رسالة: T-S 6J4.14 + T-S 18J2.7

recto (IB II, 13)

1. Your hands shall prevail over your foes, and all your enemies shall be cut down. 

2. To our esteemed master and lord Abraham—may God remember him favorably! {alt. tr.: may he be remembered for a blessing}—the son of his honor, great and holy master and lord 

3. Yijū—may he rest in Eden!—(from) your friend Maḍmūn, the son of Ḥasan—may he rest in Eden! 

4. The letter of my lord, the most illustrious elder, arrived; I read 

5. [II,14.1: and understood it, and I was happy to learn that you were well] and your affairs

recto (IB II, 14)

1. and understood it, and I was happy to learn that you were well [II,13.5: and your affairs]

2. in order, for which I thanked God very much

3. and asked Him to give you more of every good thing. May God unite

4. us under the most joyful circumstances, and in the best of 

5. spirits, for he controls this and is able to accomplish it,

6. God willing! From what you mentioned,

7. my lord, I learned that you had sent the two locks and the two thousand

8. white and red betel nuts. I have already

9. received this, and I thank you for attending

10. to it. I have sent you

11. with ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, the deacon, a bundle of

12. Berbera mats, six in number.

13. We wrapped them in canvas and your name is written

14. on it in Arabic and Hebrew.

15. With him, I have also sent you (a gift) from

16. me: a new, first-rate, raw Dabīqī scarf,

17. which has a pretty band on each side

18. and is fit to be worn by prominent men. Also (sent) with him

19. are two dasts of fine, large paper

20. government paper, the like of which

21. no one has. In addition, (I sent) with him two rubāʿiyyas of

22. sugar and raisins. See that you receive from him

23. all this. Everything you had sent

24. to Abu ʾl-Khayr has arrived, and he has taken delivery of all of it.

25. He bought Egyptian linen and went up into the

26. highlands. He requested me to ask you to look after his interests

27. by sending his remaining

28. iron and cardamom and the entire balance to his credit.

29. Send him all this on the first boat

30. which sails from India. As for iron, this

31. year it sold (well) in Aden—all

32. kinds of iron— and in the coming year

33. there will also be a good market, because

34. there is none at all left in the city.

35. Please take notice of this. Please accept for yourself best

36. wishes, and for your son Surūr and for Bama,

37. the most profuse greetings. And peace.

verso (IB II, 14)

1. Please give Sūs Sītī and Kinbātī {read: Kinābtī} ⟦and Isḥā…⟧

2. and Isḥāq the Bānyān my best regards, and tell them

3. of my longing for them. Inform them in my name that as for pepper, in

4. this coming year its value, (that is) the price per bahār, will be

5. 30 dinars, and more, and as for refurbished iron,

6. a bahār will be (worth) not less than 20 dinars,

7. and that the (supply of ) raqṣ (shining, glittering iron), which was in the city, is completely exhausted.

8. And if they can they should dispatch a ship from Mangalore,

9. and send in it any available pepper, iron,

10. cubeb, and ginger; it should set out at the first opportunity {alt. tr.: at the beginning of the season} for

11. al-Dyyb (Diū) {alt. tr.: Maldives} taking {alt. tr.: to take} some coir (coconut fiber), fine aloes wood,

12. mango (?), and coconuts, because all these are selling well.

13. If they are equipping a ship in Aden, and they want me

14. to take part, I will share (in it) with them. If there were

15. a ship sailing for Mangalore this year, I would send them {alt. tr.: Had there been a ship…I would have sent them}

16. gold, sugar, raisins and (other) goods. Be sure to inform them

17. of all this, and do not be remiss, for you take the place of

18. a letter of mine to them. And peace.

verso, address (IB II, 14)

1. (To) The most illustrious elder, Ibrāhīm b.

2. Īshū, the Israelite—may God preserve his high position!

3. (From) His servant

4. Maḍmūn b. al-Ḥa[san].

verso, address (IB II, 13)

1. To our esteemed master and lord Abraham!— 

2. may God remember him favorably!—the son of our master and lord Yijū—may he rest in Eden!

3. (From) Your friend Maḍmūn the son of Ḥasan—may he rest in Eden!