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Legal record (#30). Trousseau list. Groom: Bū l-Barakāt al-ʿAṭṭār. Bride: Sitt at-Dār bt. Yefet ha-Kohen b. Menashshe ha-Dayyan. See Goitein's notes for the items enumerated. NB: Goitein referred to this document as folio 13 (Firk. II NS 1700.13B, with the B indicating verso) in accordance with the foliation written in pen; but the correct folio is 14, as written in pencil (the librarian with the pen gave two folios the number 8). ASE.

Legal record (#62). Trousseau list (taqwīm). Groom: Bū l-Makārim al-Ṣā'igh Yosef b. Shemuel. Bride: Sitt al-Riyāsa bt. Shela ha-Levi ("the sister of Sitt al-Ḥasab" - Goitein). Early marriage payment: 50 dinars ('gift'). Delayed marriage payment: 100 dinars. Value of the trousseau: 500 dinars. The bride also brings a female slave named ʿŪd al-Bān worth 20 dinars; a 1/2 house in Cairo, in Ḥārat Zuwayla in 'the alleys of al-Naṣṣār,' which her brother gave her; and a 1/2 house, adjacent to the former, which Amīn al-Dawla gave her. NB: Goitein referred to this document as folio 24–25 (Firk. II NS 1700.24-25) in accordance with the foliation written in pen; but the correct folios are 25 (recto and verso) and 26 (recto), as written in pencil (the librarian with the pen gave two folios the number 8). (Information from Goitein's notes.)

Legal record (#64). Trousseau list (taqwīm). Groom: Peraḥya b. Yosef Yiju. Bride: Sitt al-Dār ('Mistress of the House'), the daughter of Peraḥya's paternal uncle, Avraham Yiju. NB: Goitein referred to this document as folio 27 (Firk. II NS 1700.27) in accordance with the foliation written in pen; but the correct folio is 28, as written in pencil (the librarian with the pen gave two folios the number 8).

A Karaite betrothal deed. The groom Yosef Bekher known as Gedalya b. Aharon. The bride Huna d. Aharon b. Razon the physician. Her agent id Yosef b. Shelomo. Witnessed by Ishaq Levi b. Hamdani, Moshe Melmamed b. Yeshu'a the cantor, her uncle Moshe and her father. Signed by Eliyahu b. Moshe. Dated Wednesday, 15 Sivan, 5519 to the Creation.

Karaite betrothal deed from the year 5347 Era of creation. The groom Yisrael Hakohen b. Shemuel. The bride Esther d. Shemuel Ibn Yahya. The groom is taking upon himself not to travel from Fustat to another country such as al-Sham (except for Jerusalem), and when leavung to Rashid or Alexandria he is permitted to be away only few months (the exact period is faded). He also commit not to curse her parents and to behave nicely. AA

Monetary agreement regarding marriage from the year 1729. The groom Moshe b. Aharon, the bride Esther d. Moshe the physician Hazan.

A long letter regarding a marriage case. A refernce is made to the ketubah and drinking of the cup as part of the betrothal ceremony. Sayyidna is mentioned throughout the letter, but the period can be determined. Cairo is also mentioned. needs further examination

Shalom Levi b. Ya'aqov is marrying his brother's daughter Aziza b. David.

Karaite betrothal deed. The groom is Yosef b. Ishaq known as Hakim anf the bride Qamr d. Yeshu'a.

Karaite betrothal deed. Avraham is betrothing Esther d. Moshe Filadi in Purim.

Karaite marriage agreement between Hananya b. Ya'aqov Halevi and Esther known as 'Aziza d. Eliyyahu b. Sa'adya.

Karaite betrothal deed. Shelomo b. Aharon Hakohen is married Huna d. Yeshu'a