India Traders of the Middle Ages: Documents from the Cairo Geniza ('India Book'). Études sur le Judaisme Médiéval 31.

Language: English

Published by Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2008

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XXIX, 918 p. Ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar, lediglich einige Anstreichungen im Inhaltsverzeichnis / A very good and clean copy, only a few marks in the table of contents. - CONTENTS (excerpt): List of Illustrations and Maps Preface SECTION ONE INTRODUCTION Chapter One Letters and Documents on the India Trade in Medieval Times--A Preview Chapter Two Dramatis Personae A. Joseph b. David Lebdi and his Family B. Madmün b. Hasan-Japheth and his Family BL Mahrüz b. Jacob C. Abraham Ben Yijü and his Family 1. Preliminary Remarks 2. Ben Yijü in India 3. Merchants' Letters 4. Ben Yijü, a Man of Letters 5. Ben Yijü's Family and his Return to the West 6. Ben Yijü's Return to Egypt; His Extended Family there and Descendants 7. Genealogy of the Ben Yijü Family C1. The Ibn al-Amshâtl Family 1. Preliminary Remarks: Maimonides' Epistle 2. A Genealogical List and the People Mentioned Therein 3. A Dedicatory Inscription on a Torah Case in al-Mahalla al-Kubra 4. Inscriptions from the Palestinian Synagogue in Fustat 5. More on the Ibn al-Amashâtï Family, especially Hananel b. Samuel 6. Conclusion 7. Appendix: A 'Testament' Penned by Maimonides 8. Genealogy Chapter Three Select Studies on Shipping and Travel A. Nakhudds--Shipowners and Captains 1. Introductory Remarks 2. Buzurg's "The Wonders of India" 3. The Ndkhudd in the Geniza and Goitein's Research 4. Chakravarti's Nakhudds and Nauvittakas 5. Margariti's Study on the Nakhudd 6. Jewish Shipowners in the Indian Ocean vs. the Mediterranean: Variables in Religious Scruples or Socio-Economic and Geo-Political Factors 7. On the Ambiguity of Nakhudd and other Terms and on Entrusting Merchandise Shipped Abroad 8. Identifying the Shipowner 9. A Prosopography: Shipowners Identified as Nakhudds. 10. Shipowners Not Identified as Ndkhudds 11. Nakhudai Not identified as Shipowners 12. The Rubbdn 13. Concluding Observations / B. Dangers in Travel and in Shipping Goods by Land and Sea SECTION TWO THE DOCUMENTS Chapter One Joseph B. David Lebdi and his Family A. Lawsuit of Jekuthiel al-Haklm vs. Joseph Lebdi I, 1-2 Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat Appendix to I, 1-2 ('Futa'') I, 3 Second Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 4--5 Third Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 6 7 Fourth Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat - I, 8 Fifth Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat / I, 9 Sixth Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 10-11 Seventh Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 12 Eighth Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 13 Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b. Bundar I, 13a Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b. Bundar I, 14 Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b. Bundar I, 15 Statements about Collateral Given by and Returned to Lebdi B. Lawsuit of Ibn Sughmar vs. Joseph Lebdi I, 16 Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 17 Letter from Judah Ibn Sughmar to Nahray b. Nissim I, 18 Two Additional Sessions of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat C. Additional Geniza Papers on Joseph Lebdi I, 19 Testimony on the Date of a Bill of Divorce I, 20 Testimony of 'Arus b. Joseph on Lebdi's Partnership with His Brother I, 21 Session of the Court: Joseph Lebdi vs. his Nephew David I, 22 Text of Oath with Inventory of Joseph Lebdi's Assets I, 23 Responsum on Sale of Half a House by Joseph Lebdi I, 24 Three Court Records on Purchase of House by Joseph Lebdi L 25-29 A Successful Voyage of Joseph Lebdi to Nahrwara I, 25 Letter from a Merchant in Egypt to the Maghreb on Lebdi's Arrival in 'Aydhab I, 26 Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat: al-Wuhsha vs. Joseph Lebdi I, 27-28 Legal Opinions on the Case al-Wuhsha vs. Joseph Lebdi I, 29 Testimony that Joseph Lebdi Renounced Claims to Farah's Assets I, 30 Contract of a Commenda-Partnership I, 31a Testimony on Joseph Lebdi's Last Will I, 31b Power of Attorney by Barakat Lebdi to Joseph's Widow D. The Lebdi Family I, 32 Letter from Nahray b. Nathan to Abu Sa'id: Oriental Goods Ordered by David Lebdi I, 33 Accounts for Dealings.…

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Title
India Traders of the Middle Ages: Documents from the Cairo Geniza ('India Book'). Études sur le Judaisme Médiéval 31.
Author
Goitein, Shelomo Dov and Mordechai Friedman:
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Leiden, Boston: Brill
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2008
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English
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