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Join: T-S 13J8.12 + T-S 8J4.7
T-S 13J8.12
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Legal document. Power of attorney. Location: Fustat. Dated: February 1084. Power of attorney from Moshe b. Avraham to ʿAmram b. Yosef ha-Ḥasid, to act on his behalf in litigation with Maḥbūb. Moses b. Abraham appoints Amram b. Joseph his unlimited agent to collect debts from Maḥbūb b. Ḥibān in al-Maḥdiya, some of which consist of partnership assets (including semiprecious stones, glass beads, gold, and similar commodities) as a ṣuḥba, in this case meaning a deposit with, with Ḥassūn ha-Levi b. Solomon. The partnership relationship was fairly complex, Moses depositing funds with Ḥassūn who passed them on to Maḥbūb. Maḥbūb may have been a regular partner with Moses or alternatively, an agent serving many traders and remitting funds from active partners who stopped in Tunisia to their investors in Fusṭāṭ and elsewhere. When the funds failed to reach Fusṭāṭ, Moses sent Amram to collect them. The clauses denoting proper state of mind are common to release documents and powers of attorney. (Information from Lieberman, "A Partnership Culture", 167)
Ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/5D.2.3%20-%2013J%20%281-10%29%20pt%202/T-S%2013J8.12%20%28PGPID%201208%29.pdf.
Type: Legal document
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power of attorney partnership
