ثيقة شرعيّة: JCC 2
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الوصف
Judicial record of an inspection of the state of the two Rabbanite synagogues in Fustāt, in the Roman fortress (qaṣr al-shamʿ), and an authorized and supervized restoration of them, in 878 AH. A thorough description of the structure, state and position of both synagogues is given, including repairs needed. The first synagogue described is "that of the Irāqiyīn, near the Hanged (church)" (bijiwār al-muʿalaqa). The second synagogue described is "that of the Palestinians (al-shāmiyīn), also known as the synagogue of the Rabbanite Jews". It is located in the alley (khawkha) al-Khabīṣa. To the west of the synagogue is a complex (dār) "known as the funduq of the poor of the Jews". The first inspection took place on the 20th of Rabiʿ al-Awwal 878 AH. A second inspection, with a higher authority, took place on the 1st of Rabiʿ al-Ākhar. The findings were approved by the head Judge on the fourth day of the same month. The renovations took place, and when finished were inspected by another delegation, which approved that all what was done was legal, according to the above-mentioned decision, and that the two synagogues were now in the same state they were "before the destruction and burning". Therefore this report was written down, at the end of the year 878 AH. The document was copied by a calligrapher in the early 20th century and was published and translated by Gottheil about 20 years later. Gottheil doubted the quality of the copy made by the calligrapher, but a photocopy found at the NLI approves most of the calligrapher's readings. The photocopy's shelfmark is CAHJP ET-Ca. 20. The modern archive of the Rabbanite Jewish community of Cairo (JCC) was created in the early 20th century based on centuries-old documents preserved by several respected Cairene Jewish families. It was catalogued by Yisrael Ben-Zeev in the 1930's, and he also made some photocopies. The archive has since been lost, and it seems that it was deposited in the Egyptian National Library (see Rustow, A Lost Archive, p. 496 note 8). Currently, only the hand-written catalogue and the photocopies made by Ben-Zeev are accessible, in the National Library of Israel. (Information from Moshe Yagur) The updated edition in the PGP from 2026 portrays the letter-dotting (i‘jām) as it appears on the photocopies in the NLI. Most of the text was correctly copied in the version of the document that Gottheil worked with, yet the calligrapher did not portray the text's i‘jām dotting in a consistent manner—albeit some of the missing dotting is lost from the photocopies due to how the lines of the text were cut up and condensed without their original spacing. Many of the line endings in Gottheil's edition do not portray the textual breaks as they appear along the damaged edge of the document. Some of these discrepancies might be explained by the continued degradation of the paper's edges in the intervening decades between when the unknown calligrapher consulted the document and when Ben-Zeev made his photocopies. However, in some lines, the calligrapher omitted the initial letters of final words that appear before the damaged edge. Gottheil's translation skips line 58 and includes its contents together with line 57. The version of his translation displayed in the PGP lists the text of both lines separately. MCD.
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النصوص المفرّغة
الترجمة
Editor: Gottheil, Richard
Translator: Gottheil, Richard (in English)
JCC 2 recto
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Richard Gottheil, "A Document of the Fifteenth Century concerning Two Synagogues of the Jews in Old Cairo," The Jewish Quarterly Review 18, no. 2 (n.p., 1927), 131-152.
Recto
- بالنظر فى الحادثه الاتى شرحها فيه
- الشريف على قاعدة مذهبه الشريف
- سيدنا ومولانا قاضى القضاة المنده [باسمه اعلاه]
- ادام الله تعالى ايامه الزاهره وجمع له ىىں [دنياه والاخرة]
- واحسن اليه وزاد علاه بكشف
- ذكرهما ووصفهما وتحديدهما فيه وتوجه
- النواب فى الحكم العزيز الحنفى وغيرهم
- كل من المعلم ابراهيم بن محمد بن شرف الدين
- الشهير بالسّكرى والمعلم نور الدين على بن المعلم
- خليل بن نور الدين على المهندس ايضا المعروف
- بابن بيسار وهما من ارباب الخبره والمعرفه بالعقار
- والابنية وعيوبها المندوبين لذلك من
- الشريف الى حيث الكںيستين الموعود بذكرهما
- بمصر المحروسه بخط قصر الجمع [الاولى المعروفة]
- بالعراقيين بجوار المعلقة والثانيه [المعروفة بالـ . .]
- بالقرب من الاولى كشفنا كشفا [صحيحا]
- فدل الكشف على ان الكنيسه الاولى المعروفه
- بكنيسه العراقيين تشتمل على واجهه
- بها باب يدخل منه الى سلم يصعد عليه الى [اعلى]
- منه الى باب مربع يدخل منه الى ساحه بها تجاه الى
- بها فتحه بين كتفين درعها ستة اذرع
- بذراع العمل بها قاعدتين رخاما مزمنة البنا
- مهما فى ثلث الفتحه المذكوره عرض كل كتف
- من وجهه دراع واحد وثمن دراع بدراع العمل
- وارتفاعه من وجه الارض الى معالم يشتمل
- الاطرف فيه اربعة اذرع يعلوهما معالم
- بملو الفتحه المذكورة كان البستل المذكور
- الكتفين المذكورين وعلى عامودين رخاما [كانا]
- على القاعدتين الرخام المذكورىں وجد هناك
- رخاما مرمىىں ذكر انهما العامودان اللذان كانا
- البستل المذكور حرق البستل المذكور [و.....]
- علوه وسقط العامودان المذكوران ارتفاع البستل
- مع ما تهدم علوه من البنا دراع واحد ونصف ذراع
- فى وسع الفتحه المذكورة يعلو ذلك الطرف خشب
- محمولة على خشب الشد ويعلو ذلك فى وسط
- ارتفاعه ذراعين فيكون الهدم مع ارتفاع الىسىل
- ثلاثه ادرع ونصف ذراع وثمن دراع المائل من الحا
- الكتفين فى عرض الكتفين كل ذلك بذراع العمل
- العامودين المذكورين الى ما كانا عليه ووضع ىساىل
- عما حرق واعاده البنا المستهدم لما كان عليه
- المذكورة على يسره الداخل ايوان بصدره جنب
- هدمت مساحتها ثلاثه ادرع ونصف دراع وسعها
- عرضه دراع ورىع دراع وسعها كتف عرضه دراع
- ذراع فى دراعين استغماقه ربع ذراع وسمكه
- يحتاج الى هدم ذراع زائد على الثلاثه ادرع ونصف
- المذكوره وبنا ذلك عرضها من سفلها ثلاىه ادرع وا[لى]
- اربعة ادرع ونصف دراع وبجانبها مرمه اخرى
- وارتفاعها ذراعين ونصف ذراع كل ذلك بذراع العمل
- الى ىںصىڡ دلك وبنائه واعادته الى ما كان عليه
- بالصفه التى هو علىها الان خشى من الضرر وهذه الكنيسه
- تعرف بكنيسه الرىاىىن بحدره اليهود ومحيط بها [.....]
- ارىعه القبلى ينهى الى الزقاق داخل الكںىسه
- الدى هناک وفىه الباب وبعضه الى اوقاف اليهود
- وبعضه الى الخراب والحد الىحرى
- وبه جدار معيب والحد الشرقى ىںىهى [الى]
- الزقاق الذى فيه الكنيسه المذكورة بعضه [الى اوقاف]
- اليهود والحد الغربى ينتهى الى الخراب بالكنيسه
- المذكورة مرمات لم تذكر فى هذالكشف(!) واما الكنيسه
- المعروفة بالشامىىن فانها تعرف ايضا بكنيسة اليهود الربانيين
- فانها داخل خوخة تعرف بخبيصه تشتمل على واجهه مزمنه البناء
- بدخل منه الى الكنيسه المذكوره وبالكنيسه المذكورة على
- الصاير بها ايوان بغير سقف به عامودين رخاما احدهما على
- الداخل اليه به ميلة يحتاج الى اقعاده واعادته على ما كان
- وبه نفحه قد سقط بعضها وبعضها الى منداع الى السقوط
- درعها عرضا ثلاثه ادرع وثلثا دراع وربع دراع وارتفاعها
- من جهة الزاوىه دراعىن ونصف ذراع ومن وسط الجنب خمسه ادرع
- وىلىا دراع وىها اىصا مٯدار ذراع من سفلها من الوسط
- يحتاج الى عمارىه ومرمته وبالايوان المذكور على يسره الصالون
- مرمر بالزاويه درعها عرضا دراعين وربع دراع من اعلاها
- مں اسفلها وارىڡاع ىلاىه اذرع ونصف دراع ومرمه [يحتاج]
- ڡى مثله بالجبس وبالكنيسه المذكوره سقف مكسر وباب ينوصل
- منها على يمنه الصاير بها ىدخل منه الى خربه بها جنب على ىمىں الداحل
- الىها به ىاب ومرمه درعها من الباب المذكور دراعىں وثلث
- وارىڡاعها دراعىں وىالخزىه المذكوره كتف ٯد هدم
- كان حاملا لىسىل هو الان محمول على خشب الشد دراع الكتڡ
- المدكور عرصا ىلىا دراع وارىڡاعه خمسه ادرع محاںىه مرمه عرصها
- نصف دراع وارىڡاعها دراعىں وںصڡ دراع كل ذلك بدراع العمل
- كل دلك الى العماره والترميم ومتى ترك بالصڡه الى هو علها الان حصل
- مںه الصرر وىحىط ىهده الكںىسه حدود ارىعه
- الحد الٯىلى ىںىهى الزقاق بخوخه خبيصه والحد
- الىحرى الى الطرىٯ وڡىه الباب والحد السرٯى
- ىںىهى الىىٮ ىعرڡ ىاىن المعرص والعطار وعىرهما والحد العرٮى
- ىںىهى الى دار ىعرڡ ٮالٯںدٯ وٯڡ صعالىك الىهود
- هذا ما دل علىه الكسڡ والمشاهده والامر ڡى دلك
- محمول على ما يقتضيه الشرع وذلك فى اليوم المبارك [التاسع]
- والعشرين من سهر رىىع الاول عام ثمانيه وسبعين وثمانمايه
- ثم ڡى اول شهر رىىع الاخر من السںه المدكوره فاوص المـ
- السرىڡه سرڡها الله ىعالى وعطمها وحلد ملك مالكها
- ومولانا ٯاصى الٯصاه شمالى المنوه باسمه الكريم اعلاه سرف الله
- واعلاه وزاد علاه فى امر الكںىسىىن المذكورىن اعلاه ڡىه
- الامر السرىڡ لسيدںا ومولانا ٯاصى الٯصاه المنوه
- باسمه الكرىم اعلاه ادام الله ىعالى ايامه الزاهره واحسں الىه وزاد علاه
- شفاها بالںوحه الى حىٮ الكںىسىىن المذكورىں اعلاه
- والعمل ڡى دلك بما ىٯىصىه السرع السرىڡ على ٯاعده مذهىه
- السرىڡ فتوحه سيدںا ومولانا ٯاصى الٯصاه المںوه
- ىاسمه الكريم ىاعالىىه ادام الله ىعالى ايامه واعر احكامه ڡراد معالىه
- وصحبته من ىصع اسمه احره مں الساده النواب فى العرىر وعىرهم
- والمهںدسىن المدكورىں اعلاه الى حىٮ الكںىسىں المذكورىں اعلاه
- وكشفتا بحصوره كشفا شافىا فوجدتا بالصفر المشروحه
- اعلاه ڡعںد دلك استخار الله سىحاںه وىعالى الدى
- ما خاب مستحيره واستجار بحرم كرمه الدى مستجيره
- لىاںىه ڡى الحكم العزيز هو سيدنا العبد الفقير الى الله تعالى
- الشيخ العلامه ىٯى الدىں شرف العلما اوحد الڡصلا مفتى
- المسلمين ابو الطىٮ محمد ٮں المٯرى الزجلجى الحںڡى حليڡه الحكم
- بالديار المصرىه اىد الله تعالى احكامه واحسن الىه ڡى [كشف]
- الكںىسىىىں المذكوىں وحرما بهما بالطرىق السرعى
- من جمله من حضر الكسف الاول والثانى المشروحىن اعلاهـ
- وثبت لدى سىدںا الىد الفقير الى الله تعالى الشيخ تقى الدين
- المادون له المومى اليه اعلاه ايد الله تعالى احكامه واحسن اليه بالبينة
- الشرعيه مصمون الكشف المسطر اعلاه على ما نص وشرح
- اعلاه ثبوتا صحىحا سرعيا في الرابع من سهر ربيع الآخر
- المذكور اعلاه من السنه المذكوره اعلاه ثم بعد ذلك
- توجه سيدنا العبد الفقير الى الله تعالى الشيخ تقى الدين
- الحاكم المادون له المومى اليه اعلاه اعر الله تعالى احكامه
- ومں ىصح اسمه اخره من السادة الںواٮ من الحكم العزيز وغيرهم [الى]
- الكنيستين المذكورتين اعلاه فوجدت المرمات المذكوره
- المذكور ٯد رمت واعيدت بالصفه التى كانت عليها [قبل]
- الهدم والحرق من غير زياده على ذلك وان الذى رم
- هو ما لليهود مرمته واعادة بالطريق الشرعى وبين ذلك
- عند سيدنا الحاكم المومى اليه ايد الله تعالى احكامه واحسن اليه
- بالبينة الشرعيه المقبوله ثبوتا صحيحا شرعيا و
- من التعرض لما اعيد من المرمات بالكنيستين المذكورتين اعلاه
- مما اليهود اعداته بالطريق الشرعى كما شرح اعلاه
- بغير زيادة على دلك منعا صحيحا سرعيا تاما
- معىٮرا سرعىا مسولا فيه مستوفيا شرايط الشرع
- من دعوى صحيحه شرعيه واقامه ىىںه واعىىار
- اعىىاره شرعا عالما بالخلاڡ ڡى ذلك و[كتب ......]
- الكريمه بذلك فى اليوم المبارك التاسع وعشرين
- الحرام ختام عام ثمانيه وسبعين وثمان نمايه(!) [يبارك الله]
- عاقبتها وصلواىه على ساير الابنيا ومرسلين
- احمعىں وسلامه حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
Recto
[...]
- .. بالنظر ڡى الحادثه الاتى شرحها فيه [...
- الشريف علـ[...
- سيدنا ومولانا قاضي القضاه المنو[ه باسمه اعلاه
- ادام الله تعالى ايامه الراهره وجمع له ىىں [...
- واحسن الىه وزاد علاه بكشف الكـ[ـنيستين ...
- ذكرهما ووصفهما وىحدىدها فيه وىوجه [...
- النواب فى الحكم العرىر الحنفى وغيرهم [...
- كل من المعلم ابراهيم ىن محمد ىں شرف الدين [...
- الشهير ىالالسّكرى والمعلم نور الدىن على بن المعـ[ـلم
- خليل بن ںور الدىن علي المهندس ايضا ..[...
- بابن بيسار وهما من ارباب الخبره والمعرفه بالعـ[...
- والاىںىه وعيوبها المندوىىن لذلك من [...
- الشريف الي حيث الكبيستين(!) الموعود بذكرهـ[ـما ...
- بمصر المحروسه ىخط قصر الجمع(!) [...
- بالعراقىين بجوار المعلقه والثانيه [...
- بالقرٮ من الاولى وكشفتا كشفـ[ـا ...
- فدل الكشف على ان الكنيسه الاولى المعـ[ـروفه
- بكنيسه العراقيين تشتمل على واجبهـ[ـا ...
- ىها ٮاٮ ىدخل منه الي سلم يصعد علىه الى [...
- منه الي ىاب مرىع ىدخل منه الى ساحه ىها ىجاه ا[...
- ىها قتحه ىىن كتفيں ذرعها سىه ادرع ..[...
- ىدراع العمل بها قاعدىىن رخاما مزمنه البـ[ـنا(؟) ...
- مںهما ڡى ثلث الفتحه المدكوره عرص كل كتف
- من وحهه دراع واحد وىمن دراع ىدراع [العمل
- وارتفاعه مں وحه الارض الي معالم يشتمل .[...
- الاطرڡ مںه اربعه ادرع يعلوهما معالم ... الحـ[...
- ىملو الفتحه المدكوره كاں البستل المـ[ـذكور ...
- الكتفين المذكورىں وعلى عامودىن رخاما كـ..ا ..ـقـ.[...
- على القاعدىىں الرخام المذكورىن وجد هنا[ك ...
- رخاما مرمىىں ذكر انهما العامودان الذان كانا .[...
- الىسىل المذكور حرق الىسىل المذكور وتـ[...
- غلوه وسقط العمودان المذكوران ارتفاع الىـ[...
- مع ما تهدم علوه من البنا دراع واحد ونصف درا[ع
- ڡى وسع الفتحه المذكوره ىعلو ذلك اطراف خشـ[ـب ...
- محموله على خشب الشد وىعلٯ ذلك فى وسط الـ[...
- ارىڡاعىں دراعىن فيكوون الهدم مع ارتفاع الىسـىـ[ـل
- ىلاىه ادرع وںصف دراع وىمں المايل من الحانـ[ـب ...
- الكتفين في عرض الكىڡىں كل ذلك ىدراع العمل .[...
- العامودىن المدكوريں الى ما كانا عليه ووضع ىساىل
- عما حرق واعاده الىںا المستهدم لما كان عليه .[...
- المذكوره على يسره الداخل ايوان بصدره جنب [...
- هدمت مساحىها ىلاىه ادرع وںصڡ دراع وسعها [...
- عرضه دراع ورىع دراع ىوسطها كتف عرضه درا[ع ...
- ذراع في دراعين استغماقه رىع دراع وسـ[ـ..ـكـ...
- ىحىاح الى هدم دراع رايد على الىاىه ادرع وںصـ[ـڡ ...
- المذكوره وبنا ذاك عرضها مں سفلها ىلاىه ادرع ونصف وا[...
- ارىعه ادرع وںصڡ دراع وىحاںىها مرمه اخرى عـ[...
- وارتفاعها دراعين ونصف دراع كل ذلك ىدراع العمل محـ[...
- الى ىںصڡ ذلك وىںاىه وعادىه الى ما كان عليه [...
- بالصفه التى هو علىها الان خشى منه الضرر وهده الكنيسـ[ـه
- تعرف بكنيسه الرىاںىں ىحدره اليهود ومحيط بها [حدود
- اربعه القبلى ىںىهى الي الرٯاٯ داخل الكـ[...
- الذى هناك وفىه الباب وبعضه الى اوقاف اليهو[د
- وبعضه الى الخراب والحد الىحرى ىںىهى الى ..[...
- وىه حدار معىٮ والحد الشرٯى ىںىهى الى [...
- الزقاق الدي ڡىه الكنيسه المذكوره بعصه [...ـكـ..
- اليهود والحد الغرىى ىںىهى الى الخراب وبالكںـ[ـيسه
- المذكوره مرَمّات لم ذكر فى هذا الكشف واما الكـ[ـنيسه
- المعروفه ىالشامىىں ڡاںها ىعرڡ اىضا بكنيسه الىهود الربانيـ[ـن
- ڡاںها داخل حوحه ىعرف ىحىىصه ىسىمل على مرمنه البناء
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- الىحرى الى الطرىق وفيه الىاٮ والحد الشرقي
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- والمهںدسىں المذكورىن اعلاه الى حںٮ الكںىسىں المذكورىں اعـ[ـلاه
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- من جمله حضر الكسف الاول والثاني المشروحىن اعلا[ه
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- المادون له المومى اليه اعلاه اىد الله ىعالى احكامه واحسن الىه ىالبينه
- الشرعيه مضمون الكشف المسطر اعلاه على ںص وشـ[رح
- اعلاه ىىوتا صحىحا سرعىا في الرابع من شهر رىىع الـ[ـاخر
- المذكور اعلاه من السنه المذكوره اعلاه ثم بعد ذلـ[ـك
- ىوجه سىدنا العبد الفقير الي الله تعالي الشيخ ىقى الد[ين
- الحاكم المادون له المومه الىه اعلاه اعر الله ىعالى احكـ[ـامه
- ومں ىصح اسمه اخره مں الساده الںواٮ مں الحكم العرىر وغير[هم الـ]ـى
- الكنيستين المذكورتين اعلاه فوجدت المرمات المدكو[ره ...
- المذكور قد مرمت واعيدت بالصفه التى كانت عليها قىل
- الهدم والحرق من غير زياده على ذلك وان الذى مرمه واعـ[ـادة
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- معىىرا سرعىا مسولا ڡىه متوفيا شرايط الشـ[ـرع .
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[...]
Richard Gottheil, "A Document of the Fifteenth Century concerning Two Synagogues of the Jews in Old Cairo," The Jewish Quarterly Review 18, no. 2 (n.p., 1927), 131-152.
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- ... order to look into the case which is reported below ...
- the holy law according to the exalted school ...
- our master and our leader, the chief Cadi who is mentioned (by name above),
- May Allah the most high prolong his illustrious days and make him enjoy (both this world and the next)
- and do well by him and increase his dignity. An inquiry should be made (into the two Synagogues which should give)
- an account of them and a description of them and their boundaries (or, of that which has been renewed in them). Then went
- the delegates of the excellent Hanefite law, and others,
- all of them: to wit, the learned Ibrahim ibn Mohammad ibn Sharaf al-Din,
- known as al-Sukkarī, the learned Nūr-al-Dīn ʿAlī son of the learned
- Khalīl ibn Nūr al-Dīn ʿAlī, the architect, known also
- as Ibn Baisār, leading men of information and knowledge in regard to real property,
- buildings and their defects, who had been delegated for this purpose by
- the exalted one, to the place where are the two Synagogues which are known by the description of them
- in Fostat—May God protect it!—in the quarter of Ḳaṣr al-Jamʿ, (the first one known)
- as that of the Babylonians, near to the Muʿalaḳah and the second one (known as that of the Palestinians)
- not far from the first. Now, we have made a thorough investigation,
- and the investigation has shown that the first Synagogue known
- as the Synagogue of the Babylonians contains a façade,
- in which is a gate through which one goes to a ladder, upon which one mounts to (a place higher)
- than it, to a square gate through which one comes upon an open space, opposite to which is ...
- In this there is an opening between two buttresses, the length of which is six cubits
- according to the ordinary cubit. In it are two pedestals of marble erected long ago.
- Now, these are at about one-third of the above-mentioned opening. The width of each buttress
- on its face is one cubit and one-eighth, according to the ordinary cubit.
- Its height, from the surface of the ground up to as far as that part which contains
- the laterals, is four cubits. Above this was something still higher...
- In the middle of the aforementioned opening is the aforementioned tower ...
- the two buttresses aforementioned; and upon the two marble pillars (which were)
- upon the two pedestals of marble aforementioned there are found the
- two restored pieces of marble. It is said that these are the two pillars which made up
- the aforementioned tower. The aforementioned tower had been burned down (and ...)
- its upper part, so that the two aforementioned pillars had sagged. The height of the tower
- in addition to the top part of the building which had fallen into ruins was a cubit and a half.
- Now, throughout the whole length of the opening aforementioned there were laterals of wood
- resting upon wooden beams. In the middle
- of its elevation it reached two cubits—so that the destruction, taking account of the height of the tower, reached
- three cubits and a half and an eighth of a cubit, taking into account the sagging ...
- the two buttresses along the width of the buttresses. This computation is on the basis of the ordinary cubit (regarding)
- the two aforementioned pillars up to that upon which they rested. And (it is necessary) to replace the towers
- to that which they were before they were burned and to rebuild the building which had been destroyed to that which it had been
- as aforementioned. To the left, as one enters, is a roofed porch, the front porch of which
- has been destroyed up to three and a half cubits in length,
- and one and one-quarter cubits in width. Its depth has been uncovered
- one cubit by two. Its depth was a quarter of a cubit. The height
- needs a tearing down amounting to one extra cubit above the three and a half cubits.
- aforementioned. (It will be necessary) to rebuild this whole space from the bottom up three and a half to
- four cubits and a half. At the side (of this whole space) is another postern.
- Its height is two and a half cubits—all on the basis of the ordinary cubit.
- (It is necessary) to clean this up, to rebuild it and to restore it to its original form.
- In the condition in which it is now there is danger of injury occurring. Now, this Synagogue
- known as the Synagogue of the Rabbanites is in the Quarter of the Jews. (The whole property) can be described according to the four
- (cardinal points). The South reaches up to the little street in the Synagogue Enclosure
- which is there. In it there is the gate. A part of it belongs to the Waḳf of the Jews
- and a part to waste ground. The northern side ...
- In this there is a wall about to tumble down. The Eastern Side reaches (unto)
- the small street in which is the aforementioned Synagogue, a part of which (belongs to the Waḳf)
- of the Jews. The western side reaches the waste ground in the aforementioned Synagogue Enclosure.
- Repairs in regard to this are not mentioned in the investigation. Now, as regards the Synagogue
- known as that of the Palestinians—it is also known as the Synagogue of the Rabbanite Jews—
- it is inside the passage known as Khabīsah. It contains a façade built long ago.
- From it one enters the aforementioned Synagogue. And in the aforementioned Synagogue for one
- who passes through it, there is a porch without a roof. In it are two pillars of marble; one of which to (the right)
- of the person as he enters. This is leaning to one side. It must be put in order and placed in the condition in which it was.
- In it is a large window, a part of which has already fallen, and a part of which is on the point of falling.
- Its size in breadth is three and one-third cubits, plus one quarter cubit; its height
- at the corner is two and a half cubits. On the middle of its side it is five cubits
- and two-thirds of a cubit. Now, for the space of a cubit from its lowest part up to the middle of it also
- needs rebuilding and restoring. In the aforementioned porch to the right of the reception room
- is a granite column in the corner; its measurement is in width two and one quarter cubits from its top
- to its bottom, in height three and one-half cubits and its restoration (is necessary)
- to the same amount in the mortar. Now, in the aforementioned synagogue the roof is broken in and a door leads
- from it lying to the right of one who goes through it. From this door one enters into a place that is in ruins, one wall of which lies to the right as one enters.
- In it there is a door. The area needing repairs from the aforementioned door on is two and one third cubits.
- In height (this area) is two and one quarter cubits. Now, in the aforementioned chamber, the wall has fallen into ruins.
- It used to carry a tower. At the present time it is resting upon connecting beams. The extent of the wall
- aforementioned is two-thirds of a cubit in breadth and its height is five cubits. Next to it is a space needing repairs, the breadth of which
- is one-half a cubit and its height two and one-half cubits. All these cubits are the current cubits.
- All this stands in need of reconstruction and repair. If it is left in the condition in which it is at present, there may happen
- through this accidents. The following four boundaries will give the position in which this Synagogue lies.
- The south side reaches unto the market-place in the passage Khabīsah; the northern
- side reaches unto the street. In it is the gate (to the Synagogue). The eastern side
- reaches unto the house known as that of Ibn al-Muʿarrid and of al-ʿAṭṭār and of the others beside them. The western side
- reaches unto the dwelling compound known as the Hospice—a Waḳf for the poor of the Jews.
- This is what the investigation and the survey have clearly indicated. As for that which should be done in this matter
- that is left to that which the Mohammedan law may require. This occurred upon the blessed day (... the nine)
- and twentieth of the month Rabīʿa I in the year 878.
- Then, on the first day of Rabīʿa II in the aforementioned year, gave over ...
- the glorious, may Allah the most High grant them fame and give them strength and prolong the rule of their head-officer
- as well as the chief Caḍi ... whose excellent name is mentioned above—May Allah exalt him
- and elevate him and increase his grandeur—in the matter of the two Synagogues mentioned above ...
- the final decision (?) to our excellent lord and master the chief Caḍi who is named above
- by his excellent name—May Allah prolong his flourishing days, do well by him and make his grandeur increase.
- He gave orders orally to go where are the two Synagogues mentioned above
- and to deal with this matter in harmony with the dictates of the holy law according to his excellent
- school (of law). Then went our lord and master, the chief Caḍi, who is mentioned
- by his excellent name above—May Allah the Most High lenghthen his days, give strength to his judgments and increase his dignity—
- accompanied by those of his colleagues who place their names at the end of this document, those stationed in the honored court of justice and others,
- as well as the architects mentioned above, to where the two above mentioned Synagogues were.
- A thorough investigation was made of them in his presence, and the two were found to be in the condition mentioned
- above. Thereupon Allah was consulted—praised and exalted be He—who
- would not disappoint anyone consulting him; and h was asked of Him, whose kindness is never asked in vain—
- for enlightenment in the honoured court of justice (by the chief Cāḍi) our lord, the poor servant of his master Allah the Most High,
- the learned Sheikh Taḳī-al-Dīn, the honoured one among the wise and (by) the most respected Mufti
- of the Mohammedans Abū-al-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn al-Mukri al-Zujjāji al-Ḥanafi, head judge
- in the country of Egypt. May Allah the Most High confirm his judgments and give him enlightenment in (the investigation concerning)
- the two synagogues aforementioned and their ruins in a legal manner,
- (made) by all those who were present at the first and second investigations, explained above.
- Now there was verified before our Master, the poor servant of Allah the Most High, the Sheikh Taḳī-al-Dīn
- who is licensed (to deal with legal matters and) to whom reference has been made above—May Allah the Most High confirm his judgments and favour him with the legal proofs—
- the contents of the examination that has been noted above according to that which has been put down and explained
- above—a veritable legal decision on the fourth day of the month
- Rabīʿa II mentioned above in the aforementioned year. Then, after this
- there went our Lord, the servant who looks for the aid of Allah the Most High, the Sheikh Taḳī-al-Dīn
- the judge who is licensed (to deal with legal matters and) to whom reference has been made above—may Allah the Most High strengthen his judgments—
- together with those who are placing their names after his—leaders and authorities in the excellent tribunal and others beside them (to)
- the two Synagogues aforementioned. The restorations mentioned above
- were found to have been made and (the Synagogues) had been put into the same condition in which they had been (previous to)
- the destruction and burning. Nothing whatsoever had been added. It was found also that that which had been restored
- was the portion belonging to the Jews. Its restoration and its replacement had been done in a legal manner. This was made clear
- efore our master the wise man who has been referred to (above) may Allah the Most High confirm his judge—
- ments and favour him with legal proofs, which are acceptable, certain, true, lawful and (impossible)
- of contradiction in regard to that which had been restored in the two above mentioned Synagogues
- belonging to the Jews—a lawful restoration, as has been explained above,
- without any addition to this ... true, lawful, complete,
- determined by law, demanded by it and fulfilling the terms of the law
- upon the basis of a perfectly legal demand and after the establishing of full proof, and after full legal
- consideration had been given with much erudition of the view opposite to this. A proper (document was drawn up)
- in regard to this matter on the blessed day, the twenty-ninth of al-
- Ḥarām at the end of the year 878. May Allah bless
- its end, and may His kindness be for the rest of the prophets and apostles
- altogether, and may there be peace! God is sufficient unto us and an excellent guardian!