Geniza Lab

A court record written by Avraham b. Nathan, from Elul [14]24 era of documents (= 1113) between two partners: Mevorakh and Abu al-Muraja Hakohen b. al-Naqid, regarding amount of 3 dinars less qirat to be paid to Abu al-Muraja. AA

Betrothal agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fiance: Yahaboy. Fiancee: Malīḥa. There is no payment of a first installment of the additional marriage gift. Dated: 1431 Seleucid, which is 1119/20 CE. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 381, 457)

Fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Minute fragment. Few words only

Court record. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi, under the authority of Masliah Gaon. Dating: 1127–38 CE. Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Yeshuʿa (probably identical with Faraḥ b. Yeshu'a, see India traders, p. 385, l. 15), is going to Yemen to deal with buying and selling pepper. A lady called Ḥasana is mentioned together with her husband Abū Saʿīd. Also mentions Maḥfūẓ b. Sahlān, Yaʿqūb b. Kawjakh (mentioned also in T-S NS 184.97. On this name, from the Persian word for "small," see India Book IV/A, p. 355, n. 115) and Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥayfī (from Haifa). AA

Minute fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Fragment of a court record regarding a shipment to be sent to Fustat and the division of profit. One of the parties is Abu al-Munna [son of ....] the elder al-Dimashqi. AA

Small strip from the left side of a legal deed of an unknown nature. One of the anonymous parties if referred as 'the great minister'. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Small fragment from the end of a betrothal deed, from the year 1119, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Published by Ashur, Engagement and Betrothal, p. 232-233. AA

A mirror imprint of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe. The year seems to be 1432 ear of documents (1121).

Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Last decade of Kislev 1529 Seleucid, which is November 1217 CE, under the authority of Avraham Maimonides. The virgin Sitt al-Hanāʾ has come of age and confirms in court that she has received from the executor all that her father had left while she was an infant, including the rents collected from the property during her infancy. Dated November 1217. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 280.)

Minute fragment. Few words from the top of a legal deed.

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Apparently a debt contract. Abū Zikrī owes a large sum of money (80 dinars is mentioned) to Ṣedaqa. He will pay in monthly installments. New Cairo is mentioned. AA. ASE.

Long strip from a legal deed probably concerning a house belong to Mudalala in Qasr al-Sham'. Only few words are preserved in each line. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (1100-1138).

Court record. The court approved that Sitt al-Hasan d. Abu Sahl Mansur Shiloh Hakohen had received what she had to receive- (the text is fragmentary). Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138).

Minute fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Legal document, small fragment. Possibly a deed of sale describing the location of a property.

Small fragment of a debt contract. The beginnings of 9 lines are preserved. The number 140 is mentioned. The debt will be repaid in monthly installments.

Legal document. Needs examination.

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1431 Seleucid, which is 1119/20 CE.