Scholarship on Letter: CUL Or.1080 J129
Letter CUL Or.1080 J129- Bibliographic citation
- S. D. Goitein, index cards.
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- Motzkin, "The Arabic Correspondence of Judge Elijah and his Family" (PhD diss., n.p., 1965), 2.
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- S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions.
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Translator: Motzkin (in English)
CUL Or.1080 J129 recto
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At the service of the dignity of my lord and master the gracious and august elder
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Abu'l-Faraj the Judge, may God lengthen your life and perpetuate your honored position
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and preserve you; may He bring us together in sound condition and well-being.
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My service] to my master, what happened to you .....
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a little in all my affairs. By God, I have not been able (to sell)
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even for a dirhem. Candy is worth nothing. By God, I have in my possession some (candy)
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(which I bought) for about ninety di’na’rs; it's hardly worth ten matha’-
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qi’l (today). Also, by God, we have suffered a loss of
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six Egyptian di’na’rs on the sugar, after I gave
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five months credit on it. My lord and father knows about the matter.
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Ibra’hi’m b. Ha’ru’n knows the matter too; also b. Ha’mu’n IbrahIm left me with only five matha’qI’l, and the five which he has (invested) in the candy
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is not worth a quarter.
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And now, by God,
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if I had in the house
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one dirhem I would grant you a loan,
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my master. However,
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I have sold
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the sugar alone
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and lost half a dinar
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..... [ ....
CUL Or.1080 J129 verso
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time of the sugar........... This (is all) I (have to) tell you (about this matter). I
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intend to send my candy and exhibit it in Cairo. As to what you told me, to send
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what belongs to you, the one who will collect from me the price of the sugar will collect for the candy which
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is yours - after I will divide it. This (is all) I (have to) tell you (about this matter). I expect a letter from you
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soon about what to buy for the income from the sugar so that you will be satisfied, -
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<although> I have sworn not to sell to anyone anything nor to buy or sell for anyone. This (is all) I (have to) tell you (about this matter).
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The pearl-perforator has .....' s pearl. They will, God willing, arrive
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for the holiday. May your peace increase forever.