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1. 1

   LetterBL OR 5549.5

   In PGP since

   2017

   PGP ID

   6238

   Letter fragment. In the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen (according to Goitein's notes). Mentions Sayyidnā, al-Shaykh Maḍmūn, Ismāʿīl al-Majjānī; the kārim fleet (which travelled between …

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   • ib5
   • india
   • karim
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   LetterT-S 12.392

   Document date

   24 Ḥeshvan (4)864 Anno Mundi (28 October, 1103 CE)

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   2017

   PGP ID

   9690

   Letter from a novice India trader in a Red Sea Port to his brother, Libya. Dating: 1103. Complains in rhyme about the hardships of travel. …

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   1.  אנה] ולי דלך ואלקאדר עליה אן שא אללה
   2.  א]כי בל סיידי יום אלב לכד יומא כלון
   3.  [מן שהר] חשון סנה תתסד ערפנא אללה בר[כאת]       
   4. [לנא ולכל] ישראל …

   Recto

   1. … for he is master of this and has power over it, if God wills.
   2. … on Monday 24
   3. Ḥeshvan, (4)864, may God acquaint us with blessings 
   4.  for us an…

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   • badi'
   • dahlak
   • ib6
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