Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections (Cambridge University Library Genizah Series)

This work is a description and edition of Arabic documents from medieval Egypt, most of which were written between the 10th and 12th centuries AD. Many of them concern Jews, although they were all written by Muslim notaries. They afford penetrating insight into the practice of law in medieval Islam and the administration of government offices.Geoffrey Khan is the author of 'Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections (Cambridge University Library Genizah Series)', published 1993 under ISBN 9780521451697 and ISBN 0521451698.