Letter: Yevr.-Arab. II 1439

Letter Yevr.-Arab. II 1439

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Yevr.-Arab. II 1439
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Letter from Yeshaʿya Kohen, in Damascus, to his nephew Aharon Kohen, in Fustat/Cairo. (The writer is the paternal uncle of the addressee.) In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 14th century. The letter mainly consists of very flowery greetings. There is a second letter directly underneath the first, addressed to Gedalya Fayrūz, also consisting almost entirely of greetings. There are two versions of the same postscript in which David Nasi Rofe adds his greetings to all the aforementioned people.

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National Library of Russia, Firkovitch (Firk.); Antonin
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In PGP since 2020
National Library of Russia, Firkovitch (Firk.); Antonin, Yevr.-Arab. II 1439. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/27973/, accessed November 26, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/27973/