Letter: ENA NS 83.386 + ENA NS 83.387

Letter ENA NS 83.386 + ENA NS 83.387

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 83.386 + ENA NS 83.387
Primary Language
Arabic

Additional metadata

Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 83, f. 386; ENA NS 83, fol. 386; ENA NS 83, fol. 387; ENA NS 83, f. 387
Input date
In PGP since 2022

Description

Letter of appeal for help of some kind. In Arabic script. From a woman ("I am perishing (hālika)..."). May mention an infant child (al-ṭufayl); also mentions "the road" (al-ṭarīq), possibly a rebuke (wa-mā kadhā), "the time of adversity" (waqt al-shidda), and a request to be informed of the arrival of something (tuʿarrifnī wuṣūl...). Addressed to Abū l-[...].

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