Letter: T-S Ar.19.9

Letter T-S Ar.19.9

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.19.9
Document Date
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

Recto: Letter from Muḥammad b. ʿUmar. In Arabic script. Dated: 538 AH = 1143/44 CE. Mentions the bearer of the letter, Karīm b. Zak[kūr? b.] Sayyid al-Ahl. Evidently asking the addressee to do a favor involving the children of Sayyid al-Ahl and their neighbor, and something which is good and cheap. Verso: Letter in Arabic script in a different hand. Written in a deferential style. The sender reports that he is still suffering the remnants of an illness (baqāyā al-maraḍ). Mentions "moving to Cairo (al-Qāhira al-maḥrūsa)" and "addressing the excellence" about something "at the time of his departure." It is not clear how the letters on recto and verso are related to each other.

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 19, f. 9; TS Arabic Box 19, fol. 9
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.19.9 1r

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1r

T-S Ar.19.9 1v

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1v
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