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Court case brought before Shemuel ha-Nagid (1142-1159). Dated: Monday, 21 Sivan 1467 Seleucid, which is 1156 CE. Concerning a disagreement over financial matters between Menashshe …
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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 …
Recto: Beginning of a legal deed written by Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver (dated documents: 1128–54). Location: Fustat. Dated: 145[.] Seleucid, corresponding to the range 1138–48 …
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Very faded and fragmentary beginning of a legal document written on parchment under the reshut of Shmuel b. Hananya (Date: 1140-1159). AA
Recto: Letter, unfinished, or blessings addressed to Shemuel ha-Sar ha-Gadol be-Yisraʾel (probably the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya). It is headed by בשמ רח, and breaks …
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Fragment of a partnership document (per FGP), involving R. Shemuel, Abū l-Faraj al-Yatom, Yiṣḥaq ha-Dayyan, Abū l-Bishr. Written by Mevorakh b. Natan, during the reign …
Circular by the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya to all the authorities in the Rif to bring to court in Fusṭāṭ one Avraham b. Manṣūr who …
Legal document. Partnership dissolution. Dated: 1152. Location: Fustat. Under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Hiba al-Abzārī b. Abū Isḥaq al-Tawwazī and Abū …
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Legal document. Apprenticeship agreement. Dated: Ṭevet 1462 Seleucid = December 1150 / January 1151 CE. Location: Fustat. Written in the jurisdiction of Shemuel b. Ḥananya …
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Letter/petition. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century, during the tenure of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The sender asks the addressee to assist him …
Fragment of a settlement with a widow. Dated: Nisan 1456 Seleucid, which is 1145 CE, under the authority of Shemuel b. Ḥananya. In the hand …
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Petition from the wife of Abu'l-Faraj the Silkweaver, to Shemuʾel ha-Nagid b. Ḥananya (in office 1140–59). She is an "unprotected woman" (marʾa munqaṭiʿa) whose father …