מסמך משפטי: T-S Ar.42.140

תיאור

Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dated: 529 AH = 1134/35 CE. The muqirr is Bū Saʿd b. Hibatallāh al-Isrāʾīlī. Mentions a loan of 3.5 dinars and the region of the Upper Ṣaʿīd (al-Ṣaʿīd al-Aʿlā, southernmost Egypt). Could be a contract for a tax farm, or a partnership agreement in one. Refers to "the customary agricultural activities" (... al-filāḥāt ʿalā jārī al-ʿāda) and a stipulation that "when he fails to produce the aforementioned receipt in the name of the aforementioned tax farmer, he shall become liable for the aforementioned sum from his own money" (ومتا عدم احضار الوصول المذكور باسم الضامن المذكور كان عليه القيام بالمبلغ المذكور من ماله). Two witness statements preserved. ASE