Legal document: BL OR 5561A.1

Description

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat, but includes a copy of another deed from the court in Granada, which in turn includes copies of more documents. Dating: mid-11th century, based on the mentions of Yūshaʿ b. Natan and Faraj/Furayj b. Shuʿayb (information from Moshe Yagur). The record reflects that Natan b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi appeared in court with a deed of attorney written in Granada, which is then citen "word by word". The cited deed from Granada documents how Shemuel b. Avraham b. Meir known as Ibn Qālūs from Lucena (אליסאנה) appeared in court (in Granada) and notified that his father, Avraham, had died in Egypt, and left there merchndise, and a detailed will, and also appointed Yehoshuaʿ b. Natan (known as Abū l-Surūr Yamanī al-Andalusī) as trustee in charge of the property. A considerable sum of 150 dinars was already collected, but there is more, including four bags (אעדאל) which are registered under the name of Furayj b. Shuʿayb, a local Egyptian, since 'the ruler who governs Egypt' seems to habitually take property that belonged to 'deceased aliens'. The court deed then proceeds to mention a note (פטקא) which details this property, and this note is then quoted verbatim in the original Judeo-Arabic. The document then breaks off. (Information from Goitein’s index card and Gil, History of Palestine.)