وثيقة رسميّة: T-S H5.111
وثيقة رسميّة T-S H5.111What's in the PGP
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الوصف
Document of appointment. In Arabic script. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The appointment is likely for a position in the army, mentioning an ‘affair of the Turks’ that the appointed person had dealt with successfully. On verso there is Hebrew poetry including Judah ha-Levi’s יה למתי צפנת. (Information from Khan and CUDL.)
صورة
النصوص المفرّغة
الترجمة
Editor: Khan, Geoffrey
Translator: Khan, Geoffrey (in English)
T-S H5.111 1v
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Geoffrey Khan, Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections (Cambridge University Press, 1993).
Recto
- من تفاحش الموت بالثغر ووقوع الفنا فما كان
- لنفس ان تموت الاّ باذن الله كتاباً مؤجّلاً
- ولما استبدلتك فيما تعتمد عليه فى امر الترك
- [ ]فى ذلك على رسم من تقدمك مستمراً
Geoffrey Khan, Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections (Cambridge University Press, 1993).
Recto
- ... from the abomination of death on the frontier and the affliction of annihilation.
- A soul should not die except by leave of God at its fixed time, which is written down.
- Since I have requited you for your services regarding the affair of the Turks
- [ ] in that, continuing the practice of your predecessors . . .
T-S H5.111 1r
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