Moss. II,133
Letter from Labrat b. Moshe b. Sugmar, from Susa, to his brother, Yehuda, probably in Alexandria. Summer 1056. The writer expresses his greetings and several advices to his brother’s marriage. Writes important information about several things.The destruction and exile of the Jewish community in Qayrawan. The information about R. Nissim b. Ya’akov, that took R. Hananel position, after he passed away (probably in 1055). And about Yehosef b. Shemuel the Nagid and his high position with the ruler Badis b. Habus, after Yehosf’s father’s passing (probably in Iyar at the same year). The town Sousse, which the writer currently stays in, is under a siege from the sea. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, #613) VMR
Editor: Ed. Moshe Gil, In the Kingdom of Ishmael (in Hebrew) (1997), vol. 4.