Letter: HUC 1135

Letter HUC 1135

Metadata

Shelfmark
HUC 1135
Primary Languages
Arabic
Hebrew

Description

Bifolio with letter(s) in both Arabic (in Arabic script) and Hebrew. All appear to be addressed to a notable or notables, praising him and appealing for help. On the lefthand page of verso an addressee is named: Abū Bishr Shelomo b. Ṭoviyya al-ʿŪdī(?) (this part appears at upper left). On the lefthand page of recto the sender reports that "on the road to (New) Cairo, the blacks (al-sūdān) beat me, saying, 'This one is . . . and he is a Jew.'" He was seriously injured and has been bedbound in the house (maṭrūḥ) for the last 10 days.

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Collection
Hebrew Union College Library
Input date
In PGP since 2024
Hebrew Union College Library, HUC 1135. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/39276/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/39276/