L-G Misc. 68

Family letter addressed to Bū l-Ṭāḥir. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender plans to leave for al-Maḥalla after the holiday to retrieve some money from a dyer. He hopes to bring the blanket (malḥafa) of Sitt Suʿūd with him. He has been able to find a boat to travel in, on account of some bad thing happening with the fleet (al-usṭūl)—could the navy be commandeering (masakū) Nile boats? He instructs the children to be nice to each other, and whatever money they need, the sender will reimburse the addressee. Regards to various people, including Sitt al-Niʿam; Sitt Suʿūd; Sitt ʿAbīd; Sitt Masʿūd; and Sitt al-Khayr. Written in the last decade of Tishrei (the year is not given). (Information in part from CUDL.)
Library: CUL & Bodl.
Type: Letter