Michaelides Fragments: Arabic : Letter

Michaelides Fragments: Arabic

<p style='text-align: justify;'><a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(1);return false;'>Recto:</a> Address at the top above the basmala: اابى القسم ابقاه الله. Text opens: اطال الله بقاك وادام سعادتك. The addressee is requested to pass on instructions to a third party and reply to the addressee. <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(2);return false;'>Verso:</a> The end of the three lines of text and the traces of a fourth. There are wide spaces between the lines (3-4cm.), which is characteristic of official correspondence. It appears to be some kind of official letter. The addressee is referred to in second person (عليك line 1). </p>