India Traders of the Middle Ages: Documents from the Cairo Geniza ('India Book'). �udes sur le Judaisme M��l 31.

Ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar, lediglich einige Anstreichungen im Inhaltsverzeichnis / A very good and clean copy, only a few marks in the table of contents. - CONTENTS (excerpt): List of Illustrations and Maps Preface SECTION ONE INTRODUCTION Chapter One Letters and Documents on the India Trade in Medieval Times�A Preview Chapter Two Dramatis Personae A. Joseph b. David Lebdi and his Family B. Madm�n b. Hasan-Japheth and his Family BL Mahr�z b. Jacob C. Abraham Ben Yij� and his Family 1. Preliminary Remarks 2. Ben Yij� in India 3. Merchants� Letters 4. Ben Yij�, a Man of Letters 5. Ben Yij��s Family and his Return to the West 6. Ben Yij��s Return to Egypt; His Extended Family there and Descendants 7. Genealogy of the Ben Yij� Family C1. The Ibn al-Amsh� Family 1. Preliminary Remarks: Maimonides� Epistle 2. A Genealogical List and the People Mentioned Therein 3. A Dedicatory Inscription on a Torah Case in al-Mahalla al-Kubra 4. Inscriptions from the Palestinian Synagogue in Fustat 5. More on the Ibn al-Amash� Family, especially Hananel b. Samuel 6. Conclusion 7. Appendix: A �Testament� Penned by Maimonides 8. Genealogy Chapter Three Select Studies on Shipping and Travel A. Nakhudds�Shipowners and Captains 1. Introductory Remarks 2. Buzurg�s �The Wonders of India� 3. The Ndkhudd in the Geniza and Goitein�s Research 4. Chakravarti�s Nakhudds and Nauvittakas 5. Margariti�s Study on the Nakhudd 6. Jewish Shipowners in the Indian Ocean vs. the Mediterranean: Variables in Religious Scruples or Socio-Economic and Geo-Political Factors 7. On the Ambiguity of Nakhudd and other Terms and on Entrusting Merchandise Shipped Abroad 8. Identifying the Shipowner 9. A Prosopography: Shipowners Identified as Nakhudds. 10. Shipowners Not Identified as Ndkhudds 11. Nakhudai Not identified as Shipowners 12. The Rubbdn 13. Concluding Observations / B. Dangers in Travel and in Shipping Goods by Land and Sea SECTION TWO THE DOCUMENTS Chapter One Joseph B. David Lebdi and his Family A. Lawsuit of Jekuthiel al-Haklm vs. Joseph Lebdi I, 1-2 Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat Appendix to I, 1-2 (�Futa��) I, 3 Second Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 4�5 Third Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 6 7 Fourth Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat - I, 8 Fifth Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat / I, 9 Sixth Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 10-11 Seventh Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 12 Eighth Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 13 Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b. Bundar I, 13a Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b. Bundar I, 14 Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b. Bundar I, 15 Statements about Collateral Given by and Returned to Lebdi B. Lawsuit of Ibn Sughmar vs. Joseph Lebdi I, 16 Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat I, 17 Letter from Judah Ibn Sughmar to Nahray b. Nissim I, 18 Two Additional Sessions of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat C. Additional Geniza Papers on Joseph Lebdi I, 19 Testimony on the Date of a Bill of Divorce I, 20 Testimony of �Arus b. Joseph on Lebdi�s Partnership with His Brother I, 21 Session of the Court: Joseph Lebdi vs. his Nephew David I, 22 Text of Oath with Inventory of Joseph Lebdi�s Assets I, 23 Responsum on Sale of Half a House by Joseph Lebdi I, 24 Three Court Records on Purchase of House by Joseph Lebdi L 25-29 A Successful Voyage of Joseph Lebdi to Nahrwara I, 25 Letter from a Merchant in Egypt to the Maghreb on Lebdi�s Arrival in �Aydhab I, 26 Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat: al-Wuhsha vs. Joseph Lebdi I, 27-28 Legal Opinions on the Case al-Wuhsha vs. Joseph Lebdi I, 29 Testimony that Joseph Lebdi Renounced Claims to Farah�s Assets I, 30 Contract of a Commenda-Partnership I, 31a Testimony on Joseph Lebdi�s Last Will I, 31b Power of Attorney by Barakat Lebdi to Joseph's Widow D. The Lebdi Family I, 32 Letter from Nahray b. Nathan to Abu Sa�id: Oriental Goods Ordered by David Lebdi I, 33 Accounts for Dealings by Barakat Lebdi I, 34a Betrothal between Sitt al-Ahl d. Joseph Lebdi and Her Cousin I, 34b Another Betrothal, This Time between Sitt al-Ahl and an India Trader I, 35 Abu �1-Barakat�s Widow Purchases a Share in Two Stores I, 36 The Engagement of Sitt al-Khassa d. Abu �1-Barakat I, 37 Testimony by Abu �1- Rid�oseph b. Abu �1-Barakat Lebdi I, 38 A Contribution to the Poor by Ibn al-Lebdi I, 39 Last Will of Abu �1-Barakat b. Abu �1-Rida Lebdi I, 40-42 The Sons of Abu �1-Barakat II b. Joseph II I, 40 Power of Attorney by Naba� b. Abu �1-Barakat II re Claims on his Inheritance I, 41 Deed of Partnership in the Late Abu �1-Barakat H�s Sugar Factory I, 42 A Contribution to the Poor by Abu �1-Rida I, 43-44 Lebdis Preceding the Time of Joseph I I, 43a Poem in Honor of Samuel Ibn al-Lebdi I, 43b Power of Attorney by Samuel Ibn al-Lebdi I, 44 Power of Attorney by Solomon and Moses b. Abraham Ibn al-Lebdi Chapter Two Madm�n B. Hasan-Japheth, Prince of Yemenite Jewry, and his Family A. Hasan b. Bund� his Brothers Abraham and Isaac, and Elder Son Bund�II II, 1 Letter from Mukht�b. Jacob to Sa'id b. Naj�escribing Hasan b. Bandar�s Assistance II, 2 9 On Abu �1-Faraj Nissim, who Disappeared in India, with His Camphor II, 2 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b. Nissim: Request to Intervene with Hasan b. Bund�II, 3 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b. Nissim Inquiring about a Letter Sent to Aden II, 4 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b. Nissim: Request to Forward a Letter to Hasan b. Bund�II, 5 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Moses b. Abu �1-Hayy II, 6 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nethanel b. Japheth re Goods Sent by Has�b. Bund�II, 7 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b. Nissim II, 8 Power of Attorney to Perahy�a-Kohen to Recover in India Goods Entrusted to Abu �1-Faraj Nissim al-Raqql II, 9 Letter from Khiy�b. Jacob to Nethanel b. Japheth re Abu �1-Faraj Nissim II, 10 Memorandum to Traveler Carrying Indian Goods to Isaac b. Bund�II, Ila Letter of Thanks from Halfon ha-Levi b. Manasseh to Abraham b. Bund�II, 11b The Honorary Titles in the Bund�Family of Aden. ISBN 9789004154728