Legal document: T-S 18J2.16

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Deed of guardianship in the hand of Avraham, son of the Gaon, April or May, 1026, in which Eli b. Yefet (known as Bar ʿAdi), is appointed guardian for the orphans of Moshe ha-Kohen b. Gulayb, who had recently died without making a will, two of whom, a son called Gulayb (a future son-in-law of Efrayim b. Shemarya) and a daughter called Mulk, are already of age, as was established by the late Elkhanan ‘Head of the Row’, while another son, called Mufarraj, is only four years old. Among the witnesses is Yeshuʿa b. Ṣedaqa, and ʿEli is to carry out his guardianship under the scrutiny of Shelomo b. Saʿadya (known as Ibn Ṣagir). (Information from CUDL)