Legal document: T-S K22.27

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Legal record (#16) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 2r-v of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew.. Location: Cairo. Dated 5 Av 5453 AM, which is 1693 CE. (Document #16) Property ownership dispute resolution for a disagreement that had unfolded in Rashīd (Rosetta) for at least six years. The parties traveled to Cairo to appear before a local beit dīn, possibly to establish a different resolution than what was reached before a court in Rashīd. The property dispute centers on a house in the port city where Yiṣḥaq Būnjān/Kūnjān(?) had resided for six years without paying rent. The counter-claimant for ownership of the property, Eliyya Agūzī, represents the financial interests of his mother-in-law, the widow Jamīla, who is declared the rightful owner of the property. MCD.