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Legal document mentioning Abū Saʿīd, Ibn al-ʿAmm (the ‘paternal cousin’), a letter from the Gaʾon, Ibrahim b. David Ibn Sughmār, Abū l-Ḥasan b. Isḥāq, and Mubārak b. David. Dated: 12 Adar I 1[3]5[.] of the Seleucid Era (= 1039-1049 CE). Signed by Mevorakh b. David, Yiṣḥaq b. […] and Yiṣḥaq b. Khalaf. The list of witnesses provided below is in a hand similar to that of Efrayim b. Shemarya, mentioning Maḥfūẓ b. Yiṣḥaq, Isḥāq b. Khalaf, Shelomo b. […] and [Efrayim] b. Shemarya. (Information from CUDL)

F. 1: various (drafts of) legal documents in the hand of Mevorakh b. Nathan, including a trousseau list, power of attorney and witness statements. (1) The trousseau list is of a marriage between Ḥalfon b. Ḥalfon ha-Kohen and Sitt al-Milāḥ b. Abū Saʿīd, at the top the name Khalaf Abū Saʿīd al-Kohen from Cairo (the bride’s father) is mentioned. (2) A second statement refers to Khalaf Abū Saʿīd who will trade with a sum of money paid to him for the orphan Abū Ḥasan (b. Bayān b. Ḥashīsh?) for a 50% share of the profits, dated Elul 1470 of the Seleucid Era (= 1159 CE). (3) The copy of a power of attorney dated to the first decade of Tammuz 1469 of the Seleucid Era (= 1158 CE) in Damīra under authority of the Nagid Shemuʾel is given by Sitt al-Nuʿm b. Yeshuʿa b. ʿAmram to Joseph ha-Levi b. ʿOvadya concerning dealings with her father’s estate, as well as mentioning names such as Hillel known as al-Abzārī and Damietta. (4) Another witness statement concerning a partnership in a shop and dated Marḥeshvan 1471 of the Seleucid Era (= 1160 CE) is signed by Shemarya b. Abraham, Yefet ha-Levi b. Jacob and Mevorakh b. Nathan he-Ḥaver. F. 2r: legal document dated 29th Tishri 1471 of the Seleucid Era (= 1160 CE) in Fusṭāṭ concerning the betrothal of Yefet b. Isaac and Karam bat Yeshuʿa. Signed by Ṣedaqa b. Elʿazar and […] b. Yeshuʿa. On verso mirrored script in the handwriting of Mevorakh b. Nathan. (Information from CUDL)

Saʿadya’s formulary of legal documents. (Information from CUDL)

Responsa numbered 69-72, on kashrut and family law. (Information from CUDL)

Record of a dispute between the proprietor and manager of a farm. The manager defends himself from charges of negligence brought against him after Bedouin raids. (Information from CUDL and S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society 1:118, 426.) EMS.

Recto: halakhic discussion (possibly a responsum) concerning testamentary dispositions. Verso: specimen text for קיום שטרות. (Information from CUDL)

Saʿadya’s formulary of legal documents. Discussing the halakha of legal witnesses and testimony, including the table of contents. (Information from CUDL)

Saʿadya’s formulary of legal documents (Information from CUDL)

Geonic responsa. (Information from CUDL)

Geonic exegetical responsa. (Information from CUDL)

Responsa concerning various topics in civil law. (Information from CUDL)

Responsa discussing various topics, including parturient women and civil law. (Information from CUDL)

Responsum of Moses Maimonides, concerning river travel on Shabbat. (Information from CUDL)

A page from Hanane'l b. Shmuel Sefer ha-Mitzvot. An autograph. For joins see the long list in FGP. (AA)

Anonymous responsa on various topics, headed מסאלה לבעץ‫'‬ אלעלמא. (Information from CUDL)

Legal queries, one of them apparently concerned with sharing in partnerships. (Information from CUDL)

On of relations who are ineligible to serve as legal witnesses. F. 2v contains jottings and pen trials. (Information from CUDL)

Possibly from Saʿadya’s formulary of legal documents. (Information from CUDL)

Geonic responsa, quoting R. Ḥananel. (Information from CUDL)

Responsum concerning a problematic partnership, with an excursus on valid and invalid partnerships. (Information from CUDL)