Cairo Genizah : Legal document

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Recto: court record regarding the ownership of a derelict house from the estate of ʿAṭiyya b. al-Ḥāʾik, whose purchaser faced a claim by others who maintained they were the heirs of a certain Sittāt, to whom the ruin belonged. The new owner paid a sum of money in return for a quittance from the heirs. Verso: address in Judaeo-Arabic: the sender is Nahray b. Nathan; the recipient his cousin, Nahray b. Nissim. 11th century.</p>