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T-S Misc.27.4.19

Letter from the congregation of Alexandria to the Nagid Mevorakh b. Seʿadya, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Shela b. Mevasser. The letter discusses the crisis among the Jews of Alexandria in this period and asks for help from the Nagid. Based on Mevorakh's titles ("Sar ha-Sarim"), this was written after 1094 CE. (Information from Frenkel, where the document is called T-S Misc.27.19.)

Editor: Ed. and trans. Miriam Frenkel, The Compassionate and Benevolent: The Leading Elite in the Jewish Community of Alexandria in the Middle Ages‎ (in Hebrew) (2006). Awaiting digitization.

Library: CUL

Type: Letter

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