Letter: Moss. II,177

Letter Moss. II,177

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Moss. II,177
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Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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A letter of recommendation from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE), for a poor man Shelomo to be read in the synagogue in Fustat. It is very similar to his letter T-S NS J258 for a poor man Moshe. There is an interesting marginal note in which the writer seems to admit that he has not actually met Shelomo. There is a header added after the letter was complete, similar to those found in T-S Misc.8.18, T-S NS J201, and Bodl. MS heb. b 13/44, of which the second word is probably אמת.

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Sender
Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides

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Cambridge University Library, Mosseri
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In PGP since 2020
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Moss. II,177 1r

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1r

Moss. II,177 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. II,177. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/26737/ (accessed August 7, 2026).