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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably from Damīra or Tinnīs to Fustat. Mercantile. The writer reports on the vicissitudes of purchasing flax and cotton in Damīra, Damietta, and Sunbāṭ. The writer has been unabel to hire a boat in Damīra, but wishes to return to Fustat as soon as he is able to do so. He asks the addressee to send three thiyāb to Fustat for him along with the thawb that the addressee bought in Caesarea. On verso he give supdates on various associates including Ibn Saḥqūn who was imprisoned and received lashes.
Literary, Talmudic.
Part of Saadya Ga'on's polemical work Sefer ha-Galuy. Information from FGP.