Letter: BL OR 5566C.5

Letter BL OR 5566C.5

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Shelfmark
BL OR 5566C.5
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter from Ṣadaqa to the Abū l-Najm the Parnas, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender announces his intention to travel to Sicily (in "Bilād al-Rūm") and asks the addressee to help him settle the payments of the capitation tax ("al-mas"). On verso there is a note in another hand (that of Abū l-Najm? preceding the letter on recto?), requesting that the addressee send a letter regarding his need for deliverance from the capitation tax (jāliya), "lest you once again blame me when I have no fault." Information in part from Goitein's note card.

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Collection
British Library
Historical shelfmarks
BM Or 5566C, f. 5; BM; BM Or 5566C, fol. 5
Input date
In PGP since 2017
British Library, BL OR 5566C.5. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6279/, accessed November 27, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6279/