Legal document: AIU VII.D.90

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Legal document draft or court register entry draft. Dated to the first third of Heshvan 5591 (1730 CE). Location: Cairo (noted in l. 8). The fragment deals with a debt acknowledgment (שטר חוב) that was recorded in Dimyat "קפוטקייא" (Kapotakia), and brought before a beit din in Cairo. The next line mentions Avraham Menashshe, a resident of Damietta and a transaction of 30 Seville-minted reales involving Ṣahūr(?) the widow of Yiṣḥaq Skandarī. In the body of the draft document, just before the middle section is crossed out, the names Shabbetay ha-Kohen and Mordekhay Suriano appear (l.7). The witness Shemuel Rolo appears at the bottom of the document and he bears the title "שליח" (probably a שליח בית דין). The other pages on the recto and verso are filled with neatly organized accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, arranged according to the Coptic and Islamic fiscal calendar with names of Muslims such as Muhammed ʿAbd al-ʿĀtī (l. 5-6r, 28-29r) Muṣṭafa al-Qabbānī (l.13-14v). The accounts seem to be dated 26[?] Safar 1143 Hijri on the recto (where the Persianate rendering of the number 4 or ۴ is in use) which is 1711 CE. MCD.