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Copy of a Karaite ketubah.

Incomplete Karaite betrothal deed.

Legal deed, apparently settling accounts at the end of a lease. Probably from a Rabbanite court. In Hebrew. Dated: Sunday, 5 Av 5404 AM, which is 1644 CE. Scribe: Yaʿaqov Abī Zimra (a descendant of the Radbaz?). Signed by: Yaʿaqov Abī Zimra; Moshe Uzilo; and perhaps a third person whose name is sideways. Lessors: Moshe b. ʿAbd al-Karīm Berakaha; Naṣrallāh Yūsuf b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ha-Rofe; Avraham Qudaysī b. Yaʿaqov al-Qayyim known as Muqriʾ(?). Property: "the large qāʿa in Darb al-Midwār(?) where Moshe used to live." Lessees: Moshe b. Yiṣḥaq Uzilo; Avraham b. Yaʿaqov Marāḥa(?). Period of lease: 4 years, beginning Adar 5401 AM (the original deed of lease was drawn up on Thursday, 11 Adar 5401 AM, which is 1641 CE; apparently they drew up the lease in both Jewish court and Muslim court, as there is also reference to a ḥujja sharʿiyya—unless this phrase is redundantly referring to the Jewish legal document). Rent: 1 Abū Kalb gurūsh per month. The lessees also gave a loan (security deposit?) of 60 sharīfī peraḥim to the lessors (or perhaps each lessee gave 30 peraḥim?). Avraham Marāḥa previously transferred his share in the remainder of the lease to Shelomo Abū Qāya (in a document dated 10 Sivan 5403 AM). Now, Moshe Uzilo is transferring his share in the remainder of the lease to the same Shelomo. Moshe Kanpanton is also mentioned as a witness in the body of the document. Some of these details are unclear and will likely be revised upon further examination of the document.

Karaite betrothal deed. The groom taking upon himself not to marry another wife for 20 years, but if his wife will become childless he can take another wife after 10 years. He also can not leave Egypt for another country for 20, but can go to Jerusalem.

Incomplete Karaite betrothal deed. The groom taking upon himself not to marry another wife for 20 years, but if his wife will become childless he can take another wife after 10 years. He also can not leave Egypt for another country for 20, but can go to Jerusalem.

Karaite betrothal deed. The groom taking upon himself not to marry another wife for 20 years, but if his wife will become childless he can take another wife after 10 years. He also can not leave Egypt for another country for 20, but can go to Jerusalem.

Decorated Karaite ketubah. The groom is taking upon himself not to marry another wife for 20 years, but if his wife will become childless he can take another wife after 10 years. He should treat her well and not harm her or her relatives. She is allowed to visit her relatives after getting permission from him.

Betrothal contract, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Sunday 8 Heshvan 5578 AM, which is 1717 CE. Groom: Yeshuʿa ha-Levi b. Ḥesed b. Seʿadya known as Qayyim. Bride: Raḥel bt. Aharon ha-Kohen b. Moshe, not a virgin.

Betrothal (erusin) contract, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 19 Heshvan 5591 AM, which is 1830 CE. Groom: Avraham b. Yosef b. Shelomo. Bride: Masʿūda bt. Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel, a virgin. Basic marriage payment: 50 silver pieces + a gold ring + 8240 large medins. The 'hosafa' is listed as 8,240 large medins. Early marriage payment: 200 large medins. Delayed marriage payment: 800 large medins.

Circumcision certificate, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dating: Of the original date, only Wednesday the first of [...], [..]70 Seleucid is preserved. The certificate is for Abū l-Khayr b. ʿOvadya b. Avraham b. Moshe b. Shelomo b. David b. Eliezer b. ʿUzziyahu b. [David?] b. Ḥisday b. Yeḥizqiyahu b. Shelomo b. David b. Boʿaz b. Yoshiyahu b. Sha'ul b. ʿAnan. ʿUzziyahu may be a brother of Shelomo b. David b. Ḥisday, who died in 600 AH (1203/04 CE) according to Ibn al-Hiti's Arabic Chronicle of Arabic Doctors. In that case, the present document can be dated to roughly seven generations following ~1200 CE.

Betrothal contract, Qaraite. Draft. Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday, 5 Tishrei 5398 AM, which is 1637 CE. Groom: Yosef ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen b. Aharon ha-Kohen. Bride: Not named, a virgin. Basic marriage payment: 50 silver pieces + 650 medins + a gold ring. Early marriage payment: 200 medins. Delayed marriage payment: 800 medins. Conditions: The groom will not move away from Fustat/Cairo for 20 years, e.g., to Damascus or Istanbul or Jerusalem; he will not beat her when they are fighting, and if he does, he has to pay her 15 medins. On verso there is liturgical text.

Circumcision certificate, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Adar I 5377 AM, which is 1617 CE. Also dated 1929 Seleucid, which should be 1618 CE. Contains a lengthy genealogy of Qaraite Nasis all the way to Adam ha-Rishon. For the genealogy, see Yevr. II A 1318 (either a cleaner copy of the same document, or just a different document produced for a different circumcision in the same month). There are additional genealogical entries in the upper margin, written in the style of Genesis, and describing migrations between Damascus and Fustat/Cairo. The first entry is confusingly dated Thursday, 23 Sivan 5613 AM, which is 1853 CE. It is not out of the question that the scribe meant to write שלש but forgot the ל. Nor is it out of the question that a latter-day Nasi reused the document. Needs further examination.

Circumcision certificate, Qaraite. Calligraphic, with a decorated margin. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 6 Adar I 5377 AM, which is 1617 CE. Also dated 1929 Seleucid, which should be 1618 CE. Contains a lengthy genealogy of Qaraite Nasis that probably extended all the way to Adam ha-Rishon, but the bottom of the document is torn off. (1) Pedayahu David b. (2) Pedayahu Aharon b. (3) Elieʿezer Ẓemaḥ b. (4) Pedayahu Aharon ha-Zaqen b. (5) Eliyyahu Yakhin b. (6) Sar Shalom b. (7) Yoshiyyahu Moshe b. (8) Amaẓyahu Yosef b. (9) Eliezer Ẓemaḥ b. (10) Shelomo b. (11) David the martyr b. (12) Shelomo b. (13) Yoshiyyahu Moshe b. (14) Boʿaz b. (15) ʿOvadya b. (16) Shelomo b. (17) David b. (18) Ḥisda'el b. (19) Yeḥizqiyahu b. (20) Shelomo b. (21) David the exegete b. (22) Boʿaz b. (23) Yehoshafaṭ b. (24) Yoshiyyahu b. (25) Sha'ul b. (26) ʿAnan b. (27) David b. (28) Bustanay b. (29) Ḥaninay b. (30) Kafnay, etc. etc. etc.

Circumcision certificate, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Wednesday, 20 Tevet 1771 Seleucid, which is 1459/60 CE. (1) Shemuel Faraj'el b. (2) Ḥananyahu Avraham b. (3) Shelomo b. (4) ʿOvadyahu b. (5) David b. (6) Shelomo b. (7) Amaẓyahu Yosef b. (8) Shelomo b. (9) David b. (10) Ḥisday b. (11) Yeḥizqiyahu b. (12) Shelomo b. (13) David the exegete b. (14) Boʿaz b. (15) Yehoshafaṭ b. [Yoshiyyahu b. Sha'ul b. ʿAnan etc. etc. etc.]

Circumcision certificate, Qaraite. Location: Damascus. Dated: Tuesday, [..] Adar II 1752 Seleucid, which is 1441 CE. (1) Eliyyahu ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. (2) Avraham b. (3) [X] b. (4) David b. (5) [X] b. (6) ʿUzziyahu b. (7) Eliezer Ẓemaḥ b. (8) [X] b. (9) Yeḥizqiyyahu b. (10) Shelomo b. (11) David the exegete b. (12) Boʿaz b. (13) [Yehoshafaṭ] b. (14) Yoshiyyahu b. (15) Sha'ul b. (16) ʿAnan etc. etc. etc.

Ketubba formulary. Dating: Unknown. Catalogued as 15th–17th century.

Ketubba formulary or draft. Sample date: Shevat [1]971 Seleucid, which is 1660 CE. Sample groom: Naḥum ha-Kohen.

Ketubbas or copies of ketubbas, Qaraite. There seem to be two different fragmentary documents, preserved on separate pages of a codex or ledger. Some of the names survive, but neither of the documents survives in full. Dating: Unknown; catalogued as 18th century.

Formularies for marriage documents.

Non-Geniza. Legal document or documents. Dating: Catalouged as 1779 CE.