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Tag: amir al-juyush
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Fragment of a letter referring to someone designated as 'the elevated presence.' Verso (B-4205-2) appears to contain the letter's conclusion and includes references to an official designated as commander of the troops (Amir al-Juyush), possibly the Armenian general and actual ruler of Egypt 1074-1094 (see Cohen, Jewish Self-Government, pp. 61-65).
Letter fragment addressed to Ḥusayn al-Ṣabbagh al-Ḍāmin in formal style and in curious script of large characters, asking the recipient to pay 1/6 dinars for the hire of a boat, for which the writer had pawned his clothing with the captain al-Rayyis al-Ḥayfī. The writer is hungry and thirsty. It seems he ate something that gave him a bad case of gas ("wa-alqaʾat al-riyāh fī jawfī"), and he has not eaten anything since. Mentions Amīr al-Juyūsh and Saniyy al-Dawla. Information in part from Goitein's index card. Handwriting is the same as ENA 3360.7 (another letter) and may be the same as DK 344 (literary). ASE.
