Letter: T-S Ar.35.33

Letter T-S Ar.35.33

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Shelfmark
T-S Ar.35.33
Document Date
Primary Language
Arabic

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Letter addressed to Abū l-Riḍā b. Hilāl, the secretary (kātib) in "the compound of al-Ḥāfiẓ" (al-rabʿ al-Ḥāfiẓī al-saʿīd) at Bāb Zuwayla in Cairo. The sender's name appears on verso but is tricky to read (Ibn ʿAlam al-dawla?). The sender refers to both himself and the addressee as "friend" or "honest"(ṣadīq/ṣiddīq). On recto, only the first few lines of the main text and the last few lines of the marginal text are preserved. There is a date on verso at 180 degrees to the address: 16 Dhū l-Qaʿda 550 AH (after the end of the reign of al-Ḥāfiẓ, 1132–49 CE).

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Destination
Cairo

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 35, fol. 33; TS Arabic Box 35, f. 33
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Translation

T-S Ar.35.33 1r

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1r

T-S Ar.35.33 1v

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1v
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