רשומה קשורה ל-מכתב: T-S AS 155.307
מכתב T-S AS 155.307- ציטוט
- Yusuf Umrethwala's digital translation (2026), available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/22343/.
- Relation to document
- Digital Translation
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Translator: Umrethwala, Yusuf (in English)
T-S AS 155.307 1v
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Yusuf Umrethwala's digital translation (2026).
- In Miṣr, let me know. We shall send [it] shortly, so that we may sell that,
- lest it spoil. As for the prices, lac is worth
- 68(?); cloves, 50(?); nutmeg, a dinar; civet, 8.
- The ten strings/beads(?), according to their varieties [...]. As for the
- pepper, [...] its price, because [...] has not arrived. [...] The silver
- coin/silver is [worth] from 8 to 8 less a qīrāṭ.
- The Aleppan met me at Raʾs Tīnī on the day of [his] return(?),
- and handed me a letter for [...]
- I was informed that he had moved on(?) and had already weighed it(?).
- This [sum/item], therefore, you should hand over to [...] [...] and [...]
- [...] altogether, safely; and that he is in Abū [Ṣīr?].
- [At] Raʾs Tīnī, and with them was a Byzantine ship.
- [...] them. A Byzantine ship arrived from [...]
- and aboard it were Jews from al-Mahdiyya, and Ibn Nufayʿ [...]
- b. Nahray, and they reported that the ship [...]
T-S AS 155.307 1r
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Verso
- And there is written in it the wording of the biblical verse: “For Solomon shall be his name,
- and I will grant peace and quiet to Israel in his days” (1 Chronicles 22:9).
- And likewise the verse, “Instead of your fathers shall be your sons” (Psalm 45:17), etc. [...]
- The Jews who had arrived reported that news had reached [them]
- [that] Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq was killed [between(?)] Tlemcen and Fez.
- [...] may the outcome of the dirham(s) [...] be [...] except/unto this [...]
- [...] concerning your term/lifetime(?) and may He suffice for us all.
- “God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs” (Qurʾān 3:173). Written in
- [...] of Elul.
- [...] and how can I remain idle? [...] And it has been discussed/reported [...]
- [...] to ʿAydhāb. If you know that I
- [...] Alexandria after the holidays, we shall join [them]/set out [...]
- [...] and return at the time of loading. So let me know; perhaps it will be
- better. [Do] as you see fit; the choice is in God’s hands.