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Letter fragment (lower part only). In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning administration of a legal affair. The sender reports that Abū l-Ḥasan b. Ayyūb, who owned property on Zuqāq al-Lawwāzīn, requested the transfer of his property, including future purchases and sales, to his sister before his death. The sender asks the addressee to do what is required by Jewish law and protect the rights of the widow and the orphan. In a postscript, the sender adds that Umm Abū l-Ḥasan took nothing from the estate of her brother, excepting the value of half of a robe which she had deposited with him. (Information in part from Goitein's index cards.) EMS