<p style='text-align: justify;'><a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(1);return false;'>Recto:</a> The basmala is followed by the ḥamdala and the taṣliya. This is followed by the opening blessings: اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك. The writer complains that he has not received news from the addressee. Mentions a certain ʼAbū al-Ṭāhir .<a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(2);return false;'></a></p>