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T-S Ar.30.145

Letter (memo) from an unnamed India trader, probably in Aden, to Mufaḍḍal Ibn Abī Saʿd, in Qūṣ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: First third of the 13th century, based on the references to the Jewish chief judge of Cairo Menaḥem b. Yiṣḥaq b. Sasson. The document lists a great number of shipments and gifts. Same hand as T-S NS J182 (India Book 7, ז51). See Goitein's notes for further information.

Editor: Ed. S. D. Goitein, India Book 7‎ (in Hebrew); also ed. S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions https://princetongenizalab.github.io/goitein-notes/5B.2.2%20India%20book-131-196/T-S%20Ar.%2030.145%20%28PGPID%209251%29%20.pdf.

Library: CUL

Type: Letter

Tags: india ib7

Translation:

^string	Matches the text at the beginning of the string
string$	Matches the text at the end of the string
.	Matches any single character (including special characters)
a*	Matches the sequence of zero or more of the specified character
a+	Matches the sequence of one or more of the specified character
a?	Matches zero or one occurrence of the specified character
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[abc]	Matches any one of the specified characters

מולאנא מולאי	Search for rows that contain either of two words by simply typing them consecutively. In this case, the search will find documents that contain either מולאי or מולאנא.
כתאבי +מולאי+	Use a + sign before word to search for rows that contain all of them (in this case the words כתאבי and מולאי)
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כתאב –כתאבה	Use a - sign to exclude a term from your results (in this case, the search will include כתאב but exclude כתאבה)
כתאב ?כתאב*	Use an asterisk or a question mark as a wildcard. An asterix matches any number of characters. A question mark matches any single character

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