Letter: T-S Ar.39.433

Letter T-S Ar.39.433

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.39.433
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Two letters (or drafts) in Arabic script. Same handwriting on each side. Recto: Addressed to Abū l-Rabīʿ, asking him to send 100 nuqra dirhams with the bearer without delay. Verso: Addressed to Abū l-Riḍā (spelled oddly, ابو الرظا). The addressee is asked to meet with the qāḍī Ṣafiyy al-Dīn and inform him that the sender yearns to serve him. (Information in part from FGP.)

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, f. 433; TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 433
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.39.433 1r

°
1r

T-S Ar.39.433 1v

°
1v
Image Permissions Statement
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.433. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20944/ (accessed June 8, 2026).