Legal document: T-S 13J1.21

Description

Rental contract. Location; Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 2 Av 1461 Seleucid, which is 27 July 1150 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The property is a ground floor (qāʿa) and mezzanine (mustaraqa) belonging to a famous house located in the Zuwayla quarter in New Cairo, the street of the Slavs (Darb al-Saqāliba), across from the oven. Lessor: Sitt al-Ahl bt. Ibrāhīm known as Ibnat bint al-Wuḥsha (i.e., the granddaughter of the famous Wuḥsha), the wife of Abū l-Maʿrūf Ṣedaqa b. Ḥasan. Lessee: Abū Naṣr b. Sulaymān al-ʿAṭṭār (the druggist). The period of the lease is 8 years, and Abū Naṣr will pay 40 dinars total, coming out to 5 dinars a year or 10 qirats a month. The renovations made by Abū Naṣr are worth those 40 dinars. Signed by: Berakhot b. Yefet and Mevorakh b. Natan (dates: 1150–81). (Information from Goitein's index card and CUDL.)