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Author:   Shelomo Dov Goitein ,  Mordechai Friedman
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Edition:   annotated edition
Volume:   31
Weight:   1.521kg
ISBN:  

9789004154728

ISBN 10:   9004154728
Pages:   918
Publication Date:   26 November 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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CONTENTS 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. Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan-Japheth and his Family B1. Maḥrūz b. Jacob C. Abraham Ben Yijū and his Family C1. The Ibn al-Amshāṭī Family Chapter Three Select Studies on Shipping and Travel A. Nākhudās—Shipowners and Captains 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-Ḥakīm vs. Joseph Lebdi B. Lawsuit of Ibn Sughmār vs. Joseph Lebdi C. Additional Geniza Papers on Joseph Lebdi D. The Lebdi Family Chapter Two Maḍmūn B. Ḥasan-Japheth, Prince of Yemenite Jewry, and his Family A. Ḥasan b. Bundār, his Brothers Abraham and Isaac, and Elder Son Bundār II B. Business Letters Sent by Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to India C. Letters and Memoranda Sent by Maḍmūn to Egypt (Cairo-Fustat) D. Internal Yemenite Affairs E. Hebrew Poems by Abraham Ben Yijū in Honor of Maḍmūn F. Joseph b. Abraham b. Bundār, Maḍmūn’s Cousin G. Khalaf b. Isaac b. Bundār, Maḍmūn’s Cousin H. Maḥrūz b. Jacob son of Maḍmūn’s Paternal Aunt I. Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan’s Descendents J. Shipwrecked Merchants, Whose Estates were Cared for by Maḍmūn I and his Successors Chapter Three Abraham Ben Yijū and his Family A. Letters sent to Ben Yijū by Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan (See II, 13–31) B. Letters sent to Ben Yijū by Joseph b. Abraham C. Letters sent to Ben Yijū by Khalaf b. Isaac D. Documents Related to Abraham Ben Yijū During his Stay in India and Yemen E. Correspondence after Leaving India and while Returning ‘Home’ List of Works Cited and Abbreviations Indexes Indexes of Geniza Texts and Literary Sources Name and Subject Index

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S. D. Goitein (1900-1985) was the world’s preeminent Geniza scholar. His publications include the seminal six-volume A Mediterranean Society. Mordechai A. Friedman, Ph.D. (1969), University of Pennsylvania, is Professor of Geniza Studies at Tel-Aviv University. His most recent book is Maimonides, the Yemenite Messiah and Apostasy.

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