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Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE). Draft of the will of the teacher (al-muʿallima) Sittūna bt. Avraham the …
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Account for funeral expenses of a poor (travelling?) man who had lived in a pious foundation belonging to the community. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
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Bifolio from a court ledger in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. With a copy of the will of Wuhsha the broker, detailing various items …
Main Points of the Will
of Wuḥsha, the Broker.
To my brother shall be given one hundred dinars
from the objects given to me as securit…
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dated: 18 January 1061. Location: Fustat. This document initiates a partnership in the ritual washing of corpses. Sulaymān b. Ḥusayn and …
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Letter from Mevorakh b. Natan to Elazar ha-Kohen expressing sympathy at the death of his father. The writer notes that he had already sent a …
Letter, likely sent to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1216/17 CE (1528 Seleucid). The writer urges the addressee to come …
Letter by a Karaite woman to three different family members. The language is opaque in many places. (1) To her mother, she opens with her …