מכתב: Stras. 4110/89

תיאור

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly a draft as it does not have an address. The recipient is referred to as al-Kohen al-Ḥaver. The writer has been remiss in writing earlier because of the death of Ullah b. Hillel, who left orphans behind. The letter of Abu l-Ḥasan Barakat Bahir ha-Yeshivah has arrived for his cousin Abu l-'Ala, stating that he had met with Abu l-Qasim b. al-Saqqa'. A complicated story ensues involving a sum of 10 dinars that someone (Abu Bishr R. Ya'ir) had given to someone (Abu l-Qasim) to give to a woman who then died. The rest of the letter has to do with making sure the money gets back to its rightful owner. Someone (modern?) has gone through and underlined many of the names. ASE. On verso jottings and drafts in Arabic script, including basmalas and "mawlāy al-shaykh Abū l-Ḥasan."