Letter: ENA 3901.3

Letter ENA 3901.3

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Shelfmark
ENA 3901.3
Document Date
Primary Language
Arabic

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Business letter in Arabic script. Dated 3 Rajab [12]48 AH which is 1832 CE. Likely from Maʿtūq al-Yahūd. Dating: Probably 19th century. Mentions al-Muʿallim Bakhūr and al-Muʿallim Nissim. An irdabb (of wheat?) is selling for 110 gurush. Mentions Būlāq. Mentions various sums of money: thousands and tens of thousands of silver. The حاخام باشه is mentioned several times, once in the phrase "do not go to the hakham bashi!" There is also the intriguing phrase "we do not follow the Franks; we follow you" (4 lines from the bottom). Needs further examination.

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 3901, f. 3; ENA 3901, fol. 3
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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ENA 3901.3 1

1

ENA 3901.3 2

2
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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 3901.3. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11140/, accessed November 24, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11140/