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Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 20 Shevaṭ 1422 Seleucid, which is 1111 CE. Quittance of the debt of Shelomo b. Ḥayyim ha-Sheviʿi made in court. Also mentions Abū l-Munā b. Ḥayyim (possibly identical with Shelomo) and Maṣliaḥ b. Yosef, the one granting the release. Cf. JRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/5 (upper fragment).

Deed of release. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably 11th century. Abū Naṣr b. ʿAṭṭiya the Jew, formerly a broker dealing with drugs in Fustat (see Med Soc I, 161) renounces all claims against a Jewish woman (see line 5). Much of what remains is a description of Abū Naṣr's physiognomy: he is a dark, beardless youth of medium build with a smooth forehead and smallpox scars. One half of verso is the beginning of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, and the other half, written at 180˚, appears to be instructions for prayers. (Information in part from Goitein's index card and Khan.)

Legal document. A very thorough release that involves Abū Zikrī al-Kohen. Unclear if any more details of the case are preserved. (NB: There may be Goitein notes somewhere, but they are currently missing.)

Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Release in the name of Naṣrallāh b. Salmān b. [...] al-Skandarī, in which he declares that he has no further claims on a long list of people, it seems following the death of somebody. Needs further examination.