<p style='text-align: justify;'>Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya (according to Gil, 1997: 891) or Sicily (according to Ben-Sasson, 1991: 245-53) by Ismaʿīl b. Jacob al-Andalusī to his nephew, Abū l-Surūr Joshua b. Nathan in Fusṭāṭ, dealing with goods sent to the Maghreb and other business matters. Ismaʿīl mentions his son and suggests sending him to be an apprentice with Joshua and his father. Ca. 1064 CE.</p>