מכתב: BL OR 5566B.18
מכתב BL OR 5566B.18תיאור
Letter from Ḥananel (حاننال), it seems in Tyre (recto, l. 3), to an unidentified addressee, in Fustat. In Arabic script. A vertical strip from the left side of the letter is missing. The sender mentions the arrival of a suftaja (money order) against Abū l-Faraj Mūsā; mentions Abū l-Faḍl Kātib al-Jaysh (in Tyre?); and around here the thread becomes difficult to follow. Mentions danānīr nizāriyya (attributed to Nizār b. al-Mustanṣir Bi-Allāh) which provides numismatic evidence to date this letter between 1094-1095 CE. Needs further examination. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)