Letter: T-S NS J336

Letter T-S NS J336

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T-S NS J336
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Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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The beginning of a letter of recommendation from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE), for a man named Eliyyahu "who has no tongue [in Arabic] or in Hebrew." The name Ṣedaqa ha-Ḥazzan appears on verso. Bibliography: Mentioned in Goitein, "The Twilight of the House of Maimonides," Tarbiz 54 (1984), 67–104.

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Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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In PGP since 2020
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T-S NS J336 1r

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1r

T-S NS J336 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS J336. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26427/ (accessed August 7, 2026).