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Draft of a letter to the 'the Rav' in Mahdiyya, in which the sender writes that he bought quires of books from the inheritance of Berekhya and asks the recipient to have copied or purchased for him additional quires to complete his collection. (Information from Gil)
Recto: Letter addressed to Nahray b. Nissim. Verso: Draft of a letter from Nahray b. Nissim to a person in the Maghreb. Dating: ca. 1046 CE. Seems like the letter is addressed to someone in the Tāhirtī family. Mentions relatives and ships. Also mentions a visit of Nahray to Alexandria, the status of selling silk, and the arrival of Ibn Basak (Maṣliaḥ b. Eliyya, the judge of Sicily). (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #246.) VMR
Draft of a letter that was not sent. A question that was addressed to Maimonides about remission of debts. (Information from Goitein, Tarbiz, 28, 1959: 195-196). VMR