Legal document: CUL Or.1080 J283

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Deposition made in court, under duress. Dating: ca. 1130s–40s CE. The issue concerns a house worth 300 dinars; 150 were paid. Then it was estimated as being worth 270 dinars; 100 were paid, and someone had to pay another 10. Threats were made by the nephew Munajjā b. Sulaymān/Shelomo. There is a complicated issue of inheritance and heirs who had converted to Islam ("poshʿim"). Goitein notes that the nephew Munajjā b. Shelomo signed T-S 13J3.6 in 1145 CE (but this shelfmark does not appear to be correct). Munajjā b. Shelomo also signed T-S 8J7.6 together with Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card.)