Letter: T-S AS 176.166

Letter T-S AS 176.166

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T-S AS 176.166
Primary Language
Arabic

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Letter from a woman to her brother Ḥusayn, the ghulām of Rashīd al-Dawla. In Arabic script. The sender may be complaining about the character of a woman (al-qubḥ alladhī kāna khulquhā), but this is unclear, or khalfahā. She mentions something happening to an ass (al-ḥimāra), perhaps it perished, and hence she no longer has an animal (mā lī bahīma). Mentions a period of time and rent. On verso there are also jottings in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs further examination.

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Fustat

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Translation

T-S AS 176.166 1r

°
1r
Yusuf Umrethwala's digital edition (2026).

Recto

  1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
  2. ]ايا اخي والعزيز علي اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك وتايدك وسعادتك
  3. ]ـغل وعن [    ]اسل الله فيه الاجتماع على[
  4. انه جـ]ـواد كريم ان شا الله ومما اعلمك ياخي ان الحمارة الذي[
  5. ]ـه........والقبح الذي كان خلفها[
  6. ]كل[   ]يقول ما لي بهيمة خلصـ[           ]ـها وهـ[
  7. ]منها حـ[  ]ـين  بيت سنة ونصف والاجرة بيت ثمان[
  8.                                           ]الضعف[      

T-S AS 176.166 1v

°
1v

Verso

  1. الى حسين عم رشيد الدولة
  2. من اخته [  ]ودا بمصر
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