Legal document: T-S Ar.39.421

Legal document T-S Ar.39.421

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T-S Ar.39.421
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Arabic

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Deed of lease. In Arabic script. Dated: 539 AH, which is 1144/45 CE. The lessee is the trader (tājir) Dāʾūd b. Ḥasan al-Yahūdī (though his name is written دواد instead of the usual داود). Complete document; needs further examination. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

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Geniza
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, f. 421; TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 421
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In PGP since 2017
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T-S Ar.39.421 1r

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1r

T-S Ar.39.421 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.421. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/8251/ (accessed June 12, 2026).