Letter: T-S AS 178.152

Letter T-S AS 178.152

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Shelfmark
T-S AS 178.152
Primary Language
Arabic

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Description

Letter from ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Sulaymān to Abū l-Fakhr b. Ibrāhīm al-Amshāṭī al-ʿAṭṭar, in the perfumers' market, in Fustat. In Arabic script. The top of recto and the address on verso are preserved. The addressee is known from the India Book documents, aka Abū l-Fakhr Saʿadya b. Avraham, active from ca. 1140 and d. 1172. For another Arabic letter to him see AIU XII.50 (PGPID 30963).

Related People

Recipient
(Abū l-Fakhr) Saʿadya b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī

Related Places

Destination
Fustat

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2022
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Transcription
Translation

T-S AS 178.152 1r

°
1r

T-S AS 178.152 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 178.152. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/36927/ (accessed October 7, 2026).