Letter: T-S Ar.40.189

Letter T-S Ar.40.189

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.40.189
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Family letter. In Arabic script. To 'my father.' Asking for clothing for the children and maintenance expenses, and telling the addressee to return. Dating: Probably late Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Verso contains a few heart-shaped designs with words in minute script written inside them. These are also found on top and in margin of recto. (Information in part from FGP)

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Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 40, f. 189; TS Arabic Box 40, fol. 189
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S Ar.40.189 1r

°
1r

T-S Ar.40.189 1v

°
1v
Image Permissions Statement
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.40.189. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/21036/ (accessed August 24, 2026).