Paraliterary text: T-S Ar.39.61

Paraliterary text T-S Ar.39.61

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.39.61
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

Possibly a literary text or a paraliterary record. In Arabic script. Mentions (l. 5) the year 608 AH, which (if correctly read) is 1211/12 CE. Mentions the names of numerous (Muslim) scholars, one of whom "read it to him in my presence (lit. "as I listened") in Baghdad." Needs further examination.

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, f. 61; TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 61
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.39.61 1r

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1r

T-S Ar.39.61 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.61. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20995/ (accessed October 14, 2026).