Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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 45

History

Origin: 292 A.H.; 905 CE

Subjects

  • Arabic letters
  • Correspondence

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