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Nahray b. Allan (1141) a letter written from Aydhab in Sudan to his son in Alexandria.
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Taken from Goitein: Letters of Medieval Jewish Traders
only a small part of the letter is given.
Shipments from Aden
Likewise my Lord, the illustrious elder Yahya b. Sar Shalom, may God make his honored position permanent, carries for you the shipment sent to me by the illustrious elder Madmun, (may his) Ro(ck) kee(p him), consisting of two bales of brazilwood, weighting two bahars and 70 pounds, two bales of cowrie shells, measuring 1 mudd, five mana of ashbah wood, and half a mana of old camphor............