Letter: T-S 12.837

Letter T-S 12.837

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 12.837
Primary Languages
Arabic
Hebrew
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter of appeal for charity, written in a mixture of Hebrew, Arabic, and Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is Abū ʿImrān Moshe b. Shela. The sender explains that he is new to 'this land' (Egypt?). He says that he and the addressee's late father (wālidak) fled first from al-Ramla and then from ʿAkkā, apparently from the Ghuzz Turks who pillaged their possessions (ll. 20–21). Most of the rest of the letter consists of biblical citations and eloquent blessings. ASE

Related Places

Mentioned
Acre, al-Ramla

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Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2023
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Transcription
Translation

T-S 12.837 1r

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1r

T-S 12.837 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S 12.837. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/38153/ (accessed October 8, 2026).