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A text on the rabbinic laws of geniza. (Description from FGP)
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Draft of a legal document in the hand of Shemuʾel b. Nathan, dated Adar II 1456 Seleucid = February/March 1145 CE, under the authority of …
Bill of exchange in the amount of 120 qirsh paid to Kẖawaja Mūsa Abū Hārūn – 25 October 1915CE – Museum of Islamic Art – …
Formularies for marriage documents.
Court record dealing with a loan of one dinar that, according to Ya'ish ha-Kohen b. Avraham, was given by him to Yosef b. Avraham. Yosef …
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Witness clause from the bottom of an iqrār. The witness is Aḥmad b. ʿAbdallāh.
Recto: Legal notes, or less likely a letter, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Hastily written. Mentions Maʿālī, Sulaymān, and …
Notification by the court concerning a legal decision. Dated: first decade of Av [1]549 Seleucid = July 1238 CE. Announcing that the collector of the …
Legal record (#2) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f.1r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Dated in the …
Fragment of a ketubah.
Legal document. Fragment (left side). Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dating: 1160–66 CE, as the reshut clause invokes the Gaʾon Netanʾel ha-Levi (r. 1160–66). Concerning the sale of …
Beginning of a court record dated Shevat 1411/ February 1100. On parchment. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dating: 1140. The partners (Abū al-Barakāt and Abū al-Faraj) split losses evenly but grant the active partner (Abū al-Faraj) thirteen twenty-fourths …
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Draft of a marriage contract (ketubba) under the authority of Avraham Maimonides, who is referred to as "Nagid" (therefore post-1213 CE). There are numerous other …
Legal document concerning a house, apparently in the quarter of Qaṣr al-Rūm, which includes a lengthy description of the location and conditions of the house. …
Ketubba fragment. On parchment. This is the bride's first marriage. Mentions sums of 20 dinars and 40 dinars. Most of what is preserved is the …
Recto: part of a ketubba for [...] bat Yeshuʿa and [...] b. Shelomo. Date not preserved. Mentions Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen b. ʿA[…]. Witnesses are [Ḥal]fon ha-Levi …
One of three draft versions of a document concerning an official (muqaddam) in the community of al-Mahalla during the administration of Mevorakh b. Saadya (active …
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IB VII, 29. Court ledger. Fol. 2v: First page of a document concerning pursuing and finding a debtor "beyond Qūṣ," i.e., in ʿAydhāb. Location: Fustat. …
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End of a legal document. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Monday, 12 Iyyar 5337 AM = 29 April 1577 CE. Signed (and probably written) by Yosef b. …
Small fragment of a legal document, probably, in Arabic script. Involving Abū l-Maʿālī b. Abū Yaʿqūb Ibn Kūshak. Mentions the year 515 AH and regular …
Fragment of a ketubba, mentioning different quantities of dinars and mandīl ‘cloth’. (Information in part from CUDL)
Recto: Legal record. Debt contract. In which David b. Yaʾir (ha-Shofeṭ ha-Nadiv Peʾer ha-Qahal ZL) acknowledges owing 28 1/6 dinars to the beadle of the …
Verso: transfer of the debt detailed on recto. Dated: last third of Ḥeshvan 1441 Seleucid = November 1129 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. …
Official copy of a court record. The first three lines state that Khalaf b. Natan b. Shabbat came to the court and asked to examine …
Petition and/or legal report to the Gaʾon (Maṣliaḥ), in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Dating: 1127–1138 CE, based on the active …
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Court record in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu. Location: Bilbays. Dated: middle decade of Adar 1528 Seleucid = end of February 1217 CE. In …
P21: Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Refers to: Abū Yaʿqūb; Abū Saʿd and his paternal cousin (ibn ʿamm); …
Bifolium from the book of legal formularies of Hayya Gaon.
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves a deceased person named Bū l-Riḍā and someone named Elʿazar. There are …
Marriage document, small fragment.
Deed (draft?) regarding a family legal dispute involving real estate under lien and trustworthiness. The wife of Ishaq is mentioned.
Fragment of a deed of gift, given in Ramla, approximately 1030.
Drafts of legal documents. (I) Verso: Template for a legal document, with several blanks left. Location: Fustat. Dated: Shevaṭ 1394 Seleucid = December 1082/January 1083 …
Legal or state document in Arabic script. Perhaps an IOU or a receipt. Mentions ʿAbdallāh and various numbers. Needs examination.
Legal document, possibly, with two signatures at the bottom. The one on the right belongs to [illegible] Muḥammad b. ʿAmmār. The one on the left …
Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–1138 CE).
Bottom of a legal document, written in careful square letters.
IB VII, 28. Conditional bill of divorce. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: Av 1480 Seleucid, which is 1169 CE. The trader Bū …
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Fragment of a legal document involving a marital dispute. On parchment.
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: possibly 659 AH, which would be 1260/61 CE. Needs examination.
Court notebook in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Fol. 1r: Power of attorney. Dated: Tuesday, 2 Av 1438 Seleucid = 12 …
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 …
Legal document mentioning two manns of cassia (dār ṣīnī) and parties including Mevorakh, Avraham b. Yaʿaqov, and Shaʿyā b. David. Signed by ʿUlla b. Yosef …
Verso: Copy of a will by Yeshua b. Isma’il al-Makhmuri. September 1090. In the handwriting of Shlomo ha-Kohen b. Eliyyahu (which became the Gaon later). …
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Order for 5 raṭls of something. In Arabic script. On recto there is a list of names in Arabic script with Greek/Coptic numerals.
Small fragment of a legal document or documents. Mentions someone titled Peʾer ha-Qehilot, Sitt al-Nasab, Yeshuʿa, and Bū l-Faraj "the husband of her mother." Likely …
Verso: Upper right corner of a legal document concerning real estate. Describes the boundaries of the property, including "the land of Yosef b. Furayj." The …
Fragment from the bottom part of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–1138 CE) under the authority of Masliah Gaon (r. …
Legal document. Location: Cairo. Dated: Elul 1493 Seleucid = August 1182 CE. Regarding the conveyance of 1/6 of a house for 21 dinars. The physician …