Letter: ENA NS 36.25

Letter ENA NS 36.25

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 36.25
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Additional metadata

Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 36, fol. 25; ENA NS 36, f. 25
Input date
In PGP since 2017

Description

Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably relating to the 12th-century India trade. Mentions Abū Manṣūr; Amīn al-[...]; the Kārim fleet and whether something will happen in time for the 'mawsim'; the current prices for aloe; a request to be informed the prices of mastic; greetings to [Abū l-]Rabīʿ, to whom the sender had sent a letter of condolence on the death of his cousin (ibn ʿamm).

ENA NS 36.25 1

1

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ENA NS 36.25 2

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