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Type: Legal document
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Bottom of a large legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 979 AH = 1571/72 CE. Needs examination.
Order in Arabic script to Abū l-[...] who should pay a certain amount of money to the bearer. Dated Wednesday 17 Shawwāl. The number "2" appears at the upper left.
Right side of an informal note or order of payment in Arabic script. Its content is not preserved, only the opening phrases and the phrase "ḥattā astakmil." Written on the back of a larger document that was torn up.
Small receipt of some kind in Arabic script.
Draft of the beginning of an Arabic letter to a judge. See separate entry for verso. (Information from CUDL)
Fragment from the top of a legal document in Arabic script. Concerning [properties?] comprising the waqf for the poor of the Jews ("...al-mawqūfa ʿalā ḍuʿafāʾ al-yahūd...") in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ.
Small fragment (lower left corner) of a legal document in Arabic script.
Small fragment from the top of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) made by ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ṣiqillī (cf. T-S NS 297.58).
Fragment from a document in Arabic script, probably legal or at least dealing with legal matters. Mentions a house, testimonies, and assertions about what is in the hands of whom.
Small fragment from the bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. Witness signatures partially preserved.
Fragment of a (marriage-related?) legal document in Arabic script. There is a portion of a trousseau list and the name Yaʿqūb b. Bābār. Needs further examination.
Small fragment of a legal document in Arabic script involving [...] b. Hārūn al-Yahūdī (and?) a supplier to the mint ([mū]rid bi-dār al-ḍarb). There are a few words in Judaeo-Arabic in the upper margin.
Bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. Maybe a deed of sale, as 'al-mushtarī' ('the buyer') is mentioned at the bottom. Mentions [...] b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAllān. There is an additional piece of parchment stitched onto the bottom (with the original thread still in place) with at least one additional witness statement/signature.
Witness signature from an Arabic-script legal document. The document itself is not preserved.
Fragment from a large legal document in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-Riḍā b. Hilāl the Jew in the first line. Very damaged. Needs further examination.
Legal document in Arabic script. Maybe a lease - mentions money and a period of 3 months. Needs examination.
Receipt or order of payment, probably. In Arabic script. Mentions a name, 5 dinars, and a date. Additional jottings on verso.
Verso: Copy of a receipt of payment for two months of ground rent (ḥikr) in Qasr al-Shamʿ issued to the elder Abū Ḥasan b. Efrayim b. Maḥfūẓ, written by Ismaʿīl b. Ḍiyā. The total payment was 1/4 dinar in cash. Dated: Jumādā II 439 AH, which is 1047 AH. (The payments themselves were for Rabīʿ ī and Rabīʿ II 439 AH.) (Information from CUDL and Khan.)
Responsum in the hand of Maimonides. See Ben Outhwaite, "Two New Responsa of Moses Maimonides." [Genizah Research Unit, Fragment of the Month, April 2007]. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.34048
Legal document in Arabic script. Small fragment (upper right corner). Very faded.
