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Join: T-S AS 149.184 + T-S AS 146.12 + T-S NS J181 + T-S 10J12.5
T-S AS 149.184
Recto/verso:
Section:
Letter from Yosef b. Avraham to Avraham b. Yiju reconstructed from four fragments (the last discovered after the publication of the English edition). The letter was written about a year before IB III, 1, 1136–39. Yosef had a partnership with a young man named Abu al-Faraj b. Musa/Moshe al-Baghdadi. As the investor, Yosef was supposed to receive two thirds of the profit. However, the young man tried to escape from India to Ceylon and from there to another location. Despite this, Yosef is careful not to expose the young man and is willing to provide him with funds to return to Aden, in order to preserve the young man's reputation. The letter also contains various details and instructions regarding Ibn Yiju's and Yosef's commercial dealings. (III, 4 = T-S 10J12.5 III, 5 = T-S NS J181 III, 6 = T-S AS 146.12 III, 6a = T-S AS 149.184)
Ed. S. D. Goitein and Mordechai Akiva Friedman, India traders of the middle ages : documents from the Cairo Geniza : India book (2008), vol. 3; also ed. and trans. S. D. Goitein and Mordechai Akiva Friedman, India traders of the middle ages : documents from the Cairo Geniza : India book (2008), vol. 3 https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-india-traders/III-4-6.pdf; also ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/5B.1.2%20India%20Book-%20trade%20docs%20291-end/T-S%20Ar.%20146.12%20%28PGPID%205541%29.pdf; also ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/4C.1.10%20India%20Book-%20Ch.%20III%20%28English%29%20pt.1/T-S%2010J12.5_1%20%28PGPID%205513%29.pdf; also ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/5B.2.1%20India%20Book-%20III_%2051-80/T-S%2010J12.5_2%20%28PGPID%205513%29.pdf; also ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/4C.2.22%20India%20Book%20supplements/T-S%20NS%20J181%20%28PGPID%205551%29.pdf.
Type: Letter
T-S AS 146.12
Recto/verso:
Section:
Writing exercises of individual letters, 'trial of the pen'. NB: This description and transcription belong with a different, unidentified shelfmark.
Type: Letter
Tags:
pen trial
T-S NS J181
Recto/verso:
Section:
Awaiting description - see Goitein notes linked below. NB: This used to be listed on PGP as Moss. III,4.
Ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/5B.1.2%20India%20Book-%20trade%20docs%20291-end/Moss.%20III_4%20%28PGPID%209201%29.pdf.
