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Ann: Letter JRL SERIES B 6427 (11th)

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Taken from: Geniza Lab ; Princeton Geniza Project

https://genizaprojects.princeton.edu/pgpsearch/?a=object&id=28853&q=zanj

 

Small fragment of a business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions [...] b. Jabbara and a report that ʿAbdallah traveled from Zanjbar/Zanzibar (1) to Mirbat (in Oman). Few other specifics are preserved.

 

Left: front and rear of this piece of the letter.

 

(1) Zanjbar/Zanzibar can also refer to Zinjibar in eastern Yemen.