Letter from Joseph b. Abraham, in Aden, to Abraham Ibn Yijū, in India, that mentions arsenic destined for Ceylon. Also mentions Abū ʿAlī b. Ṭayyib and Abū l-Surūr b. Ḵallūf.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 9 lines + marginalia (recto); 5 lines (verso)
Letter from Ḵalaf b. Isaac b. Bundār, Aden, to Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Nathaniel, India; ca. 1134 CE. Mentions the elder Barakāt al-Ḥalabī, Abū Zikrī, Abū Saʿd, [...] al-ʿAkkāwī, the son of Ibn al-ʿAfṣī and [...] al-Maḡribī.Condition: torn, holes, rubbed, fadedLayout: 33 lines + marginalia (recto); 21 lines (verso)
Business letter from Aden to ʿAyḏāb, mentioning Isaac al-Nafūsī and Hiba b. al-Dabbāḡ (‘the tanner’), referring to ships and dinars.Condition: torn, holes, stainedLayout: 32 lines + marginalia (recto; verso is blank)
Letter from Abraham b. Yijū to his brothers and sisters after his safe return from India, written in Aden in 1149 CE.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 31 lines + marginalia (recto); 12 lines (verso)
Letter from Ḵalaf b. Isaac in Aden to Ḥalfon b. Nathaniel, dated 1452 of the Seleucid era (= 1140 CE).Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 26 lines (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Recto: letter, written by a trader before leaving Aden for Nahrawāra, mentioning Abū l-Waḥš, Abū Saʿd, Abū Naṣr, Abū Jacob and the family of Bayt al-Baḥr (house of the sea). Verso: address in Arabic script.Condition: torn, holes, rubbed, fadedLayout: 22 lines (recto); 2 lines (verso)
Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan (i.e. Maḍmūn b. Yefet) in Aden to Abraham Ibn Yijū in India (c. 1130 CE).Condition: tornLayout: 37 lines (recto); 20 lines (verso)
Business letter from Ḵalaf b. Isaac in Aden to Abraham Ibn Yijū, mainly about shipwrecked goods. Written in the hand of Samuel b. Moses b. Elʿazar (c. 1146 CE).Condition: holesLayout: 46 lines + marginalia (recto); 7 lines (verso)
Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan in Aden to Abraham Ibn Yijū in India, 1133. The letter can be identified as from Maḍmūn to Ibn Yijū because it is written by Maḍmūn’s usual scribe and refers to locations in India where Ibn Yijū is known to have lived. Maḍmūn offers sympathy for Ibn Yijū’s recent uncomfortable sea voyage, discusses their trade in commodities including pepper, sugar, copper, coinage, and glass, mentions the severe losses he incurred in the outfitting of a ship.Layout: 56 lines + marginalia (recto); 13 lines (verso)
Letter from Maḵlūf b. Ḥasan in Aden to Abraham Ibn Yijū in India, mentioning Abū l-Ḵayr, ʿAbd al-Malik, and Ḵalaf.Condition: Holes, stained, slightly rubbedLayout: 32 lines (recto); 23 lines (verso)