Letter: Bodl. MS heb. d 66/42

Letter Bodl. MS heb. d 66/42

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Shelfmark
Bodl. MS heb. d 66/42
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Letter from Yaʿqūb b. Ismaʿīl al-Andalusī, in Tunisia or Sicily (Goitein) or Tyre (Gil), to Abū l-Walīd Yūnus b. Dāʾūd b. Zablān, probably in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1060 CE. The sender seems to be a business agent for the addressee. Deals with various shipments of commodities, some of which were sent together with merchandise for Nahray b. Nissim. (Information from Gil and from Goitein’s index card.)

Related People

Mentioned
Nahray b. Nissim
Sender
Yaʿqūb b. Ismāʿīl al-Andalusī
Recipient
Yūnus b. Dāʾūd b. Zablān

Additional metadata

Collection
Bodleian Library
Historical shelfmarks
Bodl. MS Heb. d 66 (Cat. 2878), f. 42; Bodl. MS Heb. d 66, fol. 42
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Transcription
Translation

Bodl. MS heb. d 66/42 42 recto

°
42 recto

Bodl. MS heb. d 66/42 42 verso

°
42 verso
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Bodleian Library, Bodl. MS heb. d 66/42. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6460/ (accessed February 9, 2026).