Legal document: T-S NS 321.12

Legal document T-S NS 321.12

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T-S NS 321.12
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Judaeo-Arabic

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India Book VII, 19: Court register, fragment. Upper left corner of a legal record. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-138 CE). Dating: 1127-38, based on Ḥalfon's active dates and reference to the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (r. 1127-39). Naḥman ha-Kohen sues his paternal uncle Yosef b. Moshe ha-Kohen (see T-S Misc.28.87 (PGPID 23446)) concerning the estate of Yosef's brother Avraham b. Moshe ha-Kohen, who died in Yemen and had assets in both Yemen and Egypt. (Information mainly from Goitein notes linked below.)

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Authority (including Reshut)
Maṣlīaḥ b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (Gaʾon)
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Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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T-S NS 321.12 1r

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T-S NS 321.12 1v

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 321.12. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/9213/ (accessed August 5, 2026).