MS AJ
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In which a man addresses a future in-law. The bride was staying in the house of the addressee. "She has no father and brother except you," he writes, meaning that the person addressed had to replace both. He excuses himself from attending the wedding in person by saying that his wife is expecting and that he is extremely busy. But he will undertake the journey if the bride's outfit is completely ready. (Information from Med Soc viii, A, 2, n. 77; viii, B, 5, n. 90; viii, C, 1, n. 13.) This is a private manuscript acquired by Alain Jacquet of Nanterre, France, in Cairo, summer 1972.
Editor: Ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions.
