Igeret el Simḥah ben Shelomoh babovits
By: Avraham Firḳowits
Contributors: Babovich, Simḥah ben Solomon, 1790-1855; Moses ne Isaac from Karasu; Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries)
Published: 1846
Place of publication: Karasu, Turkey
Language: crh
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Karaite manuscripts; Manuscrits karaïtes
Description: A letter by the Karaite scholar, Abraham Firkowitsch, to his friend Simḥa Babovitch of Jerusalem on the history of the Karaites. The heading of the letter is in Hebrew, and the text is in Tartar. The letter was originally written in 1839, but our copy was prepared by Moses ben Isaac in 1846.
Notes: Manuscript written on paper in Karaite cursive hand.

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Vocalized Hebrew and Crimean Tatar; Maghrebin cursive hand.

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