Author
CUL
Subject
Cairo Genizah
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
2
Physical Dimensions
1 leaf.
Library
Cambridge Digital Library
Record ID
MS-TS-AR-00038-00095
Library Location
Cambridge University Library — T-S Ar.38.95
Date
13th century-1299-12-31-1200-01-01
Notes
Accounts relating to the payment of poll tax in Cairo and Fusṭāṭ. The amount of payment that various poor people can or cannot make is detailed, together with their city of origin, if different from Cairo itself. Of the poor originally from Cairo and Fusṭāt: 150 people cannot pay and their payment is postponed to the beginning of the following year; 150 can only pay 2 dinars in instalments. Of the poor originally from Alexandria, 50 cannot pay anything and 50 can pay 2 dinars in instalments. Of the poor originally from al-Šarqiyya, 25 cannot pay anything and 10 can pay in instalments. Of the poor of Ḡarbiyya, 30 cannot pay anything and 20 can only pay in instalments. Of the poor of the outlying districts of Cairo (Ušmūn, Damietta, Banī ʿAsr and Qūṣ, 45 cannot pay. The document specifies that, aside from the poor already mentioned, all of the others must pay 4 dinars. Ca. beginning of the 13th century.
Durum
Slightly rubbed
Bağışçı(lar)
Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Fonlama
The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Mizanpaj
23 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Materyal
Paper
Menşei Yeri
Cairo
Köken (Provenance)
Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Yüzyıl 1
1200s C.E.
Oluşturma Tarihi (Bağlantı Türü)
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Tarih Aralığı
[1200-01-01 TO 1299-12-31]
Oluşturma Türü
creation
Yıl (Bitiş)
1299
Yıl (Başlangıç)
1200
Görüntü Hakları (Görüntüleme)
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