Letter: Moss. Ia,12.1

Letter Moss. Ia,12.1

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Moss. Ia,12.1
Editor
Moshe Gil, Palestine During the First Muslim Period (634–1099)‎ (in Hebrew) (1983), vol. 2.
Primary Language
Hebrew

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In PGP since 1988

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Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (in the hand of his son Avraham) to Egypt. Mentions oppressive laws and heavy taxes and punishments and requests aid. (Information from CUDL)

Moss. Ia,12.1 1r

1r

Transcription

Moshe Gil, Palestine During the First Muslim Period (634–1099)‎ (in Hebrew) (Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, 1983), vol. 2.

....

  1. ומו[
  2. זוכרי[ם
  3. עם ב[
  4. שכינת עו[לם
  5. ישמרו צורנ[ו
  6. אשר עלינו וטוב [
  7. אוכלים אותנו ח[יים
  8. עליהם חוקים חקו[קים
  9. תחלה המס הכבד אש[ר
  10. והעונש אשר לשום ל[
  11. העיר וכל שמשיו [
  12. כי הם מתרצים [ 
  13. ועשירים [
  14. ומתנדב[ים
  15. אשר [
  16. אם [
  17. יח[
  18. הזה [
  19. אלמ[

....

Translation

Moss. Ia,12.1 1v

1v
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