Betrothal Agreement (Fustāt, Egypt)

Moses ha-Yakar ben Israel and Sitt al-Kull bat ‘Eli

1131

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In this betrothal document from Egypt, Moses ha- Yakar and Sitt al-Kull pledge their marriage, which was set to take place in less than a week. Sitt al-Kull promises to move from her home in Fustāt (Old Cairo) to her husband’s city of al-Maḥalla, Egypt. The well-known court scribe Ḥalfon ben Manasseh wrote this document in a court notebook. The unbracketed ellipsis indicates a lacuna in the manuscript.

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Moses ha-Yakar ben Israel and Sitt al-Kull bat ‘Eli

12th Century

Nothing is known about the lives of Moses ha-Yakar ben Israel and Sitt al-Kull bat Eli, other than that they were betrothed and, presumably, married, in 1131, and Sitt al-Kull moved from her home in Fustāt (Old Cairo) to her husband’s city of al-Maḥalla, Egypt.

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