Letter: T-S NS J308

Letter T-S NS J308

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T-S NS J308
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter from Menaḥem to the judge Yehosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. A letter of recommendation poor man who has debts and must pay the capitation tax. Menaḥem also promises to send the quires (karārīs) as soon as he has finished writing them. "As for the capitation tax, it is said that it will not be demanded from the poor, who may obtain for it a rescript from the government (khaṭṭ al-sulṭān)." ASE.

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Geniza
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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In PGP since 2020
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T-S NS J308 1r

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1r

T-S NS J308 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS J308. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26409/ (accessed August 7, 2026).