Letter: Bodl. MS heb. c 28/21

Letter Bodl. MS heb. c 28/21

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Bodl. MS heb. c 28/21
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Mid-11th-century letter from Umm Faḍā'il, a widow in Fustat, to a family friend, Abū Zikrī b. Yosef (Yehuda b. Yosef Rosh ha-Seder), in the West. The letter deals with her son Fakhr's intended travel to Sicily. She requests that the addresee assist him. She mentions a power of attorney document that she gave to her son, so that he will dispose of their remaining property in Sicily. She also mentions an ongoing divorce of her daughter. Information from Ben-Sasson's edition via FGP.

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Collection
Bodleian Library
Historical shelfmarks
Bodl. MS Heb. c 28 (Cat. 2876), fol. 21; Bodl. MS Heb. c 28, f. 21
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In PGP since 2020
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Bodl. MS heb. c 28/21 21 recto

21 recto

Bodl. MS heb. c 28/21 21 verso

21 verso
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Bodleian Library, Bodl. MS heb. c 28/21. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/19322/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/19322/