Paraliterary text: DK 267

Paraliterary text DK 267

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DK 267
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Arabic
Eastern Arabic Numerals

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Horoscope for the vernal equinox of 1122 CE based on the zīj of al-Ḥākim (here referred to as mawlāna al-imām al-ḥākim bi-amr allāh) a.k.a. al-Zīj al-Kabīr al-Ḥākīmī compiled by Ibn Yūnus. Both the bottom and the top are torn away. The section preserved specifies the date according to three different calendars: 18 Baramhāt [838 era of the martyrs]; 14 Ādhār (i.e., March) 1433 Seleucid; and 29 Farwardīn 491 (Yazdegerdi era). The month of Farwardīn is here referred to as Āfarwardī-māh al-Qadīm (perhaps referring to the reckoning before the Jalālī reform of 1079). There is a magic square on verso. (Information in part from Pingree and Goldstein, More Horoscopes from the Cairo Geniza.)

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al-Ḥākim (caliph)

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Hungarian Academy of Sciences, David Kaufmann (DK)
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DK 267 Frag. 001r

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Frag. 001r

DK 267 Frag. 001v

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Frag. 001v
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  • DK 267: מאוסף הספרייה הלאומית
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, David Kaufmann (DK) , DK 267. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/42610/ (accessed November 14, 2026).