מסמך שלטוני: T-S H5.111
מסמך שלטוני T-S H5.111תיאור
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.)
Translation: Khan, Geoffrey (in English)
T-S H5.111 1r
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תרגום
Geoffrey Khan, Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).T-S H5.111 1v
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... from the abomination of death on the frontier and the affliction of annihilation.
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A soul should not die except by leave of God at its fixed time, which is written down.
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Since I have requited you for your services regarding the affair of the Turks
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[ ] in that, continuing the practice of your predecessors . . .
