Legal document: Bodl. MS heb. a 3/26 + JRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/14

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Draft of a court record from the court in Fustat. 1042. In the handwriting of Yefet b. David Shekhanya. Regarding the claim by Ya’aqov b. Avraham b. Alan against Yahya b. Moshe al-majani. Two years after Yahya described his disagreement with Ya’aqov, his opponent’s claims come before the court. The complainant is in Fustat and the claimant is in Qayrawan, therefor the court needs to send its conclusion to Hananel b. Hushiel and the Nagid Ya’aqov b. Amram from the court in Qayrawan. The record contains details about the goods and their prices. Yahya’s father ordered these goods before he passed away around June 1039. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #632) VMR