מסמך משפטי: BL OR 5544.12

תיאור

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 20 Tishrei 5440 AM, which is 1679 CE. Concerning Yaʿaqov Re'uven who had employed Yaʿaqov Maṣliaḥ b. Yiṣḥaq known as Qanpanṭon in the collecting and changing of מאל אלכרובגֿייה (unclear what this is) for the last year (though it later turns out that the period of employment has been three years). Mentions a contract dated Friday 14 Tishrei from the previous year (5439 AM = 1678 CE) that was signed or drawn up (? the word looks like ומדיו) by Yaʿaqov Alpalas the scribe and Avraham b. Moshe ha-Kohen the scribe. The present document seems to be a release, stating that the two parties have fully fulfilled their responsibilities toward one another. Along the way it is mentioned that Yaʿaqov Re'uven has been involved in loaning money to al-Jināb al-ʿĀlī al-Amīr Ṣāliḥ Effendi (line 12). This is a long document; merits further examination. The final line notes that three copies were issued, this one to Yaʿaqov Maṣliaḥ, specifically. For paleographical confirmation of Benyamīn Shaḥata's intricate signature, see BL OR 5561A.4–4a (PGPID 19226) where he refers to himself in the first person as scribe (ll. 6, 9). ASE/MCD.