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Or 17084

Record Id:

032-004377371

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004377371

MDARK:

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ISAD(G)

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Or 17084

Title:

Correspondence, Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor

Scope & Content:

18 separate pieces of correspondence to or from Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor (HED)

Or 17084 (1). From Yaakov Meir, Chief Rabbi of Palestine to HED, dated 19(?) Kislev 5685 (= 16 DEC 1924). Language: Hebrew.

Or 17084 (2). From [Rabbi] David Ḥay Meir Yosef Nisim, Baghdad / הצעיר דוד חי מאיר יוסף נסים, בגדאד to HED, Rangoon, [Burma, present-day: Yangon, Myanmar], dated 24 Adar I, 5654 (= 2 March 1894). Language: Judeo-Arabic.

Or 17084 (3). Presumably from HED, to Hakham Abraham b. Ephraim. Language: Hebrew.

Or 17084 (4). From Moshe Dangoor (son of HED), Shanghai, to HED, dated 4 June, 1928. Language: Judeo-Arabic.

Or 17084 (5). From David S. Sassoon, London (in his childhood in Rangoon and Bombay, he was a student of HED), to HED, Baghdad, dated 22 May, 1917. Personal greetings. Language: English.

Or 17084 (6). From David S. Sassoon, London (see previous item), to HED, Baghdad, dated Day after Passover 5689 (= 3 May 1929). Language: Judeo-Arabic.

Or 17084 (7). From acting chief rabbi Moshi Haim b. David Shamash, Baghdad / משה חיים שלמה דוד י”צ, to HED, dated 28 Tishri 5680 = 22 Oct 1919. Language: Judeo-Arabic.

Or 17084 (8). From Reuben Sion Dangoor (son of HED) to HED, Baghdad, dated 2 Tammuz 5686 (= 14 Jun 1926). Language: Judeo-Arabic. On verso: calendar calculations.

Or 17084 (9). (Written in fading ink on acidic paper; seems to be a letter in Judeo-Arabic.)

Or 17084 (10). From [Rabbi] Yaḥya Moshe ‘Abudi / עבודי יחיא משה (1844 – 1915, born in Baghdad, and studied in Beit Zilka, i.e. contemporary of HED) to HED, dated 11 Nisan 5641(?) (= 10 April 1881). Languages: Judeo-Arabic with Hebrew.

Or 17084 (11). From [Rabbi] Yaḥya Moshe ‘Abudi / עבודי יחיא משה (see previous item) to HED. Language: Judeo-Arabic.

Or 17084 (12). From Rabbi Juda Tolidano, President of Sefardic community, Tiberias / יאודה טולידאנו to HED, dated 27 Ḥeshṿan 5684 (= 6 Nov 1923). Charity receipt etc. Language: Hebrew.

Or 17084 (13). From Office of the Chief Rabbi, Baghdad to worldwide Jewry ('Dear Brothers'). Language: Judeo-Arabic.

Or 17084 (14). Draft of florid letter to unnamed rabbi kabbalist etc., with apologies for delay in responding. Language: Hebrew.

Or 17084 (15). Draft of charity appeal 'Turning to our brothers, our next of kin, perfect believers of Israel, the generous among the nation …'. Language: Hebrew.

Or 17084 (16). From Jonas Sager, manufacturer of wool and silk ṭallitot (‘prayer shawls’), Kolomyja, Poland, to HED (spelled Dangir), Baghdad, dated '43 days of the ['Omer] count by the Israelites, [5689], which, according to the reckoning of the Gentiles, is 7 [June] 1929'. Request to help collect payment due from member of Baghdad Jewish community. Language: Hebrew.

Or 17084 (17). Dated 3 T[ishre(?)], [56]84 (= 13 Sep 1923). Language: Judeo-Arabic.

Or 17084 (18). From the head office of Keren Kajemeth (the Jewish National Fund), The Hague, administered by J[acobus] H[enricus] Kann / הלשכה הראשית של הקרן הקימת לישראל. Soon after the First World War. Report and appeal: purchase of land and planting of eucalyptus groves in the Holy Land, etc. Language: Hebrew. 2 sheets stapled together.

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Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

The Hakham Ezra Reuben Dangoor Archive

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-004377371

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-004377371

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

18 separate items of correspondence:

Or 17084 (1): 1 calling card and 1 envelope.

Or 17084 (2): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (3): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (4): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (5): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (6): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (7): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (8): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (9): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (10): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (11): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (12): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (13): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (14): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (15): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (16): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (17): 1 folio.

Or 17084 (18): 2 folios.

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Digitised Content:

Languages:

Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic

Scripts:

Arabic
Hebrew

Start Date:

1881

End Date:

1929

Date Range:

1881-1929

Era:

Access:

Unavailable as awaiting conservation

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Physical Characteristics:

Or 17084 (1): Card: black type and black ink on paper card, approximately 110 mm x 71 mm. Envelope: black printing, approximately 137 mm x 92 mm when flap is folded down.

Or 17084 (2): Purple ink on single sheet of yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 196 mm x 130 mm.

Or 17084 (3): Black or dark brown ink on single fragment of crumbling paper (bottom missing), approximately 127 mm x 100 mm.

Or 17084 (4): Purple type and brown ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 274 mm x 210 mm.

Or 17084 (5): Purple and red type and purple ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 202 mm x 123 mm.

Or 17084 (6): Blue type, purple and black ink, on single sheet of paper, approximately 198 mm x 123 mm.

Or 17084 (7): Pomegranate coloured ink and blue stamp on single sheet of yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 195 mm x 146 mm.

Or 17084 (8): Black – grey ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 280 mm x 219 mm.

Or 17084 (9): Fading light grey ink on single sheet of yellowing acidic paper, approximately 206 mm x 130 mm.

Or 17084 (10): Brown ink on single sheet of lined light blue paper, approximately 265 mm x 207 mm.

Or 17084 (11): Brown ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 262 mm x 205 mm.

Or 17084 (12): Gilded type, brown ink, and purple stamps on single sheet of paper, approximately 285 mm x 220 mm.

Or 17084 (13): Black print and black ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 268 mm x 210 mm.

Or 17084 (14): Black ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 275 mm x 214 mm.

Or 17084 (15): Brown ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 215 mm x 143 mm.

Or 17084 (16): Black type and grey ink on single sheet of yellowing, acidic paper, approximately 287 mm x 208 mm.

Or 17084 (17): Purple and brown ink on single sheet of paper, approximately 219 mm x 140 mm.

Or 17084 (18): Black and purple type on two sheets of paper: [1] approximately 270 mm x 215 mm; [2] approximately 283 mm x 220 mm. Attached by rusty metal staple.

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Custodial History:

Dangoor Family

Source of Acquisition:

Dangoor Family (heirs of original owner / writer)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)