Letter: JRL Genizah Ar. 386

Letter JRL Genizah Ar. 386

Metadata

Shelfmark
JRL Genizah Ar. 386
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Written in large characters in a chancery-esque hand. The sender is Jewish as he swears by the Torah (bi-ḥaqq al-Tawrāh). On verso there are fragments of two lines of Arabic in a different hand (... min al-wilāya... [...] b. al-Ḥasan b. Aḥmad al-[...]).

Additional metadata

Collection
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
JRL Gaster ar. 386; John Rylands Library, Manchester, Gaster Collection, Arabic Series 386
Input date
In PGP since 2021
Image
Transcription
Translation

JRL Genizah Ar. 386 1 / 1 leaf, recto

°
1 / 1 leaf, recto

JRL Genizah Ar. 386 1 / 1 leaf, verso

°
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Image Permissions Statement
  • JRL Genizah Ar. 386: Image rights: The University of Manchester Library. Access rights: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 None
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL Genizah Ar. 386. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/33081/ (accessed June 5, 2026).