Letter: T-S NS J415

Letter T-S NS J415

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS J415
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter from Simḥa ha-Kohen to his father-in-law Eliyyahu the Judge. He asks for a letter to be forwarded to Bilbays to Yosef b. Makārim; instructing someone (probably the same Yosef b. Makārim) to come to Alexandria to sell a house, or if this person cannot come in person, appointing an agent to sell it, because the court has held up the sale until word arrives from him;

Related People

Recipient
(Abū l-Faraj) Eliyyahu b. Zekharya

Related Places

Destination
Fustat
Mentioned
Alexandria, Bilbays

Additional metadata

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

T-S NS J415 1r

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1r

T-S NS J415 1v

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1v
Image Permissions Statement
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS J415. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26477/ (accessed June 30, 2026).