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Az-khar

8th Century

Nothing about Az-khar, the author of this letter, is known—even the reading of his name is not certain—other than that he was a Jewish merchant living in eighth-century Turkestan.

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Letter from Turkestan

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[ In the name of ] the Lord God, who shall be [our] helper. Soon the day [ on which we have decided will come ;] I wrote more [than] twenty letters, but y[ ou have not replied. Please, obse ]rve with…