Letter: ENA 3907.9

Letter ENA 3907.9

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Shelfmark
ENA 3907.9
Primary Language
Arabic

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Letter from Abū Manṣūr to [al-Shaykh] al-Makīn al-Ṣayrafī, in Qūṣ (here called "thaghr Qūṣ"). In Arabic script, elegantly written. The sender opens with respectful greetings and wishes to be reunited. He says that when he left Qūṣ. . . and went out onto the 'baḥr' (probably the Nile here), then mentions "in Fustat" and "al-Rayyis Dāʾūd" and "al-Rayyis Abū l-Bahā." The last line seems to refer to (someone's brother?) Abū l-Najm who is in either the army (al-jaysh) or prison (al-ḥabs). (This document may relate to the cluster of letters from Manṣūr b. Sālim, frantic about his son Abū l-Najm who ran off from home and spent time in the army and at one point was rumored to be traveling to Qūṣ.) ASE

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 3907, f. 9; ENA 3907, fol. 9
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Translation

ENA 3907.9 2

2

ENA 3907.9 1

1
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