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Legal document mentioning the alley known as al-Azraq; the synagogue; oil; Bishāra; a Kohen; the ruin of a house; and social service officers (farānisa). (Information …
No Scholarship Records
Legal documents, drafts recto and verso, in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). Concerning a gift given to a young woman named …
Right side of a somewhat unusual court record. In Hebrew. Dating: likely 11th century. Maymūn, the husband of Malka bt. ʿUmayr, is suing a certain …
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Legal document(s). Very faded/damaged. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1 Ḥeshvan 1450 Seleucid, which is 1138 CE, under the authority of Maṣlīaḥ …
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Legal document. In Arabic script. Fragment from the right side of huge and beautiful deed. A father gives to his two sons a house (it …
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Legal document. Deathbed will of the wife of a scholar, ca. probably 1151. A personal record of an anonymous writer, apparently a member of the …
On Saturday, the 15th
Siwan, together with "the Diadem" (of the Scholars) R. Nathan b. R. Samuel, the ḥāvēr,
of blessed memory, while the…
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Scattered phrases having to do with marriage documents. Legible names include "Sarah bt. Avraham to the son of R. Yiṣḥaq," and "the daughter of David. …
Small fragment from the end of a legal document signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya.
Legal document, in Arabic script, late. The document was folded and then cut in a hexagonal shape. The content of the document isn't immediately clear …
Legal fragment. Dating: ca. 13th or 14th century based on handwriting. Mentioning [Reuven?] al-Kohen, [...] b. Yosef, and maybe Abū l-Bahāʾ. (Information in part from …
Informal notes on the settlement of a legal dispute (or several), involving [...] ha-Ḥazzan b. Avraham, Abū l-Khayr Ṣedaqa, Yūsuf b. Barakāt, Shelomo b. Yiṣḥaq, …
Bill of divorce (get). Location: Cairo. Dated: Nisan 1[.]83 Seleucid. Husband: [Mu]sāfir b. Avraham.
Investment partnership (ʿisqa) from Cairo, dated 1 Adar 5562 AM (= 1802 CE), in which Efrayim b. Shabbetay ʿAda receives 150 reales from Qamr the …
Lease document, in Arabic script, for a house in Alexandria. The leasee may be Yuḥanna (needs further examination). On fols. 1v–2r and margins, there is …
One line from an incomplete court record written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–1138 CE)
Many minute fragments, one seems to be by the hand of Shelomo b. Yosef. Some are in Arabic script.
Legal or official document (ṣaḥḥā bi-ism...). Perhaps involving the inheritance or heirs (ورثة؟) of Abū Isḥāq. Dated: 617 AH, which is 1220/21 CE. Needs further …
Sale of a wife's outfit (probably after her death without child, or only bearing a son; the husband sold but had to answer claims; e.g., …
Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dated: 2 Shawwāl 454 AH, which is 9 October 1062 CE. In which a Muslim acknowledges that he …
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Legal fragment (lower right corner). Location: Fustat. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Involves a man named Namir known as al-Ḥakham(?) …
Verso: Deed of sale in which Sitt al-Ikhwa bt. Futūḥ known as Ibn Zabqala sells to her brother 1/8 of a house belonging to her …
the second ten days of the month of Sivan 1552 (21-31 M…
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Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic with some Arabic script. Abū l-Majd is to give 11 dirhams to …
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Legal record (#115) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 37v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 1 Tammuz 5326 …
Legal document. Dated: 13[..] Seleucid, which is 988–1088 CE. Statement that the claims about the immoral behavior of Ḥisāna bt. Asmāʾ, the wife of Hilāl …
Prenuptial contract containing a stipulation allowing the bride to opt out of a patrilocal household even without proof that she had been mistreated: “Whenever she …
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end of a legal document signed by: [...] Mevorakh, Hillel b. Zadoq, Hiyya b. Ishaq, Frihuna b. Yeshu'a Probably from 1150–1160.
Legal document in Arabic script. Calligraphically written. Five lines preserved. Dating: probably late Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Mentions an amīr(?) Yūsuf, summoning somebody (to …
Karaite betrothal deed from the 1 Sivan 5347 AM. The groom Yisrael Hakohen b. Shemuel. The bride Esther d. Shemuel Ibn Yahya. The groom is …
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Receipt from the association of the Ashkenazi Jews in Cairo in the amount of one hunded qirsh – December 3 1950CE – Museum of Islamic …
Receipt for the price of printing the book of Rabbi Yosef ʿAnībī – 1916CE – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 50) …
A Karaite ketubba draft or formulary dated Wednesday, 8th Kislev 5448 AM and 1999 Era of documents (1687 CE), from Cairo. The groom is Aharon …
Receipt of a deposit to Kẖawaja Mūsa Anū Hārūn in the amount of 11,751 pounds – 15 October 1915CE – Museum of Islamic Art – …
Bottom part of a legal deed, signed by Yehuda b. Efrayim, containing fragment from the approval- qiyyum
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–1138).
Legal document. The hand of the scribe is probably known (Hillel b. ʿEli?). Fragment (long vertical strip). Involves: [Hiba]tallāh b. Mūsā; a power of attorney; …
Fragmentary court record concerning marital payments. In Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there is a literary text in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps a tafsīr; cites Exodus 2:25 (line 4).
Recto: Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, with the title "Nagid" (thus post-1213 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning the ransoming of female Jewish captives enslaved by …
Top part of a court record. Includes the relatively uncommon term for witnesses מקבלי עדות. Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. Elʿazar summons Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. …
Religious rulings – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 198) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Shemarya the Cretan (אלאקריטשי) and someone making a will. May be …
Deed of sale. In Arabic script. Unsigned, possibly a draft. The buyer is Ibrāhīm b. [...] b. Ibrāhīm al-Maghribī known as Ibn [...]. Nahray (b. …
Legal record (#15) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 2r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew with some terms in …
:Right side of bifolio 2r (Documents 14-15)
Legal document, possibly in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya, concerning a matter between Yosef the doctor and a certain Ḥaver Efrayim. Refers to the …
Formularies for legal documents. Late.
Betrothal document, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Sunday, 20 Sivan 5448 AM, which is 1688 CE. Groom: Yeshuʿa b. Avraham ha-Ḥakham ha-Rofe b. Aharon ha-Rofe ha-Ḥakham. …
Beginning of the ketubah of Avraham b. Yosef and Husn. Some of the dowry list is preserved. AA
Bifolio from a court ledger in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (compare Yevr.-Arab. I 1700). Dated: Tishrei-Ḥeshvan 1472 Seleucid = 1160 CE. Fol. 1r: …
IB I, 44. Court record. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 21 Adar II 1377 Seleucid, which is 21 March 1066 CE. Maymūn b. Yaʿaqov declares that …
שהדותא דהות באנפנא בתלתה בשבה דהוא עשרין וחד יומי בירח אדר שני דשנת אלפא
ותלת מאה ושבעין ושבע שנין למנינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל ני…
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Legal records. Dating: ca. 1100? (I) Trousseau list. Bride: Malīḥa bt. Moshe. Groom: Ṣedaqa b. Sason ha-Kohen. Payments: 20 + 5. Total: 95. (II) Another …