É. Apor , I. Ormos (ed.): Goldziher Memorial Conference, June 21–22, 2000, Budapest.

ORMOS, István: The Correspondence of Ignaz Goldziher and Max Herz

ISTVÁN ORMOS ihnen". Dies führte nun die Beschenkten dahin, gar keine Umfriedung zu erheben, was in der That den Friedhof noch heute "auszeichnet"

. Diese Thatsache führe ich meinesteils auf eine andere Ursache zurück als auf Spitzfindigkeit oder Schlauheit. Was aber in dieser Tradition hervorzuheben ist, ist der Umstand, daß dieser Friedhof zur Zeit der Invasion der Araber den Juden angewiesen wurde.)"

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2 In another place Herz answers Goldziher's question regarding the exact location ofZuwayla street [Heirat Zuwayla].

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4 It appears from the letters that in some cases it was not easy to find the requested information and so Herz had to make considerable effort in order to be able to supply his friend with the necessary data. Sometimes it took some time before he was able to find the adequate informant. The fact that he was always busy with his own work prevented him from devoting as much time to looking after these matters as he would have liked, yet he never ceased to assure his friend of his willingness and gladness to be at his disposal as much as possible. He seems to keep all of Goldziher's questions in mind without forgetting them. Repeatedly he asks him for patience until he can find the adequate informant. Nevertheless, the answers to certain questions are missing. It can be assumed that the letters with these important informations have been relocated and included in certain manuscripts of Goldziher's works. It is perhaps worth noting that Herz emphasizes repeatedly his willingness and great joy to be at his friend's service: "I am most happy and willing to fulfil your request. I hope that I am sending you the right material in the enclosure.

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1 - or should you need anything else, please I am at your disposal. You cannot at all imagine how glad i am to be at your service. (Komme mit der freudigsten Bereitwilligkeit Deinem Wunsche nach. Hoffe, daß ich Dir in der Beilage

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,. J oder solltest Du noch irgendeiner Sache bedürfen, so bitte verfüge über mich, denn Du kannst Dir gar nicht vorstellen, wie gerne ich Dir nützlich bin.)"

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1 On 21 April 1900 Herz visited Sayh Muhammad cAbduh, who had been appointed mufti of Egypt in 1899, to obtain some detailed information on the ritual of the Dikr Mahyä. He also received information concerning this ritual from Ahmad Hamid, his office clerk in the Waqf Administration, who belonged to the congregation of the 5

3 Letter dated Cairo, 28 October 1896. Goldziher may have read in al-MaqrizT that the mosque of Ibn al-Bannä' had originally been a synagogue and had been converted into a mosque by the caliph al-Häkim. See al-Maqrizi, Kitäb al-mawä'iz wa-l-i'tibär..., Büläq ed., vol. 2, p. 409, line (-7)—<-3) = London (Ayman Fu'äd Sayyid) ed., vol. 4, part 2, p. 709, line 5-9. 5

4 Letter dated Cairo, 26 July 1896. 5

5 The enclosure is missing. 5

6 The enclosure is missing. 7

7 Letter dated Cairo, 23 September 1899. 174