Letter: T-S NS 297.245

Letter T-S NS 297.245

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS 297.245
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Recto: Top part of a letter to al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab. In Arabic script. Probably a letter of appeal for charity. Verso: Accounts in Arabic script, in a different, crude hand. Mentions various houses or places in Fustat (funduq al-[...], dār al-Fāḍil, Qaṣr al-Shamʿ, bayt al-Makīn) and various names (Umm Jalāl, Mūsā al-Faqīh).

Related Places

Mentioned
Qaṣr al-Shamʿ (neighborhood)

Additional metadata

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

T-S NS 297.245 1r

°
1r

T-S NS 297.245 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 297.245. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/24829/ (accessed October 17, 2026).