Letter: ENA 1822a.69

Description

Letter from Abū Naṣr, in Alexandria, to his 'brother' al-shaykh al-ajall al-thiqa [...] al-Sharābī, in Fustat. In Arabic, with the address in Judaeo-Arabic. There are also postscripts in Arabic including greetings to Abū l-Ṭāhir Ismāʿīl and his son Sharaf(?). The sender reports that he arrived safely from Fustat to Alexandria and found the children well. He stayed with his son Sulaymān. He claims that he could not find anyone with whom to send a letter for a span of two months, until he found Abū l-ʿAlāʾ b. al-ʿAfīf(?), with whom he is sending the present letter. The sender is apologetic and worried about two women, Sitt [...] and Fāḍila. He asks about the price of wheat. He asks for a loan/advance of 2 dirhams either from the addressee or from Sulaymān Ibn al-Dajājī, and he asks the addressee to buy okra with it and send it to him, no matter the price.