BL OR 5566B.20

Recto/verso: recto and verso
Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1055, sent as an addendum to an earlier letter, which has not been identified. Nissim b. Ḥalfon sends rose water and raisins, enquires about textiles prices and asks Nahray to sell the silk (lāsīn) that he had sent to Fustat. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, p. 960.) Informs Nahray that the fleet of ships that sailed from Tyre is expected to arrive this week. (Information from Goitein notes linked below.)
Editor: Ed. Moshe Gil, In the Kingdom of Ishmael‎ (in Hebrew) (1997), vol. 3; also ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/5C.1.1%20NN_%20Michael_%20pt.1/BL%20Or.%205566B.20_1%20%28PGPID%205578%29.pdf; also ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/5C.1.2%20Nahray%20101_%20pt.1/BL%20Or.%205566B.20_2%20%28PGPID%205578%29.pdf.
Library: BL
Type: Letter
Tags: nahray b. nissim silk rose water