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Type: Legal document
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Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. Eli. Dating: March 30, 1077 CE. Declaration by ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh the Parnas, acting as attorney for the heirs of Avraham b. al-ʿĀbid, who had operated a grainstore (fāmī) in partnership with [not preserved] and who had obviously suddenly died, since there is a reference to his illness and to the fact that six dinars were found in his mandīl. Information from Goitein's index card.
Court record containing signatures of three Jewish witnesses in Arabic script, in which a Jewish woman is charged by two Muslims with being intimate with a Christian physician. They reported seeing her loitering by his apothecary practice, and spied on her for 40 days before taking their suspicions to a judge. (Information from CUDL and Mediterranean Society,II, p. 330)
Power of attorney. In Hebrew. Dated: Location: Aleppo. Dated: Thursday, 16 [...] [13]48 Seleucid, which is 1036/37 CE. Ḥaggay appoints Yiṣḥaq b. Yaʿaqov to collect 1,750 dirhams from the representative of the merchants in Tyre, called Shelomo b. Avraham. Written and signed by the ḥaver Tamīm b. Ṭoviyya. On verso there are accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew literary text. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
Legal document in Arabic script, possibly giving a detailed description of Ḥammām al-Dīk (the dihlīz. . . the four marble columns. . . the mirḥāḍ. . .). Merits further examination.
Legal document in Arabic script. Likely a deed of sale, as there are extensive descriptions of a property. On verso there are witness statements. One mentions Mūsā b. Abū Sahl al-Ḥazzān(?); the other mentions ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm. There is a date given (but no year?): the middle of Av, corresponding to the 15th of Shaʿbān. ASE
Ketubba fragment for Peraḥya ha-Kohen and 'the virgin bride [...].'
Legal document, draft of the opening, giving only the (difficult-to-read) date. At the top is named Abdallāh the son of the brother of the Nagid (עֿ אללה אֿ אכו אלנגיד). Probably 14th century or later.
Small fragment of a legal document, with additional notes on verso, from Fustat, mid-12th-century (reshut of Shem[uel b. Ḥananya]).
Two different legal documents. The first is dated 1301 = 989/990 CE. Needs further examination.
Receipt in Arabic script for a payment by Mūsā [ben?] Naʿīm, dated 1824/25 CE (Muḥar1240H).
Legal document, damaged, dated no earlier than 1289 CE (אלפא ושית מאה . . . ).
Probably a dowry list, quite faded.
Several small fragments. The first is the end of an extremely faded legal document; the singatures of several witnesses are preserved.
Legal document, damaged. Many names are legible, but the subject matter is unclear.
Report of the death of a Jewish woman. In Arabic script. The deceased is Saʿdiyya bt. Yūsuf al-Yahūdi. Her father, Yūsuf, is the heir. Dated: Tuesday, 8 Rajab 657 AH, which is 1 July 1259 CE. Witnesses: Hibatallāh b. Faḍāʾil; Bū Saʿd b. Yūsuf b. Sālim. (Information from CUDL and Khan.)
Legal document. In Hebrew. Late. Involves the Mustaʿribī congregation and Avraham Dammūhī. This document is a join to CUL Or. 1081 2.26 (found via FGP joinfinder). Needs further examination. MCD.
Legal document dated 20 March 1798 (3 Nisan 5558), Fustat, in which Me'ir ben Naʿim acknowledges an investment of 2000 muayyadis from Ṣevi Ḥayyūn.
Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Mentions a Moshe ha-Levi ha-Zaqen.
Partnership agreement between Eliyyahu Palombo, Yaʿaqov [...], and Merkado [...], from Fustat/Cairo, dated 1796 CE (Av 5556).
Legal document from Fustat/Cairo, from the first decade of the 19th century (Heshvan 556[.]), in which Me'ir Ṣabiṣo (?) and his partner Raḥamim Ḥamīs acknowledge an investmnet of 250 reales from Rinah (?) bt. Ḥayyim Shalom. There are some accounts on verso.
