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Goitein and Friedman suggest this is the Maldives, but Lambourn ("Twelfth-century Malabar through Geniza sources," in Sur les Chemins d'Onagre, 2018) says the Laccadives would be a more logical itinerary en route to Aden. The word derives from dvīpa in Sanskrit or Malayalam, meaning "islands," so the reference in the letter is vague enough to support multiple interpretations.
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- יצלח ללבאס אלמשאיך ואנפדת
- לך עלי ידה איצא דסתין ורק
- כבאר מלאח ורק צלטאני לא
- יקדר עליה ענד אחד ועלי ידה
- איצא רבאעייתין סכר וזביב
- תקבץ מנה ג…
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- fit to be worn by prominent men. I sent
you with him also two dasts of paper,
fine, large, government paper that cannot
be obtained a…
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