Letter: T-S Ar.40.84

Letter T-S Ar.40.84

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Shelfmark
T-S Ar.40.84
Primary Language
Arabic

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Verso (secondary use): Petition/letter of appeal for charity in Arabic script. From Manṣūr. The sender and his family have perished from illness (maraḍ, awjāʿ), poverty, and nakedness, and their rent is due. The sender reiterates in the final line that he is perishing "from the disease of arwāḥ (hemorrhoids?)."

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 40, fol. 84; TS Arabic Box 40, f. 84
Input date
In PGP since 2021
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T-S Ar.40.84 1r

1r
Alan Elbaum, unpublished editions (n.p., 2022).

T-S Ar.40.84 1v

1v

Margin:

  1. [المملوك]
  2. منصور

Top:

  1. يقصد الله تعالى ويقصد مولانا

Margin:

  1. المملوك
  2. منصور

Main text:

  1. قد علم الله تعالى ان ما له وجه يتجه به اليه
  2. الى باب الله تعالى وبابك وقد هلك المملوك
  3. من المرض والقلة والعري والمساول من الله
  4. تعالى ومن تفضل مولاي وسيدي ان تحصل لي
  5. شي استعين به في اجرة البيت فهو منكتبة
  6. عليه وقد هلكت انا والعايلة انها المملوك \\ذلك\\
  7. والله تعالى يتقبل في مولانا صالح
  8. الادعية وقد هلكت من المرض بالارواح
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