Letter: T-S AS 146.156

Letter T-S AS 146.156

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T-S AS 146.156
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Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter of appeal to the Nagid, Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE), asking for financial assistance. Written on behalf of a foreign cloth merchant (qazzāz) named Yosef, who wants to return to his family and place. The scribe is Eliyyahu b. Zekharya. AA

Related People

Recipient
Avraham Maimonides
Scribe
(Abū l-Faraj) Eliyyahu b. Zekharya

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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In PGP since 2019
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Translation

T-S AS 146.156 1r

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1r

T-S AS 146.156 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 146.156. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/21491/ (accessed August 25, 2026).