Legal document: JRL A 636

Legal document JRL A 636

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JRL A 636
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Top portion of a court record from the court of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205-1237), who held the title Nagid after 1213 CE, specifically (l. 4). Witnessed on Tuesday the 16th of the month of Adar in Fustat. On Avraham Maimonides, see S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2: 39-40 and 5:476-77; on cases brought before his court see Mediterranean Society, 1:88, 255, 366, 491; 2:397; 3:72.

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Fustat

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
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JRL Series A 636;
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JRL A 636 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto
Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman's digital edition.
  1. שהדותא דהוה באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמו שהדותנא לתתא סוף
  2. שטרא [דנו ............]יום אלתלתא אלסאדס עשר מן שהר אדר שני
  3. ............................] שנין לשטרות בפסטאט מצרים דעל
  4. ................................] נגידנו אברהם הרב המובהק
  5. .....................................] נחן אלשהוד אלואצעין
  6. ..........................................] .א ....

JRL A 636 1 / 1 leaf, verso

1 / 1 leaf, verso
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