India traders of the middle ages: documents from the Cairo Geniza ("India Book")
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
List of Illustrations and Maps xix
Preface xxj
SECTION ONE
INTRODUCTION
Chapter One Letters and Documents on the India Trade
in Medieval Times—A Preview 3
Chapter Two Dramatis Personae 27
A. Joseph b. David Lebdi and his Family 27
B. Madmün b. Hasan Japheth and his Family 37
Bl. Mahrüz b. Jacob 48
C. Abraham Ben Yijü and his Family 52
1. Preliminary Remarks 52
2. Ben Yijü in India 54
3. Merchants Letters 57
4. Ben Yijü, a Man of Letters 66
5. Ben Yijü s Family and his Return to the West 69
6. Ben Yijü s Return to Egypt; His Extended Family
there and Descendants 79
7. Genealogy of the Ben Yijü Family 88
Cl. The Ibn al AmshätlFamily 90
1. Preliminary Remarks: Maimonides Epistle 90
2. A Genealogical List and the People Mentioned
Therein 91
3. A Dedicatory Inscription on a Torah Case in
al Mahalla al Kubrä 101
4. Inscriptions from the Palestinian Synagogue in
Fustat 105
5. More on the Ibn al Amashätl Family, especially
Hananelb. Samuel HO
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6. Conclusion 117
7. Appendix: A Testament Penned by Maimonides 118
8. Genealogy 120
Chapter Three Select Studies on Shipping and Travel 121
A. Näkhudäs—Shipowners and Gaptains 121
1. Introductory Remarks 121
2. Buzurg s The Wonders of India 122
3. The Näkhudä in the Geniza and Goitein s
Research 125
4. Chakravarti s Näkhudäs and Nauvittakas 129
5. Margariti s Study on the Näkhudä 130
6. Jewish Shipowners in the Indian Ocean vs. the
Mediterranean: Variables in Religious Scruples or
Socio Economic and Geo Political Factors 132
7. On the Ambiguity of Näkhudä and other Terms
and on Entrusting Merchandise Shipped Abroad ... 137
8. Identifying the Shipowner 140
9. A Prosopography: Shipowners Identified as
Näkhudä?, 142
10. Shipowners Not Identified as Näkhudäs 146
11. Näkhudäs Not identified as Shipowners 148
12. The Rubbän 152
13. Concluding Observations 153
B. Dangers in Travel and in Shipping Goods by Land
and Sea 157
SECTION TWO
THE DOCUMENTS
Chapter One Joseph B. David Lebdi and his Family 167
A. Lawsuit ofjekuthiel al Haklm vs. Joseph Lebdi 167
I, 1 2 Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat 167
Appendix toi, 1 2 ( Füta ) 175
I, 3 Second Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 181
I, 4 5 Third Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 184
CONTENTS VÜ
I, 6 7 Fourth Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 187
I, 8 Fifth Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 193
I, 9 Sixth Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 194
I, 10 11 Seventh Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 196
I, 12 Eighth Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 197
I, 13 Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b.
Bundär 198
I, 13a Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b.
Bundär 203
I, 14 Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b.
Bundär 204
I, 15 Statements about Collateral Given by and
Returned to Lebdi 209
B. Lawsuit of Ibn Sughmärvs. Joseph Lebdi 211
I, 16 Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 213
I, 17 Letter from Judah Ibn Sughmär to Nahray b.
Nisslm 216
I, 18 Two Additional Sessions of the Rabbinical
Court of Fustat 217
C. Additional Geniza Papers on Joseph Lebdi 219
I, 19 Testimony on the Date of a Bill of
Divorce 220
I, 20 Testimony of Arüs b. Joseph on Lebdi s
Partnership with His Brother 222
I, 21 Session of the Court: Joseph Lebdi vs. his
Nephew David 224
I, 22 Text of Oath with Inventory of Joseph
Lebdi s Assets 226
I, 23 Responsum on Säle of Half a House by
Joseph Lebdi 231
I, 24 Three Court Records on Purchase of
House by Joseph Lebdi 234
I, 25 29 A Successful Voyage of Joseph Lebdi to
Nahrwära 237
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I, 25 Letter from a Merchant in Egypt to the
Maghreb on Lebdi s Arrival in Aydhäb 238
I, 26 Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat:
al Wuhsha vs. Joseph Lebdi 241
I, 27 28 Legal Opinions on the Case al Wuhsha vs.
Joseph Lebdi 242
I, 29 Testimony that Joseph Lebdi Renounced
Claims to Farah s Assets 250
1,30 Contract of a Commenda Partnership 251
I, 31a Testimony on Joseph Lebdi s Last Will 252
I, 31b Power of Attorney by Barakät Lebdi to
Joseph s Widow 253
D. The Lebdi Family 254
I, 32 Letter from Nahray b. Nathan to Abu Sa ld:
Oriental Goods Ordered by David Lebdi .... 255
I, 33 Accounts for Dealings by Barakät Lebdi 258
I, 34a Betrothai between Sitt al Ahl d. Joseph
Lebdi and Her Cousin 265
I, 34b Another Betrothai, This Time between
Sitt al Ahl and an India Trader 267
I, 35 Abu 1 Barakät s Widow Purchases a Share
in Two Stores 270
I, 36 The Engagement of Sitt al Khässa d. Abu
1 Barakät . . 271
I, 37 Testimony by Abu 1 Ridä Joseph b. Abu
1 Barakät Lebdi 272
I, 38 A Contribution to the Poor by Ibn
al Lebdi 273
I, 39 Last Will of Abu 1 Barakät b. Abu 1 Ridä
Lebdi 274
I, 40 42 The Sons of Abu 1 Barakät II b. Joseph II ... 276
I, 40 Power of Attorney by Naba b. Abu
1 Barakät II re Claims on his Inheritance .... 276
I, 41 Deed of Partnership in the Late Abu
1 Barakät II s Sugar Factory 277
I, 42 A Contribution to the Poor by Abu
1 Ridä 277
I, 43 44 Lebdis Preceding the Time of Joseph I 279
I, 43a Poem in Honor of Samuel Ibn al Lebdi 279
I, 43b Power of Attorney by Samuel Ibn al Lebdi ... 280
CONTENTS ix
I, 44 Power of Attorney by Solomon and Moses b.
Abraham Ibn al Lebdi 281
Chapter Two Madmün B. Hasan Japheth, Prince of
Yemenitejewry, and his Family 283
A. Hasan b. Bundär, his Brothers Abraham and Isaac,
and Eider Son Bundär II 283
II, 1 Letter from Mukhtär b. Jacob to Sä id b.
Naja Describing Hasan b. Bundär s
Assistance 283
II, 2 9 On Abu 1 Faraj Nisslm, who Disappeared in
India, with His Camphor 288
II, 2 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b.
Nisslm: Request to Intervene with Hasan b.
Bundär 291
II, 3 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b.
Nisslm Inquiring about a Letter Sent to
Aden 294
II, 4 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b.
Nisslm: Request to Forward a Letter to
Hasan b. Bundär 295
II, 5 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Moses b.
Abu 1 Hayy 296
II, 6 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nethanel b.
Japheth re Goods Sent by Hasan b.
Bundär 297
II, 7 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b.
Nisslm 299
II, 8 Power of Attorney to Perahyä ha Kohen to
Recover in India Goods Entrusted to Abu
1 Faraj Nisslm al Raqql 300
II, 9 Letter from Khiyär b. Jacob to Nethanel b.
Japheth re Abu 1 Faraj Nisslm 302
II, 10 Memorandum to Traveler Carrying Indian
Goods to Isaac b. Bundär 303
II, lla Letter of Thanks from Halfen ha Levi b.
Manasseh to Abraham b. Bundär 306
II, llb The Honorary Titles in the Bundär Family
of Aden 309
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II, 12 Letter from Bundär II b. Hasan to Allan b.
Hassün 310
B. Business Letters Sent by Madmün b. Hasan to India 311
II, 13 15 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Three Fragments of Two Copies ... 311
II, 16 19 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Four Fragments of Two Copies .... 319
II, 20 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü 328
II, 21 24 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Four Fragments of Three Copies ... 337
II, 25 26 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Two Fragments 352
II, 27 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: First Pick of Merchandise for
Biläl b. Jarlr 357
II, 28 29 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Safe Conduct and Assistance for
Brother 359
II, 30 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Mutual Assistance 366
II, 31 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Freight Jettisoned 368
C. Letters and Memoranda Sent by Madmün to Egypt
(Cairo Fustat) 371
II, 32 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abu Zikn
Kohen 371
II, 33 34 Memorandum from Madmün b. Hasan to
Halfen ha Levi b. Nethanel 377
D. Internal Yemenite Affairs 390
II, 35 Letter of Apology for a Complaint that
Madmün had Mismanaged a Trust 390
II, 36 Letter from the Court to the Community of
Dhü Jibla in Defense of Madmün 396
E. Hebrew Poems by Abraham Ben Yijü in Honor
of Madmün 401
II, 37 Praise of Madmün, Defender of the Faithful
and Especially of Ben Yijü 401
II, 38 39 Encomium Betraying Strong Opposition
Met by Madmün 403
CONTENTS xi
II, 40 Three Poems Written by Ben Yijü in Honor
of Madmün 404
II, 41 Dirge on Madmün s Death 406
F. Joseph b. Abraham b. Bundär, Madmün s Cousin 40 7
II, 42 Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to Halfon
ha Levi b. Nethanel 407
II, 43 Memorandum from Joseph b. Abraham to
Abu Nasr al Halabi 409
II, 44 Memorandum from Joseph b. Abraham to
Ishäq Nafüsl 413
II, 45 Letter from the Scribe of the Yeshiva to
Joseph b. Abraham 430
II, 45a Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to
Sulaymän b. Abu ZikrT Kohen Denying
Misappropriation of a Deposit 431
G. Khalaf b. Isaac b. Bundär, Madmün s Cousin 437
II, 46 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to a merchant
in Egypt: Attack on Aden by the King of
Kish 437
II, 47 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Halfon
ha Levi b. Nethanel, Aydhäb 451
II, 48 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Halfon
ha Levi b. Nethanel: Plunder of Aden,
Losses at Sea and a Servant not
Purchased 452
II, 49 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Halfon
ha Levi b. Nethanel 457
II, 50 Memorandum from Khalaf b. Isaac ordering
Pharmaceuticals from Egypt 460
II, 51 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Egypt about
Turmoil in Yemen 462
II, 52 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Egypt 468
II, 53 Letter of Thanks from Halfon ha Levi b.
Manasseh to Khalaf b. Isaac 469
II, 54 Letters from the Yeshiva in Egypt to Khalaf
b. Isaac and Joseph b. Abraham, Aden 471
H. Mahrüz b. Jacob sonof Madmün s PaternalAunt 473
II, 55 Letter from Mahrüz to Abu ZikrT Kohen,
Broach 473
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II, 56 57 Letter from Mahrüz to Sulaymän b. Abu
Zikn Kohen before Sailing Back to India .... 480
II, 58 Memoradum from Abu Zikn Kohen to
Mahrüz 485
II, 59 Letter from Mahrüz to Abu Zikn Kohen
with Urgent Warning 487
II, 60 Bill of Säle for Purchase of House by
Mahrüz 489
I. Madmün b. Hasan s Descendents 490
II, 61 Letter from Halfen and Bundär b. Madmün
to Sulaymän b. Abu Zikn Kohen 490
II, 62 Letter from Halfen b. Madmün to Ezekiel b.
Nathan Acknowledging Condolences on
Madmün s Death 494
II, 63 Letter from Halfen b. Madmün to Saadya
b. Abraham, an Egyptian Teacher 495
II, 64 Letter from Abu All b. Bü Umar to his
Family, Praising Halfen b. Madmün s
Assistance 496
II, 65 Letter to a Merchant Away in the Far East,
whose Interests were Protected by the
Nagid David 503
II, 66 Letter on the Forced Conversion of Yemenite
Jews, but Business as Usual 506
II, 67 Letter from Madmün b. David: Murder of
the Caliph and Return ofjewish Life 513
II, 67a Letter from Shemaryä b. David to a
Prominent Egyptian Jew 519
II, 68 Letter from Halfen (?) to Shemaryähü b.
David, Requesting Appointment as a
Religious Functionary 522
II, 69 Panegyrical Poem in Honor of
Madmün II 523
J. Shipwrecked Merchants, Whose Estates were Cared
for by Madmün I and his Successors 524
II, 70 Letter from the Rabbinical Court of Fustat
to Madmün b. Hasan re Estate of Ibn
Jumayhir 524
II, 71 Letter from Sa ld b. Marhab to Hillel b.
Nahman re his Son in Law s Drowning 530
CONTENTS xÜi
II, 72 Testimony of Sitt al Ahl d. Sayyid al Kull,
Widow of Hiba the Drowned Merchant ... 541
II, 73 Quittance by the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat for Money sent by Madmün II 542
II, 74 Letter from Joseph b. Iwäd to Hananel b.
Samuel 544
II, 75 Letter from Yemen to Egypt re
Consignment of Pearls 550
ChapterThree Abraham Ben Yijü and his Family 551
A. Letters sent to Ben Yijü by Madmün b. Hasan
(See II, 13 31) 551
B. Letters sent to Ben Yijü by Joseph b. Abraham 551
III, 1 Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to Abraham
Ben Yijü, Malabar Coast, India 551
III, 2 Memorandum from Joseph b. Abraham to
Abraham Ben Yijü 564
III, 3 Short Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to
Abraham Ben Yijü 568
III, 4—6 Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to Abraham
Ben Yijü re Undependable Merchant 573
III, 7 Short Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to
Abraham Ben Yijü 582
III, 8 Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to Abraham
Ben Yijü 585
III, 9 Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to Abraham
Ben Yijü 587
C. Letters sent to Ben Yijü by Khalaf b. Isaac 594
III, 10 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Abraham
Ben Yijü, Dahbattan, India 594
III, 10a Beginning of a Letter from Khalaf b.
Isaac to Abraham Ben Yijü 606
III, 11 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Abraham
Ben Yijü 607
III, 12 14 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Abraham
Ben Yijü, Mainly about Shipwrecked
Goods 614
III, 15 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Abraham
Ben Yijü, Jurbattan 622
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III, 16 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Abraham
Ben Yijü, Mangalore 627
D. Documents Related to Abraham Ben Yijü During
his Stay in India and Yemen 632
III, 17 Deed of Manumission of Ashü, Slave
Girl Purchased by Abraham Ben Yijü 632
III, 18 Five Accounts Written by Abraham
Ben Yijü 635
III, 19 Accounts of Abraham Ben Yijü s
Workshop for Bronze Vessels 644
III, 20 Similar Accounts, not in Ben Yijü s
Hand 647
III, 21 Two Accounts by Ben Yijü about
Transactions with the Näkhudä Abu
Abd Allah Ibn Abu 1 Katä ib 648
III, 22 Statements by Two Yemenite Merchants
about Consignments Shipped by Ben Yijü
and Mostly Lost 653
III, 23 Fragment of Detailed Accounts Written
by Abraham Ben Yijü 658
III, 24 Abraham Ben Yijü s Inventory of Baggage
for Journey from India to the West 661
III, 25 Account written by Abraham Ben Yijü:
Compensation to Khalaf b. Isaac and
Joseph b. Abraham 665
III, 26 Calendar for 1461 E.D. (1149/50 C.E.) .... 668
III, 27 Sundry Accounts Written by Abraham
Ben Yijü 669
III, 28a Account of a Merchant in India Written
by Abraham Ben Yijü 675
E. Correspondence after Leaving India and while
Returning Home 679
III, 29 Letter from Abraham Ben Yijü to his
Brothers and Sisters after His Safe Return
from India 679
III, 29a Poem by Abraham Ben Yijü in Honor of
Judge Labrat II 688
III, 29bc Responsa in Abraham Ben Yijü s Hand:
Legitimacy of a Manumitted Slave Girl s
Marriage and Status of Her Children 690
CONTENTS xv
III, 30 Letter from Perahyä b. Joseph to Abraham
b. Elijah, al Mahdiyya, Inquiring about
Perahyä s Uncle Abraham Ben Yijü 693
III, 30a Deed of Lease of an Apartment in Sicily
for Forty Years for Joseph Yijü 696
III, 31 Letter from Yeshü ä ha Kohen b. Jacob to
Abraham Ben Yijü, then in Aden 698
III, 32 Letter from Joseph ha Kohen b. Meshulläm
to Abraham Ben Yijü, in Inland Yemen .... 703
III, 33 Letter from Yeshü ä ha Kohen b. Jacob to
Abraham Ben Yijü re House Rented for
Hirn 707
III, 34 35 Fragments of Three Responsa Written
by Abraham Ben Yijü 709
III, 36 A Court Record and Medical Prescriptions
on Cloth Written by Abraham Ben Yijü ... 713
III, 37 Letter Appealing for Assistance Against
Abraham Ben Yijü 714
III, 38 Letter from Yeshü ä b. Jacob to Abraham
Ben Yijü About the Death of Madmün .... 716
III, 39 Letter from Abraham Ben Yijü on the Way
to Egypt: Distrust between Associates and
Disruption of Family Life 719
III, 40a List of Customs Paid in Aydhäb by
Abraham Ben Yijü 722
III, 40b Instructions for Manumission of a Slave
Girl Written by Abraham Ben Yijü 723
III, 40c Letter in Abraham Ben Yijü s Hand in
Support of Victims of Persecution and
Proselytes 724
III, 41 Letter from Abraham Ben Yijü to his
Brother Joseph in Mazara, Sicily 727
III, 42 List of Ben Yijü s Deposits and
Expenditures after Arriving in the Egyptian
Capital 735
III, 43 Letter from Perhahyä Yijü to his father
Joseph: Skipping along the Coast of
Sicily 736
III, 44 Note from Hajjäj to Joseph Yijü, Mazara,
about a Consignment Sent to him by
his Sons 742
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III, 45 Short Letter from Perahyä b. Joseph Yijü
to His Father in Mazara 745
III, 46 Letter from Moses b. Joseph Yijü to His
Brother Perahyä, in Fustat 748
III, 47 Letter from Moses b. Joseph Yijü to His
brother Perahyä, Fustat 751
III, 47a Letter from Moses Yijü to Abu 1 Fakhr
Ibn al Amshäti, Fustat 756
III, 48 Letter from Samuel b. Joseph Yijü to His
Brothers Perahyä and Moses, Alexandria
or Fustat 757
III, 49 Letter from Joseph Yijü to His Sons
Perahyä and Moses 764
III, 50 Letter from Perahyä Yijü to the Nagid,
Complaining about Abraham Ben Yijü 770
III, 51 Calendar for the Years September
1153 September 1156 for Abraham
Ben Yiju s Private Synagogue 773
III, 52 Letter from Perahyä Yijü to Abu 1 Fakhr
Ibn al Amshäti 775
III, 53 Fragmentary Letter from Perahyä Yijü
to Abu 1 Fakhr Ibn al Amshäff 780
III, 54 Marriage Agreement between the Ben
Yijü Cousins Perahyä and Sitt al Där 781
III, 55 Letter from Perahyä Yijü to his Brother
Samuel, Including Questions of Religious
Law 785
III, 55a Letter from Perahyä Yijü to his Brother
Samuel, Complaining of his Failure to
Procure a Responsum 790
III, 56 Letter from Perahyä Yijü to His Wife in
al Mahalla 792
III, 57 Letter from Joesph b. Perahyä Yijü to an
Important Merchant, also in Sicily 796
III, 58 Memorial List for the Family of Joseph b.
Perahyä Yijü 798
List of Works Cited and Abbreviations 801
CONTENTS XVÜ
Indexes
Indexes of Geniza Texts and Literary Sources 825
1. India Book Shelf Marks 825
2. Old List—New List India Book Numbers 831
3. Citations of India Book Numbers 836
4. Geniza (and other) Manuscripts 847
5. Literary Sources 856
Name and Subject Index 859
LIST OFILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
Illustrations
1. Abu Zayd about to Board an Indian Ocean Ship 901
2. Indian Ocean Ship 902
3. Indian Ocean Ship 903
4 15. Photographs of Geniza Documents 904 915
Maps
1 ¦ The Indian Ocean—Place Names Mentioned in the
Documents 916
2. Yemen and Environs—Place Names Mentioned in the
Documents 917
3. The Mediterranean—Place Names Mentioned in the
Documents 918
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations and Maps xix
Preface xxj
SECTION ONE
INTRODUCTION
Chapter One Letters and Documents on the India Trade
in Medieval Times—A Preview 3
Chapter Two Dramatis Personae 27
A. Joseph b. David Lebdi and his Family 27
B. Madmün b. Hasan Japheth and his Family 37
Bl. Mahrüz b. Jacob 48
C. Abraham Ben Yijü and his Family 52
1. Preliminary Remarks 52
2. Ben Yijü in India 54
3. Merchants' Letters 57
4. Ben Yijü, a Man of Letters 66
5. Ben Yijü's Family and his Return to the West 69
6. Ben Yijü's Return to Egypt; His Extended Family
there and Descendants 79
7. Genealogy of the Ben Yijü Family 88
Cl. The Ibn al AmshätlFamily 90
1. Preliminary Remarks: Maimonides'Epistle 90
2. A Genealogical List and the People Mentioned
Therein 91
3. A Dedicatory Inscription on a Torah Case in
al Mahalla al Kubrä 101
4. Inscriptions from the Palestinian Synagogue in
Fustat 105
5. More on the Ibn al Amashätl Family, especially
Hananelb. Samuel HO
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6. Conclusion 117
7. Appendix: A 'Testament' Penned by Maimonides 118
8. Genealogy 120
Chapter Three Select Studies on Shipping and Travel 121
A. Näkhudäs—Shipowners and Gaptains 121
1. Introductory Remarks 121
2. Buzurg's "The Wonders of India" 122
3. The Näkhudä in the Geniza and Goitein's
Research 125
4. Chakravarti's Näkhudäs and Nauvittakas 129
5. Margariti's Study on the Näkhudä 130
6. Jewish Shipowners in the Indian Ocean vs. the
Mediterranean: Variables in Religious Scruples or
Socio Economic and Geo Political Factors 132
7. On the Ambiguity of Näkhudä and other Terms
and on Entrusting Merchandise Shipped Abroad . 137
8. Identifying the Shipowner 140
9. A Prosopography: Shipowners Identified as
Näkhudä?, 142
10. Shipowners Not Identified as Näkhudäs 146
11. Näkhudäs Not identified as Shipowners 148
12. The Rubbän 152
13. Concluding Observations 153
B. Dangers in Travel and in Shipping Goods by Land
and Sea 157
SECTION TWO
THE DOCUMENTS
Chapter One Joseph B. David Lebdi and his Family 167
A. Lawsuit ofjekuthiel al Haklm vs. Joseph Lebdi 167
I, 1 2 Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat 167
Appendix toi, 1 2 ('Füta') 175
I, 3 Second Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 181
I, 4 5 Third Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 184
CONTENTS VÜ
I, 6 7 Fourth Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 187
I, 8 Fifth Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 193
I, 9 Sixth Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 194
I, 10 11 Seventh Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 196
I, 12 Eighth Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 197
I, 13 Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b.
Bundär 198
I, 13a Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b.
Bundär 203
I, 14 Letter from Joseph Lebdi to Hasan b.
Bundär 204
I, 15 Statements about Collateral Given by and
Returned to Lebdi 209
B. Lawsuit of Ibn Sughmärvs. Joseph Lebdi 211
I, 16 Session of the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat 213
I, 17 Letter from Judah Ibn Sughmär to Nahray b.
Nisslm 216
I, 18 Two Additional Sessions of the Rabbinical
Court of Fustat 217
C. Additional Geniza Papers on Joseph Lebdi 219
I, 19 Testimony on the Date of a Bill of
Divorce 220
I, 20 Testimony of 'Arüs b. Joseph on Lebdi's
Partnership with His Brother 222
I, 21 Session of the Court: Joseph Lebdi vs. his
Nephew David 224
I, 22 Text of Oath with Inventory of Joseph
Lebdi's Assets 226
I, 23 Responsum on Säle of Half a House by
Joseph Lebdi 231
I, 24 Three Court Records on Purchase of
House by Joseph Lebdi 234
I, 25 29 A Successful Voyage of Joseph Lebdi to
Nahrwära 237
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I, 25 Letter from a Merchant in Egypt to the
Maghreb on Lebdi's Arrival in 'Aydhäb 238
I, 26 Session of the Rabbinical Court of Fustat:
al Wuhsha vs. Joseph Lebdi 241
I, 27 28 Legal Opinions on the Case al Wuhsha vs.
Joseph Lebdi 242
I, 29 Testimony that Joseph Lebdi Renounced
Claims to Farah's Assets 250
1,30 Contract of a Commenda Partnership 251
I, 31a Testimony on Joseph Lebdi's Last Will 252
I, 31b Power of Attorney by Barakät Lebdi to
Joseph's Widow 253
D. The Lebdi Family 254
I, 32 Letter from Nahray b. Nathan to Abu Sa'ld:
Oriental Goods Ordered by David Lebdi . 255
I, 33 Accounts for Dealings by Barakät Lebdi 258
I, 34a Betrothai between Sitt al Ahl d. Joseph
Lebdi and Her Cousin 265
I, 34b Another Betrothai, This Time between
Sitt al Ahl and an India Trader 267
I, 35 Abu '1 Barakät's Widow Purchases a Share
in Two Stores 270
I, 36 The Engagement of Sitt al Khässa d. Abu
'1 Barakät '.'. 271
I, 37 Testimony by Abu '1 Ridä Joseph b. Abu
'1 Barakät Lebdi 272
I, 38 A Contribution to the Poor by Ibn
al Lebdi 273
I, 39 Last Will of Abu '1 Barakät b. Abu '1 Ridä
Lebdi 274
I, 40 42 The Sons of Abu '1 Barakät II b. Joseph II . 276
I, 40 Power of Attorney by Naba' b. Abu
'1 Barakät II re Claims on his Inheritance . 276
I, 41 Deed of Partnership in the Late Abu
'1 Barakät II's Sugar Factory 277
I, 42 A Contribution to the Poor by Abu
'1 Ridä 277
I, 43 44 Lebdis Preceding the Time of Joseph I 279
I, 43a Poem in Honor of Samuel Ibn al Lebdi 279
I, 43b Power of Attorney by Samuel Ibn al Lebdi . 280
CONTENTS ix
I, 44 Power of Attorney by Solomon and Moses b.
Abraham Ibn al Lebdi 281
Chapter Two Madmün B. Hasan Japheth, Prince of
Yemenitejewry, and his Family 283
A. Hasan b. Bundär, his Brothers Abraham and Isaac,
and Eider Son Bundär II 283
II, 1 Letter from Mukhtär b. Jacob to Sä'id b.
Naja Describing Hasan b. Bundär's
Assistance 283
II, 2 9 On Abu '1 Faraj Nisslm, who Disappeared in
India, with His Camphor 288
II, 2 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b.
Nisslm: Request to Intervene with Hasan b.
Bundär 291
II, 3 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b.
Nisslm Inquiring about a Letter Sent to
Aden 294
II, 4 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b.
Nisslm: Request to Forward a Letter to
Hasan b. Bundär 295
II, 5 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Moses b.
Abu '1 Hayy 296
II, 6 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nethanel b.
Japheth re Goods Sent by Hasan b.
Bundär 297
II, 7 Letter from Amram b. Joseph to Nahray b.
Nisslm 299
II, 8 Power of Attorney to Perahyä ha Kohen to
Recover in India Goods Entrusted to Abu
'1 Faraj Nisslm al Raqql 300
II, 9 Letter from Khiyär b. Jacob to Nethanel b.
Japheth re Abu '1 Faraj Nisslm 302
II, 10 Memorandum to Traveler Carrying Indian
Goods to Isaac b. Bundär 303
II, lla Letter of Thanks from Halfen ha Levi b.
Manasseh to Abraham b. Bundär 306
II, llb The Honorary Titles in the Bundär Family
of Aden 309
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II, 12 Letter from Bundär II b. Hasan to 'Allan b.
Hassün 310
B. Business Letters Sent by Madmün b. Hasan to India 311
II, 13 15 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Three Fragments of Two Copies . 311
II, 16 19 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Four Fragments of Two Copies . 319
II, 20 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü 328
II, 21 24 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Four Fragments of Three Copies . 337
II, 25 26 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Two Fragments 352
II, 27 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: First Pick of Merchandise for
Biläl b. Jarlr 357
II, 28 29 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Safe Conduct and Assistance for
Brother 359
II, 30 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Mutual Assistance 366
II, 31 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abraham
Ben Yijü: Freight Jettisoned 368
C. Letters and Memoranda Sent by Madmün to Egypt
(Cairo Fustat) 371
II, 32 Letter from Madmün b. Hasan to Abu Zikn
Kohen 371
II, 33 34 Memorandum from Madmün b. Hasan to
Halfen ha Levi b. Nethanel 377
D. Internal Yemenite Affairs 390
II, 35 Letter of Apology for a Complaint that
Madmün had Mismanaged a Trust 390
II, 36 Letter from the Court to the Community of
Dhü Jibla in Defense of Madmün 396
E. Hebrew Poems by Abraham Ben Yijü in Honor
of Madmün 401
II, 37 Praise of Madmün, Defender of the Faithful
and Especially of Ben Yijü 401
II, 38 39 Encomium Betraying Strong Opposition
Met by Madmün 403
CONTENTS xi
II, 40 Three Poems Written by Ben Yijü in Honor
of Madmün 404
II, 41 Dirge on Madmün's Death 406
F. Joseph b. Abraham b. Bundär, Madmün's Cousin 40 7
II, 42 Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to Halfon
ha Levi b. Nethanel 407
II, 43 Memorandum from Joseph b. Abraham to
Abu Nasr al Halabi 409
II, 44 Memorandum from Joseph b. Abraham to
Ishäq Nafüsl 413
II, 45 Letter from the Scribe of the Yeshiva to
Joseph b. Abraham 430
II, 45a Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to
Sulaymän b. Abu ZikrT Kohen Denying
Misappropriation of a Deposit 431
G. Khalaf b. Isaac b. Bundär, Madmün's Cousin 437
II, 46 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to a merchant
in Egypt: Attack on Aden by the King of
Kish 437
II, 47 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Halfon
ha Levi b. Nethanel, 'Aydhäb 451
II, 48 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Halfon
ha Levi b. Nethanel: Plunder of Aden,
Losses at Sea and a Servant not
Purchased 452
II, 49 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Halfon
ha Levi b. Nethanel 457
II, 50 Memorandum from Khalaf b. Isaac ordering
Pharmaceuticals from Egypt 460
II, 51 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Egypt about
Turmoil in Yemen 462
II, 52 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Egypt 468
II, 53 Letter of Thanks from Halfon ha Levi b.
Manasseh to Khalaf b. Isaac 469
II, 54 Letters from the Yeshiva in Egypt to Khalaf
b. Isaac and Joseph b. Abraham, Aden 471
H. Mahrüz b. Jacob sonof Madmün's PaternalAunt 473
II, 55 Letter from Mahrüz to Abu ZikrT Kohen,
Broach 473
XÜ CONTENTS
II, 56 57 Letter from Mahrüz to Sulaymän b. Abu
Zikn Kohen before Sailing Back to India . 480
II, 58 Memoradum from Abu Zikn Kohen to
Mahrüz 485
II, 59 Letter from Mahrüz to Abu Zikn Kohen
with Urgent Warning 487
II, 60 Bill of Säle for Purchase of House by
Mahrüz 489
I. Madmün b. Hasan's Descendents 490
II, 61 Letter from Halfen and Bundär b. Madmün
to Sulaymän b. Abu Zikn Kohen 490
II, 62 Letter from Halfen b. Madmün to Ezekiel b.
Nathan Acknowledging Condolences on
Madmün's Death 494
II, 63 Letter from Halfen b. Madmün to Saadya
b. Abraham, an Egyptian Teacher 495
II, 64 Letter from Abu 'All b. Bü 'Umar to his
Family, Praising Halfen b. Madmün's
Assistance 496
II, 65 Letter to a Merchant Away in the Far East,
whose Interests were Protected by the
'Nagid David' 503
II, 66 Letter on the Forced Conversion of Yemenite
Jews, but Business as Usual 506
II, 67 Letter from Madmün b. David: Murder of
the'Caliph'and Return ofjewish Life 513
II, 67a Letter from Shemaryä b. David to a
Prominent Egyptian Jew 519
II, 68 Letter from Halfen (?) to Shemaryähü b.
David, Requesting Appointment as a
Religious Functionary 522
II, 69 Panegyrical Poem in Honor of
Madmün II 523
J. Shipwrecked Merchants, Whose Estates were Cared
for by Madmün I and his Successors 524
II, 70 Letter from the Rabbinical Court of Fustat
to Madmün b. Hasan re Estate of Ibn
Jumayhir 524
II, 71 Letter from Sa'ld b. Marhab to Hillel b.
Nahman re his Son in Law's Drowning 530
CONTENTS xÜi
II, 72 Testimony of Sitt al Ahl d. Sayyid al Kull,
Widow of Hiba the Drowned Merchant . 541
II, 73 Quittance by the Rabbinical Court of
Fustat for Money sent by Madmün II 542
II, 74 Letter from Joseph b. Iwäd to Hananel b.
Samuel 544
II, 75 Letter from Yemen to Egypt re
Consignment of Pearls 550
ChapterThree Abraham Ben Yijü and his Family 551
A. Letters sent to Ben Yijü by Madmün b. Hasan
(See II, 13 31) 551
B. Letters sent to Ben Yijü by Joseph b. Abraham 551
III, 1 Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to Abraham
Ben Yijü, Malabar Coast, India 551
III, 2 Memorandum from Joseph b. Abraham to
Abraham Ben Yijü 564
III, 3 Short Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to
Abraham Ben Yijü 568
III, 4—6 Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to Abraham
Ben Yijü re Undependable Merchant 573
III, 7 Short Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to
Abraham Ben Yijü 582
III, 8 Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to Abraham
Ben Yijü 585
III, 9 Letter from Joseph b. Abraham to Abraham
Ben Yijü 587
C. Letters sent to Ben Yijü by Khalaf b. Isaac 594
III, 10 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Abraham
Ben Yijü, Dahbattan, India 594
III, 10a Beginning of a Letter from Khalaf b.
Isaac to Abraham Ben Yijü 606
III, 11 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Abraham
Ben Yijü 607
III, 12 14 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Abraham
Ben Yijü, Mainly about Shipwrecked
Goods 614
III, 15 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Abraham
Ben Yijü, Jurbattan 622
xiv CONTENTS
III, 16 Letter from Khalaf b. Isaac to Abraham
Ben Yijü, Mangalore 627
D. Documents Related to Abraham Ben Yijü During
his Stay in India and Yemen 632
III, 17 Deed of Manumission of Ashü, Slave
Girl Purchased by Abraham Ben Yijü 632
III, 18 Five Accounts Written by Abraham
Ben Yijü 635
III, 19 Accounts of Abraham Ben Yijü's
Workshop for Bronze Vessels 644
III, 20 Similar Accounts, not in Ben Yijü's
Hand 647
III, 21 Two Accounts by Ben Yijü about
Transactions with the Näkhudä Abu
Abd Allah Ibn Abu '1 Katä'ib 648
III, 22 Statements by Two Yemenite Merchants
about Consignments Shipped by Ben Yijü
and Mostly Lost 653
III, 23 Fragment of Detailed Accounts Written
by Abraham Ben Yijü 658
III, 24 Abraham Ben Yijü's Inventory of Baggage
for Journey from India to the West 661
III, 25 Account written by Abraham Ben Yijü:
Compensation to Khalaf b. Isaac and
Joseph b. Abraham 665
III, 26 Calendar for 1461 E.D. (1149/50 C.E.) . 668
III, 27 Sundry Accounts Written by Abraham
Ben Yijü 669
III, 28a Account of a Merchant in India Written
by Abraham Ben Yijü 675
E. Correspondence after Leaving India and while
Returning 'Home' 679
III, 29 Letter from Abraham Ben Yijü to his
Brothers and Sisters after His Safe Return
from India 679
III, 29a Poem by Abraham Ben Yijü in Honor of
Judge Labrat II 688
III, 29bc Responsa in Abraham Ben Yijü's Hand:
Legitimacy of a Manumitted Slave Girl's
Marriage and Status of Her Children 690
CONTENTS xv
III, 30 Letter from Perahyä b. Joseph to Abraham
b. Elijah, al Mahdiyya, Inquiring about
Perahyä's Uncle Abraham Ben Yijü 693
III, 30a Deed of Lease of an Apartment in Sicily
for Forty Years for Joseph Yijü 696
III, 31 Letter from Yeshü'ä ha Kohen b. Jacob to
Abraham Ben Yijü, then in Aden 698
III, 32 Letter from Joseph ha Kohen b. Meshulläm
to Abraham Ben Yijü, in Inland Yemen . 703
III, 33 Letter from Yeshü'ä ha Kohen b. Jacob to
Abraham Ben Yijü re House Rented for
Hirn 707
III, 34 35 Fragments of Three Responsa Written
by Abraham Ben Yijü 709
III, 36 A Court Record and Medical Prescriptions
on Cloth Written by Abraham Ben Yijü . 713
III, 37 Letter Appealing for Assistance Against
Abraham Ben Yijü 714
III, 38 Letter from Yeshü'ä b. Jacob to Abraham
Ben Yijü About the Death of Madmün . 716
III, 39 Letter from Abraham Ben Yijü on the Way
to Egypt: Distrust between Associates and
Disruption of Family Life 719
III, 40a List of Customs Paid in 'Aydhäb by
Abraham Ben Yijü 722
III, 40b Instructions for Manumission of a Slave
Girl Written by Abraham Ben Yijü 723
III, 40c Letter in Abraham Ben Yijü's Hand in
Support of Victims of Persecution and
Proselytes 724
III, 41 Letter from Abraham Ben Yijü to his
Brother Joseph in Mazara, Sicily 727
III, 42 List of Ben Yijü's Deposits and
Expenditures after Arriving in the Egyptian
Capital 735
III, 43 Letter from Perhahyä Yijü to his father
Joseph: Skipping along the Coast of
Sicily 736
III, 44 Note from Hajjäj to Joseph Yijü, Mazara,
about a Consignment Sent to him by
his Sons 742
Xvi CONTENTS
III, 45 Short Letter from Perahyä b. Joseph Yijü
to His Father in Mazara 745
III, 46 Letter from Moses b. Joseph Yijü to His
Brother Perahyä, in Fustat 748
III, 47 Letter from Moses b. Joseph Yijü to His
brother Perahyä, Fustat 751
III, 47a Letter from Moses Yijü to Abu '1 Fakhr
Ibn al Amshäti, Fustat 756
III, 48 Letter from Samuel b. Joseph Yijü to His
Brothers Perahyä and Moses, 'Alexandria
or Fustat' 757
III, 49 Letter from Joseph Yijü to His Sons
Perahyä and Moses 764
III, 50 Letter from Perahyä Yijü to the Nagid,
Complaining about Abraham Ben Yijü 770
III, 51 Calendar for the Years September
1153 September 1156 for Abraham
Ben Yiju's Private Synagogue 773
III, 52 Letter from Perahyä Yijü to Abu '1 Fakhr
Ibn al Amshäti 775
III, 53 Fragmentary Letter from Perahyä Yijü
to Abu '1 Fakhr Ibn al Amshäff 780
III, 54 Marriage Agreement between the Ben
Yijü Cousins Perahyä and Sitt al Där 781
III, 55 Letter from Perahyä Yijü to his Brother
Samuel, Including Questions of Religious
Law 785
III, 55a Letter from Perahyä Yijü to his Brother
Samuel, Complaining of his Failure to
Procure a Responsum 790
III, 56 Letter from Perahyä Yijü to His Wife in
al Mahalla 792
III, 57 Letter from Joesph b. Perahyä Yijü to an
Important Merchant, also in Sicily 796
III, 58 Memorial List for the Family of Joseph b.
Perahyä Yijü 798
List of Works Cited and Abbreviations 801
CONTENTS XVÜ
Indexes
Indexes of Geniza Texts and Literary Sources 825
1. India Book Shelf Marks 825
2. Old List—New List India Book Numbers 831
3. Citations of India Book Numbers 836
4. Geniza (and other) Manuscripts 847
5. Literary Sources 856
Name and Subject Index 859
LIST OFILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
Illustrations
1. Abu Zayd about to Board an Indian Ocean Ship 901
2. Indian Ocean Ship 902
3. Indian Ocean Ship 903
4 15. Photographs of Geniza Documents 904 915
Maps
1 ¦ The Indian Ocean—Place Names Mentioned in the
Documents 916
2. Yemen and Environs—Place Names Mentioned in the
Documents 917
3. The Mediterranean—Place Names Mentioned in the
Documents 918 |
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