Letter: ENA 3917.4

Letter ENA 3917.4

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Shelfmark
ENA 3917.4
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

Letter addressed to "Shaykh al-ʿIlm wa-l-Milla al-Isrā'īliyya." In Arabic script. Dating: Late, based on linguistic features and handwriting. The content is not entirely clear. The writer flatters the addressee, "You are the equal of 100 men; nothing passes you by." Various people are mentioned: the addressee's son; al-Muʿallim Yaʿqūb; Abū l-Naṣr; al-Ra'īs Ibrāhīm. ASE.

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 3917, f. 4; ENA 3917, fol. 4
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

ENA 3917.4 recto

recto

ENA 3917.4 verso

verso
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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 3917.4. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11689/, accessed February 18, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/11689/