Letter: T-S Misc.28.261

Letter T-S Misc.28.261

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Misc.28.261
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter from Manṣūr to either his son or his father Abū ʿImrān. (Both are referred to as ואלד, but this is sometimes the spelling for ולד in this period.) In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 13th–16th century. Mentions numerous business matters. Commodities include textiles and vessels. Names include: Yosef; Saʿdūn b. [..]āʾil; Makīn the son of the sister of al-M[...]; Dāʾūd the boy of the shaykh; Umm Maryam; ʿAbdallāh; al-Shaykh al-Thiqa Kātib al-Jawālī ('secretary of the capitation taxes'); al-shaykh al-ṣafiyy; al-shaykh al-shammas. Mentions the term jāmikiyya (v6). Needs further examination.

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box Misc. 28, fol. 261; TS Box Misc. 28, f. 261
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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Transcription
Translation

T-S Misc.28.261 1r

°
1r

T-S Misc.28.261 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Misc.28.261. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/23424/ (accessed October 13, 2026).