Legal document: T-S NS 38.45

Legal document T-S NS 38.45

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Shelfmark
T-S NS 38.45
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

Possibly a legal document. In Arabic script. Opens with a basmala and "Hādhā...", and then maybe iqrār, followed by استاجر, meaning lease, but the beginning lines are damaged and the text is difficult to follow. Mentions copper and lead (or a coppersmith and a leadsmith). It seems that the following lines lead to a donation, probably a hiba, "as acts of charity and means to seek proximity to God". A neighborhood, probably what reads as "Ḥārat Baqāshī(n) l-Bilā[d]", which matches to al-Baqqāshīn, a human settlement north of Cairo. A few names also appear. Around it, in the upper margin, there are accounts in Arabic script in at least two hands. On verso, there is a Hebrew seliḥa. Needs examination.

Related Places

Possibly mentioned
Baqqāshīn

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

T-S NS 38.45 1v

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1v

T-S NS 38.45 1r

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 38.45. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26127/ (accessed November 15, 2026).