State document: T-S H5.111

State document T-S H5.111

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Shelfmark
T-S H5.111
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

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.)

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box H, 5, f. 111; TS H, 5, f. 111; TS H, 5, fol. 111; TS Box H, 5, fol. 111
Input date
In PGP since 2022
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Translation

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).

  1. ... from the abomination of death on the frontier and the affliction of annihilation.

  2. A soul should not die except by leave of God at its fixed time, which is written down.

  3. Since I have requited you for your services regarding the affair of the Turks

  4. [ ] in that, continuing the practice of your predecessors . . .

 

T-S H5.111 1r

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S H5.111. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/35271/ (accessed June 6, 2026).