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JRL Gaster ar. 309

Letter(s) in Arabic script. Addressed to 'our son Sulaymān' in 'al-Maḥrūsa' (Fustat/Cairo), Ḥārat al-Yahud. Dating: Late, probably 18th or 19th century. The last line of the first section seems to be a verse of poetry, probably referring to separation rather than to an actual dispute: "And when God's decree persists between me and you (pl.), I will die a stranger, wa-l-salāmu ʿalaykumū." The next section begins by addressing itself to 'our beloved daughter Sarah' and continues with wishes for her good health and informing her of the writers' good health and their yearning to see her. The letter is written in semi-colloquial Arabic. (Information in part from JRL Catalogue.)

Library: JRL

Type: Letter

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מולאנא מולאי	Search for rows that contain either of two words by simply typing them consecutively. In this case, the search will find documents that contain either מולאי or מולאנא.
כתאבי +מולאי+	Use a + sign before word to search for rows that contain all of them (in this case the words כתאבי and מולאי)
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כתאב –כתאבה	Use a - sign to exclude a term from your results (in this case, the search will include כתאב but exclude כתאבה)
כתאב ?כתאב*	Use an asterisk or a question mark as a wildcard. An asterix matches any number of characters. A question mark matches any single character

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