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Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Fragment (first three lines only). The muqirr is Abū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Bū Saʿd b. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, a Jewish …
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Top of a legal deed. In which Abū l-Fakhr [Saʿadya] b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī acknowledges receipt of a sum from a certain Abū l-Ḥasan.
Legal record (#14) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 6r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Undated, but likely c. …
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Legal document giving the testimony of Shelomo (aqūl anā shelomo....), and mentioning Elʿazar and Yeshuʿa and release formulae. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document containing an acknowledgment by a creditor, Khalaf b. Aharon, of the full payment of the debt.
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Document in Arabic script. It seems imposing alimony of 1/2 dirham per day on ʿEzra b. Menaḥem, the ex-husband of Jawhara bt. Yusr, who has …
Small fragment from the bottom of a legal document signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya. Dated: Elul 143[.] Seleucid = 1119–28 CE. (Information in part from …
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). Mainly in Arabic script with some Hebrew script. Al-Ḥazzan al-Makīn (=Abū l-Majd?) is to …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). The names of husband and/or wife may be preserved in the first two lines, which are difficult to read. Location and …
Incomplete Karaite betrothal deed. Dated Monday 15 Iyyar 5414 AM (1654 CE). Location: Cairo. Bride: Hana bt. Shelomo b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Rofe. Groom: Avraham b. Moshe …
Recto: Fragmentary legal document. (Information from CUDL. Join: CUDL.) Verso: Interesting letter or literary narrative in Hebrew. Contains phrases such as: "... to judge the …
Small fragment. On recto probably a ketubah. On verso from liturgical text with Judeo Arabic instructions. AA
Small and torn fragment written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138), contains remnants of list of legal actions that took place in court (written …
Court record. Dated: Monday, 14 Adar I 1464 Seleucid = 10 February 1153 CE. The cantor Yosef b. Mikhaʾel sells a little house in Fustat, …
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Trousseau list. Written in huge letters. No numbers for the individual items, except in last line (perhaps 43 dinars). (Information from Goitein's index card.)
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Legal declaration in Arabic script, with a few Hebrew words (also in Arabic script) mixed in. "I have witnesses to the effect that Abū ʿAlī …
Verso: Deed of lease for Mūsā b. Abū Sahl b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿImrān the Jew. Mentions two shops in Fustat, in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. This Mūsā …
Legal document, mentioning Sitt al-Hanāʾ(?) bt. Yaʿaqov. Extremely faded. (Information in part from CUDL)
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Fragment (upper right corner). Documenting the oath sworn by Abū [...] concerning …
Bottom of a Muslim marriage contract. On parchment. Some of the surviving phrases refer to the bride's brother Yūsuf, as her representative, giving her in …
Will in which a dyer setting out for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem makes provisions for his wife and children in the event that something should …
Document in Arabic script headed 'tadhkira' ('memorandum'). There is a line of honorifics for somebody.
Will of a wealthy man in favor of his wife, concerning twenty-seven assets and liabilities. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1[5]31 Seleucid = 1219/20 CE, under the …
Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Wednesday, 28 Iyyar 5374 AM = 7 May 1614 CE. Involving a debt; the parties include [...] b. …
Deed about paying a debt in installments, probably by a husband (Meshullam, known as Abu al-Makarim) to his wife (Sitt al-Baha bt. Yehuda). The document …
Betrothal deed from 1185. According to Goitein, the bride and groom are also cousins. They are both extremely young, but still in the age of …
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Recto: legal document in which Abraham Shami (שאמי) b. [...] Shelomo Abū l-Khayr b. Saʿadya affirms that the widow of Judah Abū l-Khayr owes money …
Leaf from a notebook or register of some sort. The two pages are each headed "faṣl," like other documents from the dossier of the Mosul …
Part of a ketubba, written under the authority of Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen (1127-1139 CE), in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Manassah (1100-1138 CE). (Information from CUDL)
Ketubba. Fragment (first few lines only). Dated: 27 Shevat 1282 Seleucid, which is January 971 CE. (Information from Moshe Yagur.)
Minute fragment from a ketubba written by Yosef b. Shemuel ha-levi (ca. 1180–1210). There are other fragments of the same size and shape that might …
Legal deed drawn up in Damascus, 27 September 1084 CE (25 Tishrei 1396 Seleucid). Both qiyyum and shimmush written by Shemuel ha-Nasi 'the third' b. …
Damaged and torn, only a few words remain, but seems to be from a ketubbah. AA
Marriage-related document. Parts of two lines are preserved. The bride named Sitt al-Fakhr and her mother, Natir, is giving her a gift.
Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary, so difficult to figure out the details. Sets out provisions for the care of a minor boy until he comes …
Fragment of a deed of sale of a property, here describing the property.
P4: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Deathbed will of Yefet b. Yaʿaqov. He wills that his share in …
Fragment of a ketubah.
Bill of release. Dating: signed on Wednesday, 29 Kislev 1377 Seleucid = 30 November 1065 CE. In which Natan b. Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen gives a bill …
Fragment of a legal document (or documents) in Arabic script.
Probably part of a legal document, though also resembles a chancery document. Very little is preserved: . . . اقف لل . . . الجبلي …
IB I, 39. Legal document. Last will of Abū al-Barakāt b. Abū al-Riḍā Yosef al-Lebdi. This deathbed declaration was made in the presence of his …
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Fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Dating: 1127–38 CE, due to the fact that we find part …
Trousseau list relating to a ketubba. (Information from CUDL)
Bill of release. Dated: 15 Kislev 1525 Seleucid = 29 November 1213 CE, under the authority of Avraham Maimonides (with the title "Nagid"). Abū ʿImrān …
Legal document issued under the Nagid Shemuel in which Sitt al-Baha, after having received ten dirhams and her promised monthly payment of five dirhams, releases …
Damaged legal document written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Someone is granted the right to extract payment from a debtor "by any …
Ketubba. Dated: Friday, 19 Adar 2203 Seleucid = 18 March 1892 CE. Location: Al-Maḥābisha in northwest Yemen, also known as Quzayyiz, near the lake or …
Upper left corner of a bill of release given by Abū Saʿd Mevorakh to his maternal aunt Gharb; also mentions his mother. Concerning the rent …
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions Abū Saʿd. Dating: Mentions the date Adar 14[.]4 Seleucid, so either 1103, …