Legal document: Yevr.-Arab. I 1700.11

Legal document Yevr.-Arab. I 1700.11

Metadata

Shelfmark
Yevr.-Arab. I 1700.11
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Legal record (#19). Engagement contract. Dated: Monday, 29 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Goitein notes that both fiance and fiancee must be very poor; neither has a living father and the fiancee's mother must be deceased as well. Salāma b. Ibrāhīm engages (khaṭaba) Sitt al-Kull bt. Hiba al-ʿAṭṭār. Early marriage payment: 2 dinars. Delayed marriage payment: 15 dinars. The fiance deposits with the fiancee's maternal aunt Sitt al-Nās bt. ʿAbdallāh a silver seal/ring until the time of the milāk (which can mean either engagement/shiddukhin or betrothal/erusin/qiddushin). (Information in part from Goitein's notes.)

Additional metadata

Collection
National Library of Russia, Firkovitch (Firk.); Antonin
Historical shelfmarks
Firk. II NS 1700.10; Firk. II NS 1700.11
Input date
In PGP since 2020
National Library of Russia, Firkovitch (Firk.); Antonin, Yevr.-Arab. I 1700.11. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/31834/, accessed December 22, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/31834/