Letter: T-S Ar.39.480

Letter T-S Ar.39.480

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S Ar.39.480
Primary Language
Arabic

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Additional metadata

Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 39, f. 480; TS Arabic Box 39, fol. 480
Input date
In PGP since 2017

Description

Letter from Ṭāhir, in Qūṣ, to his mother, in Alexandria. In Arabic script; large, very regular characters. Dating: Possibly 11th century. Goitein notes that this fragment is a palimpsest, but the 'undertext' may simply be a mirror-image imprint. The sender has rented animals (either donkeys or camels) to travel to ʿAydhāb for 8 dinars. He hopes to set sail at the end of Rajab. A large part of the letter is devoted to greetings to everybody at home and requests for prayers. He reports that a man known as [...] al-Farsī (or al-Qurashī?) told him that his cousins (awlād ʿammī) are well, living in a place called تبليه ?نبايه? in Yemen. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card and attached notes.)

T-S Ar.39.480 1r

1r

Transcription

Translation

T-S Ar.39.480 1v

1v
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