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4 legal records. (1) Taqwīm for the marriage between Avraham b. Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-Maghāzilī and Niʿam bt. Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥazzan. Dated: Nisan 1497 Seleucid, which is 1186 CE. Marriage payments: 5 + 20 = 25. Dowry = 44. See also T-S NS J287, a petition from the same woman to the Gaon Sar Shalom ha-Levi (1170–95 CE), written on her behalf by her father. (2) Taqwīm for the marriage between Abū al-Mufaddal b. al-Rayyis Abū l-Najm and Sitt al-Nasib bt. Eliyyahu. Dated: Nisan 1497 Seleucid, which is 1186 CE. The objects are evaluated by ½, ⅓ and ¼. Marriage payments: 0 + 30 = 30. Dowry = 55 (which includes a female slave named Shams valued at 15 dinars). Total = 85. (3) Taqwīm for the marriage between Abū l-Ḥasan b. al-Shammāʿ and Sitt al-Thanā' bt. Abū l-Makārim אלתווזי. Dated: Av 1497 Seleucid, which is 1186 CE. Marriage payments: 0 + 15 = 15. Dowry = 33. Total = 48. (4) Taqwīm for the marriage between Munajjā b. Hiba al-Ṭabīb and Ḥasab bt. Abū ʿUmar. Dated: Tishrei 1498 Seleucid, which is 1186 CE. Marriage payments: 5 + 20 = 25. Dowry = 15. Total = 40. (Information from Goitein’s index cards.)

Four dowry lists. (1) Taqwīm (dowry list) for the marriage between Hiba b. Faḍā'il al-Ḥazzān and Riḍā bt. Tamīm al-Parnas. The dowry total is 66 dinars plus one-half of a house. Marheshvan, 1186. (2) Taqwīm (dowry list) for the marriage between Maʿālī b. Naṭīrā and Sitt al-Bayt bt. Makārim al-Parnas. The dowry total is 23 dinars. Marheshvan, 1186. (3) Taqwīm (dowry list) for the marriage between Abū Manṣūr b. Yiṣḥaq Ibn al-Dhahabī and Sitt al-Karam bt. Abū l-Barakāt. The dowry total is 180 dinars (includes jewelry, clothing, bedding, and copper), plus 7/24th of a house in Cairo. Kislev, 1186. (4) Taqwīm (dowry list) for the marriage between Abū l-Maḥāsin and Sitt al-Naba' bt. Menashshe. The dowry total is 140 dinars and includes clothing, jewelry, bedding, and copper. Tevet, 1186. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

Dowry list (taqwīm). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (per Goitein). Dating: 1100–38 CE. Appears in Med Soc III, App. II, no. 370 (p. 421).