Letter: BL OR 5549.5

Letter BL OR 5549.5

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Shelfmark
BL OR 5549.5
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter fragment. In the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen (according to Goitein's notes). Mentions Sayyidnā, al-Shaykh Maḍmūn, Ismāʿīl al-Majjānī; the kārim fleet (which travelled between Egypt and India); a letter from the sender's in-law Maḥrūz in Sawākin about 3,000 loads. A complete list of the Jews who left with the kārim is Maḥrūz [b. Yaʿaqov], Zikrī b. Sar Shalom, Ibn al-Dabbāgh; al-Maḥallī; Ibn Junūn(?); Nahray; and Ibn al-Baqqāl.

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Collection
British Library
Historical shelfmarks
BM; BM Or 5549, f. 5; BM Or 5549, fol. 5
Input date
In PGP since 2017
British Library, BL OR 5549.5. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6238/, accessed December 26, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6238/