State document: T-S NS 238.14

State document T-S NS 238.14

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS 238.14
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

Probably an Ayyubid capitation tax receipt. Headed by the ʿalāma "iʿtimādī ʿālā khāliqī." The next line refers to an Aleppan Jew ([...] Yahūdī Ḥalabī). The next two lines seem to indicate that this is for the payment of the capitation tax in Gaza (....جزيته بمدينة غزة المحروسة...عليه الصحة). The sum looks like 13 Nāṣirī dirhams (https://geniza.github.io/paleographicalglossary/item.html?id=ccg0067). The coinage allows the document to be dated to no earlier than 1187 CE. There may be an explicit date at lower right (9th of something?) but this is difficult to read. Reused on recto for a piyyuṭ in a rudimentary hand (and fully vocalized) attributed to Shelomo ha-Kohen.

Related Places

Location
Gaza

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Transcription
Translation

T-S NS 238.14 1v

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1v

T-S NS 238.14 1r

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1r
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 238.14. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/24450/ (accessed April 22, 2026).