Letter: T-S NS J544

Letter T-S NS J544

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS J544
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter from Hillel b. Abū l-MN[...], probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Faraj Hilāl al-Iskandarānī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. The sender was worried about the addressee ever since he departed. The latter's father said that "they were scared" and that "they would try to get you to al-ʿAṭf" (a town also mentioned in T-S 13J24.18 and T-S 16.284). There is reference to "a western wind from our location," and then the rest of the letter is torn away. On verso there is also an accounting note in Judaeo-Arabic (Abū l-Ḥasan b. Futūḥ collected 19.5 wariq dirhams).

Related Places

Destination
Fustat

Additional metadata

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

T-S NS J544 1r

°
1r

T-S NS J544 1v

°
1v
Image Permissions Statement
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS J544. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26503/ (accessed August 8, 2026).