Letter: ENA 2730.7

Description

Letter of a merchant in Egypt to the Maghrib containing information on Yosef Lebdi's arrival in Aydhab after a successful trip to India. The writer asks the recipient to buy for him good quality corals and reports on the current state of Egypt and the Nile. He informs the recipient about the arrival of merchants in Qus, and about the merchandise they brought. Remarkable is the piece of information regarding the entire amount of merchandise that has arrived so far in Aydhab: 9,000/13,000 bales of goods. Among these merchants was Yosef Lebdi with a shipment of 80 bales of lac packed in Nahrawara (Gujarat), 50 bales of pepper and other merchandise. Friedman dates the letter to approximately 1101. India Book I, 25.