Legal document: NLI CAHJP ET-Ca. 62

Description

A photocopy of a Muslim court deed in which the Jerusalem judge confirms the veracity of content not specified. The date of the document is 11th of Shaʿbān 970 AH (5.4.1563 CE), which is the same as PGPID 40644. This shelfmark might be the photocopy of the back side of that document. It is further authenticated by the governor of Damascus and several witnesses, as is written on its right margins. This confirmation dates to 2nd of Ramaḍān 970 (25.4.1563 CE). Current location of the original document, or how or from where its photocopy arrived the NLI, are unknown at the moment. The document and its content were mentioned during a conflict over control of Qaraite endowments in Jerusalem during the 1930's, as is discussed in Yosef Algamil's book 'History of the Qaraites' [Hebrew], vol. II, pp. 337-365. The file at the NLI includes, besides the photocopy, a full translation to Hebrew, approved by an Israeli notary (in 1976) and bears a stamp of "the Qaraite community of Israel".