[Letter from Natan ha-Ḥazzan]

Contenu

ha-Ḥazzan, Nathan. Lettre. s. d. « [Letter from Natan Ha-Ḥazzan] », bibliographie, consulté le 3 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/52125

Titre

[Letter from Natan ha-Ḥazzan]

Créateur

ha-Ḥazzan, Nathan Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Sujet

Judaïsme -- Djerba Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

Recto: Letter from Natan, a foreigner from Jerba (the island off the coast of Ifrīqiyya), who claims that he has been unjustly placed under house detention by the Muslim authorities. House arrest was imposed for unpaid debts in general, not just for the capitation tax. Unable to acquit himself of the entire obligation he owed he had been paying interest for nine months as well as the fee for house arrest (payment for the guardsman, called tarsīm), the normal procedure in such cases, a form of 'debtor's prison.' He asks assistance from a notable, a Jewish courtier with connections to the Muslim government. (Information from Cohen.) Join by Oded Zinger.

Type

Lettre manuscrite

Langue

heb

uri

https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/3041/

Source

Taylor-Schechter Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Cambridge University Library Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

lccn

T-S 8J22.13 + T-S 10J6.17

ha-Ḥazzan, Nathan. Lettre. s. d. « [Letter from Natan Ha-Ḥazzan] », bibliographie, consulté le 3 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/52125