Letter: T-S NS 297.162

Letter T-S NS 297.162

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS 297.162
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter or petition. In Arabic script. Quite fragmentary. May mention the blessed Nile. Includes a version of the raʾy clause (fa-li-l-ḥaḍra ʿuluww al-raʾy fī dhālika). Mentions something related to the Muslims, the arrival of two ships, and a warehouse (ḥānūt). Greetings (awfā taḥiyya wa-ikrām) to various people, including the faqīh Abū l-Qāsim, and the qāḍī Abū Muḥammad. Also mentions the ṣāḥib al-ṣūr. Needs further examination.

Related Places

Possibly mentioned
Nile River

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S NS 297.162 1r

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1r

T-S NS 297.162 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 297.162. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/24788/ (accessed October 17, 2026).