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Cairo Genizah : Legal document; liturgy

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Recto: petition from Ḵuyalāʾ b. Ḥasan and Abū l-Jayš to the caliph al-ʿĀdil regarding an iqṭāʿ in the district of Minyat Ḵalaf. The land for the iqṭāʿ formerly belonged to the amīr Muʾnis ʿAlī b. Jawl al-Mihrānī and, after he decamped, to Sayf al-Islām. Ḵuyalāʾ is asking for a decree that would allow him and Abū l-Jayš to enter these lands. Ca. beginning of the 13th century. Verso: rhyming liturgical text (possibly piyyuṭ), referring to Moses.</p>


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