“The Cloth that the Turkmān Took”: A Record of Trade in Plundered Goods from the Cairo Geniza?
Although the Turks are infrequently mentioned the Cairo Geniza texts, two enigmatic lines in a 12th manuscript refer to a Jewish trader who leaves Damascus with cloth obtained by the Turkmen, but provide no explanation about why this trader would purchase textiles from them. Examination of other Ge...
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Al-Qantara : Revista de Estudios Arabes |
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