Letter: T-S Ar.37.12

Letter T-S Ar.37.12

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.37.12
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Abū l-Najm Hillel [...] al-Jawbarī (or al-Gharbarī?). Mentions the following: Hiba b. Yūsuf Ibn al-Baghla ("Son of the Female Mule"—evidently a family name); the return of some people from Jerusalem; a debt of two dinars that someone is trying to collect from someone; Abū l-Khayr Bishrān b. Yishay b. Yisrael; a request for news about the pesiqa (collection of funds) of/for the Jerusalemites; a letter that arrived from Ibn Khashkhāsh ("Son of the Poppy") for Hiba, reporting that Ḥusayn collected a dinar from someone; and a derogatory statement about someone who said something that wasn't true. AA. ASE.

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 37, fol. 12; TS Arabic Box 37, f. 12
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.37.12 1r

°
1r

T-S Ar.37.12 1v

°
1v
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