From Samarqand to Toledo : : Greek, Sogdian and Arabic Documents and Manuscripts from the Islamicate World and Beyond / / edited by Andreas Kaplony.

• Superior document: Islamic History and Civilization ; 201
• TeilnehmendeR: Kaplony, Andreas,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2023.; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic History and Civilization ; 201.; Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (243 pages)

Documents open up another an approach complementary to the overwhelming richness of literary tradition as preserved in manuscripts. This volume combines studies on Greek, Sogdian and Arabic documents (letters, legal agreements, and amulets) with studies on Arabic and Judeo-Arabic manuscripts (poetry, science and divination).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Editors: Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki -- Copyright Page / Editors: Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki -- Notes on Contributors / Editors: Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki -- Introduction / Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki -- Chapter 1 Who Did What in Eighth-Century Aphrodito? P.Würzb. Inv. 122–127, Greek Tax Documents, and Some Observations on Prosopography / Janneke de Jong -- Chapter 2 Thinking in Arabic, Writing in Sogdian: Arabic-Sogdian Diplomatic Relations in the Early Eighth Century / Said Reza Huseini -- Chapter 3 Reconstructing Dhū l-Rumma’s Poetry with the Help of Muqātil b. Sulaymān’s Tafsīr (P.Cair.Arab. Inv. 1235 Verso and Recto) / Hazem Hussein Abbas Ali -- Chapter 4 A Prisoner’s Fate in Fatimid Egypt: The Late Coptic Paitos Dossier / Vincent Walter -- Chapter 5 The Book of Twitches of Shem, Son of Noah, and Other Manuals of Palmomancy from the Cairo Genizah and al-Quṣayr / Gideon Bohak -- Chapter 6 Scientific Textbooks and Their Application in Practice: Interdependencies of Literary and Documentary Evidence of Scientific Activities / Johannes Thomann -- Chapter 7 Christian and Islamic Documents in Arabic: The Concept of Sunna (Appendix: On the Sale of a Mosque) / Rocio Daga Portillo -- Back Matter -- Quoted Editions / Editors: Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki -- Index / Editors: Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki.