Letter: T-S 10J4.14

Description

Informal note addressed to a certain Yosef. Dating: Ca. 1210 CE (per Goitein). The hand may be known. (1) Abū l-Riḍā al-Wathīq has a power of attorney from Abū l-Bahā' al-Dimashqī regarding textiles (qumāsh), against Thiqa al-Dimashqī, demanding in particular a new silk shawl (miṭraf), which will be given as a pawn. The addressee Yosef will loan them the 40 dirhams. So now everyone is waiting for the addressee to advance them those 40 dirhams and himself take possession of the shawl. (2) The addressee is to get a copy of Avoda Zara (or its price) from Abū ʿAlī, and tell him what the sender had mentioned about Abū Zikrī and the raisins. (3) The addressee is asked to meet with Abū l-Maḥāsin b. Sitt Ghazāl and ask for news of Sitt Ghazāl. The sender wants to know where she lives so that he can go there and ask after her. He also wants to stay at Abū l-Maḥāsin's house with a friend. The pronouns are a bit tricky in this section, and it is not entirely clear if Abū l-Maḥāsin and Sitt Ghazāl live together or not. (Information mainly from Goitein's index card)