رسالة: Bodl. MS heb. c 50/20

الوصف

Fragment of a family/business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th century. Mentions: a wālī; business dealings and losses; small sums of money between 3–10 dirhams; rhubarb; Ibn al-ʿŪdī; Abū l-Munajjā; Sitt Ḍiyāʾ and her fasting and how the sender suffers on account of her character/behavior (akhlāq); Abū l-Faḍl; advice to close a shop; a young man who makes poor decisions; and greetings/congratulations to Abū l-Munā and Khalaf on the birth of a child (probably a girl) to Sitt Ghuṣn. The father is blessed that God should increase his numbers and let him see the wedding of his sons. In a postscript, the addressee is urged to continue to write for the sake of the old woman who cries day and night on account of separation. Everyone in the house, "young and old, free and slave," sends their gretings. (Information in part from Goitein notes and index card linked below and Goitein, MedSoc, Vol. 3, p. 474n19.)