Halper 398 Letter to Abu Zikhri ben Abu'l-Faraj, Fustat and Qalyub
Title
Letter to Abu Zikhri ben Abu'l-Faraj, Fustat and QalyubAuthors
- Abu Mantsur.13th cent.
Call number
Halper 398(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies LibraryLanguage
Judeo-ArabicOrigin
13th cent..
- Place
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Orient
Notes
- Verso contains address, in Arabic characters; The addressee may be identified as the son of the judge Elijah ben Zechariah (related to Genizah documents dated between 1222-1236, see above 358, and in the list of judges assembled by S.D. Goitein, A Mediterranean Society, vol. II Appendix D, no. 29); See Goitein, ibid. vol. II p. 380. Documents relating to Elijah were collected by Aryeh Leo Motzkin, Revue des études juives, v. 128 (1969), p. 339-348; A letter from a relative, perhaps his brother in law, or paternal cousin, dealing with various matters, such as debts to the tax collectors (l. 17). The writer complains that the addressee has been absent too long from his wife and mother. The date, added to the last line, is the 30th of the 'Omer (15 Iyar), but no year is provided.
- Condition: nearly complete, torn, faded; folded in mail format.
Extent
15.8 X 12.7 cmSupport
PaperLayout
Decoration
Black ink
Script
Provenance
- Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
- Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
- Amram.
Subjects topical
- Tax collection , History , To 1500 , Egypt
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