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  1. 1LetterBL OR 5535.2

    IB VI, 30. Letter from Avraham b. Mu'ti Tilimsānī, upon arriving safely in Aydhab, to Abu Saʿd b. Azhar, in Fustat. He provides an update …

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  2. 2Legal documentBL OR 5542.4

    India Book VII, 2: Legal document. Dated: Monday, 2 Iyyar 1398 Seleucid, which is 1087 CE. Location: Fustat. Moshe b. Elḥanan comes before the court …

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  3. 3LetterBL OR 5542.17

    India Book II, 57. Part of a copy of the same letter that is preserved in full in IB II, 56 (T-S 16.345, PGPID 5447), …

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  4. 4LetterBodl. MS heb. a 3/19

    India Book II, 32: Letter from Maḍmūn b. Yefet, Aden, to his brother-in-law Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen settling the estate of Jewish traders …

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    1. [...] יגי מעה [..................]
    2. ומא דכר{ה} מולאי מן סבב זכרי בן אבו אלפרג אלטראבלסי
    3. וקד וצל (!) עלא גמלה אלסלאמה ובאע ואשתרא ותכלץ
    4. וכרג פי …

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    1. [...] will come with him [...]
    2. My lord inquired about Zikrī b. Abu ʾl-Faraj of Tripoli.
    3. He arrived in complete safety, sold, bought, finished …

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  5. 5LetterBodl. MS heb. b 3/26

    India Book VII, 36. Letter from Alexandria to a merchant in Fustat (Gil) or from Fusṭāṭ to Aden (Goitein). Dating: 1065 (Gil) or c. 1100 …

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  6. 6List or tableBodl. MS heb. c 28/47

    India Book I, 42. List of contributors for bread for the poor. Location: Fustat. Dating: ca. 1230–40 CE. Abū l-Riḍā (Yosef III) Ibn al-Lebdī pledged …

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  7. 7LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/60

    IB V, 13. Letter from Avraham b. Ḥabīb, in Alexandria, to Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein's attached notes include discussions of how …

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    1. תובלנה בשמחות וגיל תבואינה בהיכל מלך
    2. וממא אעלם בה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלסאמי אלמחל אטאל
    3. אללה בקאהא ואדאם נעמאהא אן אתצל בי באלאגתמאע
    4. באלבית אלשר…

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  8. 8Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/64–65

    India Book (IB) I, 6–7. Court proceedings dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader, and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' …

    Bodl MS heb. d 66/64 64 Recto

    1. בתרין בשבה דהוא תמניה יומי בירח אייר שנת את''ט לשטרו[ת]

    2. חצר אלי בית דין מ' יקותיאל הנזכר כלף הדה אלורקה וטאלב מ' יו…

    Bodl. MS heb. d 66/64 64 Recto

    1. On Monday, the eighth day of the month of Iyyar, 1409 E.D.,

    2. Mr. Jekuthiel, who is mentioned on the reverse side of…

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  9. 9LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/108

    IB V, 8. Letter from Shemuʾel b. Avraham Ibn al-Majjānī, probably in Aden, to (Abū Zikrī) Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The …

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  10. 10LetterBodl. Ms Heb. d 66/137

    India Book VI, 21: Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī (aka Abū Zikrī Kohen). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: first …

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  11. 11Legal documentCUL Add.3420.1

    India Book I, 3: Court proceedings dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader, and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' in …

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    1. בתרין בשבה דהוא תמני סר יומין בירח אדר
    2. דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה ותשע שנין למניאנא
    3. דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס
    4. נהרא מותבה כן הוה חצר אלי בי…

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    1. [Date, place, and parties.]

    2. …Mr. Jekuthiel claimed

    3. that he had sold to Joseph indigo from

    4. the House of Raisins against clearing a…

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  12. 12LetterCUL Or.1080 J30

    India Book VII, 24: Letter concerning a girl who had been regarded as being a Muslim and when she appeared before the Qāḍī, declared she …

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  13. 13Legal query or responsumCUL Or.1080 J32

    IB VII, 31. Legal query to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) regarding a man who takes a 200 dinar loan and appoints his parents as …

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  14. 14LetterCUL Or.1080 J91

    IB V, 14. Business letter addressed to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Barakāt Ibn al-Lebdī; Hārūn b. Rajā; Efrayim b. …

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  15. 15LetterCUL Or.1080 J171

    IB V, 9. Letter from Yosef b. Avraham b. Bundār to Abū Zikrī Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. The first few lines of …

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  16. 16LetterCUL Or.1080 J180

    IB V, 5. Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen in Fustat, to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Sulaymān b. al-Shāmī, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Ṭevet 1452 …

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    1. ב
    2. תקדמת כתבי אלי מולאי אלשיך
    3. אלאגל אטאל אללה פי אלכיר בקאהא ואדאם
    4. תאיידהא וסעאדתהא וסלאמתהא ונעמתהא
    5. ורפעתהא ותמכינהא וסנאהא וכבת באלדל
    6. אלמהין…

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    1. I(n your name)
    2. I previously sent letters to my lord, the most glorious
    3. elder — may God prolong his existence in health and make eternal
    4. his su…

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  17. 17LetterCUL Or.1081 J6

    India Book (IB), II, 67a. Top half of a letter from Maḍmūn b. David (here referred to by his Hebrew name Shemarya b. David) to …

    II, 67a

    1. בשם רחמן
    2. אלממלוך שמריה בן דויד רית
    3. יכץ אלחצרה אלעאליה אלסאמיה אלשיכיה
    4. אלאגליה אלמאלכה אלמנעמה אלמתפצלה
    5. אלמופקה אלסעידה אדאם אללה עזהא
    6. וגדד ס…
    1. In the name of the Merciful.
    2. The servant Shemaryā b. David—may the spirit of the Lord give him rest!—

    3. greets his high and lofty excellency, the m…

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  18. 18Credit instrument or private receiptCUL Or.1081 J44

    India Book V, 41.5 (previously V, 41e): Verso: Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod should give the bearer 3 ounces of …

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  19. 19LetterENA 1822a.8

    Letter, IB VII, 66 (unpublished). Letter from South Arabia to Egypt giving order on a large gift to Maimonides (l. 14r). On verso an Arabic …

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    1. ] . . . ונפדתה צחבה אבו
    2. סעד וקד דפע אבו סעד אלגוזה ואלענבר אלי אל
    3. שיך מצמון פבאללה עליך לא תשגל אמה קלבהא
    4. חית לם יצל מנה כתאב וחק אלתורה מא הו…

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  20. 20List or tableENA 1822a.72

    IB V, 30b. Account or list written by Abū Zikrī Kohen, mentioning names and amounts of money, probably debts or payments. On verso a list …

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  21. 21LetterENA 1822A.75

    India Book III, 31: Letter from Yeshua ha-Kohen b. Yaʿaqov in Dhu Jibla, Yemen, to Avraham Ibn Yiju, then in Aden, 1150.

    III, 31

    1. וסרנ[י עלם סלאמתה וצלאח]
    2. חאלתה וסאלת אללה סבחא[נה אלמזיד]
    3. לחצרתה מן כל כיר ו[שכרתה]
    4. וחמדתה עלי סלאמתה וסלאמ[ה]
    5. אלעיאל חפצהם אללה ורעאהם וגעל…

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    1. [. . . Reading your letter] brought me joy, [because of the news of your well-being and the success] 
    2. of your affairs. I asked God—may He be p…

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  22. 22LetterENA 2558.2

    IB VII, 52. Recto: Letter likely sent from Aden to Fustat. (The locations are not specified in the document; this is Goitein's assessment.) In Judaeo-Arabic, …

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  23. 23Legal documentENA 2727.15c

    India Book VII, 17: Recto: Quittance given to the carriers of goods sent from Yemen by a husband, Abū Yaʿqūb [...] b. Efrayim to his …

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  24. 24LetterENA 2739.17

    India Book VII, 60. Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a husband to his wife. Note that Goitein calls this manuscript ENA 2739.16 in Letters of Medieval …

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    In (Your name!)

    A. DEATH OF THE JUDGE

    Just is the Lord in all his ways, etc. (Psalm 145:17)

    The righteous man has gone, etc. (Isaiah 51:1)

    Co…

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  25. 25LetterENA 2741.4

    IB VI, 53. Letter from Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Abū Zikrī b. ʿAṭiyya. Dating: mid-12th century. Apart from the introduction and address, only …

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  26. 26List or tableENA 3030.8

    IB V, 30a. Small piece of an account written by Abū Zikrī Kohen. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  27. 27LetterENA 3616.19 + CUL Or.1081 J3

    India Book II, 25 and II, 26: Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: two fragments. Aden, 1134. See also T-S AS 173.380 …

    IB II,25 (ENA 3616.19) recto

    1. שלום עד אין קץ וברכה עד אין
    2. מספר ליקר אדוני מר ור אברהם
    3. בר כגק מר ור יגו נעג אהבך מצמון
    4. בר חסן נעג וצל כתאב מולאי
    5. וקראת…

    IB II,25 recto

    1. Peace without limit and blessings without 
    2. number, to my esteemed lord, our master and teacher Abraham 
    3. the son of his honor, great a…

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  28. 28LetterENA 3788.7

    IB V, 11. Business letter from Yūsuf b. Ibrahim b. Bundār to Abū Zikrī Kohen (aka Yehuda b. Yosef Sijilmāsī). In Judaeo-Arabic and some Hebrew, …

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  29. 29Credit instrument or private receiptENA 4011.16

    V, 34.4. ENA 4011.16b (lower fragment): A cheque of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Abū l-Khayr Khiyār is to pay the bearer Dār Rayḥān 2 dinars and …

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  30. 30LetterENA 4020.8

    India Book VI, 38a: Letter from Makārim b. Mūsā Ibn Nufayʿ, in ʿAydhāb, to (his son-in-law?) the ḥaver Yeshuʿa b. Yoshiyya the descendant of Shemaʿya …

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  31. 31LetterENA 4045.9

    India Book II, 45a. Letter in the hand of Yosef b. Avraham b. Bundār, probably in Aden, to Abū Zikrī Kohen's son Sulaymān, in Fustat. …

    IB II, 45a recto

    1. ראס [א]לספט [...]
    2. כטי ופיה מכתוב וגדת אלשדה מא ערפת מן
    3. אודעהא ענדי תבקא אלי //אן\\ יצלני טאלבהא פלדלך
    4. ערפו אלגמאעה אנהא אלדי לחצרתה…

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    1. [...on the package at] the top of the container [there was a note]

    2. in my handwriting, on which was written: “I found this packag…

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  32. 32LetterENA NS 4.13

    India Book III, 50: Letter from Perahya Yiju, in Egypt, to the Nagid complaining about Avraham Ibn Yiju, probably around 1156.

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    1. אעלם סיידנא צאנה אלל[ה ... אן כאן לי]
    2. עם פי אל הנד יסמא אברהם בר [פרחיה בן יגו ... וגא]
    3. אלי מצר ווצלת אליה כתב מן אלן[ימן ...] 
    4. והו יקול לה פי…

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    1. I inform our lord—may God protect you!—[. . . that I have]
    2. an uncle [who had been] in India, named Abraham b. [Peraḥyā Ben Yijū, . . . who cam…

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  33. 33LetterENA NS 7.1

    India Book IV,53c (ח53): Letter from an unknown correspondent to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. Dating: ca. 1128 CE. In which Yiṣḥaq b. ʿEzra asks to Ḥalfon …

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  34. 34Credit instrument or private receiptENA NS 17.1

    India Book V, 42.6. Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Abū l-Surūr is to give the bearer 1/4 pound pulverized olibanum …

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  35. 35LetterENA NS 18.33

    India Book (IB) IV,68a (ח75). Letter from Yehuda ha-Levi, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: after mid-September 1140 CE. In which ha-Levi …

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    1. [יא מולאי] ו[סי]דִי ועמאדי וסנדי אדאם אללה עזך ואטאל עמרך
    2. [ו]קדרך [יע]לי אִלמ[...] ב[.] וִדי תקדם לי אלי חצרה מולאי סחאה ען
    3. גאיה אנחפאז אדכר ל…

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    1. [אדוני] ו[מ]רי וסומכי ומשענתי, יתמיד ה' את יקרך ויאריך את חייך
    2. [ואת] מעלתך [ירו]מם, ה[...] ב[...] אהבתי (?). כבר שלחתי אל הדרת אדוני פתק 
    3. (3–4…

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  36. 36LetterENA NS 48.3

    IB V, 20. Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abu Zikri ha-Kohen, reperesentative of the merchants in Fustat, ca. 1135. Mentions wheat; the government; being unable to …

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  37. 37LetterENA NS 48.8

    India Book II, 51. Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq about turmoil in Yemen and measures taken by Abu Zikri Kohen for ensuring Khalaf’s rights after …

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    1. ואנ[...] 

    2. יצל עבדה [... אדאם]

    3. אללה עזה מן [...] 

    4. חואיגה וסאנח מה[מאתה ...]

    5. טרא עלי עבד חצרת[ה מן מרץ ואלדה (?) פי חדש ... אלי] 

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    Recto, Main Text:

    1. 1-4: I [hope]

    2. to receive [from you, my lord—may]

    3. God [make permanent] your honored position!—[a letter, in…

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  38. 38Credit instrument or private receiptENA NS 48.12

    India Book V, 42.1: Recto (secondary use): An Abū Zikrī Kohen promissory note: "Abū l-Surūr is owed 3/4 dirhams."

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  39. 39LetterENA NS 48.22

    India Book VII, 48: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. "1200 Malikī dinars. . . I was distressed by (the state of) those poor children. . . …

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  40. 40LetterF 1908.44U

    India Book (IB) IV,40 (ח54). Letter from Yiṣḥaq Ibn Ezra, in Spain, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: before Nisan, probably of 1139 CE …

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    1. יאמולאי וסידי אדאם אללה עזّך ואטאל מדתך כתבתה לילה אלאחד
    2. ען שוק לא יעלמה גיר אללה תעלי וחצרתני סכאפה פי דלך אלשכץ
    3. אלדי פי עלמך איצא ולעמרך פקד…

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    1. אדוני ומרי, יתמיד ה' את יקרך ויאריך את חייך. הריני כותב מכתב זה בליל יום ראשון
    2. מתוך געגועים שאין יודעם אלא ה' יתעלה. ובאו אליי דברי הבל עם/בדב…

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  41. 41LetterHalper 384

    India Book VII, 46. Business letter relating to the India trade. In Judaeo-Arabic. The names of the sender and addressee are not preserved. Goitein initially …

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  42. 42List or tableHalper 405

    IB VI, 34. Account in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.

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  43. 43LetterJRL B 6461 + T-S NS J180

    India Book VII, 53: Letter fragment from an India trader, in Aden. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that all is well and that the first …

    1. לא עדמתהא ולא כלות מנהא
    2. ואמא אכבאר אלבלאד פאכבאר
    3. סארה ללה אלחמד ואלשכר עלי דלך
    4. כתירא כתירא וסטר אלממלוך הדה
    5. אלכדמה וקד וצל אול מראכב אלהנד
    6. ווצל מרכב…

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  44. 44Credit instrument or private receiptL-G Ar. I.54–63

    IB V, 38. Awaiting description

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  45. 45Credit instrument or private receiptL-G Misc. 21

    IB V, 41.1. Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Munajjā is to give the bearer 3 ounces of laymūn and rose. See India Book, …

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  46. 46Credit instrument or private receiptL-G Talm.II.15A

    India Book V, 41.2 (previously V, 41b): Order of payment from Abū Zikrī Kohen. Munajjā is to give (the bearer?) 4 ounces of rose and …

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  47. 47LetterMoss. Ia,26.2

    India Book II, 35: Letter of apology for a complaint that Madmun had mismanaged a trust. Aden, ca. 1135. Verso is IB III, 59, containing …

    II, 35

    1. ...
    2. יראם [...]
    3. [י]שאו רבותינו פארי קהלתינו רוב [ברכה ושלום מעושה]
    4. במרומיו שלום ומעולים ויורדים ב[סולם ... בית] אל
    5. ומן התורה הקדושה אשר היא תו…

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    1. May He show them (?) [. . .!]
    2. [M]ay our masters, most distinguished of our community, be granted much [blessing and well-being from Him Who …

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  48. 48LetterMoss. II,125.2

    India Book V, 40a (ה40א). Recto: part of a business letter. Conveying the prices of commodities such as pepper, cloves, and saffron and asking about …

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  49. 49Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. II,125.2

    IB V, 40a. Verso: order of payment for half a raṭl of honey, issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to Sibāʿ. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  50. 50LetterMoss. IV,7

    India Book (IB) II, 66. Aden, August 1199. Sender and recipient are unknown, as only the lower part of this letter has been identified. The …

    II, 66

    1. דינ[...]
    2. דיננא
    3. עדן וסאעה וצולה אגצ[ב ...]
    4. וקאל לה תסלם או תקתל אכת[ר אליהוד]
    5. ובכא בכא שדיד ולם יגד וגה ללת[כלץ]
    6. סוי אנה אסלם וכאן קבל וצולה א…

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    1. [...to] Aden. Immediately after his arrival [he was brought before the caliph?],

    2. who said to him: “Become a Muslim, or you will cause the d…

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