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AN ARABIC DOCUMENT REGARDING TURKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF CAIRO GENIZA

Year 2019, , 421 - 430, 25.12.2019
https://doi.org/10.32321/cutad.627451

Abstract

It is
very exciting and important that a unique collection including Hebrew and
Arabic documents, hailing from all over the Mediterranean countries, especially
from the 11
th through the 13th centuries, has been found
in the so-called
Cairo Geniza or Genizah.
The Hebrew word
geniza (or genizah) [
גניזה] (“hiding” or “hiding-place”) means a storage area or a
storeroom in a Jewish synagogue and cemetery. These
geniza places are designated for the temporary storage of worn-out
Hebrew-language books and papers on religious topics before proper cemetery
burial. According to the information given by
Cambridge University Digital Library, it is located there, one of
these
geniza documents which is
numerated as T-S H5.111 and it is written in Hebrew and Arabic. In this
article, we try to explain the Arabic verso page of this document which
mentions an “affair of the Turks”. We want to point this issue out to Turkish
researchers especially. Furthermore we discuss some new opinions.

References

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KAHİRE GENİZA KOLEKSİYONUNDAN TÜRKLERLE İLGİLİ ARAPÇA BİR BELGE

Year 2019, , 421 - 430, 25.12.2019
https://doi.org/10.32321/cutad.627451

Abstract

Kahire
Genizası denilen yerde, tüm Akdeniz ülkelerinden, özellikle de 11. yüzyıldan
13. yüzyıla kadar, İbranice ve Arapça belgeler içeren benzersiz bir
koleksiyonun bulunması çok heyecan verici ve önemlidir. İbranice bir kelime
olan geniza (ya da genizah) [גניזה] 
(“gizlenme” veya “gizlenme yeri”), bir Yahudi sinagogundaki ve
mezarlığındaki depo alanı veya depo anlamına gelir. Bu
geniza yerleri, yıpranmış İbranice kitapların ve dinî konulardaki
kâğıtların uygun şekilde mezarlığa defni öncesinde geçici olarak saklanması
için belirlenmiştir. Cambridge Üniversitesi Dijital Kütüphanesi tarafından
verilen bilgilere göre, orada T-S H5.111 olarak numaralandırılan ve İbranice ve
Arapça olarak yazılmış bu geniza belgelerinden biri bulunmaktadır. Bu
çalışmada, “Türklerle ilgili bir mesele”yi anlatan bu belgenin Arapça verso sayfasını
açıklamaya çalışıyoruz. Özellikle Türk araştırmacıların dikkatini bu konuya
çekmek istiyoruz. Ayrıca bazı yeni görüşler öne sürüyoruz.

References

  • Erdal, M. (2004). A grammar of Old Turkic. Leiden: Brill.
  • Goitein, S. D. (1960). The documents of the Cairo Geniza as a source for Mediterranean social history. Journal of the American Oriental e Society. 80 (2), 91-100.
  • Regourd, A. (2012). Arabic documents from the Cairo Geniza in the David Kaufmann collection in the library of the Hungarian academy of sciences - Budapest. Journal of Islamic Manuscripts. 3, 1-19. DOI: 10.1163/187846412X624629.
  • Cambridge University Digital Library [CUDL]. https://cudl.lib.cam. ac.uk/ (Date of access: 03.05.2019).
  • Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ayyubid-dynasty (Date of access: 14.05.2019).
  • Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fatimid-dynasty (Date of access: 15.05.2019).
  • Jewish Encyclopedia [JewEn]. (1906). http://www.jewishencyclo pedia.com/articles/6582-genizah (Date of access: 03.05.2019).
  • King Saud University [KSU]. http://quran.ksu.edu.sa/translations/ english/68.html?a=438 (Date of access: 22.05.2019).
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Linguistics
Authors

Hüsnü Çağdaş Arslan 0000-0003-4618-2105

Alaa Falah Al-hamadani This is me 0000-0001-8028-061X

Publication Date December 25, 2019
Submission Date October 1, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019

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APA Arslan, H. Ç., & Al-hamadani, A. F. (2019). AN ARABIC DOCUMENT REGARDING TURKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF CAIRO GENIZA. Çukurova Üniversitesi Türkoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi, 4(2), 421-430. https://doi.org/10.32321/cutad.627451