Letter: BL OR 5566B.26

Letter BL OR 5566B.26

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BL OR 5566B.26
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Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter from a judge to Avraham Maimonides, reporting about a case that came before him in Adar I 1529 Seleucid (which is 1218 CE). About 32 lines, partly effaced but mostly legible. There are 6 lines of (autograph) response in Avraham's hand, but these are mostly torn away or effaced. Mentions people including Ismāʿīl b. Maʿālī and Abū l-Ḥassan al-Levi and someone's first return from the Levant. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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Collection
British Library
Historical shelfmarks
BM; BM Or 5566B, f. 26; BM Or 5566B, fol. 26
Input date
In PGP since 2017
British Library, BL OR 5566B.26. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6270/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6270/