Letter: L-G Misc. 17

Letter L-G Misc. 17

Metadata

Shelfmark
L-G Misc. 17
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

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Description

Letter from Mubārak b. Hiba al-Waṣīṭī to Abū Saʿd and Abū l-Faḍl b. Abū l-Baqāʾ al-ʿAjamī. In Judaeo-Arabic. The address is written twice in Judaeo-Arabic, and there is even a partial address in Arabic script. The sender may be identical with Mevorakh b. Natan ha-Kohen al-Waṣiṭī from T-S 13J30.2 (dated 1146 CE). The portion of the letter preserved here mostly contains polite epistolary formulae. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

Additional metadata

Collection
Bodleian Library and Cambridge University Library (jointly owned) , Lewis-Gibson
Historical shelfmarks
West. Coll. (Westminster College), Frag. Cairens., fol. 17; West. Coll. (Westminster College), Frag. Cairens., f. 17
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Transcription
Translation

L-G Misc. 17 1r

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1r

L-G Misc. 17 1v

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1v
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Bodleian Library and Cambridge University Library (jointly owned) , Lewis-Gibson, L-G Misc. 17. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/9002/ (accessed June 6, 2026).