Letter: ENA 3917.4

Description

Letter addressed to "Shaykh al-ʿIlm wa-l-Milla al-Isrā'īliyya." In Arabic script. Dating: Late, based on linguistic features and handwriting. The content is not entirely clear. The writer flatters the addressee, "You are the equal of 100 men; nothing passes you by." Various people are mentioned: the addressee's son; al-Muʿallim Yaʿqūb; Abū l-Naṣr; al-Ra'īs Ibrāhīm. ASE.