List or table: T-S K15.112

List or table T-S K15.112

Description

Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning well-known 11th-century merchants such as Mūsā b. Abū l-Ḥayy and announcing the writer's arrival in al-Mahdiyya (this part makes it seem like a note addressed to somebody else, with accounts enclosed). Also mentions al-Andalus. Commodities mentioned include flax, wax/candles, and garments such as shuqqas, fūṭas, and malḥafas. Other names mentioned: Yehuda al-Dimashqī, Abū l-Faraj, Abū l-Ḥasan, and maybe Azhar al-Kabīr. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)