UPenn E 16517
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. (The letter is also intended for Peraḥya b. Menashshe, as Yefet greets his "brothers" in it.) Reports that Abū l-Munā received a certain shipment. He has sent "ṣūfat al-waran" (speculation: wool impregnated with monitor lizard oil? cf. ENA NS I.14) with Abū l-Ḥasan al-Rūmī al-Zajjāj and asks for it to be sold. He asks for good-quality aloe (ṣabr). Baqāʾ reports that the cardamom is "lost," and Abū l-Surūr should be informed. Greetings to Manṣūr Ibn al-Ghaniyy (or Ibn al-Jinnī?), and a reminder to send the large trays (ṣuḥūn). Likewise, Zayn the son of the convert should be reminded about something. Yefet has sent several letters to Abū l-Surūr (=their brother Peraḥya?) without receiving any response; he wants Abū l-Surūr to come help him in the shop. Yefet has sold the gold. He has heard that his in-laws are being sought (by the tax collectors) in Sanūh(?). Regards to various people including Sitt Naʿīm. (Information in part from Goitein notes and index card linked below.)
Editor: Ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/6E.2.4%20AIU_%20Manchester_%20P.%20Heid_%20PER_%20Philadelphia/Penn%20E%2016517%20%28PGPID%208964%29.pdf.
