Geniza Lab

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List of indigents. List of about a hundred persons, all male, foreigners, laborers, craftsmen mostly of lower standing, community officials, persons called ghulam or sabi, that is, slave, freedman, or employee, and five others designated as damin, persons for whom security was given. They contribute or are asked to contribute from 1/6 to 3/4 dinar, that is, a partial payment of the capitation tax, the community making up the balance. The sums following the names may also indicate the amounts to be paid by the community. The notables whose employees are mentioned (Dosa, Ibn Sighmar, Ibn Awkal [son of the merchant Yosef], Bahudi, Ibn Hirbish) were active around 1040. Foreigners: From Palestine, 5 from Palestine; Persia, 2; Tiflis, 1; Spain, 3; Saqlabi (of Slavic origin), 1. Some names are only partly visible. Note: 3 kinds of shoemakers in a single list: iskaf, hadhdha, kharraz (Mediterranean Society, II, p. 422 n81; p. 440, App. 4-5, ca 1040).