رسالة: T-S NS 143.86

رسالة T-S NS 143.86

الوصف

Fragment of a letter, probably. In Arabic script. The beginnings of ~7 lines are preserved. Mentions Ibn Khālawayh and his Grammar; then some phrases which are tricky to understand: الافاضل لقيتهم... وحصل لوليه طبقة في النحو.... Then refers to excerpts of "my poetry" (من شعري قطعة بعد قطع), then cites verses of poetry about old age: بان الشباب وجاء الشيب... وحالفتني الذرايا والخطوب دمعا... وخانني.... The first verse appears also in the chronicle/memoir of Usāma Ibn Munqidh, there attributed to the amir Abū Shujāʿ (بان الشباب وجاء الشيب يصحبه يا ليتها صحبة تبقى بلا بين). The other side of this document was reused for Hebrew poetry in the hand of a prolific scribe (see FGP Joins Suggestions).