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It would be significant if the barriers to entering the Indian Ocean trade were as low as they seem here. Yet he also complains — with puns — about various locations in the Red Sea (ʿAydhāb/ʿadhāb, Dahlak/muhlik, etc), again presumably in order to reassure his brother-in-law that he wasn't actually enjoying himself. On Happy Eyes, Goitein writes that this man had settled in Alexandria, Egypt, where he possessed a valuable house. […]
It appears in numerous other geniza letters, usually at the end of the address, but it's only in this letter that its meaning becomes clear: it indicates a confidential letter, absolutely not to be shared with others.
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- אנה] ולי דלך ואלקאדר עליה אן שא אללה
- א]כי בל סיידי יום אלב לכד יומא כלון
- [מן שהר] חשון סנה תתסד ערפנא אללה בר[כאת]
- [לנא ולכל] ישראל …
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- … for he is master of this and has power over it, if God wills.
- … on Monday 24
- Ḥeshvan, (4)864, may God acquaint us with blessings
- for us an…
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