Legal document: BL OR 4684.12

1. In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
2. This is what Marqūrah and Buṭrus, the sons of Rabābīl ibn Mīnā ibn Ǧirǧah Al-Ṭuṭūnī, have bought from Nahīf, Bilāṭis, Bajūsh, and Qīwarhanūd
3. Qraqīl, the children of Mūbah the son of Yinawḥin. They are all [numbered] among the inhabitants of the village known as Ṭuṭūn in the district of Fayyūm in upper Egypt
4. and its administrative districts. They bought from them in one clapping of the hands and in one contract nineteen and a fifth shares out of the twenty-four shares held in common, not separated
5. of the house known as the house of the children of Minārah. These (shares) consist of the two rooms in the western side of this mentioned house and their portion of the ruins south of this house
6. as well as the inhabited parts of it, to its limit and its boundaries, with its entrance and exit, its upper part and lower part, its timber, its doors, its bricks, its stones and all that is in it
7. and what its four boundaries entail. Its first boundary, the southern one, extends to the ruins south of the house. Its second boundary which is the northern one extends to the living room of ʾAshwaṭ
8. Ibn Thaydar and the entrance and exit are from this side. Its third boundary which is the eastern one extends to the room of Ǧirǧah ibn Shanūdah and its fourth boundary which is the western one extends to the ruins that
9. is located between [this property and] the house of the Priest. They bought all of this for (a sum of) money which amounts in gold minted coins of full weight according to the weight of the merchants to four and a half and a third dīnārs.
10. They received the price mentioned in the beginning of this document from Marqūrah and Buṭrus, the children of Rabābīl ibn Mīnā Ǧirǧah al-Ṭuṯūnī. [They received] this price
11. completely and in full. And (the sellers) released them (i.e., the buyers) of its weight and price by means of a receipt (acknowledging that they have) received and taken (it) over fully. (They received the price) for all of their share (which is) both the inhabited part and the ruins of
12. this mentioned house. They (the sellers) delivered it to Marqūrah and Buṭrus, the children of Rabābīl ibn Mīnā Ǧirǧah al-Ṭuṯūnī, all of this and they acquired it and possessed. It passed into their
13. holding as their property and into their possession. (This sale was fulfilled) according to the condition of sale of Islam and its contract. The buyers can act freely with regard to the property the way owners act with regard to their properties. If they wish they may sell. If they wish they may give it away as gift, if they wish they may
14. give it as charity, and if they wish they may reside in it. (This is) a valid sale, that is complete, decisive, effectual and (fully) completed in which there is no condition and no option of return of all of it or on any portion thereof, and no review, and no termination, no dispute and no
15. restriction or reserve, not in the way of pledge nor deposit. And they guaranteed (taking responsibility) regarding any claim made by other people. The sellers and the buyers separated after
16. this document was read to them and each of each of them became aware of what gains and advantages there were in the contract for them. (This was) after (the buyers) took responsibility to indemnify any (future) claim made by a third party against any part of it from their own money whatever it may
17. be and whatever it may amount to. )They did this while) being in sound body and mind, legally capable of conducting their affairs, acting voluntarily, not forced or coerced, and they were pleased with this. The document was written in the first ten days
18. of Dhil Ḥijjah of the year four hundred and forty-seven. God and his angels testified, and God is sufficient as a witness. Praise is due to God alone.

Witness clauses

1. ʿAlyān ibn ʾIbrāhīm testified to all that is contained in this document and wrote in his (own) handwriting on its date.
2. ‘Ilmān ibn ʿAlyān ibn ʾIbrāhīm testified to all that is contained in this document and wrote in his (own) handwriting on its date.
3. ‘Abdullāh ibn ʿUbayd ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Wajīh testified to all that is contained in this document and wrote in his (own) handwriting on its date.
4. ’Afam ibn Yūsuf ibn Wahab testified to the acknowledgement by the acknowledgers of what is in this document and wrote in his (own) handwriting on its date.