Legal document: Yevr. II K 76

Legal document Yevr. II K 76

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Yevr. II K 76

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Marriage contract. Location: Calcutta, India ('on the river Ganga' (=Hooghly)). Dated: Sunday, 12 Adar II 5611 AM, which is 1851 CE. Groom: Yeḥezqel b. ʿEzra Gabbay. Bride: Miryam bt. Moshe b. Yeḥezqel. Currency used: 'Company rupees' (רפייה כומפני), perhaps referring to the official coinage of the East India Company.

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National Library of Russia, Firkovitch (Firk.); Antonin
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In PGP since 2019
National Library of Russia, Firkovitch (Firk.); Antonin, Yevr. II K 76. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/27821/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/27821/