Letter: CUL Or.1080 J41

Letter CUL Or.1080 J41

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CUL Or.1080 J41
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Recto, with address on verso: Letter from Saʿdān b. Ḥ[...] to his 'brother' Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Yiṣḥaq(?). The addressee had sent a letter reporting that he had gone to Alexandria and to Tinnīs. His family members are upset at him. "I read [your letter] to Sitt Faraj and she screamed and cried, and she still suffers the remnants of an illness, because she had ophthalmia that caused her to scream, may God protect her. She asked to me to write to you but did not want to inform you about [the illness] except with great anguish (ḍīq sadr)." They rebuke him for going to these places when there was no need, and urge him to come back quickly.

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Probably Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Oriental Manuscripts
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ULC Or 1080 J 41
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In PGP since 2020
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CUL Or.1080 J41 1r

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