Order for Payment (Fustāt, Egypt)

This small receipt, written in a combination of Arabic and Judeo-Arabic, provides documentation for its bearer to receive five dinars as payment for five candles. It is signed by Abū Zikrī Kohen and addressed to his banker, Abū ’l-Khayr Khiyyār. It was found in the Geniza, along with another twenty receipts issued between Abū Zikrī and his banker.