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Join: Bodl. MS heb. b 18/21 + T-S Ar.30.278
Bodl. MS heb. b 18/21
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Eight rough drafts of a petition to the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustanṣir from the followers of Shelomo b. Yehuda, probably the end of 1041 (according to Gil's estimate). Six drafts are in Judaeo-Arabic; one abortive draft is in Arabic script in the same hand as the Judaeo-Arabic drafts; the final draft is in Arabic script in a chancery hand. Join: S. M. Stern.
The Rabbanite Jews write to al-Mustanṣir regarding a conflict that arose in the community because of two leaderships (riyāsatayn), this conflict was earlier addressed by the Caliph by appointing Dāwūd b. Isḥaq but he didn't do anything. The situation worsened to an extent that one schism of the community barred the other from entering their synagogue until the other faction forced themselves inside leading to violence between the two. The Jews urge the Caliph to resolve this issue by sending his royal command "al-ʾamr al-ʿālī".
Ed. and trans. S. M. Stern, "A Petition to the Fāṭimid Caliph al-Mustanṣir Concerning a Conflict within the Jewish Community," Revue des études juives 128 (1969); also ed. Moshe Gil, Palestine During the First Muslim Period (634–1099) (in Hebrew) (1983), vol. 2. For corrected readings see the edition in Stern, REJ 1969 and Rustow, Heresy 316 n. 53.
Type: State document
