Letter: T-S 12.283

Letter T-S 12.283

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Shelfmark
T-S 12.283
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Description

Question submitted to "sayyidnā," it seems the Head of the Karaite community, about a case that had come before the governor/chief of police (wālī) of Alexandria. One of the writer's opponents was Ibn al-Laḥḥām, who had been under a ban of excommunication for 25 years for having a child with a woman lacking kashrut (according to Karaite law). The son is now a member of the community. Information from Goitein's index card. Might be same handwriting as T-S AS 146.319 (PGPID 17396).

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2017
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Translation

T-S 12.283 1r

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1r

T-S 12.283 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S 12.283. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/7192/ (accessed June 10, 2026).