List or table: JRL A 393

List or table JRL A 393

Metadata

Shelfmark
JRL A 393
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with scattered geomancy castings. Two of the accounts mention the Sultan of Istanbul and a Basha in connection with quantities of sharīfī coinage, an Ottoman form of currency that is especially common in 16th-century geniza documents. The account mentions that the "Basha," perhaps an Ottoman provincial governor, "came from al-Shām." Requires further examination.

Related Places

Mentioned
al-Shām, Constantinople

Additional metadata

Collection
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
JRL SERIES A 393;
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Image
Transcription
Translation

JRL A 393 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto

JRL A 393 1 / 1 leaf, verso

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1 / 1 leaf, verso
Image Permissions Statement
  • JRL A 393: Image rights: The University of Manchester Library. Access rights: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 None
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL A 393. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/28245/ (accessed June 6, 2026).