Letter: Moss. IV,4
Letter Moss. IV,4What's in the PGP
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Letter of appeal for charity from Manṣūr b. Ibrāhīm Ibn Naḥum to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender opens by mentioning that he is the brother of the wife of the cantor from al-Raḥba. He then reminds the Nagid that he actually helped him once, "in the time of al-Maʾmūn" (presumably the vizier who succeeded al-Afdal) by giving or loaning him 10 dinars to get out of a tax concession guarantee (ḍamān) for which Shemu’el was being held accountable. Also uses the term "imāra" (something to do with the state?). Parts of these lines are crossed out. Now, fate has caught up with the sender. His wife has died, he has three children to support, and his vision is weak (ḍarra baṣruh). (ASE/MR, based in part on information in CUDL)