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Decorated, torn Karaite ketuba from Cairo. The groom is Yeshu'a b. Yosef and the bride is Esther known as Karima d. Shlomo
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Ketubba (marriage contract). Location: Alexandria. Dated: 16 Sivan 4920 AM, which is 23 May 1160 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Netanel ha-Levi. Groom: …
1 مناقشة
Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). Involves Abū l-Faraj Netanel, who dies; the sister of Shela ha-Kohen; Hiba Ibn al-Shāmī; …
Legal document concerning claims of the wife of Abu al-Makarim b. Da’ud al-Muḥ[aṣṣil?] against him. The town of Minyat Zifta in Egypt and Muslim courts …
1 نسخ
Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat, but includes a copy of another deed from the court in Granada, which in turn includes copies of more …
1 نسخ 2 مناقشتان
Lease of an apartment to a parnas as settlement of a debt, AD 1029-1031. The qodesh owes Yaʿaqov b. Mevasser (whom we shall find six …
(1-2) . . . . previously… service to the heqdēsh, will bring many advantages…
(3-4) mentioned, to the said Jacob b. Mevassēr after havin…
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Legal record (#15). Deposition in court. Dated: Monday, 29 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Makārim b. Salāma al-Kohen known as Ibn al-Maqāniʿiyya states that he was …
Minute fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Mentions [...] b. ʿUlla. Probably a will, because it alludes …
Document in Arabic, naskhī script. Possibly a letter or official report. 7 lines are preserved, along with several more lines angled in the margin. Difficult …
Karaite agreement regarding a partnership in rural cheese production (אלגבן אלריפי) mentioning the specific type(s) "אלכשכבאן אלכזין". Dated 22 Heshvan 5515 AM (1754 CE). The …
Legal document. Begins with blessings upon the reigning caliph (al-Ẓāhir). May relate to an inheritance; discusses agricultural matters. Mentions units of land expressed in faddān …
Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Involves Abū l-Fakhr Ibn al-Amshāṭī (here spelled אלאמשטי). Mentions large sums of money ("200" and "80 dinars") and the children of …
The right page of verso has a block of text in Arabic, which may be a witness statement from a legal document with a name …
Verso: Formula for a validation by the court in the hand of Hillel b. Eli (fl. 1066-1108), including an interesting addition. (Information from Goitein's index …
Ketubba fragment for an unnamed bride and groom. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1 Shevaṭ 1415 Seleucid = 31 December 1103 CE. With blessings for the Nagid …
We responded to her request and went. She locked us all in, brought the above-mentioned Mr. David and seated him and herself cl…
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Replacement for a lost ketubba (אירכסא). Location: Baalbek in the Biqāʿ Valley of Lebanon (בעלת אשר בבקעת הלבנון תחת הר חרמון). Dated: 21 Av 1564 …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Legal testimony. Location: Qalyūb. Dating: 1205–37 CE, as the document is intended to reach Avraham Maimonides. The community asks the Nagid to reappoint Tamīm b. …
Legal record (#63) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 16v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 62-64) Folio 16v
Karaite ketuba from Cairo. The groom is Avraham b. Yehuda and the bride is Esther known as 'Aziza d. Aharon. Dated 29 Kislev 5405 AM …
Original use: Fragment of a Qaraite ketubba or at least a marriage-related document: "... and they will act in accordance with the traditions of the …
Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Dated: Jumād[a] I 1239 (1824 CE). Probably a record of payment to the bureau of silk looms "dīwān anwāl …
Legal record (#24) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on ff. 9v-10r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 5 Tevet [5321] …
Beginning of a legal document dated 9 Tammuz 1602 Seleucid = 8 June 1291 CE, under the reshut of the Nagid David I Maimonides and …
Power of attorney granted to ʿEli b. Yaʿīsh ha-Kohen, and referring to the woman Mulk bt. Moshe. Dating: late 11th or early 12th century. Three …
Verso: Legal document in Arabic script. Headed by an ʿalāma: tawakkaltu [...] ʿalā Allāh. The Arabic word at the bottom of the page may also …
Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Concerning the loom of textiles "anwāl al-qumāsh" in Alexandria. Mentions the dealings between Yeshūʿā the Jew and Ibrāhim Effendi. …
Ottoman-era rental receipt, in Arabic script. The 'khwājā' Shukrī(?) has paid 40 Kuruş Rūmī towards the rent of his shop for the month of Muḥarram …
Recto: Bill of sale of for a Nubian enslaved woman named Mulḥ/Milḥ. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Unsigned. Location: Fustat. Dated: 7 Kislev …
Document, probably a trousseau list, mentioning typical trousseau items such as clothes and headscarves, dyed in different colours. (Information from CUDL.)
Ketubba fragment (left side only). Dated: [13]77 Seleucid, which is 1065/66 CE. Groom: Yaʿaqov. Marriage payments: 5 + 10 = 15. No dowry. (Information from …
Minute fragment from a late legal deed regarding marriage (or perhaps inheritance?): או תפתר משרה הנז׳ בחייב ... בעלה הנז׳ בחייה תהיה חזקת ה. Only …
Legal document (fragment) in which Qurra bt. Shelomo, as sole heiress of her father, asks to be given 20 dinars of the 35 he had …
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Legal document. Fragment (lower left corner). Dated: Av 1461 Seleucid, which is 1150 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. None of …
Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script, apparently the witness statements from the bottom of a deed of sale.
Formulary for drawing up marriage documents. In Hebrew with some Ladino words (contante, joyas, mandiles). Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dating: Late. Currency: mithqāl/mathāqīl.
Marriage contract (ketubba). Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Dated: 1444 Seleucid = 1132/33 CE. Groom: Shemuel aka Ismāʿīl b. Yosef. …
Legal declaration. After the death in Sicily of Abū l-Surūr b. Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥibrī, his brother Futūḥ claimed his inheritance and the court establishes that …
Will of a wealthy man in favor of his wife, concerning twenty-seven assets and liabilities. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1[5]31 Seleucid = 1219/20 CE, under the …