Legal document: T-S Ar.4.5

Main Points of the Will

of Wuḥsha, the Broker.

To my brother shall be given one hundred dinars

from the objects given to me as security,

as well as a pair of fiver rings and a Dabīqī Robe.

To my sister—fifty dinars from the objects given as security,

as well as a mourning dress, a half-mantle,  and a head cover.

To the daughter of my paternal uncle—five dinars, a cloak,

a half-mantle, a pair of Sempervivum (Houseleek) rings, a... 

of silver, a woman's cap, the bed on which I lie,

but not the carpets. 

To my sister Ṣibāḥ—ten dinars. 

For the cemetery—twenty five dinars.

For the synagogues in Old Cairo—twenty dinars.

For the synagogues of Dammūh and (New) Cairo five dinars,

(Added in smaller script) for the purchase of oil for study.

To the poor of Old Cairo twenty dinars shall be given.

To Joseph's wife five dinars shall be given.

To each of her two brothers five dinars shall be given.

To an orphan girl in (New) Cairo, a relative of mine, two dinars shall be given.  

All this shall be paid from the debts

against which securities have been given and which are listed in three

documents written in Arabic letters, the securities, as well

as the debts. All the aforementioned

to whom I have willed something shall receive payment from the securities,

as mentioned before. The remaining

securities shall be added to

the cash in gold which I possess, namely three hundred dinars

which are ready with me and sixty seven dinars

deposited with Lady Ikhtiyar,

in addition to all I possess  in cash and kind, in rugs

and carpets. All this shall be kept for my son on conditions

I shall mention, and, if he remains alive and attains maturity, 

shall be handed over to him. If, however, God forbid, death

overtakes him before, one half of all this shall be given to the synagogues

in Old Cairo and to the poor in equal halves.

The other half shall be divided between my heirs in equal shares,

to wit, my brother, my sisters, and the daughters (corrected, it seems, to: daughter) of my paternal uncle.

To his (namely, the boy's,) father, Ḥassūn of Ascalon,

not one penny shall be given, except that two promissory notes

concerning a debt of eighty dinars which he owes me, will be handed over to him

in case my son meets his predestined death, in addition to ten

dinars out of the estate of the boy. But the rest is

for the synagogues and the poor in equal shares,

namely one half, and the other half for my family, as I have explained

before.  

The following shall be expended on my funeral

and on my "shrouds": fifty dinars, to be taken from the cash available.

The following shall be bought for me:

A Dabīqī garment for six d., a cloack for six d.,

a Ṭalī 23 cap for two d., a hood for six d.,

a Dabīqī kerchief for two d., a veil for two d.,

A Tustarī cover for six to seven dinars,

and a coffin. Furthermore, the payment for the pallbearers and all other  expenses for me

until I reach my grave and the tomb

will be built. The remainder of the fifty dinars shall be distributed

to the cantors who will walk behind my coffin, to each

according to his rank and excellence.  

What is owed to me and what I owe to others has been specified  by me in the documents

written in Arabic letters. Action shall be taken accordingly.  

The melammēd Rabbī Moses shall be taken to him and shall teach him

the Bible and the prayer book to the degree it is appropriate that he should know them.

The teacher shall be given a blanket and a sleeping carpet so that he can

stay with him. He shall receive from

the boy's estate every week five dirhams

according to the judgment of the orphans' court and the elders. 

All that is written in the Arabic documents

has been dictated and authorized by me. They were written by the elder

Abū Manṣūr, the son of Ayyūb (Job) and someone else.

Action shall be taken in accordance with it.