رسالة: T-S 10J32.6 + T-S 10J9.24

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1. In Your name, O Merciful.
2. The letter of your excellency, the most illustrious elder, my lord, has arrived. It was the most pleasant letter that came and the most delightful
3. [message] that arrived. I read it with joy, examined it with delight, with gladness. I understood it, and was happy}

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1. [to learn that] you were well and your affairs in order, for which I thanked God very much and asked Him, in His mercy, to give you more
2. of every good thing, God willing. There arrived, my master, what you have kindly sent,
3. namely, a basket with pepper and ginger, another basket with Manjal-turmeric, in which there was also a little ginger, and 3 qaṣʿa-bowls.
4. May God reward you well and satisfy your needs, and may you never cease to bestow kindness (on me)! However, the water skin with lemon and mango
5. arrived spoiled and stinking, and we threw them away. There arrived also the cardamom. I took
6. one fourth from Sheikh Maḍmūn, and he took three fourths. You mentioned, my lord,
7. that you would have the copper vessels that had been ordered made from the scrap. By God, do not postpone it
8. this year, for the matter is urgent. Do not delay any of the copper vessels, //that is// the shipments {alt. tr.: items}, which
9. I had mentioned to your excellency, for all this is very urgent. Please, my master, have a {add: another} look
10. at my previous letter from last year, and do no defer any of the shipments {alt. tr.: items} //of the copper vessels//.
11. By God, oblige (me by) this deed {alt. tr.: grant me this favor.}. The copper ordered for ⟦the sake of apprenticeship of⟧ //my son//
12. should be in a separate account. Please do not mix his account with mine.
13. For the balance of my {lit., ‘your servant’s’} account, please buy some betel nuts or, if that is not to be had,
14. pepper in one or two baskets, in order to save freight and customs duties in Aden. I sent to you,
15. my lord, for your esteemed household what has no value or importance, namely
16. an Alexandrian maqṭaʿ, a goat-wool fūṭa—your name is written on them—15 large sheets of Ṭalḥī-paper,
17. a brazilwood box with sugar, a brazilwood box with raisins and a brazilwood box with soap—large boxes,
18. on which is //written//: ‘Yijū, shipped by Joseph.’ I also sent you five pounds of costus, a half a pound
19. of kohl, an ounce of ladanum, a half a pound of vitriol and half a pound of samgh gum. These commodities are in a mazza.
20. All this is forwarded to you through the nākhudā Maḥrūz. May God ordain his safe arrival! May my lord receive for his esteemed
21. self the best greetings! And may my lord be blessed with peace!

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address:

1. (To) His excellency, the most illustrious elder, my lord
2. Abraham b. Peraḥyā—may he rest in Eden!

sender:

1. (From) His servant, who tha[nks him for his kindness],
2. Jose[ph b. Abraham].}

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address:

1. (To) His excellency, the most illustrious elder, my lord Ibrāhīm 
2. b. Yijū, the Israelite.

sender:

1. (From) His servant Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm.