Legal document: JRL Gaster ar. 419

Legal document JRL Gaster ar. 419

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Deed of lease. In Arabic script. Apparently nearly complete, with only the first few lines missing. Dated: Wednesday, [..] Rajab 1163 AH = June/July 1750 CE. Aṣlān b. Yūsuf al-Yaḥūdī known as al-Dūka(?) rents a 'sitting hall' (al-qāʿa al-muʿallaqa) which is on the road of the seven halls (Darb al-Sabʿ Qāʿāt). The lessor is al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm the son of the late Muḥammad al-Janzūrī, who is the wakīl (agent/representative) of al-Ḥājj Shihāb al-Dimāṭī (or al-Dimyāṭī?). The period of the lease is 3 months. The signatures of the witnesses are written at 90 degrees in the right margin. On verso there is a filing note in Arabic script, summarizing the contents. (Information in part from JRL catalogue.)

JRL Gaster ar. 419 1 / 1 leaf, recto

1 / 1 leaf, recto

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JRL Gaster ar. 419 1 / 1 leaf, verso

1 / 1 leaf, verso
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