Legal document 117.175

Title:

Legal document 117.175

Creator:

Mīḵāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ

Date:

1015 CE

Description:

Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb written by Mīḵāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, the cashier, and registered by the Office of Accounts on behalf of the Office of Supervision: Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb has paid the sum of two, a half, a third and an eighth (dirham?) for the estates in Al-Fayyūm, under the supervision of the judge Ṯiqat al-Mulk Makīn al-Dawla wa-Amīnuhā, of the protégé of the commander of the faithful Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Bahār, of the judge Abū ʿAlī b. Yaḥyā b. Bahār and the elder accountant Sadīd al-Dawla Abū l-Faraj ʿAbd al-Masīḥ b. Qūrīl. Dated 27th Ramaḍān 405 AH (= March 1015 CE).Condition: Torn, holes, slightly rubbedLayout: 13 lines (recto; verso is blank)

Language:

Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Egypt

Provenance:

Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Medium:

Paper

Publisher:

Cambridge University Library

Rights:

This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk.
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Identifier:

T-S AS 117.175

Is part of:

The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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