Letter: T-S NS 224.14 + T-S NS 224.13 + T-S NS 184.51

Description

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Drawn up under the authority of the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh (ca. 1112–26 CE). It is a testimony that was delivered before the two permanent judges in Fustat who were appointed by the late Nagid Mevorakh b. Seʿadya and by his son Moshe (for similar examples, see Cohen, Jewish Self-Government, p. 275 note 13). Concerning financial settlements after the death of Abū l-Faḍl ʿAmram b. Raḥamim. Mentions the blessed congregation of Fustat; a woman who paid a large sum out of her own money; the mother of Abū l-Faḍl who is a widow; al-Rayyis al-Jalīl Yiṣḥaq b. Simha al-Nīsābūrī; Netanʾel ha-Sar; 20 dinars, ʿimāra (repairs), and a piece of ʿanbar (ambergris). (Information in part from Goitein index cards and typed text). Join: Oded Zinger.