Arabic Documents from Medieval Nubia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khan, Geoffrey, author.

Series:

Cambridge Semitic languages and cultures.

Semitic Languages and Cultures Series ; v.24.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (856 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2024.

Summary:

This volume presents an edition of a corpus of Arabic documents datable to the 11th and 12th centuries AD that were discovered by the Egypt Exploration Society at the site of the Nubian fortress Qaṣr Ibrīm (situated in the south of modern Egypt). The edition of the documents is accompanied by English translations and a detailed analysis of their contents and historical background.The documents throw new light on relations between Egypt and Nubia in the High Middle Ages, especially in the Fatimid period. They are of particular importance since previous historical studies from the perspective of Arabic sources have been al-most entirely based on historiographical sources, often written a long time after the events described and distorted by tendentious points of view.

Contents:

Intro

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Arabic Documents from Nubia for index 22 Apr

1. Preliminaries 21 Apr.pdf

1. Introduction

2. The Arabic Documents from Qa?r Ibrim

2.1. The Site of Qa?r Ibrim

2.2. The Arabic Papyrus

2.3. Medieval Scrolls

2.4. Documents from the Ottoman Period

2.5. The Medieval Documents Published in this Volume

2.5.1. Preliminary Remarks

2.5.2. Numbering Systems16F

2.5.3. Provenance of the Documents17F

2.5.3.1. 1966

2.5.3.2. 1974

2.5.3.3. 1978

2.5.4. Overview of the Content of the Documents 3. The Correspondence with Eparchs

3.1. Preliminary Remarks

3.2. The Eparchs

3.2.1. Uruwi

3.2.2. Darma

3.2.3. Isu

3.3. Titles of the Eparchs

3.4. The Correspondents with the Eparch

3.5. The Content of the Correspondence with the Eparch

3.5.1. Courtesy and Equality

3.5.2. Request for Protection

3.5.3. Permission to Leave Nubia Safely

3.5.4. Protection of Property

3.5.5. Communications with the Nubian King

3.5.6. Trade

3.5.7. Complaints

3.5.8. Political Events

3.6. The Structure of the Letters

3.6.1. Opening

3.6.2. Closure 3.6.2.1. Offer of Service in Return for a Request

3.6.2.2. Request for the Sending of News

3.6.2.3. Sending of Greetings

3.6.2.4. Closure Formulas

3.6.3. Postscripts

4. Other Correspondence and Accounts

4.1. Correspondents

4.2. Overview of Subject Matter

4.3. Relations with the Nubian King

4.4. Grain for Nubians

4.5. Trade

4.6. The Structure of the Letters

4.6.1. Opening

4.6.2. Closure

5. Legal Documents

5.1. Document 44: Lease of Land (Rajab 518 AH/August 1124 AD)44F

5.2. Document 45: Lease of a Boat (566 AH/1170 AD) 5.3. Document 46 Recto: Document of Testimony

5.4. Document 46 Verso: Document of Sale

5.5. Document 47: An Acknowledgement of a Debt and Testimonies

5.6. Document 48 Recto: Marriage Contract (23rd Rabi? I 484 AH/15th May 1091)48F

5.7. Document 48 Verso: Acknowledgement (21st Ša?ban 516 AH/25th October, 1122 AD)

5.8. Document 49 Recto: Document concerning Division of Property after Divorce (Mu?arram 429 AH/October-November 1037 AD)

5.9. Document 49 Verso: Court Record relating to Divorce 5.10. Document 50: Acknowledgement relating to Divorce (15th Jumada II 430 AH/14th March 1039 AD)

5.11. Document 51 Recto: Marriage Contract (?afar 432 AH/October 1040 AD)

5.12. Document 51 Verso: Testimony (?u al-?ijja 432 AH/August 1041 AD)

5.13. Document 52: Court Record relating to Marriage

5.14. Document 53: Letter relating to a Marital Dispute

6. Coinage

7. Taxes

8. Lists of Commodities

8.1. Arabic-English

8.2. English-Arabic

9. Titles of Officials

9.1. Sul?an

9.2. Wazir

9.3. 'Amir

9.4. Šadid, Šadd

9.5. Šarif

9.6. Mutawalli

9.7. Wali

9.8. Wulah.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781805112327

1805112325

OCLC:

1433223469