Letter: T-S NS 320.53

Letter T-S NS 320.53

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS 320.53
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

Recto: Letter in Arabic script, in a chancery hand. The first line includes a name: Abū Yaʿqūb [...]. The second line is a basmala, and the letters begins in the third line (asʾal ḥaḍrat mawlāy...). Mentions a promissory note (ḥujja) for the value of half of [...], namely 45 dinars; the next line also mentions the word "debt" (al-dayn). There is then a request of some sort (...yajʿal lahū...) and the word "condition (al-sharṭ/lil-sharṭ). Needs further examination.

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

T-S NS 320.53 recto

°
recto
Yusuf Umrethwala and Alan Elbaum's digital edition (2024).

  1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحـ[ـيم

  2. اسل حضرة مولاي الحزان ايد الله نعماه[

  3. لنا الله عزه وهو حجة بثمن النصف من الجـ[ـملة

  4. اربعة وخمسين دينارا وربع و سبعة وعشرين دينا[را

  5. يكون جملة الدين الذي لي عليه ……ثمن….بالخواص[

  6. يجعل له عن ………ديـ[

  7. الشرط ……..واعرف

  8. سعد بن السوا . . . . 

Top margin

  1. امتثلت اطال الله بقا مولاي الشيخ ابي يعقوب الو[

  2. وادام عزه

  3. ما رسمته حضرته به

Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 320.53. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/25429/ (accessed June 3, 2026).