ثيقة شرعيّة: AIU XII.172
ثيقة شرعيّة AIU XII.172الوصف
Recto: Legal document(s). In Arabic script. Madhhab: Mālikī. In Arabic script. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dating: The main two text blocks appear to be dated 18 Dhū l-Qaʿda 1050 AH, which is February/March 1641 CE. (Line 11 of the main text block also mentions the date 10 Ramaḍān 954 AH, which is October 1547 CE—probably a reference to an earlier document or event.) The main text block is headed by 2 elaborate signatures/endorsements together with seals; underneath there are 7 witness signatures. There is a lot of verbiage praising the issuing authorities, and the import of the document is not immediately clear. The upper text block appears to be in the same handwriting (and was completed on the same date); it mentions a Jewish (court?) physician named Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf b. Manṣūr. This document is large and complex; needs further examination.