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Letter (T-S 16.286)
Letter sent from Alexandria by Naḥman, a former official of the imperial mint of Old Cairo to his wealthy sister. The writer describes how he had lost his post, his house and all his possessions. He hired out his son to a tailor who paid him half a dirhem per week. He also mentions that the impositions connected with the Franks’ invasion of Damietta had had a terrible effect on the population of Alexandria in general. Ca. 1220 CE.
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- Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
- Classmark: T-S 16.286
- Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
- Author(s): Naḥman
- Origin Place: Alexandria
- Date of Creation: 1220 CE
- Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
- Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 37.5 cm, width: 12.5 cm.
- Material: Paper
- Condition: Holes, faded
- Layout: 38 lines + marginalia (recto); 31 lines + marginalia (verso)
- Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
- Author(s) of the Record: CUL
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- Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
- Classmark: T-S 16.286
- Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
- Author(s): Naḥman
- Origin Place: Alexandria
- Date of Creation: 1220 CE
- Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
- Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 37.5 cm, width: 12.5 cm.
- Material: Paper
- Condition: Holes, faded
- Layout: 38 lines + marginalia (recto); 31 lines + marginalia (verso)
- Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
- Author(s) of the Record: CUL
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