Letter: Yevr.-Arab. II 1499

Letter Yevr.-Arab. II 1499

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Yevr.-Arab. II 1499
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Letter to the writer's 'son' ʿAbd al-Wāḥīd. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer repeats half a dozen times that the addressee should not believe the false rumors that the writer gloats at his misfortunes. On the contrary, his misfortune is the writer's misfortune and his happiness is the writer's happiness. He further writes that the addressee's mother is constantly praying for him.

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National Library of Russia, Firkovitch (Firk.); Antonin
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In PGP since 2020
National Library of Russia, Firkovitch (Firk.); Antonin, Yevr.-Arab. II 1499. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/28005/, accessed April 25, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/28005/