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Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 624 H. Involves Abū l-Faraj b. Fāḍil(?) b. Khalaf al-Tājir and Bū l-ʿIzz b. Bū ʿAlī b. …
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Legal record (#9) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 5r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 9 Kislev 5321 …
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Fragment of a legal document from Alexandria (נא אמו]ן דעל כיף ימא רבא מותבה)). In the list of validated corrections, mentions an iron bucket (צטל …
IB III, 54. Legal record (#64). Trousseau list (taqwīm). Groom: Peraḥya b. Yosef Yiju. Bride: Sitt al-Dār ('Mistress of the House'), the daughter of Peraḥya's …
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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Small fragment (upper left corner). The parties are Abū l-Faraj b. [...] al-ʿAṭṭār …
Fragment of deed of sale in Hebrew in which Esther bat Yosef b. Shalom, her husband Yosef, David b. Sahlan and Dosa sell to each …
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Verso: Legal document, possibly. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably Ottoman-era, based on the hand. Mentions various people including Yehuda b. Yaqar. Needs examination.
Deed in which Abū Saʿd Efrayim b. ʿEli the Jew acquires the lease of a plot of land in Fusṭāṭ from Abū l-Futūḥ Ghālib b. …
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate, his blessings and peace be upon our lord Muḥammad, his prophet and his family.
Thi…
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Legal document. Location: somewhere in Egypt, probably Fustat. Dated: Kislev 1286 Seleucid = November/December 974 CE. The merchant Maṣliaḥ b. Yiṣḥaq b. David acquits another …
Betrothal deed written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Fragment (upper left corner). The bride's name is Sitt al-Sāda bt. A[...].
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Document written in Zawīlat al-Mahdiyya with a validation written by the court of Fustat, as denoted in Hebrew אשרנוהו (in the validation of the court). …
[ כ]תאב סלמאן בן [שביב ]
ידכר פיה אן קאל לה זכרי הדא אן אלעוד אלדי כאן פי אלעלאוה [ ]פ…
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Legal document. Testifies that a certain woman "has never received a bill of divorce." Mentions Munajjā b. Masʿūd and Abū Saʿīd the khādim, both of …
Legal document concerning a marriage contract, bridal gifts and rights to a property, mentioning the name Abū Saʿd. (Information from CUDL.) A general prenuptial agreement. …
Legal document, bottom fragment. Witness clause is preserved. Needs examination.
Legal document. Dated: 1424 Seleucid = 1112/13 CE. Sason b. Yefet and his wife Hilāla bt. Hiba each claimed ownership rights over a small house. …
Leaf from a court ledger. On recto, written at 90 degrees to the other text blocks: Draft of the deathbed will of Abū l-Ḥasan. Dating: …
Ketubba fragment. No names or dates. Ca. 1200 CE.See Goitein's index card for further information.
Marriage contract (ketubba). Dated: 13 Tishrei 1608 Seleucid, which is 11 September 1296 CE. Groom: Elʿazar b. Shelomo. Bride: [...] bt. Yosef. Lists the trousseau …
Legal document. The elders of the community orchestrate a settlement concerning the companies of grave diggers (aḥzāb al-ḥaffārīn). One is led by Wusayd b. ʿUqayb …
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. It appears that Meshullam takes over the responsibility for the six years of alimony payments (farḍ) to a certain female relative …
[...] Mr. Meshulam [told us]: “This
[woman] is my relative and I must [...] her. Whatever the court charges her,
I will pay it for her.…
Recto: Qaraite legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: Monday, 25 Av 5335 AM, which is 1575 CE. The context is a communal struggle over who would …
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Legal record (#4) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f.1v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Dated 12 Shevat …
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A long agreement of financial claims.
Small and damaged fragment. On recto few lines from a legal deed. On verso an identified list.
Left lower fragment of a settlement concerning books, including al-Ḥāwī fī l-Ṭibb and books of poetry. Involves parties including Abū Saʿīd; Abū Naṣr b. Yosef …
Fragmentary record of sale; the script suggests that this was written in the Ottoman period, probably between the 17th-18th centuries. The document deals with a …
Small fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Written and signed by Shelomo b. [...] ha-Levi. Also signed by [...] b. Moshe and Tiqva …
Large legal document (drafts?) at least partially in the hand of Meʾir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq. Dated: Thursday, 1 Tammuz 4940 AM = 26 June …
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Legal document(s). In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli, yet bearing the PGP tag of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe(?). Recto: Mentions Shemuel and the of wife …
Order in Arabic script. Abū l-Ḥasan is to pay or hand over two dinars, 1 qirat, and 2 ḥabbas of "ḥawāʾij."
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Involves a certain Yefet; reference to a purchase; gaining merit by keeping a shop open; …
Deed of lease for an apartment (ṭabaqa). In Arabic script. Dated: 25 Ṣafar 919 AH = 2 May 1513 CE. Lessee: Manṣūr b. Najīb (b.) …
End of a ketubba in a large hand. Signed by Nathan [ha-Levi] b. Yeshuʿa (mid-11th century). (Information from CUDL)
Legal document. In Arabic script. Almost complete (missing a small piece from the right side). Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 407 AH, which is May 1017 CE. …
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. God bless Muḥammad, the prophet, and his family and save them.
[Al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn…
Draft of a contract for a 2-year partnership in a drug store (dukkān al-ʿiṭr). Faded. Names: [...] ha-Kohen; Abū Yaʿaqov ha-Ḥazzan; [...] b. Abū Munā(?). …
Legal fragment of some kind. Perhaps from a court notebook. There are signatures at the top, two lines in Aramaic, then a section with several …
Four dowry lists. (1) Taqwīm (dowry list) for the marriage between Hiba b. Faḍā'il al-Ḥazzān and Riḍā bt. Tamīm al-Parnas. The dowry total is 66 …
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dating: ca. 1090 CE. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). One ʿUlla and one Yaḥyā release one …
אן יסלם אליי מ[.. גמיע ]מא ענדה [...................................]
ביננא אלמעאמלה ודאך אננא נשתרך גמ[יענא........................מאיה]
Fragment from a Karaite betrothal formulary, for use in Jerusalem. (Information from CUDL)
Power of attorney written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: First decade of Elul 1447 of the Seleucid Era (= July/August 1136 CE). Also …
Legal document. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe; also signed by the teacher Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥayyim Nafūsī. Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 4 Kislev 1437 …
Documents: Bill of Declaration- iqrar - needs examination.
(c) Trousseau list. Dated: Sivan 1185 CE. Bride: Nasab bt. Abū l-Khayr al-Zayyāt. Groom: Munajjā Abū Saʿd al-Labbān. 10 + 25. Total value: 90 dinars. …
Tiny and damaged fragment from a ketubah containing an immersion stipulation, so can be dated from 1176 onward. AA
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The name of groom is nor preseved. The Bride is Esther known as Zubayda . dated to 16[...]
Court notebook with four distinct records. (I) Set of quittances each beginning "ubriʾa min X," all relating to to a quantity of coral which the …
Recto: Partnership agreement dated Purim 5365 (Adar 14) = 1605 CE, Cairo, between Shemuel Mosseri of Damascus and [...] (name lost to damage). The partnership …
Avraham b. Rason buys from Yeshua Abu al-Fadl b. Eliyyahu 9/24 of a sugar factory for 150 dinars. Date: First third of Shevat 1555 Sel. …
Court record of divorce. In Hebrew. Dated: Friday, 4 Tammuz 5279 AM = 3 June 1519 CE. Husband: Elʿazar b. Aharon ha-Kohen. Wife: Esther bt. …
Marriage contract (ketubba) from Damascus, late tenth century. The dowry list includes a short garment of linen decorated with silver and golden threads, two shirts, …