Letter: JRL B 5738

Letter JRL B 5738

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Shelfmark
JRL B 5738
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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An unnamed elder (titled 'the most illustrious, solid') directs the beadle Abu al-Tahir to furnish Harun the copyist with a good copy of a Torah scroll so that the latter can copy from it. Harun is to bring the book to the beadle each Friday, to be read on the Sabbath. A beadle named Abu al-Tahir b. Mahfuz was active between 1183 and 1223 (Med. Soc. II 421, 431, 546; IV 436; V 547). A penurious copyist named Harun is mentioned in JRL Series B 4525-1. The verso (B 5738-2) is blank.

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Collection
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
JRL SERIES B 5738;
Input date
In PGP since 2004
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JRL B 5738 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto
Luke Yarbrough's digital edition.
  1. חצרה אלשיך אלאגל אלמכין שצ תנעם תקול
  2. ללשמש אבי אלטאהר ידפע ללשיך הארון אלנאסך
  3. נסכה גיידה מחררה מן אלארבעה אלאול ינקל
  4. מנהא והו יחצרהא לה כל יום גמעה ליקרא
  5. פיהא פי אלסבת מן כל בד ושלומה ירבה

JRL B 5738 1 / 1 leaf, verso

1 / 1 leaf, verso
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    John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL B 5738. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/5247/ (accessed January 14, 2026).