Letter: AIU XII.60

Letter AIU XII.60

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AIU XII.60
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Arabic

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Letter of complaint, calling on the harassment of Abū l-Najm the filthy "al-Khabīth". Abū l-Najm broke the writer's trust, disobeyed their friendship (lit. sold off their friendship/companionship "abāʿ l-ṣuḥba wa-thiqatahu"), and will be traveling to Damascus. Also mentions Abū l-Faraj the owner of the shop. Regards to his cousin (ibn khālatī) Ibrāhīm and a bunch of other people towards the end.

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Alliance Israélite Universelle
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AIU XII 60
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In PGP since 2020
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AIU XII.60 recto

recto
Yusuf Umrethwala and Alan Elbaum, unpublished editions (n.p., 2022).

Recto

  1. الى حضرة اخي وسيدي الشيخ ا[….

  2. اطال الله بقاه وادام عزه ونعماه [وجمع الشمل به عن

  3. قريب وانهي للمولى ما لحقني من الشيخ ابي النجم

  4. الخبيث اباع الصحبة وثقته (؟) قلـ[..] بيع وقد ….

  5. واحد والحق (؟) ان ابو النجم يسافر دمشق ما عملت 

  6. عمل حتا خليت ابو الفرج صاحب الدكان

Right margin

  1. . . . . . . . . . . . وسلام . . . وعلا صغاره

  2. سلام علا ابراهيم بن خالتي وصغاره وسلام

Alliance Israélite Universelle, AIU XII.60. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/30973/, accessed December 30, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/30973/