Letter: T-S 8.54

Letter T-S 8.54

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 8.54
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter from Yūsuf b. Mūsā to a certain Abū Sulaymān. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. The addressee has a paternal cousin (ibn ʿamm) named Labrāṭ b. Daʾūd (maybe the Ibn Sughmār by the same name). There are several Geniza letters from Yūsuf b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, but the handwriting doesn't match, so the sender of this letter is probably a different person. In the opening greetings, the sender mentions his father Abū Yūsuf, Abū Zikrī, and Abū ʿUmar. He then reports on the price of wheat and the conditions of the country. The next section is about various business matters: mentions Yiṣḥaq Ibn Qayyūma, the cousin Labrāṭ, Almeria, yarn, and Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. Regards to Abū Yaʿqūb Ibn Bazzāz, whose son is well and with his maternal uncle. (Information in part from CUDL.) ASE

Related Places

Mentioned
Almeria

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2018
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Transcription
Translation

T-S 8.54 1r

°
1r

T-S 8.54 1v

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1v
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