Business letter from ʿUmar b. ʿIwaḍ, in Qalyūb, to the notary and qāḍī Ṣadr al-Dīn, at the Dār al-Wakāla in Fustat. Discussing a shipment of …
I am sending now a messenger to my lord,
and ask you to send him to the sheikh "The Learned"
with a request that he deliver the palm branches to you,
and you will keep them for your servant in Qalyub.
Verso (Goitein doesn't translate — this translation by Marina Rustow)
- for the next day.