Letter: JRL Series A 635

Letter JRL Series A 635

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JRL Series A 635
Primary Language
Hebrew
Secondary Language
Arabic

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Small fragment of a letter from Yosef b. Avraham, a merchant of Aden, to a certain Abū Saʿīd (likely Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi). Only the poetic opening (in Hebrew) and the address (in Arabic) are preserved. The wording of the address is similar to those of other letters sent from Yemen to India, so plausibly this letter could have been sent to Ḥalfon during his time there. (Information from Goitein and Friedman, India Book IV; Hebrew description below.) IB ח20 (ד16).

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
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In PGP since 2017
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JRL Series A 635 1 / 1 leaf, recto

1 / 1 leaf, recto
S. D. Goitein and Mordechai Akiva Friedman, India Book 4: Ḥalfon the Traveling Merchant Scholar‎ (in Hebrew) (Jerusalem: Ben Zvi Institute, 2013), vol. 4.
  1. [...]שִמִרִ[ ] וישועות קרובות ממהרים
  2. [...]שִמִחִוִתִ וגילות ושירים עם שאר כל הברכות האמורות
  3. [בעשרים וארבעה ס]פִרים יובלו יוכללו על ראש שרינו ואדירינו אהובי[נו]
  4. [...]נִו ומשוש לבינו בבת אישונינו וצבי עדיינו אבו סעידִ
  5. [... החכ]ם והנבון ציץ הת[ב]ונות פרח השרים שושנת
  6. [...]אי עִליִ [...]מקדשוִ [מו]שיעו גִזִעִ[...]

JRL Series A 635 1 / 1 leaf, verso

1 / 1 leaf, verso

Verso

[اﺑ]و سعيد بنالشيخ عبده يوسف بن ابراهيم الاﺳرائيلي

[... دمياط]ﻲ الاسرائيلي

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[ש]לום לך מכל [...]

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL Series A 635. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/9061/, accessed November 23, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/9061/