Letter: T-S 8J21.15

Letter T-S 8J21.15

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 8J21.15
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter from Binyām (druggist of Rashīd), probably in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd b. Abū Naṣr (al-ʿAfṣī), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. He has sent 20 pounds of סארנאן(?), white lead (isfīdāj), and mercury (zaybaq), and orders crushed saffron and 4 bags of large needles (אבר). Also mentions money owed to him by Abū l-Munā b. Daʾūd. (Information in part from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

Related People

Recipient
Abū Saʿīd al-ʿAfṣī
Sender
Binyām al-ʿAṭṭār al-Rashīdī

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box 8 J 21, fol. 15; TS 8 J 21, fol. 15; TS Box 8 J 21, f. 15; TS 8 J 21, f. 15
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

T-S 8J21.15 1r

1r

T-S 8J21.15 1v

1v
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