Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. d. 75.21

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

One leaf document

Paper

Brown (iron-gall)

Calamus

No ruling can be seen

27+marginalia (recto); 6 (verso)

279

184

11th Century CE

Bilbays

Judeo-Arabic

Letter

Letter from Abū Faraj to Eliyyahu the Judge. The sender has some unusual spelling habits, e.g., אא for آ; and ת for ד; and טתמאן for تطمئن. Arranged in two columns. Deals mainly with small business matters. Subjects include myrtle seed, sugar, a legal deed over 25 dinars, a scarf or bathrobe (minshafa). Mentions people such as Abū Naṣr, ʿImrān, Sulaymān al-Kohen ("your neighbor"), Eliyyahu's sister's son, the son of Bū l-Ḥasan, Eliyyahu's sons ("greetings to Rabbi Zekharya and Rabbi Berakhot"), and the ḥaverim from Bilbays.

No vowels or accents

Bought through J. Offord in 1906. From the Genizah.

990053424700205171

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https://genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/volume_94#MS_Heb_d_75-part24-item1 (Date accessed: 2026-02-23)

Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6493/ (accessed February 23, 2026).