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.

In [your name, O Merciful One].

Truth. 5 dinars.

May the elder Abu’l-Khayr Khiyyar pay to the bearer five dinars for wax candles.

The month of Av, 1451 of the Seleucid Era.

Source: CUL T-S Ar.30.184, 5r.