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A Confirmed Bachelor Wishes to Marry

Sep 25, 2020

Guest post by Jelle Bruning (read his bio here) “My first words to you are those of a tradition on the authority the Prophet—God bless him and grant him peace—, which relates that …” With these quite unusual words begins P.Khalili I 18, an Arabic letter written on papyrus in the late ninth century CE. Arabic … More A Confirmed Bachelor Wishes to Marry

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