Collection of documents - Haikl (Haim) Shapira of Safed, second half of 19th century through 1910s. Hebrew, Arabic, German and Russian.
Collection includes documents concerning purchase of lands, in Arabic and in German; a document with an ink-stamp of the German Consulate in Safed from 1877, with Pesach Friedman's signature; appointment certificate for Haikl Shapira and his sons, as trustees of a house in Meron next to Tomb of the Rashbi, 1905 (Arabic); Passports and certificates from Russian and German consulates (late 19th century); identity documents of Haikl Shapira and his family, from the Ottoman Regime period (1909); a handwritten document, concerning the inheritance of Mrs. Lea, widow of Haikl Shapira; printed copy of Shapira’s will (d. 1913), and other documents. Shapira is named “Efendi” in some of the documents. Lot of about 30 documents. Size and condition varies.