Letter from Abraham b. David b. Suḡmār, probably in Alexandria, to his son David in Fusṭāṭ (c. 1055 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 20 lines (recto); 14 lines (verso)
Letter sent from Alexandria, in which the writer, Abraham b. Elʿazar the doctor, reports about the arrival of a ship from Marseilles containing queries from a distant country to Maimonides. He complains about a new imposition by the Sultan and the general poverty of the local community.Condition: Torn, slightly fadedLayout: 32 lines (recto); 21 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farraḥ in Alexandria to Joseph b. Mūsā Taherti in Fusṭāṭ (c. 1050 CE).Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 28 lines + marginalia (recto); 20 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farrāḥ in Alexandria to Judah b. Moses b. Siḡmār (c. June 1066 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 29 lines + marginalia (recto); 10 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farrāḥ in Alexandria to a trader in Fusṭāṭ, c. 1056 CE.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 21 lines + marginalia (recto); 10 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farrāḥ in Alexandria to Isaac b. ʿEli al-Majjānī (c. 1050 CE).Condition: holesLayout: 12 lines + marginalia (recto); 2 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farrāḥ Iskandarānī to Nahray b. Nissim, concerning the arrival of ships from Sicily (c. 1055 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 15 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Farrāḥ Iskandarānī to ʿAyyāš b. Ṣedaqa (c. 1050 CE). Accounts in the margin.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 16 lines + marginalia (recto); 5 lines + marginalia (verso)
Letter from the head of the Alexandrian Jewish community (Abraham b. Jacob al-Darʿi) to the Nagid Mevoraḵ b. Saʿadya who appointed him, reporting on local affairs, especially the favourable treatment accorded the Jews by the new governor with regards to collecting the poll tax from the poor. Ca. 1100 CE.Condition: Slightly torn, fadedLayout: 40 lines (recto); 8 lines (verso)
Letter from Abraham b. Ṭahor (whose name is written at the top left-hand side of the letter) in Alexandria to ‘our lord Ḥananel’ ‘the great judge’ in Fusṭāṭ, for whom he had apparently sold clothing. Sulaymān b. Abū Naṣr is mentioned.Condition: torn, slightly fadedLayout: 19 lines + marginalia