Legal document: T-S NS J259

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1. On Monday, the eighth of the month of Iyyar of the year
2. 1410, according to the count to which we are accustomed, in Fusṭāṭ Egypt,
3. [situated] on [the Nile] River, M(r.) Yaḥyā ha-Levi
4. b. … came to the seat of the court [and su]ed M(r.) Japheth, Glory of the Congregation, b. Abraham, (who) r(ests in) E(den)
5. for six[ty]-f[o]ur [dinars], saying that he had a pledge …
6. and they were a thick (piece) of ambergris (weighing … hundred) and twenty-eight “spools” of gold
7. and a “myrobalan” and thirty-three “apples” of ambergris, and a “myrobalan”
8. of ambergris, and a pair of bracelets, and a black iron chain
9. being worth in total thirty-two dinars, and a silver pail
10. and a silver basket weighing one hundred and fifty dirhams
11. and we asked—we,
12. the court …………. He claims this 65
13. din(ars), and what were (the details of) his joint enterprise (mu‘āmala) with this M(r.) Japheth,
14. for already ….. there we[re] 300 dinars in [it]
15. …[.]….. therein …. for the mint
16. in order that //he// will make use of its total amou[nt] and I will make use of profit
17. ….. therein for me, and I have placed the gold which he bought
18. for me … he has for me, to the mint, and he took its tax
19. and a profit of 4 dinars came to me therein. I took it
20. from him, from the total of 300 din(ars), I took a little bit more than 200 din(ars), and
21. and he handed over pledges for the remainder due me
22. and [.]….. for him, and we asked this Japheth
23. concerning that, and he said, “I already [t]ook from him 300 din(ars) on the condition that
24. I will buy […..]... in … the mint

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1. that which God will see fit therein (to provide) in terms of pro[fi]t will be (split) between us.
2. I bought the gold .. all that […] in [….]
3. I assessed the profit for him therein and paid …[.] … […]
4. whi[ch] was its quantity, and when […]
5. for us therein //reasons// and obstacles which happened in [….may the strength]
6. of God bring him success, bringing about [profit and no]t a
7. great lo[ss] from that [to which] I am now entitled. He came to me, and I was deeply distressed,
8. and he compelled me to write this document for him, and I paid him
9. these pledges which he mentioned. I decided that I would perform a
10. reckoning, and I would deliver to him that which he claims, and I had ten
11. dinars with him […] in the reckoning, but [h]e did not claim it
12. from me and […] dinars
13. [local] coinage […] … and this M(r.) Yaḥyā demonstrated
14. that the 10 din[ars ...this] M(r.) Japheth, and he said, “You only
15. accounted for the …[…] and that of which you
16. chose to take […]
17. the Almoravid dinars …. at the time [I] paid the 300 dinars,
18. I gave them to him, and they were new […]
19. [exchan]ge rate for a third (of an Almoravid dinar) quarters [.] I said to him …
20. 10 in its exchange rate. He said to me, “I do not …except …
21. exchange rate. I said to him, “I have 10 dinars ….
22. Take it from them in local coinage.” He did that.
23. And this M(r.) Yaḥyā sued this M(r.) Japheth. We asked this M(r.)
24. Japheth about the loss … happened to him with these

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1. 300 din(ars), and he said, “After the (coins) were struck and became dinars
2. [……auth]orities, may the strength of God give them success, about the loss of the dinars
3. […]… and he came to us concerning all the dinars which were
4. […] qīrāṭ, he came concerning this […]
5. […] the [...] //since// and that which we heard from them, we wrote
6. and signed in order that it would be a title of right and proof. Isaac b. Samuel ha-S(efardi)
7. Nissim b. Nahray the Rav (may the) m(emory of the) r(ighteous be) f(or a blessing) Hillel b. Elī (may his) m(emory be) f(or a blessing)
8. And on Monday, the twenty-second of Iyyar (of the year) dated
9. above, the Elder Abu al-‘Alā sued M(r.) Japheth,
10. Glory of the Congregation, concerning this aforementioned Mr. [Yaḥyā ha-Lev]i
11. in that he … [...] //with him// much
12. iridescent fabric, and gave him […..] in Alexandria
13. and he had in …[…] I say that if he had
14. therein [...]… that he took it at his discretion
15. and we asked [….] this M(r.) Yaḥyā and he said, “These ma[tters]
16. never took place.” We wrote [and signed] concerning that which happened before us
17. [in order that] it would be a title of right and proof. Proper and enduring.

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1. On the very same day, M(r.) Amram b. Ezra
2. Head of the Congregation, came and sued the aforementioned M(r.) Japheth for ten
3. dinars, saying that he borrowed it […]
4. in that the head of the mint would credit him
5. with [….] . of tax of … his to the house (that is, to the mint) and that his hand
6. departed (that is, he left) the mint before he received the gold, and
7. the 10 dinars remained for him credited to this M(r.) Japheth, and M(r.) Japheth asked
8. concerning that, and he said, “I will claim it from tax
9. … and in //and in silver.// I bought it and .. the head of the mint,
10. and he sold it and …. (he brought) to the mint
11. its taxes, roughly fifty dinars, from which I took from him
12. five and a half dinars //there was another disparity// which remained
13. for me //and deposited// upon it […] and (what) we heard from them, we wrote
14. and signed in order that it would be a title of right and proof
15. In a different (court) session, the aforementioned Elder Abū ‘Alī M(r.) Japheth claimed from
16. this M(r.) Amram that he owed him
17. a disparity of one thousand and 500 din(ars), which was returned to him, and the amount
18. by which did not agree with the statement M(r.) //Amram// declared (was a) qīrāṭ
19. //and he said,// “This already happened (that is, was dealt with) between us—this and other (matters) in the financial transactions (mu‘āmalāt);
20. and no claim remains for him with me.” That which happened before us
21. we wrote and signed in order that there would be a title of right and proof. Hanging between
22. the lines: “Amram” “And he said” Confirmed, and this is its confirmation.