Legal document: T-S 13J2.8

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Record detailing the action of a court in Fustat in preparing a claim to an estate in Aleppo, made by a man name Sālimو residing in Fustat. The man’s uncle was from Aleppo and died in Akko; having never been married, his heirs included two brothers and this nephew from a deceased third brother. Three competent witnesses in Fustat attested to the nephew’s claim. From Kislev 1411 Sel., late 1099, signed by Perahya b. Arah, who calls himself here ‘ha-melammed’ (teacher) and Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 3:61, 288-9, 440, 445) EMS On verso, three people are presented as responsible for collecting whatever is due to "this Sālim who is mentioned in the back of this document". .Below, an unrelated testimony in court, undated. Hillel the great cantor and Moshe b. Ephraim dispute the price of two Sicilian head covers. Signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, Shelomo b. Natan ha-Haver, and Yeshu'a b. Yakhin.