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Tag: dowry
85 records found
Monetary agreement between a newly married couple. Yehuda b. Simha married Sarah d. Elzafan, and her father took upon himself to pay her dowry in four years. Istanbul.
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.)
Dowry of a Karaite bride 'Aziza d. Shelomo. Dated 3rd Elul 5530 Era of creation
Letter of appeal for charity. The writer and the addressees do not appear to be named. The writer asks the addressees for help equipping his daughter with a dowry.
