Letter: T-S AS 206.202

Letter T-S AS 206.202

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S AS 206.202
Primary Language
Hebrew
Secondary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Long business letter mainly in Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably Ottoman-era. At the top of recto there is a summary of accounts with R. Avraham during the period from Rabīʿ II through Rajab. Somebody owes the addressee the sum mentioned. The term גמכייא/jāmakiyya (government salary) is mentioned. Mentions other names such as Yehuda, Shelomo, and Khalīfa. Mentions the cities of Qanā (in Upper Egypt) and Quṣayr (the nearby Red Sea port). Mentions a qāḍī and people 'eating up' the jāmakiyya without benefit. Mentions someone who is known as "the madman" (al-Majnūn) who is also evil, like the people of Sodom, and a relative of the שורפא (=shurafāʾ = sharīfs?).

Related Places

Mentioned
al-Quṣayr, Qanā

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Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S AS 206.202 1r

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1r

T-S AS 206.202 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 206.202. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/22751/ (accessed October 14, 2026).