Letter: Bodl. MS heb. d 65/36

Letter Bodl. MS heb. d 65/36

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Bodl. MS heb. d 65/36
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter from Khalfūn b. Benaya(?) to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Mūsā Majjānī. (The names are very difficult to read; these may be not exactly right.) In Judaeo-Arabic. On vellum. Dating: 11th century. The letter itself is very faded. An 'iqtiḍā'" is mentioned twice, and perhaps the addressee's cousin (ibn ʿamm) Abū Ibrāhīm Isḥāq. ASE Unclear if this letter is related to India in any way; requires further investigation. On verso: Business accounts, mentioning goods from India, myrobalan, and pepper, among many other things (PGPID .

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Collection
Bodleian Library
Historical shelfmarks
Bodl. MS Heb. d 65 (Cat. 2877), f. 36; Bodl. MS Heb. d 65, fol. 36
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In PGP since 2019
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Bodl. MS heb. d 65/36 36 recto

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36 recto

Bodl. MS heb. d 65/36 36 verso

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36 verso
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Bodleian Library, Bodl. MS heb. d 65/36. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/19382/ (accessed January 15, 2026).