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Power of attorney. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century. Ḥayyim b. Yisra'el Moshe ha-Levi appoints his son Yisra'el ha-Levi as his representative in all of his …
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Damaged court record signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel, Avraham b. [...], and Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38 CE). Concerning Abū l-Faḍl Shela b. ʿAyyāsh, Faraḥ, …
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Fragmentary Karaite marriage contract, the margin of which is adorned with large, hollow letters. (Information Mediterranean Society, III, p. 112)
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Replacement of the original contract of marriage between Abū Manṣūr Elazar and his wife Sitt al-Sāda daughter of Abū Karām Nadīv, by a new one, …
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Bifolio from a court notebook, containing a trousseau list with typical trousseau items and values in Hebrew numerals. The hand is likely known. (Information from …
Verso: Legal document, in Arabic script. Probably a rental contract for 4 years and 15 days. Mentions 7000, the price? Needs examination.
No Scholarship Records
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The name of groom is nor preseved. The Bride is Esther known as Zubayda . dated to 16[...]
Ketubba for Yiṣḥaq b. Moshe ha-Levi known as ʿŪraybī and Sammūḥ bt. Yehuda Ḥaddād. Currency: medin. Dated: 7 October 1805 CE (14 Tishrei 5566 AM), …
Legal document. Transfer of money to the poor of Jerusalem, 1085 CE. Shelomo b. Hayyim, one of the leaders of the Palestinian Jews, had forwarded …
In Thy Name, oh Merciful!
Solomon, the son of His Honorable and Great Sanctity, our Master and Leader, Ḥayīm, “the seventh of the ḥavūrā”,…
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IB I, 6–7. Court proceedings dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader, and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' in Fustat. …
בתרין בשבה דהוא תמניה יומי בירח אייר שנת את''ט לשטרו[ת]
חצר אלי בית דין מ' יקותיאל הנזכר כלף הדה אלורקה וטאלב מ' יו…
On Monday, the eighth day of the month of Iyyar, 1409 E.D.,
Mr. Jekuthiel, who is mentioned on the reverse side of…
Legal document. Location: Malīj. Dated: Monday, 11 Tevet 1800 Seleucid = 15 December 1488 CE. Looks like a deed of sale for a piece of …
Beginning of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Mentioning Alexandria (possibly drawn up there) and the authority of …
Lower fragment: Bottom part of a legal document, in Arabic script. Deed of sale. The seller is Dāʾūd and his son is also involved. Two …
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Location: Fustat. Dating: 1213/14 CE. This commenda records court proceedings regarding a partnership; only one of the partners' names, Saadiah b. …
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Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo (מצרים). Dated: Tuesday, 2 Heshvan 5324 AM = 19 October 1563 CE. Doña Masʿūda (the same Doña Masʿūda as …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 3 Elul 1446 Seleucid, which is 14 August 1135 CE. Husband: Shelomo b. Yiṣḥaq. Wife: Ḥasana bt. Shelomo. …
Fragment of a legal document in Hebrew. On parchment. Dating: possibly 11th century. Involves David ha-Kohen b. [...] (l. 9). Someone makes a statement regarding …
Legal document. Probably a small fragment of a deed of sale, since rights are granted for "destruction and construction." (Information in part from CUDL)
Marriage contract. Location: Cairo. Dated: 29 Shevat 5535 AM = 30 January 1775 CE. Groom: Eliyyahu Goren b. Nissim. Bride: Hermoza bt. Nissim Navaro. Total …
Recto: legal deed in which Sitt al-Thanāʾ bt. […] ha-Kohen 'Sixth in the Academy' gives a house in New Cairo to Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Kohen …
Fragment of a legal document. Possibly the dowry list section of a ketubba.
Part of a legal document, dated the month of Shevaṭ 47[..] AM = 940–1039 CE. Witnessed by Menashshe b. Avraham b. Aharon nin Shuʿayb ha-Levi, …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Probably a partnership agreement. No names or details preserved. (Information in part …
Verso: Formulary for a bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday 13 Ṭevet 1526 Seleucid = 4975 AM, which is 1214 CE. The names …
Fragment of the beginning of a deathbed declaration, issued by a court whose judges were appointed by Moshe b. Mevorakh (1112-ca.1126) and Mevorakh b. Saadya …
Fragment of a legal document, probably a conditional betrothal (qiddushin, l. 6). Probably in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (previously catalogued on PGP as …
Halakhic text, possibly a responsum, mentioning Rabbis Ilʿa and Hiyya, as well as dates. (Information from CUDL)
Brief note in Arabic script. Beginning with the glyph. Likely an order of payment, but it is difficult to read a single word.
Qaraite deed of betrothal for Khalaf b. Maḥfūẓ (groom-to-be) and Amat al-Qādir bt. Efrayim b. Manṣūr b. Furāt (bride-to-be). Location: Probably Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 17 …
בשם אל [עולם] … |
ואנחנו עמ[ך] … |
וארשתיך לי ב|
נתחיל בשעת רצ|
עדן אלהים ובחיי ה|
ככם אלף פעמים ויברך |
זה ספר אר…
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Small fragment from the bottom of a late legal document. The name Gedalya Ṣarfatī appears in the margin.
Marriage contract (ketubba). Upper left corner. Location: Fustat. Bride: Sitt al-Ahl bt. Nāshī ha-Kohen Rosh ha-Qahal.
Qaraite ketubba formulary (FGP)
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Writing exercise of legal documents. The writer copied the same part of a legal document five times. Dated: Monday, 9 Shevaṭ 1639 Seleucid = 21 …
Legal document, probably including a summary of accounts for an organisation in the community, dated Tishri 1359 (?) of the Seleucid Era (= 1048 CE). …
Karaite deed of testimony that a husband has delivered a bill of divorce to his wife. Location: Baghdad (l. 7, פה בגדאד) Dated: 6 Iyyar …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (lower left corner). Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Bride: Ḥasana bt. Shelomo. Groom: Avraham b. Simḥa. …
Fragment of a court record (upper left corner). Dated: Thursday, 4 Ṭevet 1453 Seleucid = 4 December 1141 CE. In which Bishr b. Ibrāhīm sues …
Legal document. Bottom part only, unclear if any of the content is salvageable. Underneath, at 180 degrees, there is a jotting of the beginning of …
An almost complete Muslim court deed from 1456 CE. The deed describes in detail events that took place during 1455-1456, as the heads of the …
Fragment of a document preserving the beginning of an appeal by a plaintiff who feeling himself unjustly treated is exercising his right to interrupt public …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Three fragments from the lower part of the document. Dated: Ṭevet 1435 Seleucid, which is December …
Legal fragment. Dating: mentions Av 1486 of the Seleucid Era = July/August 1175 CE. Describing how after lengthy litigation it was determined that [...] known …
Partnership dissolution arrangements following the death of one of the partners, a certain Shemuʾel Boas(?) (spelled by his sons in the signatures section as בואש/בוואש). …
Fragment of a ketubba, mentioning different quantities of dinars and mandīl ‘cloth’. (Information in part from CUDL)
Bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. The date seems to be preserved but is difficult to read. Needs examination.
Receipt written and signed by Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, documenting that Abū Naṣr al-ʿAṭṭār received from the court 19 triple-weave (muthallath) garments, as set forth …
IB I, 20. Verso: The testimony of ʿArūs b. Yosef about Yosef al-Lebdi's partnership with his brother Shelomo al-Lebdi. Dated: 17 Sivan 1410 Sel. After …
Witness statement regarding the discovery of the corpse of Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf the Jew, leader of the Jews of al-Maḥalla, who paid his …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
لما كان بتاريخ الرابع والعشرين من ربيع الاول سنة …
It has been registered.
Praise be to God, who is sufficient for those who put in him their trust.
In the name of God, the merciful a…
Legal document, small fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE).
Bottom of a legal document. Location: probably Alexandria. Dated: Sivan 4856 AM = May/June 1096 CE. Binyamin receives 1/3 of something and Nissim and Hārūn …