Letter: ENA 2727.7a

Letter ENA 2727.7a

Shelfmark: ENA 2727.7a
Editor: Moshe Gil, Documents of the Jewish Pious Foundations from the Cairo Geniza (1976).

Primary Language: Judaeo-Arabic

In PGP since 1986

Description

Letter from Aharon ha-Levi, Yosef ha-Borsaqī ("the tanner") to Abu'l-Ma'ali, ca. 1120. A certificate regarding the Estate of the Jerusalemites. The bearer of the letter informs Abu'l-Ma'ali that he is entitled to a share in the revenues of the houses "of the Jerusalemites." Since the man is in great distress, an advance is requested. The writer asks that a note be delivered to Shelomo ha-Melammed, regarding the sum that Abu'l-Ma'ali considers proper. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 244 #44) | Court record, written by Hillel b. Eli, regarding a property in Qasr al-Sham'. One of the parties is a convert to Islam.

Edition: Gil, Moshe