Letter: T-S AS 181.219

Letter T-S AS 181.219

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T-S AS 181.219
Primary Language
Arabic

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Petition/letter of appeal for charity, in Arabic script, addressed to the qāḍī ʿImād al-Mulk. The writer mentions his distress (al-shidda wa-l-ḍīqa wa-l-khawf). Later (three lines from the bottom) he clarifies that he is scared of the collectors of the capitation tax (aṣḥāb al-jawālī).

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Geniza
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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In PGP since 2020
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T-S AS 181.219 1r

°
1r

T-S AS 181.219 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 181.219. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/22547/ (accessed October 15, 2026).