Legal document: JRL Genizah Ar. 85

Legal document JRL Genizah Ar. 85

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JRL Genizah Ar. 85
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Arabic

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Deed of lease. In Arabic script. Lessor: "Shaykh al-Islām" ʿAbdallāh b. Muḥammad al-ʿIbādī(?). Lessee: Shemuel b. Mūsā al-Yahūdī al-Rūmī. The property is a first floor (al-ṭabaqa al-ūlā) in the glaziers' quarter (rabʿ al-zajjājīn). The period of the lease is 6 years (1113–19 AH), with the rent to be paid at the beginning of each year. The document itself is dated Rabīʿ I 1112 AH, which is 1700 CE. The witness signatures and a stamped seal appear at 90 degrees in the right margin. (Information in part from JRL catalogue.)

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
JRL Gaster ar. 85; John Rylands Library, Manchester, Gaster Collection, Arabic Series 85
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In PGP since 2021
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JRL Genizah Ar. 85 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto

JRL Genizah Ar. 85 1 / 1 leaf, verso

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1 / 1 leaf, verso
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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL Genizah Ar. 85. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32865/ (accessed April 6, 2026).