RRR: Correspondence/envoy
544
year: 1153
initiator: Samsam, an Egyptian imprisoned in Nablus
text: 1099 – Aug. 19 1153 (or possibly – 1187). [68] Samsam, an Egyptian imprisoned in Nablus, laments his condition. He relies on pious individuals raising the cash for his ransom.
1099 – Aug. 19 1153 (or possibly – 1187). [68] Samsam, an Egyptian imprisoned in Nablus, laments his condition. He relies on pious individuals raising the cash for his ransom.
sources: Cahen, ‘Une lettre d’un prisonnier musulman’, pp. 85-7