Letter: ENA NS 63.13

Letter ENA NS 63.13

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Shelfmark
ENA NS 63.13
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter from "Sāsī" to R. D[...]. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: After 1517 CE (uses the term 'basha' twice), but not long after (Avraham Castro appears in the letter). Dealing with business matters. Complaining about someone who mistreated the writer. Mentions Avraham Castro; Ibrāhīm al-Kalaḥ; Mūsā Ḥaqqān. Mentions taxes incumbent on "all who arrive from Hind and Sind and the lands of the Arabs," more than the tithe (ʿushr).

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 63, fol. 13; ENA NS 63, f. 13
Input date
In PGP since 2021
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ENA NS 63.13 1

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ENA NS 63.13 2

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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 63.13. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32135/, accessed December 30, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/32135/