Sitt al-Ahl, a married woman, testates while pregnant. The will is recorded by Halfon b. Menashe, a well-known court clerk/scribe, in Judeo-Arabic.DETAILED DESCRIPTION FROM PRINCETON GENIZA PROJECT:Will of a pregnant woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b.…
Hellea writes a will while pregnant. She names her "beloved husband" as her executor. She leaves all of her goods to the unborn child, but if the child dies, they should go to her husband.
Cherana testates while she is pregnant -- and actually, seems to be in the midst of an increasingly dangerous labor. She names her brother Joseph Missini as her executor. Missini is a Jewish community leader known from both Crete's Hebrew sources and…
The unnamed testator was Karaite, and testated while pregnant. The will is recorded in Hebrew (the first half) and Judeo-Arabic (the second half, included many of the bequests).DESCRIPTION FROM PRINCETON GENIZA PROJECT:Recto: Fragment of a Karaite…
Gratia testates while pregnant, and her will follows immediately on the heels of a document in which her father "emancipates" her. The child with whom Gratia is currently pregnant is named her universal heir. It seems that, should the child not…