Letter: T-S NS J88

Description

Letter/petition from an unknown writer to the Head of the Jews. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer complains about ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz and his mistreatment of a woman (his wife?) for whom he refuses to provide. When the writer confronts him, he shouts at him, "My mother left, and you stayed in my face." He picks fights with them. The addressee is asked to arbitrate between them, for the wretched petitioners (al-suqamā') are perishing. The letter is written on a reused page of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, of which a few lines are visible at the bottom of verso.