Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World

328 Pages·2014·5.601 MB·English, French

by  Alexander T. Schubert (editor), Petra M. Sijpesteijn (editor)

DocumentsandtheHistoryoftheEarlyIslamicWorld
Islamic History
and Civilization
studies and texts
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HinrichBiesterfeldt
SebastianGünther
WadadKadi
volume 111
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Documents and the History of the
Early Islamic World
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PetraM.Sijpesteijn
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
ListofFigures viii
NotesonContributors ix
NotesonEditionsandDates xii
1 Introduction 1
HughKennedy
Administration&Government
2 ALateAyyubidReportofDeathFoundatQuṣayral-Qadīm 11
AnneRegourd
3 OntheIdentityofShahrālānyōzānintheGreekandMiddlePersian
PapyrifromEgypt 27
JairusBanaji
4 LemonastèredeBaouîtetl’administrationarabe 43
AlainDelattre
5 FiscalEvidencefromtheNessanaPapyri 50
ShaunO’Sullivan
Commerce&Travel
6 TravelinCopticDocumentaryTexts 77
AnnaSelander
7 LetransportdemarchandisesetdepersonnessurleNilen
823a.h./1420è.c. 100
FrédéricBauden
vi contents
Language&Culture
8 P.Cair.Arab.iii167:ADiscussionoftheAkhmīmDeclaration 133
MostafaEl-Abbadi
9 GreekandArabicinNessana 143
RachelStroumsa
10TheMasterSpoke:“TakeOneof‘theSun’andOneUnitofAlmulgam.”
HithertoUnnoticedCopticPapyrologicalEvidenceforEarlyArabic
Alchemy 158
TonioSebastianRichter
11TermsforVesselsinArabicandCopticDocumentaryTextsandTheir
ArchaeologicalandEthnographicCorrelates 195
TashaVorderstrasse
12AQurānicAmuletonPapyrus:P.Utah.Ar.342 235
MattMalczycki
NewEditions&Collections
13LespapyrusarabesdeHeidelbergdisparus.Essaidereconstructionet
d’analyse 249
R.G.Khoury
14TwoNewArabicEditions:ALandSurveyfromIhnāsandḤadīths
ConcerningFuneraryPractice 261
AliaHanafi
15SunshineWineontheNile 291
NicoleHansen
Index 305
Acknowledgements
TheoriginsofthisvolumelieinthethirdcongressoftheInternationalSoci-
etyforArabicPapyrology,heldattheBibliothecaAlexandrina(ba)inMarch
2006.Wewouldliketothanktheba,andMostafaEl-AbbadiandMonaHaggag
inparticular,fortheirhospitalityandgenerosityduringtheconference.Other
sponsorsweretheBritishAcademy,theEgyptExplorationSociety,andPrince-
tonUniversity.WewouldalsoliketothanktheSwedishInstituteandtheCentre
d’ÉtudesAlexandrineswhowelcomedusforareceptionandlectureduringthe
conference.
The papers presented are the result of ongoing discussion and exchange
since that conference, and the authors have continued to update their work
andreferencesduringtheeditorialprocess.Wewouldliketothanktheseries
editors,WadadKadiandSebastianGünther,fortheirhelpfulremarksonthis
volume,aswellastheanonymousreadersfortheirsuggestionsregardingthe
individualpapers.OllyAkkermanandWillemFlintermanalsodeservespecial
thanksfortheirassistanceduringtheeditorialprocessatLeidenUniversity,and
wewouldliketothanktheLeidenInstituteforAreaStudies(lias)formaking
the work of these student assistants possible. As our Brill editors, Kathy van
VlietandNienkeBrienen-Moolenaarhaveofferedunfalteringencouragement
throughout,andforthistooweofferourthanks.
Leiden,10November2014
List of Figures
2.1 a inv. pa0386 23
2.2 b/1inv. pa0381 23
2.3 b/2inv. pa0381 24
2.4 c inv. pa0388 24
4.1 P.Camb.ulinv.1262 49
7.1 ProcuratoridiSanMarco,Commissariemiste,busta180 101
10.1 BritishLibraryOrientalms.3669(1) 193
10.2 P.Bodl.MSCopt.(P)a.1 194
14.1 P.Haun.Inv.Arab.21recto 285
14.2 P.Haun.Inv.Arab.21verso 286
14.3 P.Haun.Inv.Arab.22recto 287
14.4 P.Haun.Inv.Arab.22verso 288
14.5 P.ACPSI(=P.Rag.)126recto 289
14.6 P.ACPSI(=P.Rag.)126verso. 290
Notes on Contributors
MostafaEl-Abbadi
isprofessoremeritusofClassicalandGreco-RomanStudiesattheUniversity
ofAlexandria,Egypt,specialadvisortothedirectoroftheBibliothecaAlexan-
drina, president of the Archaeological Society of Alexandria, and president
oftheEgyptianAssociationforFriendsoftheBibliothecaAlexandrina.Heis
theauthorofseveralbooksandarticles,includingLifeandFateoftheAncient
LibraryofAlexandria(Paris,1990),whichwastranslatedintoseverallanguages.
JairusBanaji
isaresearchprofessorattheSchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudiesinLondon.
HeistheauthorofAgrarianChangeinLateAntiquity(2nded.Oxford,2007)and
ofTheoryasHistory(Leiden,2010).Heiscurrentlyputtingtogetheracollection
ofhispapersforCambridgeUniversityPress.
FrédéricBauden
(Ph.D.1996,UniversitédeLiège)isprofessorofArabicandIslamicStudiesat
the Université de Liège. He is a Fulbright scholar and was visiting associate
professor at the University of Chicago (2008) and visiting professor at the
UniversitàdiPisa(2009–2012).Hismainpublicationsincludearticlesdealing
with historiography, diplomatics, codicology and epigraphy. He is currently
preparingacriticaleditionofal-Maqrīzī’snotebookandastudyofthisauthor’s
workingmethod.
AlainDelattre
is assistant professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He is author of
Papyrus coptes et grecs du monastère d’apa Apollô de Baouît conservés aux
Muséesroyauxd’Artetd’HistoiredeBruxelles(Brussels,2007).
AliaHanafi
isprofessorofpapyrologyintheDepartmentofAncientEuropeanCivilisation
at Ain Shams University. She is the former director of the Center of Papyro-
logicalStudiesandInscriptionsatAinShamsUniversityandistheauthorof
numerousarticlesinthefieldsofGreekandArabicpapyrology.