רשומה קשורה ל-מכתב: T-S 8J17.15
מכתב T-S 8J17.15- ציטוט
- S. D. Goitein, unpublished index cards (1950–85), #8981. Princeton Geniza Lab, Princeton University.
- Relation to document
- דיון
- ציטוט
- S. D. Goitein's מהדורה (1950–85).
- Location in source
- ו15
- Relation to document
- מהדורה
- ציטוט
- S. D. Goitein, "Portrait of a Medieval India Trader: Three Letters from the Cairo Geniza,"Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 50, no. 3 (Cambridge University Press, 1987), 449-464.
- Location in source
- Relation to document
- Digital Translation
- דיון
- מהדורה
- תרגום
- ציטוט
- S. D. Goitein's מהדורה (1950–85).
- Location in source
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India trade pt 2/T-S 8J17.15_1
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India trade pt 2/T-S 8J17.15_2
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India trade pt 2/T-S 8J17.15_3
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India trade pt 2/T-S 8J17.15_4
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India trade pt 2/T-S 8J17.15_5
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India trade pt 2/T-S 8J17.15_6
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India trade pt 2/T-S 8J17.15_7
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India trade pt 2/T-S 8J17.15_8
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India Trade/T-S 8J17.15_9
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India Trade/T-S 8J17.15_10
- 6E.1.5 Portrait of India Trade/T-S 8J17.15_11
- Relation to document
- מהדורה
Translator: Goitein, S. D. (in English)
T-S 8J17.15 1r
main text
This my letter is for you, my children, so dear to me and with [me, may] God [prolong] your life and make your honoured position, wel[fare], happiness, and prosperity permanent, and be for you [and with you] in all your affairs.
Please take note that [I arrived] in Qus(!) safely and parted company with the young man who was with me, Ibn al-Dallala (the son of the Female Broker), and got rid of him completely. He is a bad person with little religion. I rented a space (in a boat) with Yahya, and we are ready to depart. But up till now no one has arrived in 'Aydhab, not even in this year's al-Karim flotilla. God is trusted to bring us together well in his mercy and . . . , Oh my children, may he keep you alive and bring us together well after successful completion of our (that is: my) affairs.
I have set out for this voyage, but had I known what I would suffer from yearning after you, I would not have travelled, but come what may, the decisions are God's.
Accept the most perfect greetings, you and your families (wives), take good care of one another, and form a partnership; in this there will be your success.
Convey the most excellent greetings to Abu Sa'd, to his paternal uncle and to his mother; also to our neighbours. Please write to me about the well-being of my son Zayn al-Dar. The travellers have arrived here, but I did not notice any letters from you, which disquieted [my] mind very much.
And Peace.
T-S 8J17.15 1v
address
[This letter should arrive] at the house of 'Arus b. Joseph [and be given] to the house of the Levi-m(ay his) s(oul) be) b(ounded up) in the b(undle of life).
Deliver and you will be rewarded!
