Letter: ENA 2727.6b

Letter ENA 2727.6b

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ENA 2727.6b
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Input date

In PGP since 2017

Description

Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī. Dating: May 12, 1052 CE. Business letter with many details about ships going west. The sender reports on the sinking of two ships, including that of the sultan al-Muʿizz b. Badīs. Al-Fāriqī is also mentioned. (Information from Gil and Goitein’s index card)

ENA 2727.6b 1

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Transcription

ENA 2727.6b 2

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