Letter: T-S 8J9.1

Letter T-S 8J9.1

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 8J9.1
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Recto and verso (secondary use): Letter recounting a dispute. In the hand of Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel ha-Levi (compare T-S 13J19.13 (PGPID 9120)). The sender is scared of running afoul of the ustādh (a government official); mentions the town of Qarqashanda. Mentions Elʿazar the judge, Abū l-Ḥasan, Abū l-Ṭāhir, Fusṭāṭ and Cairo. (Information in part from CUDL and Friedman, Dictionary, p. 77 and elsewhere.)

Related Places

Mentioned
Cairo, Fustat, Qarqashanda

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Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS 8 J 9, fol. 1; TS Box 8 J 9, f. 1; TS Box 8 J 9, fol. 1; TS 8 J 9, f. 1
Input date
In PGP since 2018
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Transcription
Translation

T-S 8J9.1 1r

°
1r

T-S 8J9.1 1v

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1v
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