Letter: CUL Or.1081 J27
Letter CUL Or.1081 J27Tags
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Letter about naval warfare off the Ifrīqiyan coast (1100).
Edition: Goitein, S. D.
Translation: Goitein, S. D. (in English)
CUL Or.1081 J27 1r
Transcription
S. D. Goitein, "Glimpses from the Cairo Geniza on Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean and on the Mongol Invasion," in Studi Orientalistici in onore di Giorgio Levi Della Vida (Roma: Istituto per l'Oriente, 1956), vol. 1.Ms. University Library Cambridge Or 1081 J 27, ed. S. D. Goitein,"Glimpses from the Cairo Geniza on naval warfare in the Mediterraneanand on the Mongol invasion", Studi Orientalistici in onore di GiorgioLevi Della Vida, 1956, vol. I, pp. 401-402, with corrections from hispersonal offprint, 20-12-89, N.T.(pp)A Letter about naval warfare off the Tunisian coast (1100)
- כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אל
- שיך ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה
- ואלחאל סלאמה קרב אללה אלאשתמאע
- ביה עלי אפצל חאל וממא אעלמה ביה
- מן אכבאר אלחרב אן אקלע מרכב
- אנדלסי מן אלמ[הדי]ה וקאתלה
- אלעדו ופרק בינהום אלליל ורגע
- אלי ספאקץ סאלם תום אקלע
- מרכב אן תאני ועכסה אל[עדו
- ואכד כול מא פיה מן מת[אע ומן
- בני אדם ותרכו אלמרכב מ[עכוס
- יא רגל ..............
- ובהאדא אלאמר ...... ול.
- אלמגארבא לאכד אל[עדו
- חתי תקאלהום אלא
- אעלמתה דאלך ונחב [תע]למני
- סער אלכזאש
מולאי אלשיך אבו אלאפראח שאכרה
אדאם אללה עזה
ערוס בן יוסף נע אברהם בן יעקב
נבת
Translation
S. D. Goitein, "Glimpses from the Cairo Geniza on Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean and on the Mongol Invasion," in Studi Orientalistici in onore di Giorgio Levi Della Vida (Roma: Istituto per l'Oriente, 1956), vol. 1.Recto
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I am writing this letter- -may God prolong the life of my lord, the
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Sheikh and. make permanent his honoured position, his- success and happiness
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being in good health, may God unite us
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in the best of circumstances. What I have tell you
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about the news of the war. is that an Andalusian
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ship set sail from al-Mahdiyya, the enemy
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fought it, but the night separated them and it
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returned safely to Sfax. Then, when
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a second ship set sail, the enemy rammed it
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and took everything which was in it, merchandise and
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people, and left the ship turned upside down.
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Eleven men returned...
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About this . . .
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The Maghribis (were very angry), that the enemy was able to carry away
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even their cargo...
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This is what I have to announce you. Please let me know
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the price of khazāsh (a kind of silk).
CUL Or.1081 J27 1v
Verso, address
To my lord, the Sheikh Abū l-Afrāh
-May God preserve his honoured position-
From his grateful
Abraham, son of Jacob
ʿArus son of Joseph, m(ay he rest in) E(den)
m(ay) h(is soul dwell) i(n bliss)
