Letter: T-S Ar.39.126

Letter T-S Ar.39.126

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Shelfmark
T-S Ar.39.126
Primary Languages
Arabic
Hebrew

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Description

Letter from Musāfir b. Wahb b. Pinḥas (aka Araḥ b. Natan) to Abū l-Faḍl Thābit b. Hibatallāh Rosh ha-Qehilot (a.k.a. Yakhin b. Netanʾel). In Arabic script, with one line of the address in Hebrew. Dating: Early 12th century. Frenkel states that only the address has survived, but there are also five lines preserved of the main text on recto and additional text in the upper margin. The sender may be in Tinnīs. He wants to leave. He asks for a letter to be sent to Abū ʿAlī al-Sadīd the overseer of official embroidery (mutawallī al-ṭirāz) The letter ends with kissing the hands of 'my lords, the brothers,' and someone else's hand: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم . . . . . . الاجل اطال الله بقاه وادام تاييدها وعلاها . . . . وكبت اعداها يعرف حضرتها انه . . . . تنيس(؟) . . . . طلب مملوكها يخرج وقد اشتها عبدها ان يجريه على تفضلها . . . . مملوكها بان تكتب له كتاب الى الشيخ ابو علي السديد متولي الـ . . . . . بتنيس(؟) العلية(؟) وتذكر . . . . عرفني فاني اقضيها . . . . الا تفضلها . . . . انا اقبل يدها ويد موالي الاخوة ويد مولاي ابو . . . . احياه الله وال. Recto awaits full transcription. (Information in part from Frenkel.) ASE/YU

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 126; TS Arabic Box 39, f. 126
Input date
In PGP since 2004
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Translation

Miriam Frenkel, The Compassionate and Benevolent: The Leading Elite in the Jewish Community of Alexandria in the Middle Ages‎ (in Hebrew) (Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East, 2006).

Verso:

  1. حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل ابو الفضل ثابت(؟) بن هبة اللة
  2. ראש הקהילות זכר צדיק לברכה
  3. اطال اللة بقاها وادام تاييدها وعلاها
  4. مملوكها يقبل يدها
  5. مسافر بن وهب بن فنحاس
  6. . . . . . . ها
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.39.126. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/5294/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/5294/