Legal document: T-S Ar.39.503

Legal document T-S Ar.39.503

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T-S Ar.39.503
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Primary Language
Arabic

Description

Legal document in Arabic script. Fragmentary (right side only). Dating: Unclear if this is the date of the document itself, but the document mentions the year 955 AH, which is 1548/49 CE (l. 11). The judge is al-ḥākim al-shamsī Shams al-Dīn [...]. The document mentions several people, notably Yehuda b. Avraham b. Yosef Castro, presumably identical with the merchant Yehuda Castro known from CUL Or.1080 J133, ENA 2808.2, ENA NS 54.7 (though this seems too late), T-S NS 320.127, and probably other Geniza documents. Also mentions Isḥāq b. Isrāʾīl b. Yaḥyā al-Yahūdī. Also mentions al-Raʾīs Muḥammad; certification (taṣdīq) of claims; various large sums of money (including 800 medins/niṣfs and al-dhahab al-sulṭānī); a ship; and Istanbul (اسطنبول). There is one witness signature preserved here, of [...] al-Ḥanafī. Needs further examination.

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, f. 503; TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 503
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.503. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20987/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20987/