Letter: T-S NS J339

Letter T-S NS J339

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Shelfmark
T-S NS J339
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Mentions Alexandria; business negotiations with Abū Naṣr, concluding with a purchase for only 30 dinars; refers to "the shortage of dirhams in the market"; requests 50 dinars "in dirhams"; refers to two two robes for Muslim and two robes for Barakāt; an issue involving the qāḍī and al-Bijāʾī the faqīh (i.e., from Bijāya). Greetings to Abū l-Ḥasan and Muslim and Abū l-Barakāt. At the end of the letter, asks for news of a trader in Yemen should anyone arrive from there. A portion of a name is preserved on verso: Yosef ha-Kohen - maybe the addressee is Abū Zikrī Kohen (Yehuda b. Yosef).

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Mentioned
Bijāya

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Translation

T-S NS J339 1r

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1r

T-S NS J339 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS J339. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26428/ (accessed July 10, 2026).