Letter: T-S AS 145.137

Letter T-S AS 145.137

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In PGP since 2018

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Letter fragment (bottom) in a neat, distinctive hand. Mentions a courier (raqqas) several times. Also refers to a distressing case involving excommunication and a man whom the addressee should "deliver us from." Instructs the addressee to act in accordance with the letter from the amīr. Continues, "... the master knows this disaster... I cannot even describe to you what happened to us...": יהוד אכדו . . . ויסתחי . . . רקאץ . . . אסם מן יעלם אן מראת . . . . הי ומן ענדה להא . . . ודאעה יאכד כטנא ושהוד בלחרם . . . לה אנה פי מצר וטלב יאכד מעה רקאץ וידכל לענדכם כל . . . . . . . וכתאב אלאמיר וקד תוגה נחו אלמולא תעמל מעה חסב נכותך ותכלצנא מנה ועשה כחמכתך(!) . . . . . . אלמולא עלם הדה אלחאדתה . . . . ומא אחסן אצף לך מא גרא עלינא . . .

T-S AS 145.137 1r

1r

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Translation

T-S AS 145.137 1v

1v
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