Letter: Moss. II,189

Letter Moss. II,189

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Moss. II,189
Primary Languages
Arabic
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Business letter (c. 1100 CE) from Abū al-Ḥasan b. Khūlayf Iskandarānī to the prominent purple-cloth merchant Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef al-Mahdawī in Fusṭāṭ. Asks for news of the Kārim fleet. Excuses his absence by citing his illness. Greets people such as Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllān and Abū l-l-ʿAlāʾ al-Ḥalabī the in-law of Ṣāʿid al-Parnas. Reused for accounts by ʿArūs (see separate entry). (Information in part from CUDL)

Related People

Recipient
Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef

Related Places

Destination
Fustat

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Mosseri
Input date
In PGP since 2018
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Transcription
Translation

Moss. II,189 1r

1r

Moss. II,189 1v

1v
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Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. II,189. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/18848/, accessed April 23, 2025.
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