MS Arabic 511 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
Arabic letter written from Aḥmad (?) to Muḥammad Afandī Ibrāhīm
Title: Letter to Muḥammad Afandī Ibrāhīm
Incipit: (beginning) fol.1a.1 حضرة أخينا العزٮز محمد افندي ابراهيم بعد السلام عليكم نعرفكم حضر جوابكم وما به علم
Explicit: (ending) fol.1a.8 بالبركان عند حضوره يسلمهم له لاحل حضورهم لنا وسلامي الى … فى انجاٮكم واخوانكم ودفٮح
Colophon: fol.1b.10 ٧ اغسطس ٩٠٥ احمد توكلى [sic]
A letter consisting of one page to someone known as Muḥammad Afandī Ibrāhīm. It has not been possible to distinguish the full name of the sender.
The date '905' which appears at the bottom of the copy is likely to be a mistakenly rendered '1905'.
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Burnished
Extent: 1 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 80 × 135 mm.
Foliation: not present; No catchwords.
Collation
One letter written on a single sheet.
Condition
Deteriorated
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Ruqʿah
Ink: Blue
9 180 1:1 110 45History
Origin: 292 A.H.; 905 CE
Subjects
- Arabic letters
- Correspondence