We, the undersigned witnesses, say what we know and testify to, an
irrefutable testimony about what is the custom in Miṣr between
merchants (al-ʿāda bi-Miṣr bayna al-tujjār) regarding shirka: If a group of them enters either
a dār wakāla or a merchants’ warehouse (makhzan tujjār) and they examine the merchandise or evaluate it before one of them
buys it, then they are (indeed) indicating to one another that [they have undertaken a partnership]
in it (the merchandise), and one of them may buy [the merchandise] and sell [it … while registering]
the names of those who indicated to him (that they will form a partnership) with him in the register of the representative of the merchants or the register [of the merchants] (daftar al-wakīl aw al-t[ujjār]?).