מכתב: CUL Or.1081 J6
מכתב CUL Or.1081 J6What's in the PGP
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India Book (IB), II, 67a. Top half of a letter from Maḍmūn b. David (here referred to by his Hebrew name Shemarya b. David) to a prominent Egyptian Jew. Aden, late twelfth century. The content consists mainly of very polite greetings to the recipient and a reference to letters sent in the Kārim. The recipient might be the same as the recipient of II, 67 (PGPID 5459), only before he received the additional title of al-Amīn.
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Editors: Goitein, S. D.; Friedman, Mordechai Akiva
Translators: Goitein, S. D.; Friedman, Mordechai Akiva (in English)
CUL Or.1081 J6 1r
II, 67a
- בשם רחמן
- אלממלוך שמריה בן דויד רית
- יכץ אלחצרה אלעאליה אלסאמיה אלשיכיה
- אלאגליה אלמאלכה אלמנעמה אלמתפצלה
- אלמופקה אלסעידה אדאם אללה עזהא
- וגדד סעדהא וכבת צדהא וכצהא
- בגזיל אלסלאם וסהל סרעה לקאיהא
- אן שא אללה תעאלי וינהי אליהא
- אדאם אללה סעאדתהא תקדם
- כתבה אליהא פי אלכארם אלמבארך
- ופיהא מא יסתגני אלממלוך ען
- אעאדתה פי הדא אלכתאב ואנא
- In the name of the Merciful.
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The servant Shemaryā b. David—may the spirit of the Lord give him rest!—
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greets his high and lofty excellency, the most illustrious
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shaykh, his lordship, the munificent, gracious,
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‘the Successful,’ ‘the Auspicious’—may God make his honored position permanent,
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renew his good fortune and crush his enemies!—greets him
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with profuse wishes for his well-being—and may He make it possible to meet him speedily,
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God willing! I inform you
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—may God make your felicity permanent!—that my letters to you
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have already been sent in the blessed Kārim.
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Accordingly, the servant can dispense with
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repeating their content in this letter. And I [. . .].}
CUL Or.1081 J6 1v
