رسالة: CUL Or.1080 J276
رسالة CUL Or.1080 J276What's in the PGP
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الوصف
Letter from Isḥaq b. ʿImrān, probably in al-Maḥalla, to the parnas Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Yahya, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. The letter concerns Efrayim, a poor man from al-Maḥalla, whose wife did not wish to live in the Rīf and traveled to Fustat on her own without his permission. The sender had previously received instructions from the addressee about this case. The man is poor and cannot afford to live in Fustat, but offers her the option to live in Damietta. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card)
العلامات
Editor: Zinger, Oded
Translator: Zinger, Oded (in English)
CUL Or.1080 J276 1r
Recto
- ב֗ש֗מ֔ ר֗ח֗מ֔
- וצל כתאב מולאיי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
- ותאידה וסלאמתה ונעמתה ופהמתה ואמא מא דכרה
- בסׅבב אפרים פאנני אנפדת אליה וגא אלי ענדי ואוקפתהׅ
- עלי כתאב מולאיי חרסה אללה וארית ראגב אלי
- זוגתה ואנמא סבב תווניה ענהא אנהא כרגת מן
- ענדה [וט]לעִת אלי מצר בגיר אׅמׅרה בעד אׅן
- חצ֗רת [היה] והוא פי אלחֻכם באלמחלה ענד מ֗
- יוסף [החב]ר ש֗מ֗ צור וצח ענדה אנהא מתעד[ה
- ל]מא ראת אן אלחק ואג֗ב עליהא טלע[ת
- [אל]י מצר בגיר אמרה ואיצ֗א מא כאן לה//מנה//[
- סיה והוא רגל צעלוך מא לה קדרהׅ [
- סכנא מצר פאן היא עלת אלי ענדה מא ענדה
- אעז מנהא ואלם תשתהי סוכנא אלריף אסכנהא
- [פי] דמיאט ואן כאנת ראגבה אליה תנפד אליה
- [א]ן ינפד אליהא רסול יחדרהא אלי ענדה
- [מ]ן מא אכתארת אסכנהא לאנה הוא [מ]א יקדר
- יכרג מן [ב]ל[ד]ה [אג]ל צמאן אלסלטאן ולא ימכן
- יכרג פאן אכתארתה מא ענדה אעז מנהא ואלם
- תרידה ואלא תערפה חתי ינפד להא בר[א]תהא ויכון
- הדא באכתיארהא ליס באכתיארה קראת עליה אתם
- אלסלאם
Recto
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In (Your) name, O Merci(ful)
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The letter of my lord has arrived, may God prolong your life and make lasting your honor,
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strength, health, and favor. I understood (your letter). Regarding what you mentioned
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in the matter of Ephraim: I sent for him and he came to me. I showed him
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the letter of my lord, may God guard you. I saw that he desires
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his wife and the reason for his neglecting her is only because she left
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him and went up to Fustat against his command. (This was) after
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she and he sought judgment in al-Maḥalla from Mr.
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Joseph [ha-ḥave]r, may the R(ock) pr(eserve him). It became affirmed to him (i.e. to Joseph) that she transgressed
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[....] When she saw that the ruling would be against her, she went up
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to Fustat against his (i.e. her husband's) command. Also, he did not have [...].
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He is a poor man. He is not able
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to reside in Fustat. If she comes to him, he will have nothing
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dearer than her. If she does not desire to live in the Delta (rīf), he will put her up
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[in] Damietta. If she desires him, she should tell him
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to send her a messenger who would bring her to him
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according to where she chooses that he put her up. For he cannot
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leave the t[ow]n [becau]se of the government's tax collector and cannot leave. If she chooses him (also possible: it) he will have nothing dearer than her. If she does not want him (also possible: it), let her inform him so he will send her bill of divorce to her. This will be her choice and not his. I send you the utmost greetings of peace.
CUL Or.1080 J276 1v
Verso
- مولاى الشيخ ابو الحسن علي [אל]כהן بن يحيى الفرناس شاكر فضله
- اطل الله بقاه وادام عزه وتاييده وسعادته اسحق بن عمران
- وكبت اعداه
Verso, address written in Arabic script (except al-Kohen)
My lord, the elder, Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī [al-]Kohen b. Yaḥyā al-firnās, may God prolong his life and make lasting his honor, strength, happiness and humble his enemies.
He who is grateful for his favor, Isḥāq b. ʿImrān.
