Manuscript copy of 'Form of a Muhammedan Divorce' between 'The respectable Ahmed Ibn Ali' and his wife 'Madam Fattoumeh Bent Muhammed'. In English and Arabic.

Folio, 2 pp. The English on the recto of the first sheet, and the Arabic on the reverse of the second. Text clear and complete. On aged and worn paper. Begins: 'Praise be to God. | And thereupon The respectable Ahmed Ibn Ali divorced his wife Madam Fattoumeh Bent Muhammed, now absent from divorce meeting and from it's [sic] country (i.e. the country in which it was held) by saying my wife Fattoumeh is completely divorced.' Written at foot, all in the same hand: 'It's written The humble person Ali Hassan', 'There was present at this & bore testimony Ali Muhammed' and ''There was present at this & bore testimony Muhammed. Il. Shereef'. On the revese of the first leaf is written: 'Form of the Restoration of a Wife who has been divorced. - | I restore my wife A. B. to my Marriage Contract. -'