Letter: ENA 3612.4 + T-S AS 148.202

Letter ENA 3612.4 + T-S AS 148.202

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Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Two fragments comprising the bottom part of the letter. Refers to the qāḍī Amīn al-Dawla Abū ʿAlī; a request that the addressee put in a good word for the bearer of this letter, Abū ʿAlī Ibn Qaṭāʾīf, who has never purchased goods from government bureaus (dīwān) or public auctions (ḥalqa) (והו מא ישתרי שי מן אלדיואן ולא מן חלקה ולא לה אסם בשרא חואיג מן דיואן) but who is being persecuted by the police (al-rajjāla) on account of his unemployment. There is a version of a raʾy clause toward the end. (Information in part from CUDL.) Join: Alan Elbaum.

ENA 3612.4 recto

recto

Transcription

Translation

T-S AS 148.202 1r

1r

ENA 3612.4 verso

verso

T-S AS 148.202 1v

1v
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