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Legal document mentioning the Nagid Yehuda b. Saʿadya. There are phrases about a man's legal competence (as in deathbed wills); quotes him as saying "my …
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Acknowledgment of a debt of 10 dinars contracted by Ḥammūd b. Hāshim, the miller, with Ibrāhīm b. Ḥajīj, the Jewish middleman. The document states that …
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God alone. He is sufficient. Peace be upon his' servants, whom he has chosen.
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Recto: legal query concerning robbery, in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Looks like the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya. Verso: part of an official document in Arabic: …
Small and much damaged fragment from a legal document written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38) under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). There are …
Legal document connected with the tax-farmer of Atfīḥ. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar 1450 Seleucid, which is approximately February …
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Marriage contract. Small fragment. The bride is named Nujūm.
Court record. In Hebrew. Location: Crete (Candia). Dated: Monday, 1 Tevet 5275 AM = 19 December 1514 CE. Certifying that the bearer of this document, …
Verso: Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dating: Late 13th century CE according to Lieberman, but in fact probably closer to 1230 CE (the date of recto). …
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Legal document. Tiny fragment. In the hand of the court scribe Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi (active c.1181–1209).
Confirmation of money transfer from Yosef b. Musa Tāhartī to Yehoshuaʿ b. Natan. Dated: Monday, 12 Ṭevet 1358 Seleucid = 15 December 1046 CE. Berekhya …
[זכרו]ן עדות שהיתה לפנינו אנו העדים החותמים עדותינו מטה בשטר הזה איך מרב יוסף ב[ר מ]שה בר בר[הון]
[תאהר]תי אתא קדמנא וכן אמר [ד]עו רבותי כי…
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Marriage document. A few lines from the bottom. The groom is named ʿEli. Witnessed by [...] b. Avraham and Yehuda b. Shelomo ha-Sofer.
Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 50
Legal document, Sunday 3 Adar II 4845 A.M. (1085), Alexandria. Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sighmar appoints Eli ha-Kohen b. Hayyim (=b. Yahya) as his agent …
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Bottom of a legal document. Needs examination.
End of a legal deed; only the date and signatures are preserved. Nine signatures, Nisan 1041. (Information from Goitein's index cards) EMS
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Small fragment from the top of a marriage contract (ketubba). Dated: 12 Nisan 1453 Seleucid = 9 April 1142 CE. Groom: Tiqva ha-Levi. Bride: [...]ār. …
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Unsigned. Dated: Middle third of Iyyar (year not preserved). Location: Fustat. Replacement document for a partnership agreement between Abū l-Ḥasan Menashshe …
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Declaration in front of witnesses in which Ḥalfon b. Moshe states that he sold some property and acquitted the sellers from the sales price.
Recto: Ketubba in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Groom: Ṣedaqa b. Berakhot. Signed by Natan ha-Kohen b. Av[raham] and Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. [Menashshe]. …
Legal testimony, fragment. In Hebrew, with some unusual formulae. Muʿammar and Aharon the sons of Bāqī(?) came to the court complaining about a matter of …
Verso (original use): Deed of lease. In Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner). The basmala and the beginnings of five lines are preserved. The lessee …
Legal document. Bill of divorce, Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 15 Kislev 1461 (17 November 1149). This bill of divorce is one of forty under the T-S 10J2 …
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Deed of sale of a house, possibly a draft. Fragment (upper left corner). Hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? (See Goitein's index card for further information.)
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Verso (original use): Legal fragment (upper left corner). In Arabic script. Involves Abū Naṣr b. Maḥfūẓ al-Isrāʾīlī, potentially identical with Abū Naṣr b. Efrayim from …
Upper part of a legal document. Abū l-Bishr b. Abū l-Riḍā grants a release to ד..יה bt. Mufarrij the wife of Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn Qaṭṭūs …
Legal document in Arabic script. Very damaged. Mentions ʿAskar b. ʿAlī b. Faraj al-Maghribī in the first line. There are additional notes in the upper …
Legal document. Court record (draft). This document concerns the settlement of an account between Abū al-Mufaḍḍal Netanel b. Yefet and Abū al-Ḥasan Ṭoviyya b. Avraham …
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Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). Abū l-Faraj Natan b. Shelomo the beadle is marrying the daughter of …
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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Two fragments from the right side. Concerning a release granted by a creditor to Abū …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Small fragment.
Recto: document, mentioning names such as Yosef, Abū ʿAlī and Shemuel. Verso: Arabic document with Judaeo-Arabic jottings. (Information from CUDL.)
Parts of documents - needs examination.
Legal document. In Arabic script. Dated: 18 Shawwāl 549 AH, which is 1154/55 CE (the reading of the decade digit is not certain, but the …
Betrothal contract. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The early marriage payment: 40 dinars. The names are missing. The man apparently …
Recto: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tevet 1444 Seleucid = December 1132 / January 1133 CE, under the …
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 514 AH = February/March 1121 CE. Mentions Fustat, ḥikr (ground rent), and repeated references to renting (ijāra, …
Small piece of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE).. (Information from CUDL)
A qiyyum (approval of a legal deed) signed by [Moshe Sofer] b. Yiṣḥaq Ḥaver and Eli Ḥaver b. Amram and others.
Legal document? Probably from a book of legal formulas. Very damaged. Hebrew, Aramaic. AA
Legal document recording that Sitt al-Husn, daughter of Saadya, sought a gold tiara ('isaba) that she had pawned to the recently-deceased physician Abu al-Murajja b. …
Probably legal document. Tiny fragment. Mentions Yaḥyā ha-[...] and perhaps [ha]-Sar ha-A[dir]. (Information in part from CUDL)
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 …
Legal documents (one each on recto and verso). Recto: Involves a certain Seʿadya and Sitt al-Tujjār bt. Peraḥya b. Zuwayn. It might be the sale …
Deed of sale of a house in Gozlow
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. …
Short commentary on monetary issues. On verso there is a formula for a deed of loan and a short discussion on treatment of the poor …
Legal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. Headed זכרון עדות. Dated: 1540 Seleucid, which is 1228/29 CE. Despite the heading, it might be a legal query, e.g., if …
Legal testimony. Signed and scribed by Yaʿaqov Griyani. Also witnessed by Yiṣḥaq b. Binyamin b. Shoshin. Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday 3 Tishrei 5370 AM, which …
Legal document mentioning the seat of the Bet Din. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Fragmentary but some of the …
Mostly destroyed fragment of power of attorney given to Yaʿaqov ha-Sar b. Moshe to represent the daughters of the late Avraham b. Shelomo in connection …