State document: T-S Ar.37.209

State document T-S Ar.37.209

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Shelfmark
T-S Ar.37.209
Primary Language
Arabic

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Verso: State document. In Arabic script, in a chancery hand. The beginnings of 7 lines are preserved. Possibly a decree? Talking about the destruction of the districts. On verso, there are ~8 lines of poetry in Arabic script and 12 in Hebrew script. Both the Arabic and Hebrew poems are headed with "basīṭa." The Hebrew poem is also headed with the name of the melody (ʿalā X) and then "fī nuskhat mawlāyyā al-ḥazan."

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Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 37, fol. 209; TS Arabic Box 37, f. 209
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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T-S Ar.37.209 1v

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1v
Alan Elbaum and Yusuf Umrethwala's digital edition (2024).

Verso

  1. واثاره معروفة في الـ[
  2. النواحي وافعالهم و[
  3. معروف والتي يحـ[
  4. خراب النواحي ولىـ[
  5. الجاري له بسبب الـ[
  6. ذلك ويجهد[

T-S Ar.37.209 1r

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