Letter: T-S Ar.52.248

Letter T-S Ar.52.248

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Description

Verso (original use): ḥikr (ground-rent) receipt in Arabic script for the Jewish community's properties (املاك) in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ (the Fortress of the Lamps) in Fustat. Dated 506H (1112). Tax collector: Yahūdā (?) b. Ibrāhīm.

T-S Ar.52.248 1r

1r

Transcription

Alan Elbaum, Marina Rustow and Naïm Vanthieghem, [digital geniza document edition] (in Arabic).

Recto

  1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
  2. صح لمولاي يحيى اليهودي الرباني
  3. عن حكر املاكهم بقصر الشمع بمصر
  4. سنة ست وخمسمىة
  5. من الورق خمسين درهما
  6. نصف ثمن
  7.  
  8. يهودا بن ابراهيم

Translation

T-S Ar.52.248 2r

2r

T-S Ar.52.248 1v

1v

T-S Ar.52.248 2v

2v
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