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The Sister of Ismā‘īl ibn Barhūn al-Tāhertī
11th Century
Nothing is known about the sister of Ismā‘īl ibn Barhūn al-Tāhertī, though a surviving letter from her in the Cairo Geniza indicates that she lived in al-Mahdiyya, Tunisia, with another brother and several close family members.
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Letter to Her Brother
In this letter, a woman from al-Mahdiyya, Tunisia, writes to her brother in Fustāt (Old Cairo), who has been traveling.