Legal document: BL OR 5566D.22 + T-S 12.39

Legal document BL OR 5566D.22 + T-S 12.39

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BL OR 5566D.22 + T-S 12.39
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Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Engagement contract. Bride: the widow Rashīda bt. Yiṣḥaq b. Sheʾerit. Groom: the widower Yiṣḥaq b. Moshe. Location: Minyat Ghamr. Dated: Wednesday, 3 Tishrei 1627 Seleucid = 3 September 1315 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Avraham II (who receives nine lines of titles). Both appear in court; both appoint an agent (wakīl). The bride undertakes to educate the groom's little son Mūsā for the duration of ten years. Witnesses: the teacher Avner b. Moshe ha-Levi; Elʿazar b. Ḥalfon. (Information from Goitein's index card and attached edition.)

Related People

Authority (including Reshut)
Avraham II Maimonides

Related Places

Location
Minyat Ghamr

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Provenance
Geniza
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British Library; Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
BM Or 5566D, f. 22; BM; BM Or 5566D, fol. 22
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In PGP since 2017
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T-S 12.39 1r

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T-S 12.39 1v

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1v
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British Library, BL OR 5566D.22 + Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S 12.39. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/3150/ (accessed October 14, 2026).