Letter: T-S 8.30

Letter T-S 8.30

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 8.30
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter fragment in the hand of Peraḥya b. Yosef Yiju addressed to Avraham b. Aharon ha-Kohen, with greetings to sons Abū ʿAlī and Abū l-Surūr. Mentions: being insulted; a dispute involving 30 dinars and a plan to write a letter to the Rayyis; "he said to Abū Naṣr and Abū l-Faraj, that he only wished to obtain the signatures and send them to the Rayyis, because you are ordering (good) and forbidding (bad) . . ."; a government official (ḥājib) named ʿIzz al-Mulk; and "Rabbenu Sayyidnā Moshe" (probably Maimonides). The address includes a blessing for whoever delivers it (מוצלה ברוך יהיה) and a curse for whoever diverts it from its addressee (מצייעה ארור יהיה). (Information in part from Goitein's index card and CUDL.)

Related People

Mentioned
ʿIzz al-Mulk, Moshe Maimonides (uncertain)
Sender
Peraḥya b. Yosef ben Yijū
Recipient
Avraham b. Aharon ha-Kohen (mid-12th c)

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2017
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S 8.30 1r

°
1r

T-S 8.30 1v

°
1v
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