Letter: T-S 16.252

Description

Letter/petition from Moshe b. ʿAmram b. Ḥalfon he-Ḥaver to a highly placed courtier in Fustat titled Zaʿīm al-Mulk, in Fustat. The addressee may in fact be the Nagid Mevoraḵ b. Saʿadya (1079–1111 CE). He asks for help retrieving the inheritance of his grandfather in al-Ramla, which was taken away by Maʾmūn al-Dawla after his own father's mother died. On verso there are copious jottings in both Hebrew and Arabic script, including the signature of Yefet b. Yosef ha-Parnas, who also signed Yevr. III B 634 + T-S 8J32.1 + Bodl. MS heb. f 108/61 + Bodl. MS heb. b 13/48 (PGPID 7715) in 1126 CE. (Information mainly from Goitein's index cards and CUDL.)