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Genizah MS T-S AS 149.17


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Letter of Abū l-Maḥāsin b. ʿAlī the trader, introduced by citations from Proverbs 3:4, Psalms 37:11 and 119:165. Mentions consigments of medical commodities such as betel palm (fawfal), amomum (qāqulla) and quince (safarjal), a doctor's visit and names such as Naḥūm the perfumer and Abū Manṣūr b. al-Ṣāʾiḡ (goldsmith), cousin of the writer.

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Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit

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