ثيقة شرعيّة: Moss. VII,131
ثيقة شرعيّة Moss. VII,131العلامات
الوصف
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. It appears that Meshullam takes over the responsibility for the six years of alimony payments (farḍ) to a certain female relative of his, which a Muslim court had previously imposed on her ex-husband Ṭoviya. But it is not entirely clear. See Goitein's note card.
Translation: Zinger, Oded (in English)
Moss. VII,131 recto
النصوص المفرّغة
الترجمة
Oded Zinger, "Jewish Women in Muslim Legal Venues," in Language, Gender and Law in the Judaeo-Islamic Milieu (Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2020), 38-87.Recto
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[...] Mr. Meshulam [told us]: “This
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[woman] is my relative and I must [...] her. Whatever the court charges her,
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I will pay it for her. I take it upon myself willingly and by my choice."
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We therefore told him: "She must submit the deed of maintenance in her possession written in Muslim courts
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to the court and tear it up for her divorcee Mr. Ṭoviyya." He (i.e. Meshulam) said: "She lost the deed of maintenance
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and there is no way to submit it now. However, make the symbolic purchase from me and be my witness, instead of her, that if ever
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she, or her agent, submits this deed of maintenance to Muslim courts and sues him (i.e. Ṭoviyya)
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for what it contains for the six years written in the Jewish deed which is in the possession of her divorcee
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and she causes him damage, whether it will be little or much, pennyworth or more, I will provide it to him
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for her from the best of my possessions. I hereby undertake the surety for him upon me and my heirs
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after me for what remains of the aforementioned six years." Mr. Ṭoviyya was satisfied with
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[th]is and said to us: “I ask the court to re[cord] this for me from Mr. Meshullam
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[...] to protect me with all precautions and that the court [will write me] about this a legal deed (maʿase)
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[to be] (a testimony of) right and evidence. Therefore, [we, the c]ourt and those [under]signed with us, performed the symbolic purchase
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from Meshullam [son of ...,] m(ay he rest in) E(den), a complete and rigorous purchase
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[... not like pro]mises [and not like formularies…