State document: T-S Ar.39.1

State document T-S Ar.39.1

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T-S Ar.39.1
Primary Language
Arabic

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Official receipt of some kind. In Arabic script. Dated: 556 AH (or kharājī?); if AH, this would correspond to 1160/61 CE. For Bū l-Ḥasan b. Bū l-Qāsim(?). The sum recorded, twice in words and once in Greek/Coptic numerals, is 2/3 dinar. Names the judge Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Ismāʿīl, and it also involves Maḥfūẓ al-Ṣabbāgh (or al-Ṣāyigh?). The text on verso may be a filing note, but it mentions [...] b. Lāwī who is not named in the main document. (Information from receipt team: LB, SL, MR, NV.)

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Geniza
Material support
Paper
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, f. 1; TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 1
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In PGP since 2019
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T-S Ar.39.1 1r

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1r

T-S Ar.39.1 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.1. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20761/ (accessed June 5, 2026).