Letter: T-S 13J22.24

Letter T-S 13J22.24

Shelfmark: T-S 13J22.24

Primary Language: Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter from the physician Abū Zikrī, in Jerusalem, to his father Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. Abū Zikrī reports that his masters, the princes al-Malik al-ʿAzīz and al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam, were laying siege to Damascus and that he was unable to get through to them to request a leave. Although ill himself, the writer states that he visited the sultan’s palace every other day. The letter also makes a note of “our colleagues at Qūṣ.” (Eliyyahu Ashtor, “The Number of Jews in Medieval Egypt,” JJS 18 (1967), 18; and S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:347, 603.) "Do not send me the biqyār (a goat-hair garment?), because I am not well, and I am thinking of how you will fare after my death. How terrible would it be to receive your garment in the tailor's packaging, unopened! Ever since you left, I have not even had a single week of health. Regarding the collyria and equipment that you requested, I have not been able to get to it, because I am ill. I am wintering in Jerusalem, because the army is at Damascus, and I am stranded here, and cannot leave without an order from the sultan." EMS. ASE. At the upper right margin of recto there is a subsequent pen trial (ששלל), which is unrelated to the document.

Collection: Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks: TS 13 J 22, f. 24; TS 13 J 22, fol. 24; TS Box 13 J 22, fol. 24; TS Box 13 J 22, f. 24
Input date: In PGP since 1988

How to cite this record:: Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S 13J22.24. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/1045/, accessed November 23, 2024.
Link to this document:: https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/1045/