[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Hebrew & Jewish](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he) › [Medieval Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic literature](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval) › אגרת הרמב״ם על מות אחיו # אגרת הרמב״ם על מות אחיו Maimonides, letter on the death of his brother David Maimonides' letter (to Japheth b. Elijah of Acre, c. 1176) mourning his brother David, an India trader drowned in the Indian Ocean with the family fortune; David's own last letter from Egypt before sailing survives in the Geniza. - **Language:** jrb - **Date:** 1176–1185 CE - **Author:** [Mōše b. Maymōn](https://indike.org/pramana/person/maimonides) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval.maimonides-letter-david](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval.maimonides-letter-david) · Pramāṇa