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Two copies of a poem by Avraham ben Yiju, praising Maḍmūn and cursing his enemies. T-S 8J16.23 is written in the hand of Ben Yiju himself, while the AIU fragment is written in the calligraphic square hand of a scribe. The poet signs his name in an acrostic: ABRHM ḤZQ YJW. The poem is about how Maḍmūn's enemies requited his kindness with treachery. But these enemies were ultimately compelled to acknowledge Maḍmūn's titles Sar and Nagid. Dating: ca. 1140–44 CE. (Information from Goitein and Friedman, India Book II.)

Ed. and trans. S. D. Goitein and Mordechai Akiva Friedman, India traders of the middle ages : documents from the Cairo Geniza : India book (2008), vol. 2 https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-india-traders/II-38-39.pdf.

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Poem by Avraham Ibn Yiju praising Madmun b. Ḥasan and cursing his enemies. Aden, ca. 1140-1144.

Ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/4C.1.1%20Route%20to%20India_%20Ch%20II.%20pdf/T-S%208J16.23%20%28PGPID%205435%29.pdf.