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P22 + P25: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Tammuz 1430 Seleucid, which is 1119 CE. Involves: [Yosef] b. Mevorakh (the same as in T-S 24.74 from 1104 CE?); his ṣihr (son-in-law in this context) Abū l-Khayr b. Seʿadya; and Abū l-Khayr’s wife named [Ḥu]sn bt. Yūsuf. Her father (Yūsuf) wished to move her from the house of Abū l-Khayr's mother, but Abū l-Khayr refused. The court forced him to go along with it. There is a complicated discussion and settlement involving the dowry (qumāsh), compensation to her for the wear and tear on the dowry, the delayed marriage payment (muʾakhkhar), and the court compelling Abū l-Khayr to move. All this is tentative, pending the identification of the remaining joins. Join: Alan Elbaum.