible⟧ | 12
Hand ⟦illegible⟧ | 5032
| 7188
Hand assistant ⟦illegible⟧ | 34
⟦illegible⟧ year ⟦illegible⟧ | 122
| 7344
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> | <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
⟦illegible⟧ | 1408

Page 22

In the name of Shaddai
Eat from the blood of the shop of so-and-so free ⟦illegible⟧
of my house
Pig
⟦line⟧
16/
⟦line⟧
16/
⟦illegible⟧ / 116
⟦illegible⟧ / 100
⟦line⟧ 50% / 1064
⟦line⟧ 50% / 114
20
24
⟦line⟧
148
12
⟦line⟧
Pig 16 / 160
to the ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧

Page 23

Returning to what is above, it is not counted from ⟦the total⟧
<del>⟦Correct⟧ what is above</del>
⟦No⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Yaakov Hezekiah Habib ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 22/4